Influencers

Welcome to Influencers! Eric Schurenberg has made a career of telling the stories of the greatest Entrepreneurs and companies in the world. What he has learned could change the direction of your business.

Dr. Nicole Prause has made a career of doing high quality peer reviewed research on human sexuality and its impact on our lives. Join us as she shares the incredible inaccuracies, half-truths, and blatant lies that have perpetuated through the ages. I guarantee you will be surprised.

Welcome to Influencers! Serial entrepreneur Dennis Crowley built some of the most social technology ever made for phones. His design approach and creative processes has earned him the title of Mayor countless times. Discover the most important lessons he learned and how he struggled with difficult decisions along the way.

Welcome to Influencers! For a decade, Ace of Base ruled the billboards, not only racking up top 10 global hits but setting the Guinness World Record for most popular first album ever released. But like most success stories their rise to fame was filled with challenges and setbacks.

Welcome to Influencers! Alex Mullen, 2-time World Memory Champion, was a mild-mannered student but after picking up a book on memory tricks he challenged himself to become superhuman and develop the greatest memory of any living person. Surprisingly, this is a learned skill that anyone can master. On this episode of Influencers, discover how you can have that perfect memory you have always wanted.

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Jon. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Jon is. He grew up in Silicon Valley, Los Altos, California. He is Chinese, not Korean. And as a hint, he has travelled with the Biebs, been sandwiched between Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, done magic with Jesse Eisenberg, and danced with Channing Tatum....

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Q. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Q is. He grew up in Canada. The song that represents his life is Step Into A World by KRS-One. And as a hint, his name can be very challenging for people to pronounce, but once you get the hang of it you'll love it. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Indrani. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Indrani is. She grew up in Calcutta, India, then moved to Toronto and finally to New York. She photographed and filmed with all kinds of celebrities. And as a hint, some of her images are at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, her works have...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Linda. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Linda is. She grew up in Northern New Jersey. She would love Sigourney Weaver to play her in a movie. And as a hint, think about a 125-year-old startup. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you can figure out who it is before we reveal it in the fol...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Larsen. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Larsen is. He grew up in a little surfer town in Northern California. He is a SEAL and then went on to graduate from the Kennedy School at Harvard. And as a hint, he was named after a Danish poet. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you can figure...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Jesse. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Jesse is. He is in the music industry and is part of a band that may or may not have sold more records than Pearl Jam. And as a hint, Queen Elizabeth and her family has something to do with his middle or core. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If yo...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us AJ. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who AJ is. He grew up in New York City. He has done several books where he had to radically alter his lifestyle. And as a hint, AJ was number one down on the New York Times’ crossword puzzle about two years ago. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you can...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us JG. For those of you who were listening last week, there were several hints to suggest who JG is. He grew up in Southern California. He's a poet, and he held the record for most TED talks at one point. And as a hint, JG is the expert of 4:00 in the morning. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you can figure out who it is before we reveal it in...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Bill. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Bill is. He grew up in Western Pennsylvania. He is most proud of winning the National Magazine Award for General Excellence in 2015. And as a hint, his last name rhymes with a brand of light bulb. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you can figure o...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Martin. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Martin is. He grew up around Chicago. He is a a Biologist but he has a very nice award in Chemistry. And as a hint, there is a surprisingly similar reference to aspects of his life in a book by the Brazilian author, Jorge Amado, called Tent of Miracles. T...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Mark. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Mark is. He grew up in Houston, Texas. He worked on a show about con artists. And as a hint, he's been working on a CBS show and that’s no bull. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you can figure out who it is before we reveal it in the following po...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Barry. For those of you who were listening last week, there were several hints to suggest who Barry is. He was born and raised in the Bronx. He is famous for having bought a pair of jeans that were the best fitting jeans ever. And an idea that he had articulated as foreign to the way everybody thought had then become the received wisdom. Then, the sec...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Max. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Max is. He grew up in Lexington, Kentucky. He would pick Lose Yourself by Eminem as a song that represents his life. And as a hint, he's like the frat boy David Sedaris, even though he wasn’t in a fraternity. Then, the second interview is anonymous. If you c...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Cindy. For those of you who were listening last episode, there were several hints to suggest who Cindy is. She grew up in Brunei in Borneo. She openly says that she dates younger men. She's had an illustrious career in advertising. And as a hint, if you watch porn, then you should know who she is and you certainly need to know who she is. Then, the se...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have with us Joan. For those of you who were listening last time, there were several hints to suggest what Joan does. She's in the medical industry working with a slew of diseases and looking at how to affect them, ranging from autism to Parkinson's. She grew up in New York. If somebody were to play her in a movie, it would be a cross between Melissa McCarthy and...

Welcome to Influencers! We have Jason on the podcast today. For those of you who were paying attention in last week's episode, there were a few critical hints. He grew up in Coral Springs, Florida and he stumbled into what he loves doing through blogging before the word blog existed. And as a hint, if you are a close watcher of the magazine rack, you would’ve noticed a major visual change on the c...

Welcome to Influencers! We have Jeff on the podcast today. For those of you who were paying attention last week, there were a few critical hints. He grew up in a little town in Connecticut called Milford, he recently hit 100 episodes with his TV show and he works out six days a week. And as a hint, think of an ‘80s movie starring a young actor who became famous on a TV show and they rebooted that...

I'm here with Adam. For those of you who were paying attention last week, there were a few critical hints. When he was traveling, he met a child who was quite poor. The child was asked if he could have anything, what he would have. The child said, "A pencil." Adam is a New York Times bestselling author that achieved position two, which is absolutely incredible. If anybody were to play him in a Hol...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, we have Dan as our guest. For those of you who had listened to the last episode and tried to figure out who he is, here were the hints: He was born in Detroit but grew up mostly in Florida. He wants Will Smith to play him in a movie. The movie that would represent his life for the last year would be The Revenant. His name was almost Jamal Johnson, but instead he has...

Welcome to Influencers! Today, I have the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Aya. For those of you who had listened to the last episode and tried to figure out who she is, here were the hints: Aya is clearly in fashion. She styled Michelle Obama while Barack Obama was our President and went to the White House to do so. She styled Scarlett Johansson. Her job requires a lot of lifting potentiall...