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The World According to Jen & CarolynYes-Men and the Fall of Leaders — From Trump to History’s AuthoritariansSend us a textIn this episode, Jen & Carolyn dive into the phenomenon of leaders who surround themselves not with the best and brightest, but with the most loyal and the most sycophantic. Yes-men. Lapdogs. Toadies. Whatever you call them, they have shaped history — and often brought down the very leaders who empowered them. Our jumping-off point is a recent column by Robert Reich, former U.S. Secretary of Labor, titled Why Trump Built a Staff of Incompetent Sycophants. Reich’s argument is stark: Donald Trump, like authoritarian rulers before him, prizes loyalty over competence. And the resu...
2025-12-1847 min
Post to Post TrainingMarc Alexander Ondrejko on being a career firefighterIn this weeks episode my good friend Marc Alexander Ondrejko (Alex) talks about what it takes to be excel as a firefighter and we discuss how this is relatable to other areas of life and sports.
2021-11-1951 minPost to Post TrainingEric Hoffberg and mental toughnessThis weeks guest Eric Hoffberg talks about his time as a hockey coach and his transition to mental toughness guru. We discuss what it means to be mentally tough and how you know if you are on the right path
2021-11-1055 minPost to Post TrainingJoanna Lohman making it as a professional athleteThis weeks guest Joanna Lohman talks about her time as a professional soccer player playing for the Washington Spirit and the US Women’s National team she also discusses what it takes to reach the next level and her experience recovering from an ACL tear. She also discusses her book Raising Tomorrows Champions.
2021-11-0329 minPost to Post TrainingDr. Hasan Zia, Surgeon and Hospital PresidentThis week I got to sit down with Dr. Hasan Zia, a skilled surgeon and president of Sibley Memorial Hospital. We discussed several different topics including, what excellence looks like in medicine and surgery, what it is like to lead a hospital and how Covid as impacted the hospital and what is being done to hold everything together and steer the hospital in the right direction. While this is outside of the normal sports related guest speaker, I believe that what Dr. Zia has to say will resonate strongly with everyone listening.
2021-10-2732 minPost to Post TrainingLance Van Winter talks youth soccer and coachingThis week I sat down with recently retired soccer coach Lance Van Winter to discuss what it it takes to be a great coach and how to help build great players.
2021-10-2037 minPost to Post TrainingHarris Rosenblatt life and tennisThis week I sat down with Harris Rosenblatt to discuss his experience as a tennis player and coach. He also discusses what it takes to be have a successful, happy and content life.
2021-10-1538 minPost to Post TrainingJohn Weeks Kung Fu and CrossFitThis week I sat down with my good friend John Weeks to talk about his 30+ years experience training in nine different forms of martial arts and opening a CrossFit gym.
2021-10-0936 minPost to Post TrainingWelcome to Post to Post TrainingA quick introduction to who I am and what we are all about
2021-10-0902 min
The Reference DeskThe Polio Epidemic and VaccinesThis week, Katie is bewitched with the polio epidemic and vaccines.As the U.S. takes its first tentative steps toward post-COVID life with the massive roll-out of vaccines, Katie takes time to reflect on another virus that changed our world: polio. For decades, parents lived in fear of summer- time polio outbreaks. Children went from happy and healthy to iron lungs in a matter of days. As a result, public pools closed. Adolescents were banned from movie theaters, and parents everywhere hoped and prayed for a vaccine that would keep their children safe. The Polio vaccines...
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