The Vance Crowe Podcast

Cara Spencer is an Alderwoman in the City of Saint Louis that has decided to run for mayor of the city. Spencer sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss how she will handle crime in the city, her thoughts on the role of government, how the city handled businesses that didn't adhere to COVID restrictions and what the city should do when the Coronavirus pandemic has come to an end. Subscribe to the podc...

Quick Dick McDick runs a hilarious YouTube channel where he highlights rural life in Saskatchewan Canada. QDMD is a grain farmer that spent more than a decade in the oil fields of Alberta. During this interview Quick Dick McDick and Vance Crowe discuss how inspiration works, the difference between live comedy and YouTube and what is going on with the Keystone Pipeline now that President Biden has...

Ambassador Kip Tom was a major farmer in Indiana prior to being tapped by the Trump administration to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and the United States Ambassador to the Rome-based United Nations agencies. Vance Crowe and Kip Tom talk about the diplomatic corp, the challenges of giving food aid that might be stolen by warlords and the...

Kevin Folta Ph. D. is a professor of Horticulture at the University of Florida. Folta is a molecular biologist by training and since COVID struck he has been using his knowledge and background to provide guidance on vaccines, masks and compliance. Folta and Vance Crowe discuss why people are slow to get the vaccine, the challenge of balancing safety and liberty and a grade for how the government h...

Chris Williamson is a model and former reality TV start that spoke with Vance Crowe about being at the top of dominance hierarchies, how male models are different from female models, and why he takes cold showers as a way to wake himself up.  Williamson is candid in this interview talking about what it is like to be highly attractive, and having achieved popular success- fame on reality TV.   Subs...

Vance Crowe sits down for an As The Crowe Flies (ATCF) podcast to discuss what listeners have been saying about their cold water showers.  He also discusses how Aldous Huxley believes the path to slavery is pleasure.   For more on Aldous Huxley check out the Academy of Ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGkymdspupsf  If you want to be alerted to VR opportunities sign up for our newsletter at ht...

Dave Slade is a chemical engineer in the biofuels industry.  Slade talks with Vance Crowe about the energy industry discussing how energy is stored, the challenges facing the renewable energy, and the future of energy.  Slade thinks that electric cars have been overhyped and will not provide the towing power that can be created in a liquid gas vehicle.    Slade is Executive Director, Biofuel Techn...

Rob Henderson is a writer, philosopher and Ph. D. student in psychology.  Rob Henderson spoke with Vance Crowe about his concept of "luxury beliefs" that the elite has.  They discuss the concept of somewhere and anywhere people, the value of elite educations, the perception of media and the value of raising children in two parent homes. Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episo...

Claire Fox is a new member of the House of Lords, a leader of the Brexit party, and the creator of one of the largest public debate programs in the world. Claire Fox and Vance Crowe talk about unelected officials, the dominance that the EU exerted over its member states, what happens if people don't trust in elections and the future of the nation's discontent.  Subscribe to the podcast for email n...

David Goodhart is the author of the "The Road To Somewhere" a book that describes how western societies have been divided by the aspiration and decisions of young people choosing to go away to college or stay in their hometown.  His heretical book caught Britain by storm as it was published just as the world watched Brexit happen and Donald Trump be elected.   Goodhart and Vance Crowe discuss the...

Yannick Veys hated being an employee, so he started his own company.  He helped his girlfriend start her own company, where she only needs to work an hour a day for it to be successful.  Eventually he found Hypefury- which he believed in so much that he offered to work for free for 2 months.  During this interview Veys talks with Vance Crowe about low context and high context cultures, how to impr...

End of Year Review and discussion about favorite episodes, a retrospective about lessons learned, an invitation to join the network and some thoughts about how to record a time capsule that you can open up at the end of next year. 4 parts to an end of year review: 1. 6 Big Moments in 2020 (3 positive 3 negative) 2. What achievements do you think should be remembered 3. Lessons hard learned this ye...

Kevin McKernan talks with Vance Crowe about COVID tests, how PCR works and about lockdown measures taken in response to papers that have since been recalled.   Kevin McKernan was the President and Chief Science Officer of Agencourt Personal Genomics, a startup company he co-founded in 2005 to invent revolutionary sequencing technologies that dropped the cost of sequencing a human genome from $300M...

Aella is a commercial sex worker that writes about her experience as a pornographer and her views on culture, acid and how to become a successful "Cam Girl"  Aella spoke with Vance Crowe about her experience growing up in a devote Christian home, being homeschooled, and how she made the decision to make money by showing her naked body on camera.   Aella and Vance discussed how she is likely autist...

Janette Barnard is an Anywhere person that moved back home to her Arizona cattle ranch from San Francisco just as COVID was hitting this year.  Barnard has a weekly ag tech newsletter that is not bashful about taking contrary positions and is able to articulate perspectives that challenge conventional wisdom both of ag startups and the future of agriculture.  During the discussion we talk about li...

Jason Medows talks with Vance Crowe about the odd way that talking about mental health is being discussed in agriculture.  They talk about Medow's adult conversion to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Check out the Ag State of Mind Podcast Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5 About...

Alexandra Kaschuta is a Twitter phenom, economist and philosopher who shares edge of chaos ideas that didn't used to be that way. Maybe it's renaissance thinking, or maybe it's her brand of paleoconservatism. Vance and Alex's conversation ranged from our new age of tolerance, how culture is changing for women in society and the current prevalence of incels. Subscribe to the podcast for email notif...

Rachel Nau discusses how Williams Syndrome shapes the way she engages with the world.  Vance Crowe interviewed his longtime friend about how this condition has impacted her life, making friends and working in a job. Rachel Nau is a woman with a rare genetic condition called "Williams Syndrome" which makes her have extraordinary perceptions of sound and light, but also prevents her from knowing who...

Matt Christiansen and Vance Crowe sit down to discuss why companies have taken on a progressive agenda as opposed to a conservative one, the value of liberty and the dangers of losing freedoms as the Coronavirus pandemic wears on. Matt Christiansen is a YouTube political analyst and news commentator that runs his own media company in Montana.  He has developed a following and community that enable...

Mike Compston is a retired rancher in his 70's living in Nevada.  Vance and Mike talk about how values are created and handed down, regrets he has from his life, the value of the Articulate Ventures Network, what he thinks happens when you die and his personal Peter Thiel Paradox. About the Vance Crowe Podcast —  Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, bu...

Ann Crowe of Precision Physical Therapy sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about pain as a concept, as well the challenges parents face being pregnant and raising a newborn.  On a personal note, this is a conversation is one I am excited to share as we discussed many things that we wish we had known before starting the journey to having our child. Ann Crowe is a woman like no other. She has swam on...

Exercise week concludes! Sara Krenski is one of the most well respected “boot-camp” instructors in the Saint Louis region. Krenski spoke with Vance Crowe about her coaching philosophy and mindset that have prompted many people to start to get in shape and kept them coming to class for more than 10 years. Krenski has training in the Montesori methods and it is clear that she applies her beliefs abo...

Exercise Week: Mark Spewak is an extraordinary running coach, helping his clients to learn how to become better runners not only from establishing a running plan, but also learning how to master the voices in your head that try to talk you out of pushing through and achieving your goals. Vance Crowe and Mark Spewak discuss the voice of resistance, the unity that comes from seeing someone else runn...

Marcio Gonacalves runs the business SwineIt a podcast and conference business that has taken the North and South American business world by storm.  He sat down with Vance Crowe and to talk about business productivity secrets, discuss business challenges, and talk about how to keep employees motivated.

A new YouTube channel that will shatter what you think you know about historical figures has just been created by accountant and retirement community CEO Jeremy LaKosh.  During LaKosh’s conversation with Vance Crowe they talk about: The Illinois government is more than 3 months behind on paying Medicaid obligations to retirement communities. The shocking stories that made Christopher Columbus a pe...