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Mark Brand is your host for BETTER; a podcast about hope & resilience and leaving the planet a better place than we found it. It’s a home for conversations with incredible people who are change makers, disrupters, and experts in their fields. Brand is a social-impact entrepreneur, chef, and systems designer who is committed to ending hunger. By sharing tools for hope & resilience, Brand believes we can empower ourselves and each other to be BETTER.
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Saltwater Sean: Cleaning Oceans, Healing People
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Prequel: Saltwater Sean
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Matt Lillard: Nerds, Outsiders, and Owning Your Story
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Prequel: Matt Lillard
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Karen Washington: Food Apartheid and the Fight for Food Justice
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Prequel: Food Apartheid and the Fight for Food Justice
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Hope Blooms & Keonte Beals: Barriers into Bridges
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Prequel: Hope Blooms and Keonte Beals
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Michael Shaikh: Food, Conflict & Culture
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Prequal: Michael Shaikh
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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1-800-Happy Birthday: Honouring Lives through Storytelling
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Prequal: 1-800 Happy Birthday
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Ken Shea: Banking on Community
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Prequal: Ken Shea
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Sean Sherman: The Sioux Chef
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Prequel: Sean Sherman
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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Nadya Hutugalang: Using Fame To Drive Change
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Prequel: Nadya Hutugalang
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Bun B: Be A Good Man
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Prequel: Bun B
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Season 3 Trailer
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Andrew Knapp: Grief and Man's Best Friend
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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Heather Plett: Holding Space
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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Ziya Tong: The Reality Bubble
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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Dr. Michael Airhart - Taste For The Homeless
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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James Anderson: Ending Incarceration with Love
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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Anthony Demby - A Humble Riot
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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"Hawaii" Mike Salman - Chef for Higher
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May 22, 2023 |
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Harold O'Neal - Befriending Conflict
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May 08, 2023 |
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Holley M. Kholi-Murchison - Tell Me About Yourself
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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4Korners - Walking Good with Toronto Raptors DJ & Musician
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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Tara McGuire - OUR OVERDOSE CRISIS
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Nov 13, 2022 |
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Rick Doblin - HEALING THROUGH PSYCHEDELICS
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Oct 30, 2022 |
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Rachel Sumekh - THE TRUE HEART OF ADVOCACY
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Oct 23, 2022 |
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Eamonn Store - CONTRIBUTION OVER PROFIT
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Ernie Paniccioli - REMEMBERING WHO WE ARE
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Oct 02, 2022 |
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Z-Trip - PROCESSING LIFE THROUGH MUSIC
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Sep 25, 2022 |
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Jennifer Crawford - THE STAKES OF AUTHENTICITY
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Sep 18, 2022 |
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Yarrow Kraner - THE RACE BETWEEN CONSCIOUSNESS & CATASTROPHE
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Sep 11, 2022 |
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Loren Cardeli - FOOD IS BROKEN AND DYING
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Aug 28, 2022 |
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Samantha Ramirez-Herrera - BEYOND DREAMER
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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Rhett Butler - DEFENDING NATURE
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Jul 31, 2022 |
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Joshna Maharaj - FOOD IS A BLESSING
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Jul 17, 2022 |
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Nirvan Mullick - CURIOSITY X HUMANITY
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Jul 03, 2022 |
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Charles Michel - LIFE THROUGH FOOD
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Jun 26, 2022 |
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Sarah Eagle Heart - TRUTH TO POWER
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Little Shawn - BEHIND THE SMOKE
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Jun 12, 2022 |
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Dr. Sylvia Earle - HER DEEPNESS
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Jun 05, 2022 |
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Jovanka Ciares - RECLAIMING WELLNESS
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May 29, 2022 |
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Julian Alexander - ENDING VIOLENCE THROUGH ART
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May 22, 2022 |
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Suzanne Barr - FOR THE LOVE OF FOOD
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May 15, 2022 |
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Kathryn “Kitty” Kolbert - REPRODUCTIVE FREEDOM
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May 08, 2022 |
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Tim Daly - YOU ARE AN ARTIST
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May 01, 2022 |
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Sara Roversi - CLIMATE JUSTICE
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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George Stroumboulopoulos - THE POWER OF MUSIC
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Apr 17, 2022 |
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Mark Groves - HUMAN CONNECTION
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Apr 10, 2022 |
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Rha Goddess - AWAKENING ACTIVISM
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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Jodi-Ann Burey - NOT IMPOSTER SYNDROME
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Mar 27, 2022 |
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Jann Arden - ASKING FOR HELP
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Mar 20, 2022 |
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Dr. Gabor Maté - COMPASSION
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Mar 13, 2022 |
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Introducing "BETTER with Mark Brand"
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Mar 10, 2022 |