Podcast Of The Week: Brett Goldstein’s Films To Be Buried With

This has been my favorite podcast for the last few months. I’m a little bit of a movie nerd. These people are BIG movie nerds. I’m having so much fun eavesdropping.  Most people will know Brett Goldstein from his role as Roy Kent on Ted Lasso. That’s certainly where I discovered him.  But, there’s more … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Brett Goldstein’s Films To Be Buried With

Podcast Of The Week: Ice Cube On WTF

I’ve already pumped it quite a bit, but please, go check out Ice Cube on WTF with Marc Maron. This is one of my favorite podcasts in recent memory for the stories. Insane stories. Beautiful stories. It really was a good day after all stories. Like how he started rapping, how he got into movies, … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Ice Cube On WTF

Podcast Of The Week: Kweli And Murs On El-P (And A Personal Story)

Ok YouTube algorithm. I really - and I mean REALLY - didn’t want to watch a video with “white rappers in hip-hop” in the title.  But then I noticed it was Talib Kweli and Murs talking, and that said “white rapper” in question was El-P.  Murs calls El, “My Chuck D.” Kweli says El laid … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Kweli And Murs On El-P (And A Personal Story)

Podcast Of The Week: Ben Hunt On Rational Optimism

Ben Hunt is back on Howard Lindzon’s podcast and I couldn’t be more excited about seeing both of them speak at Epsilon Connect in just a few weeks - so I had to listen (and share it here).  Of all the things in this conversation I love, Ben Hunt’s explanation of “finding your pack” really … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Ben Hunt On Rational Optimism

Podcast Of The Week: Dyson, Dyson, Dyson

We’re all going to be Dyson fanatics now. Or at least that's my goal for all of of my friends these days. David Senra read James Dysons out of print biography, Against the Odds: An Autobiography of James Dyson for the 4th time. His podcast talking through his notes is exceptional.  In a post-tech gods world, … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Dyson, Dyson, Dyson

Podcast Of The Week: Jason Isbell’s Documentary w/ Bill Simmons

I was stoked when I found out the Duplass brothers were doing a Jason Isbell documentary with Bill Simmons as executive producer for HBO. If you have the HBO subscription, we watched Running With Our Eyes Closed once already, and I'm planning to watch it two or three times in the coming weeks. It's awesome. … Continue reading Podcast Of The Week: Jason Isbell’s Documentary w/ Bill Simmons

The I/We/It Tool For Difficult Conversations

A difficult conversation tool: I/We/It Vectors This comes from Doug Stone and Sheila Heen’s Harvard Negotiation Project work and their two books.  In any conversation, meaning is flowing on 3 levels (or vectors, but I’m not that fancy). In any difficult conversation, there’s a block on one of these three levels. The I/We/It tool helps … Continue reading The I/We/It Tool For Difficult Conversations