The Main Thing Podcast

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest today, Dr. Jacquelyn Kung, is someone who's passionate about improving aging services in the U.S. Jacquelyn is CEO of Activated Insights, a software company that improves employee and customer experiences in eldercare. Previously, she managed one of the largest retirement communities in the U.S. and worked in McK...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest today is someone who changed the trajectory of my life. Jeremy Mullins is a fitness and nutrition specialist. And an innovator.   At his core, Jeremy's superpower is motivating others through education and encouragement. Jeremy Mullins is Director of the "MyTransPHORMation" challenge at 1st Phorm. He has more tha...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! This is your nine minute jolt of wisdom. I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest is the most "human" human I've ever met.   Jeffrey Seglin is a senior lecturer and director of the Communications Program at The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.   Jeffrey is the author of several books on writing, ethics, and business. He is the...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! My special guest Crystal Good is one of the most creative people I know. You heard her bold wisdom in Episode 44, our standard nine-minute show.   Today you will get The Whole Thing. In this 25 minute show, you'll get more of my conversation with the dynamic, wildly creative Affrilachian Poet and three-time TEDx speaker, Crystal Good. It's a less edited, mor...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest today is one of the most dynamic, creative people I've ever known. She's also bold and courageous.   Crystal Good is hard to place in one category. The poet and performer prefers 'Artist, Advocate, Digital Media Entrepreneur.   She is a three-time Ted-X talker and an "Affrilachian FolkReporter." Crystal is buildi...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. Our special guest today is Hans Appel. He's an educator, speaker and writer, deeply committed to inspiring the whole child. Hans is the author of, Award Winning Culture: Building School-Wide Intentionality and Action Through Character, Excellence, and Community .    Additionally, he's the Director of Culture for the Teach Better...

Welcome back to the Main Thing Podcast! You're in for a real treat with today's special guest. Chris Fussell is a former Navy SEAL Officer and President of McChrystal Group, a premier leadership and management consulting firm founded by General Stan McChrystal.   He was commissioned as a Naval Officer in 1997, and spent the next 15 years on US Navy SEAL Teams. Since leaving the military in 2012, C...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! My special guest Jeff Johnson is an IT pro and a professional communicator. He's gifted as someone with the best people skills among the thousands of people I've known in my lifetime.  Jeff is a self-described "military brat" who attended nine different schools before graduating high school. He says, "I know what it's like to be the 'new guy.'" After his car...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest is an educator, professional communicator and a mentor to me. You heard the short version of her wisdom in Episode 39, our standard nine-minute format. Today, you'll get "The Whole Thing." It's a less-edited, deeper dive into my recent, fascinating conversation with M.E. Yancosek Gamble. This is a 30-minute show....

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest is today is a someone I greatly admire. Someone I seek for advice and guidance.   She's a mentor to me and a trusted advisor to many. I can't wait to hear the wisdom she's chosen to share with us today, because she is fount of wisdom. Mary Elizabeth "M.E." Yancosek Gamble is a college professor and a gifted profe...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest has an amazing life story. You heard the short version of it, along with his chosen wisdom in Episode 37, our standard nine-minute format. Today, you'll get "The Whole Thing" - a less-edited, more natural version of my recent, fascinating conversation with Serges Himbaza, the multi-talented producer and film make...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest has an amazing life story. Serges Himbaza is a technology professional and a masterful content creator, whose life began during the Rwandan genocide of 1994. His family fled to a refugee camp in The Congo, where Serges was born. They relocated to Kenya, before coming to America in 1999. Today, he is the Managing...

In this special, year-ending episode I've switched mics with prior guest Andy Malinoski. Following his debut in Episode 1 of The Main Thing, Andy returns to interview me.  We delve into the concept and inspiration for this podcast. You'll hear about the impact of the wisdom shared by 35 guests of this show. You'll also learn about the ways our audience members listen to our nine-minute jolts of wi...

Welcome back to The Main Thing Podcast!  Special guest Kara Goldin is one of the most dynamic, creative people I've ever met. She is an entrepreneur, a business disruptor, a published author, and she hosts a podcast of her own.   Kara is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint ®  water, the leading unsweetened flavored water, and the author of Undaunted: Overcoming...

Welcome back to the Main Thing Podcast! I'm your host Skip Lineberg. My special guest today is unique in several ways. At age 31, he's the youngest guest so far on The Main Thing. He's also the first guest who is a French ex-patriate. If that weren't enough, he is the first "Forbes 30 Under 30" honoree to appear on this show. Cyril Berdugo is Co-Founder of Landis, a company that helps American ren...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast - your nine minute dose of wisdom. I'm your host Skip Lineberg, and I am delighted to introduce you to my special guest today, Jeff Lovejoy. Jeff is a lifelong student of leadership, a virtual sponge of ideas and concepts around that topic. He is a value-centered servant leader with high-integrity and a consistent history of business & personal success.   Jeff has...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast - your nine minute dose of wisdom. I'm your host Skip Lineberg. I am absolutely thrilled to introduce you to my special guest today, Anna Sale, a journalist and podcaster whose work I have greatly admired for many years. Anna is the host of the fabulous podcast "Death, Sex & Money" from WNYC Studios about "the things we think about a lot and need to talk about mor...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast - your nine minute dose of wisdom. I'm your host Skip Lineberg. I am delighted to introduce you to my special guest today, Helena Brantley, who helps scholars and subject matter experts share their ideas widely, ideas most often found in book form.   After an early career in public relations and marketing, at Rubenstein Associates, DeVries Public Relations, Spectr...

Welcome to Episode 30 of The Main Thing Podcast and another dose of wisdom!   I'm your host, Skip Lineberg.   I am thrilled to introduce you to my special guest, Charles Ryan. Charles Ryan had an illustrious career in business, first as a TV news reporter & anchorman … then as founder & CEO of the advertising agency Charles Ryan & Associates. Later he served as the Dean of the University of Charle...

Welcome to Episode 29 of The Main Thing Podcast and another dose of wisdom!   'm your host, Skip Lineberg, and I am thrilled to introduce you to my special guest, Sheryl Grant. Dynamic. Energetic. Positive. It is impossible to describe Sheryl Grant with one word or to place her into a category. Just wait … you'll understand. Sheryl Grant is a leader - first and foremost. Throughout her life wherev...

Welcome to Episode 28 of The Main Thing Podcast and another dose of wisdom!   I'm your host, Skip Lineberg, and today I am thrilled to introduce you to my special guest, Bill Gardner. Bill is an Assistant Professor at Marshall University, in Huntington, West Virginia, where he teaches in the Cyber Forensics and Security Degree Programs.   Prior to joining the faculty at Marshall Univ., Bill co-fou...

Welcome to Episode 27 of The Main Thing Podcast and another dose of wisdom. I'm your host, Skip Lineberg, and I am delighted to introduce you to my special guest, Bobby Herrera. Bobby Herrera is CEO of the Populus Group and author of the terrific, new best-selling book, "The Gift of Struggle." His company is one of the fastest-growing HR services companies in the U.S. Bobby serves on national comm...

Welcome to The Main Thing Podcast and another dose of wisdom. I'm your host, Skip Lineberg.   I am delighted to introduce you to my special guest, Mike Stotsky. Mike Stotsky thrives on creating uniquely memorable experiences. Whether that's an experience tailored for his family, friends or clients, it almost always involves music. This father of three presently works for New York-based brand story...

As we close out Season One and our first full year of this show, my producer, Bob Hotchkiss, and I look back over a few highlights and our favorite moments from the past 24 episodes.  We also give you a look at what to expect in Season Two. Of course, we have a few laughs along the way. Don't miss our three big announcements. Most importantly, we sincerely want to thank you for making this show po...

Welcome to Episode 24 of The Main Thing Podcast and another dose of wisdom. I'm your host, Skip Lineberg. I am very excited to introduce you to my special guest, Rich O'Brien. If it weren't for Rich O'Brien, I would not be podcasting today. It was Rich who introduced me to podcasting back in late 2014. You'll hear all about this story and much more in today's show. Rich O'Brien is an experienced I...