

The Vance Crowe Podcast
Vance Crowe
The Vance Crowe Podcast is a thought-provoking and engaging show where Vance Crowe, a former Director of Millennial Engagement for Monsanto, and X-World Banker, interviews a variety of experts and thought leaders from diverse fields.
Vance prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, exploring how their expertise applies to regular people and sharing stories and experiences.
The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including agriculture, technology, social issues, and more. It aims to provide listeners with new perspectives and insights into the world around them.
Vance prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, exploring how their expertise applies to regular people and sharing stories and experiences.
The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including agriculture, technology, social issues, and more. It aims to provide listeners with new perspectives and insights into the world around them.
Episodes
Mentioned books

Mar 25, 2021 • 1h 11min
Lee Cronin: Chemist trying to make life from chemistry discusses genius, being wrong & Twitter mobs
Chemist Lee Cronin, searching for a way to make chemistry alive, explores the definition of life and complexity. He shares the importance of being open to new ideas and embraces curiosity as a driving force. The podcast also delves into controversy surrounding a tweet and discusses the potential of robots in reproducible chemistry. The concept of time is challenged, proposing a new understanding of physics and the universe.

Mar 22, 2021 • 53min
Christina Kohler Returns: Farm Workers not getting vaccinated, managing farm employees, easter eggs
Christina Hudson Kohler is back- our resident Egg Farmer has come back to talk about how the State of New York has failed to prioritize farm workers for getting access to the COVID vaccine despite being promised.After we talk about vaccine distribution Christina and Vance Crowe talk about the luxury beliefs of young college students that have a lot of opinions about how food "ought" to be grown, a talk about how to boil and decorate Easter Eggs and Christina makes the case for why others should join the Articulate Ventures Network.Chapters: 4:06 | Start9:06 | Migrant farm workers getting a backseat to the COVID-19 vaccine13:22 | Changing labor laws in farming in New York17:32 | Luxury beliefs23:08 | Metrics of scale in egg farming24:25 | An egg farmer's view on 'Free Range' eggs31:55 | Creating sticky stories36:02 | How an Egg Processor does Easter37:45 | Best way to boil eggs40:41 | What's the Julian date on an egg carton?47:31 | Making the workplace somewhere you want to be49:02 | Why to join the AVNPODCAST LINKS —Podcast Website: https://www.vancecrowe.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vance-crowe-podcast/id1463771076Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08nGGRJCjVw2frkbtNrfLw?si=WUCu-FoyRRu9U_i-1gJZfgRSS: https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-vance-crowe-podcastYouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCigB7W5bX_gCinJxev9WB8w/YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJKKb66A5_4ZcsE-rKI24ygBuy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or mugs from the podcast! Check out the Articulate Ventures Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thevancecrowepodcastSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5ABOUT THE VANCE CROWE PODCAST — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.SUPPORT THE PODCAST —Rate the Podcast | https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Mar 18, 2021 • 1h 14min
Jim Rutt and Vance Crowe Record Podcast in Virtual Reality: Consciousness, Neural Networks & Game B
Jim Rutt Returns! For a special episode - a podcast recorded inside of Virtual Reality. Vance Crowe and Jim Rutt discuss the nature of consciousness, the evolution of the English Language, the launch of Game B's first "Proto-B's" and what it is like to record a podcast in Virtual Reality... perhaps the first of it's kind!Vance Crowe Podcast Website: https://www.vancecrowe.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vance-crowe-podcast/id1463771076Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08nGGRJCjVw2frkbtNrfLw?si=WUCu-FoyRRu9U_i-1gJZfgRSS: https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-vance-crowe-podcastYouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJKKb66A5_4ZcsE-rKI24ygBuy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or mugs from the podcast! Check out the Articulate Ventures Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thevancecrowepodcastSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5ABOUT THE VANCE CROWE PODCAST — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.SUPPORT THE PODCAST —Rate the Podcast | https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Mar 15, 2021 • 1h 5min
Rick Holton: Venture Capitalist on failed deals why corps can't innovate & helping the imprisoned
Rick Holton Venture Capitalist tells about deals that failed, why large corps can't innovate and the divide between the top and bottom of the world.Rick Holton is a venture capitalist at Fintop Capital. Holton and Vance Crowe discuss what is venture capital, how do deals get struck, deals that Rick lost his money in and why corporations often outsource their innovation to smaller more nimble companies.Vance mentions a YouTube channel called "The Soft White Underbelly" you can find out more here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvcd0FYi58LwyTQP9LITpAConcordance Academy: https://concordanceacademy.org/0:00 Start3:54 Why start a Venture Capital firm in St. Louis?7:50 What does a Venture Capitalist do on a daily basis?10:15 When companies stop innovating14:50 Communism analogy inside of large companies18:31 What a pitch on Shark Tank is really worth22:01 What's the current state of unaccredited investing?30:13 What's Quibi doing now?40:07 Why Deals Fail43:07 How to put together a good group46:00 Vance asks for Rick's Peter Thiel Paradox53:14 Soft White UnderbellyPodcast Website: https://www.vancecrowe.com/podcastApple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vance-crowe-podcast/id1463771076Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/08nGGRJCjVw2frkbtNrfLw?si=WUCu-FoyRRu9U_i-1gJZfgRSS: https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-vance-crowe-podcastYouTube Full Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCigB7W5bX_gCinJxev9WB8w/YouTube Clips: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJKKb66A5_4ZcsE-rKI24ygBuy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or mugs from the podcast! Check out the Articulate Ventures Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thevancecrowepodcastSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5ABOUT THE VANCE CROWE PODCAST — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.SUPPORT THE PODCAST —Rate the Podcast | https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Mar 11, 2021 • 1h 21min
Timandra Harkness; comedian and documentarian on Steelmanning and the Personalized Century
Timandra Harkness is an expert at disagreeing with people in a way that helps everyone have a more robust conversation. She sat down to discuss with Vance Crowe how to steelman an argument, the consequence of hyper individualization, the voices in our heads that argue, and the role companies and governments are playing in the challenges surrounding mental health. Buy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or mugs from the podcast! Check out the Articulate Ventures Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thevancecrowepodcastSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Mar 8, 2021 • 56min
David Lesh: Edge of Chaos pro skier, Environmentalism Troll & entrepreneur Virtika ski apparel
David Lesh is an environmental troll that has leveraged his willingness to have people hate him into a marketing strategy that hits an audience that has been unserved in ski wear. Lesh sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about how he developed into a person without the need to please the respectable crowd, what he did that so infuriated environmentalists, and why he doesn't use drugs or alcohol any more.Lesh's marketing videos are insane; showing Lesh waking up from a wild orgy, taking drugs, flying his plane to go skiing, then joyriding in the snow while shooting guns. His videos and social media posts have infuriated environmentalist and even got him brought up on legal charges for damaging the environment.Buy a sweatshirt, T-shirt or mugs from the podcast! Check out the Articulate Ventures Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thevancecrowepodcastSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Mar 4, 2021 • 1h 19min
Buck Mulligan: Author of 'Adventures on Drugs'; a teetotaler traveling the world to experiment with drugs.
Buck Mulligan was a teetotaler who had never had a sip of alcohol. Then after a particularly rough breakup he decided to go on an adventure around the world so that he could experiment with drugs that he had never used before. Buck and Vance Crowe talk about using drugs, the dangers of addiction and the claims people make about the healing power of drugs.The Merch Store: https://teespring.com/stores/thevancecrowepodcast To buy Buck Mulligan's book: Adventures on Drugs: https://amzn.to/37IY6xjSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Mar 2, 2021 • 1h 6min
Stephen Ellis: Farmer & restaurant owner booted from Twitter discusses life and politics
Stephen Ellis is a farmer and the owner of a farm-to-table restaurant in Eastern Virginia. Ellis and Vance talk about how he had to be creative when COVID forced his restaurant to close. The conversation continued to cover subjects like the value of church, how to raise children, the value of learning how to speak and write persuasively and if it is ok to shake people's hands.Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Feb 25, 2021 • 1h 2min
Kylie Epperson: The Grateful Farm Wife; marrying high school sweetheart, raising kids on a pig farm
Kylie Epperson is @TheGratefulFarmWife on Instagram a major figure in the ag social media world. She sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about motherhood, being married to the man she runs a business with, what she hopes for her children and who she thinks she will be as an old woman.This Sunday at 7:30 pm we are meeting in the ATCF Underground Virtual Reality Bar for Book Club. For February we read Alas Babylon and will be discussing it with about 20 other people- if you have read the book- Even if it was a long time ago- join us! Reply to this email to get a link!Subscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club

Feb 22, 2021 • 1h 7min
Kaspar Pavilanskas: Guerilla Social Marketer that made Tik Tok cool and told Robin Hood to suck his...
Kaspar Pavilanskas runs a guerilla marketing company that specializes in making social media campaigns that go viral. Kaspar and Vance Crowe sit down to talk about why Kaspar isn't on most of social media personally, his banner that said "suck my nuts Robin Hood" and the dangers of believing what you see in social media.Kaspar and Vance talk about the future of religion, and the value of knowing the mythical religious stories of our ancestors.0:00 Start6:57 Advertising with viral content9:37 Can a boomer succeed on the social media13:49 Why is instagram the "visual drug"16:40 The "Billie Donnuts" campaign19:34 Marketing on TikTok24:40 How to determine what to believe in28:46 "The evil dark power" of advertising34:10 Why can documentaries be missleading38:31 How has the purpose of propaganda been changing over time42:00 Socialising during pandemic48:20 The Peter Tiel paradox53:00 Are we facing a religion uprise56:07 Can a higher purpose justify suffering59:09 Which religion will overtake?1:06:09 The endSubscribe to the podcast for email notifications on new episodes, invites to events and other exclusive content — http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5About the Vance Crowe Podcast — Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.Want to support the podcast? https://ratethispodcast.com/vcpJoin the Articulate Ventures Network | https://network.articulate.ventures/ —We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.Contact Vance for a Talk | https://www.vancecrowe.com/ —Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from. Join the #ATCF Book Club | https://articulate.ventures/category/atcf-book-club