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Vic Merjanian

The Next Gen 911 | Vic A. Merjanian

Interview Transcript of: The Next Gen 911 | Vic A. Merjanian Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background with us?   Vic A. Merjanian: Many years ago I was at UCSD as an undergrad and I found myself in situations with friends with family and we needed help. But there wasn’t really an…

Ken Carlson

How One Man’s Film Brought Peace to a War Torn Region | Kenneth Carlson

Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background?   Ken Carlson: I graduated from Brown University in 1986 and I played football there. I got offered scholarships around the country to play and I decided to go Ivy League and got a great education so it kind of started me off…

Jim Hedges; Art

Art As An Investment | Jim Hedges

Interview Transcript For Jim Hedges, Art as an Investment, By Alan Olsen, Host of the American Dreams Show Alan Olsen: Welcome back. I’m here today with Jim hedges. Welcome. Jim Hedges: Thanks so much for having me. Alan Olsen: Jim, for the guests. Can you give us the background of what inspired you to do…

Trak Fertility: Helping Men Become Dads | Karen Drexler

Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background?   Karen Drexler: I’m an entrepreneur in the medical device segment. What really got me here was an illness in my family. When I was in high school, my father was diagnosed with diabetes and ended up passing away pretty quickly from complications of…

Peter Kellner

The Power of Investing With ESG | Peter Kellner

Interview Transcript of: The Power of Investing With ESG | Peter Kellner Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background?   Peter Kellner: I got out of college in the early 90’s with a real passion for sustainability. I went to Budapest, Hungary on a scholarship. My family is actually from Budapest and…

Maynard Webb talks with Alan Olsen on the American Dreams Show.

Maynard Webb, Author of “Dear Founder: Letters of Advice for Anyone Who Leads, Manages, Or Wants to Start a Business”

Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you tell us a little about your background? Maynard Webb: I majored in criminal justice in college and was going to go on to law school.  I got hired by IBM my senior year as a co-op student and a security guard, and then I was hired permanently by them and shipped from…

Service Through Public Health | Dr. Jacob Eapen

Transcript: Alan Olsen: Can you share a little about your background?   Dr. Jacob Eapen: I was born and brought up in India in a southern part of Indian, a state called Kerala. Did my undergraduate, Doctorate and did my post graduation there and moved to Africa where I was a consultant pediatrician for a…

DeAnna Morgan

Holding the Sun, Poems of Inspiration from the Travels of DeAnna Morgan

Interview transcript for the American Dreams Show “Holding the Sun, Poems of Inspiration from the Travels of DeAnna Morgan”: Alan Olsen: Your husband, Randal Morgan, has a documentary film degree out of Stanford, how did get involved in helping with documentaries and what role was that?   DeAnna Morgan: I always was in the background with…