Episodes
Jan. 20, 2021
431: I sang every day for two months, unplugged (still going)
What do you do if you use less power? No social media? No listening to music? No TV? Sound like a fate worse than death? Inspired by guests on my podcast who find amazing activities to live by their environmental values, I c…
Jan. 19, 2021
430: Rabbi Yonatan Neril, part 1: The Eco Bible
In the midst of several episodes on religious approaches to sustainability I learned of today's guest, Rabbi Yonatan Neril's book The Eco Bible: An Ecological Commentary on Genesis and Exodus . He founded and directs the int…
Jan. 17, 2021
429: What about jobs?
"What about jobs?" people often ask to counter proposals to constrain some activity. Today's episode answers. Here are the notes I read from: What about jobs? People out of work drain on society, not so happy Store near me t…
Jan. 15, 2021
428: Vanessa Friedman: The New York Times Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic
Vanessa Friedman sees the fashion world from a vantage point few others can as the Fashion Director and Chief Fashion Critic at the New York Times. She arrived there after pioneering roles covering fashion at Financial Times…
Jan. 4, 2021
427: Behind the Mic: Attraction and leadership
Former guest and founder of the most popular men’s dating advice website Chase Amante guest-hosted me to continue the conversation I started with Dov Baron on learning attraction, dating, and seduction and applying it to lea…
Jan. 2, 2021
426: Why unplug?
I'm in my second month since I unplugged my fridge. Why unplug it? Not because I think its power makes anything more than a negligible difference. This episode describes why. Here are my notes I read from: The other two reas…
Dec. 29, 2020
425: General William “Kip” Ward, part 1: Security, Stability, and Sustainability Start with People
Kip Ward is a retired General who, among other things, was the first leader of the Africa Command. He shares his background so you can hear it from him. It's extensive, having served at every level of the army. I met him thr…
Dec. 24, 2020
424: Brent Suter, part 3: We don't have to steward. We get to.
If you haven't listened to Brent and my first two episodes, I recommend listening to them first. Also, I recommend reading Milwaukee Brewers’ Brent Suter Sharing Love and Joy . I haven't approached the environment from a rel…
Dec. 18, 2020
423: Kelly Allan, part 2: Restoring joy to work through Deming and stewardship
We correct two big misunderstandings. First, most people associate acting on the environment with obligation, chore, deprivation, and sacrifice. We lead them to feel that way when we tell them what to do. We may think we're …
Dec. 13, 2020
422: Adam Hochschild, part 1: Abolition and Sustainability
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Dec. 10, 2020
421: Behind the Mic: Race: Why I've talked about it so much
My second Behind the Mic conversation with Dan McPherson gets to why I've talked about race lately. Why on a podcast about sustainability, leadership, and the environment, do I take the risk as to talk about a topic that str…
Dec. 9, 2020
420: Three Years of Leadership and the Environment!
I started this podcast November 30, 2017. In this episode I reflect on before starting the podcast, the fears and hopes driving it, the friends it brought me, some challenges, some joys, accomplishments, and such. I also sha…
Dec. 8, 2020
419: Balint Horvath, part 4: Fatherhood and sustainability
Let's talk fatherhood and sustainability. "Josh, you don't understand since you don't have kids, it's impossible to avoid producing waste," people keep saying. Since they say other things I've done is impossible before learn…
Dec. 6, 2020
418: Chester Elton, part 2: The world's number 4 best leadership speaker, trainer, and thought leader
The Global Top 30 Gurus named Chester the world's number 4 best leadership speaker, trainer, and thought leader , as I happened to find while researching before our conversation. I had to ask him about it, which led to him s…
Dec. 3, 2020
417: Dan McPherson, part 2: Recovering from his heart attack, cutting out water bottles
Between asking about recovering from a heart attack in your 40s and about water bottles, where do you start? As it turns out, they're more closely related than you think. We started talking about recovering from the heart at…
Dec. 1, 2020
416: Rod Schoonover, part 1: Resigned in protest after White House tried to delete "basic science" from climate change report
In June and July 2019, you may remember reading about Rod Schoonover in the NY Times, State Dept. Intelligence Analyst Quits to Protest Blocked House Testimony , Washington Post, CBS, and more in the links below. He resigned…
Nov. 30, 2020
415: Marion Nestle, conversation 2: Let's Ask Marion
Food started me on this journey. If it's not a major source of joy, community, and connection, the opportunity is there to make it so. Marion Nestle does it. She returned after recently launching her book Let's Ask Marion , …
Nov. 29, 2020
414: Nir Eyal, part 2: He committed to avoiding flying before the pandemic
We covered two main points: how I inspired him and how he inspired me. If I'm not too presumptuous to say I inspired him, that is, the first part is about his choosing not to fly. Several months into the pandemic at the time…
Nov. 25, 2020
413: Michael Moss, part 1.5: Maybe that was the addiction speaking
Michael wrote me the morning before we scheduled this conversation to say he ended up spending more time on the screen when he intended less. He wondered if we should skip it. Longtime listeners may remember similar results …
Nov. 22, 2020
412: George Chmiel, part 2: Teamwork from garbage
"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 make it happen. Maybe soo…
Nov. 19, 2020
411: Winston Churchill and the environment
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 “We shall never surrend…
Nov. 18, 2020
410: Race, part 2: How do you learn when people respond to questions with criticism and judgment?
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 others talking about the subj…
Nov. 14, 2020
409: Kevin Cahill, part 2: Systems change, fast and effective
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 Deming's results transform…
Nov. 14, 2020
408: Nancy Reagan and the Environment
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 more facts. They he…