Podcast Episodes

202: How We Choose

Episode 202

I hear a lot of people's reasons for not flying, for using single-use plastic, for leaving the air conditioner on when they're not home. I know them not just because people told them to me. I know th…

Published on 6 years, 4 months ago

201: James Altucher, part 1: More Curious and Adventurous Than Almost Anyone

Episode 201

James is fascinating and, I believe, fascinated. He interviewed me as much as I did him.

The recording starts mid-conversation since we were just talking but his engineer started the recording. You'll…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

200: Caspar Craven, part 1: Sailing to the head of the corporation

Episode 200

Caspar leads a fulfilling life and helps people do the same.

What's his expertise? How has he found purpose more than others? Why do corporations book him to help them with morale?

He sailed around the…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

199: Be Fruitful and Multiply: What Does It Mean? What Can It Mean?

Episode 199

I've learned in leading that you can lead people best when you meet them where they are. That means speaking their language and understanding their perspective.

Many people I talk to take their cues f…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

198: Brandon Voss, part 1: Negotiate Like Your Life Depends On It

Episode 198

Brandon loves negotiation and teaching it. He learned from the top in the field and practices it apparently 24/7. We start our conversation by covering negotiation as developed by an FBI hostage nego…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

197: Polarization, communication, and education

Episode 197

Everybody talks about political polarization, the communication messes this nation and world are in, and how people who disagree can't talk to each other any more, so we can't resolve conflict.

I do i…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

196: Seth Shelden, part 1: Nuclear Weapons, the Environment, and the Nobel Prize

Episode 196

When I studied physics and spent time in universities, I met a lot of Nobel laureates. Physics is Nobel heavy so Columbia physics connected me to 3. Other science departments led me to another 1 or 2…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

195: How it feels to live more sustainably than mainstream

Episode 195

People ask me if I worry or lose sleep from my environmental habits in a world where most people pollute profligately and unnecessarily.

In this post I try to illustrate by analogy how it feels. How w…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

194: Tom Murphy, part 2: Author of one of the best sites on the internet

Episode 194

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Tom's Do The Math blog is one of the best site on internet. If you measure a site by how much it can improve a reader's life and human society, I challenge …

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago

193: Tim Smit, part 2: Spirituality and Passion from the Earth

Episode 193

From our first conversation you know Tim's history as a musician and founder of the Eden Project. This time you'll hear the passion of a man who loves restoring the Earth's ability to sustain life an…

Published on 6 years, 5 months ago