Episodes
July 13, 2020
359: Jaime Casap, part 1: Google's Global Education Evangelist
“Don’t ask kids what they want to be when they grow up. Ask them what problem they want to solve.” Jaime explains what his title of Google's "Education Evangelist" means, how he got it, and how it results in him advancing ed…
July 10, 2020
358: Bald Versus Plastic
Here are the notes I read this episode from: People keep acting like I'm different, that they have to balance things that I don't when acting on the environment. So I'll share a recent decision I made. People I tell have sou…
July 7, 2020
357: Steven Pressfield: The War of Art and Nature
Steven Pressfield's War of Art is a perennial bestseller. If you haven't read it, I recommend reading it, even if you delay listening to this podcast. Well, listen to this episode since it will prepare you. Before I read it,…
July 5, 2020
356: I was assaulted again this morning. Can I talk about it?
While I was jogging (actually plogging ) along the Hudson River around 7:30am, a person not wearing a mask stepped into my path, blocking me, saying the person's shoes had been stolen. The person seemed to let me pass, but t…
July 4, 2020
355: I balance values the same as anyone
People constantly suggest they have to balance different values as if I didn't. It came up in a recent conversation so I shared about it today. An element I factor in is how my pollution affects others---not just what I know…
July 3, 2020
354: Harvard Global Health Institute Director Ashish Jha, part 1: Front Line Pandemic Leadership
If you've followed sensible, expert advice on the pandemic, you've probably read or seen Ashish Jha in the New York Times, The Atlantic, CNN, Washington Post, and everywhere. On Tuesday he testified to the US Senate. He's Ha…
July 2, 2020
353: I don't want to act on the environment
I think I've accidentally led people astray, sharing how much I enjoy acting in stewardship. I would prefer doing anything I wanted whenever and wherever, on my terms---that is, if I didn't have to consider how my behavior a…
July 1, 2020
352: The War of Art and Nature
I loved Steven Pressfield's book The War of Art . I found it inspiring. It had a property that qualifies for me that something qualifies as a work of art: it said something I always knew was true but that I'd never seen expr…
June 29, 2020
351: A Rough Day in New York City
Today was a rough day for me in New York. Most of my solo episodes I start with a point. Today brought me down enough that I decided to share more openly some thoughts I get when seeing situations that look hopeless and are …
June 23, 2020
350: Jonathan Herzog, part 1: A candidate acts with genuineness and authenticity
I haven't taken political stance because I am working to removing wedge-ness from environmental policy. I'm working for people to see laws about how people affect others through the environment as we view traffic laws. We do…
June 20, 2020
349: The State of the Environment Is The External Manifestation of Our Beliefs
Think of where you are now in two ways---first, how it looked before humans arrived there, second, how it looks now. The difference is our influence, which results from our behavior, which results from our beliefs, values, h…
June 19, 2020
348: Dave Chappelle's Line
Dave Chappelle set a line for himself that when he became famous he would not cross it. His life crossed it and he left a successful show and a $50 million contract. He returned to become more successful than ever. I recentl…
June 13, 2020
347: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll, part 4: More sex
Dov and I started by talking about experiencing fun for the first time. I'm not the most fun person ever but a lot more now than before. He handled context that kept me from recording before despite knowing I wanted to. By c…
June 10, 2020
346: Julie Margretta Wilson: Covid-19 devastating education
Education and learning, not just scoring higher on tests, is at the core of my leadership practice. Today I bring a luminary of education work, Julie Wilson. As hyper-educated person who late in life, in my 40s, learned that…
June 5, 2020
345: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll, part 3: Drugs
Here are the notes for the introduction I read for this episode: This episode covers a few big experiences that led to my dedication and intensity, starting from sports, my relationship with my father, acting lessons, and va…
June 4, 2020
344: My Race Background
Race is a major topic since police killed George Floyd in custody. I consider one of the major problems that people don't feel heard or understood. I see virtually no one in authority showing that they are listening. A frien…
June 3, 2020
343: Chad Pregracke: One River, One Piece of Garbage at a Time
Many people suggest people as guests who are doing "environmental things". They don't know my strategy with this podcast, which I describe in my solo episode Clarifying my strategy . The crux is that I focus on leadership an…
May 29, 2020
342: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll, part 2: Sex
For background, first listen to my first Sex, Drug, and Rock and Roll episode, part 1: Rock and Roll , how Bruce Springsteen's Broadway show motivated me at last to share some episodes about me. Listeners have asked to know …
May 27, 2020
341: NFL Tight End Chris Manhertz, part 1: Making your dreams happen
I love talking to professional athletes. Today I talk with Chris Manhertz, a tight end in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers. We cover three main things and partly a fourth. Making the NFL never having competed in football. …
May 19, 2020
340: Michael Turner, DDS, MD: On the front line of Covid-19 in New York City
Want inside views of covid-19 in the epicenter of the epicenter? Michael has been working at the front line of Covid-19 in New York City. He's also my brother-in-law who has known me since the 80s. I started the pattern of b…
May 19, 2020
339: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams: Food Matters
Brooklyn Borough President means Mayor of Brooklyn. If Brooklyn separated from New York City, Eric Adams would be the mayor of the third most populous city in the country. If it separated from New York State, he'd be Governo…
May 14, 2020
338: Abbey Ryan, part 1: Technique and Mastery Through Practice
I consider leadership a performance art and the environment the most beautiful thing around. Abbey and I talked about beauty, art, performance, teaching, technique, craft, and everything that goes into mastery. She has littl…
May 9, 2020
337: Why we feel miserable under lockdown
I discuss the connection between perceiving lack of variety in food made from scratch and feeling miserable and bored under lockdown, despite having access to all the world's art, music, literature, and culture ever recorded…
May 8, 2020
336: Julian Guderley: GreenPlanet BluePlanet
If you measure an interaction with someone by how much it affects and improves your life, my conversation with Julian was profound. Why? His conversation led me to start meditating regularly---something I've considered for y…