Rebecca Rachmany feels that TV would be great if it weren't for all the programs. Her company, Gangly Sisters is committed to creating new content for girls. We want our girls respected for their smarts and strength, but we bombard them with images of women valued for their sweetness or sensuality. Did you know that in children’s programming, fewer than 25% of the characters are female? I bet you did know that most of those characters are either props or tokens in male-dominated media, or driven mainly by their desire to get a boy to fall in love with them. If we want media that reflects who we are, who we want to be, and who we want our girls to be, we ladies are just going to have to do it ourselves. Introducing Purple and Nine, the fun, smart and empowering show for girls.  No perfect body, wand, or sparkles required.

The connection between comic books and women in technology professions

Guest, Shaharris Beh discusses Hackernest: A movement he  founded to build tech communities worldwide.

Economic development through technology proliferation

GozAround is a community dedicated to connecting those in need with those who care. It goes beyond financial donations but connects community-minded individuals with "peer-to-peer" and organized volunteer opportunities in their neighborhood, city and around the world. Whether you have anything from a couch to move or a homeless shelter with mouths to feed, or instead you are just looking for a way to share your time and talents, this is the place for you.

What "GozAround" - comes back around

Jessica Greenwalt is the Co-Founder of CrowdMed, a company
that solves the world's most difficult medical cases faster than ever before using the 'wisdom of crowds'. We help patients whose doctors tell them there is no hope—or that their symptoms are in their heads. Some of the patients who come to the site have been suffering without a diagnosis for years and have gotten the correct answer for their case from our medical community in a matter of weeks.  

Medical crowdsourcing has helped solve hundreds of difficult medical cases

“Let’s Talk Good Business” is a lively format of news, information and dialogues with luminaries in all walks of business. The show chronicles the emerging identity of social entrepreneurs, activists, philanthropists and other creative change makers. The aim of “Let’s Talk Good Business” is to focus on creating and managing profitable, socially conscious endeavors. 

In each episode host, Dr. Dionne explores the strategies, leaders and new markets that are driving the evolution of conscious business. If you want to “do good” culturally, economically, environmentally and socially, this show will help you get there. The show highlights more than just businesspeople solving social ills, but people spreading new approaches through nonprofits, technology and businesses, or within government — to address problems more successfully than in the past. 

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