Podcast Episodes

792: Travis Fisher, part 2: The spirit that America was founded on, Cato, and sustainability

Episode 792

We recorded this conversation just after the election. We talked about it, especially Travis's and the Cato Institute's views. One of his main views is that the US puts too much executive authority i…

Published on 1 year ago

791: Sustainability Leadership Is a Performance Art

Episode 791

I'm following up my recent solo post, 790: Talking to a guy injecting on the sidewalk, with another extemporaneous one. This one is also with a former podcast guest and fellow teacher of our sustaina…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

790: Talking to a guy injecting on the sidewalk

Episode 790

On a beautiful sunny Saturday, 9:50am, I was walking to Washington Square Park to charge my battery and talk at 10am to my friend Dan McPherson (he's been on the podcast, where he shared about his he…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

789: Solomon Schmidt: Author of Legal Gladiator, on Alan Dershowitz

Episode 789

As a podcast host, I get pitched a lot of authors, books, and more. Most aren't relevant or are counterproductive to sustainability. I received an email promoting the author of Legal Gladiator, a bio…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

788: Susan Liebell: John Locke, Stewardship, and the US Constitution

Episode 788

I quote Susan in my book, Sustainability Simplified. In it you'll see how much John Locke influenced my long-term vision for the US to understand and solve our environmental problems. Learning about …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

787: Travis Fisher, part 1: A nonpartisan, libertarian view on the environment from the Cato Institute

Episode 787

I've been curious in what ways libertarian views on the environment and sustainability differ from conservative views. Travis worked at the Heritage Foundation, which is more conservative, and now wo…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

786: Jan Mulder, part 2: The joy of finding and leading community

Episode 786

Usually when someone does their commitment with the Spodek Method, they enjoy it. Nearly always they do more than they commit to. Sometimes someone really enjoys it.

Jan went to town on his commitment…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

785: Josh Bandoch, part 1: Teaching persuasion and leadership

Episode 785

I participated in an online workshop in influence and persuasion that Josh led. We got in touch afterward and found our approaches to the practices and how to learn them overlap. We start this episod…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

784: Serving in Uniform on September 11, 2024

Episode 784

If you haven't listened to episode 781: My New Major Life Volunteering Community Project, four years in the making, listen to it first for context.

That episode describes my journey to start volunteer…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

783: Jan Mulder, part 1: Listening to every episode of this podcast, starting from episode 000

Episode 783

Jan is a listener of this podcast who contacted me about how it changed his life. He is listening to each episode, starting from the beginning. I invited him to be a guest and he accepted. We've also…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago