Episode #255 | Geoffrey Holland | Virtue

Episode #255 | Geoffrey Holland | Virtue

From American Real by Roger L. Brooks

October 26, 2025 · 35 min · Episode 242

About this episode

Geoffrey Holland discusses the themes of courage, compassion, and redemption in relation to humanity's role on Earth.

📚 GET YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED - Learn more about getting your book published or becoming a bestselling author: https://www.officialrogerbrooks.com/publishing ⌨️ Visit our website: americanrealpublishing.com 🔴 Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/2zVQDLO-We talk a lot about innovation and ambition on the show, but there's a deeper operating system that determines where all that energy goes. Call it virtue. At a time when climate stress, inequality and runaway media incentives pull us toward cynicism. Three ancient ideas feel surprisingly disruptive. Courage, compassion, and redemption. Courage to tell the truth when it's inconvenient. Compassion to widen the circle of who counts and redemption. The audacity to change course personally and collectively before it's too late. Here's the question I want us to sit with today. What is the worthy role for humans? The most consequential species on Earth in the living tapestry of this planet? When power meets conscience, who wins? And can a good story actually move us from greed and self-interest towards stewardship and solidarity? We think it can. Especially when it's told with heart, with urgency, and with an innovation to act…

People in this episode

Guest: Geoffrey Holland

Topics covered

  • virtue
  • courage
  • compassion
  • redemption
  • innovation
  • humanity

Keywords

  • Emmy Award
  • writer
  • producer
  • journalist
  • humanitarian

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Virtue: Courage-Compassion-Redemption

Books & works: Emmy Award, Virtue: Courage-Compassion-Redemption, American Real, The Power of Being Rich: 10 Essential Steps to Manifest What You Already Have

Places: Earth, Gambia Reserve, Tanzania

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