The Vance Crowe Podcast

Jason Bockman, owner of the iconic Strange Donuts in Saint Louis, discusses the pressure and the suicidal thoughts that can happen during moments of uncertainty.  Jason shares his mentality to keep his business open and helping people.  https://www.strangedonuts.com/https://www.instagram.com/strangedonuts/Vance Crowe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanceCroweThis is the 18th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Razib Kahn is an internationally known geneticist and science communicator.  He has been particularly outspoken about his views on Coronavirus on Twitter.  We discussed shutting down interstate travel, the social and economic consequences for shutting down the economy, and what will change as we end the last century and enter a new era.Razib Kahn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/razibkhanVance Crowe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanceCroweThis is the 17th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Joel Sigman runs an HVAC company in Saint Louis, Missouri.  His employees are now making service calls in a post-Corona world.  He talks about how concerned his guys are about the virus and the steps they are taking to make both the homeowner and the worker feel safe from the invisible disease.To learn more about Sigman HVAC: https://sigmanhvacr.com/Vance Crowe on Twitter: @VanceCroweThis is the 16th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Jerod McDaniel is the host of Ag Uncensored and a Cattle Rancher from Texahoma, Oklahoma.  We discuss how Coronavirus has impacted his family and the beef industry.  We discuss teaching his kids during Coronavirus.  Jerod McDaniel on Twitter: @jerodmcdanielVance Crowe on Twitter: @VanceCroweThis is the 15th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Steve Ernst is an ICU nurse and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor working at Saint Louis's level one trauma center.  He is a hard scrapping tough guy with a no-nonsense way of looking at the world. We talk about what their hospital is expecting, how to handle sick patients, washing hands, and how to behave if you become hospitalized.Vance Crowe on Twitter: @VanceCroweThis is the 14th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Saint Louis Bank CEO, Travis Liebig discusses the enormous government stimulus package that banks are being tasked with delivering to small business owners via SBA lending.  We discuss the risk of inflation, the government programs and how to find a banker in a time of crisis.  In full disclosure: I am on the Board of Directors for Saint Louis Bank and Travis and I are long time friends.This is a link to the Saint Louis Bank Explanation of the SBA program: https://www.stlouisbank.com/CustomContent.aspx?Name=SBA To follow Travis Liebig on Twitter: @TravisLiebigVance Crowe on Twitter: @VanceCroweThis is the 13th interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels. 

Julie Kelly is a senior contributor for American Greatness. She covers politics, science, and the media.  Julie has taken a heterodox position regarding the stay at home orders, and suspects that the number of people that have already been infected and recovered from Coronavirus is much higher than initially believed. We discuss civil liberties and taking a position that people don't agree with you on.The day before I put this podcast up, there were a small handful of people that said on Twitter that I should cancel this interview because Julie's ideas were "dangerous."  This is exactly the point of this interview series, it is deeply important to me that during this time of crisis we hear a heterogenous set of ideas.  We should be discussing things that make people uncomfortable and are outside of the mainstream so that we can have a broad view of this unprecedented time.  This is the only way to make long term ideas as anti-fragile as possible.Julie Kelly on Twitter: https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2The video Julie mentioned about the Stanford scientist that believe more people have had Coronavirus: The video 3blue1brown on the Simulating an Epidemic Vance Crowe on Twitter: https://twitter.com/VanceCroweThis is the twelfth interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels. 

John Larson, Senior Vice President at the American Farmland Trust talks about how Coronavirus has shut down the local food movement from selling to restaurants and shown how important a diversified local food system can be during a crisis.   Larson discusses cities that have taken on the task of buying easements that will keep farmland as farmland while still providing a burst of income for the seller.  Learn more about the farmland trust farmer relief fund: https://farmland.org/farmer-relief-fund/ https://twitter.com/Farmlandhttps://twitter.com/VanceCroweThis is the eleventh interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Sam Miller is a recovering addict that now works with unhoused youth on the West Coast.  We talked about how the homeless will likely deal with the Coronavirus and what should happen after the pandemic is over to better help lift them out of poverty.This is the tenth interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.

Joscha Bach is an artificial intelligence researcher that has worked at MIT, Harvard, and Singularity University.  I have quoted his work for more than 7 years.  He sounded the Coronavirus alarm in January of 2020 and I thought he was losing his mind- so I wrote to tell him.  I was wrong.  Joscha talks about why nerds can see things coming, predicts how the virus will run its course, illustrates how Westerners were lied to about masks and make the case for how to prepare to help your neighbors.  This is by far the most important interview I have ever been a part of.  You will likely hear things in this interview that are scary, I know because what Joscha is saying scared me.  But it is worth it for how much I learned.  Joscha is the author of the article that could be described as "flattening the curve is a deadly lie" that refuted Vox's graphic that was inaccurately describing the measures needed to contain the virus.  Anyone that has seen me give a speech in the last 7 years has heard me mention Joscha as a person that I deeply respect and have learned a great deal from.  Follow Josha Bach on Twitter: @PlinzFollow Vance Crowe on Twitter @VanceCroweThis is the ninth interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I believe that society will have the rules re-written when we come out of this global pandemic and it is important to hear how various individuals and industries are handling themselves amidst the crisis.  This series seeks to reveal many perspectives that will otherwise be ignored by both mainstream media and you might not see on your social media channels.