The Ten Thousand (10,000) Heroes Show

Welcome back to the The 10,000 Heroes Show.   This is our first "debrief-only episode". There is no guest interview here, just Nate and I unpacking a little bit of what we learned in episode #00026 with Harrison Gardner.   In this conversation Nate reflects on nonlinearity and compares our last guest to the Buddha.   We also explore the gravitational pull towards fulfilling one's purpose, what it'...

Hello and welcome to episode 00026 of the Ten Thousand Heroes Podcast.   I'm Ankur Shah Delight and today's interview is with Harrison Gardner.   Every episode, like every listener, is special. A unique creation. A beautiful experience. And by the end of every interview, I usually feel a deep connection, a friendship, a witnessing of my guest.    But this one is a little different. Harry and I hav...

Hello everyone and welcome back to The 10,000 Heroes Show, your new favorite podcast. We had an excellent Season 2, and today I want to announce a little bit about Season 3 — some structural changes and some episode previews.   So one big experiment in Season 3 is that Nate and I will do our debriefs as separate episodes. So we'll have the guest interview as one episode and the debrief as another...

Hello and welcome to episode 00025 of the Ten Thousand Heroes Podcast. I'm Ankur Shah Delight and today's interview is with Charlie Bresler. I've known Charlie for a few years. And like some of our other guests, he's had a wild and unexpected journey through life.  After earning a PhD in Social and Clinical Psychology from Clark University, he became Director of Behavioral Medicine for The Califor...

Hello and welcome to episode 00024 of the Ten Thousand Heroes Podcast. I'm Ankur Shah Delight and today's interview is with Kern Beare I met Kern Beare in the summer of 2020 after seeing a talk posted on the Awakin list. I was immediately impressed by his project – a drive across the country talking to people of radically different political perspectives and ideologies, searching for the seeds of...

Hello and welcome to episode 00023 of the Ten Thousand Heroes Podcast. Today's interview is with Manchan Magan Manchán Magan describes himself as a writer and documentary-maker. He has written books on his travels in Africa, India and South America and two novels. He has made dozens of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTÉ  & Travel Channel. He lives in an oak wood, with bees and h...

Hello and welcome to episode 00022 of the Ten Thousand Heroes Podcast. I recorded today's interview with Robert MacNaughton. Robert MacNaughton is an executive coach and facilitator who specializes in balancing interpersonal development alongside individual performance.  Robert founded the Integral Center in Boulder, Colorado in association with renowned philosopher Ken Wilber, which hosted an int...

Hello and welcome to episode 00021, and the first episode of Season 2, of the Ten Thousand Heroes Podcast. Our guest this episode is Fighting Woman - also known as Pamela Bond. Fighting Woman is a Councilwoman on the Snohomish Tribal Council and the Fish, Wildlife, and Environment Director for the Tribe. She is also the Founder and Co-Director of the community organization Salish Sea Environmental...

Ankur describes a few major changes in episode format as we head into Season 2, and gives a preview of the first four episodes in Season 2. Thanks again for listening, and here's to our journey together in Season 2. Please reach out to info@10kh.show or @10khshow to let us know what you think!

Ankur shares a morning with John Blacksmith, known affectionately as "Yoda" by his friends for his enduring wisdom, which he demonstrates quite ably on the show. JB shares with us the wealth inherent in quitting one's job, what he learned by running a "failed" juice bar, his dance between fundamentalism and spirituality, and his own experiences of being profoundly changed by a teacher.  Every time...

Mario Mercado, a champion wrestler and coach, discusses his path to excellence and his unique mindset around navigating risk. Mario is also the founder of a successful tech company that builds  wearables that monitor athletes for concussions and performance markers. He dives into his personal journey, what wrestling taught him about life, and how he wants to his helmets to change the world.  Refer...

Ava Roy joined us to investigate the incredible power of the theater to take us out of our own narrow experience, and into the beckoning field of our highest self. As the founder of the We Players, Ava has experimented with site-specific, place-based theater for over 20 years. She sparkles with magic, mystery, and the possibility (inevitably) of unexpected transformation when we are least prepared...

Abby Falik is the founder and leader of Global Citizen Year, an organization dedicated to helping the leaders of tomorrow find their purpose. She discusses her own journey towards her calling, the emergence of vision, and what modern leadership really consists of. I was buzzing for days after doing this interview. Abby will inspire you to wake up to the playful genius that was always lurking withi...

Laura Chavez Silverman, founder of The Outside Institute, investigates our many options in relating to Nature and the world of plants. Do we go to Nature to take? Do we have something to bring? Can we even "go to Nature" if it is inescapably all around us? What can we do to belong to the land once we give up the illusion of owning it?   References:   The Outside Institute: https://theoutsideinstit...

Our guest today is blockchain entrepreneur Lucas Geiger. While I mercilessly try to get investment advice from Lucas, on behalf of my loyal listeners of course, he resists giving me "hot tips" on what to HODL and refrains from selling me into any ponzi schemes.    What Lucas does reveal is his vision of how blockchain-style systems can substantively contribute to our society, filling in a gap that...

Well, almost. Today's guest is Brian Freeman, the author of the latest two novels in the Jason Bourne saga. We get into heroism and anti-heroism with Brian, why we're so drawn to him, the connection between Bourne and Gandhi, and why Bourne can't keep a steady girlfriend. Brian also shares some of the travails and joys of being a professional writer and ends with a heartfelt shout-out to the power...

After careers as an airline hostess and therapist, Lesleigh Tolin has dedicated her life to helping others uncover, process, and heal their grief. She shows Ankur how to support grieving friends, dispels six common myths about grief, puts the "stages of grief" in careful perspective, and much more…   References:   John James' Grief Recovery Method: https://www.griefrecoverymethod.com/ Lesleigh's w...

Pete Maynard draws inspiration from the natural world: plants, animals, and the beauty of our environment. We investigate how spending years in the wilderness has affected him, and try to understand what we can do in our daily lives to recreate that ineffable feeling of connection with "Nature."

Folks, this is a different kind of episode. The original intent was to interview Jeffrey Fox, the author of "How to be a rainmaker," and to uncover the deep and universal lessons in what is ostensibly a book about sales.   I can safely say that I "botched" that interview and couldn't keep the conversation on topic. So today's episode is Nate interviewing Ankur on the universal lessons present in J...

Ankur interviews Kory Goldberg and Michelle Decary, who started a 14-acre farm in Quebec not only to provide food or leave a positive impact on their environment, but also as an efficient means of investigating personal growth and spiritual development.   We talk about:   What's the relationship between farming and activism? How is farming related to spirituality and meditation? Is there a way to...

This week's guest is comologist and science communicator Ethan Siegel. Ethan helps me understand some basic physics as we dive into:   How the universe came to be (even before the Big Bang) The difference between the early, the late early, and the late universe (now) Will the universe end? Agreement, observation, and the scientific method Why we can't see all the stars that are out there, and why...

Deepak Ram grew up in South Africa, discovered music as a teenager, studied bansuri (bamboo flute) with the masters in Mumbai, and found his "thing" as a globally-recognized musician.    As he shares his journey with us, we touch upon:   School vs. Education Studying with the Masters The Role of Practice and Intention Finding Your "Thing" Heroes and Zeroes.   We close the episode with some of Deep...

Veteran mediator Ken Cloke joins us in exploring…   The relationship between academic qualifications and the heart, Processing information: physically, mentally, emotionally, and through the "heart", What happens when we're in conflict: physically and mentally, The 5 outcomes of conflict resolution, What can we do with conflict that is already part of history, knowing we can't change the past, Wha...

Rick Jarow holds our feet to the fire and challenges our notion of the word hero.  In this episode we cover: - The Cloud of Longing, Rick's forthcoming translation of an epic Indian poem - Finding God in your kitchen  - Why Aesthetic is more than accessory - What we might be missing on our quest for success - How we might express our individuality in community - Creating significance by connecting...

Shilpa Jain, playful and irreverent architect of loving spaces and connection (and Executive Director of Yes!) joins us to (disen)tangle: The relationship between conversation and sculpture The role of mystery in everyday life How our purpose has always been revealing itself, throughout our lives Is it even possible to stray from our true calling? The Swapathgami movement: Making your own path and...