Smart People Podcast
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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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Dec 10, 2011 • 34min
Fojol Brothers
Remember when you would be starving, walking around a large city looking for a quick bite and the only thing you could find was hot dogs from street carts that tasted like moist paper towel rolls? Well finally, those days are gone. There has been an epidemic within the past year or two in food...
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Dec 3, 2011 • 40min
David McRaney
You delude yourself every day. You might not realize it, but you do. Our guest this week is David McRaney and he wrote a book called, You Are Not So Smart: Why You Have Too Many Friends on Facebook, Why Your Memory Is Mostly Fiction, and 46 Other Ways You’re Deluding Yourself. In this book,...
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Nov 26, 2011 • 46min
Jeff Frieden
70% off! 50% off! Buy one, get one free! I’m sure you saw all of these this past weekend… it was Black Friday after all. We’ve been told that shopping this past weekend would help the economy, but many of us don’t have the funds to do the shopping….but we still do it anyway. We’re...
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Nov 20, 2011 • 35min
Laurence Gonzales
If you were in a plane crash, got lost while hiking in the mountains, or were faced with other life or death situations, what would you do? Would you be able to survive or would you be like the 90% of people who would freeze or panic in the situation? This week, we speak...
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Nov 13, 2011 • 30min
Ron Suskind
Whether you are a democrat, republican, or independent, watching the President’s first couple of years in office is always very interesting. Will they maintain all the promises made during their campaign? What will happen if they are faced with a serious situation in office? All these things are very telling of their character. But even...
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Nov 5, 2011 • 37min
Steve Almond
To this day, ‘History of Rock and Roll’ was one of my favorite classes in college. The artists inspired me. The stories blew me away. The lifestyle seemed to be something only imaginable in books and movies. New York Times best selling author, Steve Almond has many books on his resume, but it was Rock...
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Oct 8, 2011 • 38min
Thom Shanker
“There was this explosion. A cloud. Red Mist. He self-detonated. A suicide vest. As sometimes happens with suicide vests, shoes and shins still stood on the roadway, disconnected for eternity from their owner.” -Thom Shanker, Author and this week’s Guest The war on terror has now been underway for 10 years and over this time...
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Sep 21, 2011 • 34min
Roger Simmermaker
Made in America. We all (well, maybe) remember when that used to mean one thing. Quality. As times changed and we moved towards become larger consumers, companies shifted their manufacturing to places in order to take advantage of lower wages. Usually, this meant moving the manufacturing out of the good ole’ US of A. Roger...
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Sep 7, 2011 • 37min
Cathy Davidson
It’s a topic that we have brushed up against before on the podcast, but haven’t completely jumped into. How does all of today’s technology and instant gratification affect our ability to pay attention. Are computers and video games the reason for the outbreak of diagnosable attention disorders or is it something different entirely? Actually, one...
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Aug 18, 2011 • 38min
Jeff Ryan
The 60’s had the space race to the moon, the 70’s had peace, love and hippies and the 90’s had the internet. BUT, the 80’s had the best thing of all…..wait for it…..wait for it…..NINTENDO, and more specifically the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). We probably don’t need to explain to you how fantastic NES was,...
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