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The Arthur Aidala Power HourArthur Aidala With Councilman Phil Wong, David Schwartz, Todd Wharton , Joan PelzerThe Arthur Aidala Power Hour 1-16-26 Guests: Councilman PHil Wong, represents the 30th Council District, which includes the neighborhoods of Middle Village, Maspeth, Elmhurst, Ridgewood, Glendale, and Rego Park.; David Schwartz, Founder & President, Gotham Government Relations https://www.gothamgr.com/; Todd Wharton, host of FaceTime with Todd Wharton (https://www.youtube.com/c/FaceTimewithToddWharton) Music Selections:Tom Petty- Last Dance of Mary Jane Montell Jordan -This is How We Do ItNeil Sedaka - Calendar GirlSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2026-01-1752 min
Who Knew In The Moment?Mark J. Kohler- Author and Partner at KKOS Lawyers!Mark J. Kohler, CPA, Senior Partner of KKOS Lawyers, Co-Founder of Directed IRA (no. 391 on Inc. 5000), and bestselling author, has built a career helping American small business owners and entrepreneurs achieve financial success. With over 25 years of experience and 10,000 client consultations, Mark’s insights have cemented his reputation as the top-tier tax & legal expert, disruptor, and advisory mogul in the industry. His unique expertise has also been featured in national media outlets, including Fox, NBC, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance, Entrepreneur, Wharton School of Business, CNBC, The World Economic Forum in Davos, and the Wall Street Journal. He was awarded Monaco Vo...
2025-11-0443 min
LaunchPod | Product Management PodcastZapier’s AI Transformation Playbook with Phil Lakin (Zapier)Today, we’re joined by Phil Lakin, Head of Enterprise Innovation at Zapier.
In this episode, we discuss:
How Phil built No-Code Ops into a thriving community and SaaS product - and what led to its acquisition by Zapier
Why Phil ended up leading the initiative on Zapier’s first solution-based product, and the decision process behind making it Lead Router
How Zapier is driving AI transformation across both their org and others with hands-on bootcamps, agent workflows, and a 97% AI literacy rate among employees
Links
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philip-lakin/
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2025-09-3032 min
The IT Naturally PodcastWhy Green IT Grew Up: Data, Duty and Doing the Right Thing with Phil Wharton“Green IT” used to mean switching off screensavers or recycling old laptops. But times have changed. In this episode of the IT Naturally Podcast, Julie Bishop speaks to Phil Wharton- Interim Technology Leader, Board Adviser and Independent Consultant who has held senior roles at Google, Jaguar Land Rover, Rolls-Royce, PA Consulting, Novo Nordisk and the Eden Project. Phil explains why Green IT has grown up, moving from simple gestures to a board-level responsibility rooted in data, duty, and doing the right thing. Together they discuss: Why “sustainability” in IT can’t mean sustaining the status quo. P...
2025-09-1630 min
SubversiveHow Honeydew is Reinventing Telehealth for SkincareDavid Futoran is cofounder and CEO of Honeydew, a skin health platform called Honeydew that helps people struggling with acne and other skin conditions get effective treatments and expert guidance from licensed dermatologists. Prior to founding Honeydew in 2022, David was the Head of Product and Growth at Somatix, an AI-powered remote monitoring service that uses a wearable device to help senior citizens live longer and more independent lives. He holds degrees in Biology and Healthcare Management from the University of Pennsylvania, where he also wrote a masters course and served as President of the Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare...
2025-09-0449 min
L-J-WBounce It Up Vol 21Sonny Fodera - Asking - (LJW Remix)
Everything But The Girl - Found You - (LJW Remix)
JX - Nothing I Won't Do - (LJW Remix)
Anyma Feat Ellie Goulding - Hypnotized - (LJW Remix)
Aaliyah - I Am The IT Girl - (LJW Remix)
Nathan Evans - Where Are We Going - (LJW Remix)
Phil Collins - Easy Lover - (LJW Remix)
Bruno & Rose - APT - (LJW Remix)
LJW - Dream About You Baby
2025-03-2431 min
Who Knew In The Moment?Tim Harrison- Founder and CEO of Harrison Financial!
Tim Harrison is the owner of Harrison Financial Services. Tim grew up in Millard and graduated from Millard South in 1993. He had a paper route for eight years and worked construction in the summers throughout his high school years. As a freshman at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Harrison began an internship at Northwestern Mutual and started developing a business in financial services and insurance.
Today, Harrison Financial Services is one of the premiere wealth management firms serving decision makers in Omaha and employs a team of seven professionals. Harrison has been ranked as one...
2024-09-2453 min
This Week in BusinessInvesting in Companies with Diverse Leadership Can Increase Investors' Bottom LinePhil Schraeder, CEO of GumGum, joins the show to discuss his journey to the C-suite, the importance of showcasing diversity within company leadership, and how investors can increase their bottom lines by investing in LGBTQ+-led companies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-07-1610 min
Intrinsic Drive®Season Five ReflectionsHard times threaten resolve; when every ounce of energy is depleted, flatlining – of mind, body, and spirit - occurs. In this depleted state one often reverts to old, restrictive patterns of behavior – well worn habits that no longer serve, but reemerge in times of difficulty. During these times a spring cleaning is necessary, lightening our load for the long road ahead—decerning what to let go and what to hold close. Finding myself deep in the mire of this phenomena, the well-spring of knowledge imparted by this season’s guests could not have been better timed. What stood out for me was...
2024-06-1209 min
Rock Around The BlogDarren Wharton´s Renegade Ruotsissa - Thin Lizzy -musiikin mystinen yhdistävä voimaThin Lizzyn entinen jäsen Darren Wharton kiersi toukokuussa Ruotsissa uudella Renegade-kokoonpanollaan, joka kunnioittaa Thin Lizzyn ja Phil Lynottin muistoa. Sami Ruokangas kokoontui Tukholmassa turkulaismuusikoiden, Jukka ”Juki” Lehdon ja Jari Salosen kanssa keskustelemaan tuosta kokoonpanosta sekä Irlannissa, Dublinissa Lizzyn ja ja Lynottin musiikkia juhlivista tapahtumista Vibe For Philo ja Dedication. Mukaan juttuun liittyi myös turkulainen Thin Lizzy -fani Lizzy. Kuuntele, viihdy ja sivisty!
Jakson valokuvassa vasemmalta oikealle: Jari Salonen, Darren Wharton ja Sami Ruokangas.
Jakson soittolista: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4rgSTgJbrHK7Z7mOlGTVG3?si=85c32d0340ae4f2e
Menossa ovat mukana The Point, Kelly´s Bar, Thin Lizzy, N...
2024-05-2336 min
Intrinsic Drive®Organic Chemistry with Dr. Maitland JonesMaitland Jones Jr. wanted to be tennis player. At thirteen he attempted to enlist his parents into chauffeuring him around the east coast junior tennis circuit, to which they replied, “get a job kid.” That summer Maitland’s first job was bottle washer and gofer for chemistry giants Laurence H. Knox and William von Eggers Doering, at their Hickrill Chemical Research laboratory in Katonah New York. Complex chemistry equations that were once meaningless scribbles on the laboratory blackboard began to make sense over the next five to six years. Maitland enrolled at Yale to study ch...
2024-04-2444 min
Intrinsic Drive®Cultivating Creativity with Actress & Horticulturalist Kathleen O'Grady Photo: Kathleen O'Grady (L) Faith Imaafiion (R) Theatre of Note's production of Fruition 2019A lifelong actor, Kathleen O’Grady’s earliest memory of her life’s work finds her riding with her siblings around Los Angeles, in the back of her mother’s car—driving to the next audition. Growing up in the town of Reseda - named for the mignonette a fragrant plant found in the gardens of the San Fernando Valley - her parents moved north to the Bay area where team soccer and volleyball replaced limited theatrical opportunity.Chica...
2024-04-1751 min
Intrinsic Drive®Musical Mentoring with Two-Time Grammy Winning Producer Robert CutarellaRobert Cutarella spent most of his childhood evenings burrowed under his pillows, a transistor radio speaker in his ear listening to the Dick Clark Show and other famous deejays. A passion for rhythm emerged during drumming sessions with wooden spoons borrowed from his aunt. At nine years-old Robert’s parents took him to see drum icon Gene Krupa at the Metropole Club in midtown Manhattan. Krupa’s physicality and deep passion for his craft made a lasting impression on this soon to be music industry giant. Bob had visions of owning his own company and following a caree...
2024-04-101h 21
Intrinsic Drive®Manual Transmission with Small Farmer's Journal Founder Lynn R. MillerLynn R. Miller is a painter, farmer, horseman, and writer. Odd jobs ranging from commercial fisherman, logger, sawyer, farmer, workhorse teamster, lecturer, and cattle rancher, supported him through college. Over the past 40 years, Lynn has become a world-renowned authority in the fields of alternative farming and animal powered agriculture. In 1976 with the encouragement of his father’s suggestion to “grow a crop of literature”, to assist the fledging small farmer, he founded the Small Farmer’s Journal, an international agrarian quarterly which functions to this day as cornerstone empowering a worldwide readership. For SFJ’s entire 48 year history Lyn...
2024-04-031h 49
Intrinsic Drive®Thrills and Enchantments with Small Farmer's Journal Founder Lynn R. MillerLynn R. Miller is a painter, farmer, horseman, and writer. Odd jobs ranging from commercial fisherman, logger, sawyer, farmer, workhorse teamster, lecturer, and cattle rancher, supported him through college. Over the past 40 years, Lynn has become a world-renowned authority in the fields of alternative farming and animal powered agriculture. In 1976, with the encouragement of his father to “grow a crop of literature” to assist the fledgling small farmer, he founded the Small Farmer’s Journal, an international agrarian quarterly which functions to this day as a cornerstone empowering a worldwide readership. For Small Farmer's Journal's entire 48 year history...
2024-03-271h 09
Intrinsic Drive®Music Majesty with Barbara and Lili AnelMusic Intro: "Another Place, Another Time."--Performed by Lily Anel in collaboration with Barbara Anel. Music Outro: "Estey's Theme."--written and performed by Barbara Anel. Photo Provided by : Lili Anel Growing up in a Harlem tenement perched above a record store, the Anel Sisters spent their Saturday “cleaning days” listening to albums and 45’s bought from their chore allowance. Barbara and Lili developed an early love of music from their mother, who exposed them to eclectic playlists’ ranging from Afro-Cuban jazz, Sarah Vaughn, Tchaikovsky, to Dizzy Gillespie. A trip to see...
2024-03-201h 18
It's Del Toro Time - A Guillermo del Toro-adjacent PodcastThe Dark Descent – “Afterward” by Edith Wharton
This week, Willow and I take a look at the creepy effects of UNFETTERED CAPITALISM with Edith Wharton’s “Afterward!”
https://ia600203.us.archive.org/29/items/del-toro-afterward/DelToro-Afterward-1.mp3
2024-03-1600 min
Intrinsic Drive®Protect, Restore, and Empower with Haejin Shim FujimuraHaejin Shim Fujimura describes her college years as rebellious. While searching for her life purpose she received a calling to raise funds and attend World Vision’s® 30 Hour Famine retreat. Haejin witnessed horrific images from the civil war in Sierra Leone, which left fifty thousand dead over eleven years. She wanted to help those terrorized, vulnerable and left behind. After college Haejin pursued her calling to become an advocate for the abused, enslaved, and those born into human trafficking. Throughout law school Haejin’s intense, focused, and unwavering personality gave her the resolve to intern with t...
2024-03-1343 min
Intrinsic Drive®Wise Decisons with Dr. Jim LoehrDr. Jim Loehr has authored 19 books including, New York Times bestseller, The Power of Full Engagement, and his recent works, Wise Decisions, and Sapiens Reinvented. Before embarking on his quest to merge sports psychology, research, and technology, the field of human performance didn’t exist. To fill this industry void, he created and co-founded the first ever Human Performance Institute, where he set the global standard. Over a thirty-year span hundreds of world-class performers of sport, business, medicine, and Fortune 500 executives, trained at his state- of- the- art Florida facility. During his tenure at the ins...
2024-03-0652 min
Intrinsic Drive®Reconnecting America with Rails To Trails President Ryan ChaoUrban trail access began as a young boy for Ryan Chao; growing up in Portland, Oregon, skiing, fishing, and cycling were a way of life. After architecture school, he mentored with a talented group of visionaries at the Bryant Park Revitalization Project, where he discovered his love for “people over buildings,” turning New York City’s most dangerous park into a global model for urban greenspace renewal. In 2019, Ryan was elected president of the Rails To Trails Conservancy (RTC), where he oversees national leadership in trail development, policy advocacy, and movement building. Other positions as vice pr...
2024-02-2846 min
Run to the Top Podcast | The Ultimate Guide to RunningAvoid Injury with Active Isolated Flexibility: An Interview with Phil WhartonOne of the more controversial topics in running (other than the debate over footwear choices) is the importance of flexibility. Coaches, experts, and runners disagree over the role flexibility plays in preventing injury or boosting performance and how to improve it. However, part of this disagreement lies in a misunderstanding of what defines flexibility and stretching. So, on today’s show we’re going to interview a pioneer in the world of flexibility, Phil Wharton. Phil is going to explain more in-depth… The concept of active flexibility How it’s different...
2023-11-1529 minRunnersConnect Run to the Top PodcastAvoid Injury with Active Isolated Flexibility: An Interview with Phil WhartonOne of the more controversial topics in running (other than the debate over footwear choices) is the importance of flexibility. Coaches, experts, and runners disagree over the role flexibility plays in preventing injury or boosting performance and how to improve it. However, part of this disagreement lies in a misunderstanding of what defines flexibility and stretching. So, on today’s show we’re going to interview a pioneer in the world of flexibility, Phil Wharton. Phil is going to explain more in-depth… The concept of active flexibility How it’s different...
2023-11-1529 min
Dirty Secrets of Small BusinessI Did It My Way, Phil Billick of Valley Ridge FarmsIn This Episode
Today we were joined on the show by business owner Phil Billick of Valley Ridge Farms. Phil was one of MVP’s earliest coaching clients with a prior company he started and he is also Jack’s nephew! During the show today Phil shared his story of not only starting, growing, and then eventually selling one business, but also how he’s been involved in starting several more including his 800 acre farm in southeast Ohio.
We covered a lot during our chat but some of the highlights include:
Partners in business, the good...
2023-10-051h 29Intrinsic Drive®Season Four ReflectionsThe gift of stepping inside the lives of this season’s guests gave me unexpected insight for my own challenges, struggles, and failures. Answers are there when we allow ourselves to listen.·This world is full of landmines for those who have suffered from sexual abuse. Victims No Longer author, Mike Lew and the community of survivors prove that recovery is possible, providing much-needed hope. ·Architect and designer Eve Picker transformed her adopted city of Pittsburgh after bankers refused funding. Clear in her resolve, she went ahead and built the first lofts downtown guided by her comm...
2023-03-1511 min
Intrinsic Drive®The Eyes of Orson Welles with Beatrice WellesBeatrice Mori Gerfalco Welles has devoted her extraordinary life to a multitude of humanitarian causes, in addition to her tireless dedication to the preservation of the work of her father, Orson Welles. In 2018, she co-created and co-starred in The Eyes of Orson Welles - directed by Mark Cousins - which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The sole heir of the Orson Welles Estate, her vigilant work includes overturning Turner Broadcasting’s attempt to colorize Citizen Kane, her father’s masterpiece-- and the most studied film of all time. She has curated Orson’s artwork, personal correspondence, and scripts at the U...
2023-01-111h 45
Intrinsic Drive®I Can I Must I Will with Three-Time Olympic Medalist DeeDee TrotterThree-time Olympic Medalist, DeeDee Trotter has been a fierce competitor since the age of ten. She loved basketball and dreamed of playing for legendary coach Pat Summit at the University of Tennessee. Her quickness on the court convinced her coaches to steer their star athlete into track and field. Thus began a tenuous, and oftentimes inharmonious relationship between DeeDee and these two sports, her heart firmly fixed on basketball. Reluctantly, she became the Georgia state indoor track champion, setting a state record in the 200-meter dash. She accepted a track scholarship at the University of Tennessee with t...
2023-01-041h 54
UnlockedFrom Wharton, World Bank, and unicorn startups to a spiritually awakened life with Salman HattaThis conversation is ALL about learning to listen to your heart, and discovering how to trust the calls from within in order to live in alignment with the ultimate version of yourself. For so many we feel lost in the hustle and bustle of life. We're led down a path that is setup for us by family, relationships, society, culture, and materialistic items that drive us to find our "successes" in life outside of ourselves. Sometimes we need to stop, give ourselves the necessary space, to slow down, and ask ourselves some tough questions like, ar...
2022-12-221h 02
Intrinsic Drive®Art + Faith: A Theology of Making with Makoto FujimuraMakoto Fujimura’s home and community were devastated during the terrorist attacks of 9/11, emotional fractures began to surface. He found solace in his art, creating some of his most transformational work. From his earliest painting experiences as a child, Mako always sensed a flow of energy transcending space and time; encouraged to pursue his art, he was invited into the prestigious mentorship in the study of Nihonga—an ancient Japanese art utilizing pulverized minerals. This process pays homage to the traditional Japanese art forms dating back to the 16th century and the use of these silver, metallic, and go...
2022-12-2150 min
Intrinsic Drive®Kate's Take with Kate EricksonKate Erickson is the engine that powers the daily Entrepreneurs On Fire Podcast as well as Podcasters Paradise, an online educational resource teaching aspiring and seasoned podcasters how to create, grow, monetize, and build a sustainable business. Kate shares her mastery of business systems in her Kate’s Take podcast. In her new podcast, Nicole and Kate Can Relate—she shares entrepreneurial insights with friend and fellow podcaster Nicole Baldinu.Kate’s path is a study in adaptation - harnessing skills from the industries of marketing, advertising, and banking. She left corporate America behind to build a seven-fig...
2022-12-1424 min
Intrinsic Drive®Challenge Accepted with Mary Sullivan of mikeroweWORKSMary Sullivan, a straight-A biochemistry major while at Loyola University, thought she wanted to be a doctor but came to the realization that medicine wasn’t for her. She chose law instead, studying at Georgetown University. Upon graduation, she accepted a position at a full-service law firm in Los Angeles, learning the trade and transitioning to the entertainment arm. Mary came to realize that not growing up in the entertainment industry allowed her to think differently and push back on industry standards that didn’t make sense. In 2005, as a senior partner at her thriving boutique entertainment law office, she re...
2022-12-0734 min
Intrinsic Drive®Nowhere But Up with Andre WilliamsAs Andre Williams saw it, there were only two options for men in his family - join the military or become a drug dealer on the streets of his hometown Richmond, Virginia. But sports presented another option – basketball was his first choice – and he wanted to use cross country as conditioning for it. However, he quickly fell in love with his newly adopted sport and showed promise: skyrocketing into national prominence, winning the Virginia State cross country title, setting the course record, and winning the Kinney southeast region cross country championships. This rising star earned a trip on his first...
2022-11-301h 31
Intrinsic Drive®She Engineers with Stephanie SlocumStephanie Slocum, was quickly moving up the corporate ladder planning to enjoy the engineering career of her dreams. As an architectural engineer, she loved designing the “bones” of a structure, buildings that have lower environmental imprint using sustainable materials. She has built hospitals, schools, laboratories, and university buildings. These buildings will stand through hurricanes, earthquakes, and blizzards---as a testimony to her work. On the surface, the future looked bright. As a rising star in a male-dominated profession, Stephanie minimized the severity of daily workplace inequality, bias, and the fallout of not utilizing her true talents. Then a clos...
2022-11-1647 min
Intrinsic Drive®Automata Mastery with Cecilia SchillerCecilia Schiller was born into a working-class family, without money for college she became a hairstylist. While viewing a retrospective of the abstract expressionist sculptor and designer, Isamu Noguchi she realized she was going to be an artist. Uncertain of where she fit in the American landscape, she embarked on a seven-year journey working as an artesania making handmade crafts, which she sold on the street. After overcoming, poverty, fear, and countless hardships she returned home with two young daughters to raise as a single mother. Cecilia apprenticed with a master woodcarver over the next seven years, l...
2022-11-0257 min
Intrinsic Drive®Small Change Big Impact with Eve PickerAs a young girl growing up in Australia, Eve Picker loved playing with Lego blocks, solving math problems, and exploring cities. Armed with degrees in architecture and urban design, she moved to Pittsburgh’s Friendship neighborhood, where she renovated an old Victorian home with her husband. Eve found her tribe by joining a protest and community, which united to save a nearby historic home from demolition. Her community of volunteers formed a non-profit and she never looked back. She built the first residential loft downtown after a banker mistakenly mused “Oh honey, nobody is going to move downt...
2022-10-2644 min
Intrinsic Drive®Victims No Longer with Mike LewAs an eight-year-old boy from a large family, living together in a Brooklyn tenement, Mike Lew had a singular goal—to meet every person on the planet. Today, Mike and his Next Step Counseling, co-director Thomas Harrigan, travel the world providing individual therapy, couples counseling, group therapy, professional training, and public lectures around the globe. Mike is a psychotherapist and cultural anthropologist, specializing in the field of culture and personality. Working in tandem with Margaret Mead and Colin Turnbull as mentors, he became a leading expert on sexual abuse recovery, especially with male survivors. A tur...
2022-10-1950 min
Intrinsic Drive®Season Three ReflectionsIt's hard to believe fourteen months are now in the rear view mirror of my podcasting odyssey. Like a long uphill climb at a steady pace, this season's guests inspired me upward--to discover what lies beyond the next bend in the road. My thoughts turn toward lessons from season three: the opportunity to meet kindred spirits, guides known through their works, old friends, even my earliest mentor from high school and college in Florida. I hope you enjoy these messages from our guests this season:Sara Slattery watched her father lose his entire business. Learning from h...
2022-06-0809 min
Intrinsic Drive®Staying The Course with Dick BeardsleyIn the early eighties Dick Beardsley was one of world’s most famous athletes. He is an American distance runner best known for his first-place tie in the 1981 London Marathon and his close finish with Alberto Salazar in the 1982 Boston Marathon— frequently referred to as The Duel in the Sun, compellingly told in the book by John Brant--where he ran 2:08:53 breaking the Boston course and American Records. After retiring from competition, he suffered a near fatal farming accident, requiring a five-month post-surgical recovery. From 1992-1995, he sustained three major car and cycling accidents, requiring over twenty surgeries. After...
2022-05-2544 min
Intrinsic Drive®The Way of Champions with Dr. Jerry LynchA self-described gym rat from the age of five, Jerry Lynch was born in the pre-gentrified streets of Brooklyn. He went on to earn a doctoral degree in psychology and complete postdoctoral work in philosophy and religious studies. Dropping out of his professional career, Jerry moved to Boulder, Colorado - reconnecting with his athletic dreams and becoming a national champion master’s runner. In the high altitude of the Rocky Mountain foothills he sought to be the best version of himself, realizing he must first explore his inner world through self-examination. He discovered the power of eastern thought as a way...
2022-05-1854 min
Intrinsic Drive®Master Crafting with Molly GrantMolly Grant, reconnected with the green leather and suede shoes from her childhood memory when she looked across the room at the League of New Hampshire Craftsman Show. Spotting the bright colors and creative styles of the Cordwainer Shoes, she stopped in her tracks. This master fine-craft leather artist reconnected with the timeless design of the Pathfinder shoe which she first spotted during a trip to that same show at ten years old. Molly, now in her thirties, gathered the courage to enter into a conversation with her future mentor, teacher, and husband—Paul Mathews. During their meetin...
2022-05-1126 min
The Wharton CurrentScaling Solar Energy in the Southeast - Reagan Farr & Matt Kisber, Silicon RanchIn this episode, host Thomas Obermeier sits down with Silicon Ranch co-founders Reagan Farr, CEO and President, and Matt Kisber, Chairman of the Board. Since starting the company together with former Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen in 2011 in Nashville, TN, they have grown the utility-scale solar owner and operator into one of the largest independent power producers in the United States.
In this episode, they discuss Silicon Ranch's origin and unique struggles as a solar company in the Southeast in the early 2010s, their recent $775mm new equity capital raise, the value of strong stakeholder partnerships in times of crises, as...
2022-05-0939 min
Intrinsic Drive®The Science of Human Performance with Dr. Carwyn SharpCarwyn Sharp Ph.D. CSCS, emigrated from England to Australia with his family as a young boy. Searching for new opportunities, Carwyn’s parents stressed the importance of education as a bridge over poverty and a gateway to an abundant life. Carwyn has followed his passions for sport, movement, and performance—fueling his personal life and extraordinary career. We follow this innovator in the field of human performance on his incredible odyssey from his research in sports nutrition, to working with professional, Olympic, and Paralympic athletes. Dr. Sharp holds a doctorate in clinical nutrition from the University of Tex...
2022-05-0452 min
Intrinsic Drive®The Center of Distance with Rock WilkAt five years old Rock Wilk realized he could sing, that same year his grandfather gave him a guitar. A self-taught musician, he spent hours alone in his room playing alongside jazz greats honing his craft. While a defensive back at Colorado State University, his creative writing teacher Bill Tremblay identified his immense talent telling his reluctant student he was a playwright. Rock left college deciding to pursue his music career and he enjoyed success in the music business, but something just didn’t feel right with the pop music direction he was advised to...
2022-04-271h 49
Intrinsic Drive®Read to Me with Becky KarushComfortable with a pen and paper from an early age, Becky Karush grew up writing poetry, creating art, and telling stories. After early success with her writing and poetry, during college she experienced a fifteen-year wilderness period, leaving her unable to write. This extremely talented poet who learned the power of systems from a childhood friend, longed to find a process to harness her muse. After four years of studying the Gateless Writing method, Becky’s love of writing was rekindled during a Gateless Teacher’s training course with Suzanne Kingsbury. Becky is also the founder of the Rea...
2022-04-2045 min
Intrinsic Drive®Transcending Tactile Intelligence with Benny VaughnThe deep south was a dangerous and treacherous place for a young black man in the 1960’s; Benny Vaughn drank from “colored” water fountains, pedaled away from viscous dogs while passing through white neighborhoods, and rode in the back of buses. Benny turned hardships into opportunity through his actions. He was the first black athlete to win the Georgia state high school cross country championships and during the spring of his senior year, he won the 440, 880, Mile, and Mile relay—leading Baker High to its first ever state track and field championship by a two-point margin. O...
2022-04-061h 07
Intrinsic Drive®The Common Path to Uncommon Success with John Lee DumasJohn Lee Dumas showed early signs of his dedication and commitment to process. He pivoted to swimming after injuries forced him to leave the soccer pitch and basketball court his senior year in high school. JLD quickly transformed one weakness in technique each day; in the final competition of the season, John touched the wall first, winning the Maine State Championship in the 50-yard freestyle. After graduation from Providence College, John served our country as an Army platoon leader in Iraq. He continued searching for his purpose or "zone of fire" (to coin a phrase from John) - ...
2022-03-3018 min
Intrinsic Drive®The Gift of Good Work with Sara SlatterySara Slattery learned the importance of hard work from her father, watching him wake up at 4am while running his sign business. She began her athletic career as a swimmer, training twice daily for several hours before and after school. She joined her high school track team, merely as a way to stay in shape for swimming. As a freshman, she was state runner up in both the 800 and 3200 meters. This rising star realized she needed to focus her energy on running, training alongside her high school coach, Sabina Robinson—then 42 years old—a masters champion and Olympic trials maratho...
2022-03-2347 min
Superpowers PodcastPhil Bronner - Empathetic StrategistPhil Bronner and I have known each other for the last 15 years. Phil started as a self-described snotty-nosed kid running around Baltimore trying to play ball and became one of the most successful venture capitalists in the D.C. area.
"I was leaving for school, and my dad said congratulations. You're going off to college. I really hope it goes well. But if it doesn't, you're never coming back here. You're going to the military. And that stuck with me."
He started in venture in 1999 and worked his way up, gaining his apprentice-style experience through a big fund that had $650...
2022-02-0236 min
This Week in BusinessHow Will the Situation in Kazakhstan Impact the Rest of the World?Phil Nichols, Professor of Social Responsibility in Business and Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School, joins Dan Loney to discuss the situation with Kazakhstan and the potential global impact. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2022-01-2723 min
Intrinsic Drive®Season Two ReflectionsThe challenges continue, they keep coming, sometimes seemingly without end. Conversations with the remarkable guests from Season Two elevated my spirit and provided me with tangible insights. I hope you glean inspiration from them as I did; the goal in life should be to lift each other up. Here are my reflections and takeaways from our guests on Season Two:Marten Bostrom rebuilt his body, focusing on the technical aspects of his sport, enabling him to win the World Orienteering Championship. Clarion Johnson shares a family legacy of courage, providing the fortitude to embrace medicines' most difficult spe...
2022-01-2613 min
C Tolle RunPhil Wharton - Human Design Is So DifferentCarrie chats with Phil Wharton, a musculoskeletal specialist and creator of the Wharton Process! They talk about his story, his passion to help people attain their optimal health, his advice on doing simple things at home to feel better on the run and in our daily living, and much more!
2022-01-1342 min
Intrinsic Drive®A Fearless Life with Zach StinsonStepping on a bomb was the last thing Sargent Zach Stinson remembered after insisting on leading his Marine Battalion while serving in Afghanistan. Six days later, Zach woke up at the Bethesda Navy Hospital - both legs were amputated above the knee, his right thumb, and parts of other fingers were also severed. Zach stopped counting surgeries after the thirty-fifth. He then came to realize his attitude and mindset were the only things in his control, the rest was in God’s hands. After two grueling years of rehabilitation, he returned home. An eighth-place finish in his first...
2022-01-1228 min
Intrinsic Drive®Casting for Conservation with Trout Unlimited's Chris WoodA trip to Alaska to follow the Salmon run changed the course of Chris Wood’s life; upon returning home he resigned from his job working for an ice cream company. Choosing a new path, Chris resolved to dedicate his life to saving endangered fish and waterways. He began his career as a temporary employee with the US Forest Service in Idaho where he quickly realized the power of learning from mentors and teachers in the conservation field. They - in turn - saw his passion, tireless work ethic, and optimism. He went on to become the senior policy and...
2022-01-0535 min
Intrinsic Drive®Turning Disabilities into Opportunities with Loretta ClaiborneLoretta Claiborne is the most accomplished Special Olympics athlete of all time. Loretta was raised by a single mother, born partially blind, with an intellectual disability, and clubbed feet. This future marathon champion was unable to walk until the age of four and learned to talk at seven. Loretta’s strong mother had the courage, strength, and fortitude to refuse institutionalization for her daughter. We learn of early teachers, an uncle teaching her to read the paper and count money. Janet Mc Farland, an early mentor who introduced Loretta to the newly formed Special Olympics, setting her...
2021-12-2246 min
Intrinsic Drive®Betting on Yourself with Brett GotcherAs an eighth grader, Brett Gotcher viewed running as a tool to improve his conditioning for basketball. Under the tutelage of Aptos High School coach Dan Gruber, he began to improve, seeing the possibility of cross country and track becoming his new focus. Brett became a dominant force, eying the potential of a way to pay for college. This Watsonville, California native enjoyed a stellar high school career, winning four consecutive SCCAL championships in the 3200m, three in the 1600m, and posting the 12th fastest high school 10,000 meters in US history. After a self-described lack l...
2021-12-1525 min
Intrinsic Drive®Unfollow Your Passion with Terri TrespicioHow did a self-described nervous kid from New Jersey become a colossal force as a speaker, and author of the new groundbreaking book Unfollow Your Passion: How to Create a Life That Matters to You ( Altra Books/Simon & Schuster). Terri Trespicio is a writer, speaker, and brand advisor who works with individuals and groups to change the way they think about, talk about, and position what they do. She teaches her clients a masterclass in the alchemy of words. In this interview, she shares her journey - from her first job writing press releases for a publisher in the ba...
2021-12-0846 min
Behind the Markets PodcastBehind The Markets Podcast: Phil HuberShow from 12/3/21Wharton Finance Professor Jeremy Siegel starts the show with his weekly market update noting the strong employment report, the yield curve, the long bond, and more. Then, are you interested in alternative asset classes? In this episode of Behind the Markets Host Jeremy Schwartz and Guest Host Chris Gannatti talk to the author of “The Allocator’s Edge” about the shifting landscape for traditional portfolios, asset classes and strategies for alternative investments, and sharpening client skills to manage expectations. They discuss everything from private equity, hedge funds, catastrophe reinsurance, and real assets to non-traditional credit...
2021-12-0450 min
Intrinsic Drive®A to Z Running with the RipleysZach and Andi Ripley were recruited as student athletes to the same university, where they met, became teammates, and married. In this in-depth conversation we traverse the inception of their competitive drives, race anxieties, and Zach's desire to separate his running identity from the person who just “loved to run” and move in alignment with his faith. We also learn how Andi overcame her fear of failure and expectations by transitioning to running as a meditation, resulting in a drop in marathon times. The Ripleys share their low moments - Zach missing the Olympic Trials steeplechase standard and the m...
2021-12-011h 10
Intrinsic Drive®A Climb to the Top with Chuck Garcia Chuck Garcia was scheduled to give a keynote address at the world trade center on the morning of September 11, 2001, when he was asked to switch presentation times with a colleague. That colleague never made it out of the building when the terrorist planes struck the twin towers on that horrific day. One year later, while on the summit of Mount Rainier, he made a pact to honor his fallen coworkers devoting his life to the service, success, and happiness of others. After a twenty-five-year career on Wall Street, Chuck experienced a realization after a fourteen-day summit of Moun...
2021-11-1736 min
Intrinsic Drive®Getting After Goals with Olympian Carrie Tollefson 2004 Olympian Carrie Tollefson, was born and raised in the small tightly knit community of Dawson, Minnesota, where she won thirteen state championships - eight in track and five consecutive cross country titles, a national record that still stands today. Carrie won her first national collegiate title at the 1997 NCAA Cross Country Championships, overcoming stress fractures in her metatarsal and a heel tumor that would need a bone donor and surgery. This Villanova student-athlete superstar was on crutches for two months post-surgery, setting her sights on proving the doubters wrong, as she returned to lead the Wildcats to win t...
2021-11-1031 min
Intrinsic Drive®Living a Life of Service with Dr. Clarion JohnsonClarion Johnson received his calling at thirteen years old, falling to one knee on the street near his Brooklyn home and breaking into a cold sweat after reading the biography of a missionary doctor. Clarion had an epiphany, at that moment he felt destined to become a physician. Clarion was mentored by Dr. Haber at the Columbia Teachers College and funded his own education at Sarah Lawrence College, by working two jobs. By the end of his four years in Bronxville, he was class president and captain of the basketball team. During his internship at Yale Medical School he maj...
2021-11-0354 min
Intrinsic Drive®Charting New Adventures with Orienteering World Champion Marten BostromWatching his older brother win the World Orienteering Championships at eight years old Marten Bostrom dreamed he would follow in his older sibling’s footsteps; a silver medal in Budapest Hungary at the World Junior Championships in 2001 showed promise, as well as a Finnish junior record for his marathon debut of 2:25 at nineteen years old. His attendance at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff provided the perfect community to sharpen his track and cross-country skills while studying geology and cartography. This “Flying Finn” narrowly missed the Olympic marathon over two Olympic periods in 2008 and 2012, the latter miss due to bila...
2021-10-2736 min
Conversations About CollaborationEpisode 49: The Challenges of Hybrid Work With Dr. Peter CappelliDr. Peter Cappelli joins me. He is the George W. Taylor professor of management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and the author of The Future of the Office: Work From Home, Remote Work, and the Hard Choices We All Face. We talk about the difficulties of hybrid work, how it may impact cities and local businesses, and the challenges of onboarding new employees.
2021-09-2821 min
A to Z RunningBack Health w/ Phil WhartonPhil Wharton, world-renowned musculoskeletal specialist, joins Andi and Zach to discuss back health and what runners need to be doing and thinking about to improve posture, address back pain, and prevent back injuries.
Andi and Zach also break down the latest running news, including the Diamond League Championships, England’s famous Great North Run, and the NYC 5th Avenue Mile.
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2021-09-141h 13
A Climb to the TopPhil Wharton - President & Founder of Wharton HealthWe all deal with physical pain at one point or another, and we search for ways to relieve that pain. Phil Wharton, founder of Wharton Health, takes the mystery and confusion out of attaining optimal health, and wants to provide others with the tools to achieve it. This is Phil’s Story of Transformation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2021-08-2547 min
This Week in BusinessNJ Governor Phil Murphy on the Impact of the Delta Variant on Economic RecoveryNew Jersey Governor Phil Murphy discusses how states are dealing with the pandemic, what New Jersey specifically is doing, and the impact the Delta variant is having on recovery efforts. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2021-07-2920 min
Intrinsic Drive®Season One ReflectionsThe speed of life can be daunting. Some days there feels to be a need to pause, reflect, and learn from the experience of those who have transcended their challenges. I find myself returning to key moments from each guest during this first season. I felt like sharing them with you. Ronnie Harris, reframes his disappointment at not competing in the Olympics, thus upholding the standard. Jen Rhines, shows us the pivot which catapulted her to become a three-time Olympian. World famous tap dancer, Andrew Nemr takes us on a journey in finding his true purpose. We l...
2021-07-2114 min
Intrinsic Drive®Finding Joy in The Process with Pan American Squash Medalist Chris GordonIn this episode, we follow the journey of professional squash player Chris Gordon - from his relocation from New York to the UK, at the age of fourteen, to study with world-renowned squash coach David Pearson to his world travels on the professional circuit. Chris provides valuable insight into navigating the world of professional squash and imparts an understanding of the discipline and resourcefulness required to create the environment necessary to ascend in the sport. We learn about his globe-trekking travels to tournaments and the challenges he faced - before the convenience of current technologies. He also shares his fa...
2021-06-3045 min
Intrinsic Drive®On The Trail with Ultra Running Champion Patrick ReaganGrowing up skateboarding and listening to punk rock, Patrick Reagan didn’t focus on running until his senior year of high school, leaving basketball and other team sports behind. He began to traverse the loops of Masontown Pennsylvania, his home on the banks of the Monongahela River. Beginning to show promise his freshman year at West Virginia Wesleyan College, transferring to Slippery Rock University—his new teammates pushed him beyond what he thought possible. Hard training and dedication yielded rapid improvement, including academic and two-time All-American honors in cross country. After graduating with a degree in exercise science, a bout...
2021-06-2336 min
Intrinsic Drive®The First, The Few, The Only with Deepa PurushothamanDeepa Purushothaman was a senior partner at the world's largest professional services corporation, focusing on women's leadership and inclusion strategies, assisting women of color navigate corporate structures. She was the first Indian American woman and one of the youngest people to make partner in the firm's history. Twenty years of globetrotting, and regularly logging over one-hundred-hour weeks as a corporate athlete left her flatlined. Deepa pivoted during her quest to heal herself, leaving the corporate world in 2020; she then co-founded nFormation, a company offering safe new space, placing women of color in C-suite positions and on boards. Deepa holds degrees fr...
2021-06-1630 min