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
• The Village Sun, “Soaking up the sun in Washington Square Park,” April 6, 2024
• The Daily Show video, “Is it Possible to Live “Off the Grid” in Manhattan?,” November 29, 2023
• WELT (German TV), ” OHNE STROM IN NEW YORK? Professor lebt ohne Steckdose als Nachhaltigkeitbeispiel,” April 23, 2023
• Reuters video, “New Yorker lives sustainable life off electric grid,” April 21, 2023 (for Earth Day)
• Brisant on ARD1, Das Erste (German public TV), “Video: Leben ohne Strom in New York [Life without electricity in New York], March 3, 2023 (view outside Germany)
• NY Post, I live in NYC and I haven’t used a fridge in a year — it’s almost spiritual, February 1, 2023
• Boston.com, Tell us: Are you wiling to unplug your fridge to cut your carbon footprint?, January 27, 2023
• Associated Press (and many many places subscribing), A fridge too far? Living sustainably in NYC by unplugging, January 26, 2023
  • Picked up by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Independent UK, San Francisco Gate, CBC (Canada), Age (Australia), ABC (Australia) and more
• Ars Technica, I disconnected from the electric grid for 8 months—in Manhattan, January 13, 2023
• The New Yorker, Off the Grid in the Big City, January 16, 2023 (and my post on it)
• The Leader to Leader Journal, “We Who Choose to Lead Are Humanity’s Best Hope to Save Civilization,” Fall 2022
• TIME.com, I’ve Been Living Off-Grid In Manhattan for Half-a-Year, November 4, 2022
  
• The New Yorker, On Africa’s Cold Rush and the Promise of Refrigeration, October 3, 2022
• The Herald Scotland, “Laura Gordon: Healthy daily habits breed success,” June 4, 2020 (note my comment to the piece too)
• Women’s Wear Daily, “Not Buying It: Is the issue overconsumption? Some consumers and industry experts are simply not buying it. “No-buy” stints and zero-waste draw interest,” March 11, 2020
• Forbes, “What Are Your Big Rocks?,” January 21, 2020
• The Good Men Project, “Solving Big Issues in Small Ways Through Leadership,” May 21, 2019
• Financial Management, “The Truth About Following Your Passion,” August 28, 2018
• Entrepreneur, “Are People Born Leaders,” February 14, 2018
• Influencive, “Nurturing Millennial Leaders,” January 1, 2018
• Forbes, a 3,000-word profile, “Influence: How To Get It, Keep It, Use It For Business,” December 7, 2017
• Forbes (video), “How Leadership by Authority Can be Counter-Productive,” December 5, 2017
• Inc., “Want to be a Better Leader? If So, Read This,” June 27, 2017
• Forbes, “An Executive Coach’s Best Tips On Facebook Groups, Habits And Doing Work You Love,” May 18, 2017
• Thrive Global, “Me and the Big Bang Theorist,” April 17, 2017
• Inc., “4 Skills Not Taught in the Ivy League That Every Great Leader Must Master,” April 11, 2017
• Investor’s Business Daily News, Leaders & Success, “Turn A Vision Into Action By Showing A Clear Path To Achieving It,” March 14, 2017
• Forbes, “Three Important Lessons Women Learn Early In Their Careers,” February 14, 2017
• Forbes, “Three Entrepreneurs Share How They Took Their Public Relations Strategy To A New Level,” February 9, 2017
• Inc., “Broaden and Deepen Your Network Using This Simple Hack,” January 10, 2017
• KQED News, “Can University Professors Benefit from K-12 Progressive Teaching Tactics?” March 10, 2014
• Metropolis Magazine, “The Ad at the End of the Tunnel,” June 19, 2006
• New York Daily News, (cover story) “Mining For Ad Dollars,” May 15, 2006
• Gothamist.com, “Subway Advertising Gets Moving,” May 15, 2006
• Chicago Sun Times, “Underground light show awaits Blue Line Riders,” May 31, 2005
• Esquire Magazine’s Best and Brightest Issue, “Joshua Spodek,” December 2003, Cover, Press release: “Esquire Names America’s Best and Brightest: People revolutionizing the world“
• Washington Post, page B1, “Advertising Industry To Hitch Ride on Metro,” November 14, 2003
• Washington Post, page A1, “A Tunnel With a View — and a Profit,” August 31, 2003
• ABC News, “Written on the Subway Walls,” August 16, 2002
• Forbes, “Written on the Subway Walls,” August 15, 2002
• New York Newsday, “PATH Riders Get the Picture,” June 19, 2002
• New York Post, “Hi-tech PATH ads are tunnel vision,” June 18, 2002
• CBS Early Show, “Ads With Tunnel Vision,” March 26, 2002
• CNN, “Low-tech movies jazz-up ads in subways,” October 9, 2001
• USA Today, “Technology turns subway tunnels into flip book,” October 9, 2001
• Philadelphia Inquirer, “Subway Advertising Represents A New Concept In Tunnel Vision,” October 3, 2001
• Worth Magazine, “Next: A Way to Give Straphangers Tunnel Vision,” September, 2001
• New York Times, “On the Walls of Dark Subway Tunnels, Motion Pictures,” September 28, 2001
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “Selling in a Dark Tunnel: MARTA riders to ride by lit ads,” September 6, 2001
• Newsweek, “Your Next… Ad Campaign,” April 30, 2001 View 291k PDF
• Wall Street Journal, “Coke to Pitch Bottled Water To Subway Riders in Atlanta,” April 4, 2001
• Atlanta Journal Constitution, “Tunnel Vision: MARTA to feature movies,” January 25, 2001
• Wall Street Journal, “Subway tunnels become Latest Frontier for Ads,” January 10, 2001

Podcasts and features

• Walk Talk Listen, “Virtual Walk Talk Listen with Josh Spodek,” April 11, 2023
• A Climate Change with Matt Matern, “Joshua Spodek, PhD, Author, Podcast host, TEDx Speaker,” April 10, 2023
• Authors by Sasha, “Writers Series Welcomes Joshua Spodek, PhD MBA,” February 8, 2023
• Jill Bennett Show: “How a NYC man managed to quit using his fridge!“, January 27, 2023
• The Carbon Sessions, from the Carbon Almanac Podcast Network, “Sustainability Leadership And Intrinsic Motivation With Josh Spodek,” November 25, 2022
• After Dark with Rob Harper and Big City Andrew, “Space: The Final Frontier,” August 13, 2021
• Moving Mountains with Sasha Laghonh, “Initiative and Living with a Purpose,” July 16, 2021
• ExecuPeaks with Sasha Laghonh, “Meet Joshua Spodek, PhD MBA – Host of Award Winning ‘This Sustainable Life’ Podcast,” July 6, 2021
• After Dark with Rob Harper and Big City Andrew, “Living By Your Values Is Freedom,” June 6, 2021
• My Wakeup Call with Mark Goulston, “Joshua Spodek,” June 6, 2021
• Cybertraps with Frederick Lane and Jethro Jones, “Tastes Good, Want More with Joshua Spodek,” February 11, 2021
• Verdant Growth with Eugene Bible, “How to Lead in Environment with Joshua Spodek,”: part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4, January 2, 2021
• Conversazioni Sostenibili with Nicola Pirulli, “Joshua Spodek, parte 1: non abbiamo bisogno di nuovi leader, ma di leader nuovi,” December 27, 2020
• Growthbusters with Dave Gardner and Erika Arias, “Philosophy of Shrinking Footprints,” and “Shrinking Your Travel Footprint” December 26, 2020
• Working on Purpose radio with Dr. Alise Cortez, “Josh Spodek: Bringing Your Passions to Life,” December 15, 2020
• Speak Like a Leader with John Bates, “Leadership and the Environment and You with Joshua Spodek,” November 18, 2020
• Ask Women with Marni Kinrys and Christen Carney, “Seductive Conversations and How To Get ‘the Goods’,” October 22, 2020
• How To Talk To Girls Podcast with Tripp Kramer, “Doctor Turned PUA Reveals Their Seduction Techniques“, October 14, 2020
• Plant-Powered Metro New York, “Skip the Waste: How to Make a No-Packaging Vegetable Stew,” October 1, 2020
• No Backing Down with Sean Stellato, “Joshua Spodek,” August 17, 2020
• Authors by Sasha: Author Interviews by Sasha Laghonh, “Meet Joshua Spodek, PhD MBA & Executive Coach,” and that interview under Kreative Circle, July 29, 2020
• The Market and the Good with Chris Gassman, “Leadership and the Environment – Episode 1.5: Accountability,” and “My Commitment” July 28, 2020
• Spartan Up! with Joe De Sena, “The Packaged Food Challenge – Joe De Sena & Joshua Spodek,” July 22, 2020
• Any Given Runway with Randell Carlton Green, “Joshua Spodek – Author, Thinker, Leader,” June 28, 2020
• The New Right Network, “Environment Town Hall with Joshua Spodek,” May 27, 2020
• The Market and the Good with Chris Gassman, “Leadership and the Environment” and “Leadership and the Environment in depth,” May 17, 2020
• Ledarskap och miljion Sverige (in English Leadership and the Environment Sweden) with Andreas Larsson, “Joshua Spodek: the Leadership and the Environment podcast,” May 12, 2020
• Growthbusters with Dave Gardner and Erika Arias, “The Value and Joy of Individual Action,” May 11, 2020
• MAGA Media, “Climate Change, Coronavirus & the Great American Lockdown“, April 11, 2020
• Ask Women with Marni Kinrys and Christen Carney, “How To Be A Leader With Women | The BJ Technique,” February 13, 2020
• Rise to the Occasion with Chelsea Behrens, “Corporate Career Courage with Joshua Spodek,” March 17, 2020
• 12 Minute Conversations with Engel Jones, “Joshua Spodek is a Columnist at Psychology Today!,” March 1, 2020
• The Professional with Gary Roth, “Interview with Joshua Spodek,” January 4, 2020
• MAGA Media with Rob Harper, “A Different Look at Climate Change“, December 22, 2019
• Leadership Happy Hour with the Unconventional Leader Chip Lutz, CSP, “Act on What Matters! with Dr. Joshua Spodek,” December 2, 2019
• The Sustainable and Green Movement with Andy Andrew, “Leadership and Sustainability,” November 26, 2019
• The Unmistakable Creative by Srinivas Rao, “Josh Spodek: A Proven Method to Bring Your Passions to Life,” November 2019
• I GOT HAPPY with Dr. Pele, “Method Learning, Living, and Leadership,” October 24, 2019
• The Top 1% with Trevor Blattner, “Finding Your Initiative with Joshua Spodek,” August 29, 2019
• Unleashed with Will Bachman, “Cultivating Initiative with Joshua Spodek,” August 26, 2019
• One Last Thought with Ido Singer, “I Want You to Try It,” August 10, 2019
• Lead With a Story with Paul Smith, “Lessons from Getting Locked Out of Your Own Company,” August 9, 2019
• Guiding You Through the Maze with Lisa Lentino, “Developing Effective Leaders,” July 30, 2019
• Better Leaders Better Schools with Daniel Bauer, “Leading With Initiative,” July 24, 2019
• School for Startups Radio with Jim Beach, “Passion & Initiative,” July 15, 2019
• Becoming Your Best with Steve Shallenberger, “The Power of Initiative,” June 11, 2019
• Ideas Lab with John Williams, “Leadership Step by Step,” June 6, 2019
• Creative Warriors with Jeff Shaw, “Initiative and Passion,” June 5, 2019
• Smashing the Plateau with David Shriner-Cahn, “Taking Initiative in Business,” June 2, 2019
• Podcasters on Purpose with Devi Adea, “Joshua Spodek of Leadership and the Environment,” May 31, 2019
• Girls Chase Dating Mechanics with Varoon Rajah, “Taking Initiative,” May 22, 2019
• Leadership and Loyalty with Dov Baron, “Initiative: Bring Your Passions to Life,” May 16, 2019
• Take the Lead with Dr. Diane Hamilton, “Enabling People To Take Initiative with Joshua Spodek,” May 17, 2019
• Success Through Failure with Jim Harshaw, “Initiative: A Blueprint For How To Make Your Idea Work With Josh Spodek,” May 12, 2019
• The Leadership Update Brief with Ed Brzychcy, “Building Initiative,” May 7, 2019
• Noetic with Jared Angaza, “A Values Driven Life,” April 15, 2019
• Crucial Talks with Mike Sedam, “You Have to Practice,” April 7, 2019
• Prosperity Place with Joan Sotkin, “Leadership and the Environment,” March 22, 2019
• The Get Published podcast, “Joshua Spodek: Writing a Daily Blog,” February 8, 2019
• Leadership and the Environment is #4, “100+ Must-Listen-To Podcasts of 2018,” December 26, 2018
• The Top 1% Podcast with Trevor Blattner, “Solving Big Issues in Small Ways Through Leadership with Joshua Spodek,” December 27, 2018
• Columbia College AlumniTalk, “AlumniTALK: Making Meaningful Connections w/ Joshua Spodek CC’93,” video, December 18, 2018
• Leadx with Kevin Kruse, “This Leader Only Produces One Bag Of Trash Per Year,” August 6, 2018
• Mommy Talk live with Olga Szakal, “Women, Men, and Equality: Are men more trouble than they’re worth?,” August 3, 2018
• Moving Mountains with Sasha Laghonh, “Meet Joshua Spodek: Author, Host, and Academic,” June 21, 2018
• Grow Your Influence Tree on Voice of America with Leonard Kim, “How to Lead People Without Relying on Authority,” April 5, 2018
• Growth to Freedom with Dan Kuschell, “Leadership the Works,” April 3, 2018
• Leadership and Loyalty with Dov Baron, “Dancing, Acting Lessons in Leadership,” November 27, 2017  “Author of Leadership Step by Step,” February 27, 2018
• Bold TV, “Bold Business,” (I appear about 3:45 for about 7 minutes) February 13, 2018
• Growthbusters with Dave Gardner, “Changing the World Starts at Home,” November 20, 2017
• The Inner Changemaker with Jay Wong, “How to Practice Leadership,” November 1, 2017
• The Better Leaders Better School podcast with Daniel Bauer, “How Do I Live My Values,” October 20, 2017
• On the Schmooze with Robbie Samuels, “Leadership Through Living,” September 26, 2017
• The Ziglar Show with Tom Ziglar and Kevin Miller, “The massive power of habitually doing what you don’t have to do,” September 19, 2017
• The Smashing the Plateau podcast with David Shriner-Cahn, “How to Create Real Change,” September 18, 2017
• The Hidden Why with Leigh Martinuzzi, “Leadership & The Environment. How to Align Your Life With Your Values & Live Purposefully,” September 9, 2017
• The Prosperity Show with Joan Sotkin, “Using Emotions as a Leadership Essential,” September 8, 2017
• The Running Lifestyle with Kari Gormley, “The Joy of Running and Burpees,” September 7, 2017
• The Can I Pick Your Brain podcast with Daniel Gefen, “How Childhood Vulnerability Led to Adult Success with Daniel Gefen and Joshua Spodek,” September 5, 2017
• The Read to Lead podcast with Jeff Brown, “Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Will Follow,” August 22, 2017
• The Creative Warriors podcast with Jeffrey Shaw, “Become The Person Other People Want To Follow,” August 16, 2017
• Unleashed—How to Thrive as an Independent Professional with Will Bachman, “Josh Spodek on Leadership Step by Step,” July 31, 2017
• Think Bold Be Bold with Christopher Cumby and Allan Wich, “Leadership Step by Step,” July 21, 2017
• The Business of Storytelling with Park Howell, “How to Step Up Your Leadership Game With Storytelling,” July 9, 2017
• The Tribe of Entrepreneurs podcast with Soren Hansen, “SIDCHAs, self awareness, and “Do-ing”, are the path to entrepreneurship,” July 6, 2017
• The Manager Mojo podcast with Steve Caldwell, ““Leadership Requires Getting in the Trenches and Doing, Not Just Learning,” July 4, 2017
• Sustainable Success with Chris Salem, “What is Wrong with Leadership Training for Sustainable Success?,” June 28, 2017
• The Anatomy of Living with Ashton Szabo, “Leadership and Spirituality,” June 27, 2017
• Less Talk, More Action with Erin O’Brien, “Less Talk, More Action with Joshua Spodek,” June 14, 2017
• The Bare Naked Bravery podcast with Emily Ann Peterson, “Leadership Lessons from Authoritarianism, and the Pursuit of Sustainability,” June 13, 2017
• The Conscious Millionaire with J V Crum III, “How to Develop Effective Leadership Skills,” June 9, 2017
• The Hardware Entrepreneur with Balint Horvath, “Call for action to you – for a new path to reduce climate change,” June 7, 2017
• Create Your Own Life with Jeremy Slate, “If You Can Do this in Leadership, Then You’ll Win in Business,” June 7, 2017
• World Business and Executive Coach Summit, “Experiential Learning and Coaching,” June 2, 2017
• The Hidden Why with Leigh Martinuzzi, “3 Minute Thought–Starting Out & Improving With Practice,” May 25, 2017
• The Tall Poppy podcast with Tathra Street, “Teaching Leadership Practice,” May 24, 2017
• Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney, “Innovating the Way We Teach Leadership,” May 23, 2017
• The Entrepreneur Way with Neil Ball, “Take the Initiative and Start Acting on Something with Joshua Spodek, Founder and Owner of Spodek Academy,” May 22, 2017
• Reinvention Radio with Steve Olsher, “Reinventing Leaders,” May 18, 2017
• The Inspirational Chronicles with Emilio Ron, “Become an Exceptional Communicator,” May 17, 2017
• The 12 Minute Conversation podcast with Engel Jones, “The 12 Minute Conversation with Joshua Spodek,” May 16, 2017
• The Create Your Life podcast with Kevin Brown, “5 Ivy League Degrees and Still Kicked Out of My Own Company,” May 12 2017
• The Art of Charm podcast with Jordan Harbinger, “Joshua Spodek | Leadership Step by Step (Bonus),” May 7, 2017
• The Can I Pick Your Brain podcast with Daniel Gefen, “90,000 Burpees: Becoming a Super Achiever by Mastering Consistency with Joshua Spodek,” April 28, 2017
• The Hardware Entrepreneur with Balint Horvath, “Effective project-based learning from astrophysicist turned entrepreneur, professor, with Joshua Spodek of NYU, Spodek Academy,” April 19, 2017
• The Business Building Rockstars Show with Nicole Holland, “Becoming Successful by Doing What You Love,” April 19, 2017
• Moving Mountains with Sasha Laghonh, “Meet Joshua Spodek: Author, Academic & Entrepreneur,” April 16, 2017
• The So Money podcast with Farnoosh Torabi, “Josh Spodek,” April 12, 2017
• The Fast Leader podcast with Jim Rembach, “Josh Spodek: had to force my friends to read it,” April 12, 2017
• The Mindfulness Mode podcast with Bruce Langford, “Experience Less Stress By Being Aware of Your Emotions,” March 29, 2017
• The Smashing the Plateau podcast with David Shriner-Cahn, “From Astrophysicist to Leadership Coach To Bestselling Author,” March 28, 2017
• The Success Through Failure podcast with Jim Harshaw, “Absurdly Useful Leadership Tactics That You Can Use Today,” March 26, 2017
• Radio Free Leader with David Burkus, “Becoming the Leader Others Follow,” March 22, 2017
• The Tim Laskis show, “Astrophysicist turned media wiz tells listeners what leadership is all about,” March 22, 2017
• The Creative Success Show with Tanner Gers, “How to Turn the Knob of Leadership and Your Life,” March 21, 2017
• The Fierce Focus Show with Ryan Ross, “Sidcha to 90,000 burpees,” March 17, 2017
• The Engaging Leader podcast with Jesse Lahey, “How to Find Your Authentic Voice,” March 17, 2017
• The Matt Townsend show, “Leadership Step by Step,” March 17, 2017 (click here to download)
• Transformative Principal with Jethro Jones, “How You Learn Is As Important As What You Learn,” March 12, 2017
• Stop Riding The Pine with Jaime Jay, “Joshua Spodek: Leadership Step by Step,” March 10, 2017
• The Inipi Radio podcast with Jared Angaza, “Do the Thing,” February 27, 2017
• American Management Company’s Edgewise podcast with Dave Summers, “Josh Spodek on the Steps to Leadership,” February 27, 2017
• Inc., The Playbook, “How to Get Your Employees to Work With Passion,” February 23, 2017
• Thrive Global video with Callie Schweitzer, “What Great Leadership Looks Like,” February 22, 2017
• The Innovation Ecosystem podcast with Mark Bidwell, “Benefits of Experiential Learning for Leaders with Rocket Scientist Joshua Spodek,” February 21, 2017
• The Work Smarter Summit with David Burkus, “Joshua Spodek – On How To Lead Better Through Practice,” February 20, 2017
• The Mitch Henck Show, “Joshua Spodek, Leadership Step by Step,” February 16, 2017
• The Art of Authenticity podcast with Laura Coe, “Joshua Spodek: Becoming The Person Others Follow,” February 14, 2017
• The One Way Ticket Show with Steven Shalowitz, “Josh’s one way ticket is back to this historic time in American history,” February 13, 2017
• Small Business Advocate, “Joshua Spodek,” February 13, 2017
• The Better Leaders Better School podcast with Daniel Bauer, “Joshua Spodek: Great leaders aren’t superheroes,” February 8, 2017
• The Join Up Dots podcast with David Ralph, our second interview, “Finding Passion Through Leadership,” February 6, 2017
• The C Method podcast by Christina Canters, “Authenticity, Leadership & Finding Your ‘One Thing’,” February 1, 2017
• The Leadership Podcast by Jan Rutherford and Jim Vaselopulos, “What An Ivy League Degree Can’t Teach You,” February 1, 2017
• Impact Makers Radio with Stewart Andrew Alexander, “Joshua Spodek, Founder,” January 30, 2017
• Write With Impact podcast by Glenn Leibowitz, “Joshua Spodek’s Strategy for Developing a Daily Writing Habit,” January 28, 2017
• The Becoming Your Best Podcast by Steve and Rob Shallenberger, “The Passion of Leadership | An Interview with Joshua Spodek,” January 26, 2017
• The Museum Hack Podcast by Mark Kennedy-McClellan and Kate Downey, “MH Podcast E0: Leadership & Pirates,” January 26, 2017
• The Tim Ferriss Show, “The One-Minute Workout Designed by Scientists,” January 23, 2017
• The Boss Level podcast by Sami Honkonen, “Joshua Spodek and Seven Years of Burpees,” January 17, 2017
• The Eternal Leadership podcast by John Ramstead, “Experiential Leadership: A New Paradigm,” December 30, 2016
• The Better Human Challenge podcast by David Rachford, “Self-Imposed Daily Healthy Activity – SIDCHA with Joshua Spodek,” September 7, 2016
• The Success Through Failure podcast by Jim Harshaw, “Josh Spodek on the Four Steps to Real Leadership (and what’s missing from most leadership training),” July 31, 2016
• The Art of Authenticity podcast by Laura Coe, “Leadership, Meaning, Passion,” July 26, 2016
• The Unmistakable Creative podcast by Srinivas Rao, “The Power of Experiential Learning,” June 2016
• The Outlier Magazine podcast by Ever Gonzalez, “Joshua Spodek Interview: “Finding Your Hudson River,” May 20, 2016
• Princeton Keynote Speaker podcast by Matthew Passy, “How To Think and Act Entrepreneurially (even if you never have before),” May 12, 2016
• Secret Entourage Academy, “Joshua Spodek,” April 21, 2016
• Join Up Dots podcast by David Ralph, “A Man Who Thrives One Step After Anxiety,” January 2015

Video News Coverage of Submedia

• 2003 Cadillac Superbowl ad featuring Submedia: Cadillac’s “17th Street” Ad
• Coverage of Cadillac Superbowl ad, January 27, 2003
• World Business Satellite, Japan, June 26, 2002
• CNN Headline News, June 25, 2002
• CNN, June 25, 2002
• NBC News Channel 4 at 6, June 18, 2002
• UPN 9 News at 10, WB 11 News at 10, June 18, 2002
• ABC 7 Eyewitness News, New York, June 18, 2002
• CBS 2 News at 5:30, New York, June 18, 2002
• FOX 5 News at 10, New York, June 18, 2002

Articles by Joshua Spodek

My Psychology Today column, Leadership and the Environment, started November 2019

My Inc.com column, The Fundamentals of Hustling, roughly weekly beginning January 22, 2016

• The Leader to Leader Journal, “We Who Choose to Lead Are Humanity’s Best Hope to Save Civilization,” Fall 2022
• Corporate Learning Network, “Lessons in Leadership from Frances Hesselbein, Former CEO of Girl Scouts of America,” January 20, 2022
• The Village Sun, “It’s time to ban single-use packaging,” June 10, 2021
• Simplify Magazine, “Sidchas: The Secret to Making Habits Last.” September 2020
• Kosmos Quarterly, “Our Finest Hour, If We Choose,” Summer 2020
• Quartz, “Why the Ivy League could end up like the big 3 carmakers: utterly disrupted,” March 2, 2018
• The Leader to Leader Journal, “Leadership Step by Step,” Summer 2017
• My Huffington Post column
• Techstory, “People Join Good Projects and Leave Bad Management,” April 19, 2017
• Business Insider, “2 questions to ask at the end of every job interview if you want to stand out,” March 15, 2016
• Quartz, “In business, it’s actually a bad thing to be called smart,” July 26, 2013

Guest Posts, Appearances, Citations, and Interviews

• “You Cannot Lead Others to Live By Values You Live the Opposite Of,” Earth Overshoot Blog, March 10, 2024
• “Joshua Spodek ’93 Found Connection by Disconnecting,” Columbia College Today, April 21, 2023
• “Josh Spodek claiming to use .37 Earths’-worth of energy while living in Manhattan apartment,” discussion on Permies.com, a community site for permaculture practitioners, April 2023
• “37 Curated Resources on the Remarkable Life of Frances Hesselbein,” Bruce Rosenstein’s blog, March 8, 2023
• “16 Must Read Team Leadership Blogs,” Weekdone Leadership blog, updated March 24, 2022
• “What Happened When I Talked Sustainability with Two Coaches,” Unfettered blog, January 31, 2022
• “7 Non-Technical Client Onboarding Best Practices for MSPs,” Onboard MSP blog, January 18, 2022
• “Of Sledding Hills and the Impetus to Make Changes in Our Lives, ” The Shuttle, p. 15, September 2021
• “Prepared for Anything: 7 Lessons In Leadership, Teamwork, Communication, and Decision-Making from the Pathfinder Retreat,” Success Through Failure, June 14, 2021
• “The 11 Best Leadership Books You Should Read This Year,” brunchwork, February 3, 2021
• “The VG Daily Ep007 | Joshua Spodek,” Verdant Growth, January 13, 2021
• “The history of our times will be written by its survivors,” Daily Kos, December 9, 2020
• “Short Life Lessons From Joshua Spodek,” World Class Performers, November 27, 2020
• “The Mandela of the Environment,” Wildpreneurs, November 18, 2020
• “Land grab! Residents, C.B. 2 members slam plan for “permanent” outdoor seating“, The Village Sun, October 14, 2020
• “Tip of the Day,” The Frances Hesselbein Leadership Forum, June 30, 2020
• UNICEF’s 2020 World Environment Day Panel Discussion, UNICEF, June 4, 2020
• “092: Lorna Davis – Corporate Social Impact, Leadership Values and Vision” and “093: The Dance Between Love and Power – Lorna Davis – Part 2“, (the guest and host mention me and my stews a few times) The Impossible Network, March 16, 2020
• “At-Home Workouts To Avoid The Quarantine 15,” The University Network, March 18, 2020
• “How to Write an Amazon Bestseller, Become a TEDx Speaker and Host an Award-Winning Podcast,” Let’s Reach Success, February 24, 2020
• “Brent Suter: New Season Same Green Goals,” Outrider Post, January 2020
• “Minimizing Waste, Maximizing Joy,” The Faherty Journal, November 20, 2019
• “Plogging: The New Green Exercise Trend, <video>”The Doctor and the Diva, September 19, 2019
• “Plogging,” <video> Fox5 New York, March 29, 2019
• “Top 10 Influencers Profiles,” by Shivam Singh, January 27, 2020
• “Twenty four books to read in 2020,” by Adriaan Kolff in Medium, January 8, 2020
• “Initiative: Why We Lack It and How to Develop It,” in The Coaching Connector, August 14, 2019
• “15 Communication Exercises and Games for the Workplace,” in PositivePsychology.com, June 19, 2019
• “Can You Learn to Take Initiative?“, in From The Green Notebook
• “Ethical Alternatives and Resources: Podcasts,” by Ethical.net
• “8 Creative Ways to Invest in Your Relationship: It’s never too late to strengthen your romantic connection,” by Marina Khidekel, Editorial Director at Thrive Global, March 18, 2019
• “6 Ways to Fully Relax on Vacation,Here’s how to let go of work stress and actually enjoy your PTO,” by Marina Khidekel, Editorial Director at Thrive Global, March 4, 2019
• “How to Develop the Qualities of a Leader, According to This Astrophysicist Turned Leadership Guru,” the brunchwork blog, February 6, 2019
• “17 Creative Weekend Routines For a Happier, More Successful Week,” by Marina Khidekel, Editorial Director at Thrive Global, October 16, 2018
• “17 Happy Couples Share Their Secrets to Staying That Way,” by Rebecca Mullar at Thrive Global, July 18, 2018
• “Editorial: Leadership Influence and Power,” cited by Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, CNL, FAAN in Nurse Leader, Volume 16, Issue 1 (February 2018)
• “Leadership Expert: Joshua Spodek,” interview with Siimon Sander, February 26, 2018
• “Going the Distance: How Endurance Sports Can Fuel Success in Business,” by Columbia Business School in Ivy Exec, January 3, 2018
• “Alumnus and Columbia Career Coach Launches Leadership Podcast,” by Joshua Spodek in Columbia Career Coaches Network’s The Low Down, December 27, 2017
• “My Morning Routine,” in MyMorningRoutine.com, December 20, 2017
• “8 of the best workout moves you can do without any equipment,” by Angela Brown in Remedy Daily, October 19, 2017
• “Poke in the Eye with a Sharp Stick,” by Ron Potter, September 21, 2017
• “How to Avoid a Job You’ll Hate,” by Joshua Spodek in Columbia Career Coaches Network’s The Low Down, August 15, 2017
• “The No-Packaging Diet” and “Challenge: A Week Without Buying Packaged Beverages” by Jenny Sansouci on Healthy Crush, August 2 and 3, 2017
• “Will This Cure Eternal Growth Dumbness?,” by Dave Gardner, awarding me and my Inc. piece, Economics Is Wrong About Growth and It’s Ruining Everything, Wall of Fame honors, in Growth Bias Busted, August 3, 2017
• “Performance Based Leadership: Are People Born Leaders?,” Bestseller TV, July 25, 2017
• “206 Business Books: Recommended by Business Professionals,” by Marius Kiniulis, featuring me as one of the business professional recommenders, June 5, 2017
• “Seek Reward and Joy, Not Deprivation,” guest post to Secret Entourage, May 11, 2017
• “Gallery: These Are The 2 Highest Calorie Burning Workouts, So Get Ready To Kick Butt And Get Lean,” Credited (about burpees) by Nicole Polizzi (aka Snooki from Jersey Shore), May 3, 2017
• “Joshua Spodek of Spodek Academy About Embracing a ‘Just Do It’ Attitude Toward Leadership Coaching,” Expert Interview Series by John Mattone, April 18, 2017
• “Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow: Mastering Leadership Concepts,” guest post to Skip Prichard’s blog, April 3, 2017
• “How I Wake Up in Under One Minute Every Day,” guest post to Lidiya K.’s blog, April 1, 2017
• “Why Nelson Mandela Inspired Joshua Spodek,” AMAnet, March 22, 2017
• “Joshua Spodek Talks Leadership Step by Step,” AMAnet, March 22, 2017
• “Stop Aspiring To Lead And Start Leading By Giving Support,” guest post to Tanveer Naseer’s blog, March 21, 2017
• “How to Be a Better Leader,” guest post to Neil Strauss’s blog, February 17, 2017
• “Lead Change Group | Stealing Happiness Back from Comfort,” guest post to the Lead Change Group’s blog, January 20, 2017
• “Stop Unwanted Beliefs From Sabotaging Your Self-Improvement,” guest post to Tanveer Naseer’s blog, January 18, 2017
• “What You Thought Graduates of Elite Schools Have, But Probably Don’t,” guest post to SuccessVets blog, January 3, 2017
• “Do Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence?,” interview at the From the Green Notebook blog, January 2, 2017

Awards

• Leadership Step by Step ranked #3 in 15 Best Business Administration Books to Read in 2021, August 2021
• Leadership and the Environment ranked #1 in Leadership on Amazon Alexa Skills
• My blog named Top 100 Leadership Blogs, Websites & Influencers in 2020 by Feedspot, February 2020
• My blog named Top 15 Must Read Team Leadership Blogs by Weekdone.com, February 2020 (again, March 2022)
• Named Top 10 Influencers Profiles by TrackMyHashtag, January 2020
• Player.fm named Leadership and the Environment podcast of the day, December 2017
• Medium.com awarded me “Top Writer” three categories—Leadership, Inspiration, and Self-Improvement, 2017
• Union Square in Motion named Adobe Design Achievement Award Semifinalist, 2012

Art

• The Architectural League of New York’s Urban Omnibus, “Arts for Transit: A Conversation with Sandra Bloodworth“, November 9, 2011
• NY1, “New Artwork Best Seen In Transit Through Union Square Station“, November 6, 2011
• New York Observer, “Union Square Subway Gains Trippy Public Art“, September 26, 2011 (pdf)
• Village Voice, “Union Square Subway Station Now Boasts the World’s Largest Linear Digital Zoetrope“, September 26, 2011 (pdf)
• WNYC, “Look | MTA Installs New Digital Underground Art Project at Union Square“, September 26, 2011 (pdf)
• Columbia University Arts Blog, “Art in the Subways, Zoetropes, and a Public Art Opportunity for Columbia Students!“, June 29, 2010
• Salon.com, “When the Yield Curve Flips” (Story about a video created by Columbia Business School Follies) April 2006

Overseas and Foreign Language

• WELT (German TV), ” OHNE STROM IN NEW YORK? Professor lebt ohne Steckdose als Nachhaltigkeitbeispiel,” April 23, 2023
• Brisant on ARD1, Das Erste (German public TV), “Video: Leben ohne Strom in New York [Life without electricity in New York], March 3, 2023 (view outside Germany)
• Business Insider Deutschland, “2 Fragen, die ihr am Ende eines Bewerbungsgesprächs unbedingt stellen solltet,” August 1, 2022
• Touch Storylab, “환경 운동가, 조슈아 스포덱 Environmental Activist Joshua Spodek,” April 1, 2022 (the full magazine has the article in English)
• Nikkei Shimbun, February 11, 2002
• CEO, “Tecnologia creada por Chilenos“
• The Guardian, “Flickering Ads Put In Subway Tunnel,” October 9, 2001
• Taipei Times, “Full-motion ads illuminating the subway tunnels,” October 1, 2001
• South China Morning Post, “Pitch for Mini-Cinema Subway Ads,” August 27, 2001
• Wall Street Journal Brazil, “Subway tunnels become Latest Frontier for Ads,” January 10, 2001