The Good Work Podcast shares insights, how-tos, and inspiration for doing meaningful work that supports your well-being. The show is for college students, early-career professionals, and purpose-driven workers at any stage of their careers who feel stretched thin or disillusioned and want their impact to be sustainable. It is also for those considering a pivot into careers that support the public good. Each week features interviews and stories from people doing good work locally and globally, plus researchers, thinkers, and leaders redefining good work at its cutting edges even as the world of work shifts around them. The podcast is hosted by Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen.
Crafting Community Through Social Entrepreneurship—and Tortillas—with Sandy Wall
This week’s guest is Sandy Wall, the founder of Pueblita Tortillas, a community-driven platform rooted in culture, connection, wellness, and storytelling. In this episode, Wall shares how what started over five years ago during the pandemic-- selling homemade corn tortillas from her kitchen and creating space for community online--has evolved into a growing effort that brings people together through run clubs, wellness events, creative experiences, free community activities, and cultura...
18 Sept 2026
Working Relationally and Embracing the Pivot with Chaundra Prehara
This week, Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen is joined by Chaundra Prehara, a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified relational life therapist, and an experienced group leader. Prehara's personal story and her expertise each bring so many lessons: for the increasingly large number of people considering a career as a therapist, but also for anyone seeking to do good work that is also good for them. There are some clear pivots in her educational and professional journey, which to...
12 Sept 2026
Preventing Violence and Building a Nonprofit Career in Times of Challenge with Meg Stone
Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen welcomes violence prevention expert Meg Stone, the executive director of IMPACT Boston and author of two books, The Cost of Fear and Don’t Fight Back. The two discuss Stone’s career path, starting with how she found her area of focus via her college women’s studies program, which introduced her to some inspiring practitioners via her courses and academic internships. She has held a host of roles in domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy, with a gre...
3 Sept 2026
Finding One’s Way into Local Government Careers: Community, Impact, and Service with Lynn Ward
This week's guest is Lynn Ward, Chief of Staff for Long Beach’s First District Councilmember. With areas of expertise that encompass public policy, community engagement and campaigns, crisis communications, as well as overseeing large projects, teams, and operations, Ward is the perfect person to speak with about what local government work really entails. She and Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen cover how meaningful work can be when we do it in the places we know best—our neighborhoods, ...
27 Aug 2026
Using the 15-Minute Method to Thrive in College with Sam Bennett | Good Work x Bright Ideas
This is a special episode of the Good Work podcast! Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen hosts a joint meetup with Sam Bennett and her newsletter Bright Ideas for You from Sam. Bennett is an author, keynote speaker, consultant, and creativity/productivity specialist. The two discuss her most recent award-winning book The 15-Minute Method, working through the many ways that this simple and meaningful practice can help students in college-- both in the classroom and beyond. In pa...
20 Aug 2026
Embracing Neurodiversity, Authenticity, and Wellbeing at Work with Georgie Miller
Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen is joined this week by Georgie Miller, a London-based ADHD and mindset coach, neurodiversity consultant, and former employment lawyer. Georgie describes splitting her work between coaching individuals and training organizations, and highlights how using tools like “workplace passports” can help to clarify preferred communication styles, support productivity, and enable sustainable performance. And importantly, these ideas don't just improve work for those...
11 Aug 2026
Origins, Purpose, and Serving the Public with Eduardo Cisneros
This week, Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen sits down with Eduardo Cisneros, who currently serves as the Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs for the City of Los Angeles. Cisneros has a remarkable career path, with time at The White House, the United States Department of Labor and United States Department of Health and Human Services; as well as in campaigns, at a local community health center and at SEIU, a major national labor organization. Each of these experiences prepared him...
5 Aug 2026
Transforming Perfectionism and Avoiding Burnout with Dr. Tara Cousineau
This week’s guest is Dr. Tara Cousineau, a clinical psychologist, meditation teacher, coach, and author of The Perfectionist's Dilemma and The Kindness Cure. Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen and Dr. Cousineau trace her career to an early childhood incident with a teacher and a guidance counselor, and discuss how these lessons came full circle and have in some ways continued to inspire her writing and counseling efforts. Dr. Cousineau describes feeling like an outsider in graduate trainin...
16 Jul 2026
Learning Experience Design and the Power of Play with Shanice Webb
Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen has as her guest today Shanice Webb, a learning experience designer, facilitator, community builder, and founder of Transcend Thought, who bridges ambition and wellbeing through sustainable, aligned success. Webb shares her early entrepreneurial instincts, first formal job as a teen, and how Stanford’s Life Design Lab helped prepare her for full-time entrepreneurship. She explains learning experience design as a practice of creating play-based, hands-on e...
16 Jul 2026
Exploring Climate Impact and Private Equity with Amanda Mendoza
Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen chats with Amanda Mendoza, currently senior research and campaign coordinator at the Private Equity Stakeholder Project (PESP), a nonprofit watchdog examining private equity’s impacts across climate and energy, workers and jobs, housing, healthcare, and detention and surveillance. Mendoza explains private equity in clear terms: as multi-trillion-dollar investment firms funded largely by institutional investors like public pension funds and focused on extracting...
16 Jul 2026
Trailer: The Good Work Podcast with Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen
Dr. Amy Cabrera Rasmussen introduces The Good Work Podcast, a show offering insights, how-tos, and inspiration for doing meaningful work in ways that are sustainable and supportive of well-being. Aimed at students, early-career professionals, and experienced purpose-driven workers who may feel stretched thin, disillusioned, or tired, the podcast explores how not fitting in can become leverage for asking better questions, seeing what others miss, and finding a way forward. Each week features i...
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