Entries by Two Outlaws

When Systems Shape Us — Cynthia Drake Morrow | Episode 266

What happens when the systems surrounding us begin shaping the way we think, work, lead, and even treat one another? On Episode 266 of Moped Outlaws, we ride with Cynthia Drake Morrow, assistant professor of public health at Michigan State University, life sciences consultant, researcher, and co-author of Administrative Intelligence with Jennifer Wisdom. The conversation […]

Home in the Heart of the Tenderloin — JJ Smith | Episode #265

What happens when you stop looking at a troubled neighborhood from the outside and start seeing it as home? For JJ Smith, the Tenderloin in San Francisco is home. He has spent much of his life here, and his connection to the people on these streets is not theoretical. It comes from family, experience, survival, […]

What Happens When We Stop Talking? — Paul Greenberg | Episode #264

What happens when we stop talking to one another? For Professor Paul Greenberg, that question has been part of a life spent moving between worlds. He grew up with a father who was both a psychiatrist and a film critic, discovered early that writing could be a way of making sense of the world, and […]

There’s No Justice, Just Us: Elizabeth Mikotowicz on Healing, Empathy & Agency | #263

Some conversations take us into difficult places. The second ride with Elizabeth Mikotowicz takes us there—but it also keeps asking what happens when we find our way back. Elizabeth is the author of No Justice, Just Us, a book rooted in her experiences with the criminal justice system, addiction, incarceration, trauma, and recovery. In this […]