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Kelly talks with Erik LeDrew, a photojournalist and US Army veteran who transitioned from the chaos of combat to the chaos of filmmaking. He wrote and co-directed “Alex vs. Arod” for HBO, a fantastic documentary that looks at the life and career of baseball great Alex Rodriguez. You make documentaries now, but you were …
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Kelly sits down with Jake Braun who has worked at the intersection of politics, national security, and foreign policy for over two decades and appointed to prominent roles in the Obama and Biden administrations. He wrote the book “Democracy in Danger” and he has a new book: “Fentanyl: Fighting the Mass Poisoning of America and the Cartel …
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Kelly connects with Dr. Khameer Kidia, a writer, physician, and anthropologist at Harvard Medical School and University of Zimbabwe. A Rhodes Scholar and 2023 New America Fellow, Dr. Kidia has worked on global mental health research, practice, and advocacy for the last decade. He has a new book, “Empire of Madness: A Physician’s Case for Reimagining Global Mental Health.” You …
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Kelly speaks with Erin McGoff, an award- winning filmmaker and content creator – known as the “internet’s big sister” through her AdviceWithErin branding. She received a Pulitzer Fellowship in 2017 and was named a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient in 2025. She has a new book: “The Secret Language of Work: Hyper-Helpful Scripts for Every Situation.” …
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Kelly connects with Julia Minson, a professor at Harvard Kennedy School. She is a behavioral scientist with extensive research experience in conflict, communication, negotiations, and decision-making. She has a new book: “How to Disagree Better.” It seems pretty clear that your upbringing had a lot to do with your chosen field of study which led to a …
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Kelly talks to Joe Pine, an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start-ups alike. He is cofounder of Strategic Horizons LLP, a thinking studio dedicated to helping businesses conceive and design new ways of adding value to their economic offerings. He is the co-author of the best-seller “The …
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Kelly connects with Jane Marie Chen, a globally recognized entrepreneur, inventor, speaker, and leadership coach. She is the co-founder of Embrace, which developed an infant incubator that has helped to save over a million babies. Jane has been a TED fellow and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. She has a new memoir, “Like a Wave …
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Kelly talks to Jenny Raymond from the Harnisch Foundation and Julie Dumais Osborne from The Second City Training Center to talk about a new partnership that offers free improv-based leadership training for girls in grades 3 through 8 in Chicago called Funny Girls. The best part: IT’S FREE! For more information or to sign up …
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Kelly welcomes futurist Bob Johansen back to the podcast to discuss his book “Navigating the Age of Chaos.” Bob introduces us to the term BANI – which describes the world we live in know which is Brittle, Anxious, Nonlinear, and Incomprehensible. Spoiler alert – improvisation is a skill one needs to navigate this world. How and …