Smart People Podcast

Reggie Freeman – Fire Chief, Emergency Management, CEO & President of The Freeman Group, LLC Catastrophe is all around us.  Massive snow storms, excessive heat waves, floods, power outages and hurricanes are all part of life on earth.  Whether you call it climate change, the zombie apocalypse or the end of the Mayan calendar, it is... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arun Chaudhary – First ever official White House Videographer This podcast is recorded exactly 6 miles from the White House.  My day job office building is literally a pitching wedge away from the front steps of the President’s home.  And yet, every time I pass those huge white pillars and that rolling green lawn, I... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jonathan Haidt – morality, emotion and politics: “Morality binds people together into teams that seek victory, not truth, and it closes hearts and minds.” Taking the moral high ground is considered noble.  Being morally sound is an admirable trait.  But who determines if your moral stance is correct? Ultimately you do…don’t you?   I mean, as this week’s guest points... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shannon Kaiser –  travel writer, inspirational author, motivational speaker Sometimes here at SPP, we judge a book by it’s cover…literally.  We will see the most recent NY Times Bestseller and we fawn over the author.  The more designations, recommendations,  and accolations (hey, it’s a word in  Urban Dictionary) a person has, the more insight they... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Brian Wansink –  Director of the Cornell Food & Brand Lab, marketing guru, author and MUCH more. The Boston Medical Center indicates that approximately 45 million Americans diet each year and spend $33 billion on weight-loss products in their pursuit of a trimmer, fitter body.  I’d be willing to bet, if you are reading... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Creativity is like a fire hose.  Once you turn it on it’s hard to control, it spews out haphazardly, and if you don’t have a firm grasp on it, it can whip you in just about any direction.  The power that it yields is immense; however, one small malfunction can completely stop the flow and... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For most of us, our high school textbooks were nothing more than a paper weight.  Maybe if we would have actually opened them, we wouldn’t need to rely on talking to smart people, but that’s neither here nor there.  The main reason we didn’t care what was inside those massive bound bundles of  boring (yay... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we cover some seriously heavy topics.  What plays a bigger role in who you are, your experiences or your genetics? Are emotions strictly a biological response to an event, easily defined by the chemical that they are related to?  Are we born as moral beings, or is even morality subject to circumstances? What... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s not the first time we’ve talked about it, and it won’t be the last.  The human brain is plain ol’ amazing.  For example, have you ever thought about where a memory is stored? Give it a real long ponder.  Somewhere in your 3 pound ball of spongy tissue, memories from decades past are filed... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2. Don’t wait until you know who you are to get started. 3. Write the book you want to read. 4. Use your hands These are just 3 of the 10 pieces of wisdom that this week’s guest, Austin Kleon, wants to pass along.  But wait…where is #1? Ahhh, good question.  The first piece of... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices