
Empowering Historically Underserved Communities
GSSW Board of Advisors Vice Chair Richard Lewis discusses the BIPOC Nonprofit Development Center he founded and ways that schools of social work can partner to better serve their communities.

Hosted by University of Denver · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 22 episodes
Established thought leaders with verified media credentials.
Brave Ideas for Social Change, a podcast from the Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver, draws on faculty expertise for fast-moving discussions on emerging research, practice and policy innovations to spur social change.
University of Denver hosts Brave Ideas for Social Change, a science show with 22 episodes published.

GSSW Board of Advisors Vice Chair Richard Lewis discusses the BIPOC Nonprofit Development Center he founded and ways that schools of social work can partner to better serve their communities.

Yesenia Silva Estrada graduated from GSSW’s Western Colorado MSW Program in 2017. Today, she practices as a macro social worker, serving as vice president of planning and chief of staff for Colorado Mountain College in G

Breast cancer survivor Diane M. Simard is a member of GSSW’s newly established Board of Advisors and a friend to the University of Denver. She has been working to raise awareness about the unique mental health needs of c

GSSW Assistant Professor Tyrone Hamler discusses his work to advance health equity across the lifespan.

GSSW Professor Johnny Kim is working to expand adolescent mental health care access through approaches such as solution-focused brief therapy, an evidence-based therapy model.

GSSW Clinical Professor Philip Tedeschi extends the concept of social justice to include nonhuman animals, noting that animal, human and environmental well-being are inextricably linked.

GSSW Associate Professor Anamika Barman Adhikari discusses the use of artificial intelligence in social work research and practice.

Equity Labs Executive Director Chenthu Jayton discusses the organization’s work to advance liberation and justice and steps that individuals can take to center liberation and justice in their own lives and work.

Assistant Professor Marquisha Lawrence Scott discusses the role of congregations as social problem-solvers, today and into the future.

Associate Professor Stacey Freedenthal discusses her latest book — “Loving Someone with Suicidal Thoughts” — and the concept of listening bravely.

Assistant Prof. Sophia Sarantakos focuses their research, writing and organizing on how professionalized social-change work — including social work — can be shaped to serve an abolitionist horizon.

Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development Jenn Bellamy teaches research and theory courses at GSSW and has been working to advance social and racial justice in social work practice and in social w

The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work Assistant Professor Erin Harrop works to increase awareness of weight stigma in social work.

Associate Professor Ramona Beltrán highlights the role of storytelling in articulating creative responses to pressing issues, including historical trauma and healing.

Associate Professor Ramona Beltrán highlights the role of storytelling in articulating creative responses to pressing issues, including historical trauma and healing.

Associate Professor Ramona Beltrán highlights the role of storytelling in articulating creative responses to pressing issues, including historical trauma and healing.

Assistant Professor Kaipeng Wang works to understand how social determinants — such as discrimination, acculturation, and food insecurity — contribute to health and mental health disparities among ethnic minorities and i

Assistant Professor Kaipeng Wang works to understand how social determinants — such as discrimination, acculturation, and food insecurity — contribute to health and mental health disparities among ethnic minorities and i

Assistant Professor Kaipeng Wang works to understand how social determinants — such as discrimination, acculturation, and food insecurity — contribute to health and mental health disparities among ethnic minorities and i

Graduate School of Social Work Research Professor Kevin Morris discusses how the Institute for Human–Animal Connection advances social justice through research.
Sponsor detection runs nightly. Check back soon.
No public pitch examples yet for this show.
Generate your own personalised pitchBased on semantic analysis of episode topics and host coverage, this show is a strong guest fit for executives in:
Industry fit is computed by PitchCentric using vector embeddings of the show's episode catalog.
Shows with the most semantically similar episode content. Pitch one, pitch all; producers cluster.








Brave Ideas for Social Change has a verified contact on file. Create a free PitchCentric account to access it and generate a personalised pitch in seconds. Research at least 3 recent episodes first and lead with a specific angle that serves their science audience.
Brave Ideas for Social Change is hosted by University of Denver. The show is categorised under science (social) and has published 22 episodes.
Brave Ideas for Social Change has published 22 episodes.
Brave Ideas for Social Change regularly covers science, social, education. It sits in the science category, with a social focus.
Brave Ideas for Social Change is accessible for guests with genuine science expertise. A personalised, episode-aware pitch will still outperform a generic one every time.
Brave Ideas for Social Change hasn't explicitly signalled guest openness in recent episodes. That doesn't rule out pitching. your hook just needs to be especially compelling and relevant to their recent content.
Episodes of Brave Ideas for Social Change average 21 minutes. a focused format where a clear narrative arc and tight preparation matter most.
Our data rates Brave Ideas for Social Change's guest bar at 80/100 (Premium tier). Established thought leaders with verified media credentials. Sign in to PitchCentric to see how your own Pod Score compares against this show.
Methodology. Booking Probability™ blends Listen Score, 30-day Virality, open-to-guests detection, and Apple ratings. Data refreshed every 60 minutes. Listen Score and Booking Probability are calculated by PitchCentric. Last enriched 11 days ago.