Podcast Episodes

632: Mitzi Perdue, part 1: Sex Trafficking in Ukraine

Episode 632

Mitzi just returned from the Ukraine War, invited by General Andriy Nebytov from the Kyiv Regional Police. He invited her after reading her piece Human Trafficking on Ukraine’s Border to see this tra…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

631: Stephen M. R. Covey, part 1.5: To Arrive Where We Started and to Know the Place for the First Time

Episode 631

Continuing a long trend of guests sharing partially doing their commitments but not stopping, Stephen comes back for an episode 1.5, not yet his episode 2.

Stephen committed to sharing his childhood f…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

630: Simplifying Meditation Words and Meaning

Episode 630

The notes I read for this episode were long, so instead of including them in the podcast notes, I posted them as a separate blog post: The text from episode 630: Simplifying Meditation Words and Mean…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

629: Michelle Nijhuis, part 2: Stopping doom scrolling

Episode 629

We started talking about Michelle's commitment to avoid scrolling on vacation. She did. It sounds like it was both no big deal and something worth building on.

We had intended to keep the recording to…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

628: Jay Walker, part 2: Kayaking together on the Hudson

Episode 628

I think Jay's commitment may be the first where I participated and we had a blast!

You may remember he committed to kayaking on the Hudson. He invited me to join. As you can see from the picture, I di…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

627: Nadeem Akhtar, part 1: A Long-Time Listener from Norway

Episode 627

Nadeem contacted me as a listener to suggest Abdal Hakim Murad as a guest, as I hadn't hosted any Muslims on the podcast by then. I learned a lot and enjoyed meeting Abdal, plus Nadeem and I stayed i…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

626: Jay Walker, part 1: Organizing New York City's Queer Liberation March

Episode 626

Regular readers and listeners know my passion for cleaning my local park, Washington Square Park, and how my heart breaks at how we abuse this sliver of a vestige of nature, especially the mornings a…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

625: Listener Questions, volume 01

Episode 625

I answer my first listener questions. If you have questions on topics I write about, like leadership, sustainability, sustainability leadership, sidchas, habits, academia, physics, podcasting, and so…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

624: John Biewen, part 1: Seeing Whiteness and Other Systems

Episode 624

I came across John from listening to one of his podcast's season, Seeing White, about the development of whiteness as a race. I listened to the whole series, which I found fascinating and provocative…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago

623: AJ Jacobs, part 1: Be Curious and Act

Episode 623

AJ is in some ways a kindred soul, actually doing things many people hear about or even talk about, but rarely do. Regular listeners might remember our mutual friend Mike Michalowicz suggesting we ta…

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago