Episodes
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Whitney Johnson, host of Disrupt Yourself
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
Tuesday Oct 22, 2019
In this interview, Adela chats with Whitney Johnson, the host of the Disrupt Yourself podcast. The theme for the October PBC playlist was “Disruption” and we listened to an episode of Disrupt Yourself with Whitney Johnson titled “#100: Take the Right Kinds of Risks.”
Whitney is an absolute powerhouse. She is ranked on the Thinkers50 list, which is a global ranking of the 50 leading management thinkers and she’s an expert on disruptive innovation and personal disruption, a framework she developed after co-founding the Disruptive Innovation Fund with Harvard Business School’s Clayton Christensen. She’s written a number of critically-acclaimed books on the power of disruption in both the business and the personal realms.
Here’s a quick hit list of the things they talked about:
- Podcast Brunch Club listening list on Disruption
- Adela’s interview on the Disrupt Yourself podcast
- Loss aversion theory: “Thinking, Fast and Slow” by Daniel Kahneman
- Whitney’s interview with:
- 7 accelerants of personal disruption (see episode #80: “Disrupt Your Self Today”):
- Take the right kinds of risks/play where no one else is playing (see episode #100)
- Play to your distinctive strengths (see episode #120)
- Embrace your constraints
- Battle our sense of entitlement
- Step back to grow
- Give failure its due
- Be driven by discovery
- Whitney has written three critically-acclaimed books:
- Whitney’s book recommendations:
- “Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell” by Eric Schmidt
- “Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box” by the Arbinger Institute
- “Dare to Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts.” by Brené Brown
- “DataStory: Explain Data and Inspire Action Through Story” by Nancy Duarte
- “24/6: The Power of Unplugging One Day a Week” by Tiffany Shlain
- Find Whitney Johnson on her website, com. Email Whitney at wj@whitneyjohnson.com.
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
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- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Podyssey - an online community for podcast lovers (aka "the Goodreads for podcasts")
- Bullhorn - podcast listening any way you want it
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Roundup of the Radiolab G Series
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Saturday Sep 28, 2019
Adela and Sara discuss the G series from Radiolab, which explored the concept of intelligence.
This is what we talked about:
- Radiolab G series podcast listening list
- Sara’s Audible Feast newsletter is back!
- Passenger List: audio fiction from Radiotopia that tells the story of a woman whose brother is on a plane that disappears over the ocean and tries to find out what happened
- Still Processing launched their new season with a review of the democratic candidates for the US 2020 election
- Confronting OJ Simpson: a true crime podcast in which the sister of murder victim Ron Goldman examines “the vicious crime that changed her life, and many others, forever”
- 1865: historical audio fiction podcast from Wondery that tells the story of the aftermath of the Lincoln assassination from the perspective of Edward Stanton, the secretary of the War Department
- The Clearing: a true crime podcast about a serial killer told by his daughter. We also posted an interview with the host and producer of The Clearing, Josh Dean, on the PBC website.
- An article about the Bleeped podcast, a podcast about censorship and the fight against it.
- Inside Podcasting – a podcast by Skye Pillsbury, the writer of the Inside Podcasting newsletter. In each episode she interviews a podcaster about their craft. We featured her interview with Ian Chillag on our feed.
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Podyssey - an online community for podcast lovers (aka "the Goodreads for podcasts")
- Bullhorn - podcast listening any way you want it
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Bonus: Crossover with Inside Podcasting
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
This is a special bonus episode that features the first episode of the Inside Podcasting podcast. Skye Pillsbury, the editor of the Inside Podcasting newsletter, is now the host of their new podcast. We're featuring the entirety of their first episode, which is an interview with Ian Chillag, the host of Everything is Alive.
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Bullhorn - podcast listening any way you want it
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Podyssey - an online community for podcast lovers (aka "the Goodreads for podcasts")
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Roundup of Secrets Listening List
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Wednesday Sep 04, 2019
Adela and Sara discuss the podcast playlist on Secrets, which included episodes from TED Radio Hour, The Tip Off, Family Secrets, and Showcase from Radiotopia. The playlist was curated by Becca Bryers, who hosts a podcast called Multi Story.
We talked about:
- Secrets podcast listening list
- Stevie’s interview with Maeve McClenaghan, the host of The Tip Off, in which she recommends another episode, “Burnt,” which tells the story of a reporter who follows a tip about a person involved in terrorism.
- Adela’s interview with Frank Warren, the founder of PostSecret.com, who was featured in the TED Radio Hour episode we listened to.
- We went to Podcast Movement. Other upcoming conferences include Sound Education and She Podcasts.
- Sara is listening/excited about listening to:
- Land of the Giants from Vox, which tells the story of the world’s biggest companies in miniseries format. The podcast is currently covering Amazon.
- Room 20, which is a documentary about the search for the identity of a man who was found unconscious and has been kept alive for 15+ years. Email Sara at audiblefeast@gmail.com if you want to share your own thoughts.
- 1619, a podcast hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones and produced by the New York Times about the history of slavery in the United States.
- Adela has been listening to:
- Unravel Storytelling (recommended by Shannon from our Shanghai chapter) is a storytelling podcast covering their live shows in Shanghai.
- Podyssey.fm (a new organizational partner) invited Adela to put together a playlist for Women’s Equality Day. With Sara’s help, she put together a playlist called “The Struggle for Women’s Equality in All Aspects of Life.”
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Podyssey - an online community for podcast lovers (aka "the Goodreads for podcasts")
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Mohamed El Abed, creator of the Secrets Series on Showcase from Radiotopia
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
Tuesday Aug 27, 2019
In this interview, Stevie chats with the creator behind Secrets series that appeared on the Showcase from Radiotopia podcast, Mohamed El Abed. Podcast Brunch Club members worldwide listened to the first episode in the Secrets series that ran on Showcase as part of our podcast listening list on the theme of Secrets. The episode, entitled “Secrets #1 – Discover a Secret,” begins to tell the story of Mohamed’s search to connect with his half-sister, who had been kept a secret for decades. The six-part series weaves this story throughout all of its episodes, but also uses each episode to tell the standalone story of another person’s secret.
Here’s a quick hit list of the things they talked about:
- Podcast Brunch Club listening list on Secrets
- Secrets series of Showcase by Radiotopia
- Mohamed’s podcast picks:
- Running from Cops – “investigates COPS - the longest running reality show in TV history - and its cultural impact on policing in America.”
- Mystery Show – the now canceled show from Gimlet Media
- Get in touch with Mohamed:
- Mohamed’s Instagram: @mohamedelabed
- Mohamed’s Twitter: @mohamedelabed
- Soundtelling.com – Mohamed’s production studio
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
The Tip Off founder, Maeve McClenaghan
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
Wednesday Aug 21, 2019
In this interview, Stevie (PBC chapter leader in Minneapolis) chats with the creator behind The Tip Off, Maeve McClenaghan. Podcast Brunch Club members worldwide listened to an episode of The Tip Off as part of our podcast listening list on the theme of Secrets. The episode, entitled “Ep. 18 All the President’s Club Men,” tells the story of Madison Marriage, a journalist for the Financial Times, who went undercover at an exclusive fundraising event to expose its sleazy underbelly.
Here’s a quick hit list of the things they talked about:
- Podcast Brunch Club listening list on Secrets
- The Tip Off episode about the exposé of R Kelly
- The Tip Off episode, “Burnt,” which tells the story of a journalist who was following the lead on a terrorism story when everything fell apart.
- Maeve’s podcast picks:
- In the Dark, Season 2 (the story of Curtis Flowers, who was tried for the same crime six times)
- Criminal
- Off Menu (two comedians talking to people about their favorite meal)
- Get in touch with Maeve & The Tip Off:
- Maeve’s Twitter: @MaeveMCC
- The Tip Off Twitter: @TipOffPodcast
- Email: tipoffpodcast@gmail.com
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Roundup of Breaking the News playlist
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Saturday Aug 10, 2019
Adela and Sara discuss the podcast playlist on Breaking the News, which included episodes from Crazy/Genius, After the Fact, Recode Decode, and The NewsWorthy.
We talked about:
- Breaking the News podcast listening list
- PBC Virtual Chapter meets by videoconference every month
- Lantigua Williams & Co is a new sponsor and produces some amazing podcasts including
- 70 Million: a documentary podcast that tells the stories of how locals are addressing the role of jails in their communities
- Feeling My Flo: a reported podcast where menstruation is an event that happens to all types of bodies across the gender spectrum.
- Latina to Latina: an interview series hosted by Alicia Menendez who talks to remarkable Latinas.
- The Venn Media (another PBC sponsor) puts out a weekly nonpartisan podcast playlist about the issues surrounding the 2020 US election
- Pod Save America’s democratic candidate interviews
- Embedded mini-series on Mitch McConnell
- Soul Music episode “Back to Black” about Amy Winehouse’s song Back to Black
- Little Tiny podcast: 10 minute episodes that explore world history via the small things that have shaped it
- 60-Second Science from Scientific American: quick reports and commentaries on the world of science
- Overheard at National Geographic: conversations with National Geographic’s explorers, photographers, and scientists
- The Wild: explores wildlife and the complex web of ecosystems they inhabit and tells the stories of people working in and protecting the wild around us
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Stevie Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
PostSecret founder, Frank Warren
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
Thursday Aug 01, 2019
In this interview, Adela chats with the founder of PostSecret, Frank Warren. PostSecret is a project that allows people to send in anonymous, decorated postcards with a secret on it. Frank gave a TED Talk in 2012 called “Half a Million Secrets,” which told the story of the PostSecret project and the impact of sharing a secret with a stranger. The TED Talk was featured on a recent TED Radio Hour episode called “Keeping Secrets” which the Podcast Brunch Club community is listening to as part of the podcast listening list on Secrets.
Here’s a quick hit list of the things they talked about:
- Podcast Brunch Club listening list on Secrets
- PostSecret.com
- Frank Warren’s 2012 TED Talk, “Half a Million Secrets”
- CBS News segment “Tell Me a Secret”
- Dirty Little Secrets music video that featured PostSecret postcards
- PostSecret Live events in Minnesota, California, and Connecticut
- Franks’ podcast picks:
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Steve Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Current Supporters include:
- Lantigua Williams & Co - the production team behind podcasts like Latina to Latina, 70 Million, & Feeling My Flo
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
After the Fact podcast host, Dan LeDuc
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
Thursday Jul 18, 2019
This interview is hosted by Steve, the leader of our Minneapolis chapter. Steve talks to Dan LeDuc, the host of After the Fact from The Pew Charitable Trusts. We featured an episode of After the Fact entitled “Finding Facts” on the podcast listening list on Breaking the News.
Some of the things they talked about:
- The Pew Charitable Trusts latest Trend journal feature on “The Future of Water”
- Dan’s favorite episode of After the Fact is “Scientists at Work: 'The Jane Goodall of Penguins'”
- After the Fact’s recent series on the The American Family includes four episodes:
- Another episode from After the Fact about the media: Looks Can Be Deceiving: Deepfakes
How to connect with After the Fact and Dan:
- Website: http://www.pewtrusts.org/afterthefact
- Email: podcasts@pewtrusts.org
- Pew Trusts Twitter: @pewtrusts
- Dan’s twitter: @thedanleduc
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, instagram, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Steve Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Organizational Partners include:
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
The NewsWorthy podcast host, Erica Mandy
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Wednesday Jul 10, 2019
Erica Mandy, the founder and host of the theNewsWorthy, chats with Jenna Spinelle, one of the co-leaders of our virtual PBC chapter. We featured an episode of The NewsWorthy on the podcast listening list on Breaking the News.
Get involved in the podcast discussion! Find out how Podcast Brunch Club works.
- Join PBC: newsletter, in-person chapter, Facebook Group, twitter, subreddit
- Join Audible Feast: website, newsletter, Facebook, twitter
Audio editing and production by Steven Zampanti of Conceptual Podcasting. Music included in this episode was "Rainbow" by Chad Crouch and “Paradise” by Misael Gauna.
Organizational Partners include:
- Podbean – use the code “pbc” for one month free on podcast hosting
- The Venn - a weekly list of handpicked, unbiased political podcasts
- Critical Frequency – “a podcast network for everyone else”
- Podchaser – “the IMDb of podcasts”
- Audioboom – originals that are funny, inspiring, entertaining and thought-provoking
- Listen Notes – “the best podcast search engine”