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Christy Tennery-Spalding: Building Political Homes and Redefining Self-Care Beyond Capitalism
Christy Tennery-Spalding, activist and organizer, shares how growing up near Washington D.C. shaped her oppositional stance to power structures and l…
5 months, 1 week ago
Andrew Bustamante: Inside the Mind of a Spy — Tradecraft, Trust, and the Cost of Secrecy
Former CIA field operative Andrew Bustamante pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to recruit spies, run intelligence operations, and naviga…
5 months, 1 week ago
Chris Fussell: Systems, Mindset, and Leading at the Edge
Former Navy SEAL and leadership strategist Chris Fussell reveals how elite teams operate under pressure—and how those principles can be applied far b…
5 months, 1 week ago
Carlos Adell: From Drug Dealer to Industrial Engineer to Finding True Success Through Strategic Environment Design
Carlos Adell shares his unconventional path from growing up in a small Spanish town with limited resources to running a six-figure drug dealing busin…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Alison Shcraeger: The Economics of Risk and What a Las Vegas Brothel Taught Me About Uncertainty
Alison Shcraeger, economist and author of An Economist Walks Into a Brothel, explains how risk really works and why most people misunderstand it. Fro…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
John Epstein: Testing Acast Sync and Update Functionality
This is a test episode to verify that our Acast sync system works correctly. We will upload this episode with a far-future publish date, then update …
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Akshay Nanavati: Finding Bliss Through Suffering, Silence, and the Edge of Human Endurance
Akshay Nanavati is not your typical adventurer — he’s a former Marine, a survivor of war-induced PTSD, and a seeker of what he calls the “crucible of…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
David Brooks: Seeing People Deeply in a World of Shallow Interactions
New York Times columnist and bestselling author **David Brooks** joins Srini Rao to unpack what it really means to know and see another person — and …
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Damon Centola: Why Change Spreads from the Edges—Not the Influencers
Damon Centola, sociologist and author of *Change: How to Make Big Things Happen*, dismantles the myth of the influencer and introduces a radically di…
5 months, 4 weeks ago
Jennifer Wallace: Raising Resilient Kids in a Culture That Says They're Never Enough
Jennifer Wallace is a journalist, researcher, and mother of three who set out to answer one of the most pressing questions in modern parenting: *Why …
5 months, 4 weeks ago