the podcast ✴︎ season one ✴︎ November 2026

THE CAMPFIRE

Where leaders choose harmony.

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Friends, allies, co-conspirators: welcome to the campfire.

Hosted by Mohan Sivaloganathan, The Campfire gathers leaders who refuse the false choice between wellbeing and high performance. Researchers, filmmakers, CEOs, and award-winning changemakers go beyond the title to share the turning points, the setbacks, and the joy that fuels serious work, along with the journey that shaped how they lead and what they're still trying to figure out.

Season one: nine conversations. The first three arrive together in November 2026, then a new episode every week.

MOST CONVERSATIONS OPEN WITH

“If the movie trailer guy were introducing you, what would he say?”

The answers are where the real stories begin.

SEASON ONE GUESTS

NINE VOICES AROUND ONE FIRE.

DR. ELIZABETH DUNN

Happiness researcher; author of Leave the Lights On The science of happiness and giving, and making the climate fight feel joyful. Episode →

TAKEMA ROBINSON

Founder and CEO of Converge; executive producer of the Oscar-nominated Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor; co-founder of the Standing in the Gap Fund Storytelling as a tool for change, and community as currency. Episode →

ARMANDO LOZA

2026 Harmonious Leadership Award winner; Executive Director, Miguel Contreras Foundation Carrying a legacy while building one, and the reset after burnout. Episode →

JAYLEN ADAMS

2026 Harmonious Leadership Award winner; writer; Our Turn alum Imagination as a leadership skill, and “a foolish, radical hope.” Episode →

MARIANA PALACIOS-VALDERRAMA

Harmonious Leadership Award winner; Senior Program Manager, Social Impact & Sustainability, Justworks A recovering workaholic on choosing where to spend her energy. Episode →

AFDHEL AZIZ

Co-author of Good Is the New Cool The man in the gray suit, the artist, and making room for both. Episode →

GREG BEHRMAN

CEO of NationSwell Community after isolation, and why anyone can be great because anyone can serve. Episode →

JEAN-CLAUDE BRIZARD

CEO of Digital Promise; former superintendent, including leading Chicago Public Schools From Haiti to the superintendent's office: be crew, not passengers. Episode →

NOEMÍ JIMÉNEZ

Founder of .qb consulting Mining for joy, and building a firm small on purpose. Episode →

Portrait of Mohan Sivaloganathan in an orange sweater

ABOUT THE HOST

Mohan Sivaloganathan is a movement entrepreneur, TED speaker, hip-hop artist, and the author of Choose Harmony (summer 2027). Many Campfire guests appear in the book.

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