Smart People Podcast

2. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started. 3. Write the book you want to read. 4. Use your hands These are just 3 of the 10 pieces of wisdom that this week’s guest, Austin Kleon, wants to pass along.  But wait…where is #1? Ahhh, good question.  The first piece of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you know what astrophysics is? I’m not going to lie, I had to wikipedia it.  This week we speak with the guy who Invented Astrophysics! ….Ok, not really, that guy has been dead for like centuries, BUT we basically get to talk to the next best thing in Dr. Charles Pellerin.  Dr. Pellerin is... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back everyone to our first official episode of Season 2!.  We are glad to see you back and we look forward to another year of awesomeness. Our twenties are supposed to be the time of our lives, right?  A time where you can do whatever you want and use the excuse, “I’m just trying... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you’re anything like me (Chris) and nothing like the other host (Jon) you absolutely hate surfing the internet to find the next big thing. I mean, by the time I learned about Myspace, there was a movie being made about Facebook. But let’s face it, the web is where it’s at people.  Not understanding the inner workings of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Craig Koslofsky, author, Associate Professor of History at the University of Illinois . Can you imagine a time without electricity and modern technology? First of all, HOW would you download this podcast? In Craig Koslofsky’s book, Evening’s Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe, Craig discusses “the history of night” and what it... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...

Dr. Srini Pillay – Neuroscientist, Psychiatrist, Executive Coach…amazing. The human brain is a miracle, no one can question that.  The brain is the source of all of our cognition.  It stores our memories, it creates our identity and it interprets the world in which we live.  It’s also a mechanism that can be exercised and fine tuned... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Dudley takes a few minutes after his interview to speak on bipolar disorder. He discusses how it helped him become who he is today. It was very enlightening and we thank Drew for discussing such matters! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Dudley – Leadership and Motivation Expert: Be prepared to look at leadership in a new light after this one.  According to this week’s guest Drew Dudley, leadership is no longer a description reserved for kings, presidents, and executives. It’s something we all possess and we need to use it to change the world. Drew... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Richard Alley – Geologist & Climate Change Specialist: It is no longer a matter of if, how or how long…it’s real & it’s happening.  The amount of greenhouse gasses within Earth’s atmosphere are increasing at an alarming rate which is causing a continuous and unsustainable rise in the Earth’s climate. This is not alarmist, I’m not... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...

Josh Klein – Technologist & Computer/Life Hacker: Many of today’s systems and organizations still operate on the same processes that became popular during the industrial revolution, but no longer prove relevant. Think about it, a company decides they want to be innovative and productive. They need their employees to be creative and forward thinking. So... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit me...

We got the chance to sit down with Debra Benfield to discuss nutrition and  the concept of mindful and intuitive eating around healthy food choices. You’ll also get a look into some of our weird eating habits! Debra is a Master’s Level Nutritionist (M.Ed.), a (Registered Dietitian (R.D.) AND a Licensed Dietitian/ Nutritionist (L.D.N.) with over 25 years of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Let’s be honest. No one likes to deal with medical and health insurance bills. It’s confusing, it’s complicated, and it really is a huge pain. This is where Rebecca Woodcock’s new startup, Cake Health comes in. Cake Health is a website that helps you manage and understand your health care bills. It helps break down... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Know Thyself”.  It was inscribed on the Temple of Apollo, it has been referenced by everyone from Plato, to Benjamin Franklin and Ralph Waldo Emerson.  It’s an idea that is deeply ingrained in our culture…and rightfully so.  Perhaps no other journey is as important as trying to figure out who you are and who you... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy New Year! Glad you could join us for the first episode of what we are sure is going to be the most amazing year ever.  We kick 2012 off with a bang and interview business & entrepreneurial Coach, Cameron Herold.   If you’ve ever thought about owning your own business OR if you are just... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Try to walk into a grocery store, an electronics store, or even a coffee shop without being faced with hundreds of options. Do you want the 50″ 3d LCD TV or the 52″ LED 1080p TV? Everyday, we are faced with hundreds of decisions. This week, we interview Barry Schwartz and talk to him about... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Remember when you would be starving, walking around a large city looking for a quick bite and the only thing you could find was hot dogs from street carts that tasted like moist paper towel rolls? Well finally, those days are gone.  There has been an epidemic within the past year or two in food... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You delude yourself every day. You might not realize it, but you do. Our guest this week is David McRaney and he wrote a book called,  You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself. In this book,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

70% off! 50% off! Buy one, get one free! I’m sure you saw  all of these this past weekend… it was Black Friday after all. We’ve been told that shopping this past weekend would help the economy, but many of us don’t have the funds to do the shopping….but we still do it anyway. We’re... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you were in a plane crash, got lost while hiking in the mountains, or were faced with other life or death situations, what would you do? Would you be able to survive or would you be like the 90% of people who would freeze or panic in the situation?   This week, we speak... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you are a democrat, republican, or independent, watching the President’s first couple of years in office is always very interesting. Will they maintain all the promises made during their campaign? What will happen if they are faced with a serious situation in office? All these things are very telling of their character. But even... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

To this day, ‘History of Rock and Roll’ was one of my favorite classes in college. The artists inspired me. The stories blew me away. The lifestyle seemed to be something only imaginable in books and movies. New York Times best selling author, Steve Almond has many books on his resume, but it was Rock... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There was this explosion. A cloud. Red Mist. He self-detonated.  A suicide vest. As sometimes happens with suicide vests, shoes and shins still stood on the roadway, disconnected for eternity from their owner.” -Thom Shanker, Author and this week’s Guest The war on terror has now been underway for 10 years and over this time... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Made in America. We all (well, maybe) remember when that used to mean one thing. Quality. As times changed and we moved towards become larger consumers, companies shifted their manufacturing to places in order to take advantage of lower wages. Usually, this meant moving the manufacturing out of the good ole’ US of A. Roger... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s a topic that we have brushed up against before on the podcast, but haven’t completely jumped into.  How does all of today’s technology and instant gratification affect our ability to pay attention.  Are computers and video games the reason for the outbreak of diagnosable attention disorders or is it something different entirely? Actually, one... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

The 60’s had the space race to the moon, the 70’s had peace, love and hippies and the 90’s had the internet.  BUT, the 80’s had the best thing of all…..wait for it…..wait for it…..NINTENDO, and more specifically the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).  We probably don’t need to explain to you how fantastic NES was,... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices