Radio essayist and documentarist for the BBC and NPR. Historian and author of Ahmad’s War, Ahmad’s Peace and Emancipation.
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Want to get better at work? At managing others? Managing yourself? Gayle Allen interviews experts who take your performance to the next level. Each episode features a book with insights to help you achieve your goals.
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Boardroom Alpha's team talks to the public company and SPAC leaders that are driving return for shareholders, delivering on ESG promises, and more.
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In hour long conversations and Q&A's with business thought leaders, Leon Goren, President and CEO of North America's premier peer network and advisory community, PEO Leadership, looks ahead, beyond the immediate crisis, to help leaders strategize in this unprecedented time amidst huge transition. Learn more at https://peo-leadership.com/.
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Anti-Semitism in places without Jews is a strange historical phenomenon in Poland where most of the deaths in the Holocaust took place. It is a tale of History vs Nationalism the story of how Poles deal with the Holocaust. In this FRDH podcast Professor Jan Grabowski, author of, Hunt for the Jews: Betrayal and Murder in German-Occupied Poland, and …
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CM 271: Anna Goldfarb on Modern Friendship
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We know how important friendships are. At the very least, for our health and well-being. But we also know how hard it gets to make and keep friends over the course of a lifetime, especially as we move, change jobs, and have families.That’s why Anna Goldfarb’s book, Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections, is so important. We n…
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CM 270: Alex Budak Helps Us Become Changemakers
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Most of us believe we can make a difference in the world. That we can have an impact. What holds us back from acting on those beliefs are often the doubts. Doubts about our skills, our credentials, even our roles at work.Alex Budak studied the research and interviewed the changemakers, and he argues we can all be changemakers, no matter our resumes…
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The SCOTUS Presidential Immunity Decision and International Law
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The SCOTUS decision on Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity in the various indictments against him for the January 6th events has ramifications not just in American but also international law. In this podcast, noted human rights lawyer Philippe Sands, author of the award-winning best seller East West Street looks at how the concept of "abs…
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CM 269: Dacher Keltner on How Awe Helps Us Thrive
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This year, we witnessed a solar eclipse. Walking the streets of my neighborhood that day, looking through my solar eclipse glasses and sharing them with others, I felt a profound sense of awe.And I saw that awe, that wonder, reflected in the faces of the people around me. For one or two hours, we were part of something bigger than ourselves. And th…
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Social connections are one of the keys to a happy and healthy life, yet few of us learn how to build them.If we’re lucky, we have family and friends who model them. But even then, our biology equips us with cognitive biases that can get in the way.Fortunately, award-winning science writer David Robson has studied the research. He shares what he’s l…
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Elections 2024: France & Macron’s Big Gamble
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2024 was always going to be a year of elections globally but not in France, now President Emanuel Macron has taken a huge gamble and called a snap general election for the French parliament. Why did Macron risk the final three years of his presidency? What are the chances of his big gamble paying off? Author Agnes Poirier and former BBC present Gav…
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2024 was always going to be a year of elections g… The post Elections 2024: France & Macron’s Big Gamble appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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There are many good reasons to look to others. For example, you might need expert advice or feedback to improve your performance. But there’s one reason not to, and, that is, to determine your self-worth.When you look to someone else to define you or tell you how to live your life, you lose a lot. And if you find it hard to believe you’d ever let s…
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Trials, Elections: A Week in Anglo-American Politics 2024
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The last week of May 2024 in Anglo-American politics saw a verdict in the trial of Donald J Trump and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak have his electoral parade rained on. In these surreal times FRDH turns to Robin Lustig to calmly, rationally analyze the verdict in the Trump Trial and the curious local disinterest in the UK's elections.…
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The last week of May 2024 in Anglo-American polit… The post Trials, Elections: A Week in Anglo-American Politics 2024 appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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CM 266: Jeff Wetzler on Deepening Connections
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We’re surrounded by people with knowledge. The manager who can provide expert feedback or the colleague who has important information. These kinds of insights can help us achieve our goals.Yet as much as we need that knowledge, we often don’t act in ways that invite it. It’s when the project runs behind or we can’t make our numbers that we realize,…
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CM 265: Tali Sharot on How to Rekindle Happiness
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We all want to be happy. In fact, it’s our desire for happiness that drives most of our decisions, like our friendships, our activities, even our purchases. Yet, over time, we find that the things that made us so happy at the start – that new car or delicious meal – end up losing their luster. I was curious about why this happens and what, if anyth…
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Presidential Immunity 2024: the Founders vs Trump's Supreme Court
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The US Supreme Court is considering what Presidential immunity means in 2024 in the case of Donald J. Trump. In this wide-ranging conversation with constitutional law professor Frank Bowman FRDH podcast host Michael Goldfarb discusses the case, its merits, where political considerations enter Supreme Court discussions and whether Trump is just anot…
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The US Supreme Court is considering what Presiden… The post Presidential Immunity 2024: the Founders vs Trump’s Supreme Court appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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CM 264: Michael Norton on How Rituals Improve Our Lives
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We crave meaning and purpose, yet obtaining them can feel beyond our control, like they're merely products of luck and circumstance. Fortunately, researchers who’ve studied the power of ritual have found they’re more in our control than we think. In this interview, I talk to one of these researchers, psychologist Michael Norton. He shares how ritua…
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The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has expanded as Hamas’s overseers Iran entered the fray with a massive launch of airborne ordnance at Israel. The internet is alive with fevered speculation that the Iran-Israel confrontation will touch off World War 3. In this FRDH podcast Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations provides a calm anal…
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The war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has expa… The post Israel, Iran, Gaza, Hamas: World War 3? appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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CM 263: Adam Alter on Simple Ways to Get Unstuck – Rebroadcast
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At some point, we all get stuck. Maybe it’s in a job or career. Maybe it’s a relationship or business venture.Though it’s something we all experience, when it happens, we can feel alone and out of our depth. Emotions may overwhelm us. Mental traps lure is in. In no time at all, we can’t see a way out.Award-winning professor, researcher, and author,…
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Surviving Solitary: Insights from Captivity with Sam Goodwin
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In this special episode of The Way Forward podcast, we delve into Sam's remarkable life story, from Division One hockey player to traveling through North Korea, being wrongfully imprisoned in Syria, and co-founding a tech company in Singapore. Discover how his harrowing experience of surviving captivity shaped his approach to leadership and life in…
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The Ukraine war is now in year 3 and its people still want to fight. Why? We are witnessing the birth of a political nation. In this conversation with journalist and author Vladislav Davidzon who has lived in Ukraine on and off for the last 14 years, FRDH podcast host Michael Goldfarb looks at the tensions attending this birth to find the explanati…
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CM 262: Norman Farb on the Science of Sensation
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When we’re feeling stuck, it’s tempting to believe more thinking is the answer. We stew and we ponder, and then we double down on solutions we’ve tried before. It’s no wonder we start to feel like we just can’t figure it out.But what would happen if we put thinking aside and tried something else? Author and researcher, Norman Farb, has learned that…
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CM 261: Andrew McAfee on the Geek Way
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When we think of geeks, we tend to think of the people who built the tech we use – from our smartphones to search engines to AI. But if we just focus on the tech, we’re missing out on a lot. We’re overlooking how these same geeks reinvented corporate culture using a repeatable set of norms that ensure sustainable innovation.Andrew McAfee is a princ…
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CM 260: Malissa Clark Asks, Are You a Workaholic?
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There’s more to being a workaholic than working long hours. Consider what motivates you to work more. Where you’re spending your energy. Think about the impact those longer hours have on family and friends. These are some of the distinctions Malissa Clark makes in her book, Never Not Working: Why the Always-on Culture is Bad for Business and How to…
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CM 259: Geoffrey Cohen on the Science of Belonging
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We associate the word epidemic with disease. Yet it’s a word we’re increasingly using to refer to a state of mind, namely, loneliness. Researchers have not only found a significant increase in people’s feelings of loneliness, but they’ve also learned how detrimental loneliness can be to our health and wellbeing. One of the most effective antidotes …
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Why Everything Matters: Fluke with Brian Klaas
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Brian Klaas on why everything we do matters and nothing is really a fluke. Klaas is a political scientist specializing in the study of corruption and how authoritarian's gain power but in Fluke he turns his mind to what isn't random in our world even if it seems like it. A fast paced far reaching 43 minute long conversation.…
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Brian Klaas on why everything we do matters and n… The post Why Everything Matters: Fluke with Brian Klaas appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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Leading Through The Fog: Scott D. Anthony, World’s 7th Most Influential Mgmt Thinker by Thinkers50
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In 2021, Scott D. Anthony, was named the World’s 7th Most Influential Management Thinker by Thinkers50. Today’s turbulent times present unique and persistent challenges. Leaders are in a thick fog. Data to justify a decision comes in when it is too late to decide. Yesterday’s strengths become tomorrow’s weaknesses. Seemingly conflicting demands – p…
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CM 258: Steven Rogelberg on the Perfect One-on-One Meeting
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One-on-one meetings are the cornerstone of manager-employee relationships. For managers, they’re an opportunity to teach, coach, and mentor. For employees, they’re a chance to grow and develop.But given how important these meetings are, how well are we using them? How effectively do we plan and run them? Bottom line - are they an afterthought or a …
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CM 257: Anna Lembke on Our Digital Addictions
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For many of us, the word addiction quickly conjures up images of drugs and alcohol. But we’re often slower to apply the term to compulsive, tech-induced behaviors like playing video games, checking social media, or shopping online.We prefer to think of these pleasure-seeking activities as harmless distractions. Yet they can just as easily lead to a…
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CM 256: Cassie Holmes on Happiness, Meaning, and Fulfillment – Rebroadcast
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We go to the dentist, get our eyes checked, and get our cars inspected. These regularly scheduled health and safety audits let us know how we’re doing.But we rarely audit how we spend our time.Sure, most of us have a calendar. Yet few of us study how these calendar events impact our happiness. We rarely track the connection between what we spend ou…
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2023s Disproportionate Wars: What Lindsey Hilsum Learned Covering Them
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2023 was marked by two terrible wars of disproportion in Israel/Palestine and Ukraine and Channel 4 News's International Editor Lindsey Hilsum spent most of the year on one frontline or the other. In this FRDH podcast she talks with host Michael Goldfarb about what she learned covering Israel's war on Hamas in Gaza and Ukraine's fight against the R…
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2023 was marked by two terrible wars of dispropor… The post 2023s Disproportionate Wars: What Lindsey Hilsum Learned Covering Them appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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Great Age Reboot: Cracking the Longevity Code with Dr. Michael Roizen, Health & Longevity Expert
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We were thrilled to have Dr. Michael Roizen, one of the world's leading experts on aging and longevity, at our Summer 2023 Eye of the Executive In-Person Series in partnership with Cleveland Clinic Canada and Aird & Berlis LLP, on June 20, 2023. Dr. Roizen is the creator of the innovative RealAge concept, which motivates behavior change to promote …
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Power & Prediction: The Disruptive Economics of AI with Avi Goldfarb, AI Expert
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We were thrilled to have Avi Goldfarb, one of the world's leading experts on AI, kick off our 2023 Eye of the Executive In-Person Series in partnership with Aird & Berlis LLP, on March 23rd, 2023. Avi is the co-author of the bestselling book Power and Prediction, on how artificial intelligence is changing business, economics, and finance. In his ke…
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CM 255: Kat Vellos on Mastering Friendship – Rebroadcast
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I’ve spent a lot of time talking to guests about our relationships at work. For example, we’ve discussed how to listen better, how to navigate conflict, and how to influence others, just to name a few.What I’ve spent less time talking about are the relationships that go beyond work. That’s why I invited Kat Vellos on the show this week to talk abou…
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Britain in 2023 is a country where much has gone … The post Britain 2023: How Has So Much Gone So Wrong? appeared first on FRDH Podcast.By Michael Goldfarb
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Britain 2023: How Has So Much Gone So Wrong?
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Britain in 2023 is a country where much has gone wrong and it is not a happy place. Gavin Esler, former BBC news presenter, has noticed and written a book, Britain is Better Than This, about how so much went wrong. In this FRDH podcast he explains why to host Michael Goldfarb.By FRDH Podcast with Michael Goldfarb
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'The Future Doesn’t Fit Into The Containers of the Past' with Rishad Tobaccowala, Publicis Groupe
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2022 PEO Leadership Conference Keynote. Over the past decade, globalization, demographic shifts, and technology have changed the very landscape in which businesses are operating. The speed of change continues to accelerate with the third connected-age technologies of AI, Voice, 5G, and cloud computing. To further add to the uncertainty of the futur…
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CM 254: Adia Harvey Wingfield on Racism at Work
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In the U.S., we have laws and policies in place to prevent discrimination of Black workers. In addition, we have leaders who make public pledges in support of diversity goals. Yet the data continue to show that Black employees are less likely to be hired, more likely to stall out in mid-level positions, and stand little chance of gaining senior lev…
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'The Future of Work: How to Build High Performing Teams in Turbulent Times' with Richard Skippon, EY
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We were thrilled to have Richard Skippon, Partner at EY who leads the Workforce Advisory Practice in Canada, speak to our community in June of 2022 about the challenges and opportunities in the labour market as well as how to retain and engage your employees. Over his 25-year career, Richard has held HR leadership roles in both industry and profess…
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Interest Rates, Inflation & Investing: David Rosenberg, Former Chief Economist, Merrill Lynch & Gluskin Sheff + Assocs
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PEO Leadership 2022 Conference - Special thanks to Focus Asset Management for making this fireside chat possible! David Rosenberg provides advice to 2,600 clients, both retail and institutional, across 40 countries. He is the founder and president of Rosenberg Research, an economic and financial market consulting firm he established in January 2020…
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60 Years On: Living Memories of President Kennedy’s Assassination
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On the sixtieth anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination, two people who lived through that day share their memories of Kennedy's assassination and the days and decade that followed. FRDH host Michael Goldfarb talks with Richard Parker, former professor at Harvard, and co-founder of Mother Jones magazine about what might have been had JFK l…
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CM 253: Karen Eber on Crafting the Perfect Story
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A well-crafted story can fuel connection. It can inspire trust and entertain. Better still, it can have a ripple effect.Yet most of us avoid telling stories. Instead, we stick to the facts and emphasize the data. Now, even if we believe this is the best way to convey information, our brains, if they could talk, would disagree. That’s why, if we wan…
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CM 252: Matt Abrahams on How to Speak on the Spot
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We’re often put on the spot to say something of value. And when it happens, it can catch us off guard.For example, you log in early to a conference call and need to make small talk with high status colleagues. Or you find out in a meeting that a co-worker is leaving the company, and you’re asked to say a few words.These kinds of spontaneous interac…
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Israel Hamas 2023: Lebanon, Iran & the Region, What Next?
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As the war between Israel and Hamas continues, what are the prospects of the conflict spreading to Lebanon, Iran and the entire Middle East region? A special FRDH podcast with Kim Ghattas in Beirut and Robin Lustig, who has reported from the region for forty years. Give us an hour to explore how Hamas's October 7th sneak attack has changed the calc…
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CM 251: Eduardo Briceno on Improving Our Performance
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Most of us are on a performance treadmill. We show up. We execute. Then tomorrow we do it all over again.But this relentless focus on execution leaves little time for learning. As a result, our skills stagnate, and we accomplish less. Soon we find ourselves working harder while falling further behind.Eduardo Briceno calls this The Performance Parad…
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