In this episode, I invite actor and therapist Nick Sholley MSW to join me for a wide-ranging conversation about storytelling, presence, and why live theater might be the antidote to our screen-saturated lives. 

In this episode, I invite broadcast veteran Susan Murphy to talk about how to find your authentic inner voice as a woman.

In this episode I invited my friend and colleague, Dr. Jennifer Young, onto the show to share her thoughts on staying connected and cultivating kinship in our communities as well as the nonprofit she recently started to support refugee mental health.

In this episode, I ask Rev. Konrad Ryushin Marchaj for a conversation on AI, consciousness, plant medicine, as well as the nature of oneness. Rev. Konrad Ryushin Marchaj is a Zen priest and dharma heir of the late John Daido Loori, Roshi.

In this episode, I invite Deng Ming-Dao, author and Taoist teacher, to talk about what the heck qi is, why it makes complete sense, what Western medicine is critically missing. Chinese medicine refers to energy as qi, and it is a fundamental part of understanding life and health.

In this episode I’m joined by one of the most brilliant scientists, leaders, and visionaries I know — Dr. Carl Lejuez, Provost of Stony Brook University. He is a former clinical psychology mentor of mine who had a huge impact on my career and taught me a lot about leadership. We explore AI in education, self-honesty, and leadership.

In this episode, I’m hosting one of the authors of the awesome book The AI Con, Dr. Emily M. Bender. We reflect on how chatbots exploit our natural language processing, the environmental costs of large language models, and how to stay connected with our humanity even with the rise of this new technology.

In this episode, I'm once again joined by Dr. Nancy Wadsworth, who is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of Denver. Dr Wadsworth’s work sits at the intersection of culture, politics, race, religion, and social movements. In this episode we’re breaking down the difference between grounded power and toxic power. 

In this episode, I'm once again joined by Dr. Nancy Wadsworth, who is a Professor Emerita of Political Science at the University of Denver. Dr Wadsworth’s work sits at the intersection of culture, politics, race, religion, and social movements. In this episode we’re concerned with the Epstein files, elite power networks, and what ordinary citizens can do when systems fail to hold the powerful accountable.