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587: Josh Martin, part 1: How to Reach the Ivy League and the NFL When You Start Late and Unprepared
Episode 587
Regular listeners know I love talking with professional athletes. They open themselves to failure every time they compete. They often make incredible…
3 years, 9 months ago
586: My Kitty Hawk moment, on the way to a Moon Shot
Episode 586
More continual improvement: the more sustainably I live, the easier each next step. Business people know about continual improvement, also knows as k…
3 years, 9 months ago
585: Douglas McMaster, part2: If a restaurant can run with no trash, we can too
Episode 585
When a man who founded a restaurant that uses no trash cans meets a guy who doesn't fly and hasn't filled a load of trash since 2019, we start by exp…
3 years, 9 months ago
584: Freedom, continual improvement, fun, and curiosity: day three only solar in Manhattan
Episode 584
I share thoughts after two days using only solar power in Manhattan. After recording I turned off the circuit to the whole apartment. I'm on the roof…
3 years, 9 months ago
583: Growthbusters called me extreme, so I responded
Episode 583
The notes I read from for this episode:
“Lead by example”. I’m not leading by example.“Extreme” implies values, as does “middle ground” and “balance.”…3 years, 9 months ago
582: Gaya Herrington, part 2: How to change systems
Episode 582
Gaya gets systems, how to change them, and not fall prey to rationalizations that sound tempting but are self-serving excuses like "individual action…
3 years, 9 months ago
581: Dr. Ambrose Carroll, senior, part 2: cultural differences on how we view the individual
Episode 581
Ambrose and I start by reviewing his commitment. After a bit, as best I can tell, we talked past each other. Every now and then, the Spodek Method d…
3 years, 9 months ago
580: How wrong your beliefs making you fear living sustainably
Episode 580
Aren't we living in the best time in history? Don't we have to keep pressing forward to avoid returning to medieval serfdom or the Stone Age and ever…
3 years, 9 months ago
579: Derek Marshall, part 2: Running for Congress, sharing honest personal experiences
Episode 579
You've heard every politician pay lip service on the environment. They talk abstractly about carbon dioxide levels, solutions to spend more money, an…
3 years, 9 months ago
578: Warren Farrell, part 2: Sex, race, and intimacy: How to listen and communicate
Episode 578
This episode is available on video.
Before our conversations, I tended to see Warren as mainly focused on issues where men and boys suffer that societ…
3 years, 10 months ago