Podcast Episodes

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 3 months 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 3 months, 1 week 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 2 weeks 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 3 months, 3 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 3 months, 4 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 4 months 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 4 months, 2 weeks ago

822: Ryan Mandelbaum, part 1: Wildlife Is Everywhere, Including (especially) NYC (and where you live)

Episode 822

This recording went far beyond my usual preference for recording with guests in person when I can.

We met in Prospect Park on one of the peak birding days of the year. Tons of people were out with pow…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

821: Rob Reed MD, part 1: Learning leadership transforms your life and work

Episode 821

Rob is one of my coaching clients. I asked him to be a guest here since many people perceive leadership and learning it as different than I mean. His work in medicine may not be at the center of sust…

Published on 5 months ago