Let's be Brave and Keep Kids Out of Gangs

Commander Tim Hagel, Chief of Police of Thousand Oaks, CA, on "positive deviance," the definition of insanity, and changing the course of kids' lives with the awesome power of rock and roll.
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Lets Be Brave with Tim Hagel

In summer 2019, Rain Perry interviewed an eclectic group of folks working to make the world better in very different ways, which she compiled as Let's Be Brave, the Podcast.

Lets Be Brave - Introduction

Let's Be Brave about Grizzly Bears

The Wardens, a musical trio from Banff, Canada, weave stories of backcountry law enforcement into Sons of the Pioneers-style harmonies. Ray, Brad and Scott talk to Rain about the unearthly sound of a Grizzly in mourning, keeping four million tourists safe, and what to do when an elk drops her baby in your flowerbed.

Lets Be Brave with The Wardens

Let's Be Brave and Save the World, One Story at a Time

Writing and performance coach Kim Maxwell on the power of the personal story, how policy changes when you listen instead of fix, and why the chicken dance is the key to it all.

Lets Be Brave with Kim Maxwell

Let's Be Brave and Reunite Families

Ricardo De Anda, immigration lawyer and "border radical," on the challenges in getting kids out of detention, the border as an asset, and why it could all be so much easier.

Lets Be Brave with Ricardo De Anda

Let's Be Brave and Find New Ways to do the Same Old Shit

Musician Chuck Prophet extols the virtues of being shot out of a cannon, of Donald Trump-style promotion, and of being an unabashed fan.

Let's Be Brave with Chuck Prophet

Let's be Brave and Run for Office

Hassan Ahmad, DC lawyer and member of the Dulles Justice Coalition, describes how the chaos of the travel ban galvanized him as an activist and inspired him to run for office.

Lets Be Brave with Hassan Ahmad

Rain Perry’s “Beautiful Tree” was the theme for the CW Network’s Life Unexpected, on which she also had the surreal pleasure of appearing as herself. She has released four albums on her own Precipitous Records, as well as writing and touring a solo play about her childhood called Cinderblock Bookshelves: A Guide For Children of Fame-Obsessed Bohemian Nomads. In 2016 she directed The Shopkeeper, her first film. "Let's Be Brave," her new album about the fire, real and metaphorical, comes out April 26th.