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Host Kathy Barrett interviews people from around the world from writers to politicians to creatives and innovators who share how overcoming challenges and obstacles led them to discover their true life's purpose. Our guests are up to fascinating things in life, and all share a similar goal -- to contribute to our world in order to make it a better place to live for all of us. Tune in to inspired. Tune in to be informed.

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KATHY BARRETT

I am captivated by the human spirit and passionate about documenting it in all forms of media. I feel especially devoted to giving those who don't have a voice a platform from which to speak. BTC profiles ordinary people who choose to be extraordinary. Guests share how they overcame insurmountable challenges with an intimate reveal of their process. Overcoming these obstacles often led them to discover their life's purpose.

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DR. KITTY OLIVER

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Dr. Kitty Oliver is a journalist. author, oral historian, and media producer whose Ph.D. focuses on race and ethnic communication. Dr. Oliver is founder of the "Race and Change Oral Histories Archive," which holds life stories of the race and ethnic experiences of people from a variety of racial, ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It's the largest archive of its kind and scope in our country.

Dr. Oliver uses her historical work and creative talents to bridge generations in her presentations. Her public television documentaries on Race and Change are used in schools, libraries and national broadcasts. The Apple podcast “Voices of Race and Change: The Younger Generation” features stories by college students and immigrant teenagers. Dr. Oliver has been featured on CNN and has shared her historical reflections in the Ron Howard Beatles documentary “Eight Days a Week: The Touring Years.” She is one of this year’s "Encore Public Voices Fellows."