Project Good Podcast

About Project Good Podcast

Project Good is a social impact podcast interviewing experts and advocates about the pressing problems that we face globally and hearing how they suggest we move forward in the future.

Publisher

projectgoodpodcast

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Feb 2021

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 92 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   A Nation in Crisis ft Raymond R. Roberts

   Vote for us for the Signal Awards! Host Annmarie Hylton introduces the Project Good Podcast’s October theme, “a nation in crisis,” citing U.S. polarization, institutional gridlock, public pessimism, and rising strain. She interviews Dr. Raymond R. Roberts—pastor, University of Richmond health ethics professor, and author—about his path to ministry, sparked by spiritual renewal in college and a film about Martin Luther King Jr. Roberts describes democratic deterioration through political violence, threats against officials, unaffordable healthcare, mass incarceration, media fragmentation, housing inaccessibility, and declining trust in democracy. He argues the church’s failure to pass on values has weakened democratic culture, while Christian nationalism misconstrues religious freedom’s roots in freedom of conscience and distinct church-state vocations. They discuss loneliness, COVID-era trauma, internet-fueled extremism, and the need for local community-building and civic education grounded in human dignity. Roberts says America’s greatness depends on serving causes beyond itself. 00:00 Welcome to Project Good02:20 Meet Dr Raymond Roberts10:04 Why America Feels Lost12:23 Institutions Breaking Down16:05 Church and Democracy Link28:48 Reeducation and Civic Renewal32:05 Higher Ground Common Ground35:33 Anger Loneliness and Community45:29 Covenant vs Libertarianism51:18 What You Can Do Locally54:43 Key Takeaway From the Book01:03:00 Wrap Up and Vote Reminder Dr. Raymond R. Roberts (Richmond, Virginia) is a Pastor with 40+ years of experience, Professor of Health Ethics at University of Richmond, Author of "A Democratic and Republican Faith: A Public Theology for a Church and Nation in Crisis and a Musician, Singer, and Songwriter. Roberts is also the Author of "Whose Kids Are They Anyway: Religion and Morality in America’s Public Schools" (2002) and a Substack blogger (@raymondrroberts). In addition, Roberts previously served as Head of Staff at River Road Presbyterian Church (Richmond, VA), The Presbyterian Church (Westfield, NJ), Grace Presbyterian Church (Jenkintown, PA), and Amherst Presbyterian Church (Amherst, VA). Roberts received a Ph.D. in History and Theology from Union Presbyterian Seminary and is a 30+ year member of the Society of Christian Ethics. In addition, Roberts is songwriter, guitarist, and singer in the band Reckless and Wild, and co-wrote the song “Let Freedom Ring.” Roberts' work has been featured on WRVA 1140AM, The Presbyterian Outlook, The National Law Review, The Thought Atlas Podcast, Zooming In at The UnPopulist, and many more podcasts. https://raymondrroberts.org

2. 

   22 Sept 2026

   Climate Solutions ft Joshua Harrison

   Host Annmarie Hylton introduces the Project Good Podcast’s September focus on climate change solutions, citing NOAA data that July 2026 was the hottest month recorded in the U.S. and outlining key drivers such as heat domes, human-caused climate change, warm oceans, humidity, and El Niño. She interviews Joshua Harrison, co-founder and chief strategy officer of Leaf Island, about his lifelong engagement with environmental issues, including early activism around solar energy and a multidisciplinary background in ecological art. Harrison argues for systems thinking, nature-based solutions like urban greening, and long-term “seven generations” decision-making, emphasizing reconnecting people—especially youth—to hands-on climate action. He explains Leaf Island’s concept of restoring city “leaf cover” to cool urban environments and discusses repurposing styrofoam into lightweight, high-performing growing media for scalable green infrastructure. 00:00 Welcome to Project Good01:11 Meet Joshua Harrison03:25 Early Climate Awakening07:17 Art Meets Systems Thinking13:06 Nature as Climate Tech18:29 Reconnecting People to Nature25:24 2030 Tipping Point31:00 Politics Values and Power40:15 Indigenous Science and Fire45:47 Leaf Island Origin Story48:41 Turning Waste into Soil55:13 Hope and Youth Agency01:01:52 Closing and Resources Joshua Harrison the co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Leaf Island, an award-winning green infrastructure company based in New York. He also serves as Director of the Center for the Study of the Force Majeure at UC Santa Cruz. For over three decades, Joshua has worked at the intersection of art, ecology, and systems strategy — from designing immersive installations on ocean collapse to building regenerative models for wildfire impacted landscapes in the American West. His current focus: transforming cities into functioning ecosystems using modular, scalable technologies — starting with rooftops, walls, streets, and coastlines is reshaping how we move forward with this crisis.

3. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Pain ft Dr. Melissa J. Durham

   Host Annmarie Hylton introduces Project Good’s September focus on pain, highlighting a global crisis of inequitable access to basic pain relief and palliative care alongside opioid overprescription and overdose in high-income nations. She interviews Dr. Melissa Durham, a USC clinical pharmacy associate professor and clinical pharmacist who founded and runs a pharmacy-led pain medication management service for complex chronic non-cancer pain. Durham describes choosing pharmacy, building her pain practice model from the ground up, and navigating barriers to controlled-substance prescribing and dispensing amid regulatory fear. She emphasizes functional outcomes and quality of life, evidence-based monitoring, stigma reduction, and patient privacy, noting harms from misapplied 2016 CDC opioid guideline dose cutoffs while acknowledging improved prescribing trends. The conversation covers personalized care through social determinants and health equity, clinician compassion fatigue and “boundaried compassionate caregiving,” AI for efficiency, and a vision for multidisciplinary pain care access. 00:00 Welcome to Project Good01:03 Meet Dr Melissa Durham03:05 Why Pharmacy and Pain07:41 Opioids and Access Barriers19:22 Personalized Care and Equity23:34 Teaching Health Justice29:53 Compassion Fatigue and Boundaries41:54 Pain Care Around the World49:28 Defining Wellness and Thriving56:14 AI in Healthcare01:01:23 Closing and Resources Melissa J. Durham is an Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Southern California (USC) Alfred E. Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.  She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree, completed a residency in Community-based Pharmacy Practice, and has a Master of Academic Medicine degree, all from USC. Dr. Durham is a clinical pharmacist at the USC Pain Center, where she established and runs a pharmacist-led pain medication management service for patients with a variety of complicated chronic nononcologic pain conditions. She is dedicated to improving the quality of life for people with chronic pain through patient-centered and compassionate care. The value of her unique practice model has been recognized and published both nationally and internationally. Dr. Durham is also a practicing community pharmacist and provides a valuable and unique perspective of a clinician who is both a prescriber and a dispenser – a perspective that is valuable to patients, providers, health systems, and industry alike. Dr. Durham is a sought-after speaker on the topics of pain management, risk reduction and harm reduction, and the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. She is originally from Central California and resides in Los Angeles.

Inside a recent episode

Human Rights & Women in Iran

Published 18 Mar 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So the people of Iran have never given in to the status quo. They have had a organized resistance movement that has been fighting this regime for 45 years right now. And even since before that against the shot too. So I think that that is really important. Now the people of Iran have never given in to dictatorship. And they've always stood tall against it. And the world saw in, I mean, from December 20th, when the uprising broke out in Iran and the beginning of January, the Iranian regime responded to the protests with brutal force. Thousands upon thousands were killed in the street. Over 50 ,000 people were detained and are still in the state of limbo with many of them. […]

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• Morgan DeNicola
• Hali Lee
• Abb-d Taiyo

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