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717: Pamela Paul: Writing on Controversial Subjects With Confidence
Episode 717
I met Pamela Paul after she mentioned previous guest John Sargent in a piece, There's More Than One Way to Ban a Book. I found her column covered iss…
2 years, 6 months ago
716: Arnold Leitner, part 2: How much energy and power do you need to be happy?
Episode 716
How do we affect others and how does it relate to what brings meaning to life? I'm surprised it took this long for one of my conversations to cover t…
2 years, 6 months ago
715: My mom, Marie Spodek, part 3: Starting a food coop and making ends meet as a single mom in a food desert with three kids
Episode 715
I've written about how people act like food coops don't work for people without resources like time and money or who have kids. It took me a long tim…
2 years, 6 months ago
714: Adam Hochschild, part 3: King Leopold's Ghost
Episode 714
Adam's book Bury the Chains inspired me to see British abolitionism as a role model movement for sustainability. The writing was simple and clear. Th…
2 years, 6 months ago
713: Matthew Matern, part 3: A trial lawyer's view
Episode 713
Matt and I talk about his commitment and how it affected him. I talk about the Spodek Method in general and other leadership tools like creating role…
2 years, 6 months ago
712: Guy Spier, part 1: The Education of a Value Investor
Episode 712
Guy is a successful, well-known hedge fund founder. He's famous for paying a lot of money for one meal with Warren Buffet (hundreds of thousands of d…
2 years, 6 months ago
711: Kate Siber: "Should I Stop Flying? It’s a Difficult Decision to Make."
Episode 711
I was led to Kate's article Should I Stop Flying? It’s a Difficult Decision to Make. from a newsletter from Flight Free USA. I've read, heard, writte…
2 years, 6 months ago
710: Madeline Ostrander, part 2: Finding Refuge on a Changed Earth
Episode 710
Since our last conversation, check out the reviews that have come in about Home on an Unruly Planet from past guests of this podcast:
“With deep, comp…2 years, 6 months ago
709: Madeline Ostrander, part 1: At Home on an Unruly Planet
Episode 709
What's actually happening with our environmental problems? Scientists predict. Journalists in periodicals tend to write what gets attention and click…
2 years, 6 months ago
708: Chris Bystroff, part 2: Understanding the United Nation's Projections
Episode 708
Talking with Chris has made me more concerned about population projections that only show the possibility of collapse as error bars. I hope to bring …
2 years, 6 months ago