Things I Didn't Learn In School
74 episodes - English - Latest episode: 24 days ago -Conversations with guests including FBI Director Jim Comey, hedge fund billionaire Ray Dalio, Congressman Jim Himes, and many others including a Chinese lawyer who survived the Cultural Revolution, a Cuban jazz genius, and a Russian doctor who was on the Covid front lines all sharing the life lessons they didn’t learn in school.Hosted by investor and author Paul Podolsky, author of Raising a Thief and the Things I Didn't Learn in School substack essays. More on paulpodolsky.com.
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The Spy Writing About Spies - David McCloskey
April 20, 2024 13:00 - 57 minutes - 79.8 MBSend us a Text Message. David is former CIA and the author of Damascus Station and Moscow X. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Making Sense of Tech - Barton Hooper, Director of Equity Research at Weitz Investments
March 28, 2024 14:00 - 32 minutes - 45.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Barton is trained as an accountant and equity investor. We all know how much tech is driving the stock market. He sheds light on how to make sense of what is going on. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Update on the US Congress with Congressman Jim Himes
February 29, 2024 15:00 - 33 minutes - 46.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Jim returns to the show to share his perspective on Ukraine, the border and the November election. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
China Economic Update with Jason Bedford
February 09, 2024 00:00 - 36 minutes - 49.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Jason is an accountant, fluent Chinese speaker and Wall Street veteran. I always learn from my talks with Jason and I think you will too. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Losing a Child - Ivan Maisel
January 18, 2024 17:00 - 31 minutes - 42.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Ivan is a renowned college sports journalist and the father of three, one of whom took his own life. It's a terrifying story and one we all need to hear. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Grain - Ancient Trade Pathways with Scott Nelson
December 31, 2023 17:00 - 38 minutes - 52.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Scott Nelson is the Georgia Athletic Association Professor of History at the University of Georgia and an expert in the history of commodities. In this podcast he shares the history of grain and the impact on Ukraine, global commerce and Russia. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Page Fortna - Why Wars Begin and How They End
December 07, 2023 21:00 - 44 minutes - 61.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Page is the Director of the Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies and Harold Brown Professor of US National and Security Policy at Columbia University. She is an expert in how wars begin and end. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Remy Munasifi - Comedian and YouTube Star
November 21, 2023 22:00 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Remy is a comedian and YouTube star. His father emigrated from Iraq and his mother from Lebanon and some of his humor is Arab-centric. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
China Under Xi Jinping - MIT Prof. Yasheng Huang
October 26, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 88.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Yasheng is the author of The Rise and Fall of the East, How Exams, Autocracy, Stability and Technology brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline. He is a professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Yascha Mounk - Author of The Identity Trap
October 11, 2023 01:00 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Yashca is a professor at Johns Hopkins and founder of the digital magazine Persuasion. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Bill Gifford - Co-Author (with Dr. Peter Attia) of Outlive on How to Live a Long, Healthy Life
September 28, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 89.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Bill is the author of several books. His most recent is a joint-effort with renowned doctor Peter Attia on how to increase your odds of not getting heart disease, dementia, diabetes or cancer or, in short, how to live well. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Spencer Glendon - Climate Change Expert, Founder Probable Futures
September 14, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 85.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Spencer founded Probable Futures to help us all become climate change literate. Before that he was Director of Investment Research at Wellington Management. He holds a PhD from Harvard. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Leonid - On Ukraine's Front Line
August 31, 2023 19:00 - 38 minutes - 53 MBSend us a Text Message. Leonid is a drone operator on Ukraine's front lines. This conversation is a bit "salty" so if that's jarring, don't listen. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Faye Keegan - Dipsea Co-Founder, Erotica Expert
July 03, 2023 15:00 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Faye is the co-founder of Dipsea, which produces "short and sexy" audio stories designed by and targeted to women. She talks about finding her path, erotica and what makes a good story. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Francisco Toro - Hipster Dictators and the Risk To Democracy
June 15, 2023 17:00 - 40 minutes - 55.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Francisco was born in Venezuela and later watched that country's Democracy implode. He is now a journalist, a contributing editor to Persuasion and an expert on both Latin America and populism. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Senator Chris Murphy--Administering Amid Rapid Change
June 01, 2023 02:00 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Chris Murphy is a Democratic US Senator representing Connecticut. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Dachi Imedadze -- Georgian Civil Society Activist
May 08, 2023 18:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBSend us a Text Message. Dachi is a civil rights activist in Georgian (Tbilisi not the US state) and a key member of the organization Shame. I met him on my trip there and recorded our conversation in Shame's Tbilisi office. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
J Mintzmyer - Shipping, Supply Chains and Modern Advisory
April 30, 2023 13:00 - 54 minutes - 74.9 MBSend us a Text Message. J is an expert in global shipping stocks, which means he understands exactly what went wrong with the supply chain during the pandemic. He is also a person who, in addition to serving in the military, has developed a successful business in financial advice, independent of any financial institution, a fascinating case study. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcas...
Andrew Weiss - Russia Expert, Author of Accidental Czar
March 24, 2023 14:00 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Andrew is a senior member of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Russia expert and author of Accidental Czar, the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin. He served at the National Security Council, State Department and Pentagon. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
John Dinges -- Chile, the CIA and the Condor Years
March 10, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 98 MBSend us a Text Message. John is a journalist, author and teacher who has carefully documented the US role in abetting Pinochet's rule over Chile in the 1970s. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Henry Sanderson--Copper, Lithium and Electric Cars
February 28, 2023 19:00 - 42 minutes - 58.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Henry is a former Financial Times reporter and author of Volt Rush, which delves into what metals are required to make the electric car industry work. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Mark Hertling––A Soldier's Perspective, Ukraine and Populism
January 27, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 109 MBSend us a Text Message. Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling (retired) has fought and lead troops in multiple wars, trained some of those leading Ukraine's defense, traveled to over 100 countries, and provides commentary to CNN. He is also a husband, father and grandfather. He has given a lot of thought to what it means to be a good leader. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support...
George Manahan--Public Relations, Disease and Be Here Now
January 05, 2023 02:00 - 48 minutes - 66.2 MBSend us a Text Message. George is an expert in public relations, West Virginia and facing a tough disease, Parkinson's. In this conversation, he shares his perspectives on all three and what "be here now" means in practice. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Vitaliy Katsenelson - Abundence, Scarcity and the Value of Each
December 16, 2022 14:00 - 47 minutes - 65.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Vitaliy is a money manager and the author of three books including Soul in the Game. He was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated to the US. He suggests we look at both what makes a good investment and also how to properly account for the cost of pursuing wealth. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Support the Show.
Peter Eigen, Founder Transparency International
November 11, 2022 13:00 - 47 minutes - 65.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Peter founded Transparency International in 1993 and it has since grown to have over 100 chapters around the world. Leaders such as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan have lauded TI's work. Peter, a lawyer and former World Bank official, founded the organization as a way to track and quantify a global force that most people loathe. He has created the type of legacy we all can aspire to. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading...
Ballerina Eleena Melamed - How to Take the Stage and When to Leave It
October 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 83.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Eleena began dancing as a child and rose to become a member of the Corps de Ballet at the American Ballet Theater. She takes us inside that remarkable life. What does it require to pull off those jumps and create that grace and magic? Her story is about grit, art and also knowing when to stop. This episode was produced by David Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: ...
Dmitry Bykov - Writer, Assassin Survivor, Soothsayer
October 07, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Dmitry has written 85 books including novels, poetry and biography, and published too many articles to count. In 2019, Bykov survived an apparent assassination attempt using a nerve agent and the Russian state now lists him as a "foreign agent," which means he says things they don't like to hear. In our conversation he discusses Putin, Zelensky, writing and his upbringing. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can...
Leopold and Victor Cox - Father and Son, Changing Stations
September 15, 2022 02:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Leopold and Victor are father and son. Leopold emigrated from Grenada, drove a bus in New York City for almost 30 years to support three children, one of whom is Victor, who is now finishing medical school. The two talk about their relationship, racism and changing stations. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Author David McCloskey - Author, Arabist, Son, Spy
September 02, 2022 15:00 - 51 minutes - 71.4 MBSend us a Text Message. David is a former CIA agent and author of the thriller Damascus Station. We discuss the CIA, growing up, his wonderful book. Syria and the creative process. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Heidi Seaborn - Poet Lost and Found
May 27, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutes - 49.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Heidi is a poet and author of An Insomniac’s Slumber Party. She discovered her talent early in life, embarked on a multi-decade business career, and then re-emerged into a writing life years later. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Marina Klimova on Ukraine, Kidnapping and Trauma
May 07, 2022 15:00 - 35 minutes - 49.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Marina is my wife. She grew up in the Soviet Union and has family both in Russia in Ukraine. Kidnapped twice, she is an expert on trauma and a licensed marriage and family therapist. A special mother's day episode. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
David Linden, Neuroscientist, on Facing Death
April 29, 2022 15:00 - 50 minutes - 68.7 MBSend us a Text Message. David Linden is a neuroscientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Unique, The Compass of Pleasure and The Accidental Mind. He is also facing a terminal cancer diagnosis. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Jay Newman - Investor, Author of Undermoney
April 16, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 102 MBSend us a Text Message. Jay Newman is a lawyer, investor, expert in emerging market debt and the author of Undermoney, a novel that takes a reader inside a fictionalized world drawn from the rarified one he himself occupied for many years. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Amy Butcher - Memoirist
April 03, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 65.7 MBAmy Butcher is the author of Mothertrucker and Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder and a writing teacher at Ohio Wesleyan University. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. All Business. No Boundaries. A collection of supply chain stories by the North American leader in contract logistics Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify After Hours Entrepreneur: Your Guide to Profitable, 6-Figure Years Quit your job. Make more money. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Amy Butcher - Memoirist
April 03, 2022 06:00 - 47 minutes - 64.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Amy Butcher is the author of Mothertrucker and Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder and a writing teacher at Ohio Wesleyan University. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Yuhua Wang - From Tiananmen to Harvard
March 19, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 91.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Yuhua is a husband, father, associate professor of government at Harvard and an expert in Chinese politics. He grew up in Beijing, came to the US for graduate school and is now a scholar and prolific author. He has studied deeply how the Chinese dynastic tradition works, both the rises and the declines. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. L...
Congressman Jim Himes On Ukraine, Government Service and Humility
March 06, 2022 10:00 - 58 minutes - 80.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Jim Himes represents Connecticut's 4th District and has been serving since 2009. He is a father, husband, Rhodes scholar and Harvard and Goldman alum. He shares his thoughts on the war in Ukraine, what the day-to-day is like in government, Trumpism and the biggest thing he didn't learn in school. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Harold Lopez-Nussa - Just the Right Note
February 20, 2022 06:00 - 30 minutes - 42 MBSend us a Text Message. Harold is a Cuban musician and composer who plays extraordinary songs that are both rooted in Jazz but also stretch well beyond that. Hear him talk about his upbringing, switching from classical to jazz and why an audience is so important. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
John Yorke - Master of Story Structure
February 06, 2022 05:00 - 27 minutes - 37.9 MBSend us a Text Message. John Yorke is the author of Into the Woods, a former BBC producer and a master in story structure. We all tell stories, be it socially, in our business or as writers and artists. Learn what the timeless laws are behind any great story. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Matt Reynolds - Barbells as Medicine
January 01, 2022 05:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Matt is the founder and CEO of Barbell Logic, a remote weight-training program. He started as an enthusiastic amateur, evolved to strongman competitions and then opened Barbell Logic, which allows him to share strongman techniques with regular people. His erstwhile hobby became his profession. He thinks of barbells as medicine and has seen strength training transform lives. This episode was produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you ca...
Nick Reber - The Quality and Cost of Medical Care
December 12, 2021 07:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBSend us a Text Message. Nick Reber is the founder and CEO of Garner Health. Garner uses big data to track doctor outcomes, arming patients with the same type of stats about a doctor that previously were only public for roles like professional athlete. He also provides insight into how medical costs are formed, critical for making sense of long-term inflation trends. Produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders ...
Tamara Chubinidze - Showing Love Through Georgian Food
November 24, 2021 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Tamara is the founder of Chama Mama, a chain of Georgian restaurants in New York City. She grew up in Georgia, lived through the Civil War and opened up her first Chama Mama in New York City. This episode was edited and produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Jim Comey - Watching the Train Leave the Station
November 10, 2021 07:00 - 58 minutes - 40 MBSend us a Text Message. Jim Comey is a husband, father and grandfather, the former director of the FBI and the author of the New York Times Bestseller A Higher Loyalty. This episode was edited and produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Dan Zwirn - Boom, Bust and Redemption
October 27, 2021 06:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Dan is CEO and CIO of Arena Investors, which manages over $2 billion. He made a fortune, lost it and is now re-making it. He shares his investment philosophy, his tangle with regulators and how turning to Stoic philosophers helped him gain perspective when his fortunes unexpectedly shifted. This episode was edited and produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Lis...
Ray Dalio, Unplugged
October 13, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes - 37.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Ray is the founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund in the world, and author of the New York Times Bestseller Principles. He discusses growing up, founding Bridgewater and confronting loss. This episode was edited and produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Dr. Alexander Vanyukov - Asking for Help on Moscow's Covid Front Lines
September 29, 2021 04:00 - 30 minutes - 20.8 MBSend us a Text Message. Heart-surgeon Dr. Alexander Vanyukov was in the epicenter of Russia's Covid response. Overwhelmed, he asked for help. Find out what happened next. This episode was edited and produced by David Manahan and translated by Anna Brosgol. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Rabbi Michael Friedman - Religion in the Modern World & Judaism 101
September 15, 2021 06:00 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBSend us a Text Message. What is the role of religion in the modern world? What is the day-to-day life of a Rabbi and how does one become one? What are the differences between different religions and differences within religion? Hear a thoughtful conversation. Edited and produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Adam Frankel - Obama Speechwriter, Author
September 01, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Adam is the author of the memoir The Survivors and was also a speechwriter for President Obama, helping craft lines that entered our collective consciousness. Listen to him talk about his path, working for Obama and what makes a great speech. This episode was produced and edited by Dave Manahan. Thanks Dave! Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Sup...
Sue Cheung - Author of Chinglish, On Escaping Life Above a Chinese Take-Out
June 02, 2021 05:00 - 32 minutes - 22 MBSend us a Text Message. Sue grew up on top of a Chinese take-out resteraunt in the UK, escaping to pursue a career as an illustrator and later wrote and illustrated a story to describe that experience. This podcast was edited and produced by Dave Manahan. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.
Paul Fetters - A Life Behind the Lens, Photography and Philosophy
May 19, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 32.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Paul Fetters has been taking pictures for decades, many of them showing up in the media you have likely seen, including the New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Washington Post, US News and World report, etc. For more of his work go to paulfetters.com. Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify Support the Show.