Greater Than

Greater Than

Greater Than Media

Greater than is a storytelling platform. We tell stories about people and organizations that overcome, that keep on despite the desolation they've seen or been through. And we ask ourselves, how can we use these stories to tackle systems of injustice, inequality, racism, poverty, and shift narratives?

32 minutes 2 seconds

Race: The Finale

Join us for the final episode of the Race series. Jenn and Dhanya discuss how much new knowledge they have, how their perceptions have changed, and even some of the prejudice they've faced.

12 October 2016, 5:07 pm
1 hour 14 minutes

Race: The Power and Construct of Supremacy

In this installment of the Race series, we delve into how normalized White Supremacy is in our culture. We speak with filmmaker Darnley Hodge about his new documentary series called American LOWS ( Legacy of White Supremacy) about power, race, and who exactly invented the constructs that we've grown so accustomed to.

Donate to the America LOWS project here:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-american-lows-ep-1-the-invention-history-education#/

20 September 2016, 11:16 pm
32 minutes

From Reactions to Solutions

Today, we're talking to Monica Kang, CEO of InnovatorsBox, about using creative thinking as a way to process the heaviness that some of the topics might bring about. How do we deal with burnout? How do we initiate difficult conversations in our communities? How do we talk to someone that disagrees with us? Find all the answers to those questions in this episode. Monica is a passionate community bridge builder, creative culture educator, and curious researcher. She enjoys finding impactful ways to integrate different worlds, such as entrepreneurship and public policy, to build a more multifaceted community. She founded InnovatorsBox to help professionals tap into their creative potential. Watch her work here: http://www.innovatorsbox.com

31 August 2016, 6:23 pm
45 minutes 42 seconds

India's Anti-Blackness: Parallels Between Caste and Black Lives Matter

In this episode, we speak to Ena Ganguly. She's a poet, an activist, and a thought leader creating spaces specifically for black and brown consumption. We chat with her about the harmful effects of the caste system in India and how it compares to the Black Lives Matter movement in America.

Find Ena's work here:

https://www.instagram.com/enaganguly/?hl=en

24 August 2016, 1:15 am
56 minutes 35 seconds

Race: Unity Despite our Implicit Biases

Denise Hernández is an activist, a founder, a speaker, and an organizer passionate about education. She recently spoke at TEDx San Antonio about implicit bias. Denise comes to Greater Than to talk about what it means to have an implicit bias in our society and what we can do to transform our bias. She's key in the black + brown movement in San Antonio, Texas and it's our pleasure to speak with her.

If you'd like to take the bias test, the link is provided below.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/

15 August 2016, 9:53 pm
56 minutes 2 seconds

Race: Designing a Less Racist World

We honor Michael Brown today with this episode of Greater Than. We're talking to Antionette Carroll, creator and founder of Creative Reaction Lab in St. Louis. Listen as we tackle black on black crime, what it means to be a black woman in America, and creating sustainable ways to fight racism.

creativereactionlab.com

10 August 2016, 1:38 am
20 minutes 40 seconds

A Difficult Conversation About Race

The intro episode to our black lives series

1 August 2016, 7:59 pm
30 minutes 23 seconds

Trafficking: Who is the target?

Amber Bissell is an advocate by day and an advocate by night. She's got this passion for survivors of sex trafficking that is contagious. Our conversation touches on how traffickers target their victims, transgendered youth and trafficking, and if we truly care enough about the systems that are adding to staggering rates of trafficking. Do we? Listen to us grapple through these tough questions.

18 July 2016, 8:49 pm
37 minutes 53 seconds

Trafficking.

This week kicks off our mini series on sex trafficking. Trafficking in all forms is known as modern slavery. What are we doing about it? One woman named Natasha created a safe space called sojourn landing specifically for victims of trafficking and people in the commercial sex trade. Listen as she takes us deeper into the world of trafficking and breaks down why we need less judgement and more love with victims of the sex trade.

traffickcam.com

sojournlanding.org

6 July 2016, 1:32 pm
38 minutes 24 seconds

Hunger Has No Religion

Our last episode of the Homelessness series. We're talking to Donny Edwards- father, Army-man, and founder of an Atlanta based organization called Hunger Has No Religion.

Listen as he tells us about his own struggles of losing a home, being in the army, and finding ways to use his story for the good of humanity.

Find him work here:

hungerhasnoreligion.org

20 June 2016, 7:06 pm
12 minutes 31 seconds

Finding Robert ( Bob) Clyde Case

This is a Miracle Message. With it, we hope to reunite homeless individuals with long lost loved ones. This week, we have Vietnam War veteran Howard W. Taylor looking for his best friend Robert Clyde (Bob) Case.

If you have any leads to the whereabouts of Bob Case, please email us at [email protected]

Share this message with your networks. You never know who might be in your circle.

Check out Taylor's video message here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyARfdil_2M&feature=youtu.be

Full message chart:
Name Howard w. Taylor aka taylor Date of Birth: 1969 Location: Ft lauderdale Hometown: Philadelphia Miracle Message recipient name: Robert Clyde Case Relation: Best friend Date of Birth: unknown Last Known Location: San Diego ( possibly) Last Connected: Last 60's early 70's Hometown: San diego possibly

13 June 2016, 5:20 pm
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