Disruption Now
Join us on the Disruption Now podcast as we challenge the status quo and advocate for digital equity, ownership, and responsible technology.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 182
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Disruption Now Episode 163: The False Poverty Narrative
Joshua Ogundu is an advocate of equity, as he believes that it starts with everyone. The common belief that most successful startup founders began their journey from poverty and worked their way up t…
Disruption Now Episode 162 I Human 2025 Iliana Oris Valiente
"THE WORLD IS CHANGING FAST, but it doesn't have to be scary." Iliana Oris Valiente (IOV) is an optimist for the future of tech and society. IOV wants to encourage humans to live happy, healthy, and …
Disruption Now Episode 161: Igniting Human Connection
Kalista Zackhariyas isn't just envisioning a social media future centered on genuine human interactions – she's crafting it. As the dynamic CEO of SparkSeeker, she's pioneering the way.
Learn more at …
Disruption Now Episode 160: Quest for Justice Aswad Thomas
Meet Aswad Thomas, the indomitable Alliance for Safety and Justice Vice President. Once on the cusp of a glittering professional basketball career, a devastating gunshot wound forever altered his des…
Episode 159 | Behind the Algorithm: AI & Transparency
As innovations surge forward, so do the questions about A.I.'s inner workings. Our guest on Disruption Now is Javier Viaña Pérez, the co-founder of Rezon.ai and a Postdoctoral Associate at the MIT Ka…
Episode 158 Lenore Anderson: In Their Names
In 2020, over 2 million people were employed by the justice system, with an annual expenditure of a staggering 300 billion dollars in the United States alone. But what has all this investment achieve…
Art & NFT in the Future with Cessiah Lopez
Cessiah Lopez is an Affiliate of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy.
She is a serial entrepreneur & web3 degen with proven experiences in growing small businesses & creating digital prod…
Blockchain in the Future with Diamond Doll
Diamond Doll is a highly skilled leader who excels at problem-solving and generating effective solutions. Her experience at Microsoft and Juul Labs demonstrates her commitment to diversity, inclusivi…
Leading in Action with Larry Brinker Jr.
Larry Brinker Jr. is an award-winning entrepreneur, impact investor, and mentor. He serves as Chief Executive Officer and President of Brinker, a group of family-owned and operated commercial constru…
Pioneering Digital Advertising
- Mark is the CEO, co-founder, and chairman of Direct Digital Holdings, a Houston-based and founded adtech company that brings state-of-the-art buy-side and sell-side advertising platforms for clients …
Art and Reform with Tyra Patterson
Tyra joined the Ohio Justice & Policy Center team as a paralegal in Jan. 2018. After several months of successful outreach on OJPC’s behalf, Tyra’s role adapted to better describe her gifts and passi…
Criminalizing Poverty…
Dr. Topeka K. Sam spent time in federal prison and, upon her release, vowed to fight on behalf of the women she left behind. Topeka founded The Ladies of Hope Ministries, whose EPIC Vision is to End …
Disrupting the Adtech Game with Mark Douglas
MNTN (pronounced Mountain) built the first-of-its-kind, self-serve software for buying connected TV that puts performance first. The MNTN platform makes it easy for brands to buy connected TV ads acr…
Innovation and Entrepreneurship with Darnell Smith
Darnell Smith is a CPG and alcohol industry veteran and cannabis entrepreneur, innovator and advocate. Smith is the founder and CEO of MXXN, a non-alcoholic, cannabis-infused spirits brand that is ev…
Faith and Branding with Mirthell Onyx
Mirthell, is the Founder and CEO of the Onyx brand. For years, he worked as a pastor and marriage & family therapist, but it was his dream to one day work with his family. One day in 2015, he took th…
From CEO to ACTIVIST with Jason Flom
Also, the host of the hit podcast, Wrongful Conviction features interviews with men and women who have spent decades in prison for crimes they did not commit, some even sentenced to death. He started…
Uncompromising with Steve White
Steve is president, special counsel to the CEO of Comcast Cable. He works with executives on a number of important initiatives, including leadership development, strategic planning, diversity, equali…
Stopping HIV Criminalization
Laws criminalizing HIV must be changed to Cathcart up to facts and science.
What you will learn:
- How Fear Drive modern HIV Laws in Ohio
- Why Current HIV Laws are against public health Interest
- How margina…
Edition Magazine Amplifying Black Creatives
- Isoul Harris is the Editor and Chief of EDTION. Edition’s mission to uplift and amplify Black creatives across industries. Isoul brings a vast array of expertise in the space – from serving as a mul…
A Higher Calling with Kern Alexander
Kern Alexander is a veteran turned business mogul. Learn about his unexpected Cannabis journey and how his passion for helping veterans lead to a multi million dollar business. US Military Veteran K…