Big Questions with Cal Fussman
378 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 338 ratingsAs a bestselling author, speaker and one of the greatest interviewers of this generation, Cal Fussman has sat down with some of the world’s most influential individuals: Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Serena Williams, Jeff Bezos, Jack Welch, John Wooden, Al Pacino and hundreds of others, digging deep into their hearts and delivering their wisdom to the rest of the world. Now, in Big Questions, Cal continues his journey. Uncovering the heart, head, and soul of his guests in thoughtful, deep and entertaining conversations.
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Dete Meserve And Kindness Meet Million-Dollar May
June 04, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBIn our mean-spirited times, Cal steps into a conversation about kindness and receives a most thoughtful gift. Dete Meserve, the CEO of Wind Dancer Films and author of the books Good Sam and Random Acts of Kindness, shows Cal how the same skills and talents he used as a writer for decades can also serve him as a CEO. The epiphany comes at just the right time, as Cal sprinted toward his goal as CEO to raise a million dollars in new revenue for his business by the end of May. For Cal, the gift ...
Life is Good: Turning Optimism into a Hundred-Million Dollar Business
May 28, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 133 MBCal touches on the story of two brothers from Needham, Massachusetts, Bert and Johnny Jacobs, who converted their eternal optimism into a t-shirt business that is now a burgeoning company which provides assistance to a million children every year. It wasn’t easy at the start. The brothers spent five years driving around the country in a van trying to sell their t-shirts -- with little success. After five years they had a combined $78 between them. But then the smiling face of a character the...
Heather Monahan: On Creating Confidence
May 21, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 148 MBCal meets his polar opposite: The Boss in Heals. Heather Monahan. Whereas Cal was told as a writer in Journalism School never to sell, Heather came up on the sales side being told not to think of herself as a creative talent. She rose up the corporate ladder to become Chief Revenue Officer of the Beasley Media Group with 500 people working for her and was named one of the most influential women in radio only to see her job eliminated in a power struggle. But she used that tumultuous experien...
Heather Monahan: On Creating Confidence
May 21, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 148 MBCal meets his polar opposite: The Boss in Heals. Heather Monahan. Whereas Cal was told as a writer in Journalism School never to sell, Heather came up on the sales side being told not to think of herself as a creative talent. She rose up the corporate ladder to become Chief Revenue Officer of the Beasley Media Group with 500 people working for her and was named one of the most influential women in radio only to see her job eliminated in a power struggle. But she used that tumultuous experien...
John Rampton: Moments That Change Your LIfe
May 14, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 143 MBCal looks at how John Rampton made millions by becoming one of the top online influencers in the world – tracing Rampton’s ascent back to an accident in college that left John bedridden in a hospital for months. John learned to master social media in that hospital bed, and he shows Cal how “giving away the farm” on the Internet is a gift that just keeps on giving through success and hard times. The founder and chief of online companies like Calendar and Due tells Cal he has numerical proof o...
Muhammad Ali: Through The Eyes of His Daughter, Hana
May 07, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 126 MBCal sits with Muhammad’s daughter, Hana, almost three years after his passing to talk about her dad. Hana has just written a book called At Home With Muhammad Ali, and this conversation looks at what life was like in the moments when the cameras weren’t around. There are happy moments – seeing her dad stuffing his mouth with bubble gum as if he were a big kid. There are beautiful moments – the way Muhammad took homeless people into his own home because he believed unoccupied rooms were a si...
Dandapani: On Learning to Concentrate
April 30, 2019 07:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWhen Cal turns into a salesman to try to generate a million dollars in new business by the end of May, he is unprepared for the constant buzzing of his cellphone and the new lifestyle this brings. When it begins to feel like his brain has fragmented into 500 pieces, Cal reaches out to his pal, The Monk Dandapani, for lessons on how to focus and concentrate. The world-renowned monk gives Cal advice on harnessing his energy, that can lift everybody’s life.
James Altucher: A Business Strategy Masterclass
April 23, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 176 MBWhen Cal needs to develop a business strategy for his new company, James comes to the rescue. Altucher has started many businesses over the years, making millions, losing millions, making more millions, losing more millions and making more millions. A prolific blogger and podcaster, author, angel investor and owner of a comedy club in New York where he often appears, James shows Cal how to define, shape and monetize his new business helping companies tell their stories. The strategy session ...
Mordechai Wiener: Lose Weight Through Storytelling
April 16, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 124 MBCal gets the skinny on a new program that helps people lose weight. It’s not a diet (95 percent of diets do not work). There are no pills. The Reverse Approach was created by Mordechai Wiener while dropping from 330 pounds to 197. By listening to the stories of people who’ve lost a lot of weight and kept it off, you can adapt their successful habits into your own life. The concept is to slowly transform your body through understanding how you feel about yourself and then adjusting your habi...
Amy Morin: On Mental Toughness
April 09, 2019 07:01 - 1 hour - 148 MBThe international best-selling author of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do gives Cal some lessons on training your brain for happiness and success. And it couldn’t have come at a better time for Cal, who was recently challenged to lift his game as a CEO . . . and responded with an outlandish goal of bringing in a million dollars of new revenue by the end of May . . . without having the slightest idea how he was going to do it. Once she hears Cal’s background, Amy, a psychotherapist, ...
Dr. Steven Gundry: Following Your Purpose
April 02, 2019 07:00 - 54 minutes - 101 MBAfter one of Cal’s friends with a rare disease tells Cal that Dr. Gundry’s dietary advice saved his life, Cal seeks out Gundry to uncover the doctor’s backstory. He’s astonished to find out about the sacrifices Dr. Gundry made when he left his position as chairman of cardiothoracic surgery at Loma Linda University to counsel patients on improving their health through diet and supplements. Dr. Gundry and his wife, Penny, ran through their retirement savings and suffered through a decade of fi...
Bruce Lee Teaches Cal to Evolve... Through His Daughter
March 26, 2019 07:00 - 58 minutes - 108 MBWhen Shannon Lee passes on this nugget of wisdom from her dad: “To change with change is the changeless state,” Cal is no longer the same... and becomes even more Cal at the same time. Bruce Lee is famous for his fighting roles in films beloved around the world dating back to the early 70s -- like Fist of Fury and Enter The Dragon. But underneath the images that made him iconic is a philosophy of breaking tradition and constantly moving himself -- and society -- to new places. His ideas and ...
Phillip Stutts: Politics, Marketing & The Secret Sauce
March 19, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 131 MBCal sits with the man who has helped candidates win 1,200 elections to talk about the impact of storytelling on our politics and businesses in a time of huge disruption. The takeaways include the way Donald Trump was able to win the presidency by merging big data, social media and branding; how businesses need to understand their customers the way a great political campaign understands its voters; and how this will become even more important for businesses in the next ten years as Artificial...
Simon Sinek: The Infinite Game
March 12, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 165 MBSimon talks about the theme of his upcoming book -- and his message hits Cal’s ears like a symphony. Perhaps this should’ve been expected. The concept behind Simon’s book, Start With Why, led to a Ted talk that reached 42 million people. And Leaders Eat Last was a New York Times bestseller. The Infinite Game shows us that business should not be treated like it’s in a sporting event that has a definite period of time and ends with a win or a loss. If we do treat our business like it’s in a sp...
Daniela Fernandez: The Million-Dollar Save
March 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBCal checks in with one of his favorite people in the world, 25-year-old Daniela Fernandez, who has devoted her life to saving the world’s oceans. If you don’t think that’s important, it’d be wise to look at some facts. There’s an island of garbage twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean, which may be a long way from where you are right now but it affects you. Fifty percent of the oxygen we breathe is created by the ocean. That’s every second breath you take. We’re slowly choking ourselv...
Brian David Johnson: Takes Cal into the Future
February 26, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBArizona State Futurist in Residence Brian David Johnson explains to Cal why we will not be using keyboards in the near future; and how they are slowing us down anyway. Old School Cal gets an hour of what the future will be like — and, surprisingly, he likes it!
George Raveling: On The Power of Books
February 19, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 134 MBCal sits down with a national treasure, George Raveling, to talk about some of the impactful moments of George’s life. That includes the day in August of 1963 when George was a bodyguard on stage as Dr. Martin Luther King delivered his I Have A Dream speech. As Dr. King folded the speech and walked off stage, George asked Dr. King if he could have it and Dr. King handed it to him. George would become basketball coach at Washington State, Iowa and USC, a coach on the 1984 U.S. Olympic basketb...
SOMEONE TURN THIS EPISODE INTO A MOVIE
February 12, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 194 MBGreat movies have been made about buddy stories. Great movies have been made about love stories. This podcast has both, and is waiting to be turned into a terrific film. It’s about the friendship between the comedian “Irish Dave” Nihill and the cycling guide Arash Bayatmakou – and it could be called “Stand Up.” That’s because of the different way the phrase applies to each of these two men. Without spoiling the movie, the story revolves around the courage we all need to move forward in frigh...
John Livesay: Selling Through Stories
February 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 127 MBCal The Journalist meets John The Salesman and things will never be the same – not for Cal, anyway. For years, Cal had been told to stay on his side of The Wall that separated the editorial and sales departments of newspapers and magazines. But the Internet has changed that world and now everyone must sell themselves in some way, shape or form. Cal is delighted to find out that, at its best, sales is all about his passion – storytelling. Cal learns how John used rejection to create a new sto...
Miki Agrawal: On The Power of Disruption
January 29, 2019 08:00 - 52 minutes - 98 MBWhat a superpower it would be to be able to look at the ordinary and wonder how it could be different… and then make it better. That’s what Cal discovers when he speaks with Miki Agrawal, entrepreneur and author of the book, Disrupt-Her. He’ll never be the same. He’s already switched to bamboo toilet paper after Miki explained to him all the environmental benefits. Miki has specialized in the “poop, pee and menstruation” space – founding a company called Thinx that created period-proof under...
TOMS Founder Blake Mycoskie: The More You Give, The More You Live
January 22, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBMany years ago, TOMS shoes founder Blake Mycoskie asked a wise man for some advice. That man wrote some on a sheet of paper: “The more you give, the more you live.” It has guided Blake ever since. First, in the start-up of TOMS – which donates a pair of shoes to an impoverished child every time it sells a pair. And most recently, in the start-up of a campaign to end gun violence through changing federal policy by instituting background checks before every gun sale. This is a solution that 90...
George Clooney and Charlie Engle: On Telling A Story
January 15, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBCal goes to the archives and pulls out a childhood tale George Clooney told him about how his eccentric family taught him to tell a good story. The podcast continues with the story of how drug addiction was transformed into a landmark run across the Sahara Desert for Charlie Engle. So many takeaways from this episode: The basics of storytelling. Overcoming addiction. The power of discipline. Seeing the world through fresh eyes. Inventing new challenges. A primer in how to get the most out ...
Andy Grammer: On Creation
January 08, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBThe singer and songwriter talks to Cal about how life experiences turn into music. The conversation leads to the background behind Andy’s hits: Honey I’m Good, Keep Your Head Up and Fresh Eyes. But at its deepest level the discussion delves into the process that we all must go through to create. The takeaways are many. How to keep going when nobody around you seems to be paying attention to what you’re doing. How having a hit can be just as stressful to the creation process as striving for t...
Anniversary Party with Kobe Bryant, Larry King, Seth Godin & Friends
January 01, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBBig Questions celebrates its one-year anniversary with takeaways from guests over the last year. Kobe Bryant explains how excellence transfers across all pursuits. Seth Godin describes how to think beyond the societal patterns that can knock us off balance. Larry King gets at the importance of communicating your own story. Nely Galan shares how pain can be turned into profit. Spartan CEO Joe DeSena describes the start of his plan to make the world healthy. Navy Seal commander turned podcaste...
Dr. Gautam Gulati: On Getting Where You Need To Go
December 25, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 114 MBThis episode speaks to anyone who meets an unexpected and unwanted twist of fate. When Dr. Guatam Gulati takes his family on a dream of a lifetime safari in Africa, he joins a group of Maasai warriors in a tribal dance and, after landing from a jump, finds himself in excruciating pain, and his left kneecap no longer where it used to be. It’s now in his thigh. It’s dark, the only light for miles comes from the stars above and a nearby campfire. The road to recovery is longer than anyone...
Alex Banayan: To Bestseller and Beyond
December 18, 2018 14:09 - 1 hour - 120 MBThe story of Alex’s bestselling book, The Third Door, continues in this episode. The journey started seven years ago, when Alex was a college freshman, going through a mini life crisis when he realized he wasn’t cut out to be a doctor and would be disappointing his family. Alex began to wonder about the meaning of success. What were the most successful people doing when they were his age? That question led him on a path to find out by meeting Bill Gates, Lady Gaga, Stephen Spielberg and man...
Cal Fussman: The Power Of A Gift
December 11, 2018 08:00 - 23 minutes - 44.7 MBIt’s holiday season and the perfect time for a podcast about gifts. The story of an extraordinary gift – a very special piano – is a favorite of Cal’s and will bring good cheer to all who listen. The story revolves around songwriter Jimmy McHugh, who was highly successful until the stock market crash in 1929 that set off The Great Depression. McHugh was forced to sell everything he owned to survive, and the loss of his piano left him unable to work because he could no longer write songs with...
Jordan Harbinger: On How to Make a Comeback
December 04, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 160 MBFor 11 years, Jordan Harbinger was the voice of The Art of Charm podcast that got up to 3 million listens a month. Then, not long ago, Jordan and his partners split and Jordan was out on his own and having a hard time sleeping. This is the story of his comeback. The Jordan Harbinger Show is bigger than ever – receiving 4 million listens a month. Jordan explains to Cal what it takes to make a business comeback. This is also a cautionary tale for anyone who is about to enter a partnership, b...
Chris Voss: On Negotiating Better in your Everyday Life
November 27, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBCal finds out how a man who worked on the FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit for 24 years incorporates what he learned on the job into day-to-day life. Cal’s biggest take-away is that people who are good at asking questions have the essential elements to negotiate well. Many of the characteristics inherent in successful interviewing apply – especially mastery of tone of voice and observation of body language. Negotiation, Cal learns, is a perishable skill and must be honed every day. Voss, now ...
Yes Theory: On Helicopter Bungee Jumping With Will Smith
November 20, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 139 MBFrom sharing a couch for almost two months to challenging Will Smith to bungee jump out of a helicopter over the Grand Canyon, three young guys from different places around the world form bonds that create an ever-deepening friendship. Ammar Kandil, Thomas Brag and Matt Dajer go on adventures that define the group’s name: Yes Theory. They say yes to tasks that make them uncomfortable, and the difficulties they encounter lead to authenticity – which intensifies their friendship. They film...
Ellie Kemper: On Getting Laughs in Changing Times
November 13, 2018 08:00 - 25 minutes - 60.6 MBThe star of the Netflix comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt talks with Cal at Chicago Ideas Week about the art of being funny in an age when tastes are quickly shifting. Cal points out that the humor which made people laugh when he was a kid might not resonate with the current generation and in many cases would be seen as politically incorrect. With culture shifting generationally and our political divide, how does one find the sweet spot to strike a mass audience? Ellie does it naturall...
Frank Blake: On The Power of Questions
November 06, 2018 08:00 - 52 minutes - 73.9 MBThe former CEO of Home Depot shows Cal how he used questions and conversations to lift the fortunes of the company between 2007 and 2014. But this was only after he observed how questions could be used as traps, tests or even look like a “live wire in a wet basement” in political, legal and corporate settings during the decades before. This is an authentic conversation that, at times, surprised both Frank and Cal, and took place in front of attendees at the two12 conference in Vail, Colora...
Dan Pink: On WHEN To Get The Best Out Of Yourself
October 30, 2018 07:00 - 51 minutes - 71.8 MBThe author of the New York Times best-seller When joins Cal at Chicago Big Ideas week and gives him advice on the best time of the day to eat, exercise and hold meetings. Not to mention the worst time of day to make important decisions. He also explains to Cal how people will be watching television and consuming podcasts at different times and in different ways, and why it’s wise to think about serving up Big Questions in a new format. The takeaways in this episode may make you decide to l...
Rob Lawless: On Making 10,000 Friends Through Travel
October 23, 2018 07:00 - 58 minutes - 95.3 MBCal talks with Rob Lawless about the changes in travel since Cal went around the world back in the 80s. Whereas Cal used magazine work to get his journey off the ground and then was passed around the world by the people he met, Rob now uses the Internet to keep his trip going. Rob has a goal of talking with 10,000 people for an hour. He makes Instagram posts after each meeting, and pushes the journey along through tech partnerships with companies that overlap with his mission. He sets up...
Aston Martin’s Laura Schwab: The Winding Road to Success
October 16, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBAston Martin’s president tells Cal about the circuitous journey that took her from jumping rope as a girl in Louisville, to the tennis team at Notre Dame, to law school, to working three jobs to make ends meet at age 27, all the way to the top of the iconic British car company. And then she made Cal feel like James Bond when she put him behind the wheel of an Aston Martin. Takeaways: -Work ethic goes a long way -Risk taking that defined Schwab's career -Finding the right mentors -G...
David Sanborn: The Art Of Being Awake
October 09, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 115 MBThe Grammy Award-winning saxophone player gets to the essence of the way we can all get the most out of our lives through the art of being awake. From the time he was a boy who’d contracted polio and found the saxophone to improve the strength of his lungs, David Sanborn has been making a series of connections that evolved into an extraordinary life and career. There are many takeaways in the art of awareness, including paying attention to the moment of your calling to overcoming addicti...
Ryan Holiday: On Merging Creativity and Business
October 02, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBCal meets the best-selling author at an entrepreneurial conference in Colorado called two12 and becomes highly curious as to how Ryan can be a writer and ALSO an expert at marketing books, as well as positioning companies. Generally, when a person has one of those talents or skills, he or she is lacking in the other area. Cal finds out exactly how Ryan became The Full House in a conversation that will benefit anyone trying to create a piece of art or a business. There are many takeaways ...
Glenn Beck: On Outrage and Empathy
September 25, 2018 07:29 - 55 minutes - 103 MBWhen Cal asks the conservative talk show host about the roots of his new book, Addicted to Outrage, Glenn goes back to his childhood to explain the events that made him who he is. Beck reflects upon his mother’s suicide when he was 15 as the moment that turned him toward alcohol to deaden his pain. His inability to even mention his mother or her death in the home of his father and stepmother led him toward the microphone to release the emotions and thoughts that were bottled up inside him....
Chip Conley: Airbnb’s Mentor on How to Transform Yourself
September 18, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 154 MBCal finds there can be life after one’s heart stops beating. Chip Conley tells him what it was like to flatline at age of 47, how he recovered and went on to sell his boutique hotel company, which put him in the surprising place where he could mentor Brian Chesky and a group of millennials who’d founded Airbnb. The combination of young minds and the wisdom of Chip’s experience in hospitality made history. Airbnb has transformed travel across the planet, reinventing the hotel industry by al...
Michael Wright: Surviving On 9/11
September 11, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 163 MBCal reconnects with the man who had the World Trade Center fall on his head and finds the lessons he learned even more powerful over time. The two reflect upon the conversation they had shortly after Michael survived the deadliest attack on American soil. That conversation was turned into a noted Esquire Magazine story published in Michael’s own words in the January 2002 issue. The takeaways in this episode are vast. Michael has lived through the type of experience that most of us will n...
Radha Agrawal: On Building Community
September 04, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBAs Cal tries to expand awareness of his podcast, he gets tips from the author of the just-released book entitled: Belong: Find Your People, Create Community and live a more Connected Life. Radha is the founder of Daybreaker – an early morning celebration that allows people all over the world to start the day by meeting others, dancing, doing yoga and listening to great speakers in a non-alcohol environment before going off to work. Cal was startled to learn that Radha has built her Daybr...
Kevin Hines: Whatever your difficulties, never count yourself out. Never. Never. Never.
August 28, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBKevin tells Cal how mental illness pushed him to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco 18 years ago – and how he survived only because a sea lion kept him propped up on the water’s surface. Kevin became one of only a few people to walk away from such a fall, and the chain of events that followed led him to find the love of his life, and his work helping all of us to understand mental illness. His fight contributed to the creation of a barrier on The Golden Gate Bridge that w...
Diana Nyad: On Finding A Way
August 21, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBAs the fifth anniversary of Diana Nyad’s record-breaking swim between Cuba and Florida approaches, Diana explains to Cal what it took to make the 110-mile journey in 2013 at the age 64. (This episode contains explicit or triggering content.) The Youtube video that shows Diana taking her first shaky steps on land at Key West after swimming for roughly 53 consecutive hours in waters filled with sharks and poisonous jellyfish is a profound place to start. The takeaways in this episode get...
Mick Ebeling: On Why Nothing Is Impossible
August 14, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBThe founder of Not Impossible Labs tips off his next landmark invention: a band that can stop tremors caused by Parkinson’s Disease. Not Impossible Labs has previously invented a device that allowed a paralyzed graffiti artist to create art using only his eyes, and 3-D printed prosthetic arms for those who’ve had their limbs blown off during the civil war in Sudan. The device that can curtail the tremors of those afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease is Mick Ebeling’s latest proof that anyt...
Jocko Willink: On Going to War with Your Weaknesses
August 07, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour - 207 MBJocko Willink, the former Navy Seal Commander, explains how his fundamental laws of combat translate into leadership in business, and gets Cal to wonder how he might incorporate aspects of military training into his own life. Takeaways from this episode: How to create a team where everybody leads. How to get in people’s heads to make them see things they wouldn’t have seen otherwise. The value of keeping communications simple — and how good questions can simplify a complicated pl...
Sex Doll Robots and The Future of Relationships
July 31, 2018 07:01 - 59 minutes - 55.4 MBCal gets a glimpse of the future from psychologist Linda Papadopoulos as she breaks the news about life-sized robots now being manufactured to the buyers' individual tastes. These robots are built not only as the sexual partners of our dreams. They can be programmed to say what we want to hear, to read our expressions, and to respond in a way that will make us feel better. Not only that, but they can store information to enhance future experiences. Cal is still picking his jaw off the floor ...
James Altucher on Reaching For Your Future and Letting Go of Your Past
July 24, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour - 75.4 MBCal discovers how the best-selling author, investor, financial analyst, blogger, podcaster and delightful conversationalist once reduced all his worldly possessions to15 items that could fit in a small satchel that he carried with him from Airbnb to Airbnb. A tad extreme, yes, but the takeaways on discipline can elevate anybody's life. TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: What James learned from giving up everything -- it wasn't all positive! Tips for downsizing your belongings, how to choo...
Eva Karpman: Reboot Your Childhood Curiosity
July 17, 2018 07:01 - 49 minutes - 46.6 MBReboot your childhood curiosity just like Cal did, by listening to 8-year-old Eva Karpman, who's asked questions to General Stanley McChrystal, best-selling author Simon Sinek, and billionaires for her Dream Big podcast. Takeaways from this episode: How to regain the magical curiosity that most adults have lost. Tapping into your curiosity to drive your work and career to new heights. There is always more to be curious about, more to learn, more to do. How to have more fun in yo...
Mike Posner: The Power in Speaking Your Truth
July 10, 2018 07:01 - 1 hour - 93.8 MBThe singer reveals the journey that produced the hit song I Took A Pill in Ibiza. TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: When Mike gained fame but lost his way, and how he came home to himself when he got a second shot. Mike's grounding relationship with his mother, and the grief process he’s gone through following the loss of his father. How Jake Owen, Hank Williams, and Merle Haggard inspired the artist’s most recent hit song, “I Took A Pill in Ibiza”.
Diving Deep Into Ice Cream with Dr. Lara Pence
July 03, 2018 07:01 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBCal has lost 20 pounds after meeting Spartan CEO Joe De Sena, running obstacle races and changing the way he eats. But he still has to deal with his feelings for ice cream. Food therapist Dr. Lara Pence comes to the rescue... TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: Decode your emotional responses to tempting foods. Separate irresistible cravings from conscious choices. Employ mindfulness and boundaries to stop from overeating. Understand why a healthy relationship with yourself is more eff...