The Release Podcast

Cady Coleman is a NASA astronaut who retired as a colonel in the US Air Force, flew twice on the Space Shuttle Columbia, is a Chemist by trade. She departed the International Space Station in 2011 as a crew member of Expedition 27 after logging 159 days in space. Her new book is called "SHARING SPACE: An astronauts guide to mission, wonder & making change." On today’s podcast, we are talking a...

What can a gay, Persian, cardiologist and single father teach us about how to take care of ourselves? Turns out quite a lot. Dr. Dan Yadegar is a trusted voice in integrating medical innovation and science with the art of wellbeing. After fleeing Iran with his family as an infant he spent his early years in the Dominican Republic, before they settled in Long Island, New York, where he mainly grew...

Have you ever heard the term Kingmaker? Well, meet the Queenmaker. Denise Conroy. A former 4X founder, 3X CEO, Fortune 500 CMO, and board director, she has been defying expectations her entire life, and she wants to help other women (and men) who are her executive coaching clients do the same. By looking inward. Denise did that herself when, nearly four decades later, she finally reckoned with, an...

Given all the mixed messaging about what defines healthy masculinity these days, where will the next generation of young men ultimately land? Our guest this week is Neil Shyminsky, better known as TikTok's popular Professor Neil. Neil addresses cultural misunderstandings on a wide variety of hot topics.  A Professor of English in the School of Justice, Community Services, and General Studies at Ca...

Studies say we lose half of our friendships every seven years. Does that make you consider who you will move on from…or who’s gonna dump you? Friendship is complicated, as detailed in the book MODERN FRIENDSHIP; How to Nurture our most valued connections by Anna Goldfarb. Anna is a journalist, author and speaker, known as “The New York Times' friendship correspondent.” On today’s podcast we look a...

Forgiving someone who apologizes and changes their behavior is one thing. Or forgiving someone you can remove from your life. But how do you forgive someone who keeps hurting you? As the Director of Stanford University’s Forgiveness Project, and Author of Forgive for Good, Frederic Luskin has dedicated himself to answering these questions. Frederic has his Phd, is the Department Chair for Clinical...

What is the correct way to do modern masculinity…and how can we teach our sons to get it right?
CARLOS ANDRÉS GÓMEZ is the author of the memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood. On today’s episode we talk about why the phrase toxic masculinity is so triggering, how to guide our sons towards healthy masculinity without overcorrecting…and how loneliness could be the root of most of humanity’s prob...

Julia Hotz, Author of THE CONNECTION CURE: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging How over-medicated are we? How much of what ails us could be healed by going back to the ways we evolved to live?
 Julia Hotz is the author of a book looking to answer questions like these. "The Connection Cure: The Prescriptive Power of Movement, Nature, Art, Service, and Belonging"...

How many repetitions of a targeted new body language gesture does it take to win over a swing voter? Mark Bowden has been voted the #1 Body Language Professional in the world. Born in England and building off an early career as an actor on screen and stage, Mark pioneered nonverbal analysis of human behaviors intended to persuade. His techniques are trusted by business leaders, Fortune 500 compani...

Pete Earley is a Pulitzer-finalist, a mental health advocate, a Washington Post journalist turned bestselling author of 15 books including Family of Spies (inside the John walker spy ring), The Hot House (Life inside Leavenworth prison), and Crazy (A father’s search through americas mental health madness). Earley also wrote a series of novels including Duplicity, Treason, and Vengeance along with...

How does the world's #1 body language expert use what he knows in his own marriage? Mark Bowden has been voted the #1 Body Language Professional in the world. Born in England and building off an early career as an actor on screen and stage, Mark pioneered nonverbal analysis of human behaviors intended to persuade. His techniques are trusted by business leaders, Fortune 500 companies, politicians,...

How can we stop fooling ourselves into seeing only what we want to see? Robert MacCoun is a Stanford Law Professor, a Social Psychologist and the Coauthor of THIRD MILLENNIUM THINKING: CREATING SENSE IN A WORLD OF NONSENSE. Based on a wildly popular UC Berkeley course, the book explores how to use scientists’ tricks of the trade to make the best decisions and solve the hardest problems in age of u...

Why are we all such liars ,and what does it say about us as a species that we are able to lie to ourselves so well? Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and the coauthor along with Kevin Simler of THE ELEPHANT IN THE BRAIN: HIDDEN MOTIVES IN EVERYDAY LIFE. He’s a former research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University, and is kno...

Craig Hatkoff is a real estate investor who pioneered the concept of asset securitization back in the 1990s at Chemical Bank, and then became Vice Chairman of Capital Trust which he cofounded alongside the legendary billionaire Sam Zell. He is also a board member for more than 15 private and public companies as varied as Colony Capital, SL Green, the Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation and even the Rock...

Julie Menanno is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a leading voice on attachment styles with over 1.2 million instagram followers and the bestselling author of "SECURE LOVE: Create a relationship that lasts a lifetime." She earned her Master’s degree in Psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute in LA, and has a clinical therapy practice in Bozeman, Montana, using Emotionally Focused Ther...

Julie Menanno is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a leading voice on attachment styles with over 1.2 million instagram followers and the bestselling author of "SECURE LOVE: Create a relationship that lasts a lifetime." She earned her Master’s degree in Psychology from Phillips Graduate Institute in LA, and has a clinical therapy practice in Bozeman, Montana, using Emotionally Focused Ther...

There’s more to Mike Amoia than the insect tattoos covering most of his body, or the scorpion tattoos covering most of his neck and the back of his skull before stretching out over his right eye socket. Mike is an entrepreneur, angel investor, Emmy award-winning producer, and he also holds the Guinness Book World Record for the most insect tattoos on a human body: 864 at the time of the award, and...

Bret Lockett is an ex-NFL player who found his second calling as a transformational love coach and he's on a mission. A spiritual guide and an alchemist, he's now an internationally recognized speaker and relationship expert focused on balancing the yin and yang energies in romantic relationships. He grew up in California, went to UCLA and then played for the Cleveland Browns, New England Patriots...

Matchmaking is an industry worth an estimated $1.2 to $1.5 billion globally, with nearly 40% of that market located in the United States. And it’s growing, while reaching a wider audience, both in age and price range. Anna Morgenstern is a high-end matchmaker and dating coach based in New York City. She happened on this career almost by accident, while working in advertising, when she set up not o...

What do we owe one another (as family or as a society)...in death? Pamela Prickett is the coauthor (along with Stefan Timmermans) of the book The Unclaimed; Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels. An associate professor of sociology at the University of Amsterdam, Pamela has studied journalism and media at Boston University and at the London School of Economics, and earned her PhD from UCLA. H...

Is psychic ability hereditary, and can meditation make it stronger? 
 
 Jennie Marie is a fourth-generation psychic, an empathic medium, and was the star of TLC’s hit show, Mama Medium. Even in a family with four generations of psychics, she says these gifts were still considered somewhat taboo. It wasn’t until her late twenties, after a career as a hairstylist and a realtor that Jennie was finall...

“Dr. Gabby” (Gabrielle Pelicci, Ph. D.) is a TED speaker, a professor, an expert on Global Wellness & Psychedelics, and the bestselling author of the memoir, ALL THIS HEALING IS KILLING ME. With over 3000 hours of training in Yoga, Bodywork, Meditation, Mind-Body Medicine, Energy Healing, Herbalism and Health Coaching, she guides people and groups towards wholeness using writing as medicine. H...

Is bravery a muscle? Can fighting the system that protects your attackers, help a rape survivor to heal?
 Carrie Bobb is a mom, a wife, an entrepreneur, and a real estate industry leader, who also happens to be the survivor behind Carrie’s Law. She was blazing trails all along, starting with the real estate world where she handled nearly 2 billion dollars worth of sales volume and was a rising sta...

Is cultivating an active awareness of death the only surefire way to make the most of our lives?
 Poonam sits down with Jodi Wellman, a TED speaker, coach, and thought leader on well-being and living lives worth living. A former corporate executive who executed a midlife shift, Jodi earned her Master’s in Applied Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, where she is now an instruct...

Is it possible to narcissist-proof (and narcissism-proof) our children?
 Poonam sits down with Dr. Craig Malkin, a Harvard Medical School lecturer, the author of the internationally acclaimed book, ‘Rethinking Narcissism’ and co-author of the NYT bestseller ‘The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump.' Dr. Malkin is a clinical psychologist with three decades of experience in psychotherapy, as well as the...