Gregory Kennedy's guest appearances

Gregory Kennedy

Fractal Friends

The Rob and Slim Show

Elon Musk

Donald Trump

Jesse Lee Peterson

Joel Osteen

Tucker Carlson

Jimmy Kimmel

Ryan Fisher

Chris Young

Chris Butler

Peter Mehlman

Morgan Freeman

Paul Ford

Pete Davidson

Robert Frank

Matt Pinfield

OwlTail

Gregory Kennedy is the Director of Operations at W(e)IRD World (Wild Idea Research &amp; Development at weirdworld.xyz). They support global charitable initiatives focused on some of society’s most urgent challenges such as food insecurity, sustainable development, and climate change.Gregory and WIRD work with people who want to do good for themselves, for their communities and around the world.For the past 15 years he has been developing and producing media, technology and education projects utilizing mindfulness-based solutions to social and environmental issues.Gregory sees his role as a mentor and mentee who finds ways to include all the people together to serve their best roles in what he calls a Mosaic of people. He believes that Kindness is a superior business model that, within set parameters, can scale better than competitiveness, frustration, pettiness, regret, revenge, merit (whatever that means) or apathy.In this conversation we talk about being a model of the world we want to live in. We unpack race relations and overcoming prejudice by being exposed to one another. We discuss blockchain as a way of creating trust when there isn't trust. We reflect on how the philosophy and proliferation of nonviolence has changed the world. We also bond about the perspective that's gained by living abroad and seeing how other people live, and then being able to look back at the United States and current political trends from an outside perspective. And get really deep into sports as an analogy for politics. The take home is: Don’t get overconfident, don’t think that any win is an absolute win, and always try to play a better game.Gregory Kennedy ResourcesW(e)IRD World is co-founded by Gregory. Their mission is to “Increase people’s capacity for empathy, both online and offline.” One of W(e)IRD World's first creations is Undiscovered Stories:You can play Undiscovered Stories, “The Learn and Earn” blockchain Trivia Game, earn UDGT tokens, learn about the achievements and contributions of girls and women in a variety of fields throughout history (like Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (see: below)), and support girls and women-led initiatives by going here: https://undiscoveredstory.com. To learn more about Undiscovered Story, here is an FAQ, a Medium article and a podcast.Blockchain:Among many other things, Gregory is a Blockchain architect and consultant. Blockchain is a distributed, decentralized, public ledger. At its most basic level, blockchain is literally just a chain of blocks, where the “block” is digital information stored in a “chain” (a public database). Gregory and I talk about it as a way to create trust without trust, by using community support and transparency.Learn more about blockchain with this article “Blockchain Explained” on Investopedia, or this video “What is BLOCKCHAIN?” created by the Centre of International Governance Innovation. If you want to go down the nerdier rabbit hole, 3blue1brown has made this amazing video: “But how does bitcoin actually work?” I highly recommend 3blue1brown for anyone wanting complex math explained in interesting and understandable ways. Here is Gregory's Medium page, which includes these articles: “Stake Your Reputation Protocol (SYRP) — For a P2P Economy” and “Free Social Benefit Coins. A Blockchain, Crypto, Sharable Prosperity, Giftivism based Airdrop idea.”Other resources:Here are some of the people and things we discussed in the episode:Ed Dwight: the man set to be the first black astronaut in the 1960s, but racism got in the way (Learn about him here on this podcast and article from the New York Times). He later became an artist. Here you can find Dwight's his art.Hidden Figures is a movie about a black female mathematicians who worked at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) during the Space Race.The movie is based on the book: Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly, and features the story of the badass mathematician Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson. Watch the trailer here.“Kindness scales. It scales better than competitiveness, frustration, pettiness, regret, revenge, merit (whatever that means) or apathy.Kindness ratchets up. It leads to more kindness. It can create trust and openness and truth and enthusiasm and patience and possibility.Kindness, in one word, is a business model, an approach to strangers and a platform for growth.It might take more effort than you were hoping it would, but it's worth it.- Seth GodinJane Goodall's project, Roots and Shoots, is one of Gregory's favorite that he has supportedNonviolence ResourcesLearn more here about Thich Nhat Hanh here at the Plum Village website. Also check out this amazing video of him that I believe captures what the power of nonviolent force looks like:Gregory tells the story about how Alfred Hassler of FOR (Fellowship of Reconciliation) introduced Thich Nhat Hanh to nonviolent strategy. For a deep dive into the branching history of nonviolence I recommend OZY's The Thread “Season 3: A History of Nonviolence.” This podcast series tracing the history of Nonviolence From Colin Kapernick to Dr. King and FOR veteran, Bayard Rustin, through Gandhi and Tolstoy all the way back to a ship captain's son’s friendship with a slave.A Force More Powerful is the classic documentary series about power of nonviolence: You can watch Part 1 and Part 2Research by Erica Chenoweth "suggests that nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in creating broad-based change than violent campaigns are."Here's her Article in The Harvard Gazette "Nonviolent resistance proves potent weapon"Here's her TED TalkHere's info about her book Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent ConflictGregory was part of making The 5 Powers movie.The 5 Powers is a moving fusion of documentary footage, historic montage and vivid animation that send a powerful message of peace. Using modern technology and dramatic storytelling, the film focuses on three true heroes and their nonviolent re-solution of conflict through a mind-ful, compassionate approach. As the film tells the story of seemingly unstoppable violence, it also communicates an ultimate truth. There is no good or bad, no white or black. This ultimate truth has the power to unite us.You can buy or rent The 5 Powers here.MusicThe music in this episode is “Peace is the Way,” aPlum Village Song, sung by Sister Jewel with Lyrics by Thich Nhat Hanh.

Gregory Kennedy is the Director of Operations at <a href="https://weirdworld.xyz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">W(e)IRD World </a>(Wild Idea Research &amp; Development at <a href="https://weirdworld.xyz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">weirdworld.xyz</a>). They support global charitable initiatives focused on some of society’s most urgent challenges such as food insecurity, sustainable development, and climate change.Gregory and WIRD work with people who want to do good for themselves, for their communities and around the world.For the past 15 years he has been developing and producing media, technology and education projects utilizing mindfulness-based solutions to social and environmental issues.Gregory sees his role as a mentor and mentee who finds ways to include all the people together to serve their best roles in what he calls a Mosaic of people. He believes that Kindness is a superior business model that, within set parameters, can scale better than competitiveness, frustration, pettiness, regret, revenge, merit (whatever that means) or apathy.In this conversation we talk about being a model of the world we want to live in. We unpack race relations and overcoming prejudice by being exposed to one another. We discuss blockchain as a way of creating trust when there isn't trust. We reflect on how the philosophy and proliferation of nonviolence has changed the world. We also bond about the perspective that's gained by living abroad and seeing how other people live, and then being able to look back at the United States and current political trends from an outside perspective. And get really deep into sports as an analogy for politics. The take home is: Don’t get overconfident, don’t think that any win is an absolute win, and always try to play a better game.Gregory Kennedy Resources<a href="https://weirdworld.xyz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">W(e)IRD World</a> is co-founded by Gregory. Their mission is to “Increase people’s capacity for empathy, both online and offline.” One of W(e)IRD World's first creations is <a href="https://weirdworld.xyz/undiscovered-story/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Undiscovered Stories</a>: You can play Undiscovered Stories, “The Learn and Earn” blockchain Trivia Game, earn UDGT tokens, learn about the achievements and contributions of girls and women in a variety of fields throughout history (like Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson (see: below)), and support girls and women-led initiatives by going here: <a href="https://undiscoveredstory.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://undiscoveredstory.com</a>. To learn more about Undiscovered Story, here is an <a href="https://weirdworld.xyz/undiscovered-story/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FAQ</a>, a <a href="https://medium.com/@wirdwrld/undiscovered-story-the-learn-and-earn-blockchain-trivia-game-e82ec4460e3f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Medium article</a> and <a href="https://anchor.fm/undiscoveredstory/episodes/Undiscovered-Story-Podcast-Pre-launch-interview-with-Shantel-Brooks-e42tm3/a-afidt4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a podcast</a>.Blockchain: Among many other things, Gregory is a Blockchain architect and consultant. Blockchain is a distributed, decentralized, public ledger. At its most basic level, blockchain is literally just a chain of blocks, where the “block” is digital information stored in a “chain” (a public database). Gregory and I talk about it as a way to create trust without trust, by using community support and transparency.Learn more about blockchain with this article <a href="https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/blockchain.asp#what-is-blockchain" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Blockchain Explained” on Investopedia</a>, or this video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xGLc-zz9cA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“What is BLOCKCHAIN?” created by the Centre of International Governance Innovation</a>. If you want to go down the nerdier rabbit hole, 3blue1brown has made this amazing video: “But how does bitcoin actually work?” I highly recommend <a href="https://www.3blue1brown.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">3blue1brown</a> for anyone wanting complex math explained in interesting and understandable ways. <a href="https://medium.com/@gregorykennedysalemi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here is Gregory's Medium page</a>, which includes these articles: <a href="https://medium.com/@socialbenefitcoin/stake-your-reputation-protocol-syrp-for-a-p2p-economy-57c9572e2ada" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Stake Your Reputation Protocol (SYRP) — For a P2P Economy”</a> and <a href="https://medium.com/@gregorykennedysalemi/part-1-blockchain-crypto-sharable-prosperity-gift-tivism-based-airdrop-13913f1cc78f" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Free Social Benefit Coins. A Blockchain, Crypto, Sharable Prosperity, Giftivism based Airdrop idea.”</a>Other resources:Here are some of the people and things we discussed in the episode:Ed Dwight: the man set to be the first black astronaut in the 1960s, but racism got in the way (Learn about him here on this <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/podcasts/the-daily/moon-black-astronaut-ed-dwight.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">podcast</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/us/ed-dwight-was-set-to-be-the-first-black-astronaut-heres-why-that-never-happened.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">article</a> from the New York Times). He later became an artist. <a href="https://www.eddwight.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here you can find Dwight's his art.</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfrDhgUMGI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hidden Figures </a>is a movie about a black female mathematicians who worked at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA) during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Race" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Space Race</a>. The movie is based on the book:<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25953369-hidden-figures" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly</a>, and features the story of the badass mathematician <a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Katherine-Johnson-mathematician" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson</a>. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wfrDhgUMGI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Watch the trailer here.</a>“Kindness scales. It scales better than competitiveness, frustration, pettiness, regret, revenge, merit (whatever that means) or apathy. Kindness ratchets up. It leads to more kindness. It can create trust and openness and truth and enthusiasm and patience and possibility. Kindness, in one word, is a business model, an approach to strangers and a platform for growth. It might take more effort than you were hoping it would, but it's worth it. <a href="https://www.sethgodin.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">- Seth Godin</a>Jane Goodall's project, <a href="https://www.rootsandshoots.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Roots and Shoots</a>, is one of Gregory's favorite that he has supportedNonviolence ResourcesLearn more here about <a href="https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/biography/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Thich Nhat Hanh here at the Plum Village website</a>. Also check out <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAw74kZYpCI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this amazing video </a>of him that I believe captures what the power of nonviolent force looks like:Gregory tells the story about how Alfred Hassler of FOR (<a href="http://www.ifor.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fellowship of Reconciliation</a>) introduced Thich Nhat Hanh to nonviolent strategy. For a deep dive into the branching history of nonviolence I recommend <a href="https://www.ozy.com/flashback/listen-now-ozy-pulls-the-thread-on-the-nonviolence-movement/89254" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OZY's The Thread “Season 3: A History of Nonviolence.”</a> This podcast series tracing the history of Nonviolence From Colin Kapernick to Dr. King and FOR veteran, Bayard Rustin, through Gandhi and Tolstoy all the way back to a ship captain's son’s friendship with a slave.A Force More Powerful is the classic documentary series about power of nonviolence: You can watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpBoHb59iVY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD5xKALhnxg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a>Research by Erica Chenoweth "suggests that nonviolent civil resistance is far more successful in creating broad-based change than violent campaigns are."Here's her Article in The Harvard Gazette <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/02/why-nonviolent-resistance-beats-violent-force-in-effecting-social-political-change/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Nonviolent resistance proves potent weapon"</a><a href="https://youtu.be/YJSehRlU34w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here's her TED Talk</a><a href="https://www.ericachenoweth.com/research/wcrw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here's info about her book Why Civil Resistance Works: The Strategic Logic of Nonviolent Conflict</a>Gregory was part of making <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2771174/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 5 Powers</a> movie.The 5 Powers is a moving fusion of documentary footage, historic montage and vivid animation that send a powerful message of peace. Using modern technology and dramatic storytelling, the film focuses on three true heroes and their nonviolent re-solution of conflict through a mind-ful, compassionate approach. As the film tells the story of seemingly unstoppable violence, it also communicates an ultimate truth. There is no good or bad, no white or black. This ultimate truth has the power to unite us.You can<a href="https://mindfulworld.vhx.tv/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> buy or rent The 5 Powers here.</a>MusicThe music in this episode is <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLfQkeKbDSw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">“Peace is the Way,”</a> aPlum Village Song, sung by Sister Jewel with Lyrics by Thich Nhat Hanh.

“Increasing Our Transformative Potential” with Gregory Kennedy

CRAIG LOYDGREN

Preston Gunderson

Stephen Nagy

"Who Slam It Be Now?"We opened the show with "Go Cops" by Rucka Rucka Ali, talked about our upcoming Spamuel Adams bit, read our ad for www.fivefingerjerky.com, Dave Hoj finding out he's a black guy.We did all the Trump news, a story about a bull that escaped from a Slaughterhouse in NYC, heard a 'Lil Petey remix, talked to YouTuber PewDiePie, debuted our new gameshow "Who Slam It Be Now?" where contestants had to guess if a line was from Slamborghini or another politician. Slambo covered "Rockabye" by Anne-Marie &amp; Sean Paul.We were joined by Comedian Craig Loydgren Live in studio, talked to John Sweeney from The Podcast Radio Network, Comedian Preston Gunderson, Vocalist Greg Kennedy formerly of The Killing Condition about his new band The Broken, &amp; Stephen Nagy.It was a great show!

"Who Slam It Be Now?" We opened the show with "Go Cops" by Rucka Rucka Ali, talked about our upcoming Spamuel Adams bit, read our ad for <a href="http://www.fivefingerjerky.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fivefingerjerky.com</a>, Dave Hoj finding out he's a black guy. We did all the Trump news, a story about a bull that escaped from a Slaughterhouse in NYC, heard a 'Lil Petey remix, talked to YouTuber PewDiePie, debuted our new gameshow "Who Slam It Be Now?" where contestants had to guess if a line was from Slamborghini or another politician. Slambo covered "Rockabye" by Anne-Marie &amp; Sean Paul. We were joined by Comedian Craig Loydgren Live in studio, talked to John Sweeney from The Podcast Radio Network, Comedian Preston Gunderson, Vocalist Greg Kennedy formerly of The Killing Condition about his new band The Broken, &amp; Stephen Nagy. It was a great show!

#109 Craig Loydgren LIVE, Podcast Radio Network, Preston Gunderson, Gregory Kennedy, &amp; Stephen Nagy

Ralph Mastromonaco

Cobra Smith

Lucas CorVatta

We start the show with Brother by The Visceral, and go into news stories and get executive intern Pete ready to shit in a Depends diaper by drinking a bottle of citrate of magnesia. He proceeded to shit for the entire show with a mic in the bathroom. We talked to Gregory Kennedy: vocalist of The Killing Condition and Facecast, Cobra Smith of Cobra TV, Ricky from 2 Broke Gamers Podcast, Comedian Lucas CorVatta, and Comedian Ralph Mastromonaco.

#34 The Shit Show: with Gregory Kennedy, Cobra Smith, Ricky, Lucas CorVatta, and Ralph Mastromonaco