Profound Conversations
by Karim Ali
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From STEAM Education to Agency
From STEAM Education to Agency
About this podcast
The urgency is measurable. According to the National Science Foundation's 2026 State of U.S. Science and Engineering, only 47 percent of Black public-high-school students attended schools offering the full range of mathematics, science and computer-science courses examined by the agency, compared with 55 percent of White students and 69 percent of Asian students. Black students constituted 15 percent of high-school enrollment but only 8 percent of AP science enrollment and 6 percent of AP mathematics enrollment. These and other facts matter. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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- From STEAM Education to Agency · 29 min · Episode 704What does it mean to prepare young people for a world increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, connected technologies, automation and rapidly evolving…
- Beyond Mainstreet: · 33 minEconomic transformation rarely begins inside government policy or corporate boardrooms. More often, it begins in trusted community spaces where people gather, exchange ideas…
- The Architecture of Extraction: · 32 min · Season 6 Episode 618The Architecture of Extraction: Private Equity State Capitalism and the Sacred Economics of Human Resilience Jerome Paige reintroduces the framework from his recent book—"private…
- The Silent Threshold: Prostate Health · 34 min · Season 6 Episode 617This episode interrogates the cultural, psychological, and systemic silence surrounding men’s health through the lens of Darelle Joiner’s lived experience with BPH. Dr. Kevin…
- Erased, Remembered, Repeated: PART II · 29 min · Season 6 Episode 616Profound Conversation is a listening & dialogue space which brings foremost thought leaders into a conversation to grapple with vexing challenges of our times! The Profound…
- Erased, Remembered, Repeated: · 28 min · Season 6 Episode 16This episode of Profound Conversations undertakes a rigorous examination of two defining genocides on the African continent: the 1904–1908 genocide of the Herero and Nama peoples…
- Beyond the Acronym: Labor, Leadership and the Future of DEI · 25 min · Season 6 Episode 614Dr. Carey’s scholarship and public commentary, including her leadership podcast appearances and essays on intentional dialogue, emphasize that equity is less about optics than…
- Future of Inclusive Investing · 35 min · Season 6This episode focuses on investment strategies that have historically been underutilized in African American communities due to limited exposure, access restrictions, or lack of…
- “Knowledge, Lineage, and Responsibility: A Browder Perspective” · 35 min · Season 6 Episode 613At a moment when information is abundant but wisdom is scarce, Browder’s work challenges audiences to reconsider how they learn, who they trust, and what they do with what they…
- When Life Feels Too Heavy: · 30 min · Season 6 Episode 10In this illuminating episode of Profound Conversations, we sit down with Dana Gant, a registered nurse and intuitive healer whose practice, Radiant Healing, bridges the wisdom of…
- The future of inclusive investing · 19 min · Season 6 Episode 9The conversation on wealth creation and financial stability in marginalized communities was reframed for a new generation. The dialogue brought financial heavyweight Dyer, whose…
- Guardians of the Narrative: The Fate and Future of Black-Owned Media · 33 min · Season 6 Episode 8In this episode of Profound Conversations, we enter a dialogue with the stewards of two of the nation’s most enduring African American–owned media institutions—The Washington…
- Equitable Health by Design · 26 min · Season 6 Episode 7Equality Health Foundation Launches the Zip Code Exam Project to Drive Awareness of Health Disparities and Increase Life Expectancy in Underserved Communities Equality Health…
- From Vision to Divine Provision · 35 min · Season 6 Episode 6In this transformative episode of Profound Conversations, we explore a groundbreaking approach to personal development that bridges the gap between Islamic faith and modern goal…
- They Said N*ggas Don't Read · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 5New Documentary in Development Explores the Untold History—and Living Legacy—of Black Bookstores in America Baltimore, MD — [October 28, 2025] — Obelisk Productions is proud to…
- The American Experiment · 20 min · Season 6 Episode 4Profound Conversation invites thought leaders to explore the enduring and contested idea of the “American experiment.” Rooted in Enlightenment principles and launched in 1776…
- "From Standing Rock to City Hall" · 32 min · Season 6 Episode 3This episode of Profound Conversations’ centers Aura Vasquez’s compelling journey, connecting her work in immigration, environmental justice, and civic leadership with the rising…
- The American Experiment · 21 min · Season 6 Episode 2Profound Conversation invites thought leaders to explore the enduring and contested idea of the “American experiment.” Rooted in Enlightenment principles and launched in 1776…
- Gaslighting · 27 min · Season 6 Episode 1Are we being gaslit as a nation? In this urgent conversation, Dr. Kevin Washington and psychotherapist Dr. Pamela Brewer exposes how denial, distortion, and manipulation — the…
- Breath, Power, and Presence: Changa Bell on Life Force and Liberation · 29 min · Season 5 Episode 27Profound Conversation is a listening & dialogue space which brings the foremost thought leaders into a conversation to grapple with the vexing challenges of our times! In an…
