An in depth sampler of the wisdom and perspectives shared in the 31 episodes of Season 1. Many heartfelt thanks to our guests who so generously shared their time. We were honored by their participation in this podcast and learned so much from

[Digital Advertising Executive] K. David McCarthy

Feb 20th, 2020 47m 20s

“All the skills that are required to be successful in the [tech] field can be self-taught. You can learn anything nowadays. Be curious. Read all you can. Watch all you can. Mess around. Try to build your own products. Build an app, build a web

[Nonprofit Professional] Susan Kenny

Feb 13th, 2020 47m 16s

“It is deeply, personally fulfilling to work for something that you believe in and would support, and would give money to if asked…the mission of the organization was central to my happiness.” Susan Kenny has found great satisfaction in he

[Architect] James Hartford

Feb 6th, 2020 26m 45s

“To a lot of people, architecture is an intangible. It’s not something they understand. They can understand the work that an engineer does, so a building doesn’t fall down on them. They can understand the work a contractor does because they dr

[Textbook Author] Jo Pitkin

Feb 6th, 2020 32m 3s

– PODCAST EXTRA –Author Jo Pitkin discusses the challenges and intricacies of textbook writing for major educational publishers and how she draws upon her literary creativity in what she considers her “survival job”. She offers good tips

[Finance Professional] Mike LaRocco

Jan 30th, 2020 30m 1s

“The high points for me are less about making a quarterly number or something like that. It was about the friendships and joy you have with the people that you work with.”As a former Chief Financial Officer and current Compliance Officer,

[Creative Technologist] Bo Bell

Jan 23rd, 2020 48m 17s

“A Creative Technologist is someone who uses technology and their creative self to solve problems.” Combining dual disciplines of creative arts and technology, Creative Technologist is a new and unique profession in our brave new world. Bo

[Nurse] Linda Raftery

Jan 16th, 2020 28m 33s

“One thing through my career is corporations taking over hospitals and when they’re trying to save money, they cut nursing staff. It just doesn’t seem there’s enough nurses to do the job.”Practicing Nurse Linda Raftery has seen much in he

[Professor of Journalism & Media] John V. Pavlik

Jan 9th, 2020 1h 2m

“I don’t think there is anything more important than the freedom to think, the freedom to generate new knowledge, the freedom to distribute that knowledge wherever it takes us.”The author of 12 books on media, communications and journalism

[Pilot] Tanya Estes

Jan 2nd, 2020 1h 6m

“Have that crazy, larger than life goal, pursue it with a vengeance, and know that it’s going to end up being an amazing experience regardless of whether you achieve that one vaunted goal or not.”Military aviator, aerospace engineer, flig

[Legislator] Nancy Montgomery

Dec 26th, 2019 1h

“I think the biggest challenge is trusting your own core and your own instinct to do the right thing. There are a lot of influences. There are a lot of people that want to tell you what to do and how to do it.”Involved in public service s

[Builder] Michael Robinson

Dec 19th, 2019 50m 23s

“My big obstacle on a daily basis is getting people who actually care about working; getting employees. I think everybody should be like me…I put my pride into it, and a lot of people do not feel the pride about what they’re doing.”From l

[Art Therapist] Drena Fagen

Dec 12th, 2019 50m 13s

“It’s really hard to hear so many painful stories, but it’s particularly hard to know that people have experienced such awful things and the magnitude of that, like how many people have. I know everybody that does this work has that experience

[Author] Dar Williams

Dec 8th, 2019 18m 48s

– PODCAST EXTRA –“The opposite of division is not unity. It’s collaboration.” Dar Williams discusses what led her to author 3 books, plus how she came to develop the songwriting workshop retreat “Writing a Song that Matters”.Don’t

[Medical Technologist] Ribhia Abdelhady

Dec 5th, 2019 53m 58s

“I tell lab students ‘that tube of blood has a person behind it. It could be your mother or your father, and treat it as such. They depend on you doing your best for an accurate diagnosis’.”A former hospital lab director, these days Ribh

[Teacher] Joe Patrick

Nov 28th, 2019 44m 16s

“Leaving my job and becoming a teacher was the best and hardest decision I’ve made in my life.”Joe Patrick is a career changer who left a lucrative career as a project manager to pursue his youthful dream of teaching. He details the cha

[Singer-Songwriter] Dar Williams

Nov 21st, 2019 56m 49s

“There’s all sorts of numbers you’ll encounter when you put yourself out there, like your age, your weight, your audience size, how much you’re selling, how many clicks you’re getting. I call them ‘the numbers’, and they’re all toxic.”Dar

[Comedian] Maysoon Zayid

Nov 9th, 2019 53m 40s

“Comedy allows people to hear things that they normally can’t comprehend. To listen to people they normally fear. To change their opinion about something they hate. Because when you get people laughing, you open their hearts.”Comedian and

[Investigative Reporter] David McKay Wilson

Nov 9th, 2019 54m 59s

“To be a good journalist, you have to care about what’s going on in the world.”Investigative Reporter, Journal News Columnist, freelance journalist and photographer David McKay Wilson talks to us about his colorful career path, his love of

[Artist] Carla Goldberg

Nov 9th, 2019 54m 44s

“Nothing for me beats being an artist. The practice of it, the satisfaction of it.” Carla Goldberg is a successful mixed media artist, gallery director and curator. She discusses her love of what she does and the challenges artists face. C

[General Surgeon] Robert Raniolo

Nov 9th, 2019 57m 12s

“Usually the best people in my profession are the most difficult to get along with. They have difficult personalities. It’s funny the way that works.”A fateful family loss during childhood led Dr. Robert Raniolo to follow an otherwise un

[Photo Stylist] Raquel Vidal

Nov 9th, 2019 43m 37s

“You have to think like a renaissance person. That’s been really great because I love changing it up and I love visual challenges.” Stylist Raquel Vidal takes us through her engaging journey from fashion design to photo stylist, and tells

[Climate Scientist] Timothy Hall

Nov 9th, 2019 35m 57s

“The best part is problem solving and puzzles. Putting together pieces from different things that have bounced around your brain because you’ve been working on it for a long time, and when something comes together and it works out, it’s in

[Wellness Center Founder] Melia Marzollo

Nov 9th, 2019 48m 11s

“If a school isn’t working for you, if a profession isn’t working for you, choose something else. Choose yourself.” Ascend founder Melia Marzollo reveals her path from English teacher to Wellness Center founder. Courageously following