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“Philosophy of Shrinking Footprints” and “Shrinking Your Travel Footprint”, hear me on 2 Growthbusters episodes

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“Philosophy of Shrinking Footprints” and “Shrinking Your Travel Footprint”, hear me on 2 Growthbusters episodes

One of the few podcasts I listen to every episodes of is Growthbusters. Hosts Dave and Erika invited me for third and fourth appearances, which went live the other day. I list Dave as one of my environmental role models. Here are past times I've mentioned him or Growthbusters in my blog. The Philosophy of Shrinking Footprints Show notes We set out to make this the second of a series of episodes about shrinking our travel footprint, but the conversation ended up being a broader exploration of philosophical issues related to all kinds of footprint-shrinking actions. Erika and Dave are joined by recurring guest, Joshua Spodek, host of the This Sustainable Life podcast. The conversation includes: The joy of not flyingGenerating a lot less wasteIs…

January 1, 2021

Working on Purpose radio with Dr. Alise Cortez hosted me

Audio / Education / Leadership

Working on Purpose radio with Dr. Alise Cortez hosted me

Dr. Alise Cortez hosted me for a wonderful conversation on leadership, education, sustainability, career, and more. It's radio, but we recorded video. https://youtu.be/j77zcwgqN3A?t=40 Episode notes Where have all the entrepreneurs gone? We seem to be producing less and less each year. Josh Spodek says this is due in part our educational system that teaches compliance at the expense of pursuing interests and passions in learning. He's out to teach people to take initiative and pursue their passions all over their lives — and that entrepreneurship is available to virtually everyone. About Alise See Alise's about page for more: Dr. Alise CortezChief Purpose Officer, Alise Cortez and AssociatesChief Ignition Officer, Gusto, Now!Dr. Alise Cortez is the chief purpose officer at Alise Cortez and Associates (management consulting)…

December 16, 2020

Speak Like a Leader podcast features me today

Audio / Education / Leadership

Speak Like a Leader podcast features me today

When TEDxNYU invited me to give a TEDx talk with less than two weeks to prepare, I knew a coach would help. I researched and hired John Bates. The result? Three TEDx talks and counting, plus one invited me back to lead a work group for TED Countdown. Plus I count him as a friend. John hosts the Speak Like a Leader podcast. I'm his guest today. We talk about leadership today, what happened to civic duty, how do we restore it, how to we handle lockdown, and more. Looking to improve your or your company's public speaking? I recommend John without hesitation for one-on-one coaching. I've also attended his corporate training at a major firm you've heard of. He captivated and activated them. To…

November 18, 2020

Hear me on No Backing Down

Hear me on No Backing Down

You may have noticed I've hosted a few NFL players on my podcast, including Superbowl competitor New England Patriot Marquis Flowers and Superbowl winner Philadelphia Eagle Bryan Braman. I met them through the guy whose podcast I just appeared on, Sean Stellato. He's an NFL agent who also runs a sports representation and marketing agency, runs skills camps, training and conditioning coaching, and player events and promos. His podcast is called No Backing Down, also the name of his book. Our conversation covers sports, jumping or rather being pushed out of airplanes, growing up in dangerous neighborhoods, and a lot of personal things. Listen to the episode. We've become friends through sports and leadership. At his draft party outside Boston a couple years ago I…

August 19, 2020

The 21st Century: dozens of ways to communicate . . . and all of them break.

The 21st Century: dozens of ways to communicate . . . and all of them break.

I've lost track of how many times I've had to say it, but some weeks close to daily: The twenty-first century means there are dozens of ways to communicate with someone . . . and all of them break. I hope you've experienced more success, but I've faced connections dropping, sound not working, people unable to connect, . . . do I have to list every failing? Have you experienced it too?

July 7, 2020

Any Given Runway features me (who avoids runways)

Any Given Runway features me (who avoids runways)

Randell Carlton Green, author of Smart & Solo: The blueprint for efficient and enjoyable solo travel, hosted me on his podcast, Any Given Runway. Given what looks like a focus on flying, I appreciate his open-mindedness in inviting me. As it happens, the podcast's focus evolved from travel to great people---athletes, authors, adventurers, artists, and more. We spoke on habits, sustainability, personal challenges, and what makes great people great. Listen to the episode. The episode notes: 106. Today's guest is the incredible and dynamic Joshua Spodek. He is a 3X TedX speaker and bestselling author, and holds a Phd in astrophysics and an MBA from Columbia. Joshua has a unique philosophy on life, and has created many simple rules to enable himself to have an…

June 29, 2020

Heroes of New York, episode 2: Doing meaningful things, a conversation on change

Audio / Habits / Nature

Heroes of New York, episode 2: Doing meaningful things, a conversation on change

The Heroes of New York podcast host Anu Senan posted our second conversation. The show features people who show exemplary behavior in the epicenter of the epicenter. Listen to the episode. She liked the episode enough to invited me for a second episode. Here are the show notes: In this episode, Josh and I talk about change. There is only one way to fight climate change, pandemics and systemic racism. Through change. But to change anything, we need to first change ourselves. Changing our behaviors is how we can influence change in our society. But how hard is it? Tune in to hear Josh share his wisdom as he changed his lifestyle and continues to do so in a bid to save the environment.Listen to…

June 16, 2020

Habits create a lifestyle: Hear me on the Style Your Life podcast

Audio / Habits / SIDCHAs / Stories / Tips

Habits create a lifestyle: Hear me on the Style Your Life podcast

Erin and Michelle host the Style Your Life podcast. They wanted to learn and share with their audience about habits, which are the foundation of a lifestyle. They can be if you choose. They led a conversation around habits and how to keep from quitting them. I talk and write a lot about habits and sidchas here. This conversation is a friendly, non-intense entry point. Few things improve a life more than starting and keeping effective habits and sidchas based on your values. Listen to the conversation. EDIT: Erin and Michelle posted the video recording: https://youtu.be/AFGWPHwT9Zs Listen to the conversation.

June 9, 2020

The Heroes of New York podcast hosted me

Audio / Leadership

The Heroes of New York podcast hosted me

The Heroes of New York podcast host Anu Senan posted our conversation. The show features people who show exemplary behavior in the epicenter of the epicenter. She liked the episode enough to invited me for a second episode (EDIT: here's the second episode: Heroes of New York, episode 2: Doing meaningful things, a conversation on change), so I think you'll like it too. See the show notes below for details. Listen to the episode. Show notes "Prison life is about routine: each day like the one before; each week like the one before it, so that the months and years blend into each other." Nelson Mandela about the 27 years he spent in prison. Mandela believed a lifetime's habit of exercise helped him to survive…

May 25, 2020

The Market and the Good podcast hosts me for two episodes

Audio / Leadership / Nature

The Market and the Good podcast hosts me for two episodes

Chris Gassman of The Market and the Good podcast posted two episodes with me. The first covered my work in under 10 minutes. Since I described my podcast 4-step process, he chose to try it out, which we did for the second episode, as a deep dive. Most podcast hosts shy away from being guests on their shows. They tend to feel vulnerable at answering questions, especially about stewardship. Chris went the other way, embracing vulnerability and responsibility, as leaders do. Check out the episodes:

May 17, 2020

Three Latest Videos on New York City’s lockdown with Me and Magamedia.org’s Rob Harper

Audio / Nonjudgment / Stories

Three Latest Videos on New York City’s lockdown with Me and Magamedia.org’s Rob Harper

I can't describe the unexpected fun and growth coming from my conversations with Rob. When I learned of Ruth Bader Ginsburg's friendship with Antonin Scalia, I couldn't get it. How could one tolerate someone who worked to make the world the opposite of what they wanted, especially with the stakes so high? Reading John Stuart Mill's On Liberty, I intellectually understood his point that you have to share your ideas to have them challenged or you don't know what you're talking about. I didn't internalize it. Living with two people---my mom and stepfather---who look on Trump with disdain, I think all three of us are surprised at the friendship and conversations Rob and I are creating. I think my surprise is pleasant. Theirs is more…

May 16, 2020

Leadership and the Environment Sweden launches!

Audio / Leadership / Nature / Podcast

Leadership and the Environment Sweden launches!

Ledarskap och miljÃ¶n Sverige (in English Leadership and the Environment Sweden) launched today! It is "En podd om att agera pÃ¥ sina vÃ¤rderingar fÃ¶r naturen och att finna glÃ¤dje och mening i det" or "A podcast about acting on your values for nature and finding joy and meaning in it." Beautiful! I'm proud to be the first guest. Here's the first episode: https://shows.acast.com/ledarskap-och-miljon/ Why start a new branch of Leadership and the Environment? I've shared for a while the opportunity to start new branches of Leadership in the Environment X, where X is something you love that I'm not, for example Leadership and the Environment CaliforniaLeadership and the Environment WomenLeadership and the Environment FashionLeadership and the Environment PoliticsLeadership and the Environment Basketball Andreas, the host,…

May 12, 2020

“The Value and Joy of Individual Action”: Hear me on the Growthbusters podcast

“The Value and Joy of Individual Action”: Hear me on the Growthbusters podcast

One of the few podcasts I listen to every episodes of is Growthbusters. Hosts Dave and Erika invited me for a second appearance, which went live today, The Value and Joy of Individual Action. I list Dave as one of my environmental role models. My first Growthbusters appearance Here is my first appearance on Growthbusters: Changing the World Starts at Home. The Growthbusters movie I recently posted about the Growthbusters movie, having rewatched it and found it more informative and prescient than I remember: Our greatest taboo is the greatest issue of our time. The show notes: Is there any use in choosing to live more sustainably if you're surrounded by an unsustainable system? There are those who argue there is little value in making…

May 11, 2020

Science discovering “tastes good” versus “wanting more”

Audio / Awareness / Perception

Science discovering “tastes good” versus “wanting more”

Have you noticed the difference between something tasting good---that you like the sensation---versus wanting more---that it motivates you to eat more, though doesn't always taste good? If the nuance sounds foreign, I've written on it several times. I use it to illustrate the difference between craving and emotional reward. In my experience, the difference seems subtle until you get it. Then it's huge. Emotional reward improves life, craving enables others to control you, among other differences. Here are some of my posts on it: Tastes Good versus Want More, explored in depth "Want to eat more" and "tastes good" aren't the same feeling Examples of "tastes good" versus "want more" Avoid that addictive tug People study this difference. They usually use scientific terms, which I…

May 8, 2020

The Great Isolation Part 3

The Great Isolation Part 3

Rob and my conversations are becoming more interesting all the time. This week goes in two new, exciting directions. First, Rob shares his writing experience---what I've come to learn happens a lot, but first heard from him, that his characters speak to him. I since came across a study that a Majority of authors 'hear' their characters speak, finds study. We end the conversation with on-the-fly starting to schedule a town hall for me to address his conservative audience about the environment. I don't see it as any more a political issue than traffic laws. I expect speaking to this audience about the environment will lead some to attack, as Rob points out, suggesting I talk to liberals who themselves aren't doing what they tell…

May 1, 2020

Lockdown reflections, locked down with family for the first time since the 70s (with Robjh from Magamedia)

Audio / Relationships

Lockdown reflections, locked down with family for the first time since the 70s (with Robjh from Magamedia)

Rob and I have created a series of one-on-one reflections on inside views on the lockdown. In my case, I haven't lived this closely with my mom since before school---not college, not high school, but school, meaning kindergarten. Among other things, I share on a flare-up between my step-father and me and how I plan to resolve it. Also my comparisons between generational differences today and in All in the Family, the TV show about Archie Bunker. Rob is living with two young children. He's reflecting more on how relationships and identity change in general. Not the conversations you'd expect from a Trump supporter talking with the host of the Leadership and the Environment podcast. Enjoy hearing a 48-year-old leadership expert sharing his frictions with…

April 23, 2020

Video on New York City’s lockdown with Magamedia.org’s Rob Harper

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Video on New York City’s lockdown with Magamedia.org’s Rob Harper

I appeared on Magamedia.org a second time, which I'll post about tomorrow (here's my post on my first appearance, explaining why I'm appearing on a site supporting someone acting contrary to many of my values). [EDIT: I posted it the next day: See my second appearance on Magamedia.org. My podcast episode with my mom preempted it.] In preparing for the appearance, Rob and I got to talking about New York's lockdown and how the region is handling it. We didn't talk politics---just about experiences, observations, and predictions. I considered a fair amount of it insightful. (Here's Rob's appearance on my podcast). We talked about handling SolitudeConfinementNot being able to get away from partnersLosing incomeOpportunityReflectionFamilyMuch more https://youtu.be/zy-7w2WLoqI If you don't talk with people with diverse viewpoints,…

April 12, 2020

Hear my second appearance on 12 Minute Conversations with Engel Jones

Engel Jones invited me back for a second time on his 12 Minute Conversation podcast. Listen to the conversation With twelve minutes, you focus on what's important, though with Engel's Caribbean ethos, it's comfortable and laid back. In his words, it's about: S.U.NÂ & F.U.N meaning SharingÂ UniqueÂ Narratives &FosteringÂ Unlimited Networks Here's a teaser: https://youtu.be/mOuQBlkroSM Listen to the conversation Also, here's my first 12 Minute Conversation with Engel.

March 2, 2020

Psychology Today: White Men and Preconceived Notions

Audio / Awareness / Models / Nonjudgment / Perception / Psychology Today

Psychology Today: White Men and Preconceived Notions

Psychology Today's Editor at Large, Hara Estroff Marano, and I continue our conversations on challenging topics. Today we continue with white men and preconceived notions of us. We were talking about topics before hitting record, I started to describe the pattern that comes up a few minutes into this recording, she lit up in the way someone who has thought about something and has something to say about it does, so we picked stereotypes of white men. Here's the article. Here's the recording: https://youtu.be/HKjrnnOd-jc I think we both thought, "I hope we don't get fired," but also felt, "how can we learn if we don't speak?", so we bit the bullet and recorded. I haven't heard a conversation like it before. The number of threads…

February 17, 2020

Hear me on the Ask Women podcast

Audio / Education / Exercises / Leadership / Nonjudgment / Stories

Hear me on the Ask Women podcast

Would you expect me on a podcast called Ask Women Podcast: What Women Want? With an episode title "How To Be A Leader With Women | The BJ Technique"? Yes, 'BJ' meaning what you think. Here are the notes about the hosts, Marni Kinrys and Kristen Carney: What do a female comic and a professional wing girl have in common? The realistically raw and hilarious perspectives on what women ACTUALLY want in a man. Prepare to be offended and awed as Marni Kinrys & Kristen Carney take you through the uncensored and often ridiculous mind of a woman to help you better understand, appreciate, and avoid getting punched by the next girl you come across. Listen to the episode I met Marni first. Here's her…

February 14, 2020

Hear me on the GreenPlanet BluePlanet podcast

Hear me on the GreenPlanet BluePlanet podcast

Julian Guderley hosted me on the GreenPlanet BluePlanet podcast, episode 151 Reducing personal carbon footprint. You can hear the message has evolved. I wish I'd shared more stories of podcast guests. Still, Julian got me sharing a lot. Listen to the episode About Julian, from his About page "I AM ON A QUEST TO DISPLAY WHAT MAKES PLANET EARTH WORTH LIVING ON. WHAT IT TAKES FOR LEADERS AND VISIONARY CREATORS TO CONNECT TO AND CREATE WITH PURPOSE. THATS WHY I CREATED THE PODCAST GREENPLANET BLUEPLANET, INTERVIEWING TOP #500 SOCIAL IMPACT MAKERS & LEADERS IN THE WORLD." The GreenPlanet BluePlanet Project aims to support, inspire and activate all parties that are in service of achieving the SDGs set by the United Nations. We are celebrating countries…

February 12, 2020

Hear me on The Professional podcast with Gary Roth

Audio / Leadership / Nature

Hear me on The Professional podcast with Gary Roth

Gary Roth invited me to a conversation with him for his podcast, The Professional Podcast. Even if you've heard me on other people's podcasts, you'll hear how my messages on leadership and environmental leadership are evolving. First, here's the conversation (or click for his site) https://anchor.fm/theprofessionalpodcast/episodes/Episode-17-Interview-with-Joshua-Spodek-e9vkoi About The Professional Podcast The Professional Podcast is dedicated to becoming the best at what you do. It's about being the best at work, at home, at a party or on the field. We're going tackle the things that few people talk about. Topics like self-education, etiquette and relationship building will be explored in a way that you can put into action! It's dedicated to helping people do everything better. From Veterans entering the job market to the solo…

January 4, 2020

See me on Magamedia.org for one of my favorite interviews, “A Different Look at Climate Change”

Audio / Leadership / Nature

See me on Magamedia.org for one of my favorite interviews, “A Different Look at Climate Change”

Yes, that's Maga as in Donald Trump's slogan "Make America Great Again," and yes, I consider it one of my favorite interviews. To clarify, we spoke about the environment more generally than just climate. Watch and listen to our conversation Magamedia.org's other articles on climate criticize Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Al Gore, Greta Thunberg, the Green New Deal, and others. One article calls climate change: a hoax, folks. It is a get rich scam for politicians that liberals have fallen for. Of course scientists say it is a problem. Trillions of dollars moving to their industry is at stake. Of course they want to push this narrative in public. I disagree with this view. I disagree with many of the site's articles. So why did I speak…

December 23, 2019

Hear me on the new Sustainable and Green Movement podcast with Andy Andrews

Hear me on the new Sustainable and Green Movement podcast with Andy Andrews

My interview that is part of a new podcast launching today, December 2. I enjoyed our conversation. It was short, sweet, and covered my top issues. Click here to listen. The podcast is called The Sustainable and Green Movement. Andy Andrews and his guests talk about how to act daily in everyday life to address pressing environmental issues, live an eco-friendly lifestyle and help the world sustain life and human society. Andy talks to sustainable businesses, organizations and community leaders that help others act sustainably and regeneratively too. Subscribe to The Sustainable and Green Movement on iTunes. P.S. we also recorded a second interview which will be coming out in a few weeks. Subscribe to make sure you hear it.

December 2, 2019

Hear me on the Leadership Happy Hour with USN Lt. Commander Chip Lutz

Audio / Leadership / Nature

Hear me on the Leadership Happy Hour with USN Lt. Commander Chip Lutz

First, a few words about the man who hosted me on this wonderful podcast. From his about page: Lieutenant Commander Chip Lutz, USN(Ret), MSEd, CSP, is the President and founder of Unconventional Leader, LLC and has 30 years of solid leadership experience. A retired Navy Officer, he has had two command tours and also served as the Director of Security for Naval District Washington, DC during September 11th 2001.Â In that capacity,Â he was responsible for the safety and security of 25,000 people on 6 different Naval Installations in the National Capital Region during one of our Nations most trying times.A seasoned educator and trainer, he is currently adjunct faculty for two different universities and has taught over 20 different classes in leadership, management, human…

December 2, 2019

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