Liz sits down with her “nephew” Etienne Maurice — actor, filmmaker, and founder of the nonprofit Walk Good — for a deeply personal conversation about service, survival, and community. Etienne traces his instinct to serve back to his grandparents, his mother, his father, and his stepfather, shares how the killings of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, and Breonna Taylor led him to gather more than 400 people in a Mid-City park and launch Walk Good, and why he believes healing has been sold to communities of color as a luxury instead of a birthright. He opens up about surviving gun violence 14 years ago, the grief and substance use that came before it, and the sobriety and purpose that came after. Plus: meeting his wife Stephanie, his rapid-fire favorites, and why he defines joy as living without shame.

Todd Gloria is San Diego’s first mayor of color and first openly gay mayor — a legacy rooted in a grandfather who wore a three-piece suit every day, even to mow the lawn, just to be seen as a man worthy of respect.

In this conversation with Liz, Todd opens up about the shy kid who found his voice, why he’d rather tell people what they need to know than what they want to hear, and how he’s tackling San Diego’s housing crisis as mayor and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Before October 7th, Jonah Platt was a Broadway leading man — he starred in Wicked, booked TV and film roles, and built a career in entertainment just like his father before him. Then everything changed. Liz sits down with Jonah, now host of the #1-ranked Being Jewish with Jonah Platt, to talk about the moment he realized his effort belonged somewhere else. Jonah opens up about growing up a natural leader since kindergarten, meeting his wife while starring in Hair at the Hollywood Bowl, and the Mark Cuban quote that pushed him to pivot his entire career. He talks candidly about being Jewish in Hollywood right now, why he's back in school for a Master's in Antisemitism Studies, and the tattoo — Gam zeh ya'avor, this too shall pass — that keeps him grounded. The conversation closes with Jonah's rapid-fire favorites and his hard-won thoughts on where he still finds hope.