

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.
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Feb 18, 2021 • 1h 13min
Larry Sharpe: How to create a freer society and how the US dollar could crumble
Larry Sharpe is a libertarian consultant and coach. His ability to articulate the value liberty is truly remarkable. He has ideas for how to dramatically improve the way Americans govern themselves. During the podcast Sharpe and Vance Crowe discuss inflation, how the Federal Reserve is structured, alternatives to how the COVID policy could have been implemented and the way Sharpe sees the collapse happening to the US economy."The US dollar is backed by Marines"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 16, 2021 • 1h 10min
Paul Axtell: teacher of how to communicate with your family and run meetings that matter
Paul Axtell is an expert at communications and conversation. He sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about how people can improve the way they communicate both with their families and at work. The conversation covered topics like how to listen better, how to interpret body language, the downside of talking over video and what people can do to have others pay attention to them. 0:00 Start12:51 What's the main workflow difference between politics and private sector21:31 How to communicate better25:01 Patterns in communication29:48 why eye contact is crucial33:38 Why non-verbals are so important37:47 VR Headset for communicators43:20 VR vs social media communication45:59 The mainstream problem of digital meetings49:47 Writing meeting notes52:17 Checking on people whether they're listening or not55:35 How can a communicator value what he is putting out in the world1:04:12 Why you don't have to be a genius in order to succeed in communicationsSubscribe 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 11, 2021 • 1h 3min
Jim Rutt: MIT to living behind a dumpster to CEO and now Game B; the wild life of a smart man.
Jim Rutt is one of the original internet entrepreneurs, building, improving and selling multiple companies including the juggernaut Network Solutions. Vance Crowe and Jim Rutt spoke about why his 30,000 member group was temporarily kicked off of Facebook, the social media archipelago that is emerging as a result of social media censorship and Jim's push to create Game B an opportunity to re-imagine how human beings work, live and raise their children. Jim and Vance discuss the Santa Fe Institute, the role of censorship going forward and his view of how long it will take to make the world adapt to a different way of thinking. Hierarchy in the Forest — https://amzn.to/3avNxOTJim's Podcast — https://www.jimruttshow.com/Game B Facebook page — https://www.facebook.com/groups/gamebcore0:00 Start0:11 Why did the Chairman of the Sante Fe Institute get booted from Facebook?13:17 Who is Jim Rutt?21:50 What is The Well? Well.com25:43 Vance's Stuart Brand Story28:52 What is Complexity?32:30 Stepping back from Nihilism36:26 What is GameB?44:27 Status signaling in human behavior52:34 How much do salary employees really work?56:06 How to get involved in GameB57:10 Listen to Jim Rutt's PodcastSubscribe 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 8, 2021 • 53min
Cara Spencer: Pint glasses of shell casings & public health; Running for Mayor in the City of Saint Louis
Cara Spencer is an Alderwoman in the City of Saint Louis that has decided to run for mayor of the city. Spencer sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss how she will handle crime in the city, her thoughts on the role of government, how the city handled businesses that didn't adhere to COVID restrictions and what the city should do when the Coronavirus pandemic has come to an end.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 4, 2021 • 1h 26min
Quick Dick McDick Returns: Canadian Farmer/YouTuber on energy, comedy and the Keystone pipeline
Quick Dick McDick runs a hilarious YouTube channel where he highlights rural life in Saskatchewan Canada. QDMD is a grain farmer that spent more than a decade in the oil fields of Alberta. During this interview Quick Dick McDick and Vance Crowe discuss how inspiration works, the difference between live comedy and YouTube and what is going on with the Keystone Pipeline now that President Biden has canceled the project via Executive Order.Check out Quick Dick McDick's videos: https://youtu.be/PWzLqly5NUsSubscribe 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 2, 2021 • 59min
US Ambassador Kip Tom; the farmer that went to Rome to represent his country
Ambassador Kip Tom was a major farmer in Indiana prior to being tapped by the Trump administration to become the United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture and the United States Ambassador to the Rome-based United Nations agencies.Vance Crowe and Kip Tom talk about the diplomatic corp, the challenges of giving food aid that might be stolen by warlords and the ideology of Argroecology being pushed around the world by the EU. Ambassador Tom talks about the future of places like Sudan and the role the US farmer plays in shaping the future of trade policy.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

Jan 28, 2021 • 1h 20min
Kevin Folta Returns! Molecular biologist on vaccines, masks and national policy
Kevin Folta Ph.D. is a professor of Horticulture at the University of Florida. Folta is a molecular biologist by training and since COVID struck he has been using his knowledge and background to provide guidance on vaccines, masks and compliance.Folta and Vance Crowe discuss why people are slow to get the vaccine, the challenge of balancing safety and liberty and a grade for how the government has done responding to this disease.0:00 Start5:25 How to keep students on zoom engaged?7:57 Light as a source of information14:35 Gene expression in photo-biology17:08 Connection between physical and biological world17:32 How are students handling the pandemic?19:34 Should people be afraid of COVID-19?23:46 Missinformations about vaccine31:53 How governments handled pandemic?34:59 How to avoid manipulation37:25 What is MRNA vaccine and how does it work?46:25 Why people don't want to get vaccinated53:55 How to not offend people56:13 What's a PCR test?1:00:03 Shall we wait till it's over?1:08:37 When will pandemic end?1:12:59 Mask after vaccination?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

Jan 26, 2021 • 1h 12min
Chris Williamson; Male model, night club promoter, philosopher, podcaster.
Chris Williamson is a model and former reality TV start that spoke with Vance Crowe about being at the top of dominance hierarchies, how male models are different from female models, and why he takes cold showers as a way to wake himself up. Williamson is candid in this interview talking about what it is like to be highly attractive, and having achieved popular success- fame on reality TV. 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

Jan 24, 2021 • 7min
ATCF: Cold Water Showers & A Brave New World
Vance Crowe sits down for an As The Crowe Flies (ATCF) podcast to discuss what listeners have been saying about their cold water showers. He also discusses how Aldous Huxley believes the path to slavery is pleasure. For more on Aldous Huxley check out the Academy of Ideas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGkymdspupsf If you want to be alerted to VR opportunities sign up for our newsletter at http://eepurl.com/gSTfk5Join the Network at https://network.articulate.ventures/

Jan 23, 2021 • 1h 7min
Dave Slade Chemical Engineer on why liquid fuels are so valuable to humanity
Dave Slade is a chemical engineer in the biofuels industry. Slade talks with Vance Crowe about the energy industry discussing how energy is stored, the challenges facing the renewable energy, and the future of energy. Slade thinks that electric cars have been overhyped and will not provide the towing power that can be created in a liquid gas vehicle. Slade is Executive Director, Biofuel Technology & Services at Renewable Energy Group. Slade has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Kansas State University. 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