Alex Madva: Creating True Social Change EP766

The Michael Brian Show · Jan 12, 2026 · 1h 2m

Alex Madva (@madva.bsky.social) is Professor of Philosophy, Director of the California Center for Ethics and Policy, and Co-Director of the Digital Humanities Consortium at Cal Poly Pomona. He’s one of the authors of the new book Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change.

We discuss how to create true social change, how ideas spread, the pitfalls of being hyperconnected, and some things we can do to "do social change right."

You can pick up the book, "Somebody Should Do Something" at https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262049788/somebody-should-do-something/ and you can…