Today we’re talking to Erin Wayne, or @Aureylian as she’s known on the internet. Six years ago, Erin was brought on as the first pure community hire at Twitch.

We’ll dig into the story of how Erin came to work at Twitch, her early projects there, and two remarkable community programs she’s led: Twitch ambassadors and meetups.

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We speak with Dr. Chad Nelsen, the CEO of Surfrider about how Surfrider got started in Malibu, California, and what they’ve done to expand the organization and its impact around the globe. Chad started working at Surfrider when he was 28 years-old and fresh out of grad school. At that time the foundation had just six employees and 20 chapters. Today, there are 190 Surfrider chapters and clubs and over 500,000 activists and supporters worldwide.

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In this episode, we interview Hector Espinal, co-founder of WRU Crew, an exceptional run club in New York City. As many as 100 diverse runners gather at the same spot on Mondays at 7:00 pm then take to the streets to hoots and hollers of support from folks in the neighborhood.

How did Hector build something so special? We sat down with him in Central Park to learn more.

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