Smart People Podcast
Smart People Industries
Smart People Podcast is a biweekly, interview-based podcast that features today's most well respected thought leaders engaging in authentic, insightful conversation for the benefit of the listener. The host, Chris Stemp, and his co-host/producer Jon Rojas, utilize their insatiable curiosity and relatable charm to provoke their guests into giving the interview of a lifetime. Every single guest has achieved a high level of recognition within their arena and in doing so has collected a wealth of experiences and insights that are brought to life in this top ranked podcast. Show topics include: psychology, leadership, education, technology, entrepreneurship, relationships, and much more.
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Nov 6, 2012 • 40min
Dr. James Serpell
Dr. James Serpell – Expert on human-animal interaction, author, Professor, Director of the Center for the Interaction of Animals and Society. If you own a dog, I can almost guarantee that at one point you have found yourself having an entire conversation with them. You have sat down with your dog, just as if you...
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Oct 15, 2012 • 38min
Mark Malkoff
Mark Malkoff – Filmmaker, adventurer, comedian We all know that guy. The ideas guy. The non-action guy. The guy that say’s things like “Dude, I KNEW I should have bought Apple stock when it was at $60,” or “I can’t believe that business stole my idea,” or “as soon as work slows down I’m going...
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Oct 8, 2012 • 29min
Dr. Richard Davidson
Dr. Richard Davidson – Harvard educated professor, expert in emotions, author and long time friend of the Dalai Lama. Do you know how long “meditate daily” has been on my to-do list? Probably twice as long as “go to the dentist” has been on yours. For me, the act of meditation represents everything that is...
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Oct 1, 2012 • 44min
Ann Louise Gittleman
Ann Louise Gittleman – “The First Lady of Nutrition” Consider your typical day. You cook in your microwave, you call people on your cell phone, you work all day on your laptop – wirelessly connected to the world of the interwebs, you read books on your kindle, you listen to the radio in the car,...
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Sep 24, 2012 • 47min
Reggie Freeman
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...
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Sep 16, 2012 • 36min
Arun Chaudhary
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...
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Sep 10, 2012 • 33min
Jonathan Haidt
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...
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Sep 3, 2012 • 34min
Shannon Kaiser
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...
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Aug 27, 2012 • 44min
Brian Wansink
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...
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Aug 13, 2012 • 54min
Jill Badonsky
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...
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