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Meditative Story combines extraordinary human stories with meditation prompts embedded into the storylines — all surrounded by breathtaking music. Think of it as an alternative way into a mindfulness practice, through vivid stories and cinematic music and production values. Meditative Story is an original series produced by WaitWhat and supported by our members. Our community tells us that they listen to the same episodes over and over again, and according to data provided by Apple Podcasts, ...
The best startup advice from Silicon Valley & beyond. Iconic CEOs — from Nike to Netflix, Starbucks to Slack — share the stories & strategies that helped them grow from startups into global brands. On each episode, host Reid Hoffman — LinkedIn cofounder, Greylock partner and legendary Silicon Valley investor — proves an unconventional theory about how businesses scale, while his guests share the story of how I built this company. Reid and guests talk entrepreneurship, leadership, strategy, m ...
Creativity. It’s as mysterious and elusive to humans as love. We stalk it. We crave it. We try to bring it out in ourselves. Every creative work you’ve ever loved has a hero’s journey behind it. Whether it’s a book or a building. A movie, a mural, a musical. It starts with a spark. Then: Endless iteration. Inevitable setbacks. Magical people who appear to help. And the breakthrough idea — that takes on a life all its own. On Spark & Fire, for the first time ever, you’ll hear what was happeni ...
The testosterone filled, self proclaimed alpha male, teams up with the rainbow glittering voice of sensibility, for a good ole train wreck. We take a good look at the silly obscure things in our lives that we take for granted and put our own unique spin on it. Its one of the shows that you realize when you're laughing...hey, i just learned something. Give us a like, a share, or subscribe to us youtube, itunes, google play and sound cloud. Wait...What?! Podcast. Enjoy!!
It's the question of our times: How is technology impacting our humanity? "Should This Exist?" invites the creators of radical new technologies to set aside their business plan, and think through the human side: What is the invention’s greatest promise? And what could possibly go wrong? Show host Caterina Fake (Partner, Yes VC; Cofounder Flickr) is a celebrated tech pioneer and one of Silicon Valley’s most eloquent commentators on technology and the human condition. Joined by a roster of all ...
Real-time wisdom from business leaders in fast-changing situations — covering the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. These fast, focused interviews with CEOs are the in-the-moment counterpoint to the timeless episodes in the classic Masters of Scale podcast. Hosted by Bob Safian, former editor in chief of Fast Company.
General Media & Sports based podcast. Hosted by @bobbyswansonn (Twitter,IG,Snap) w. an occasional Vikingville guest here & there.You name it i may have some shitty opinion on it. ***EPISODE LINEUP BELOW** Episode 1: Me, Joe, Will Episode 2: Me, Joe Episode 3: Me, Joe, Will, Patty D Episode 4: Me, Joe, Will, Kevin Cash Episode 5: Me, Joe, Matt "Burton" Pisani Episode 6: Santiago & Franny
Welcome to Now What: The Podcast. We're two twenty-something year olds thrust into the realities of adulthood in New York City. As fellow twenty-somethings, we can relate to recent college graduates who are trying to navigate the real world. Cause college was a joke and now life is like wait.....what? Amiright? Tune in as we talk about everything from career advice, dating and general real life situations. Cause yo, life in 2018 is crazyyyyy! Don't worry guys, we're all in this together.
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Crystal and J.R. are self-proclaimed Communication junkies. They love geeking out on the topic of communication. This podcast will cover all sorts of topics under communication, analyzing situations, sharing personal stories and examples, and giving out tips on how to improve your communication with the people around you. This is the best group therapy session you'll ever experience...you'll want to bring your friends along with you!
Join Lee and friends as they sip and chat about what has most impacted their lives over the and how the current state of things play into that.
Do you draw a blank when it comes to interesting conversation topics at parties or get-togethers? Lorrie and Sue are fun, quirky gals who enjoy sharing the story inside a story. You'll be intrigued with their fun factoids, tantalizing true crime and mind-boggling mysteries. From Big Foot to billionaire businesses, we’ll have you saying, “Who Knew?!” New episodes downloaded weekly!
John Cordray is a licensed therapist and a leading voice for emotionally healthy living. Discover what's keeping you from living the life you desire. Learn what to do with anxiety, anger, depression, relationship conflicts as well as other emotions and behaviors that can prevent us from living a fulfilling life. John P. Cordray, LPC, NCC Helping you feel better about life. Contact: john@johncordray.com www.johncordray.com
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April 1st is April Fool's Day and in this episode, Gina can't believe what she's hearing or what she's seeing! Surely, it must be her husband playing pranks on her. Was he? You'll only know if you listen!!By Lorrie and Sue
Lee is joined by her friend Anita to talk about the power and intention behind the words you speak.By Lee Gilliam
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Rapid Response: Delta CEO Ed Bastian: Turbulence, recovery, and risk
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With 75% of U.S. customers saying they'll soon be vaccinated, Delta is embracing a new phase, opening up middle seats as of May 1. CEO Ed Bastian bet at the start of the pandemic that focusing on consumer confidence and reinforcing Delta’s brand would ultimately pay big rewards. Now that strategy will be put to the test -- even as Bastian clashes w…
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Do great things – and take your flowers, by Majora Carter
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As the youngest of 10 kids, Majora Carter is used to being a little bit invisible, shyly watching the world around her as she draws with her crayons. But her first-grade teacher, Ms. Transport, sees that she has a special talent for art. She encourages Majora to share her gifts – and (the real challenge) to accept praise. Her rallying cry: "You des…
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Delta CEO Ed Bastian: Turbulence, recovery, and risk
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With 75% of U.S. customers saying they'll soon be vaccinated, Delta is embracing a new phase, opening up middle seats as of May 1. CEO Ed Bastian bet at the start of the pandemic that focusing on consumer confidence and reinforcing Delta’s brand would ultimately pay big rewards. Now that strategy will be put to the test -- even as Bastian clashes w…
April 8th is National Bigfoot Day. A day of reference to unknown strange sounds, the undetermined DNA origin, as well as the big, hairy sightings in every USA state. Are you a believer in this legendary creature? We'll provide the evidence. You decide what to believe.By Lorrie and Sue
Does anxiety keep you up at night? Do you toss and turn, because you can't stop worrying about things you can't control? In episode 88, I talk about anxiety and sleepless nights, as well as answer viewer questions from YouTube Live. You can work on getting a better night's sleep, and you can start tonight! Be sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel…
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86. Beyond Meat's Ethan Brown: How to teach your customer
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As the founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, Ethan Brown has spent years navigating misconceptions about plant-based foods. But smart entrepreneurs listen instead of arguing. Only by obsessing over what customers say they want has Brown been able to create a product that succeeds in the marketplace. What Brown has demonstrated, and what every entrepreneu…
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Writing the main character, by Franklin Leonard
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What’s the hardest part about being the main character in your own life? You’re also writing the script as you go along. And sometimes it’s hard to know when you need a scene change. Filmmaker Franklin Leonard encounters plenty of dramatic moments as he seeks to follow his creative dream. But those big moments, he comes to realize, aren’t what will…
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Tell us: Who are you? And join us on Clubhouse every Wednesday
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Spark & Fire is on intermission, returning May 4. Until then, we have 2 invitations for you: 1. Tell us who you are! If you have time right now – take our survey: sparkandfire.com/survey. It works great on a phone. We’re curious about your own creative practice and how we can support that with what we do! 2. Starting April 7, join us on the Clubhou…
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Rapid Response: The trampoline effect, w/ Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman
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Revenue for Morning Brew's booming email newsletter operation dried up when the pandemic hit, but its audience remained devoted. Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman, who started the business with co-founder Austin Rief as undergraduates at the University of Michigan, leaned into the brand's distinctive personality, fueling a sharp rebound. By last fall…
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Leveraging the trampoline effect, w/ Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman
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Revenue for Morning Brew's booming e-mail newsletter operation dried up when the pandemic hit, but its next-generation audience remained devoted. Morning Brew CEO Alex Lieberman, who started the business with co-founder Austin Rief as undergraduates at the University of Michigan, leaned into the brand's distinctive personality, fueling a sharp rebo…
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85. Mark Cuban: What investors really look for
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No one knows the fundraising game better than Mark Cuban, serial entrepreneur, investor, and star of Shark Tank. For founders, identifying the right source of capital, under the right terms, can provide a thermal updraft. But as Cuban explains, there are always strings attached when you bring on a financial partner – and those strings can pull you …
Miles of underground tunnels, apocalyptical paintings featuring children, gargoyles sitting in luggage, and a suicide will leave you wondering what the real truth is and why the great efforts to hide it!By Lorrie and Sue
Have you ever said something so stupid that it made you feel like a failure? Have you ever messed up and were so embarrassed that you felt like something was wrong with you? In this episode, I talk about where feeling like a failure often comes from and what you can do to work on it. I also talk about the difference between a feeling and a belief a…
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Rapid Response: The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now's Daniella Ballou-Aares
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In recent months, business leaders have been pressed to take public positions on politics in ways they never have before. That's good for business and good for democracy, says Daniella Ballou-Aares, co-founder and CEO of the Leadership Now Project. She argues that even businesses that don’t lobby are key players in building our communities of the f…
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The business of democracy, w/Leadership Now's Daniella Ballou-Aares
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In recent months, business leaders have been pressed to take public positions on politics in ways they never have before. That's good for business and good for democracy, says Daniella Ballou-Aares, co-founder and CEO of the Leadership Now Project. She argues that even businesses that don’t lobby are key players in building our communities of the f…
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To chase the sunset, by Florence Williams
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Writer Florence Williams, grieving the loss of a long marriage, finds herself in Tulsa, Oklahoma; she's come to sit with Penny, her former mother-in-law, who is dying of cancer. Drawn together by the gravity of needing and being needed, the two women sit in the quiet house, in a space between life and death, between rootedness and uncertainty – and…
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84. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 2
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From Pixar to Marvel to Lucasfilm, Disney's Bob Iger defied expectations, acquiring world-renowned brands and meshing them seamlessly with the House of Mouse. In Part 2 of our epic conversation with Iger – Disney's executive chair and former CEO – we delve into the next phase of the process, how he helped build a diverse, sustainable ecosystem for …
Weird happenings on burial grounds, a special "spiritual" committee and a secret ceremony-all happenings in a public place no one would expect!By Lorrie and Sue
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Airbnb's Brian Chesky: "We died and were reborn." A special Rapid Response
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Headlines last April predicted death for Airbnb. How could it survive a pandemic that stopped their core business cold? As the business cratered (in 8 weeks, they lost 80% of revenue), CEO Brian Chesky realized: It was a moment to step back, rethink and do more than anyone expected. So after putting a planned IPO on hold, he and his team started pl…
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Airbnb's Brian Chesky: "We died and were reborn."
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Headlines last April predicted death for Airbnb. How could it survive a pandemic that stopped their core business cold? As the business cratered (in 8 weeks, they lost 80% of revenue), CEO Brian Chesky realized: It was a moment to step back, rethink and do more than anyone expected. So after putting a planned IPO on hold, he and his team started pl…
The people in today’s podcast represent just a few of the incredible ways the body, mind, and spirit work harmoniously together to achieve greatness... from running faster than a train to being added to the Guinness Book of World Records!By Lorrie and Sue
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Mickey Guyton: Telling the story of “Black Like Me”
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Behind her Grammy-nominated song “Black Like Me,” Mickey Guyton shares the story of her long journey toward embracing her voice as a country music star. As a Black woman in a traditionally white industry, her authenticity is constantly questioned: Too Black. Too white. Not “country” enough. Plagued by self-doubt, Mickey’s breakthrough comes when sh…
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Nate Berkus: Designing your space in the world
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When young Nate Berkus pushes open the door to his new bedroom, an unfinished space in his family home, he doesn’t know it yet – but he’s opening the door to a new vision of what his life can be. A life that he can design for himself. Because sometimes, choosing a new paint color is shorthand for choosing a new path. Read the full transcript of Nat…
To succeed in the modern business environment, you need to strut your stuff: to cultivate a personal brand that supports career growth. No one represents this better than Tyra Banks. As a model, a producer, and an entrepreneur, Tyra has forged a personal brand that has enabled her to make multiple pivots, building fame, wealth, and meaningful impac…
The life of Ted Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, was oftentimes as chaotic as the titular cat in his best-selling children’s book, “The Cat in the Hat”!By Lorrie and Sue
Lee has a white wine sangria for her stroll down memory lane via the Cloud and her reading selections.By Lee Gilliam
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Rapid Response: A prescription for healthy growth, with FIGS Co-CEO Heather Hasson
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How does a start-up geared to healthcare workers balance giving back during Covid with the desire for growth? FIGS, an emerging lifestyle brand for medical professionals that built its name around premium scrubs, faced key choices amid the pandemic. Co-founder and co-CEO Heather Hasson explains why a commitment to offering free PPE, isolation gowns…
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A prescription for healthy growth, with FIGS Co-CEO Heather Hasson
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How does a start-up geared to healthcare workers balance giving back during Covid with the desire for growth? FIGS, an emerging lifestyle brand for medical professionals that built its name around premium scrubs, faced key choices amid the pandemic. Co-founder and co-CEO Heather Hasson explains why a commitment to offering free PPE, isolation gowns…
Today is "HUG A G.I." Day so we've uploaded a BONUS episode to honor (and hug) all the mighty men and women of our armed forces, including the 4 legged ones. Here's a story of Four courageous cats who proved they were ‘salty dogs’ when it came to serving their countries during wartime with their fellow human compatriots at sea.…
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The right few words: Stories and meditation from Rohan
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In telling three short stories from his life as a meditator, host Rohan Gunatillake explores the way a few simple words of wisdom, said at the right moment, can build your strength and resilience for a lifetime. He shares insights from his own early teachers as he leads us on a journey around the world, from an ancient monastery in Thailand to a si…
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82. Disney’s Bob Iger: How acquisitions become an ecosystem, part 1
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For any distinctive brand or business, it can be a challenge to expand reach without diluting what makes you special. No one has a keener understanding of this issue than Bob Iger, executive chair and former CEO of the Walt Disney Company. In this special two-part episode, Iger takes us through how he supercharged the House of Mouse while acquiring…
What does a decade long relationship, an abandoned pickup truck and blood in the bucket of a tractor have in common? Find out on this episode of Who Knew?!By Lorrie and Sue
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Nike’s CEO John Donahoe on wartime leadership (Rapid Response)
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When he became CEO on the eve of the pandemic, Nike's John Donahoe starting game plan revolved around listening and being out in the marketplace. But when lockdowns began rolling through, he quickly adjusted, assuming what he calls a "wartime" approach to leadership. Donahoe's view is that top-down stewardship matters now more than ever. To not onl…
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Wartime leadership, with Nike's John Donahoe
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When he became CEO on the eve of the pandemic, Nike's John Donahoe starting game plan revolved around listening and being out in the marketplace. But when lockdowns began rolling through, he quickly adjusted, assuming what he calls a "wartime" approach to leadership. Donahoe's view is that top-down stewardship matters now more than ever. To not onl…
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Adam Grant: The fear never goes away. But it can be tamed.
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"Are you going to do this? Ever?" Standing at the edge of the highest diving board at the aquatic center, a young Adam Grant tries and tries, and tries to leap off. But he can't face down his fear – not so much of falling as losing control. So there he stands at the end of the board, paralyzed. In this story, Adam Grant, now a famed organizational …
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81. Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson: The secret to big leaps
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Successful daredevils aren't really winging it, even if it looks that way from the outside. They have a method. No one knows this better – or does this better – than Sir Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group. Sir Richard has been willing to take death-defying entrepreneurial leaps again and again, into new markets and industries, establishin…
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How to build your creative vision: Photographer Stephen Wilkes on the 2021 Inauguration Photo
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Making art is a distillation of all your life experiences – from the half-remembered images from your childhood to your fascination with what's happening around you right now. Photographer Stephen Wilkes developed his signature Day to Night images to share his passion for how time passes – and soon found that they also helped him explore everything…
There was sorrow in the land and fear in every home. Children and boredom seldom mix well, but if you toss in some hope and some candy, you've got yourself a 75 year old masterpiece!!By Who Knew?!
Our all-new season of Masters of Scale features iconic leaders and rising stars of scale companies. This season, Reid Hoffman trades theories with Disney CEO Bob Iger, model/mogul Tyra Banks, investor Mark Cuban, Houzz founder Adi Tatarko, Beyond Meat founder Ethan Brown, Sir Richard Branson – and many more. Plus, we’ve got Live episodes, your favo…
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Rapid Response: Winning and losing, w/Vanderbilt University coach Jerry Stackhouse
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Maintaining high performance in business has become harder than ever, between health challenges, economic obstacles, and political uncertainty. But we all still work to win. Jerry Stackhouse, coach of the Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team and former NBA all-star, is focused on winning – in the near-term, and the long term. His experience …
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Maintaining high performance in business has become harder than ever, between health challenges, economic obstacles, and political uncertainty. But we all still work to win. Jerry Stackhouse, coach of the Vanderbilt University men’s basketball team and former NBA all-star, is focused on winning – in the near-term, and the long term. His experience …
