My guest today is William Ury, an American author, academic, anthropologist, and negotiation expert. He co-founded the Harvard Program on Negotiation. Over the last 30 years, Ury has served as a negotiation adviser and mediator in conflicts ranging from corporate mergers to wildcat strikes in a Kentucky coal mine to ethnic wars in the Middle East, the Balkans, and the former Soviet Union. With former president Jimmy Carter, he co- founded the International Negotiation Network, a non-governmental...
Feb 26, 2024•42 min
Please enjoy my monologue Talking to Myself 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...
Feb 23, 2024•24 min
My guest today is Eric Crittenden, the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Standpoint, an investment firm focused on bringing all-weather portfolio solutions to US investors. Eric plays an active role in the firm’s research, portfolio management, product innovation, business strategy, and client facing activities. He has over 20 years of experience researching, designing, and managing alternative asset portfolios on behalf of families, individuals, financial advisors, and other institutional...
Feb 19, 2024•1 hr
Please enjoy my monologue A Digging Story 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 ...
Feb 16, 2024•51 min
My guest today is Daniel Goleman, a psychologist, author, and science journalist. For twelve years, he wrote for The New York Times, reporting on the brain and behavioral sciences. He has transformed the way the world educates children, relates to family and friends, leads, and conducts business. Daniel was twice nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, and received the American Psychological Association's Lifetime Achievement Award for his media writing. The topic is his book Optimal: How to Sustain P...
Feb 12, 2024•47 min
Please enjoy my monologue The Trend Following Filing System 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 ...
Feb 09, 2024•54 min
My guest today is Larry Hite, a hedge fund manager who is credited as one of the forefathers of system trading. He co-founded Mint Investments in 1981, which by 1990, had become the largest commodity trading advisor in the world in terms of assets under management. After forming a partnership with the Man Group in the same year, he pioneered the principal protected fund concept, leading to a number of successful structured products and financial engineering innovations. The topic is Trend Follow...
Feb 05, 2024•46 min
Please enjoy my monologue Minding Your Own Business 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...
Feb 02, 2024•25 min
My guest today is Mike Massimino, a former NASA astronaut, is a professor of mechanical engineering at Columbia University and the senior advisor for space programs at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. Mike was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1996, and is the veteran of two space flights, the fourth and fifth Hubble Space Telescope servicing missions in 2002 and 2009. Mike has a team record for the number of hours spacewalking in a single space shuttle mission, and he was also the fi...
Jan 29, 2024•45 min
Please enjoy my monologue A Market Wizard Rewind 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...
Jan 26, 2024•30 min
My guest today is Scott Fulford, a senior economist at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau where he led the development of the Making Ends Meet Survey. He has represented the U.S. at the OECD, and he regularly speaks at the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Reserve banks, the OCC, the Financial Stability Oversight Council, the FDIC, the NBER, and universities. The topic is his book The Pandemic Paradox: How the COVID Crisis Made Americans More Financially Secure. In this episode of Trend Follo...
Jan 22, 2024•46 min
Please enjoy my monologue Zurich Axioms 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...
Jan 19, 2024•23 min
My guest today is Mathew Passy, a Podcast Producer/Consultant at ThePodcastConsultant.com, a podcast agency that helps individuals, brands, and small businesses develop, launch, produce, and promote podcasts. He is also behind AuditMyPodcast and InstantPodcastAudit, a service offering a full review of podcasters production, search ability, discoverability, marketing and more. The topic is podcasting. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Effective podcasting Editing techniques and...
Jan 15, 2024•55 min
Please enjoy my monologue Death Wishes 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 ...
Jan 12, 2024•2 hr 44 min
My guest today is David Rosmarin, an associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, a program director at McLean Hospital, and founder of Center for Anxiety, which services over one thousand patients per year in multiple states. Dr. Rosmarin is an international expert on spirituality and mental health. He is the director of the Spirituality and Mental Health Program at McLean Hospital. The topic is his book Thriving with Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your Anxiety Work for You. In this e...
Jan 08, 2024•47 min
Please enjoy my monologue Clear Thinking 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 o...
Jan 05, 2024•24 min
My guest today is Michael Greger, a founding member and Fellow of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. He is an American physician, author, and professional speaker on public health issues, best known for his advocacy of a whole-food, plant-based diet, and his opposition to animal-derived food products. The topic is his book How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Lifestyle choices Stress Importanc...
Jan 01, 2024•51 min
Please enjoy my monologue Will DEI Change the Price 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...
Dec 29, 2023•21 min
My guest today is Anthony Youn, a Board-certified plastic surgeon, named a Top Plastic Surgeon by US News and World Report, Harper’s Bazaar, Newsweek, and Town & Country magazines. He is an advocate of holistic plastic surgery and Non-invasive procedure self-care routines and practices. He is also the most followed plastic surgeon on social media, with millions of active and engaged followers. Anthony is the host of the most popular cosmetic-medicine podcast in the country, The Holistic Plas...
Dec 25, 2023•34 min
Please enjoy my monologue A Merry Christmas Three 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 grea...
Dec 22, 2023•3 hr 36 min
My guest today is Samuel Wilkinson, Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, where he also serves as Associate Director of the Yale Depression Research Program. His primary research has focused on depression and suicide prevention and has been funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation, and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The topic is his book Purpose: What Evolution ...
Dec 18, 2023•53 min
Please enjoy my monologue Simple Heuristics 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...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 15 min
My guest today is Tobias Dengel, the President of WillowTree, a TELUS International Company. With over 20 years of technology expertise, Tobias has been recognized by Glassdoor as a Top CEO and featured as a VOICE Summit speaker at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2022 and 2023. Prior to WillowTree, Tobias helped steward strategic partnerships and acquisitions and drive innovation on behalf of companies including AOL and Kearney. The topic is his book The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of V...
Dec 11, 2023•47 min
Please enjoy my monologue Inside the Mind 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 ...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 43 min
My guest today is Will Cady, Reddit’s Global Brand Ambassador and founding Head of Creative Strategy. In his role as strategist, Cady has leveraged his uniquely blended approach of creativity and mysticism to counsel business leaders toward impactful, empathetic marketing of power house brands in tech, including Apple, Google, Samsung, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Adobe. He has worked with major household brands such as Toyota, LEGO, McDonald’s, Chipotle, and Coca-Cola. The topic is his book Which Wa...
Dec 04, 2023•52 min
Please enjoy my monologue No Thought Control 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...
Dec 01, 2023•22 min
My guest today is Andrew McAfee, a principal research scientist at MIT and co-founder and co-director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He studies how digital technologies are changing the world. Throughout his career, McAfee has written and co-written several books on digital technology and related topics. He speaks frequently to both academic and industry audiences. The topic is The Geek Way: The Radical Mindset that Drives Extraordinary Result...
Nov 27, 2023•51 min
Please enjoy my monologue Fight the Power 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 ...
Nov 24, 2023•18 min
My guest today is Kristin Surak, an Associate Professor of Political Sociology at the London School Of Economics. Her research on elite mobility, international migration, nationalism, and politics has been translated into a half-dozen languages. She has held several internationally recognized positions, including Richard B. Fischer Member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, Fung Global Fellow at Princeton University, Sainsbury Fellow at the Sainsbury Institute for Japanese Arts and...
Nov 20, 2023•50 min
Please enjoy my monologue Trend Commandments 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...
Nov 17, 2023•18 min