Episode summary: The episode centers on the dilemma of a man with an advanced, metastatic case of prostate cancer. His name is Dan. Every doctor he spoke to had a different opinion on what he should do — or whether it was even worth doing anything at all. His question was: which of these many opinio...

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Episode summary: High heels are no longer as high as they were twelve years ago. What happened? An analysis of a trend. For images and links, head to articlesofinterest.substack.com

Episode summary: Bob Spitz has written major biographies of the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan, and now the Rolling Stones — but also, somehow, Ronald Reagan and Julia Child. In rock, his credentials were hard won: he started out hustling gigs for an unknown Bruce Springsteen for six years, moved...

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Episode summary: Years ago a music producer named Irv Gotti–a hitmaker for Jay-Z, Ja Rule, and Ashanti–was tapped by Sony Music to make a record with Jennifer Lopez. They wanted a big hit. And Irv delivered. But then he made the biggest mistake of his career.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...

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Episode summary: Craig Newmark’s career, in retrospect, looks like a series of deliberate subtractions: he kept Craigslist plain, stepped aside as CEO early on, gave his equity to his foundation, and now funds people and gets out of their way. His theory, arrived at gradually, is that recognizing yo...

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Episode summary: In Episode 1, I chat with Adam, the creator of omg.lol and proprietor of Neatnik. We talk about, among other things, his story getting started with the web, building omg.lol, and encouraging people to start websites. Enjoy the episode!

I really enjoyed this first episode of Wond...

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Episode summary: Mamma cinese, papà marchigiano, Andrea Sciamanna – ex concorrente di Masterchef– ci spiega cos’è, davvero, la cucina cinese e come si è sviluppata in Italia.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Episode summary: General David Goldfein, former Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, and Dr. Heather Wilson, former Secretary of the Air Force, tell the story of the worst day in their professional careers and what it taught them about leadership. You can find their book, Get Back up: Lessons in Serv...

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Episode summary: We’ve just begun our series around mistakes and last week, you heard Michael Lynton, former head of Sony Pictures Entertainment, share how he found himself at the center of one of the most devastating corporate hacks in history. This week, we’re sharing a preview of another podcast...

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