Just One Question: Public Speaking Podcast

Wendy Murphy is adjunct professor of sexual violence law at New England Law|Boston where she has taught for fifteen years. Her litigation work specializes in the representation of crime victims, women and children. She has developed and directs several projects in conjunction with the school's Center for Law and Social Responsibility. She was a Visiting Scholar, Harvard Law School, 2002-03. S...

Nick Talks to fellow coach Richard Newman about the importance of face to face communications and the boundaries of virtual communication.  Richard helps people on their quest to overcome the fear of public speaking and discover the secrets of successful communication. Aged 18, Richard rejected university offers and went to live in the foothills of the Himalayas to teach English to monks. So began...

Seth Ettenberg and Nick discuss how technology is used to develop regenerative medicine for conditions such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Seth Ettenberg is CEO and President of BlueRock Therapeutics, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer. He’s a biotech entrepreneur, on the cutting edge of something called regenerative medicine.

In this episode Nick chats with author Jim Schleckser about why CEOs should be wary of 'problem solving' tech. Jim helps leaders grow companies. Jim and his team at the Inc. CEO Project work with over 100 CEOs of high growth companies to identify and obliterate the things that stand between them and continued organizational success. Jim has been quoted in The New York Times, Time, The Hu...

Newton Cheng is the Director of Health + Performance at Google | Supporting the physical, mental, social and spiritual health and wellbeing of Google's global workforce. Sharing his own story of burnout and speaking about mental health in the workplace, in order to try to reduce the stigma surrounding this important issue.

In this Episode Ezra and Nick discuss the importance of designing rituals in our lives in order to create room for pause and growth.  Ezra Bookman is a nationally recognized ritual designer, artist, facilitator, and Founder of Ritualist, the first ever creative studio specializing in the design of secular ritual.  His work has been featured in the NYTimes, The Atlantic, VICE, and ABC News, and he...

Rebecca Heiss is an evolutionary biologist, author of Instinct, and a phenomenal public speaker!

We kick off the new season of JOQ with a special guest Charles Vogl. In this episode Nick and Charles discuss work place loneliness.  Charles is an “External Thought Leader” for the Google School for Leaders, a project to train 20,000 Google Leaders.  Charles Vogl is an author of three books, including the bestseller, The Art of Community, and most recently Building Brand Communities; he’s a speak...

Patrick Mork, is a Belgian/American entrepreneur who has spent over 25 years in various marketing leadership roles in several high-profile technology startups and at Google. He decide to focus full time on being an executive coach for entrepreneurial companies and their executives in 2017. His new book Step Back and Leap, is not your typical self-help book, but rather a relatable and engaging acco...

Dr. Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics and author of Like, Literally Dude: arguing for the good in bad English, which just published this week.

Think Brené Brown meets Biker Babe, with a dash of Liz Gilbert. As former Chief Marketing Officer of Harley-Davidson, Shelley Paxton found herself at the top of the proverbial mountain feeling success-EMPTY instead of success-FULL. That awakening led her on a profound journey that became her mission, business, and Simon & Schuster-published bestselling book, Soulbbatical: A Corporate Rebels Gu...

Juanito Pascual is a flamenco guitarist, composer, teacher, speaker and author. He has a unique approach to the guitar, beginning at age 11, and developing a blend of rock and jazz with traditional flamenco. Most recently, he’s back from a tour of Cuba, studying the vibrant music scene there. He’s currently developing a talk on applying the insights from his lifelong study of the guitar to the bus...

EMPOWERING QUIET CONFIDENCE. Rachel LeFort designs clothing for the fearless doers, entrepreneurs, trailblazers and convention-defying career women who work overtime and burn the midnight oil to achieve their dreams. Learn More:  https://midnightoil.shop/

Robin Colucci helps world-class experts write world changing books. Her clients have been published by “Big 5” and other top publishing houses and others have self-published. Many have won awards, received outstanding book reviews, and/or become bestsellers on Amazon, USA Today, and The New York Times bestsellers lists. Clients come to her for help to write a substantive book that supports their a...

Anne Janzer is a non-fiction coach and the author of The Writer’s Process, Writing to Be Understood.  You can find her here: https://annejanzer.com/.

Mark Herschberg is a long-time MIT instructor, author of The Career Toolkit, speaker, and CTO of the startup - we talk about on the show, Brainbumpapp.com.

Dr. Erik Korem is founder of Aim7.com , is a health and fitness app that unlocks the power of wearables by providing you with daily personalized recommendations for your mind, body, and recovery to help you look, feel, and perform your best. Dr. Erik Korem is a High-Performance thought leader that introduced sports science and athlete tracking technologies to collegiate and professional (NFL) foot...

Alex Weber is an award-winning speaker, author, TV host, and American Ninja Warrior.

Neen James is an executive strategist. She is a keynote speaker, the author of Attention Pays, and a trusted advisor to luxury brands all over the world.

Naren Aryal is the Founder and CEO of Amplify Publishing Group, one of the pioneers of the industry and a twenty-year veteran of the fast-changing book publishing world.

Pamela Slim is an award-winner author, speaker and business coach who works with small business owners ready to scale their businesses and IP. She is the author of Escape from Cubicle Nation (Penguin Portfolio, 2009), Body of Work (Penguin Portfolio, 2014) and The Widest Net (McGraw Hill, November, 2021)

Varun Puri is the founder of Yoodli, and a former employee of GoogleX.  Varun is on a mission to democratize access to speech coaching and make it accessible to everyone. Yoodli is using AI to improve public speaking.  Listen to the full episode to learn more.

John JJ French is the founder, guitar player, and manager for Twisted Sister. He is the author of the bestselling Twisted Business, a memoir of his time in the band and a series of lessons for business gleaned from surviving and thriving in one of the toughest businesses of them all, the entertainment business. He runs the French Connection Podcast, and writes regularly on his second favorite rock...

Trish Kendall is an inspirational speaker, who helps companies create enduring client relationships, and audiences everywhere create enduring success.

Janine Hamner Holman is an organizational development consultant, working on issues such as change management, emotional intelligence, diversity, equity and belonging, and conscious leadership.