Best Thorunn Kristjansdottir Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 42: Moxie by Proxy: Nat Benchley on Peter Benchley 1:01:39

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Send us a Text Message. Fifty years ago, a human vs. beast thriller set in a summer beach town was published and devoured by readers. That book was Jaws, a best-selling novel that spawned a blockbuster movie the following year. Between the book and the film, we were all afraid to go back in the water. Peter Benchley, an established journalist and s…

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Episode 41: Keith Moon and Special Olympics, CT 1:01:23

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Send us a Text Message. In this episode of Main Street Moxie, Keith Moon shares stories about his longstanding involvement with Special Olympics, an organization with moxie built into its DNA. Keith’s secret moxie sauce is recognizing a need and then finding a way to use his talents and skills to make a difference. He enjoys bringing people and org…

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Episode 40: Bill Johnson 59:11

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Send us a Text Message. Bill Johnson believes moxie is essential for pursuing purpose, which he defines as becoming one's best self in service of at least one thing larger than oneself. This self-knowledge and action directed outward are why we’re here—and why he’s here, too. Known as the “Dream Dean,” Bill continues to refine his Life Design Catal…

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Episode 39: Pieter Lefferts 1:01:41

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Send us a Text Message. Pieter Lefferts is a visual artist, author, and musician who draws deeply from the natural world for creative inspiration and moxie. Over the years he has sought deeper communion with Nature to find balance and better understand himself and the world around him. In this work, he eschews perfection and instead embraces authen…

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Episode 38: Moxie by Proxy--Pamela Hogan on Iceland's Women's Day Off 54:58

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Send us a Text Message. In this Moxie by Proxy episode, we discuss the moxie of the women of Iceland through the camera lens of Pamela Hogan, Emmy award-winning filmmaker, journalist, and media executive. In her latest documentary, The Day Iceland Stood Still, Pamela, and her collaborator, acclaimed Icelandic filmmaker Hrafnhildur Gunnarsdóttir, ta…

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Episode 37: Craig Peterson 1:12:40

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Send us a Text Message. Craig Peterson’s moxie is a well-conditioned muscle, one of the many that he’s developed as a professional athlete in the Arena Football League (AFL), Indoor Football League (IFL), and the National Arena League (NAL). Craig’s moxie has been built by long hours of doing the work and responding to setbacks with a can-do mindse…

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Episode 36: Mini Moxie 2023 Wrap-Up with Thorunn and Mary 6:46

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Send us a Text Message. Another moxie-filled year has passed with fascinating guests from all walks of life. In our monthly episodes, our guests joined the ranks of Honorary Agents of Moxie. We hope you found their stories as interesting and inspiring as we did. We are incredibly grateful to you, our listeners, for tuning in to hear the inspiring a…

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Episode 35: Pano Koukopoulos 53:14

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Send us a Text Message. Pano believes that we earn moxie through putting in the work and paying the price, not instant gratification. As a lover of the outdoors and wild places, he finds opportunities to cultivate moxie and apply the lessons of nature to his life and the lives of those he encounters through his work, teaching, and volunteer commitm…

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Episode 34: Simon Critchley 1:04:08

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Send us a Text Message. Simon Critchley's curiosity is on steroids, and that curiosity, love of learning, and genuine interest in other people fuel his moxie. In this episode, we explore with Simon the role of philosophy in creating moxie. He shares his wisdom on how we have more in common than we think and how forming alliances and relationships b…

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Episode 33: Janine Gordon 50:53

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Send us a Text Message. Janine has been flexing her moxie muscle throughout her life. In every phase of her career, she has identified her strengths and pursued roles that would build on them. Her path has been a moxie mix of serendipity and strategy and an openness to embrace the opportunities presented to her. Janine also sees connections between…

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Episode 32: Faye Hess 54:31

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Send us a Text Message. Chef Faye Hess has the winning recipe for moxie. She mixes love, joy, curiosity, fearlessness, resilience, and gratitude to produce a moxie souffle that won’t collapse. In this episode, Faye explores how she came to her love affair with food and how cooking for herself and others has been a foundation for her happiness and g…

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Episode 31: Michael Kevin Baldwin 50:07

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Send us a Text Message. Michael oozes moxie and uses his passion for the stage to help others cultivate their own. He believes educating people of all ages in the theater arts is empowering, cathartic, and fosters empathy—and moxie. He loves drama—on the stage. And he loves the community that surrounds it. He has found his bliss at this intersectio…

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Episode 30: Kelley Vickery 59:34

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Send us a Text Message. For Kelley, moxie involves seeing the gaps and finding ways to fill them. She strategically uses her considerable skills to create something that adds value and beauty to the world. Then she goes for it, bringing others along to develop collaborations and community. When Kelley moved to the Berkshires over 20 years ago, she …

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Episode 29: Clem Loew 48:58

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Send us a Text Message. Clem’s moxie starts with his mother’s efforts to keep him alive and safe from the Nazis in Poland during World War II. As a child, Clem witnessed his mother’s fierce bravery and moxie in the face of Nazi atrocities, alongside the kindness of Catholic nuns in the convent where he was hidden for two years. After the war, Clem …

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Episode 28: Jenny Hansell 50:22

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Send us a Text Message. Jenny’s moxie is like a snowball that keeps getting bigger! She adds a bit more moxie with every opportunity and experience she encounters. She has worked to improve the lives of others in ways that use her skills and talents while also getting out of her comfort zone and building her own capacities as well as those of the o…

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Episode 27: Nadim Sadek 1:02:57

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Send us a Text Message. Part of Nadim’s brand is moxie. He has founded, built, and led three major businesses: Sadek Wynberg Research, a qualitative research agency; Inish Turk Beg, an island off the coast of Ireland from which he built an award-winning whiskey, food, and music brand; and ProQuo AI, the first AI-driven brand management system. Now,…

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Episode 26: Leo Marzen 44:26

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Send us a Text Message. Leo believes moxie can benefit from solid financial planning and a long-term approach. Taking risks feels less risky when you know your big picture and are clear about your life and fiscal priorities. In this episode, Leo shares his financial planning, entrepreneurial, and life philosophy, all of which can be traced back to …

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Episode 25: Unlocking Connecticut's Lora and Bev 48:05

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Send us a Text Message. Lora Karam and Bev Canepari are unlocking the riches of Connecticut one town at a time through their website, blog, and social media platform, Unlocking Connecticut. In this episode of Main Street Moxie, Lora and Bev discuss their joyous exploration of the fabulous small businesses, stores, food and dining, art and culture, …

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Episode 24: Gratitude is the Attitude Thanksgiving Mini Episode with Thorunn and Mary 7:43

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Send us a Text Message. We are thankful for so much this year! And Thanksgiving is the perfect time to show that. In this mini-episode, we talk about what we’ve learned from guests about gratitude and moxie. We also briefly explore the science of gratitude, how it benefits our well-being, and the power of saying thanks in our personal lives and wor…

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Episode 23: Anne Makepeace 55:57

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Send us a Text Message. A life of making documentary films takes moxie, and Anne is proof of that. She has sought out people with moxie who do what they can to make lives better for themselves, their families, and their communities. Her films put real faces to issues such as social justice and marginalization, human rights, and the intersections of…

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Episode 22: Lexi Ryan 58:55

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Send us a Text Message. Lexi’s got moxie–and so do the characters in her romance and fantasy novels. Her lifelong dream of being a writer has been achieved through grit, trial and error, and a whole lot of imagination. In this episode of Main Street Moxie, Lexi explores the vicissitudes of the publishing industry, her thoughts on failure, the core …

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Episode 21: Carita Gardiner 48:08

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Send us a Text Message. Carita adores words, and much of her moxie is fueled by writing them, reading them, speaking them, and encouraging others to love them as much as she does. In this episode, Carita helps Main Street Moxie launch a new literary genre called Mox Lit. She came prepared with a moxie-filled reading list to share with listeners. Ca…

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Episode 20: Rachel Doriss 48:30

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Send us a Text Message. Rachel has a designer’s moxie. Her creativity and observation skills serve her in life and in her career in textiles. A college class field trip allowed her to imagine a professional path working with fabric and weaving, a craft she lovingly pursued as a child with her grandmother. She finds inspiration in the smallest place…

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Episode 19: Tara Sullivan 54:28

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Send us a Text Message. Tara has a set of moxie skills and traits that she packs up and takes with her in whatever professional or volunteer position she finds herself in. She uses her moxie for public benefit and to raise awareness of the history of the Hudson Valley and that we all have a role to play in making our society better. She grew up on …

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Episode 18: Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary O'Neill 9:46

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Send us a Text Message. Here we are again. It's another rascally federal holiday that falls on a Moxie Monday. Today it's Labor Day. According to the Department of Labor website, Labor Day honors the achievements and contributions of American workers to the social and economic vitality of this country. It started in the late 19th century as a holid…

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Episode 17: Kathy Davies 1:05:18

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Send us a Text Message. This episode of Main Street Moxie with Kathy Davies explores design thinking as a method for moxie. Life design is a way to get unstuck in your life by ratcheting up the curiosity, creating opportunities for incremental action, and understanding your life is a process that involves collaborating with others. There is a "team…

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Episode 16: Vemilo 53:54

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Send us a Text Message. We’re bringing the average guest age way down and amping up on the moxitude in this episode with Vemilo (he/him). He brings energy, wisdom, creativity, and love to his moxie. He talks about the power of chosen families and a good bargain, using performance to heal, the life-changing experience of summer camp, and the support…

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Episode 15: Laurie Lisle 44:37

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Send us a Text Message. Laurie’s moxie is expressed through her writing. Through this creative medium, she has explored herself and others, tackling challenges, embracing change, understanding setbacks, and making sense of universal themes in the human experience. In this episode, Laurie shares her writer’s journey and provides insight into the cre…

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Episode 14: Susan Gibson 50:58

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Send us a Text Message. Susan Gibson brings her moxie to the volunteer world, sharing her observations and advice so others can discover how international volunteerism and travel, as well as local involvement, can change the world, their communities–and themselves. She is the author ofHow to be an Amazing Volunteer Overseas, a guide based on her 35…

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Episode 13: Moxie by Proxy--Sarah Getz on Arthur Kimmig Getz 54:30

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Send us a Text Message. In this Moxie by Proxy episode, Sarah Getz explores the moxie of her father, The New Yorker magazine cover artist Arthur Kimmig Getz. We talk about Arthur’s creative and pragmatic moxie and explore the intergenerational and intentional moxie of Sarah in her yoga instruction and her own medium for her creativity–writing. Betw…

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Episode 12: Moxie by Proxy--Roger Berkowitz on Hannah Arendt 1:02:17

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Send us a Text Message. Roger Berkowitz, Founder and Academic Director of the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics and Humanities at Bard College, shares the story and ideas of political thinker Hannah Arendt in this Moxie by Proxy episode. Hannah was a bold and fiercely independent political thinker. Born in 1906, she came of age during the Nazi era,…

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Episode 11: Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary O'Neill 9:43

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Send us a Text Message. There's one downside to Moxie Monday--and that's when it falls on a holiday. Memorial Day is for honoring those who gave their lives during military service for our country and it's a day for spending with family and friends. Today, you get us--your hosts Thorunn and Mary! In this mini-episode, we'll talk a little about ours…

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Episode 10: Abby Auerbach 46:06

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Send us a Text Message. Abby is the Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer at TVB (Television Bureau of Advertising), the national not-for-profit trade association representing the U.S. television stations. Abby’s moxie results from chutzpah and intention, and she’s cultivated it over her lifetime. She believes that people can de…

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Episode 9: Fred Rutberg 56:48

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Send us a Text Message. Fred is the president and publisher of New England Newspapers, Inc., which owns The Berkshire Eagle located in Pittsfield, MA. The Eagle is a daily paper that serves all of Berkshire County and adjacent areas of Connecticut and New York State. Along with partners John C. "Hans" Morris, Robert G. Wilmers, and Stanford Lipsey,…

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Episode 8: Ned Sullivan 44:27

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Send us a Text Message. Ned Sullivan locates the roots of his moxie in his relationship with the outdoors. Pivotal experiences in nature have helped him navigate change and uncertainty, as well as cultivate leadership and collaboration skills and the ability to change his focus and direction when circumstances necessitate it. Ned has been the presi…

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Episode 7: Judith Monachina 41:53

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Send us a Text Message. Judith Monachina has understated moxie and wonders if she even possesses it! We've convinced her otherwise. She is currently the Director of the Housatonic Heritage Oral History Center at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, MA. In that role, she records and archives the fascinating moxie stories of her subjects, past …

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Episode 6: Stephanie Stanton 47:15

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Send us a Text Message. Stephanie Stanton is the founder and owner of High Vibe Chick where she is an empowerment coach & branding photographer for intuitive women. She also facilitates a community of high vibe chicks for mutual support and encouragement. Stephanie’s work with clients involves helping them listen to their intuition, embrace their i…

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Episode 5: Moxie by Proxy--Historian Peter Vermilyea on Eleanor Roosevelt 45:19

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Send us a Text Message. Moxie by Proxy is a feature of Main Street Moxie in which a historian or writer introduces us to the moxie of someone from the past. In this episode, we talk to local historian and educator Peter Vermilyea about the moxie of Eleanor Roosevelt. Pete brings Eleanor to life and allows us to see how she shaped her life and resha…

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Episode 4: Mayor Kamal Johnson 41:03

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Send us a Text Message. Kamal Johnson is the first Black mayor of Hudson, NY--and its youngest. In our conversation, he talks about how his early years shaped the person and leader he has become. He describes his vision of governance as an all-hands-on-deck endeavor, seeking out people and partnerships that will help the citizens of Hudson. He spea…

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Episode 3: Sarah Taft Jones 56:34

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Send us a Text Message. Sarah Taft Jones has moxie! Her story weaves history--she's the great-granddaughter of President William Howard Taft--with her career as an accomplished criminal defense attorney and law school professor finding her footing during the equal rights era. She's also a dedicated volunteer devoted to mentoring young people, perfo…

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Episode 2: Kirk Kneller 50:05

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Send us a Text Message. In this wide-ranging conversation about moxie, we talk with Kirk Kneller, successful insurance agency owner, cow lover, and farmer. He shares his own journey of cultivating his brand of moxie, which is rooted in community and serving the needs of others through his business and volunteer life. For more information about Kirk…

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Main Street Moxie Trailer 7:41

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Send us a Text Message. In this mini-episode, you'll learn about the new Main Street Moxie podcast, why you'd want to listen in, and its hosts--Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary O'Neill. Support the Show.By Thorunn Kristjansdottir and Mary B. O'Neill

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