Episodes

  • 68. The Key Bridge Collapse

    68. The Key Bridge Collapse
    Apr 8 2024

    The Key Bridge collapse was tragic, and being originally from Maryland it hit close to home. The loss of life and the impact the collapse has on Baltimore leave us with so many questions: How did this happen? What went wrong? Who was responsible? However, when it comes to the bridge disaster, I think most of us are asking the wrong question.
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    16 mins
  • 67. An Unwarranted Investment?

    67. An Unwarranted Investment?
    Nov 1 2023

    How do you say “Hebrew” in Hebrew? It’s an interesting question - and a lesson from what seemed to be a misguided investment in a declining industry highlights a lesson how to pursue value and meaning in a turbulent world.
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    8 mins
  • The Scabs

    The Scabs
    Oct 26 2023

    During these difficult times, a powerful lesson from an an improbable football team can give us inspiration and focus.
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    10 mins
  • Santa Anna's Leg

    Santa Anna's Leg
    Feb 27 2023
    Antonio López de Santa Anna, of Alamo infamy, ruled Mexico at least 12 different times during the mid 19th Century. Famously, his prosthetic leg was captured by the US Army during the Mexican-American War. And you might not believe how he lost that leg in the first place.
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    8 mins
  • Belmont, MO, Cairo, IL, Fort Henry, TN

    Belmont, MO, Cairo, IL, Fort Henry, TN
    Jan 31 2023
    Belmont, MO, Cairo, IL, Fort Henry, TN Two things these cities have in common are (A) virtually no one has ever heard of them and (B) I visited these forlorn places with my family for the kids’ winter break. Now, you might ask: if (A) then why (B)?
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    12 mins
  • 63. Slavery

    63. Slavery
    Nov 22 2022
    My studies of American history lead me to believe that there was, very broadly speaking, a subtle shift in slaveholders’ attitudes between the generation of the Founding Fathers and the generation that followed them. The cause of that shift is profoundly relevant to us all.
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    11 mins
  • 62. Becoming Great

    62. Becoming Great
    Nov 15 2022
    We all want to be successful; we all want to be great. But how do we get there? A story from the meteoric rise of Wayne Gretzky - The Great One - teaches us what it takes.
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    9 mins
  • 61. Richer Than Rockefeller

    61. Richer Than Rockefeller
    Nov 1 2022
    It is hard to comprehend John D Rockefeller’s wealth. Calculated for inflation, his peak net worth was $423 billion in today’s dollars or more than 3 percent of the United States’s GDP. But, as Paul McCartney has pointed out, there are things that money just can’t buy.
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    8 mins