Clear & Loud with Josh Harris

Clear & Loud proudly presents: Daddy Boss Love. This special podcast format features three single dads talking business and relationships and parenting. Meet Your Hosts... Scot Sustad is figuring out solo-parenting and single life after his 17 year marriage ended a couple of years ago. He’s the proud father of two brave little ladies. Scot stands out in a crowd because he’s typically singing 90s b...

Did evangelicalism fail a generation? How do disillusioned Christians process their experiences in churches and hold on to their faith? How do families divided over Trump find common ground?  In this revealing episode, I sit down with Jon Ward, journalist, author, and chief national correspondent at Yahoo! News, to discuss his latest book, Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement that Failed a G...

Dive into the intertwined worlds of screenwriting for television and standup comedy in this podcast interview with Charla Lauriston. From the bustling writer’s room of NBC's “Grand Crew” to the vibrant stages of Comedy Central, Charla’s career is a masterclass in crafting clear, impactful messages that resonate. This Vancouver and Los Angeles based talent shares her journey from Haiti to Holly...

Leaving a job is never easy. It becomes even more complicated when your job is wrapped up in a spiritual tradition. Matt Davis, served as a Teaching and Executive Pastor for more than two decades in Orange County, California. After going through his own pastoral transition out of ministry, Matt learned the difficulty of this season. He helped start an organization that assists pastors who are tran...

After spending years of her life “swallowing her own words,” Danielle Smith, is speaking out and putting her truth and power into the world. She founded Wild Bloom  a store in Austin that sells CBD products and hosts unique gatherings—from women’s circles to and event called The Dope Singles Connection that is providing an in-person alternative to Tinder for single men and women.  In addition to f...

Can empathy be designed into society? Mayra Kapteijn thinks so and she's dedicated her career to the endeavour. Mayra is an Amsterdam-based social designer with a background in social psychology. At the age of 31, she has co-founded and jumpstarted multiple social impact platforms, such as 29k, which provides free evidence-based mental fitness tools, and Peerby, a neighborhood sharing app. Cur...

Is Instagram over? Join us for a little father-daughter debate about Instagram’s destiny.  In today's episode of Clear & Loud, I'm diving into the ever-evolving world of social media, discussing the potential decline of Instagram and its impact on users. I'm bringing on a very special guest, my daughter, Emma Sato, a talented 23-year-old product designer, podcast enthusiast, and al...

Can the art of winemaking teach us how to live a flourishing life? Nelson Boschman, author of "The Growing Season: Contemplations on Wine & The Soul," believes so. In this podcast episode, we explore the fascinating intersection of vineyard, cellar, and tasting room with the depths of the human soul. Nelson takes us on a journey of transformation that occurs from grape to glass, reve...

Ever feel like you're flying blind when it comes to hiring? Ever agonized over the time and money wasted by hiring the wrong person? Mike Moreau is on a mission to fix today’s broken hiring system. Most pre-employment personality tests measure the wrong things and the result is frustration for everyone—leadership, HR, management, and new hires. Mike’s company called TRAITS is built around a po...

Allison Fallon is an award winning author, sought after public speaker, and nationally recognized writing coach. She has coached thousands of writers—from NYT Bestselling authors, to total beginners, to help them finally get their books written and on shelves. Her most recent project—called Write Your Story—helps everyday people turn their life experiences into stories that heal and inspire. She l...

Jarrett is an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business. Ten years after he helped place students in his marketing class into cutting edge roles as social media managers, he was on the lookout for the next big thing. What field would just a little extra knowledge give his students an edge and expertise that would position them for success? In 2017 he began t...

Dutch researchers found in 2010 that planning a trip makes people happier than actually taking it. Conner Galway is a marketing expert focused on tourism. And he thinks this means people tasked with marketing destinations have to pay a lot more attention to digital and the way it improves peoples overall experience of travel.  When it comes to tourism, Conner Galway has spent a lot of time st...

When Maacah Davis launched Belladonna Magazine it was the first black woman-owned print fashion publication. She describes it as brown-girl escapism—a whimsical take on beauty and fashion for multicultural, multifaceted women. Now she’s exporting that same whimsy and flair from the page to real life settings as an arts funder, event producer, and dinner party mastermind. Maacah is an arts fun...

Amanda Lee Smith runs Monday Creative, a Vancouver-based branding and content marketing agency that serves world-class brands like Lululemon and Arc’teryx. Her team understands the power of words and great storytelling. They’re laser-focused on seducing people into the outdoors and creating a world where health, wellness, and nature are the most desirable products available. Interview highlights:...

A healthy company culture can make or break your company. So how do you build one? Today on the show we’re talking to Laura Graven a successful business owner who has thought hard about and worked hard on fostering a healthy culture for her team. Laura Graven is a salon owner, a small business coach, and a hair designer, serving her guests in the chair for over 17 years. Throughout this time she h...

In this episode, executive coach and a triple-certified Enneagram teacher, Vanessa Fernandez, walks through all nine Enneagram types and explains how insights from this ancient personality typing tool can help anyone be better at leading others. There’s often a gap between how we think we’re coming across and how our communication is actually being received. (For example you think you’re being hel...

Steve Benjamins doesn’t like the title entrepreneur, but since he was 13-years-old, he has been starting businesses, launching projects, and experimenting with various endeavors. In this interview, Steve talks about his journey from amateur counterfeiter to being the owner of multiple companies. His advice for people who want to start a side-hustle: follow your enthusiasm. If you’ve ever wanted to...

Okay, so this episode’s title isn’t technically correct—I’m not part of the “Baby Boom” generation, I’m Gen X (born between 1965 - 1980). But boy did I feel like a Boomer as I interviewed two students aged 19 and 18 respectively, about blockchain, DAOs, and NFTs. Regardless of your age, it’s tempting to be skeptical of new technology and new ideas. It can take effort to stay open and curious, but...

Tim Schurrer spent almost a decade of his career as the right-hand man of Donald Miller. He helped launch two brands—StoryBrand and Business Made Simple—and built a $16 million dollar company. Now Tim is sharing secrets…about what real success really is.  In this interview, we talk about the core message of his new book “The Secret Society of Success” and Tim's mission to help people escape t...

Travis Atreo is an LA-based recording artist, producer, and artist coach with over 270M streams on Spotify alone and over 70M views in Youtube. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Fanded.com , an equity crowdfunding platform for creatives. Fanded allows superfans to invest and share in the journey of a project with their favorite artist, authors, filmmakers, and more. What's the big idea you'd most lik...

Nick Kennedy believes that being successful in business isn't about conquering the world—it's about conquering yourself. He's an entrepreneur with over twenty years of experience building successful ventures. He started an airline that was acquired by Surf Air. He now coaches high-power executives to become fully integrated spouses, parents, and businesspeople. Nick’s new book is titled The Good E...

Erin Power is not your typical health coach. She thinks the bathroom scale is too often a tool of ignorance. She has been known to assign her clients taco nights. She’s a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and board-certified health coach but after 30-years in the health, fitness, and nutrition world she’s convinced we’ve gotten things wrong. Now she helps people fix their metabolism, deprogram them...

Have an idea for an app? Should you develop it? Logan Fields makes his living building apps and his answer is no—unless you’re good at one essential thing. In this interview, we talk about how to decide whether an app will benefit your company, how web3 is like a cult, lessons from the Wordle craze, and how to decide between a web-based app and mobile. Logan Fields is the founder of The App G...

A clear message shared courageously can change the world. Josh Harris hosts a show about the ideas, stories, and voices that are disrupting business, culture, religion, and sexuality.