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…
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 with guests Jim Harshaw…
“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 soon, maybe it will…
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 surrender.” Some…
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 subject get chastised and even…
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 transforming Japan in the 50s, or the…
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 heard…
A few months ago I hadn’t heard the names William Wilberforce or Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Now they rank among my greatest influences. Eric Metaxas’s biographies of these two men were among the main reasons. Once I read them, I had to meet Eric…
J. B. MacKinnon’s book The Once and Future World influenced my view of nature as much as anyone’s. I thought I knew what nature was—what we were trying to conserve or preserve—but I wasn’t even close. I found his writing gripping and…
Here are the notes I read from: No, it’s not just a piece of cloth • Context â—¦ Mark Meadows and Ben Carson tested positive â—¦ US is spreading virus maybe most in world. White House more infections than Vietnam â—¦ In…
Michael Moss had already risked his life as a reporter in Baghdad, where he interviewed Islamic militants and exposing that US marines lacked body armor. He had also already won a Pulitzer prize for reporting on food. Then he wrote Salt Sugar…
From a leadership standpoint, acting on sustainability and the pandemic overlap. You probably see Ashish’s name everywhere too. He’s in the thick of it at the highest national level. He shares an inside view of the political happenings on responding to the…
Why do I act on sustainability when everyone around me says there’s no point? Faith. This episode shares a few words about faith. If you lack it, I think you’ll prefer living with it, especially about things you care about.
We’ve seen suggestions to defund the police. Many on the left consider it an obvious step. Many on the right think it’s loony and will lead to society falling apart. I propose a way forward, building on my civilian service academy idea…
Following up my conversations on sex, drugs, and rock & roll with Dov, previous podcast guest Dan McPherson of Leaders Must Lead and I talk about race. We start be reviewing our relationship and why we chose to record a conversation on…
Mark Tercek stands tall in environmental action. He was president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy for 11 years. From Wikipedia: “Founded in 1951, The Nature Conservancy has over one million members, and has protected more than 119,000,000 acres of land and…
Rip committed to avoid waste through coffee, which he describes as harder than he thought. Wait a minute. A three-star Marine Corps general is describing not using coffee cartridges as hard? In the Millennium Challenge we talked about in our first conversation…
Eric Orts is a tenured professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He is also exploring a potential race for the U.S. Senate: the seat from which two-term Senator Patrick Toomey has announced he will retire in 2022. On…
My goal in this podcast is to bring leaders from many fields and share what made them effective. I believe sustainability and stewardship would benefit from learning more effective leadership. A goal with each guest is to feature them. Everyone is unique.…
The rest of my story riding 100 miles a week and a half ago, where I gave up on myself, having lost faith in myself, but then getting lucky to force myself to finish. Only finishing strong showed I could do it.…