The WBUR Festival

Stephen Lease is an entrepreneur, explorer, and professional disruptor. After playing it safe—and failing at his first five companies—he decided to change things up and has been challenging the status quo ever since.

As the CEO and co-founder of goodr, he has built the company into one of the world’s largest independent eyewear brands. goodr is anchored in fun, authenticity and accessibility, delivering classic, high-performance, and fashionable products at unapologetically affordable prices... Read More →

Kate Williams is CEO of 1% for the Planet, a global movement of companies choosing environmental commitment so that our planet and future generations thrive. In more than a decade of leadership at the organization, Kate has scaled 1% for the Planet’s network to span 100+ countries and 65 ind... Read More →

Miriam Wasser is a senior reporter with WBUR's climate and environment team.

Before coming to WBUR, she was a staff writer for the Phoenix New Times in Arizona. Her work has also appeared in Boston Magazine, The Atlantic, Narratively, DigBoston and The Big Roundtable.

Miriam holds... Read More →