Blind Spots

This week I spoke with Caroline about her work in nursing homes, centered around a discussion of the book Being Mortal. We discussed end-of-life options, care, and the necessity of centering autonomy and individualized priorities.

This week I spoke with Moses Utomi about conspiracy theories, the role of competing narratives, and how proximity to power is often a metric we use to judge what is true. Stay tuned for his upcoming books, The Lies of the Ajungo and Daughters of Oduma. You can follow him on Twitter @MosesUtomi.

This week I spoke with Mackenzie Austin about free speech, exploring the complications and drawbacks of private companies regulating online speech, First Amendment rights and debates, as well as "cancel culture" and the concept of forgiveness.

This week I spoke with Jay Coen Gilbert, the CEO of Imperative 21 and the co-founder of B Lab, about our current economic system, the ways in which it is broken, and the tools we have for fixing it. We discussed benefit corporations, stakeholder capitalism, and the complications that a transition to a more equitable system might entail.

This week I spoke with Ty Redmond about his journey from student, to sales representative, to semi-pro football team owner, to school principal. We discussed his upbringing, his experiences as a young professional, why he ultimately chose to return to education, and how we address many of the rampant issues in education—especially those affecting young men of color.

This week I spoke with my friend Justin about his summit of Denali, how he has begun to master self-discipline, how to build failure into your model for success, and much more.