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049: Welcome to AWorld – There Is No Planet B With Alessandro Armillotta
Guest Overview Born in England and raised in Italy by a trend-spotting mother and entrepreneurial father, innovation infused his education, welcome this week’s guest, and founder of social impact and sustainability start-up AWorld – Alex Armillotta. In this episode, Alex discusses how his childhood prepared him, how his father coached him and his mother inspired
048: WeCyclers – The Nigerian Entrepreneurs Transforming Trash Into Cash
Guest Overview Born and raised in Nigeria to a family of five high achieving siblings, educated in the US, recipients of the prestigious King Baudouin African Development Prize for social entrepreneurship are this week’s guests, sister Bilikiss Adebiyi Abiola and brother Wale Adebiyi of Wecyclers. We discuss how their parent’s commitment to excellence in education
047: Jeremy Heimans – Perspectives on New Power and Purpose
Guest Overview Jeremy Heimans – a child activist, a McKinsey strategist, founder of social movement agency Purpose, TED speaker, and co-author of NY Times bestseller New Power is this week’s guest We start with Australian born Jeremy reflecting on how the combination of his immigrant parent’s backstory and his voracious interest in politics led him
The Untold Story of Studio 54 – Carmen D’Alessio
Guest Overview In Part two of this interview with Carmen D’Alessio – the New York nightlife legend, impresario and co-founder of what is often referred to as the greatest club of all time; Studio 54, we explore the untold story of the nightclub’s formation. Check Part One to hear her backstory. We start the interview
038: Age Defying Studio 54 Impresario – Carmen D’Alessio
Guest Overview Born to Peruvian father, and Chilean mother, but grew up to become a legend of New York nightlife, impresario co-founder of Studio 54, and to this day not only continues to reinvent herself but also entertainment experiences, is this week’s guest Carmen D’Alessio. We recorded this interview in Carmen’s apartment back in July
Say Hello To Humanity in an AI World : Pt. 2 – Caroline Chubb Calderon
Futurist and humanist Caroline Chubb Calderon thinks a lot about what it will mean to be human in the age of intelligent machines.
Reclaiming Our Humanity With Caroline Chubb Calderon
Guest Overview Swiss-born, raised in Italy to a German mother and American father, this child of the world that grew up speaking five languages, and who is now reimagining humanity in the age of intelligent machines, is this week’s guest Caroline Chubb Calderon. This interview is a two-parter. In Part-One we explore Caroline’s nomadic upbringing,
Ethics, AI & Our Collective Happiness With John C Havens
Guest Overview Massachusetts born, a psychiatrist father and minister mother, drove his ambition to be a priest, but evolved to be an actor, musician, author and expert on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence is this week’s guest John C Havens. oh he’s also a wicked harmonica player – John is currently the Executive Director of
The Vision, Passion and Faith of AI Expert John C Havens
Guest Overview Massachusetts born, a psychiatrist father and minister mother, drove his ambition to be a priest, but evolved to be an actor, musician, author and expert on the ethics of Artificial Intelligence is this week’s guest John C Havens. oh he’s also a wicked harmonica player – John is currently the Executive Director of
Agitating For Happiness – Elina Teboul – Part 2
Guest Overview LightUp Lab Founder is the Russian born, New York raised, corporate lawyer, turned Facilitator, speaker and entrepreneur with a mission to empower people and organizations to flourish through science-backed behavioral solutions – welcome this week’s guest Elina Teboul. Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from New York University and a J.D. from
Elina Teboul – Cultivating The Happiness Habit
Guest Overview Russian born, New York raised, corporate lawyer, turned Facilitator, Speaker and entrepreneur with a mission to empower people and organizations to flourish through science-backed behavioral solutions – is this week’s guest Elina Teboul. Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from New York University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School, Elina became
The Artistic Passion, Perspective, and Persistence of Jose Freire
Guest Overview Jose Freire was born in Spain, raised in Newark, a rebel against his catholic education. He was a Punk rock band tour manager. He built his stellar career, life, and reputation in the art world. This week’s guest is internationally renowned gallerists and owner of New York’s Team Gallery, Jose Freire. In the
Reflections On Time
Having heard the diverse stories from our season one guests, I’ve reflected on curiosity, mental health, and serendipity. However, in this final reflection, I want to focus on something that weaves through all three previous musings. Time; its value, it’s scarcity and power. We recently interviewed Carmen D’Alessio, Impresario behind Studio 54 and one of
Reflections On Education
The science fiction novels, comic book, and movies of the past are full of technologies from the imaginations of writers that have since been transformed to science fact and reality by someone who believed, what most considered impossible, to be possible. I’m old enough to remember the phone-like device from Star Trek that only a few years later ended up in my hands branded Startac by Motorola
The Case For Curiosity
Last week I watched the Netflix Doc The Great Hack. It made me consider how our minds and decisions are increasingly being manipulated, not just with elections. I fear we are surrendering our curiosity, questioning and decision making capacity to machines that increasingly learn how to understand us, affect us and direct us. This made
Reflections On Mental Wellness
This week I want to reflect on mental wellness, technology, and sleep. During this first season we didn’t set out to explore mental wellness but it became apparent that in the arc of their stories that mental fortitude, resilience, and strength were crucial to the achievements of our guests, even those that had experienced mental
Reflecting on Serendipity
I’m going to start these reflections on serendipity, It’s the underlying theme of this series, a word that’s often used but as a concept somewhat misunderstood. Let’s start with its origins. The origins of words always make for fascinating reading. But ‘serendipity’ has a particularly interesting origin story. The word ‘serendipity’ was invented on 28
It’s A Wrap – Season One
Welcome to The Impossible Network. This is just a short episode to say we reached our 30th episode last week and with that event, we ended Season One of The Impossible Network. Over the next 5 weeks until the next season starts we will be posting our reflections, questions, and perspectives on some of the
030: Debbie Millman – When Life Design Meets Serendipity
One of the most influential voices in design, led the re-design of over 200 global brands, is Co-founder of the Masters in Branding program at New York’s School of Visual Arts and creator, author of six books, and host of one of the most popular and longest running podcasts, Design Matters, is this week’s guest Debbie Millman.
029: Anahita Moghaddam – Transcendence, Transformation and Finding Purpose
Guest Overview Born in Iran, raised in Germany, a social anthropologist, an executive coach, organizational trainer and international speaker, founder of contemplative science focused Neural Beings, and long term resident of New York is this week’s guest, Anahita Moghaddam. In this episode, Anahita tells the story of her troubled, anger-fueled and rebellious early years, the
028: Beth Comstock on Curiosity, Creativity and Courage
A changemaker inside NBC, the instigator of Hulu, a driver of innovation and the first female vice chair of GE, best selling author of Imagine It Forward, is this week’s guest, Beth Comstock.
027: Social Impact, Purpose and Power of Football – Ben Miller
Ben Miller is harnessing the latent power of football, from players to brands to create a strategic and systematic impact to improve lives.
026: The Social Impact Storyteller: Mark Woods
Guest Overview UK Journalist, bestselling author, social media content creator for Comic Relief and Sports Relief, and recent founder of social impact film company, Really Good Films is this week’s guest, Mark Woods The youngest in a family of seven siblings, Mark recounts the impact of his family upbringing and early home life on
025: The Art of Self Discovery : Shantell Martin
Guest overview She graduated from St Martin’s in London, spent five years developing her unique freestyle artistic expression in Tokyo, before moving to New York to further her ambitious and expansive artistic exploration of identity and the self, welcome this weeks’ guest live visual artist Shantell Martin In this episode, we discuss the impact of
024: How to Confront Race, Gender and Cultural Bias with Navdip Dhariwal
Navdip Dhariwal – A former BBC International Correspondent and Anchor, reporting from over 60 countries and hostile environments on some of the most significant stories of recent times, honored in the Asian Woman of Achievement Awards, Chief of Communications for the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates and most recently founder of Content company Miran Media, is this week’s guest.
023: Purpose & Football – Innovation Through Education With Matt Mead
Building innovative thinking and educational outreach for one of the world’s largest football clubs and brands, is this week’s guest, Head of Education & Innovation at Chelsea Foundation, Matt Mead.
022: The White Knight Of Content Publishing – Mads Holmen
Guest Overview Mads Holmen – an entrepreneur at school and university, an innovator in digital branded content, founder and CEO of Bibblio and an attention economy thought-leader is this weeks’ guest. In this episode, Danish-born, London based Mads discusses his parents’ contribution, and the impact of the Italian educational philosophy Reggio Emilia on his
021: The Curiosity and Compassion of Celebrity Mom – Sharon Feldstein
New York-born, Hollywood stylist, creator of the first expert management agency, a trend spotter and teacher, and co-founder of moms’ charity YourMomCares.org, is this week’s guest, the irrepressible and inspirational Sharon Feldstein. Leaving her beloved NYC, aged 20, Sharon earned an early break as a costume designer on 70’s hit TV sitcom, TAXI. Never looking
020: Perspectives On The Dark Web, Data and Cybersecurity with Munish Walther Puri.
Guest Overview An expert in the economics of the data on the dark web, an advisor on cyber-crime and security and respected specialist on geopolitical risk, trends and their impact on business and society, welcome to this week’s guest, Munish Walther Puri. Born in California to Physician parents, we discuss the impact of Munish’s upbringing
018: From Designing The Past To Inspiring The Future – Lucia DeRespinis
At 91 years old Lucia is still a Professor at Pratt, passing on her wisdom, teaching design thinking to a new generation of talent, and in doing so re-calibrating our perception of age.
018: Holistic Health, Exercise And Nutrition Insights With Joshua J. Holland.
In Part 2 – we ask Josh some fundamental but important questions; Cardio vs strength training; Sleep, Exercise, and Nutrition- which order? Meat, vegetables or insects? Breakfast or fast? Cold showers, why? Alcohol – good or bad? Chocolate and chips? Hydrogen peroxide! Ozone ….explain?
017: Bonus – Joshua Holland On Surprise, Re-evaluation And More
In this short bonus episode, Josh answers some questions we didn’t ask in last weeks interview. Who’s surprised him and who’s made him reevaluate himself and the differences when training celebrities with time and money and the normal everyday clients he also trains.
Please enjoy this short bonus episode. Part Two of Josh Holland and his health insights and nutrition advice drops later this week.
016: Part 1 – The Discipline and Determination of Celebrity Trainer -Joshua J. Holland
A black belt in Karate by age 12, a nationally certified, accomplished celebrity trainer in his 20’s, and a holistic fitness expert in exercise science, biomechanics, and nutrition by 30, just some of the accomplishments of this week’s guest Joshua Holland.
015: The Principles, Passion & Perspectives of Politician Kenyatta Johnson
This week’s guest is Kenyatta Johnson. Following the murder of his cousin in 1998, he formed Peace Not Guns, a not for profit he formed to end and prevent gun violence through education and programs created to give children an alternative to the streets.
014: The Woman Redefining Possible Through Ballet and Physics- Dr. Merritt Moore
LA born, Merritt’s upbringing equipped her with the curiosity, problem-solving skills, and the unconventional mindset to defy conventions that dictate the impossibility of being world class in Ballet and Quantum Physics at the same time
013: Procrastination. A Curious Story of Creative Delay – Andrew Santella
In this episode we discuss the procrastination in all its guises, the great procrastinators from history and the challenge of balancing one’s curiosity and desire for productivity, in our digitally and socially distracted world. And a whole lot more.
012: Rough Diamond To Transformational Gem – Nicole Yershon
This week’s guest is author, consultant, speaker, mentor and curiosity charged connector, Nicole Yershon.
Since starting her career in advertising at aged nineteen, Nicole has been
forging the path of change, driving digital disruption inside traditional ad agencies and beyond.
011: Telling the Untold Stories – Dan McDougall
Three-time Foreign Correspondent of the Year nominee (the UK equivalent of a Pulitzer Prize), a dozen major International Prizes for Reporting including four Amnesty International Awards for Outstanding Human Rights Journalism, awards that are a testament to the talent and tenacity of Scottish born journalist Dan McDougall
010: To Pod, To Serve – Corey Cambridge
On this show, we discuss the influence of Corey’s family and upbringing, when and how his desire to entertain and his creative drive emerged, his commitment to living a life of service, the impact of serendipity, his view of luck and probability and his philosophy of life. And a whole lot more.
009: Living An Intentional Life – Ryder Carroll
Today’s guest is Ryder Carroll, the creator of The Bullet Journal® method, and author of the recent Bullet Journal book about the art of intentional living. In this episode we discuss his serendipitous journey to the Bullet Journal, the method, the practice and the underlying why of Bullet Journaling.