A Conversation with Paul

Send us a Text Message. Andrew Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace overseeing research on Russia and Eurasia. He previously served on the National Security staff and at the State Department. In this episode, he describes what makes the Kremlin tick, how hard it is for a Russia outsider to apprehend the truth and where Put...

Send us a Text Message. The second part of my conversation with Gao Xiqing describes his training as a lawyer, what China's history of law is, how that contrasts with the US and where China is going, among other topics.  Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on: Apple Podcasts   Spotify Support the Show. T...

Send us a Text Message. Gao Xiqing is a lawyer, investor, father and husband. He helped found China's stock market and was modern China's first person to pass the New York State bar. Our conversation was so extraordinary I divided it into two parts. In this first part, hear him describe what it was like to grow up in China shortly after the 1949 revolution and live through the Cultural R...

Send us a Text Message. Dr. Enikeev is a Russian psychiatrist who grew up in a country that no longer exists and now runs a US practice with over 40 psychiatrists. He describes what it was like to grow up in the Soviet Union, how rock 'n' roll weakened the system, "double thinking" and the peculiar anxiety of freedom.  Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel i...

Send us a Text Message. Paul, the Head Coach of Brown University Men's Crew team, talks about how sports force us to be "in the moment," teamwork, what it takes to be a great athlete and what role sports played in his life as he processed, as a kid, his father's suicide.  Paul has coached Olympians and won the Ivy League in 2008, 2009 and 2012 as well as placing in many other h...

Send us a Text Message. Greg is a friend, a parent, an educator and a Minority Achievement Coordinator and a Facilitator of Courageous Conversations about Race and Equity in Classrooms. In this episode, he reflects on the racial divide in 1980s Washington, D.C., managing his own mental health and that of his students and the importance of parents advocating for their own children.  Talking Trading...

Send us a Text Message. Alex and Damien are two friends who co-founded Advanced Research Investment Solutions and in this episode share some of their practical but profound advice about how to save and the parallels between good investment practices and life practices.  Talking Trading - Expert trading tactics so you can excel in the sharemarket. This is how traders and investors excel. Listen on:...

Send us a Text Message. I speak with my dear friend, psychologist Jim Levine. Jim has a Ph. D. from Simmons University, founded and has directs a multidisciplinary 30-clinician group in Western Massachusetts that provides outpatient therapy, psychological testing and mental health, behavioral and trauma-focused consultation to more than 40 school districts and is an award-winning author of Learnin...

Send us a Text Message. Hear how Sonya, my daughter, reacted to reading Raising a Thief.  Support the Show. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit paulpodolsky.substack.com