

Long Shot Leaders with Michael Stein
Michael Stein: Entrepreneur, actor, filmmaker, comedian & self help expert
Long Shot Leaders tell the stories and secrets of leaders, Innovators, entrepreneurs, and various high achievers. We interview people of all walks of life and explore their struggles, shortcomings, challenges, and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment.
Hard-hitting and fast-moving, connecting people from all walks of life to learn about entrepreneurship, leadership, relationships, cruise ships, and any other kind of damn ship you can think of. We talk to leaders in culture, film, regular business, show business, monkey business, you name it! digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
Michael Stein likes deconstructing why people do what they do and how they can be better.
Hard-hitting and fast-moving, connecting people from all walks of life to learn about entrepreneurship, leadership, relationships, cruise ships, and any other kind of damn ship you can think of. We talk to leaders in culture, film, regular business, show business, monkey business, you name it! digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use.
Michael Stein likes deconstructing why people do what they do and how they can be better.
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Oct 4, 2021 • 1h 8min
From his lowest point to a true life of being clean. A detox journey with Tim James
From his lowest point to a true life of being clean. A detox journey with Tim James Relatives with Cancer Farm Life and meat Lowest point The Detox crossroads The toxicity of the standard American diet What foods to combine (and what not to combine) for optimal digestion The three toxic ingredients found in many commercial supplements and how to avoid them

Oct 1, 2021 • 50min
Saying what others are afraid to & how to persuade others with Communications Leader Nancy Murphy
Saying what others are afraid to with Communications Leader Nancy Murphy Founder & President, CSR Communications Nancy's spent her career saying what others are afraid to – and learning to say it in ways that others will listen. She's the founder and president of CSR Communications and creator of Intrapreneurs Influence Lab. Her passion is helping leaders of change within established organizations (intrapreneurs) influence and persuade others so that they can realize their vision for change faster, with less frustration and resistance. From her Catholic school student days challenging stereotypes of girls, to her first job after college convincing nonprofits to engage youth volunteers, or her role as board chair of a global nonprofit attempting to transform the way we do international development, Nancy's experienced the challenges of leading big change within established organizations. As an "intrapreneur" herself, she made all the mistakes you can make and now helps others learn from them. Nancy's worked in philanthropy for Steve and Jean Case's family foundation, as a federal government program officer with the Corporation for National & Community Service, and as a global consultant for APCO Worldwide, where her clients included UPS, Johnson Controls, Target, and W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Nancy mentors and advises executives from local governments, federal agencies, global nonprofits, foundations, and Fortune 100 companies. As a trainer and speaker, Nancy's shared her expertise from Kuala Lumpur to Kansas City and London to Las Vegas. Nancy holds a master's degree in public affairs from the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School, a master's in health communication from Boston University, and a bachelor's degree in American Studies from the University of Dayton.

Sep 29, 2021 • 44min
Climbing the tallest mountains in the world, with Stephanie Hutchins, author of Transformation After Trauma: Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth
Climbing the tallest mountains in the world, with Stephanie Hutchins, author of Transformation After Trauma: Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth. Fighting her own trauma - Stephanie M. Hutchins, PhD, author of Transformation After Trauma: Embracing Post-Traumatic Growth, helps individuals overcome trauma and cope with stress. She is a Certified Life Coach, Stress Management Coach, Neuro-Linguistic Programming Practitioner, and Yoga Instructor. She also owns Serotinous Life, a company that helps individuals overcome stressful and traumatic events.

Sep 28, 2021 • 24min
100 Episodes in 6 Months! - Michael Stein talks about the who, what, where, why, when how of the podcast - Bonus Episode
100 Episodes in 6 Months! - Michael Stein talks about the who, what, where, why, when how of the podcast - Bonus Episode Answering questions people have asked What the podcast has planned Who will be on the show in the future An inside look How to simplify a podcast A big - thank you, thank, thank you

Sep 27, 2021 • 59min
How to keep your mind and body clean with Dr. Alejandro Junger, MD, is a cardiologist, founder of the Clean Program, and a New York Times best-selling author.
How to keep your mind and body clean with Dr. Alejandro Junger, MD, is a cardiologist, founder of the Clean Program, and a New York Times best-selling author. Dr. Alejandro Junger, MD, is a cardiologist, founder of the Clean Program, and a New York Times best-selling author. He graduated from medical school in his home country of Uruguay. He then moved to New York City for his postgraduate training in internal medicine at New York University and fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital. The drastic change in lifestyle and diet resulting from his move to New York City soon showed up as irritable bowel syndrome and depression. Becoming a patient of the system he was practicing was such a shock that it started his journey in search of an alternative solution to his health problems. His findings are the subject matter of his New York Times best-selling books, "Clean," "Clean Gut" and "Clean Eats," all of which are a manual for readers to learn how to turn on and work with their own detoxification systems to restore and maintain optimal health. After his medical training, Junger studied Eastern medicine in India. Junger has been called the father of detox, and his Clean Program is followed by people worldwide, including dignitaries, A-list celebrities, and media personalities. He is frequently interviewed in the press for his detox expertise and has been featured on major national shows including, "Dr. Oz," "Martha Stewart," and ABC News.

Sep 24, 2021 • 33min
How to achieve more through curiosity with executive coach, and humanistic researcher Alison Horstmeyer
How to achieve more through curiosity with executive coach, and humanistic researcher Alison Horstmeyer Getting to know Alison Horstmeyer The new science behind curiosity The bullet points of her technique

Sep 22, 2021 • 39min
Colorblind artist, went to university on a baseball scholarship and graduated with a degree in Finance but left it all for his passion with Anthony Ricciardi
Colorblind artist, went to university on a baseball scholarship and graduated with a degree in Finance but left it all for his passion with Anthony Ricciardi Anthony Ricciardi is a renowned multi-disciplinary artist from Toronto, Canada who has traveled internationally showcasing his artwork and murals. Driven by enthusiasm, depth, and storytelling to produce art without limits, Ricciardi introduces viewers to distinctive, vivid, and colorful one-of-a-kind masterpieces orchestrated in uncommon forms. After leaving the comfort of the clout of the corporate finance world to pursue his true passion and a lifelong dream, the self-taught creator induces a fair for inventive color-mixing and layered creating to elicit reaction and emotion.

Sep 20, 2021 • 40min
A young father of 4, quitting University, retail clerk to cooperate success but still finding his true passion with Renzo Urzua
A young father of 4, quitting University, retail clerk to cooperate success but still finding his true passion with Renzo Urzua His journey from the very beginning How he started his career The Struggles Secrets to his success His true passion Writing Mexican wrestling What he has planned for the future

Sep 17, 2021 • 1h 3min
Award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator Maria Brito
Award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator Maria Brito María Gabriela Brito is a Venezuelan-born curator, art advisor, and author based in New York City. Her published works include Out There: Design, Art, Travel Shopping, published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, and Greek Gotham, published in 2016. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, her first monograph "Out There" published by Pointed Leaf Press in 2013, was the recipient of the Best Book Awards in both the Art and Design Categories. In 2015 Brito was selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World and in 2020 she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world. She has written for publications such as Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Elle, Forbes, Artnet, Cultured Magazine, Departures, and the Gulf Coast Journal of Literature and Fine Arts from the University of Houston, Texas. For several years, Maria has taught her creativity course in companies and, in 2019, she launched "Jumpstart", an online program on creativity for entrepreneurs based on years of research and observation in both the areas of business and art. She has worked on product collaborations with artists such as Kenny Scharf, Erik Parker, Katherine Bernhardt, Assume Vivid Astro Focus, Nir Hod and many more. In 2016, Maria curated "Greek Gotham" presented at Dio Horia, Mykonos with the participation of sixteen New York-based artists including KAWS, Austin Lee, Nina Chanel Abney and Raul de Nieves. A full-color catalogue with an introduction by Jeffrey Deitch was written and designed by Maria to commemorate this exhibition. In 2019 she created and hosted "The "C" Files with Maria Brito", a TV and streaming series for PBS's new station "ALL ARTS". The same year she also curated two exhibitions: "The Thousand and One Nights," the inaugural show of Artual Gallery in Beirut, Lebanon with seven American artists including Holly Coulis, Allison Zuckerman and Rosson Crow and "MUSE", Shona McAndrew's first New York City exhibition at CHART Gallery in Tribeca. Maria and her projects have been featured extensively in national and international publications including The New York Times Style Section, T: The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, W Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, The Daily Beast, The Economist, Interview Magazine, VOGUE Italia, VOGUE Mexico, VOGUE Latin America, VOGUE Brazil, VOGUE China, VOGUE.com, ELLE Décor Spain, Departures, Forbes, Blouin ArtINFO, Hamptons Magazine, Condé Nast Traveler, Architectural Digest, Modern Luxury, Refinery29, goop, Billboard, Marie Claire Australia, Marie Claire Spain, Allure, The Coveteur, House Magazine, House Beautiful, Buro 24/7, Latina, Modern Magazine, and more.

Sep 16, 2021 • 32min
How to get a jump start on a Film Career with 21 year old filmmaker Ishan Parikh - Bonus Episode
How to get a jump start on a Film Career with 21-year-old filmmaker Ishan Parikh - Bonus Episode Ishan Parikh is still in film school. He has been writing, directing, and producing indie films for several years. The young man is talented and has already built up a good library of films. I thought it would be good to talk to someone I consider a spark that could turn into a flame.


