Sasha hosted me before, speaking on my first book, Leadership Step by Step. This time we spoke about my second, Initiative, and unearthing our passions. If you want more passion or love in your life, for projects or people, I don’t recommend just waiting for it to strike. Working on it creates it. The book gives you a structured way to do it. Our conversation covers how it came to[…] Keep reading →

Sasha Laghonh has hosted me on her podcast Sasha Talks. She started a short-form podcast featuring leaders and leadership called ExecuPeaks. It’s fifteen minutes about what makes a leader. Here’s the episode: Meet Joshua Spodek, PhD MBA – Host of Award Winning ‘This Sustainable Life’ Podcast More about Sasha: Profiles: Wix | Yola Blog: Sasha Talks

Sasha Laghonh invited me back to her wonderful Moving Mountains podcast, which just posted. I shared a few upcoming projects I haven’t shared yet. Curious to try open-mic stand-up? She asked me about my recently performing open-mic on a New York comedy stage (which I recommend). We also talked about the origins of my Leadership and the Environment podcast and the sports and acting stories that helped start me on[…] Keep reading →

Today Sasha Laghonh of Sasha Talks and her podcast Moving Mountains posted her interview of me. I like when an interviewer researches my background. Sasha did. She asked meaningful questions, motivating me to think and share about choices I’ve made and things I’ve written that weren’t obvious but were meaningful. Plus she asked about love, money, and power, and who doesn’t like those topics? Here’s the interview: From Sasha’s about[…] Keep reading →

Sasha Laghonh invited me to her new series, Author Interviews by Sasha Talks | Celebrating the Arts, Culture & Life, to speak about writing. She’s a longtime podcaster who has hosted me before. We speak about many aspects of writing: habits, style, motivation, goals, and more. If you’re thinking about writing, I recommend listening. You don’t have to copy my style or goals. On the contrary, developing your own will[…] Keep reading →

This page is a work in progress, collecting the podcasts that have interviewed me plus links and my reviews of each of the podcasts. Join Up Dots with David Ralph The recordings: “A Man Who Thrives One Step After Anxiety,” January 2015 “Finding Passion Through Leadership,” February 6, 2017 My review of the podcast: Dave is a master I’ve had the honor and pleasure of David interviewing me twice and[…] Keep reading →

TEDx Don’t Call Doof Food: systemic change begins with personal change, TEDxCowes, November 4, 2021 People don’t want to do small things. They want to do meaningful things., TEDxConnecticutCollege, February 29, 2020 What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Environment, TEDxWaltham, October 5, 2019 Find Your Delicious, TEDxNYU, April 6, 2019 Mainstream Media The Village Sun, “The Spodek Method: Saving the planet and ourselves by not harming others,” July 6, 2024[…] Keep reading →