Podcast Episodes

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 4 months, 2 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 4 months, 3 weeks ago

830: Jo Nemeth, part 2: Nature improves time with loved ones

Episode 830

We jumped in to talking about her Spodek Method commitment. She lives in a suburban area. There's a place near her that borders on bush, which I guess is Australian for undeveloped land. This spot wi…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

829: Adam Galinsky, part 1: Do you love being inspired? He wrote the book on it.

Episode 829

Adam teaches leadership at Columbia Business School, where I learned there were classes in leadership, which changed the direction of my life. Regular listeners know I consider leadership the most im…

Published on 5 months ago

828: Richard Reeves: For Boys and Men: support and love over misunderstanding

Episode 828

When people talk about helping men, a lot of people think any and maybe every man might just have latent misogyny, so helping him risks augmenting misogyny. Richard Reeves has researched the situatio…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

827: Chris Berdik: Scientific American loved his book Clamor (so did I)

Episode 827

Sound pollution is pollution. You know it's been growing for your whole life with little sign of decreasing.

I wish I lived in a world with less sound pollution, but given that I do, I'd rather be awa…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

826: Jo Nemeth, part 1: Living without money frees her to do what she loves

Episode 826

Can you imagine living without money? Humans lived without money for 250,000 years, so it's not necessary for life. Money seems like an invention on par with the big ones, like fire, the wheel, writi…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

825: Ryan Mandelbaum, part 2: Rising to the challenge of random acts of friendliness

Episode 825

Ryan shares his experience approaching people to share in his joy. The task is not easy anywhere, least of all the Bronx, where he doesn't live but was visiting.

Do people in the big city want to hear…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

824: Dr. Rob Reed, part 2: Learning to love leading effectively

Episode 824

Rob starts by sharing his experience from leadership coaching in the context of a hospital with people in intensive care as well as their families. Situations are often emotionally intense. Treating …

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

823: Mark Mills, part 5: We’ll Never Have an Energy Transition

Episode 823

Reading Mark's recent piece We’ll Never Have an Energy Transition in Manhattan Institute's City Journal prompted me to write my recent post, When they say “transition fuel,” they mean “more polluting…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago