In this episode I talk with Joe Scully, the chef/owner of two highly regarded and very popular restaurants in Asheville, NC where we both live. We explore Joe’s arduous preparation over several years to become a high-level chef; his subsequent

Of Three Minds: Three Blackbirds

Jan 3rd, 2020 1h 11m

In this episode I talk with my friend Charles Murry, a retired Asheville physician about his long career in Medicine, as well as two other life-long interests of his. In college Charles began as an undergraduate major in philosophy and pursued

Of Three Minds; Three Blackbirds

Dec 31st, 2019

“To Sit by the Wounded and Soothe Them” Walt Whitman

Aug 17th, 2019 1h 8m

In this episode, I interview John Cowart who had a three-decade long career as a clinical social worker at the VA Hospital in Asheville, NC, where he counseled veterans with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). During his years there, John wo

“To Sit by the Wounded and Soothe Them” Walt Whitman

Aug 17th, 2019 1h 8m

A Man Walked into a Think Tank

Jul 15th, 2019 1h 5m

In this episode, I talk with my friend John Farquhar about his work at the think tank, the Rand Corporation, in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. I first heard of Rand for its role in providing data to the military during the Vietnam War. Most

A Man Walked into Think Tank

Jul 15th, 2019 1h 5m

The Diva, her Daughter, and the Con man

May 30th, 2019 1h 1m

In this third podcast episode, I talk with my long-time colleague Lorena Russell and her spouse Kitty Hancock about Lorena's late mother, Jean Love, a former opera singer, a diva of sorts, and, it's safe to say, a rather outlandish personality.

It Was Not All One Thing

Apr 15th, 2019 59m 10s

In this episode I interview a colleague who was one of the first two African American young women asked to integrate the female dorms at a small, overwhelmingly white, Southern college in 1969. During the interview, she recounts some of the ch

Sightseeing in North Korea

Feb 28th, 2019 56m 38s

This episode is an interview with a guest who has had a decades-long career in Risk Management, a career that has taken him all over the world, including to some of its most dangerous places: in Africa, the Middle East, and Pakistan. More recen

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