Episode 79: Prisoner Releases, Entrepreneurship, Jazz, Creativity, and a Sociologist Who Loves Talking with Economists

20/11/2025 25 min

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Episode Synopsis

Professor Damon Phillips studies how society's structures, beauty, and contradictions shape business and creative expression. In conversation with Anita, he discusses how entrepreneurship can offer pathways to economic independence for formerly incarcerated citizens and how the business of jazz reveals deep, profound truths about markets, creativity, and community. Through re-entry, rhythm, and reinvention, Damon reflects on how businesses can remake the societies they serve.

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