The Vance Crowe Podcast

Rachel Nau discusses how Williams Syndrome shapes the way she engages with the world.  Vance Crowe interviewed his longtime friend about how this condition has impacted her life, making friends and working in a job. Rachel Nau is a woman with a rare genetic condition called "Williams Syndrome" which makes her have extraordinary perceptions of sound and light, but also prevents her from knowing who...

Matt Christiansen and Vance Crowe sit down to discuss why companies have taken on a progressive agenda as opposed to a conservative one, the value of liberty and the dangers of losing freedoms as the Coronavirus pandemic wears on. Matt Christiansen is a YouTube political analyst and news commentator that runs his own media company in Montana.  He has developed a following and community that enable...

Mike Compston is a retired rancher in his 70's living in Nevada.  Vance and Mike talk about how values are created and handed down, regrets he has from his life, the value of the Articulate Ventures Network, what he thinks happens when you die and his personal Peter Thiel Paradox. About the Vance Crowe Podcast —  Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, bu...

Ann Crowe of Precision Physical Therapy sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about pain as a concept, as well the challenges parents face being pregnant and raising a newborn.  On a personal note, this is a conversation is one I am excited to share as we discussed many things that we wish we had known before starting the journey to having our child. Ann Crowe is a woman like no other. She has swam on...

Exercise week concludes! Sara Krenski is one of the most well respected “boot-camp” instructors in the Saint Louis region. Krenski spoke with Vance Crowe about her coaching philosophy and mindset that have prompted many people to start to get in shape and kept them coming to class for more than 10 years. Krenski has training in the Montesori methods and it is clear that she applies her beliefs abo...

Exercise Week: Mark Spewak is an extraordinary running coach, helping his clients to learn how to become better runners not only from establishing a running plan, but also learning how to master the voices in your head that try to talk you out of pushing through and achieving your goals. Vance Crowe and Mark Spewak discuss the voice of resistance, the unity that comes from seeing someone else runn...

Marcio Gonacalves runs the business SwineIt a podcast and conference business that has taken the North and South American business world by storm.  He sat down with Vance Crowe and to talk about business productivity secrets, discuss business challenges, and talk about how to keep employees motivated.

A new YouTube channel that will shatter what you think you know about historical figures has just been created by accountant and retirement community CEO Jeremy LaKosh.  During LaKosh’s conversation with Vance Crowe they talk about: The Illinois government is more than 3 months behind on paying Medicaid obligations to retirement communities. The shocking stories that made Christopher Columbus a pe...

Chris Bennet is ag and technology editor for Farm Journal magazine.  He tells stories with a southern drawl that draw you in and almost always has a twist that you cannot believe. In this interview we talk about the inner demons that can lead anyone astray, one of the greatest insurance frauds in US history done by Robert Carl Stokes and what it is like to raise a daughter so she doesn't fall in l...

Jamey Stegmaier is a giant in the world of board game publishing.  Stegmaier sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about what it takes to design a great board game, how introverts can use board games to start conversations, and why writing game directions is so difficult. Stegmaier owns Stonemaier Games and is a major figure in the world of Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform.  His books and videos h...

Once humans let pets in the house, everything about the way we medicated them had to change.  Suddenly the disease that were ok outside, were now coming into the house.  Animal pharmaceutical salesman Brian Hopkins sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss what changes have happened, how people engage with their pets differently and the advances in pet medicine. Brian and Vance also discussed how they...

Kenneth Stanley’s concept of “Novelty Search” characterizes how major breakthroughs happen by articulating that individuals that discover and build totally new things cannot plan where they are going, they instead need to follow what they find interesting.  During Kenneth Stanley’s interview with Vance Crowe, they discuss how novelty search is similar to the concept of the Daemon as discussed by p...

Bryan Moes is a slow talking South Dakota farmer with five boys living in South Dakota.  Moes is a family man, deeply active in his community and a strong supporter of the organizations that make agriculture work.  Moes sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss teaching your children responsibility, how to make changes in large organizations, why the Albert Camus The Stranger resonated so deeply with h...

Paula Olsiewski is an MIT trained biochemist that now helps foundations decide how to allocate resources to deal with challenges that face our civilization.  She has worked in biosecurity, synthetic biology, and most recently on indoor air quality.   Paula Olsiewski spoke with Vance Crowe about funding research, what can be done to prevent Coronavirus spread using HV/AC systems, UV light, raising...

Rob Long is back discussing with Vance Crowe on how to read so that you extract more meaning from your time, the dichotomies game that they play, the reason that positive human rights are dangerous and the value of negative human rights, and why values smuggling has destroyed the value of the skeptics community. To learn more about the October Book Club: https://articulate.ventures/october-atcf-bo...

William Prigge Ph. D. is a history professor at South Dakota State University and a former history professor of Vance Crowe, at Marquette University.  They have a wide ranging fast paced conversation about how to analyze history as a world system rather than criticizing as a way of tearing down.   Vance and Will discuss: Why is it socially acceptable to have a picture of Soviet leader Vladimir Len...

Tommy Grisafi is a man that can make money during moments of high volatility in the markets. During this conversation Vance Crowe and Tommy Grisafi discuss where inflation is showing up in our markets, how puts and futures work and the value of doing difficult things like running marathons. To learn more about the Articulate Ventures Network https://network.articulate.ventures  Vance Crowe on Twit...

Julian Schuster is the President of Webster University in Saint Louis, Missouri.  We sat down to discuss what he has to consider as he leads through Coronavirus, people’s reactions to insecurity and how his University developed into the best chess team in the nation. To learn more about the Articulate Ventures Network https://network.articulate.ventures  Vance Crowe on Twitter https://twitter.com/...

Reid Tymcio teaches financial innovation at the University of South Carolina.  He is a financial expert with a balanced perspective on the role of cryptographic currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum and other blockchain based systems.  We have a conversation about trust, how the financial system works and Reid tells the story of when gold was made illegal to own in the US.   To learn more about the Ar...

Mark Reardon is one of the most well known radio hosts in the Saint Louis region.  He sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss the value of engaging people you disagree with in conversation, why the shutdown of sports will damage communities and Vance Crowe's Peter Thiel Paradox. Mark Reardon talks about how for the first time in his career he is concerned that he may lose his job for saying the wrong...

Kelly Crowe is the author of the brand new management book Super Vision an innovative guide to being the supervisor when your employees are young and inexperienced.  She is also Vance Crowe's sister, a fellow creative and expressive communicator. Kelly Crowe is a communications expert that has taught young people and their managers how to become high value employees that are able to work independe...

Chris Bennett is a writer for Farm Journal that tells some of the most shocking stories I've ever heard.  He is an excellent researcher and has an eye for details that only a deeply curious person could have. Last story is a little graphic, so be warned. This is the Farm Journal article on a camera being placed on a man's property written by Chris Bennett  https://www.agweb.com/article/government-...

Lyle Benjamin, returns for a conversation about kids returning to school, how Montana is handling Coronavirus, works of literature that take a long time to read and if the Presidential races will always devolve into WWF style farce.  We discuss Joscha Bach @plinz interpretation of Jewish and Christian texts. I was pushing the envelope and explored ideas like IQ and how that relates to how presiden...

Robin Wheeler loves music and found herself in a nine year journey to write an in-depth biography of singer songwriter Woody Guthrie.  Vance Crowe and Robin sat down to discuss her journey and learn what draws so many people to Guthrie's music and legacy. Join the Articulate Ventures Network https://www.articulate.ventures/ Find Robin on Twitter: @RobinDawnAgain Instagram: rwheeler1022 Website: ro...

Rob Long is a Data Engineer, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu practitioner, amateur philosopher and one of Vance Crowe’s closest friends.  Vance Crowe and Rob Long sat down to discuss their personal views on philosophy, pattern languages, mask laws, federalism, and their views on complex issues.   This interview marks the beginning of Season 2 of the Vance Crowe Podcast.   Join the Articulate Ventures Network...