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Did the Ancient Greeks use drugs to find God? And did the earliest Christians inherit the same, secret tradition? Brian Muraresku has some of the answers in his incredible new book, “The Immortality Key.”“The Immortality Key” is a groundbreaking dive into the role psychedelics have played in the origins of Western civilization, and the real-life quest for the Holy Grail that could shake the Church to its foundations.He is the real-life Dan Brown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you ready for your head to hurt? Well it’s gonna because Eaon Pritchard is in the house. He’s a Scot living in Oz and so it’s appropriate to talk to a South African in the US about Football (soccer) and home field advantage, right? We’ll also talk TikTok and cover his two books about my favorite subject, advertising!Plus it’s 5am in the morning his time, so expect him to be extra cranky. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Diane Hessan is a seriously talented individual. And I’m not even talking about her pioneering entrepreneurial record as founder of Communispace, writing accomplishment as author of Customer Centered Growth, Board work or Investor track record with Salient Ventures. So what am I talking about? You’ll just have to listen and we’ll also discuss 3 aspects of market research: listening, consumer behavior during COVID and an ongoing voter insights panel. What are they saying? How are they feeling? What are they predicting for next week’s election? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If there’s one word to associate with my guest today, Lisa Bodell, it would be simple. No seriously, that’s the word: Simple. Simplify. Simplification. I’m already complicating it, aren’t I?We'll discuss the power of simplification in times of change, building T-shaped teams, and how to think about diversity differently as the Power of Perspective. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Faith James was my first boss when I came to the US. Some 23 years ago. Working at Ogilvy & Mather on IBM Small and Medium Business and Diversity. Today, she’s still campaigning for both – only she’s not doing it for IBM, but blazing her own trail as an author, speaker and champion. Today, we are reuniting, reminiscing and ruminating on the state of affairs in this country as it relates to blacks, women, Covid-19 and small businesses! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lynn Power has one of the most enviable claims to fame: she was the last CEO of J. Walter Thompson – the world’s oldest and largest creative agency. She has since left the world of holding companies and ad agencies to navigate a new path; a new journey; a new adventure.Besides being my partner at the helm of the HMS Beagle, she – alongside her husband – decided to launch a direct to consumer, premium hair care line called MASAMI…and then COVID hit.Today, we’ll discuss what it’s like to launch a product amidst a global pandemic, the future of agencies, talent design and what I call, FOL (Friends of Lynn.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deborah Wahl understands that owning a car is less about getting from A to B and more about everything before, after and in-between. Amidst a continuously shifting and changing landscape, it’s both challenging and exhilarating to be in the automotive business. As the Chief Marketing Officer of General Motors, she is in an incredibly unique position to be leading the charge and leading the change.Maybe we’ll discuss this. Maybe we won’t. It all depends on whether we have time left over after hope, positivity and optimism to discuss…a little bit of marketing. This is the final interview in our wonderful #ANAMasters series, with the main event kicking off tomorrow! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chelsea Campbell works at Pandora, where she is Group Creative Director at Studio Resonate. What is Studio Resonate? Well, you’ll have to listen to find out.This is the second to last interview as part of the #ANAMasters partnership and I’m excited for 3 reasons:1. It’s the first week since I started CoronaTV that all 5 five guests have been women. About damn time!2. It’s all about audio. Audio. Audio. Audio! Theater of the Mind. The age of podcasting. Pandora. Sirius XM.3. It’s all about audio. Audio. Audio. Audio! Theater of the Mind. The age of podcasting. Pandora. Sirius XM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Marc Pritchard is Chief Brand Officer of Procter & Gamble, but he really has an alter ego. Superman. Underneath the suit exists his hero cape as he blazes his trail as the industry’s figurehead as a force for good and a force for growth. Marc uses his incredibly visible, influential and powerful position to challenge the industry and move it forward. We discuss equality and inclusion, environmental sustainability, helping communities in need, and being useful to consumers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dev Patnaik is the CEO of Jump, a leading strategy and innovation firm. Building on a common theme of the evolution of capitalism came the topic of conscious capitalism, itself a book written by Whole Foods’ co-founder and CEO, John Mackey. Now, Mackey himself sits on the board of Conscious Capitalism, Inc, and I reached out to their CEO, Alexander McCobin, to see if he’d come on the show. Instead of McCobin, I was introduced to Dev, who sits on their board. Following? Got it? Good! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices