Podcast Episodes

Riding The Rail To Rubensteins

New Orleans is a city of mysteries. Tourists, fascinated by ghosts and grandeur, learn about them on French Quarter walking tours. For those of us wh…

2 years, 6 months ago

Progress Here Looks Different

If you Google “demolition videos” you’ll find a seemingly unlimited number of videos of commercial buildings being imploded, and bulldozers mowing do…

2 years, 7 months ago

Space and Sea

Back in 1923, a guy in Norfolk Virginia called T. Parker Host founded a company. He called it, T. Parker Host.

100 years later, in 2023, the company …

2 years, 7 months ago

Dragonfly AI

Perception and reality can sometimes be two different things. When it comes to money, that can be a problem.

You’ve probably had this happen: you’re …

2 years, 8 months ago

Fresh and Clean

Every creature on earth is concerned with his or her appearance.

I use the pronouns “his” or “her” intentionally, because in most species this attent…

2 years, 9 months ago

It's Only Money

There’s more to life than money. That’s true. In some circles it’s become fashionable to talk about the goal of business as being about more than sin…

2 years, 9 months ago

Onesie Green Beans

For a good deal of human history, if you wanted something done you had to do it yourself.

As societies became more stratified, we developed division …

2 years, 10 months ago

Pickleball Sailing

If you’d been living in the 1800’s you might have found yourself sitting at a lunch table asking your friends, “What are y’all talking about? What is…

2 years, 10 months ago

A Cure For Polarization

We hear a lot about “polarization” these days. And for good reason. It impacts all of us.

There are two types of polarization: political and financia…

2 years, 11 months ago

Bourbon and Cake

If you lived in New Orleans between 1953 and 2021, you might remember Baker Maid Fruitcake. It was made here, and in its earlier years was hugely pop…

2 years, 11 months ago