Podcast Episodes

840: Dr. Leonardo Trasande, part 1: Sicker, Fatter, Poorer: The Urgent Threat of Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Our Health and Future ... and What We Can Do About It

Episode 840

I found Dr. Trasande quoted in a Washington Post article The health risks from plastics almost nobody knows about: Phthalates, chemicals found in plastics, are linked to an array of problems, especia…

Published on 1 day, 5 hours ago

839: Saabira Chaudhuri: Consumed: Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us

Episode 839

Reading Saabira's New York Times piece Throwaway Plastic Has Corrupted Us told me she saw more about plastic and its effect on our culture than most. A quote from it: "The social costs of our addicti…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

838: Zach Rabinor, part 2: What if your business and values clash?

Episode 838

Zach and I got so into our first conversation that we had to take a second one to get to the Spodek Method.

Listen for yourself, but I hear Zach working with three motivations:

His surfer, outdoors sel…

Published on 1 month ago

837: Zach Rabinor, part 1: Getting serious about sustainable travel?

Episode 837

I met Zach at an event I spoke at sponsored by the Young Presidents Organization, whose members tend to be successful in business. The criteria to join require it. I knew the people would be friendly…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

836 Dr. Robert Fullilove, part 5: Unsustainability is upstream of imperialism, colonialism, slavery, and racism

Episode 836

Since our fourth recording, Dr. Bob and I spoke at length about what's driving me and keeping me going beyond where nearly anyone else does on sustainability leadership. We cover in this recording mo…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

835: At last! I can access my roof to charge solar for the first time in 18 months.

Episode 835

This week, I charged my solar panel and battery on my roof for the first time for over 18 months. My building had to do maintenance during which no residents could access the roof. They told us the j…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

834: Do Americans Know How to Prepare Food From Scratch?

Episode 834

Late summer means produce at peak ripeness, especially peaches and heirloom tomatoes. Regular readers of my blog and subscribers to my newsletter have read of how my volunteering to bring overstock f…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

833: Aaron Blaise: A Master Disney Director and Animator on Self Expression, Leadership, and Nature

Episode 833

Aaron and I met after I got to see a screening of his recent short animated film Snow Bear. I knew about Aaron's achievements from participating in some of the biggest animated movies of all time. I …

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

832: Robert Fullilove, part 4: Action in the Center of Civil Rights in the 1960s

Episode 832

Dr. Bob worked in the heart of the US Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. He shares stories of his interactions with Stokely Carmichael (later Kwame Ture), John Lewis, and more.

In earlier conversatio…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

831: Glenn Hubbard: Dean of Columbia Business School on Adam Smith and Leadership

Episode 831

I can't help but call Glenn "Dean Hubbard" since I met him as a student at Columbia Business School. That was 2005, making him one of the guests I've known the longest.

I invited him to the podcast af…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago