

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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Apr 12, 2021 • 1h 25min
John Jennings; Life lessons learned from managing the money of millionaires.
John Jennings is a Renaissance man. As president and chief strategist of the Saint Louis Trust company his 50 person office manages the wealth of 60 families, whose wealth numbers in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Vance Crowe and John Jennings talk about the challenges the ultra wealthy face, books, art, dreams and a different way to build a reporting structure in a company.Chapters:3:43 Start5:28 You have to want liberty9:50 How does population density change culture?15:43 The elephant and the writer24:33 The artificial 'click' of Marijuana37:15 The Power of Art42:50 Erik Hoel's 'Enter the Supersensorium'49:40 John describes the St. Louis Trust Company51:18 How bureaucracy kills companies1:01:26 How John Jennings defines success1:12:40 The importance of relevancy in content1:14:50 Mimetic desire1:21:30 How can anyone create legacy?1:24:40 #ATCF Book ClubPodcast 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

Apr 8, 2021 • 1h 14min
Jack Butcher; Founder of Visualize Value on selling NFTs & the daily manifest of fatherhood
Jack Butcher is the founder of Visualize Value a communications channel that creates unique pieces of art, and offers insight into becoming a successful creator on the internet. Jack spoke with Vance Crowe about his sale of an NFT for more than $60,000 the challenges of being a new father, what he has learned running a massive community and the challenge of having your creative skillset compete with everyone else in the "anywhere world."Vance and Jack discuss Renee Girard's concept of Mimetic desire, Eric Hoel's Super sensorium.and David Goodhart's concept of Somewhere vs. Anywhere people.Chapters —3:26 Start5:49 Innovation is happening faster7:52 What is an NFT?19:26 What it's like as a new parent23:26 Communicating with a child24:58 Mimetic desire26:44 How emotions develop in babies28:16 Jack Butcher's Daily Manifest29:41 Building a Lasting Community33:40 Graph Theory42:26 Voice of Resistance47:31 Twitter Phenoms vs Kings50:02 The future of anonymity53:07 Niche Fame1:00:07 Overfitting and the value of dreaming1:05:53 Jack Butcher's Peter Thiel ParadoxPodcast 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

Apr 5, 2021 • 58min
Ted Dabrowski: How will Illinois Government Survive Corruption?
Ted Dabrowski is a political analyst and writer with Wirepoints a foundation designed to reveal the data and facts that the Illinois government hasn't been straightforward with revealing. In this conversation with Vance Crowe, Ted discusses what happens if Illinois doesn't get a Federal Bailout, how legalized corruption became so ingrained in Illinois politics and what he thinks happens if we keep printing money to get out of the problem.https://wirepoints.org/Chapters:3:09 Start6:40 Who controls IL media?8:07 What is Wirepoints?11:21 IL COVID Data14:36 How do people find alternative news sources?16:17 Pension Problem in IL20:40 Vance's Peter Thiel Paradox24:26 Why can't we inflate the dollar indefinitely?30:42 Rent/Eviction Moratorium33:20 How did communism rise in Eastern Europe?36:02 Is Florida underrated?40:02 How universities promote the inner vs outer party divide45:28 How do we get rid of corruption?50:02 A lesson in Kenya about corruption52:30 Cancel Culture is a beacon for outsiders53:45 What's Ted's PTP?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 29, 2021 • 1h 8min
Ed Latimore; Heavyweight boxer on vices, taking the red pill and why how men became lost
Ed Latimore is a former professional heavy weight boxer, a chess player, a professional writer and an interesting character. Latimore came on the podcast and discussed with Vance Crowe what it was like to grow up in the projects, tells how he flunked out of college and then became a professional boxer, got a degree in physics and was in the Army.The two discuss how men are not being talked about fairly in society, how nuance is lost in the war between the sexes and why men are being lost.3:04 | Start5:32 | Growing up in the projects8:38 | How Ed got into boxing15:13 | "Any boxer can become a pro"21:46 | What is the Red Pill?25:04 | The problem with how we're raising boys and girls in 202131:10 | We may never see soldiers on the battlefield again34:03 | How much does Alcohol contribute to abuse?36:06 | Why aggression lowers after marriage42:07 | Why does Ed hate weddings?46:44 | Talking about Prenups49:50 | "Women are kicking men's ***"

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


