Living A Life In Full

Dr. David Fajgenbaum has been so close to death that Last Rites have performed—five times.   While in medical school, David became critically ill with idiopathic multicentric Castleman disease. This is his story and his work. He is one the top one-percent youngest grant awardees of a leading NIH grant. He is also Founding Director of the Center for Study and Treatment of Castleman Disease, cofound...

Paul Ronto, Director of Digital Content and Chief Marketing Officer at RunRepeat is a fellow data-wonk as he's part of the recently released report, The State of Ultra Running 2020, produced by RunRepeat and International Association of Ultra-runners, and co-author, Vania Nikolova, PhD. In this episode we discuss their landmark report, The State of Ultra Running 2020 , the first report of its kind...

So many of us postpone many of the things we'd like to do until something else happens first—we wait until we graduate, or until we get married, or until we have enough money, or until we retire—and then we realize, often too late, that we missed out on the experiences that would have enriched our lives. Well maybe there is another way… Daniel Rintz and Josephine Flohr are quite the dynamic duo. I...

Jack Hidary has been a successful serial technology entrepreneur and is a regular guest on Bloomberg, Fox Business, and CNBC, as well as a frequent keynote speaker, having presented at the business schools of Yale and Columbia, and at TEDx. Jack and I first connected 20 years back (gosh!) in Davos via the World Economic Forum, having been invited to be members of the group Global Leaders of Tomorr...

As we start this third season of the show, I want to first of all, thank you for listening. The core ethos of the show will be steadfast to always have amazing guests talking about important topics. My goal is also to experiment and learn via the mechanics of the show. Last year on New Year's Day I did a monolog on Healthspan and my personal experimentation and rationale behind it, and to my nice...

Did you ever wonder if anything ever spooked Warren Buffett ? Or how Jeff Koons got started? In the spirit of Tim Ferriss' books, Tribe of Mentors and Tools of Titans , Gillian Zoe Segal spent five years meeting, interviewing and photographing 30 diversely successful billionaires (Buffett, Sara Blakely , Michael Bloomberg ), artists (Jeff Koons, Marina Abramović ), creatives ( Frank Gehry , Hans Z...

What if you could create a project to quickly learn the skills to transition to a new role, project, or even profession? What if you could learn a new language, simulate a university degree program, or become good at something that seems impossible to you right now? Well then you'll enjoy this episode with Scott Young, author of the Wall Street Journal Best Seller, ULTRALEARNING: Master Hard Skill...

David Frangioni is quite the polymath—as he is an entrepreneur, award-winning veteran of the music industry, technologist, producer, engineer, author, and perhaps most fundamentally, a drummer. He is the Founder of Audio One and CEO of Frangioni Media and All Access IDA (Inspire and Develop Artists). He has dedicated his life to designing and building world-class studios, production facilities, an...

Mariam Pare' is a visual artist, designer, and speaker. Her paintings and other works have been exhibited locally, internationally, and are in numerous private collections. Her public painting demonstrations have become a visual metaphor to the core of her message—encouraging people toward superior levels of performance and inspiring ideas of innovation and creative thinking. Her list of exhibitio...

How does one go from being a dancer in Prince's films to a business consultant, start-up founder, mentor and one of Entrepreneur Magazine Top Small Company honoree to a record holding land speed racer on a vintage motorcycle? Well Rebecca Berneck tells us how, and much, much more in this information packed and quite fun conversation. In case you may not know, Rebecca is the founder and "Big Head"...

Matt Bailey is a world-traveling writer, photographer, travel consultant, and marketer. He founded and hosts "Canada's Road to 150," a 150-day Canada-wide multimedia road trip celebrating Canada's 150th birthday. He also started Canadian Free Flyers, a membership site that teaches Canadians how to travel the world cost-effectively. Matt studied management and international marketing at The Univers...

This is the second special edition episode of a limited-run series called Global Innovators —this is in addition to our ongoing monthly episodes. This Special Series focuses specifically work in the humanitarian intervention space. In this episode we meet Dr. Kelly Torres, the Chair of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology's On-Line Department of Educational Psychology and Technology. In t...

The genetics revolution that will transform our healthcare, the way we make babies, the nature of the babies we make, and ultimately our evolution as a species has already begun. It will arrive far sooner than most of us think and will transform our lives and the world around us in ways we can hardly imagine - and we aren't ready. If you have a sense that the genetics revolution is important but r...

How do you feel about marketing? If you're in sales or have a business, it may be your life blood. But we are all consumers, and sometimes we may feel a bit overwhelmed, spammed and scammed. If that resonates with you, then you're going to like this episode with Michael Schein, sort of a guerrilla Seth Godin in my opinion.  Michael is the CEO of MicroFame Media , a digital marketing company that i...

This is a special edition episode that marks the start of a limited-run series called Global Innovators —this will be in addition to our ongoing monthly episodes. This Special Series will focus specifically work in the humanitarian intervention space. We kick off the series with a dear friend, Dr. Tiffany Masson, Campus Dean of the Online Campus of the Chicago School of Professional Psychology, wh...

What kind of person gains high praise from luminaries like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Bill Drayton, Founder of Ashoka? Well, Wilford Welch for one. Wilford has been examining world affairs for more than five decades. Aside from his diplomatic work in Asia, he worked internationally in economic development. He was also the publisher of a world affairs magazine that appeared in 26 countries in six...

Have you ever questioned your "limits?" Maybe it was doing something athletic, or perhaps in your work or even personal life. I think no matter who you are, where you are, or what you do, pushing up against some type of limit is part of what makes a human a human. Some limits may be external or situational. But what about those that we self-impose? What about those we learned or believe to be true...

In 2006, I had the pleasure of collaborating with Dr. Mari Fitzduff as we co-edited The Psychology of War, Conflict Resolution and Peace , a three-volume series that was published by Praeger Press. Our mutual publisher, Debbie Carvalko, acted as a matchmaker to pair us up, and I'm honored that she did. I knew of Dr. Fitzduff by reputation as a Professor and Director at Brandeis University, where s...

At the start of a new year, many of us look to make health-focused changes to our habits and routines. Have you ever wanted to improve your health or athletic performance or endurance or resilience? I certainly am no poster-boy for being a great athlete, but I'm pretty satisfied of where I am today and what I've been able to do—especially considering from where I started. I think this actually may...

Did you ever wondered what the path is like to make it to the Olympics and win a medal? How about taking that approach and finding that it can also be a way to unlock human potential and drive growth in your life and career? If so, then you are going to enjoy learning from John Coyle and his approach to better using time, how to best exploit your strengths, how to increase your personal resilience...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be able to work from anywhere in the world? Of course, you may imagen some exotic local, but what about your second bedroom? Well then Amy Scott is just who you want to learn from. She not only teaches others how to be "Location Independent," but she lives the life/workstyle in a sustainable and transparent way. Amy started her career as an editor at...

Wouldn't it be amazing if you could hang out with your family on a long weekend with scores of Nobel laureates, Pulitzer, MacArthur, National Humanities Medal- and Templeton Prize-winners, dozens of Oscar-, Emmy- and Grammy-winners, Supreme Court Justices, Senators, Members of Congress and Governors, many astronauts, 16 former candidates for U.S. President (Republicans and Democrats) and a number...

Heather Dewey-Hagborg is one of the most creative people and orthogonal thinkers I have ever had the pleasure to know. I first met and learned of Heather's work at the Contemporary Museum of Art in Chicago where she presented as a co-founder and co-curator of REFRESH , an inclusive and politically engaged collaborative platform at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Heather has a BA...

Have you ever imagined traveling around the world? Were you inspired by Jules Verne to pack your bags and set forth on a global adventure? Well David Mink has circumnavigated the earth six times, visited six continents and about 50 countries, and he is the current President of the Circumnavigators Club. I didn't really get to go on vacations as a boy due to my situation living my cash-strapped sin...

Have you ever wondered how to become an astronaut? Curious as to what it's like to live in space in a space station? What would you do if a fire broke out on board? Well, Captain Jerry Linenger will tell you all about it, plus his "secret" for being selected to become an astronaut in this riveting episode. Jerry is one of the most down to earth astronauts you could ever hope to meet (pun intended)...