My guest today is Justin Zorn, a policymaker and a meditation teacher in the US Congress. On Capitol Hill, he served as Legislative Director to three Democratic Members of Congress. Zorn is a Senior Adviser to the Center for Economic and Policy Research, a Truman National Security Fellow, and a communications and strategy adviser for a variety of mission-driven businesses, think tanks, and advocacy groups. The topic is his new book Golden: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise. In this episod...
Jun 06, 2022•52 min
Please enjoy my monologue Wise Trading Voices with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great pi...
Jun 03, 2022•1 hr 51 min
My guest today is Sarah Fay, an author and mental health advocate. Her devotion to changing the conversation around mental health led her to create Pathological: The Movement, a public awareness campaign devoted to empowering people to make knowledgeable decisions about their mental health. The topic is her new book Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Fay’s six psychiatric conditions Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Di...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 5 min
Please enjoy my monologue Technical Analysis Nonsense with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a ...
May 27, 2022•20 min
My guest today is Bill Dreiss, a scientist and a seasoned trading veteran with a multi-decade trading track record. He graduated from MIT with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After obtaining an MBA from Harvard, Dreiss worked at a think tank in the late 1960s. Dreiss is a systematic trend follower and uses his own proprietary methodologies, the Fractal Wave Algorithm (FWA) and the Choppiness Index (CI). The topic is trend following. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Benoit...
May 23, 2022•56 min
Please enjoy my monologue Inspiration from Three Bright Minds with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to giv...
May 20, 2022•3 hr 1 min
My guest today is Michael Meyer. He took a wide route to the story of Benjamin Franklin’s remarkable afterlife, starting when Meyer was sent to China as one of its first Peace Corps volunteers. Beginning with The Last Days of Old Beijing, he authored three critically-acclaimed reported books set there, as well as numerous stories that appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Time, Smithsonian, and on This American Life. A Guggenheim Fellow and Whiting Award w...
May 16, 2022•45 min
Please enjoy my monologue CNBC and PTJ with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of ...
May 13, 2022•24 min
My guest today is Frank Keil, a professor of psychology & linguistics, and the chair of the psychology department at Yale University. Keil received his B.S. in Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1973, an M.A. in Psychology from Stanford University in 1975, and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. Keil has published extensively on topics concerned with many areas in the development of cognition and language. The topic is his book Wonder: Ch...
May 09, 2022•52 min
Please enjoy my monologue Switch to Trend Following with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a gr...
May 06, 2022•23 min
My guest today is Brandon J. Hurley, an American Youtuber, who to his Vietnamese audience is known as Phuc Map. He graduated with a double major in journalism and sports studies at the University of Iowa. He was a professional journalist for more than 10 years. The topic is his life abroad. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How he mastered a new language Being a teacher How he gained an audience on his YouTube and other social media platforms How countries vary in terms of lif...
May 02, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Please enjoy my monologue Kick Them in the Ass with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great p...
Apr 29, 2022•16 min
My guest today is Becca Levy, a Professor of Epidemiology at the Yale School of Public Health and Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She has received awards from the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics. Dr. Levy has given invited testimony before the US Senate on the adverse effects of ageism and has contributed to US Supreme Court briefs to fight age discrimination. The topic is her b...
Apr 25, 2022•48 min
Please enjoy my monologue Algos, Negotiation, Meditations with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give yo...
Apr 22, 2022•2 hr 51 min
My guest today is Michelle Drouin, a psychology professor, forensic consultant, expert witness, and internationally-recognized researcher and speaker on issues related to technology, relationships, couples, and sexuality, including issues related to addiction and partner violence. The topic is her book Out of Touch: How to Survive an Intimacy Famine. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: How social media is shaping society The Tinder Swindler movie review Different facets of intim...
Apr 18, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Please enjoy my monologue Inflation Insanity with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great pie...
Apr 15, 2022•20 min
My guest today is Will Kinney, a professor in the Department of Physics at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Kinney received his Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University, and PhD from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Dr. Kinney's research focuses on the physics of the very early universe, including inflationary cosmology, the Cosmic Microwave Background, Dark Matter, and Dark Energy. He has authored more than seventy published research articles and received the SUNY Chancellor's award for exc...
Apr 11, 2022•53 min
Please enjoy a recent interview of me. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosop...
Apr 08, 2022•33 min
My guest today is Mark Mattson, a Professor of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University. Mattson is the former Chief of the Laboratory of Neurosciences at the National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program. The National Institute of Health considers him "one of the world’s top experts on the potential cognitive and physical health benefits of intermittent fasting". The topic is his book Intermittent Fasting. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Intermittent fasting, its ...
Apr 04, 2022•48 min
My guest today is Larry Hite, a hedge fund manager, who, along with those like Ed Seykota, is one of the forefathers of system trading. He has been profiled and recognized as one of the best in the industry in numerous major international publications. He co-founded Mint Investments in 1981. By 1990, Mint had become the largest Commodity Trading Advisor in the world in terms of assets under management. In 1990, Jack Schwager dedicated a chapter of his bestselling book, Market Wizards to Hite’s t...
Apr 01, 2022•38 min
My guest today is Justin Gest, an associate professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University’s Schar School of Policy and Government. He is the author of six books, primarily on the politics of immigration and demographic change, all from Oxford University Press or Cambridge University Press. His research has been published in journals including the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Comparative Political Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Global Governance, G...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 2 min
Please enjoy my monologue Four Voices with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of a...
Mar 25, 2022•3 hr 37 min
My guest today is Amy Herman, a lawyer and an art historian who uses works of art to sharpen observation, analysis, and communication skills. She developed her Art of Perception seminar in 2000. She subsequently adapted the program for a wide range of professionals and lead sessions internationally for the New York City Police Department, the FBI, the French National Police, the Department of Defense, Interpol, the State Department, Fortune 500 companies, first responders, the military, and the ...
Mar 21, 2022•55 min
Please enjoy my monologue Wake Up and Think with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piec...
Mar 18, 2022•19 min
My guest today is Mary-Frances O’Connor, a grief expert and neuroscientist. She is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry at the University of Arizona and the Director of Clinical Training. Her research focuses on the physiological correlates of emotion, in particular the wide range of physical and emotional responses during bereavement, including yearning and isolation. She thinks that a clinical science approach to grieving can help improve treatment for prolonged grief d...
Mar 14, 2022•52 min
Please enjoy my monologue Commodities Explode Up with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great...
Mar 11, 2022•19 min
My guest today is Max Lugavere, a filmmaker, health and science journalist, and the author of the New York Times best-seller Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life, published in 8 languages around the globe. He is also the host of the #1 iTunes health podcast The Genius Life. Lugavere appears regularly on the Dr. Oz Show, the Rachael Ray Show, and The Doctors. He has contributed to Medscape, Vice, Fast Company, CNN, and the Daily Beast, ha...
Mar 07, 2022•50 min
Please enjoy my monologue Trend Following Flagship with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a gre...
Mar 04, 2022•26 min
My guest today is Mark Gjormand, aka Coach Pudge, the Head Baseball Coach at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia. During the offseason, Gjormand concentrates his efforts on Directing the MVP Baseball School located in Reston, Va. as well as MVP International Athletics; Sending athletes from across America overseas to compete and see the world through athletics. He is a 2020 member of the National High School Baseball Coach Association’s Hall of Fame. The topics are baseball and life. I...
Feb 28, 2022•57 min
Please enjoy my monologue Fundamental Bullshit with Michael Covel on Trend Following Radio. This episode may also include great outside guests from my archive. --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great p...
Feb 25, 2022•19 min
