Podcast Episodes

412: George Chmiel, part 2: Teamwork from garbage

Episode 412

"You heard it here first." We start by reviewing George's experience picking up garbage with a team he organized. We started creating a project.

It spontaneously arose, but I see a chance that we'll m…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

411: Winston Churchill and the environment

Episode 411

The notes I read from:

Missing messages on the environment we can learn from Churchill. I'll read from some of his most famous speeches, during WWII, then I'll play the close of one, from June 4, 1940…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

410: Race, part 2: How do you learn when people respond to questions with criticism and judgment?

Episode 410

Here is my second episode with guest Dan McPherson of Leaders Must Lead on race. Probably one more after this one.

Say someone doesn't know something about race but wants to. If that person sees other…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

409: Kevin Cahill, part 2: Systems change, fast and effective

Episode 409

Everyone gets we have to change system, which means global economy. They think we have to start huge. If it's not big enough, it's not worth doing.

History suggests otherwise, in particular Edwards De…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

408: Nancy Reagan and the Environment

Episode 408

Here are my notes I read from for this episode:

Just say no

drugs winning

Try telling smoker that cigarettes cause lung cancer and see if it stops.

Doesn't. It takes work but rewarding

Try giving more and…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

407: Eric Metaxas: William Wilberforce, Amazing Grace

Episode 407

A few months ago I hadn't heard the names William Wilberforce or Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Now they rank among my greatest influences. Eric Metaxas's biographies of these two men were among the main reaso…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

406: J. B. MacKinnon, part 1: The Once and Future World

Episode 406

J. B. MacKinnon's book The Once and Future World influenced my view of nature as much as anyone's. I thought I knew what nature was, what we were trying to conserve or preserve, but I wasn't even clo…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

405: No, It's Not Just a Piece of Cloth

Episode 405

No, it's not just a piece of cloth

• Context

◦ Mark Meadows and Ben Carson tested positive

◦ US is spreading virus maybe most in world. White House more infections than Vietnam

◦ In fact there are more p…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

404: Michael Moss, part 1: Salt, Sugar, Fat, Convenience, Addiction, and the Environment

Episode 404

Michael Moss had already risked his life as a reporter in Baghdad, where he interviewed Islamic militants and exposing that US marines lacked body armor. He had also already won a Pulitzer prize for …

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago

403: Ashish Jha, part 2: Battling covid-19, leadership, and the environment

Episode 403

From a leadership standpoint, acting on sustainability and the pandemic overlap.

You probably see Ashish's name everywhere too. He's in the thick of it at the highest national level. He shares an insi…

Published on 5 years, 1 month ago