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The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay and the Catalyst are teaming up to bring you the brightest minds in nonprofit, social enterprise and philanthropy. In the new podcast Inspired Giving, host Wilman Norton, V.P. of Marketing and Communications at the Community Foundation of Tampa Bay will speak with donors, non-profit leaders and recipients to explore how giving impacts the lives of everyone connected to the process.

She'll profile the latest initiatives in Tampa Bay and share acumen that elevates the St. Petersburg NPO community. Enjoy Episode #1 with Soical Enterprise Alliance CEO Kila Englebrook.

The buzz on Green Bench Brewing: Home-made honey

Green Bench Brewing Co. has 60,000 industrious, hardworking employees who make their own hours, play by their own rules and pay no withholding tax.

And they live right there on site.

They’re European honeybees, and they’ve been at Green Bench for two years, coming, going, raising their little bee families and – most significantly – producing between 15 and 20 gallons of honey annually. The bees reside in two heavily-weighted hives on the two-story roof of Green Bench’s property near Central Avenue in St. Pete.

How the Enlightenment Ends [Atlantic]

Philosophically, intellectually—in every way—human society is unprepared for the rise of artificial intelligence.

Alex Harris, Co-Founder of Arts Conservatory for Teens

With a now working link - Alex Harris talks his gospel roots, battling fear and shifting the poverty mindset [64:50]

The Hustle

FRANK STRUNK III

Frank Strunk III grew up amidst the smells of paper and ink, in the mechanical roar of his father's D.C. area commercial printing business. To meet Frank is to shake the fire-proof hand of a self-taught artist who pushes the the artistic and physical boundaries of his materials.