Podcast Episodes

762: Chef Andrew Bennett: Changing the Culture of Hospital Food

Episode 762

I start my conversation with Andy with what brought me to him: the meal after recording with the guy who hired him, podcast guest Sven Gierlinger, and the Washington Post article that read like a pai…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

761: Dave Kerpen, part 2: Joyfully Skipping Donuts

Episode 761

This conversation was brief, but covered the important points, particularly the challenges of changing habits. Dave didn't do everything he intended, though I thought he succeeded more than he did. T…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

760: Adam Alter: Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

Episode 760

Adam treats dependence and addiction in some ways different and unique than past guests who have covered addiction. One way is the business side. For example, early in this conversation, he talks abo…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

759: Bruce Alexander, part 1: Rat Park, Addiction, and Sustainability

Episode 759

I start by describing how podcast guest Carl Erik Fisher, author of bestseller The Urge, reviewed my upcoming book Sustainability Simplified as a subject matter expert on addiction. Carl mentioned ho…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

758: Peter Singer, part 2: A philosopher approaches sustainability

Episode 758

I started by sharing my experience giving after reading Peter's book The Life You Can Save. I confess I only read it after our first conversation, but loved it. I feared reading a book by an academic…

Published on 1 year, 6 months ago

757: Dr. Anna Lembke, part 1: Dopamine Nation

Episode 757

Regular listeners know I see our relationships with many activities that are enabled by pollution as behavioral addictions like gambling or playing video games. Thus, I bring experts in addiction.

Ann…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

756: Kimberly Nicholas: How Fly Less? Fly less.

Episode 756

Kimberly has, by dramatically reducing her flying, improved her life, living more deliberately and consistent with her values.

I met her when she was a panelist at an event on promoting hurting people…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

755: Stefan Gössling: Busting self-serving myths about flying

Episode 755

People who fly think most people fly, but it's more like a few percent. A small fraction of people fly, let alone across oceans or multiple times per year. If you fly, it's probably your action that …

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

754: (Aunt) Trish Ellis and (Niece) Evelyn Wallace, part 1: Not Even Cancer Holds Her Back

Episode 754

"What I do doesn't matter" is one of the more common sentiments of our time. We use it to avoid acting when we see problems. A similar rationalization not to act: "I have faith that younger people wi…

Published on 1 year, 7 months ago

753: Martin Doblmeier, part 2: Sabbath and Sustainablity

Episode 753

A blackout struck New York City and a large part of the U.S. northeast in 2003. It happened only two years after 9/11. How could we not first wonder if it was terrorism. I had been at work at the tim…

Published on 1 year, 8 months ago