Episode Details

Episode 14 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza gets loud—in the best way.

Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun are joined by Brad Lea, Jenna Silverman, Anthony Mirarchi, Benny Fisher, and Fobby Naghmi for a rapid-fire, high-trust conversation about the words that will define 2026—and the decisions that will shape everything that follows.

The theme that keeps surfacing: you don’t change your life by wanting it… you change your life by choosing it.

Here’s what each guest is carrying into 2026:

• Jay: Love (after Intensity) — bringing people together, leading with courage, and reclaiming parts of himself he shelved along the way.
• Jenna: Surrender (after Faith) — releasing forced outcomes, tightening clarity and communication, and building Culture Matters with alignment and trust.
• Benny: Stewardship — honoring what he’s already been entrusted with, shifting from builder to caretaker, and going deeper with fewer relationships.
• Fobby: Certainty — and the story behind it: how one question from Brad unlocked a decade of weight and redirected his trajectory.
• Anthony: Enriched / Enriching — getting uncomfortable again, creating new products in commercial insurance, and thinking roll-ups, M&A, and bigger plays.
• Brad: starts with Unrecognizable… then evolves it into Choice — because free will is the overlooked superpower and better decisions compound into better lives.

There are also practical gems throughout: create and publish daily, don’t “make the content content,” stop negotiating with fear, and build real momentum through consistent revenue-generating action.

If you’re stepping into 2026 hungry for a reset—this episode is a jolt of clarity. Share it with someone who needs to hear it, and leave a review for The Culture Matters Podcast so we can keep building this the easy way.