Random Curiosity Podcasts

Each person on this planet is weird, unique and relatable in the most fascinating ways. Host MacGyver Mann interviews these people and make you feel like you know them even though you have never met them or heard of them.
They start the episode by reading a short autobiography from each other and then dive into the things about who makes them who they are: their memories, histories, relationships, past traumas, therapy sessions, pursuit of happiness, and everything that makes a person tick.
At the beginning you will feel like you want to ask, “Sorry, who are you?” and by the end you will say goodbye to a friend.

Categories: Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

Tags: Curiosity, deep conversation, friends, interview, self care, talk show, therapy

Whakarongo mai – listen in! Each month founder Ian ‘Harv’ Harvey roams across Aotearoa-NZ chatting to the change-makers that make up the Collective Intelligence people-ecosystem. Sitting down together in living rooms, boardrooms and workplaces, Harv’s interviews with these epic humans are raw, real and uncut – as they explore the stuff that REALLY matters now. Podcast production supported by the great team at Te Awanga Estate.

Categories: Business

Tags: aroha, authenticity, Collectiveintelligence, courage, Curiosity, diversity, ianharvey, leadership

A deep dive into the stories, habits, ideas, strategies and methods that drive fulfilled people and create enormous success for them. The guests are diverse, but they share profound similarities. They’re guided by purpose, live with intense joy, learn passionately, and see the world with a unique lens. Each episode lets us soak in their hard-earned wisdom and apply it to our lives. Guests include Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth Godin, and Tyler Cowen.

My guest today is Dave Nemetz, the Founder of Bleacher Report, which was one of my favorite media companies as a kid. During his time there, Dave oversaw video, business development, and business operations. He helped grow the audience to more than 40 million monthly unique visitors before selling the company to Turner Broadcasting in 2012. Today, he is the Founder of Inverse and the Executive Vice President of Bustle Digital Group where he leads growth and business strategy for Inverse, Input, and Mic.

The conversation topics in this episode fall into three buckets: personal principles, business principles, and the state of the world. We spoke about what it’s like to lead your company through a merger, why you can think of media businesses like a supply & demand equation, and one of Dave’s favorite quotes from Hunter S. Thompson: “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.” My favorite part of the interview was hearing about a band called Phish, which Dave has seen in concert more than 200 times. That section kickstarted a whole conversation about the brand-building tradeoff between being welcoming to new fans and serving die-hard fans.

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Show Notes

2:31 – What inspired David to get started on the Bleacher Report and why he was drawn to it as a project.

6:24 – Why the desire for a different kind of sports coverage took so long to take off and why other companies didn’t get into it earlier.

9:06 – Why sites like Bleacher Report find their niche, even with an abundance of content being created all of the time.

12:46 – The implicit versus the explicit side of finding your niche and exploiting it in the market.

15:14 – What David has learned about building a brand and serving your customers from his favorite band, Phish.

20:12 – How businesses can both serve their die-hard fans and not neglect their newcomers.

27:05 – The arrival fallacy and why selling Bleacher Report to Turner wasn’t as exciting as it may have looked on the outside.

31:36 – Why David believes that a fervent drive and passion to achieve goals is a double-edged sword.

34:26 – What most people don’t know about managing a business during a buyout or a merger and why it was so difficult for David to handle.

42:54 – How the world of advertising in the early 2000s hadn’t seemed to change much from the era of “Mad Men”.

52:38 – Why the “the geeks won” and why David is super happy about it.

57:13 – How David has oriented his recruitment and retention strategy in his media brands.

1:05:43 – What the “career elevator” is and why David was determined to create it for himself.

1:10:29 – Some of David’s favorite quotes, and why one of his core philosophies is to “enjoy your sandwich”.

Categories: Business

Tags: Curiosity, davidperell, interview, learning, northstar, performance

Thinking outside the box. Embracing your weirdness. Making different great again.

I create content to address issues critical to our personal and collective future on Earth.

Join me in tearing down the walls of conformity, letting our freak flags fly, and normalizing diversity. Doing so will not only allow us to thrive as individuals, it will improve humanity and planet Earth.

More at www.chrisburcher.com

Categories: Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality, Science

Tags: Curiosity, learning, life, mental-health, personal growth, Philosophy, self help, Stories

We are more connected now than ever before, but most of us still struggle with feelings of loneliness and isolation. Hope for the Lonely host Charlotte Donlon believes loneliness loses some of its power when we bring it into the light, so she writes and talks about different angles of loneliness and belonging and how they intersect with the Christian faith. The more curious she’s become about her loneliness, the less severe it seems. So, she welcomes you to inhabit a posture of curiosity as she explores various aspects of loneliness and belonging in the Hope for the Lonely podcast. Charlotte Donlon is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website. She also hosts A Writer’s Diary, a daily podcast about writing and the writing life. Charlotte’s writing and work are rooted in noticing how art helps us belong to ourselves, others, God, and the world. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. You can subscribe to her newsletter at charlottedonlon.substack.com and connect with her on Twitter and Instagram at @charlottedonlon. You can learn more about Charlotte and her writing and work at charlottedonlon.com

In this episode, Charlotte reads an essay she wrote about how the church years helps her feel less alone.

As we engage more deeply with the ancient streams of art and faith, how they inform one another, and how all of this can create profound new possibilities for belonging, we need ways to respond.

Through her work as a spiritual director for writers, artists, and those all along the belief-and-unbelief spectrum, Charlotte Donlon explores how belonging intersects with the contemplative life.

This essay was originally published in Christianity Today in 2019. This audio essay is also going to be live on Charlotte’s Our Faith in Writing podcast.

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Charlotte Donlon helps readers and clients notice how they belong to themselves, others, God, and the world. Charlotte is a writer, a spiritual director for writers, the Church Street Coffee & Books Writer-in-Residence, and the founder and host of the Our Faith in Writing podcast and website. She’s also the host for the Hope for the Lonely and A Writer’s Diary podcasts. Her writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The Curator, The Christian Century, Christianity Today, Catapult, The Millions, Mockingbird, and elsewhere. Her first book is The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. You can subscribe to her newsletter and connect with her on Twitter and Instagram.

Categories: Arts, Religion & Spirituality

Tags: belonging, books about loneliness, Charlotte Donlon, christian, christians and loneliness, Curiosity, faith, hope, loneliness, lonely, The Great Belonging book, The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other

Easy Talk to Get You Started

Categories: Society & Culture

Tags: advocate, asmr, business, Culture, Curiosity, entrepreneurship, learning, sex positivity, social justice, voice acting, writing, youtube

Helping ambitious young professionals navigate entrepreneurship, careers, and investing.

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Categories: Business

Tags: apple, Books, business, coffee, college, computers, Curiosity, entrepreneurship, Finance, interview, investing, Money, real estate, startups, Technology

Through diverse sound journeys and personal conversations with people from different backgrounds, Sergio Isauro explores the multitude of realities and experiences of what it is to be a human walking the earth. Every story and soundscape is meant to inspire and feed our curiosity, helping us observe our inner self in relation to what surrounds us. We Walk The Earth is an exploration of the present that is flowing towards a rooted, collective, and trascendental future, and holds the intention of nurturing our relationship with the earth and our lives on it. As we find ourselves in constant flow and evolution, this podcast exists as a space for self-discovery as we learn about other people, their paths, and how they connect with our own.

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Hosted by Sergio Isauro.

Music produced and recorded by Tejedor.

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Categories: Religion & Spirituality, Science, Society & Culture

Tags: Culture, Curiosity, evolution, future, meditation, spirituality

Join two lifelong friends, Kevin and Manny, as they discuss the benefits of heightened awareness and encourage large scale improvement through personal growth. Tune in for a fun mix of facts, ideas, artistic explorations, and a wide range of thought-provoking conversations. Looking to share your art, submit a topic, or engage with us? Email us at expansivemindspod@gmail.com or find us on social media https://linktr.ee/ExpansiveMinds

Categories: Arts, Education, Society & Culture

Tags: artists, betterment, conscientious, conscious living, creativity, Curiosity, ethics, existentialism, growth, health, healthy living, learn, Local Artists, mental exploration, morality, music, musicians, New Music, new perspectives, open-mindedness, pondering, science, self awareness, the unknown, underground art, underground artists, underground music, wellness

Raising 8: A couple of sinners trying to raise saints

Categories: Kids & Family

Tags: archdiocese of boston, boston catholic, catholic, catholic parenting, catholic parents, Children, christian parenting, Curiosity, educating children, every day catholic, every day people, Kids, making saints, parenting, raising saints, sainthood

How can I be happier in Midlife? How can I make the most of this next phase – be more resilient – more creative – thrive – even, evolve? Join consultant-coach Julia Seal to explore these Midlife questions and more in a happiness-coaching journey where you can transform this next phase of your life, no matter what – no matter what your circumstances are right now… overwhelmed by the changes wrought by Menopause, looking for more meaningful work, caught in stagnant relationships or feeling anxious, unfulfilled, discontent, burnt out, overwhelmed or just, stuck! Midlife is a calling to your own metamorphosis: to let go of what’s no longer working in your life > to strengthen your Inner Power > to build your Legacy for others > to craft your deepest Wholebeing Happiness… it’s the perfect time for you to solve the puzzle of the Midlife Transition, your MiddlePause, your Midolescence (or Middlescence) and embark on an exploration of living into the Best Version of you, today. Create your new Midlife Jigsaw Puzzle by exploring how to get unstuck in Midlife – discover how to coach yourself every day at home, in relationships and at work, how to purposefully manage your own mind and reconnect to your body, how to “hack” your brain with tools backed up by scientific research, how to unwind your unhelpful habits and how to take the best from the world’s wisdom on the pursuit of happiness. In addition to mini-coaching sessions and step-by-step tools, each episode helps you to take immediate action on the most impactful ways to increase your daily happiness, while supporting you on a longer reinvention coaching journey to living a purposeful and intentional life of Wholebeing Happiness in Midlife. “May you be Happy, May you be Free – there is no better time to coach together!” Find Everything at: http://www.happiness-matters.coach

Categories: Education, Health & Fitness

Tags: coach, Coaching, Collaboration, Conflict, contribution, creativity, Curiosity, energy, EQ, habits, happiness, kindness, leadership, longevity, Meaning, meditation, menopause, middlepause, Middlescence, midlife, midolescence, mindset, Motivation, neuroscience, purpose, relationships, resilience, Selfleadership, success, thriving, Transformation, trust, wholebeing, women

Inspire people. Support each others’ growth. Create a meaningful life. Does this mission reflect your values? Welcome to the community! What is WHYLD about? Bringing together friends and strangers for conversations on topics that expand their horizons. Fostering the exchange of thoughts between people of diverse walks of life. Giving extraordinary people „from next door“ a voice to share their stories. Celebrating people’s authentic life choices. Why? So that YOU feel inspired to step into YOUR most authentic, vulnerable, wild self. How can you be part of WHYLD? We produce every episode with love and care. They are a gift to you which can be multiplied indefinitely. Take away from the content what you deem valuable. You may want to try on new thoughts, challenge long-held beliefs, disagree with some aspects of it, or find yourself affirmed by others sharing your experiences, your thoughts, your dreams. Please be invited to share your own view through means of our social media appearances, invite your friends to the discussion, or share the podcast with them. Let us know if you personally know someone whose voice should be heard or if we should cover a certain topic in one of our next episodes. Follow us on Instagram (/whyld.podcast). Find us on Facebook (/whyld.one). Or visit us on www.whyld.one.

Categories: Education

Tags: Adventure, courage, Curiosity, entrepreneur, inspiration, lifestyle, Motivation, passion, personal development

Why is it that often the things you want to do the most in life come with the most fear attached? We unpack this question, while having conversations with people from all walks of life, about the scary things that they’re pursuing in their own lives. We work from an inclusive belief that everyone is creative and share our own scary things, because we realize that is the first step in encouraging people to do things that are scary for them. We want to build a community of people encouraging others to do things that might not come naturally at first, but will bring a lot of joy into life. Consider this your invitation to join us on Thursdays as we release new content every other week!

Categories: Education, Society & Culture

Tags: action, Adventure, annapacker, art, artists, author, Begin, bootstrapper, brave, bravery, capable, community, create, creative, creativity, Curiosity, dansnyder, doingscarythings, doingthingsmyway, dreams, encouragement, Endless, entrepreneur, experiment, exploration, exploring, Fear, gifts, happiness, hardthings, highflightsociety, hope, jasonwilkes, jasperandjade, jasperjade, johnpacker, josiahprince, Journal, joy, katiesnyder, life, limitless, Motivation, music, musician, Optimistic, paperlights, passion, permission, personal, photography, positivity, possibilities, psychotherapy, pursuit, redhead, scary, selfemployed, singer, Society, Songwriter, start, talent, therapist, try, unique, vulnerability, wilkes, writing

A podcast exploring the people behind the business. Conversations driven by curiosity, growth and learning.

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Categories: Business, Education

Tags: Curiosity, learning, michael jackett, none of my business

We’re Emma and Lisa, friends who talk a lot.

We are both deeply curious, and one thing we have in common is a fascination with the human experience and what makes us the way we are.

In this podcast, we discuss topics that go beyond the mundane in an effort to get to the heart of what it means to be human – in an unscripted, humorous, open-hearted way. We invite our audience to join us as we explore these important and sometimes unanswerable questions.

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Categories: Leisure, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

Tags: adulthood, Coaching, Curiosity, enneagram, exploration, highly sensitive person, introspection, intuition, manifestation, mental-health, parenting, relationships, self awareness, Transformational coaching, wellness

The Curious Clinicians is a medical podcast that asks “why?”. Why do diseases present in certain ways? What are the mechanisms of treatments we use? Why does the human body function as it does? Join us to explore these questions and many more.

Categories: Education, Health & Fitness

Tags: Curiosity, health, medicaleducation, Medicine

The Mash-Up Americans is your guide to the hyphen-America world we all live in. Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer talk culture, identity, race and what makes us who we are. Get to know yourself, America.

At The Mash-Up Americans we are celebrating and challenging the raucous, colorful, complicated country we live in by asking all the important, awkward questions: What does it mean to be an immigrant in America? What cultural baggage do we bring to sex and relationships? Why is Korean skincare so popular? When does something get upgraded from the ethnic aisle?

Get more at mashupamericans.com

Categories: Fiction, Society & Culture

Tags: conversations, Culture, Curiosity, diversity, grief, multicultural feminist, pop culture

The Ready Set Blow Podcast is brought to you each and every Wednesday by Randy Valerio. Randy is a LA-based comedian and podcaster originally hailing from Queens, New York

Categories: Comedy

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