A Distinguished Scholar in North American History at McGill University currently living in Jerusalem, Gil Troy is an award-winning American presidential historian and a leading Zionist activist. In the Foreword to Troy’s book, The Zionist Ideas: Visions for the Jewish Homeland – Then, Now, Tomorrow, Natan Sharansky writes: “This magnificent work is the perfect follow-up to Arthur Hertzberg’s classic The Zionist Idea. Combining, like Hertzberg, a scholar’s eye and an activist’s ear, Gil Troy demo...
Jun 21, 2022•58 min•Season 10Ep. 265
James Willcox is one of the founders of Untamed Borders, a travel and logistics company that offers bespoke trips and small group adventures to some of the world's most interesting and inaccessible places. Specializing in cultural, trekking, marathon and skiing trips, Untamed Borders offer some of the most unique itineraries in the travel market today. Operating in the Middle East, East Africa and Central Asia, Untamed Borders takes over 250 guests a year to unusual and largely unvisited areas o...
Jun 07, 2022•1 hr•Season 10Ep. 264
Andrea Koppel is a former award-winning CNN correspondent and is currently an Ed Tech start-up entrepreneur, career coach, and Founder and CEO of the College2Career Academy which helps confused college students find careers they’ll love. In 2021, Andrea was named a Top Job Search Expert to follow on LinkedIn. She also hosts the Apple TOP 100 podcast, Time4Coffee, and is the founder of Time4Coffee LLC, a company with a mission to empower 1 million college students to turn their degrees into caree...
May 24, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 10Ep. 263
Timothy J. Bono, Ph.D. is Associate Dean for Student Affairs and a faculty member in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis where his teaching and research focus on positive psychology and college student development. His work has been featured in a number of national media outlets including NBC News, CNN, Fast Company, and the Associated Press. Over the last decade, thousands of students have taken his popular courses on the Psychology of Youn...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 10Ep. 262
Salih Hudayar was elected as the Prime Minister of the East Turkistan Government-in-Exile on November 11, 2019. Salih was born to a Uyghur business family in Atush, East Turkistan. He studied International Studies and Politics at the University of Oklahoma, and was a member of the Army National Guard from 2011-2013. He is currently pursuing a Masters in National Security Studies from the American Military University. On June 4, 2000, Salih fled to the United States with his family where they bec...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 10Ep. 261
Dr. Tanzi is the Vice-Chair of Neurology, Director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Co-Director of the Henry and Allison McCance Center for Brain Health, and Co-Director of the MassGeneral Institute for Neurodegenerative Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital. He also serves as the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Tanzi received his B.S. (microbiology) and B.A. (history) at the University of Rochester in 1980 and his Ph.D. (neurobiolo...
Apr 12, 2022•55 min•Season 10Ep. 260
Nimrod Eisenberg is a medical clown, circus artist and actor. He is a Creative Consultant for “Dream Doctors”, the Israel-based organization that integrates therapeutic medical clowns, or “Dream Doctors”, as an integral part of the healthcare staff across Israel. “Dream Doctors” assist with various medical procedures, increasing patient well-being, and promoting the advocacy of healthcare delivery. Nimrod studied his craft at Ecole international de théâtre Jacques Lecoq in France and at the Kikl...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 10Ep. 259
Rabbi Yanklowitz has twice been named one of America’s Top Rabbis by Newsweek and has been named by The Forward as one of the 50 most influential Jews and one of The Most Inspiring Rabbis in America. Rabbi Yanklowitz is the author of twenty books on Jewish ethics. His writings have appeared in outlets as diverse as the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the Guardian, and the Atlantic among many other secular and religious publications. He has served as a speaker at the...
Mar 29, 2022•37 min•Season 10Ep. 258
Diane Macedo is currently an anchor and correspondent for ABC News, appearing on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, World News Now, and America This Morning, as well as breaking news reports. She’s also an anchor for ABC News Live, where she hosts ABC News Live Update, The Breakdown, and covers breaking news and special events. Diane is also the author of "The Sleep Fix: Practical, Proven, and Surprising Solutions for Insomnia, Snoring, Shift Work and More". An alum of Boston C...
Mar 22, 2022•55 min•Season 10Ep. 257
Glenn Gissler Design is an award-winning, and widely published Manhattan-based design firm established in 1987. Trained as an architect at the Rhode Island School of Design who brings a multidimensional outlook to interiors, Glenn has far reaching interests in 20th century art, fashion, literature, sociology, architectural and social history, and a general interest in objects as cultural artifacts. With a focus on fine residential projects, Glenn joins architectural concepts with thoughtful appl...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 5 min•Season 10Ep. 256
Mark Mallardi was an executive for nearly 40 years in Sales, Marketing and General Management across the Natural/Organic Products, Consumer Goods, Entertainment and Education industries. Innovation, strategic perspective and a commitment to consultative excellence were always at the forefront of Mark's approach to building long-term business relationships. Mark's life took a dramatic and sudden turn in 2021, when he was diagnosed with cancer, and shortly thereafter, his wife of ten years was als...
Mar 10, 2022•1 hr 33 min•Season 10Ep. 255
Brian is the definition of a scrappy social entrepreneur and global citizen. A competitive athlete and seasoned expert in capital markets around the world, he takes an international perspective to building economic ecosystems and promoting health & wellness. Brian founded his career as a volunteer and intern with NGOs providing disaster relief. Seeing the economic impact of those environmental events led to a new focus on the need for sustainable entrepreneurship and investment ecosystems in...
Mar 08, 2022•53 min•Season 10Ep. 254
Listed by VegNews among the “Top 10 Living Vegetarian Authors,” Victoria Moran has written books including Main Street Vegan and Creating a Charmed Life. Featured twice on Oprah and host of the Main Street Vegan podcast, Victoria is director of Main Street Vegan Academy, training Vegan Lifestyle Coaches and Educators. She is also a founder of the Compassion Consortium, a spiritual center for people who value all beings. A yoga practitioner for fifty years and a Yoga Alliance RYT-200, Victoria is...
Mar 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Season 10Ep. 253
Michael T. Marquardt is an experienced CEO, corporate director, and business advisor with broad experience serving companies throughout Asia, Europe and the United States. The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has awarded him its highest credential of Board Leadership Fellow® for eight years in a row and has invited him as a speaker and author on emerging corporate governance, multicultural management, and global compliance issues at many of its conferences. From 2007 to 2016, M...
Mar 01, 2022•56 min•Season 9Ep. 252
Mitchell Davis is founder of the consultancy Kitchen Sense, LLC , a laboratory for creative food content and innovative approaches to food-system issues. Throughout his long career in the food world, Mitchell has been “a central figure behind the scenes helping to start, analyze and oversee trends, developing the next generation of talent,” according to chef and media personality David Chang. While at the James Beard Foundation for almost 27 years, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer, Mitche...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 251
Annie Fitzsimmons is a travel creative and editor and has worked in the travel industry for more than 16 years, traveling to six continents and reporting on destinations, people, culture, hotels, restaurants, and more through numerous content platforms. Annie is currently writing and researching her book for National Geographic and Disney Publishing, “Hotels of a Lifetime," to be published in 2024. Most recently, she worked as Luxury Travel + Advisor Editor for AFAR Media, also hosting AFAR Live...
Feb 01, 2022•56 min•Season 9Ep. 250
Joe Diaz is the co-founder of AFAR, the leading media brand for and by travelers who care. Founded by Joe and Greg Sullivan in 2009, AFAR inspires, guides, and empowers travelers to have enriching experiences that make a positive impact on the world. Through its flagship magazine, AFAR, its digital platform, afar.com, its non-profit foundation, Learning Afar, and its deep commitment to sustainability as a public benefit company, AFAR fulfills its mission by enriching the lives of travelers, dire...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 9Ep. 249
Matthew Glover is a business activist focused on removing animals from the food system. He’s currently working on three main projects. Veganuary - Alongside his wife Jane Land, they came up with the idea and launched in January 2014. The campaign has grown from 3,300 in the first year to nearly 600,000 people signing up to the website in January 2021. Both Matthew and Jane now serve as trustees on the Board, and provide advice to the growing team of vegan change-makers. Veg Capital - Providing e...
Jan 04, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 248
Jesse Ashlock, editor, journalist, storyteller, and brand strategist with over 20 years of experience has created lifestyle and culture content in the media industry. Jesse attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut where he majored in English and completed a considerable amount of coursework in anthropology. He grew up in Northern California and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York with his wife and two children. He is the Deputy Global Editorial Director of Condé Nast Traveler....
Dec 21, 2021•51 min•Season 9Ep. 247
Rebecca Samakow is a lawyer by day and happy home chef by night. Her passion for cooking started by assisting her father and grandmother in the kitchen, where she learned all different types of recipes and the fundamentals of creating home cooked meals. When the pandemic started last year, Rebecca created a virtual cooking class for her colleagues at work to help keep their team together even though they were apart. What started as a way for colleagues to virtually hang out, learn basic cooking ...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 9Ep. 246
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. Parag's newest book is MOVE: The Forces Uprooting Us (2021), which was preceded by The Future is Asian: Commerce, Conflict & Culture in the 21st Century (2019). He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Orde...
Nov 23, 2021•52 min•Season 9Ep. 245
Jason Jones is a film producer, author, activist, popular podcast host, and human rights worker. He is President of the Human Rights Education Organization (H.E.R.O.) and the Director of The Vulnerable People Project. In 2006, Jones was an Executive Producer of "Bella," which won several film industry awards, most notably the People's Choice Award at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. He was the Associate Producer of the 2008 film, "The Stoning of Soraya M." which won the Los Angeles ...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Season 9Ep. 244
Eran Baniel is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of DouxMatok, the company that has developed a patented method of reducing the sugar content of natural cane sugar, rather than inventing sugar substitutes and among other attributes allows a reduction of 30%-50% in the amount of sugar needed to produce the same level of sweetness. Time Magazine named it one of the best inventions of 2020 and the company was featured in episode 1 of Season 3 of the series Explained on Netflix. Eran brings to Do...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 9Ep. 243
Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company , and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA , Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters . Debbie’s podcast, Design Matters is one of the first and longest running podcasts, and as host and founder, Millman has interviewed nearly 500 of the most creative people in the world over the past 17 years. Design Matters won a 2011 Cooper Hewitt Nationa...
Oct 12, 2021•56 min•Season 9Ep. 242
Dipika Trehan is the Founder & CEO of The H.O.W Forum and Corporate Diva. Her organization works across verticals of holistic employee wellbeing and as a women leadership development platform. Corporate Diva aims to transform women professionals into women leaders. It addresses the up-skilling and support needs of the entire lifecycle of women professionals -- from getting women into university corporate ready, to realization and activation of emerging women leaders, to segueing women into s...
Sep 27, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 9Ep. 241
Born in Puerto Rico, Victor Gutierrez moved to Bayonne, NJ at age 12, and began his advertising career in 1970 at J. Walter Thompson where he rose to become Global CFO. In 1990 he joined Young & Rubicam Advertising (Y&R), where he became Vice Chair and General Manager of the agency’s Latin America operations. He took a brief break and in 2004 Victor was back in advertising serving at Y&R as the Chief Operating Officer on the Colgate Palmolive account. He retired in 2014 and moved to ...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Season 9Ep. 240
If there’s one book you need to pick up now, it’s “The Child in the Electric Chair”. It tells the true story of George Junius Stinney, Jr., a 14 year old black boy who was convicted – and sent to the electric chair – for the murder of two young white girls in a 1944 South Carolina town. The story exposes the preposterous legal system in the Jim Crow south, race relations then, and leads the reader to question the real meaning of equal justice under the law. The book, which took nearly a dozen ye...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 17 min•Season 9Ep. 239
Curtis Sliwa is New York City’s 2021 Republican Mayoral Candidate. The general election will be held on Tuesday November 2, 2021. Born in 1954 in Canarsie, Brooklyn, to a Catholic family of Polish and Italian descent, Curtis opened the first recycling center in Brooklyn when he was 14. Known as the teenage “neighborhood junk collector,” he collected empty cans, glass bottles, newspapers, and scrap metal, storing them in his basement after preparing them for recycling. At 15, while delivering new...
Aug 17, 2021•57 min•Season 9Ep. 238
A master mimic of more than 200 voices, including U.S. Presidents: John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, both George Bushes, Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden -- Rich Little has a voice for every administration. Infamous for his skewering of political figures, Little has charmed, amused, intrigued and entertained politicians from here to his native Canada. He entertained at both of Reagan's presidential inaugurations and go...
Aug 03, 2021•48 min•Season 9Ep. 237
Bisila Bokoko is considered one of the ten most influential Spanish women in American business. She is the former director of the Spain-US Chamber of Commerce in New York, CEO of BBES International and Founder of the BBLP African Literacy Project whose mission is to promote literacy among African people. Bisila has created a collection of wines called “Bisila Wines” made in Spain, which has received international recognition. Since 2010 she has worked closely with the UNCTAD with the EMPRETEC pr...
Jul 20, 2021•55 min•Season 9Ep. 236
