EPISODE 100
RICHARD THURMOND
A Story of Discovery
Richard Thurmond is a community and economic development executive for a place-making organization. In this episode we explore basketball, editing and publishing a city magazine, staying and leaving, and the values of curiosity and humility.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The End and A Beginning
Duration: 115 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 99
CLAUDE ALEXANDER, JR
The Park Church
Claude Alexander, Jr. is bishop and senior pastor of a Baptist church. In this episode we explore the mission of the church, racism, misogyny and homophobia, segregation on Sunday mornings, the death of a brother, a crisis of faith, living with mystery, and the love of God.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Seeing Fully What We Now See Only in Part
Duration: 63 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 98
JESS GEORGE
Hope and Optimism
Jess George is a government and community affairs manager for a fiber optic company. In this episode we explore the digital divide, confronting bullies, being an ally to immigrants, and dropping keys to beautiful rowdy prisoners.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Systems Intelligence
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 97
SONYA PFEIFFER
A Life in Full
Sonya Pfeiffer is an art gallery owner and criminal defense attorney. In this episode we explore storytelling, standing up to the power of the state, unconventional paths, the Owl theory, the practice of Ahimsa, and the one chance we have in this life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Partial to the Defense
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 96
BEATRIZ FRIEDMANN
Conscious Evolution
Beatriz Friedmann is a school counselor and information technology consultant. In this episode we explore emigrating from Brazil to North America, a corporate career, a summer of loss and pain, finding new purpose, and becoming present one step at a time.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Second Mountain
Duration: 45 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 95
KEN LAMBLA
Interdisciplinary Design
Ken Lambla is founding dean of a college of arts + architecture. In this episode we explore returning from Patagonia, launching a new college, interdisciplinary design, stewardship, and how the arts have informed his life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Life Revealed in One Scene
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 94
CLARENCE ARMBRISTER
A Nurturing Place
Clarence ‘Clay’ Armbrister is president of a historically black university. In this episode we explore strategic goals, the benefits and challenges of HBCUs, a family story of defiance, public service, and the value of relationships.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Blue Ocean Shift
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 93
LIZ CLASEN-KELLY
The Sacredness of Human Life
Liz Clasen-Kelly leads an agency serving men experiencing homelessness. In this episode we explore helping people needing shelter, working to end homelessness, abundant love, and encountering Christ in the in-between.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Christ is Risen
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 92
NATALIE FRAZIER ALLEN
Art Empowered
Natalie Frazier Allen leads an organization that connects youth to the arts. In this episode we explore adverse childhood experiences, the power of the arts to heal trauma, telling the truth, Spelman College, and reflections on career, family and faith.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Disquieting Muses of the Space-Time Continuum
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 91
TOM WARSHAUER
Neighborhood Development
Tom Warshauer leads a municipal community engagement team. In this episode we explore neighborhood development, Wilmington and New Orleans, home restoration, planting ideas, and enjoying diverse and authentic lives.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Young Man from the Provinces
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 90
ERIC DAVIS
Human Interest
Eric Davis is a producer of videos and events. In this episode we explore telling stories, helping other people do better, why people are weird in Florida, wrestling, hot dogs, marching bands and football.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Football is Transcendent
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 89
KELLY OTTMAN
China Rising
Kelly Ottman is a professor of leadership in an engineering university. In this episode we explore doing business with China, cultural immersion, clarifying mission and vision, and finding joy in purpose.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Finding Joy in Purpose
Duration: 62 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 88
FEDERICO RIOS
Welcoming Newcomers
Federico Rico leads a municipal immigrant integration initiative. In this episode we explore serving immigrant communities, false and true narratives, embracing a new city, and optimism about equity and justice.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Out of Many, One
Duration: 54 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 87
BOB HENDERSON
Teaching Elder
Bob Henderson leads a Presbyterian church. In this episode we explore individual conscious, faith in public life, gay marriage, white privilege, religious life, the changing language of proclamation, and what is true.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Theology is All Around Us
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 86
STEPHANIE COOPER-LEWTER
Agent of Change
Stephanie Cooper-Lewter leads an economic mobility initiative. In this episode we explore creating greater access and opportunity, being adopted and overcoming poverty, personal and community transformation, and living into purpose.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Adopting Charlotte
Duration: 50 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 85
SALLY ROBINSON
People and Possibility
Sally Robinson is a civic leader and community volunteer. In this episode we explore family history, community service, connecting to ideas and possibilities, and a lifelong friendship and love.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Only Connect!
Duration: 64 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 84
HOWARD SLUTZKY
Psychology Today
Howard Slutzky is a professor of psychology. In this episode we explore teaching psychology, interpreting dreams, surviving leukemia, overcoming personal trauma, and living authentically.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Way of the Jain
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 83
DEBBIE WARREN
Pastoral Care
Debbie Warren leads an HIV/AIDS organization. In this episode we explore pastoral care, the maturing of faith, and finding identity in service and love.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Best of Who We Are
Duration: 62 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 82
FREDA LESTER
The Thin Blue Line
Freda Lester is a retired police officer. In this episode we explore wearing the badge, police response to civic protest, drawing a gun, what makes for a good cop, and a life dedicated to public safety.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Visit to Jail
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 81
Stephen valder
Midlife Mission
Stephen Valder is a retired pediatrician. In this episode we explore leaving the practice of medicine, contributing to community, affordable housing, a legacy of justice, and living into values.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Leo Tolstoy and the Blues
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 80
CYNDEE PATTERSON
True Believer
Cyndee Patterson leads a civic engagement foundation. In this episode we explore dialog, listening, leadership development, city politics, converting to Reform Judaism, and serving the past, present and future.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Charlotte Way
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 79
ALVIN C. JACOBS, JR.
Image Activist
Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr. is a photojournalist. In this episode we explore documenting social movements, the Brookhill neighborhood of Charlotte, growing up in Rockford, Illinois, street credibility, and producing work for the halls of justice.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Choice of Weapons
Duration: 67 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 78
DON JONAS
Community Health
Don Jonas leads a community health center. In this episode we explore community health, Medicaid transformation, social determinants, choices in his life, the passing of time, and being the lead singer of a band.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Black Mirrors and Frumious Bandersnatches
Duration: 65 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 77
DEBORAH TRIPLETT
Whimsical and Wild
Deborah Triplett is an image taker and a garden maker. In this episode we explore photography, what is beautiful, the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, yard art, confronting cancer, and love of family and friends.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Wabi-Sabi
Duration: 64 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 76
DAN MURREY
I and Thou
Dan Murrey leads a specialty care physician practice group. In this episode we explore reforming the health care system, where God resides, orthopedic surgery, confronting injustice and taking on difficult tasks.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Will and Grace
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 75
MATT COSPER
Beyond the Veil
Matt Cosper is a a theater maker. In this episode we explore absurdist influences, the fractal nature of existence, Zen koans, magical realism, fallen angels and accessing the sublime.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Newer, Deeper Realities
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 74
STEPHANIE ANSALDO
Against Indifference
Stephanie Ansaldo is an executive who leads an education foundation. In this episode we explore humanitarian interest, Elie Wiesel, technology and ethics, an improbable marriage, and what one person can do to change the world.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Dreamers and Rebels
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 73
DON TAYLOR
A Brother’s Tale
Don Taylor is a professor of sociology. In this episode we explore his interest in teaching, writing and playing the saxophone, his career in human services, and the power and importance of intention.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Becoming X
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 72
MARJORIE BENBOW
Giving Thanks
Marjorie Benbow is an intellectual property attorney. In this episode we explore flower farming, home renovation, a career in science, education and the law, and lessons learned about love, grief and gratitude.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Other Side of Grief
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 71
PAULA BROADWELL
Virtual Reality
Paula Broadwell is an executive who leads a media foundation. In this episode we explore virtual reality immersion, her career in military intelligence, service to greater causes, and living life to the fullest.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Ulysses
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 70
CATHERINE HORNE
Discovery Place
Catherine Horne is an executive who leads a science museum. In this episode we explore science education, whether a science center can ever be ahead of the innovation curve, and the importance of bringing museums to as many people as possible.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: As We May Think
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 69
FATMA MILI
Human Intelligence
Fatma Mili is a dean of a college of computing and informatics. In this episode we explore computer science education, whether artificial intelligence is giving rise to tyranny, the data industrial complex, and the values we need to shape the future.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Poetics of Data
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 68
HARDIN MINOR
From Here to Eternity
Hardin Minor is a performance artist and entertainer. In this episode we explore the physical nature of wisdom, the incarnation of the divine, the spirit of the clown, and widening cosmic circles.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Rose Upon His Nose
Duration: 63 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 67
MICHAEL DEVAUL
Omega Man
Michael DeVaul is chief social responsibility officer for a youth charity organization. In this episode we explore helping black and brown boys, connecting dots, code-switching, baseball and branding, and a personal story of love and humanity.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Masculine Faith
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 66
QUENTIN TALLEY
Intergalactic Soul
Quentin Talley is a multidisciplinary artist. In this episode we explore being unapologetically human, expressing the black experience, love supreme, and when he is most free.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Keeping It Real
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 65
YOSSI GRONER
The Inner Torah
Yossi Groner is a rabbi of an Orthodox Jewish congregation. In this episode we explore the Chabad Judaism, the coming of the Messiah, ethics and mysticism, and what God wants for us.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Kingdom of God
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 64
KATHY IZARD
Do Good Love Well
Kathy Izard is an author and community volunteer. In this episode we explore the legacy of family, housing the homeless, faith in things greater than ourselves, and following an insistent whisper.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Starting and Finishing of Things
Duration: 50 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 63
RICHARD PINDER
Truth and Consequence
Richard Pinder is a retired assistant professor of history. In this episode we explore partisan news, finding your way, faith in an evidence-based world, civil rights, and the rewards of teaching.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Two Men Walk into a Bar
Duration: 45 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 62
JOSH JACOBSON
Cultivating Community
Josh Jacobson is managing director of a consultancy to non-profit organizations. In this episode we explore helping organizations realize their vision and mission, discerning a life journey, and what craft beer and community have in common.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Love is All You Need
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 61
LYNNE CONNER
Dionysus to the Apollo
Lynne Conner is a professor of theater arts, cultural policy theorist and playwright. In this episode we explore social interpretation of the arts, how audience behavior has changed, and what we mean by meaning anyway.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Making Meaning
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 60
JOHN BOYER
Spiral Logarithms
John Boyer is an executive who leads a modern art museum. In this episode we explore modern art, abstraction, the connection between fine art and finance, and making our lives better through engagement with the arts.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Wrestling the Angel
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 59
AMY AUSSIEKER
Many Lives Many Masters
Amy Aussieker is an executive who leads a smart city initiative. In this episode we explore smart city innovation, circular economies, idea generation, reincarnation and evolving as a soul.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Reincarnation Once Again
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 58
Kathryn Hill
Context for Change
Kathryn Hill is an executive who leads a history museum. In this episode we explore using history to build community, a social agenda, questions of transformation, and the core work of a career.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Turning Point
Duration: 47 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 57
LILA ALLEN
Metropolis
Lila Allen is managing editor of a design and architecture magazine. In this episode we explore design at all scales, the world's best design cities, pop culture, children's bedrooms, and living and working in New York City.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Star is Born
Duration: 47 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 56
KALI FERGUSON
Personal Parable
Kali Ferguson is a story teller and cultural educator. In this episode we explore a fractured fairy tale, the wisdom of joy, growing up in a prominent family, and a story of psychiatric illness and health.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Gifts of Imperfection
Duration: 45 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 55
LAURA NEFF
True Belonging
Laura Neff is an organizational transformation and leadership development coach. In this episode we explore what makes a good coach, her deepest story, speaking people into themselves, and the journey we are all on
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Ramble On
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 54
SHANNON BINNS
Earth in Mind
Shannon Binns is founder and executive director of a smart growth advocacy organization. In this episode we explore long-term thinking, sustainability, and a life of humanitarian work and service.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Lucky Ones
Duration: 54 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 53
MICHAEL GRAFF
Along the Way
Michael Graff is a freelance writer and editor. In this episode we explore the big question that informs his writing, storytelling, back roads, and what he hopes is said about his life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Memory and Love
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 52
EMILY GIFFIN
All We Ever Wanted
Emily Giffin is a novelist. In this episode we explore what her novels are about, commercial success, the choices she has made and the life she has led.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Something New
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 51
MICHAEL SMITH
City Builder
Michael Smith is president and CEO of a center city place-making organization. In this episode we explore downtown development, the elements of a vibrant city, and a mission-based life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Shaping Civilization
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 50
HOPE MUIR
The Most Incredible Thing
Hope Muir is artistic director of a ballet company. In this episode we explore her first year in the role, what she looks for in dancers, producing socially-conscious repertoire, and the ideas that inform her work.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Exploring A New Tangent
Duration: 56 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 49
DANIEL LEVINE
Neighborhood of Tomorrow
Daniel Levine is CEO of a property investment company. In this episode we explore the challenges and responsibility of developing a neighborhood in the center of a city.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Imagining First Ward
Duration: 50 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 48
TANA GREENE
Maximizer Futurist
Tana Greene is CEO of three national staffing companies. In this episode we explore what her companies do, the problem she is solving, transitioning from success to significance, and the values that guide her.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Finding a Better Way
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 47
MIKE MCGUIRE
Status Go
Mike McGuire is CEO of a national accounting firm. In this episode we explore brand positioning, creating culture, disruptive technologies, serendipity, and scaling family values.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: On Curiosity and Courage
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 46
PIKO EWOODZIE
Participant Observer
Piko Ewoodzie is an ethnographer and professor of sociology. In this episode we explore what we can learn from hip hop artists, qualitative research methods, ‘getting out,’ and Wakanda Forever.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Bearing Witness
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 45
AMANDA PAGLIARINI HOWARD
One Clear Voice
Amanda Pagliarini Howard is co-founder of a society membership program. In this episode we explore trauma that she has overcome and writing as an act of self-discovery and creation.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Release from Fear
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 44
NICK NAPOLETANO
Quantum Entanglements
Nick Napoletano is a painter, muralist and designer. In this episode we explore figurative painting, public art, augmented and digital reality, and managing 'a monkey mind.'
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Leonardo In His Studio
Duration: 48 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 43
MAREK RANIS
Ecological Landscapes
Marek Ranis is an interdisciplinary artist and professor of sculpture. In this episode we explore environmental art, ecological disruption, and the connection between political upheaval and climate change.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Art as Crucifixion
Duration: 56 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 42
SPENCER MERRIWEATHER
Justice League
Spencer Merriweather is district attorney of a major metropolitan county. In this episode we explore criminal justice reform, the emotional burdens of prosecuting crimes, serving as the voice of victims, and finding solace in faith.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: What Prosecutors Do
Duration: 56 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 41
AMY HERMAN
Image Maker
Amy Herman is a visual artist. In this episode we explore photography, matters of identity and memory, staged moments of intimacy, and creating community.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Our Experiencing and Remembering Selves
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 40
PATRICE FUNDERBURG
Self-Care and Liberation
Patrice Funderburg is a human resources consultant. In this episode we explore transitioning from corporate work to social activism, race consciousness, and a journey of self-care and liberation.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Existential Choice and Formation
Duration: 45 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 39
DIANNE ENGLISH
The Ties That Bind
Dianne English is an executive who leads a community building initiative. In this episode we explore racial inclusion and equity, social activism, and making a difference in the time and place you are in.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: What's In the Ground
Duration: 46 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 38
TOUSSAINT ROMAIN
Between the Lines
Toussaint Romain is a former assistant public defender. In this episode we explore running to become District Attorney, protest, bridging difference, equity and justice, and leading community change.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Man in the White Shirt
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 37
MICHAEL MARSICANO
Visionary Catalyst
Michael Marsicano is an executive who leads a community foundation. In this episode we explore economic disparities, task forces, the complexity of grant-making, public criticism, and a career devoted to the arts, philanthropy, education and citizenship.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Intellectual Honesty
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 36
JACK OSSA
The Power of Design
Jack Ossa is an architect who makes dreams come true. In this episode we explore architecture, design, introspection, vision and a story of immigration, risk and achievement.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Overcoming Resistance
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 35
DAVE NEWELL
Transition to Impact
Dave Newell is a director of a collegiate leadership development center. In this episode we explore preparing students for leadership, how to be a better leader, being present in the moment and fulfilling the desire to serve.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Foundations of Leadership
Duration: 60 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 34
CANDICE LANGSTON
Electric Barbarella
Candice Langston is a communications consultant who helps organizations make a positive impact in their community. In this episode we explore media and messaging, civic engagement, TED talks, Hello Kitty and the music of Duran Duran.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Reflex
Duration: 55 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 33
RUSS GREENFIELD
Integrating Medicine
Russ Greenfield is a physician who directs integrated medicine for a regional healthcare system. In this episode we explore integrated medicine and wellness, the delivery of healthcare and the work of leading systemic change.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Dalai Lama and Being Well
Duration: 54 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 32
FABI PRESLAR
A Sparkling Life
Fabi Preslar is an entrepreneur who helps clients share their stories. In this episode we explore custom publishing, leaps of faith, a shared near-death experience, and business as a creative and spiritual act.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Leaps of Faith and Glimpses of Eternity
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 31
ROBERT BUSH
Culture for All
Robert Bush is an executive who leads an arts and science council. In this episode we explore developing culture in community and the power of art to change lives.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Barbaric Yawp
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 30
PHILIP BLUMENTHAL
Family Legacy
Philip Blumenthal is an executive who leads a family foundation. In this episode we explore philanthropy, grant-making, stories about family and the obligation to give.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Photographs on a Wall
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 29
TIFFANY CAPERS
Black Lives Matter
Tiffany Capers is an advocate for equity and possibility. In this episode we explore Black Lives Matter and issues of education, social justice and being who we are.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Painted Canvas
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 28
ANGELA GALA
Mindful Meditation
Angela Gala is a meditation teacher and event planner. In this episode we explore meditation and event planning and what they have in common in a purpose-driven life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Daydreaming in French House
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 27
TOM GABBARD
Show Business
Tom Gabbard is an executive who leads a performing arts organization. In this episode we explore what it means to produce and present shows that transform people and place.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Producing What is Best in Ourselves
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 26
DIANNE CHIPPS BAILEY
Doing Well and Good
Dianne Chipps Bailey is an attorney who serves non-profit clients. In this episode we explore the non-profit sector and matters of faith, privilege, perfection and gratitude.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: On Virtue and Privilege
Duration: 56 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 25
Manoj kesavan
Making Things Happen
Manoj Kesavan is a cultural catalyst and creative instigator. In this episode we explore the art of making things happen and doing what one must.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Most Silent Hour of the Night
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 24
LEE KEESLER
Community Steward
Lee Keesler is an executive who leads a multi-branch urban library system. In this episode we explore leading transformation across an enterprise and the call of community stewardship.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Encouragement To Go Far
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 23
PHILLIP LARRIMORE
Out of the Mist
Phillip Larrimore is a visual artist who explores that which is and is between. In this episode we explore appearance, disappearance and reappearance in his art and life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Hiding in Plain Sight
Duration: 59 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 22
Suzanne Fetscher
Art Inspired
Suzanne Fetscher is a former executive of a visual arts center. In this episode we explore her career in arts administration and arriving full circle in life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Fragments of Memory
Duration: 58 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 21
Carol hardison
Care and Grace
Carol Hardison is an executive who leads a crisis assistance agency. In this episode we explore assisting those in financial distress and the values that sustain the work of social justice.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Life of Care and Virtue
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 20
CHARLES THOMAS
A More Beautiful World
Charles Thomas is a program director for a national foundation. In this episode we explore stepping into service to create a more beautiful and connected world.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Connections Our Hearts Want
Duration: 46 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 19
AMy chiou
Social Venture Evangelist
Amy Chiou is a political process and social venture evangelist. In this episode we explore civic and entrepreneurial engagement to create change in the world.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Confucian Natural Teleology in Twenty-First Century America
Duration: 48 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 18
DEBORAH BOSLEY
Plain Language
Deborah Bosley is a plain language expert. In this episode we explore informing with empathy and repairing the world one sentence at a time.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Ink is Black, The Page is White
Duration: 48 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 17
RENEE STOUT
Conjure Woman
Renee Stout is a visual artist who explores the mystical and rhythmic planes of existence. In this episode we explore the art of conjuring.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Dancing in Honor of the Gods
Duration: 48 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 16
MIKE WATSON
Tell Tale Heart
Mike Watson is an artist and educator. In this episode we explore what fashion and leadership have in common and the power of listening to our hearts.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Ethics of Care
Duration: 50 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 15
KELLY CHOPUS
Reformer Prophet
Kelly Chopus is an executive who leads a family foundation. In this episode we explore philanthropy and a life of taking risk for the public good.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Missionary Zeal
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 14
Karen geiger
Leaders at Work
Karen Geiger is a leadership and organizational development consultant. In this episode we explore what good leaders do and how we personally invite into our lives exactly what we must learn.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Mastery, Belonging & Autonomy
Duration: 50 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 13
MATT OLIN
Creative Mornings
Matt Olin is a copywriter and creative consultant. In this episode we explore the power and purposes of creativity and a passion-filled life.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 12
CHARLIE ELBERSON
Brand Identity
Charlie Elberson is a brand strategist. In this episode we explore the anthropology of insight and the essence of a brand.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Excavating and Clarifying What is True
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 11
MICHAEL GOLDFARB
All Along the Watchtower
Michael Goldfarb is a journalist and broadcaster. In this episode we explore his work as former London bureau chief of NPR, covering conflict, and the state of American politics and citizenship.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: The Voices of NPR
Duration: 42 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 10
Katie Oates
Something True
Katie Oates is a singer and songwriter. In this episode we explore finding our voice later in life and the music of our better selves.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Johnny and June
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 9
HENRY ROCK II
A New Class of Entrepreneurs
Henry Rock II is a non-profit executive who inspires black millennials to live powerful lives. In this episode we explore educating entrepreneurs and differences between black and white nationalism.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Having the Conversation on Race
Duration: 57 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 8
john W. love, Jr.
The Perpetually Pregnant Man
John W. Love, Jr. is an interdisciplinary literary and performance artist. In this episode we explore the life-affirming funkiness of a love warrior mystical being.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: A Moment of Stage Fright
Duration: 40 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 7
David wagner
Cities and Memory
David Wagner is an architect who makes places memorable. In this episode we explore the grace and art of buildings and a life well led.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Personification of Place
Duration: 52 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
Episode 6
Becky Winkler
Divining Talent
Becky Winkler is a corporate psychologist who identifies and develops executive talent. In this episode we explore the art and science of reading people.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: You're Electrifying
Duration: 47 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
Episode 5
BRUCE FRITCH
Getting to Insight
Bruce Fritch is a business adviser who accesses the human brilliance of people and organizations. In this episode we explore his call to excellence and higher purpose.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Before the Age of the Internet
Duration: 47 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
Episode 4
Valaida Fullwood
Reframing Love
Valaida Fullwood is a writer and project strategist. In this episode we explore bearing the burden of an untold story and re-imagining an idea that changes community.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Plato and the Theory of Forms
Duration: 53 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 3
Jeff jackson
Strange and Wonderful Bodies
Jeff Jackson writes beautiful stories about disturbing characters. In this episode we explore his strange and wonderful narratives about identity and transformation.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: We Are Always Emerging
Duration: 34 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 2
CARLos SALUM
Theaters of Purpose
Carlos Salum is a leadership performance strategist. In this episode we explore the many lives Carlos has led: as a student, coach, immigrant, playwright, consultant and mind explorer.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Two Cathedrals and the Enlightenment
Duration: 43 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
EPISODE 1
Peter Reinhart
Bread as a Metaphor For Life
Peter Reinhart is a baker of bread and a master of metaphor. In this episode we explore his extraordinary life as a seeker of truth.
plus Mark's Personal Word Essay: Hello and Welcome to the Show
Duration: 43 Minutes | Read: Detail Page / Show Notes
