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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…
3 years, 5 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…
3 years, 5 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, sidc…
3 years, 5 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…
3 years, 5 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 o…
3 years, 5 months ago
622: Stephen M. R. Covey, part 1: Trust & Inspire
Episode 622
Stephen's book, Trust & Inspire, recounts today's effective way to lead, by creating trust and inspiring. He laments people still relying on the old …
3 years, 6 months ago
621: Whitney Tilson, part 3: Talking sustainability with a Harvard-Trained Investment Advisor Who Flies Monthly
Episode 621
In our third conversation, Whitney and I get more friendly and conversational, fun conversation.
He's been picking up more garbage, which I hope is pa…
3 years, 6 months ago
620: Nature delivers what psychedelics do, but we don't know what we're missing (feat. Sam Harris and Roland Griffiths)
Episode 620
Listening to an episode of Sam Harris's podcast featuring Roland Griffiths, Johns Hopkins neuroscientist researcher, on psychedelics revealed that mu…
3 years, 6 months ago
619: Dr. Michael Gurven, part 2: The Forager Population Paradox and what do we do
Episode 619
Most second conversations on this podcast come weeks or months later, after the guest does his or her Spodek Method commitment. In Michael's case, ou…
3 years, 6 months ago
618: Dr. Michael Gurven, part 1: Our ancestors evolved to live to 72 years*, and did (not 30).
Episode 618
*"The average modal age of adult death for hunter-gatherers is 72 with a range of 68–78 years. This range appears to be the closest functional equiva…
3 years, 6 months ago