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- [Spencer Glendon: The Probable Futures of Climate Change](http://wavemaker.me/conversations/spencer-glendon-the-probable-futures-of-climate-change/) - Spencer Glendon — former Wellington Management partner and creator of the Probable Futures climate platform — on making a warming world tangible, and which futures we can still avoid.
- [With Liaquat Ahamed @ The Nantucket Book Festival](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/with-liaquat-ahamed-the-nantucket-book-festival/) - Pulitzer winner Liaquat Ahamed (Lords of Finance) on his new book 1873 and why today's trillion-dollar AI boom may echo the crash that broke the world.
- [Laura Galante: Cyber Attackers v Cyber Defenders](http://wavemaker.me/feature/laura-galante-cyber-attackers-v-cyber-defenders/) - AI is shifting the ground beneath us in many fields. When the ground shifts in the world of cyber security, Laura Galante, former Director of the U.S. government’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, is a great person to have on your side.
- [Introducing Ted Turner](http://wavemaker.me/feature/introducing-ted-turner/) - I interviewed Ted Turner in a CNN Radio studio in 2013.  The launching point for our conversation was a new book by journalist Todd Wilkinson called “Last Stand: Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet.”  We talked about the inspiration he derived from Jacques Cousteau; the vast swaths of land he bought out west and why he chose to focus on protecting buffalo and prairie dogs. We also discussed his legendary frugality in CNN’s early days; his love of the classics; why he paid me so little; and much more.  It’s a small window on a man who had a global impact.
- [Azar Nafisi: Reclaiming Iran’s Identity](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/azar-nafisi-reclaiming-irans-identity/) - Where do Iranians who have stood up to their nation's ruthless regime get their courage?  For answers, I reached out to Azar Nafisi, author of the internationally acclaimed memoir, Reading Lolita in Tehran, following Iran’s traditional 40-day mourning period for the thousands of people killed during January's nationwide demonstrations.
- [Rosalynn Carter: In Her Own Voice](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/rosalynn-carter/) - The former First Lady and I discuss the roots of her fierce advocacy for mental health coverage, the opposition to women’s rights that she encountered on Capitol Hill, her full partnership with Jimmy, and more.
- [Dr. Irvin Yalom: 50-Thousand Hours of Therapy](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/dr-irvin-yalom-50-thousand-hours-of-therapy/) - Legendary psychoanalyst and best-selling author Dr. Irvin Yalom shares gripping stories and profound insights about what he has taught his patients, and learned from them, about life and death.  Pulled from the Wavemaker archives to help us prepare for a happy -- or happier -- new year.
- [This Country with Chris Matthews](http://wavemaker.me/conversations/catching-up-with-chris-matthews/) - The former Hardball anchor and I had this conversation in August 2022.  He sure saw the warning signs for Democrats in 2024. He also shared great stories from his days in politics.
- [Calling In the Calling Out Culture with Professor Loretta J. Ross](http://wavemaker.me/conversations/calling-in-the-calling-out-culture-with-professor-loretta-j-ross/) - An uplifting and empowering Wavemaker Conversation with Professor Loretta J. Ross, about her alternative to “cancel culture.”  

It begins with her assignment as the “handler” of an Aryan Nations defector.
- [Dr. Irvin Yalom Is Still Rippling](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/dr-irvin-yalom-is-still-rippling/) - A legendary figure in modern psychoanalysis, and best-selling author, on coping with existential anxiety and using it to increase fulfillment in life.
- [Ratings & Reviews](http://wavemaker.me/reviews/ratings-reviews/) - OutstandingI was stuck in Atlanta traffic from the infamous bridge collapse. My head was about to burst. My 20-minute commute was taking two hours. I wondered: How am I going to last over the next couple months? I stumbled upon this wonderful podcast. Now, I look forward to the commute wondering wha…
- [With Robert Malley @ The Dreamland Theatre](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/with-robert-malley-the-dreamland-theatre/) - Robert Malley has been a U.S. negotiator in multiple Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, a U.S. Special Envoy to Iran, and a White House point person in the campaign against the Islamic State.  He joined me for this insider's Middle East briefing and a preview of his new book, Tomorrow is Yesterday.
- [With Evan Osnos @ The Dreamland Theatre](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/with-evan-osnos-the-dreamland-theatre/) - The New Yorker's Evan Osnos has spent years diving deep into the world of the ultra-rich. His jaw-dropping reporting, in The Haves and Have Yachts, sheds light on why so much wealth in America is concentrated in the hands of so few.
- [“Fresh Meat” – Stories from Sexual Harassment’s Front Lines](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/fresh-meat-stories-from-sexual-harassments-front-lines/) - Professor Louise Fitzgerald is a pioneer in sexual harassment research. At this moment, when women who have broken their silence have led to the downfall of so many prominent men, I speak with Fitzgerald about how to assess the continuum of acts – ranging from bad to horrific – that have made th…
- [With Graeme Wood @ The Dreamland Theatre](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/in-conversation-with-graeme-wood-the-dreamland-theater/) - The Atlantic’s Graeme Wood is an intrepid war reporter, a polymath, and a linguist, who goes “where everything’s a mess . . . and things are changing really, really fast.”  We begin with him hitchhiking through Iraq
- [With Julia Ioffe @ The Dreamland Theatre](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/in-conversation-with-julia-ioffe-the-dreamland-theater/) - Journalist Julia Ioffe, of Puck.News, began her American journey as a seven-year-old Soviet-Jewish refugee. Now a go-to expert on Russia, she joins me to unmask Vladimir Putin and more
- [With Sebastian Junger @ The Nantucket Book Festival](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/in-conversation-with-sebastian-junger-the-nantucket-book-festival/) - Sebastian Junger, author of The Perfect Storm, war correspondent, and devoted parent, on his high-risk life journey to “escape the tyranny of self-interest.”
- [With Imani Perry @ The Nantucket Book Festival](http://wavemaker.me/live-conversations/in-conversation-with-imani-perry-the-nantucket-book-festival/) - Imani Perry, National Book Award winner and Professor of African American Studies at Harvard, lives and writes at the intersection of dreams deferred and hope. After listening to her, hope prevails.
- [As funny as the times allow](http://wavemaker.me/for-cnn/as-funny-as-the-times-allow/) - Editor’s Note:This piece was published on CNN.COM, March 22, 2009, at the tail end of the global financial crisis known as the Great Recession. Michael SchulderCNN Senior Executive Producer Tonight, Barack Obama will appear on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Will President Obama be funny? "As funn…
- [Ishmael Beah: Former Child Soldier](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/ishmael-beah-former-child-soldier/) - Beah's best-selling memoir led a NY Times reviewer to wonder "how anyone comes through such unrelenting ghastliness and horror with his humanity and sanity intact." This conversation provides some answers.
- [Getting to Yes in Colombia – Featuring William Ury](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/getting-to-yes-in-colombia-featuring-william-ury/) - Mediation master William Ury, of Getting to Yes fame, provides an inside account of the the peace deal that ended Colombia’s civil war. The talks began with a high-risk secret move deep in the jungle...
- [Lang Lang (& Mom)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/lang-lang-mom/) - Backstage with the pianist who has been called “the hottest classical artist on the planet” – Lang Lang.  Featuring an emotional appearance by his mom, whose sacrifice launched him on his difficult journey of a thousand miles.
- [The Late Bloomer Advantage In Sports](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-late-bloomer-advantage-in-sports/) - The Sports Gene author, David Epstein, joined me for a conversation that will empower young athletes, their parents, and coaches
- [Falling & Rising with Robert Battle](http://wavemaker.me/archive-editors-picks/falling-rising-with-robert-battle/) - How a child with leg braces grew up to become a dancer, choreographer, and the Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
- [Tyrese and Rev Run – Together](http://wavemaker.me/performing-arts-entertainment/the-men-of-manology/) - Tyrese tells me how he “dreamed beyond the reality I was living in.”  Rev Run, a founding father of Hip Hop, shares how his highest moment became his lowest.  Both have something to teach us.
- [Wes Craven: The Man Who Makes Us Face Fear](http://wavemaker.me/performing-arts-entertainment/the-man-who-makes-us-face-fear/) - As a child raised in a strict Baptist community, he was directed, with a red leather Bible in hand, to find lost souls and save them.  Some upbringing for one of the great horror film directors.
- [What Moves Clive Davis](http://wavemaker.me/performing-arts-entertainment/what-moves-clive-davis/) - He signed Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Whitney Houston, Barry Manilow, Alicia Keys, Patti Smith, to name a few.  He tells me: “I didn’t specialize... I approached music just being open to what moved me.”
- [Deepak Chopra and His Brother, Sanjiv](http://wavemaker.me/feature/the-chopra-brothers/) - This conversation with The Chopra Brothers, who took very different paths in medicine, begins with a physician in India who had amazing ears: Their father.
- [Dr. Carol Dweck: The Woman Who Teaches Us To Struggle – And Love It](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/dr-carol-dweck-the-woman-who-teaches-us-to-struggle-and-love-it/) - A conversation with the author of Mindset – a seminal book on motivation and overcoming the fear of failure.
- [Daniel Pink On The Power Of Regret](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/daniel-pink-on-the-power-of-purpose-with-a-small-p/) - The best-selling author’s investigation into the most common regrets shared by people around the world, and how “looking backward moves us forward."
- [The Fay Vincent Sessions: The Accident](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-fay-vincent-sessions-the-accident/) - The 8th Commissioner of Major League Baseball discusses the pivotal event in his life: a 4-story fall from his college dorm room window – and his mother’s advice, which reframed his future.
- [Coach Bill Curry:  Inside The Huddle](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/coach-bill-curry-how-to-watch-super-bowl-50-better-than-your-friends/) - Unforgettable stories about football – and America -- from one of the great head coaches in college football and a center in 3 of the first 5 Super Bowls.
- [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s “Giant Steps”](http://wavemaker.me/inside-sports/kareem-abdul-jabbars-giant-steps/) - One of basketball’s all-time greats on what made his sky-hook unstoppable, battling cancer, writing children’s books, John Coltrane, and his first love.
- [Dr. Sanjay Gupta Unplugged](http://wavemaker.me/conversations/a-wavemaker-conversation-with-dr-sanjay-gupta/) - A rare opportunity to learn from Sanjay – veteran neurosurgeon and CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent – when he’s removed from the rush of breaking news.
- [Elie Wiesel: A Messenger to Mankind](http://wavemaker.me/conversations/elie-wiesel-a-messenger-to-mankind/) - My wide-ranging conversation with the Holocaust survivor, author, teacher, and Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
- [ISIS Briefing feat. Emma Sky](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/isis-briefing1-feat-emma-sky/) - British Mideast expert Emma Sky went to Iraq in 2003 on a mission to help the Iraqi people. She was greeted by an assassination attempt.  And then...
- [Ladies and Gentlemen:  Bobby Shields](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/ladies-and-gentlemen-bobby-shields/) - As I was planning my father's memorial service for today I called his good friend and fellow comedian Freddie Roman, to arrange for a room at New York's traditional show business mecca – The Friar's Club. I told Freddie I needed a DVD player so the guests could watch some of my father's old perfor…
- [“How Prosperity And Catastrophe Can Be So Close Together Was My Obsession.”](http://wavemaker.me/video/how-prosperity-and-catastrophe-can-be-so-close-together-was-my-obsession/) - A Preview of My Conversation With Spencer Glendon of Probable Futures I would like to share with you one of the most riveting presentations on climate change that I have ever seen. It was delivered before a packed house of investors and portfolio managers at the 2019 Sohn Investment Conference at Li…
- [You Know You’re an Extreme Parent If…](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/you-know-youre-an-extreme-parent-if/) - "You know you're an extreme parent if your child, who does not have a documented learning disability, has more than three tutors." "You know you're an extreme parent if you imagine that your child is going to play professional sports even though no coach has predicted this outcome." "You know you're…
- [My Under Armour Shopping Spree](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/my-under-armour-shopping-spree/) - The other day I went to Sports Authority to buy a few ping pong balls for my children. I left with two arms full of high-tech athletic wear. I practically tripped over it: the mother lode of Under Armour. I grabbed everything in sight. Layer after layer. Long sleeve. Short sleeve. Cold gear. Heat ge…
- [The Baseball Manager Who Couldn’t Smile](http://wavemaker.me/inside-sports/the-baseball-manager-who-couldnt-smile/) - Why doesn’t a winner smile. That’s the first thing we wanted to know when we spoke with the third winningest manager in baseball history, Tony La Russa. We tried to find a picture of him smiling during all those winning years and couldn’t. He’ll tell us why in this edition of CNN Profiles. L…
- [Dr. Sanjay Gupta on the Head Hits that Go Unnoticed](http://wavemaker.me/inside-sports/dr-sanjay-gupta-on-the-head-hits-that-go-unnoticed/) - This week Dr. Sanjay Gupta has been on CNN a lot talking about his documentary this Sunday: Big Hits, Broken Dreams. It’s about the dangers of concussions, especially for high school football players. He brought up a term I’d never heard before. Sub-concussive hits. A sub-concussive hit is when …
- [Homesick and Happy](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/homesick-and-happy/) - The last time I checked in with psychologist and school consultant Michael Thompson, "Tiger Mom" was making headlines for how she drove her children to succeed. Thompson gave us memorable vignettes from the front lines, including "You know you're an extreme parent if you imagine that your child is g…
- [Jim Huber: Death of a Sports Poet](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/jim-huber-death-of-a-sports-poet/) - Once you get Jim Huber's voice in your head, you can never get it out. Who would want to? Jim Huber wrote lullabies that could open your eyes. His essays on sports and life were short.  But never rushed. And, before I even Googled him Monday night, as soon as we learned he had died at the age of 67…
- [Running for Laughs](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/running-for-laughs/) - I just had lunch with a fat kid who took up running for laughs. He made the U.S. Olympic marathon team. Now, he’s a popular and influential running coach. And this week, after following him to the Whole Foods salad bar where he filled his plate with black-eyed peas and steamed vegetables, he and I…
- [Super Bowl Surprise:  Journey to the Universe of the Center](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/super-bowl-surprise-journey-to-the-universe-of-the-center/) - What's the most important position in football? Who's the guy who we need to watch most closely to determine which way the Super Bowl will swing? I've been asking that question of every sports fan who knows more about football than I do today, from 10-year-old dreamers to veterans of the field and c…
- [My New “Sports Gene” Lenses](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/my-new-sports-gene-lenses/) - THE LOVE GENE On July 19th, during a heat wave, the author David Epstein texted me that he’d just gotten back from his morning run and was ready to talk about setting up an interview about his new book The Sports Gene. The Sports Gene is a perspective changing examination of the role of nature ver…
- [How To Watch The Super Bowl Better Than Your Friends](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/how-to-watch-the-super-bowl-better-than-your-friends/) - Michael Schulder speaks with Hall of Fame Super Bowl Champion Linebacker Nick Buoniconti, who, at 5’11”, was almost overlooked in the draft. Former HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg provides a behind the scenes view of the game. And NFL Special Teams veteran Rik Bonness describes his surreal e…
- [How to Watch Super Bowl 53 Better Than Your Friends (feat. Terez Paylor)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/how-to-watch-super-bowl-53-better-than-your-friends-feat-terez-paylor/) - @YahooSports Senior NFL Writer and Hall of Fame Voter Terez Paylor joins me in Atlanta for a Super Bowl seminar and Football 101 combined – making it the perfect prep for those across the football spectrum: from super-novices to those who follow the NFL all year – all in under 25 minutes. Paylor…
- [The Fay Vincent Sessions: Baseball Brains](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-fay-vincent-sessions-baseball-brains/) - Former MLB Commish Fay Vincent, an oral historian of the game, shares stories that will help us watch the World Series smarter. Among the stories only Vincent can tell: 1) Two Hall of Famers debating who's dumber, pitchers or hitters? 2) The smartest baseball players and the calculations they make o…
- [John Urschel: The NFL Mathlete (& His Mom)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/john-urschel-the-nfl-mathlete-his-mom/) - My conversation with the only person qualified to use the Twitter handle @MathMeetsFball -- Baltimore Ravens' offensive lineman John Urschel. Urschel is getting major buzz this week after linebacker Chris Borland retired from the NFL to avoid the long-term health risks of football. Urschel weighed i…
- [Teaching Your Child To Lose with The Winningest Coach In College History](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/teaching-your-child-to-lose-with-the-winningest-coach-in-college-history/) - The Wavemaker Parenting Wisdom Tour brings you the compelling personal story of Trinity College squash coach Paul Assaiante. He entered a sport without formal training, and took a second tier team to 13 straight national championships.  Along the way, through his "imposter syndrome" nightmares, he …
- [How to Watch Super Bowl 51 Better Than Your Friends, featuring Coach Dan Reeves](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/how-to-watch-super-bowl-51-better-than-your-friends-featuring-coach-dan-reeves/) - Former NFL Head Coach Dan Reeves, who led the Atlanta Falcons to their only other Super Bowl (and the Broncos to three) takes us beyond the play-by-play.  His 101 on the “silent count” – essential for the offense to communicate when the stadium noise is deafening – is a perspective changer.…
- [The Super Bowl Dance](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-super-bowl-dance/) - Image Credit: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater The Best Super Bowl Half-Time Show Ever I’m beginning a campaign to reshape the Super Bowl Half Time show for 2015. I like Bruno Mars, and am looking forward to his performance on Sunday. Beyonce, Madonna, Springsteen, Michael Jackson … these ico…
- [Make Super Bowl Sunday “Center Awareness Day”](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/make-super-bowl-sunday-center-awareness-day/) - Please join my campaign to make this Super Bowl Sunday “Center Awareness Day.” I ask for your support because of how many people are not aware that the Center is the most important position in football. Oh yes it is. I first discovered this while doing a story for CNN two Super Bowls ago.  I ca…
- [A Wavemaker Conversation with Joe Moglia](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/a-wavemaker-conversation-with-joe-moglia/) - by Michael Schulder September 3, 3014   I’ve been looking for a last minute edge in the 2014 Fantasy Football Draft. So I’ve reached out to a man who is living his Football Fantasy. His name is Joe Moglia. Joe Moglia is the Head Coach of the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers college football team ?…
- [The PLANK  Wave](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-plank-wave/) - The PLANK  Wave Part 1 By Michael Schulder March 27, 2014 I’ve never asked anyone to get down on the floor before reading one of my stories. But I suggest that you drop down now, in the core-strengthening position called “The Plank,” and hold that position as long as possible. Only after doin…
- [The Plank Wave:The Performance Enhancing Edition](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-plank-wavethe-performance-enhancing-edition/) - The Plank Wave “The Performance Enhancing Edition” By Michael Schulder April 2, 2014 Oh, to begin a Wave with a strong breeze. That’s what is happening right now with The Plank Wave. In case you missed Part 1 of The Plank Wave -- the strong breeze has a name.  It’s Gabi Ury.  On April 19th…
- [THE PLANK WAVE HITS LAND: The Power of Gabi Ury](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-plank-wave-hits-land-the-power-of-gabi-ury/) - THE PLANK WAVE HITS LAND: The Power of Gabi Ury By Michael Schulder May 2, 2014   The Wave that began right here on Michael Schulder’s WaveMaker on March 27th, what I call The Plank Wave, but probably should have called The Gabi Wave, has officially crashed into shore – transferring energy ove…
- [The Fay Vincent Sessions: Investigating Pete Rose](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-fay-vincent-sessions-investigating-pete-rose/) - The former MLB Commissioner's exclusive behind the scenes account of the investigation that led to the banishment of Pete Rose from baseball. Part 3 of The Fay Vincent Sessions, a Wavemaker podcast special with the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball. A decision on whether to reinstate Rose…
- [Baseball As A Road To God: The Spring Training Episode](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/baseball-as-a-road-to-god-the-spring-training-episode/) - With Spring Training in full swing, Schulder goes to the top -- to the President of New York University, John Sexton. Sexton is the author of "Baseball As A Road To God," based on his popular class of the same name. Baseball watched properly, he insists, can help develop skills that enable us to rea…
- [Pure Failure: Lessons  from the Heart of a Winner](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/pure-failure-lessons-from-the-heart-of-a-winner/) - “PURE FAILURE” Lessons From The Heart Of A Winner By Michael Schulder October 15, 2014 A WaveMaker Conversation With Coach Paul Assaiante Why is it that Coach Paul Assaiante always seems to be smiling?   What enables him to be so optimistic and consistently upbeat? The obvious answer would be …
- [The Wavemaker Podcast — for the Insanely Curious](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-wavemaker-podcast-for-the-insanely-curious/) - In-depth conversations with the most creative thinkers, respected leaders, and preeminent authors in a wide variety of fields including sports, the arts, business, history, politics, parenting, psychology and medicine. Subscribe for free on ITunes or Podbean.  Rachel Held Evans: The Girl W…
- [The Voice of an Honorable Leader](http://wavemaker.me/leadership/the-voice-of-an-honorable-leader/) - America is hungry for the voice of an honorable leader. I have been listening to such a voice — the voice of Admiral William McRaven. McRaven, now retired, is a Navy SEAL who rose to become the leader of the U.S. Special Operations Command. He was the architect of the raid that killed Osama Bi…
- [“Killling Me Would Not Be in Your Interest”](http://wavemaker.me/leadership/killling-me-would-not-be-in-your-interest/) - “Killing me would not be in your interest.” So said the President of one of the most important countries on earth today. The quote is from the President of Madagascar. It was directed at members of an army faction that says it will no longer obey Madagascar’s civilian leadership. How can such …
- [Nobel Peace Prize Winner Puzzled by my Productivity](http://wavemaker.me/leadership/nobel-peace-prize-winner-puzzled-by-my-productivity/) - It’s true. A Nobel Peace Prize winner let me know he’s puzzled by my productivity. No, not today’s Nobel Peace Prize winner. As far as I know, President Obama is not following my campaign to destroy my industry’s worship of the 18-49 audience “demo.” But another winner of the Nobel Peace…
- [Conversation with David Blight at the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-wavemaker-inaugural-edition/) - Here is a five minute time-sensitive exercise of imagination. My partner is Yale history professor David Blight. He recently won the Pulitzer Prize for his biography of Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist leader who escaped slavery and became one of America’s greatest orators. I asked Blight to i…
- [Punching Up (feat. Pete Dominick)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/punching-up-feat-pete-dominick/) - Standup comic Pete Dominick joins me to dissect Michelle Wolf’s routine at the recent White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Why now? Because this Sunday, May 27th, Wolf’s new series, The Break, debuts on Netflix. That’s just as good an excuse as any. Dominick, with Wolf as a launching point, h…
- [Michelle Wolf: Raw](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/michelle-wolf-raw/) - Here is Michelle Wolf’s entire performance at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Most people have only heard clips. Here is all of it – 19 minutes and roughly 50 jokes – unedited. This is the beginning of a broader mission on Wavemaker: exploring the deeper significance of comedy – fr…
- [The Trevor Noah Episode](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-trevor-noah-episode/) - The man chosen to replace Jon Stewart on The Daily Show is more than the sum of his tweets. How much more? Joining Michael Schulder to discuss Trevor Noah and the challenges faced by all comedians is standup comic Pete Dominick, Host of the radio show Stand Up With Pete Dominick. Special features: e…
- [Valentine’s Day:  The Gift of the Pause](http://wavemaker.me/comedy/valentines-day-the-gift-of-the-pause/) - Valentine’s Day:  The Gift of the Pause I thought I had come up with the best Valentine’s Day Gift ever earlier this week when I wrote The Gift of the Magic Ratio.  But I’ve just come up with something better.  I call it The Gift of the Pause. To understand its power, I need to provide a sh…
- [His Damn Channel](http://wavemaker.me/comedy/his-damn-channel/) - How many executives does it take to make an executive decision? As many as possible. I just made that joke up as I thought about what I learned from our guest this week on CNN Profiles – which you can hear by clicking the play icon on the podcast. His name is Rob Barnett. The comedian Jackie Mason…
- [My Conversation with Elie Wiesel](http://wavemaker.me/feature/feature-3/my-conversation-with-elie-wiesel/) - For nearly 30 years I have wanted to sit down and have a conversation with Elie Wiesel. I finally got my opportunity a few weeks ago, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

 The world knows Elie Wiesel as the Holocaust survivor who won The Nobel Peace Prize fo…
- [Get Me Out of This Mess. A Conversation With master negotiator William Ury, author of the new book Getting to Yes With Yourself.](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/get-me-out-of-this-mess-a-conversation-with-master-negotiator-william-ury-author-of-the-new-book-getting-to-yes-with-yourself/) - Schulder speaks with the man anyone would want on their speed dial, esteemed negotiator William Ury. Ury is co-author of the classic Getting to Yes. His new book, Getting to Yes with Yourself (and Other Worthy Opponents) is about how we often unwittingly sabotage our own interests. Ury shares inside…
- [Saying No To The Pope feat. Michelangelo and William Ury](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/saying-no-to-the-pope-feat-michelangelo-and-william-ury/) - Master mediator William Ury dissects Michelangelo's 500 year old letter to the Pope, a powerful example of how saying No can lead to a wiser Yes. The letter, recently circulated by the inspired Maria Popova of Brainpickings.org, contains wisdom that can be applied to our professional and personal li…
- [Testimonial: Barbara Young](http://wavemaker.me/testimonials/testimonial-barbara-young/) - “Michael Schulder interviewed me in August 2012 for the program CNN Profiles. I have been interviewed extensively in Canada, the U.S., Australia, New Zealand and the U.K. by a range of interviewers and I would put Michael in the top 1%. A good interviewer is one that comes informed on the topic ?…
- [Testimonials: Wes Craven](http://wavemaker.me/testimonials/testimonials-wes-craven/) - Dear Michael: "I have to say the interview we did together was one of the best I've ever done, and if someone doesn't give you a good deal for something new, I'll send Freddy after them!" Wes Craven, Film Director, A Nightmare on Elm Street
- [Testimonial: Geoffrey Fletcher](http://wavemaker.me/testimonials/testimonial-geoffrey-fletcher/) - “I've done a lot of interviews in the last few years. My interview with Michael Schulder was one of the most memorable and pleasurable. When I listened to his piece on (music producer) Clive Davis in advance of my own interview, I suspected that I might be in for something special. The Davis inter…
- [Testimonials: Ed Falco](http://wavemaker.me/testimonials/testimonials-ed-falco/) - Imagine a good friend stopping by for a visit and saying Talk to me! Tell me all about it! That’s what an interview with Michael Schulder is like. Charming and funny, sincere and insightful, Michael is a great conversationalist and his interviews are always a pleasure. Ed Falco, Author of the NY T…
- [Testimonial: Julie Lythcott-Haims](http://wavemaker.me/testimonials/testimonial-julie-lythcott-haims/) - "Out of the hundreds of interviews I’ve had in the last six months, my conversation with Michael was unequivocally the very best one. While most of the folks who interviewed me trod upon the same ground, there's stuff I said to Michael I haven’t said to anyone else before or since. He’d done h…
- [The Woman Who Changed Her Brain](http://wavemaker.me/inside-our-minds/the-woman-who-changed-her-brain/) - Barbara Arrowsmith spent the first 26 years of her life unable to read a clock. She spent the first 26 years of her life having to read and reread sentences dozens of times before she had a clue what they meant. Barbara Arrowsmith had so many severe learning disabilities as a child that she would la…
- [The Psychopath Detector](http://wavemaker.me/inside-our-minds/the-psychopath-detector/) - Are you or is someone you know a psychopath? Wait – let's reframe that question. Do you or someone you know fall somewhere on the psychopathic spectrum? You may not know for sure until you listen to this week’s CNN Profile of Oxford University research psychologist Kevin Dutton. Dutton is author…
- [Introducing Carol Dweck](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/introducing-carol-dweck/) -     By Michael Schulder March 4, 2015 I am struggling with how to write this introduction to my podcast with Stanford University Psychology Professor Carol Dweck. As a result of my conversation with Professor Dweck, I am loving the struggle. That’s the impact Carol Dweck can have on people of al…
- [CNN Profiles Volume 1](http://wavemaker.me/cnn-profiles/cnn-profiles-volume-1/) - Schulder · The Woman Who Changed Her Brain Schulder · Ed Falco's Prequel to 'The Godfather' Schulder · Bollettieri on the New Kids Tennis Controversy Schulder · Michael Thompson on Raising Independent Children Schulder · The Teacher in the One World Schoolhouse Schulder · The Psychopath Detect…
- [CNN Profiles Volume 2](http://wavemaker.me/cnn-profiles/cnn-profiles-volume-2/) - Schulder · The Baseball Manager Who Couldn't Smile Schulder · The Real David Gergen Schulder · Jobs Clarity Through CNN’s Iowan Eyes Schulder · 'Blind Side' Mom Goes to the Super Bowl Schulder · Inaugural Time Travel Schulder · We Are All Salesmen Schulder · America's New Sound Schulder · …
- [CNN Profiles Volume 3](http://wavemaker.me/cnn-profiles/cnn-profiles-volume-3/) - Schulder · 'The End of Men' Schulder · The Wealthiest Coach You've Never Heard Of Schulder · The Serendipity Sponge Schulder · The Heart of James Gandolfini Schulder · Seduced by Mary Schulder · Falling and Rising with Robert Battle Schulder · 'Beast It' Schulder · Valentine's Day Prep: A Ne…
- [CNN Profiles Volume 4](http://wavemaker.me/cnn-profiles/cnn-profiles-volume-4/) - Schulder · What Moves Clive Davis? Schulder · The Man Who Makes Us Face Fear Schulder · Introducing Ted Turner Schulder · His 'Damn Channel' Schulder · Jodi Picoult on the Dark Side Schulder · Bully Proof 2013 Schulder · 'Manology' with Rev Run and Tyrese Schulder · Wisdom on Ice Schulder ·…
- [“In the end. America.” by Kamau Bobb](http://wavemaker.me/editors-picks/in-the-end-america-by-kamau-bobb/) - Kamau Bobb received a Ph.D. in Science and Technology Policy from Georgia Tech, holds a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a national leader in STEM education. It has happened again. I was turning my jump rope in explosive meditative mode …
- [Piano Man](http://wavemaker.me/editors-picks/piano-man/) - .field-name-field-page-image { display: none; } https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T818ZkDqsk0
- [Jane Alexander: Live @ The Nantucket Book Festival](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/jane-alexander-live-the-nantucket-book-festival/) - Jane Alexander’s illustrious acting career was launched in 1968 by her breakthrough performance in the Pulitzer Prize winning play (and later movie) The Great White Hope. She then took the political stage as Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Arts, when the NEA was on the political righ…
- [Look for the Helpers](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/look-for-the-helpers/) - There’s an old quote from Mister Rogers that has been circulating on Facebook since the Boston Marathon bombings. “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news” Fred Rogers wrote in his book on parenting, “my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find …
- [Introducing Wendy Williams](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/introducing-wendy-williams/) - I think I hit the jackpot when I sat down with Wendy Williams for this CNN Profile. She may be Exhibit A in the case I’ve been building since I turned 50 to destroy the myth of the 18-49 demographic. The “demo” is the age group that advertisers having been paying top dollar for on network tele…
- [V-Day Prep:  A New Love Formula](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/v-day-prep-a-new-love-formula/) - Way before Matchmaker.com, and eHarmony, and J-Date, in the days before 21st century computer technology - when mobile meant the fascinating object above your crib - there was: Operation Match. The year was 1965. Harvard was still all-male. Two of its lonely, single, undergrads were hoping to meet w…
- [Seduced by Mary](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/seduced-by-mary/) - Once a success, always a success. You know who said that? Nobody. At least nobody I know of. Often when we see a great success, whether it’s an individual like Steve Jobs, or a product like – oh man, I better get off this Apple bandwagon. Let me think of another iconic brand. Mary! The Mary Tyle…
- [After Boston, You Will Dance Again](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/after-boston-you-will-dance-again/) - Dr. Sanjay Gupta was talking about the signature injury of the Boston Massacre last night on CNN: the limb wounds that have led to amputations. He explained how some survivors still face a choice in the coming days and weeks over whether to try to save a limb, or let it go forever. It can be, Dr. Gu…
- [Faith in the Messenger](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/faith-in-the-messenger/) - Sixteen-year-old Elie Wiesel in second row, seventh from left, days after his liberation from Buchenwald.   Editor's Note: Today marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. It was Elie Wiesel’s idea to make this an institution of learning rather than a simple memorial. Micha…
- [Bergdorf Goodman’s Fashion Gatekeeper](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/bergdorf-goodmans-fashion-gatekeeper/) -   I have just spoken to one of the most influential women in the fashion world. I tried to unlock the mystery of how she decides which designers should make the cut. “If my covet radar goes up, most likely it will go up with other people.” What an original expression of self-confidence. Trust y…
- [The Tao of Jen Lancaster](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-tao-of-jen-lancaster/) - Dear Fellow Parents who are worried about what college their children will get into and, after those children graduate from college, what will become of them in their professional and personal lives. Please – before your next bout of worrying – listen to the story of Jen Lancaster. Jen Lancaster…
- [Jodi Picoult on the Dark Side](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/jodi-picoult-on-the-dark-side/) - Before you click play on our conversation with best-selling author Jodi Picoult, ask yourself this: Would you forgive Ieng Sary? I never heard of Ieng Sary either until I stumbled upon his obit on CNN's website: "It was one of the worst genocides since the Nazi era. The brutal Khmer Rouge took over …
- [Bully Proof:  2013](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/bully-proof-2013/) - When the CNN Profiles guest booking producers recommended we interview Emily Bazelon about her new book on bullying I was reluctant. Sure, Bazelon is a household name to those of us who read Slate – which is not a household name. And she has great credentials, not limited to her law degree from Ya…
- [‘Blind Side’ Mom Goes to Super Bowl](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/blind-side-mom-goes-to-super-bowl/) - Leigh Anne Touhy is not Sandra Bullock. Touhy is the real thing. Nothing against Bullock. She deserved her Oscar for best actress in the film adaptation of Michael Lewis’s football masterpiece, The Blind Side. But Leigh Anne Touhy, as you’ll discover if you listen to our conversation on this edi…
- [Beast It:  The Inside Story of Beasts of the Southern Wild](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/beast-it-the-inside-story-of-beasts-of-the-southern-wild/) - Have you seen the movie Beasts of the Southern Wild? If you have, I believe you will emerge with a question: What was real and what was imagined? There is no simple answer for this. Reality can spark the imagination. And imagination can change reality. This movie, set in an area of the Louisiana bay…
- [Inaugural Time Travel](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/inaugural-time-travel/) - To paraphrase what Senator Charles Schumer said about tickets to the inauguration, this week's CNN Profiles is not for sale. This edition of CNN Profiles is a chance for people from all 50 states to get a deeper understanding of the presidential inauguration, not, as Schumer would say, "for scalpers…
- [“Don’t Obsess Over Newtown”](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/dont-obsess-over-newtown/) - One of America's leading students of violence tells CNN that trying to prevent future massacres like the one at Newtown's Sandy Hook Elementary School should not be the driving force of America's policies to reduce violence. "We can get misled if we focus on rampage killings like Newtown," says the …
- [America’s New Sound](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/americas-new-sound/) - I hope listening to this podcast will be like getting the door to your mind kicked open. I wish I’d been the one to turn that phrase – getting the door to your mind kicked open. But it was Bruce Springsteen describing a moment in a Bob Dylan song – a moment you’ll hear in this week’s CNN P…
- [We Are All Salesmen](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/we-are-all-salesmen/) - Last night I suspected my son had snuck onto my iPad and read "To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Moving Others," by this week's CNN Profiles guest, author Daniel Pink. My son is in the 6th grade. He has been using the hard-sell technique on his pitch for his parents to buy him a new compu…
- [Sandy’s Nantucket Warrior](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/sandys-nantucket-warrior/) - The next Sandy is coming. Not tomorrow. But sooner and more often than we’d hope, say the experts, at least in part because of climate change. So the question for us as a nation now becomes, if we can’t stop future Sandys, can we better protect ourselves from them? With that critical question we…
- [The Wealthiest Coach You’ve Never Heard Of](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-wealthiest-coach-youve-never-heard-of/) - This afternoon – the wealthiest coach you've never heard of will be taking the college football team you've never heard of to a playoff game they were not expected to make. In fact, given his path in life, it's hard to believe Joe Moglia, at this stage in his life, has finally achieved his dream o…
- [The Serendipity Sponge](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-serendipity-sponge/) - This holiday season give yourself the gift of serendipity. I don’t know if Hallmark will buy that line. But a number of successful CEOs have. That’s because of the work of our guest on CNN Profiles. He is business consultant and author, Frans Johansson. Johansson stumbled upon the financial valu…
- [‘Bible Belt’ Meets ‘Borscht Belt’](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/bible-belt-meets-borscht-belt/) - Something tells me if Rachel Held Evans were my childrens' Sunday School teacher they'd never want to miss a Sunday. Evans is an evangelical Christian and my family is Jewish. Evans lives in the town where the term Bible Belt was coined* and my father was a professional standup comic who worked the …
- [The Secret Tapes of JFK](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-secret-tapes-of-jfk/) - 72 years ago, when John F. Kennedy was just 23, he was visiting Minnesota with his parents and was invited on to a local radio show. You’ll hear what he said about his aspirations – in his own voice – on this CNN Profile. 50 years ago this month, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kenn…
- [The Teacher in the One World Schoolhouse](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-teacher-in-the-one-world-schoolhouse/) - This is the time in the school year when parents really have a sense of whether their children are struggling academically. For those parents whose children are having a hard time with math, and are seeking help, one name seems to be popping up more and more: Salman Khan. Each month, 7 million child…
- [The Best Debaters in the Land](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-best-debaters-in-the-land/) - With the last presidential debate upon us, we felt it was time for a real education in the art of debating. We decided to go out on a search for the best debater in the land. Well, to name one individual as the best debater in the land would trigger a debate too long for this CNN profile. But we cer…
- [The Candy Behind the Debate](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-candy-behind-the-debate/) - We journalists aren’t allowed to root for Barack Obama or Mitt Romney in Tuesday night’s debate. But we can root for our own Candy Crowley. We’ve been rooting for her for many years and she has never let us down. Through all the presidential campaigns she’s covered, arriving at her hotel aft…
- [Bouncing Back with Andrew Zolli](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/bouncing-back-with-andrew-zolli/) - Within an hour of arriving as a freshman at Vassar College in the 1980s, Andrew Zolli met a woman. They clicked. But this CNN Profile is not a love story. It’s a story about what you can accomplish when you choose a life mission that fits you. “My whole life I’ve been interested in hybrids. Wh…
- [The Real David Gergen](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-real-david-gergen/) - I’ve never heard anyone ask CNN’s senior political analyst, David Gergen, about his role in developing one of the most memorable lines ever in a presidential debate. I've never heard anyone ask him about the message former President Nixon urged him to pass on to the new president Bill Clinton. N…
- [Jobs Clarity through CNN’s Iowan Eyes](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/jobs-clarity-through-cnns-iowan-eyes/) - Everyone gets their first lesson in job creation when they're a child, whether they realize it or not. Our Economics Correspondent Christine Romans got hers in Iowa, sitting around the kitchen table with her grandparents on their farm.  She remembers them  discussing how a slight difference in the…
- [Michael Thompson on Raising Independent Children](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/michael-thompson-on-raising-independent-children-2/) - Extreme parents don't necessarily take a break over the summer. Neither does Michael Thompson. "You know you're an extreme parent," he tells me, "if you send your child to camp for a month and then you go on the website every day to find a smiling picture of your child and you get frantic and call t…
- [Michael Thompson on Raising Independent Children](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/michael-thompson-on-raising-independent-children/) - Extreme parents don't necessarily take a break over the summer. Neither does Michael Thompson. "You know you're an extreme parent," he tells me, "if you send your child to camp for a month and then you go on the website every day to find a smiling picture of your child and you get frantic and call t…
- [Falco – The Violent Imagination](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/falco-the-violent-imagination/) - This could get nasty, this podcast with Ed Falco. Falco has written a violent book. It must be violent. It’s "The Family Corleone," the prequel to "The Godfather," by Mario Puzo. But we don’t dwell on the violence in this interview. Because a source close to the great director of the movie versi…
- [Bollettieri on the New Kids Tennis Controversy](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/bollettieri-on-the-new-kids-tennis-controversy/) - Sometimes to get a fresh perspective it’s best to turn to somebody old. That’s what we’ve done for this story on one of the biggest controversies over how to teach children tennis. With the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament in full swing, we’ve turned to Nick Bollettieri. His tennis academy in Flo…
- [Introducing the Feminist on Cellblock Y](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/introducing-the-feminist-on-cellblock-y/) - This is the story, and backstory, of a workshop on feminism, led by men, for men, in an all-male prison. The Feminist on Cellblock Y is an immersive and memorable CNN documentary shot inside a California state prison. In this episode, we speak with the two inspired journalists behind the doc – CNN…
- [March Madness Special: Thriving in College Basketball & Living With Rare Disease](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/march-madness-special-thriving-in-college-basketball-living-with-rare-disease/) - 6’2” Carey Kauffman, a March Madness veteran of the Duke University Blue Devils, couples her insights from a life in basketball with her experience as the mother of two children born with rare diseases.  Kauffman, the daughter of an NBA all-star. will help make you one of the most insightful pe…
- [College Fraternities: An Inside Look](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/college-fraternities-an-inside-look/) - This is the inside story of life at college fraternities and sororities. In the aftermath of a wave of scandals and the Rolling Stone debacle, Michael Schulder speaks with University of Kentucky Professor Alan DeSantis -- a veritable Fraternity Anthropologist. DeSantis wrote the book Inside Greek U.…
- [Investigating Pete Rose: The Journey of John Dowd (Part 2)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/investigating-pete-rose-the-journey-of-john-dowd-part-2/) - The author of The Dowd Report, which led to the banishment of Pete Rose from baseball, provides an exclusive, behind-the-scenes account of his investigation that concluded baseball's all-time hit leader gambled heavily on baseball and his own team. Dowd explains here why he told the leaders of the M…
- [Miles O’Brien on Science, Risk & Resilience](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/miles-obrien-on-science-risk-resilience/) - Miles O'Brien shares inside stories of his 15 years as CNN's science, space and aviation correspondent, his passion for piloting, how close he got to flying on a space shuttle, the unusual sequence of events that led to the amputation of his left arm, and the childhood roots of the resilience which …
- [Fantasy Football For Real Life](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/fantasy-football-for-real-life/) - A Fantasy Football episode with real life lessons. My guest is Joe Moglia - Head Coach of the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers football team. Why Joe Moglia? Because after many years struggling to support a family on the small salary of an Assistant Coach, Moglia pivoted, into the business w…
- [“The Gift Of Failure” With Jessica Lahey](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-gift-of-failure-with-jessica-lahey/) - Jessica Lahey -- author of "The Gift of Failure: How the Best Parents Learn to Let Go So Their Children Can Succeed" -- joins Michael as he continues to tap into the most creative and respected thinkers addressing the growing phenomenon of over-parenting in America. Lahey, a middle-school teacher an…
- [Stan Fischler: From Roller Skates to the Stanley Cup](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/stan-fischler-from-roller-skates-to-the-stanley-cup/) - In the run-up to the Stanley Cup finals, Schulder pays a visit to hockey maven Stan Fischler. When the 83 year old historian of hockey is not fighting city traffic on his bicycle, he is analyzing games for the MSG Networks and writing books on the sport -- the count is roughly 100. Fischler provides…
- [Breaking News on the Brain: From Parkinson’s to Parenting](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/breaking-news-on-the-brain-from-parkinsons-to-parenting/) - A perspective changing conversation with one of the leaders in the world of brain plasticity -- best selling author Dr. Norman Doidge. His new book, The Brain's Way of Healing, provides the latest insights from the frontiers of brain science on how to better address conditions ranging from Parkinson…
- [Calling Candy Crowley](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/calling-candy-crowley/) - One of America's most esteemed political reporters gives her first in-depth interview since leaving her position as CNN's Chief Political Correspondent. Candy shares with Michael her early impressions of the new campaign season as well as her personal experiences with Hillary, the Bushes, and other …
- [China’s Wild Hearts with Evan Osnos](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/chinas-wild-hearts-with-evan-osnos/) - Schulder speaks with The New Yorker's Evan Osnos. This week Osnos was named a 2015 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his book "The Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China." Ambition in Mandarin means "wild heart." The wild hearts of China are driving that country's 24/7 economic…
- [Jesus on Death Row](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/jesus-on-death-row/) - A Christian perspective on the sentencing phase of the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Not the only Christian perspective, of course. But one uniquely articulated by Schulder's two guests, Mark Osler and Jeanne Bishop. Osler is author of the book "Jesus on Death Row: The Trial of …
- [Same-Sex Marriage: What Can Straight Couples Learn From Gay & Lesbian Couples?](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/same-sex-marriage-what-can-straight-couples-learn-from-gay-lesbian-couples/) - As the Supreme Court considers whether the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry throughout the U.S., Schulder considers a different question. Is there something he and other heterosexual husbands and wives can learn from same-sex couples who already are married? Schulder explo…
- [A Commencement Address For Parents of 8th Graders](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/a-commencement-address-for-parents-of-8th-graders/) - Fellow Parents: May is the month of the inspired college commencement address. But many of us need inspiration for a different age. With college admissions mania bathing entire families with anxiety, I’m seeking commencement address wisdom for parents whose children will soon be heading to high sc…
- [The Real Moby Dick (And Other Little Known Chapters from American History)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-real-moby-dick-and-other-little-known-chapters-from-american-history/) - Michael speaks with best-selling historian Nathaniel Philbrick. Philbrick identified 14 year old boys at the center of two fascinating chapters in American history, including the sinking of the whale ship Essex in 1820 by a huge whale, a true story Herman Melville drew on for Moby Dick. Director Ron…
- [Introducing Ben Sollee: Kentucky Native](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/introducing-ben-sollee-kentucky-native/) - Ben Sollee is a cellist/singer/songwriter whose music defies all categories. His unique sound, which you will hear during this conversation, is influenced by classical, bluegrass, and R&B, and was described by New York Times music critic Stephen Holden as "meticulous, fluent arrangements continually…
- [Azar Nafisi](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/azar-nafisi/) - Schulder speaks with Azar Nafisi, Iranian-American author of the number one New York Times bestseller "Reading Lolita in Tehran" and "Republic of Imagination: America in 3 Books," in front of a live audience at this summer's Nantucket Book Festival. Nafisi insists that remaining in Iran after the Is…
- [Re-Introducing Harper Lee](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/re-introducing-harper-lee/) - Schulder speaks with Harper Lee biographer Charles Shields about the To Kill A Mockingbird - Go Set A Watchman saga. Shields, author of "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee," relays captivating stories of Lee's life including her close friendship with childhood neighbor Truman Capote, her painful …
- [Emerging Authors Rise](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/emerging-authors-rise/) - Meet three emerging literary stars. Three young authors, three highly acclaimed new books. All have insights for writers and for parents who would love their children to do more reading and writing. Justin St. Germain investigates the life, and violent death, of his mother in his memoir "Son of a Gu…
- [Dot Earth Man](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/dot-earth-man/) - Andrew Revkin, of the NY Times Dot Earth blog, captures "the history of our love affair with fossil fuels" with a memorable performance of his song Liberated Carbon. As for breaking news, will President Obama's latest initiatives to battle global warming move the needle? Revkin shares his nuanced ta…
- [The #Lesvos Episode](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-lesvos-episode/) - Emergency field director for the International Rescue Committee on the Greek island of Lesvos, Kirk Day, gives Michael Schulder a first hand account of the quickly escalating refugee crisis in Europe. 20 minutes into their conversation Kirk has to cut their talk short to pursue an urgent opportunity…
- [The Ted Kennedy Sessions](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-ted-kennedy-sessions/) - What was Ted Kennedy's first case as a young prosecutor? Why did he lose with so much evidence against the defendant? What advice did he get from his brother, John, when he prepared to enter politics? What did he learn from his maternal grandfather, a legendary Boston pol, that could help us all be …
- [Dr. Sanjay Gupta on Life, Death, Parenting and Chores](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/dr-sanjay-gupta-on-life-death-parenting-and-chores/) - Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon & CNN Chief Medical Correspondent, weighs in on over-parenting, the unforgettable chores that shaped his childhood, his transformation from unmotivated to driven high school student, and the legacy he hopes to leave. That plus the latest on how physical exercise impact…
- [Jack Gantos Returns with Writing Radar](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/jack-gantos-returns-with-writing-radar/) - This conversation will help make your children (and you, too) better writers. Last time Jack Gantos was on Wavemaker Conversations, he shared his unforgettable journey to a terrifying prison sentence in a federal penitentiary and then to a prolific writing career. Now, with his new book, Writing Rad…
- [Arming Teachers: A Good Guy With A Purple Heart Weighs In](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/arming-teachers-a-good-guy-with-a-purple-heart-weighs-in/) - Introducing former Army Sergeant Matt Martin, author of “I’ve Been Shot In Combat. And As A Veteran, I’m Telling You: Allowing Teachers To Be Armed Is An Asinine Idea.” Since writing it two weeks ago for his new hometown’s website, CharlotteFive.com, Martin’s story has been viewed more t…
- [Lois Jenson: A Silence Breaker’s Echo – Stories from Sexual Harassment’s Front Lines](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/lois-jenson-a-silence-breakers-echo-stories-from-sexual-harassments-front-lines/) - Lois Jenson is a historic figure in the battle against sexual harassment – the lead plaintiff in the field’s first class action lawsuit.  As one of the first four women miners in a northern Minnesota mine, Jenson shares what one judge called the “record of human indecency” that she and the …
- [Will Schwalbe on Books for Living](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/will-schwalbe-on-books-for-living/) - Author Will Schwalbe is one of the funniest serious readers you’ll ever hear.  In our conversation, before a packed house at The Nantucket Book Festival, Will and I talk about his latest work, Books for Living, in which he treats us to a tour of books we might love to read – but may have missed…
- [A Quest for Justice – Stories from Sexual Harassment’s Front Lines](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/a-quest-for-justice-stories-from-sexual-harassments-front-lines/) - Mary Koss has been on a 40-year quest for justice – “to understand why women are hurt and how we can stop it.” As a young professor, with a PhD in clinical psychology, Koss was asked by a more senior male colleague to join him on a study that proposed “to have women that he employed sit and …
- [Sara Seager: Preparing For Life Outside Our Solar System](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/sara-seager-preparing-for-life-outside-our-solar-system/) - Astrophysicist Sara Seager joins me for a conversation about her leading role in the search for earth-like planets outside our solar system.  When she began her search as a graduate student – not just for any “exoplanets” as they’re called, but planets that may have just the right atmospher…
- [“Show More Cleavage” – Stories from Sexual Harassment’s Front Lines](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/show-more-cleavage-stories-from-sexual-harassments-front-lines/) - Introducing Saru Jayaraman.  Millions of Americans caught a glimpse of her at this year’s Golden Globes, where she was Amy Poehler’s guest – recognized for her role in the battle against sexual harassment in the restaurant industry.  Jayaraman, who was accepted to Harvard at the age of 16 an…
- [Paper Ballots, Or Else… (feat. Barbara Simons)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/paper-ballots-or-else-feat-barbara-simons/) - Some people recognize potential threats to our democracy before others.  My guest, Barbara Simons, is one of those people.  15 years ago, not long after the infamous “hanging chads” threw the Bush v Gore vote count into turmoil and computerized voting became the new rage, Simons, a computer sc…
- [Boots on The Hill (feat. Jeremy Teigen)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/boots-on-the-hill-feat-jeremy-teigen/) - There’s a new surge of military veterans running for Congress.  And they’re split about evenly between Democrats and Republicans.  Do veterans have a competitive edge over those who have not served in the military?  Are they better equipped for the job?  Can they help bridge the hyper-partis…
- [Charlottesville (feat. Prof. Henry Abraham)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/charlottesville-feat-prof-henry-abraham/) - A Charlottesville, VA jury today convicted a white supremacist of first-degree murder for killing Heather Heyer. He intentionally drove his car into a crowd of counter-protestors at the “Unite the Right” rally for neo-Nazis and white nationalists. A week after that rally, in August 2017, I visit…
- [Yoka Verdoner & The Child Separations](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/yoka-verdoner-the-child-separations/) - Yoka Verdoner was separated from her parents when she was only 8 years old. Now 84, her life story is a window into the trauma that has been inflicted on so many migrant children separated from their parents at the southern border of the U.S. I spoke with Yoka over the summer, at the height of those…
- [The Marines, The Mob & Pete Rose: The Journey of John Dowd (Part 1)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-marines-the-mob-pete-rose-the-journey-of-john-dowd-part-1/) - Well before The Dowd Report that led to the banishment of Pete Rose from baseball, John Dowd, Emory Law School grad, was a Marine, then a Justice Department prosecutor who lead the battle to bring down the Mafia. The investigation of Pete Rose brought him full circle back to the Mob. Part 1 of 2 on …
- [“How To Raise An Adult” With Former Stanford Dean Julie Lythcott-Haims](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/how-to-raise-an-adult-with-former-stanford-dean-julie-lythcott-haims/) - Julie Lythcott-Haims has emerged as a powerful new rudder for parents. As the Dean of Freshmen at Stanford University, she recognized the first signs that overparenting was damaging our kids' abilities to function as independent adults. Then she realized, she was making the very same mistakes with h…
- [The Comma Queen](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-comma-queen/) - Mary Norris tells me she prefers to be called a Prose Goddess.  But Comma Queen has stuck.  Norris, a copy editor at The New Yorker for more than 30 years, is author of Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen – just out in paperback.  Mary Norris -- with her wonderful sense of humor – …
- [Create With Crap (& Other Empowering Approaches To Success) — Featuring Cathy Salit](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/create-with-crap-other-empowering-approaches-to-success-featuring-cathy-salit/) - Introducing Cathy Salit -- a master of improvisation. Salit started improvising young. When she was only 12, she was so miserable at school, her mother convinced her to drop out and create her own school.  She has been improvising ever since.  Like any great improviser, when Salit sees a “crappy…
- [Learn or Die: Lessons From A Leader Who Listens](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/learn-or-die-lessons-from-a-leader-who-listens/) - Bob Chapman turned a small, teetering 19th century manufacturing company that served the beer industry, into a 2.5 billion dollar enterprise. He owes his success to a traumatic experience, which forced him to find value that others couldn’t see. He figured out how to protect thousands of American …
- [Jack Gantos: Reading Saved His Life](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/jack-gantos-reading-saved-his-life/) - You may be tempted to scream -- “don’t do it, Jack!” -- at the outset of this podcast.  My conversation with author Jack Gantos, at the Nantucket Book Festival, begins with a choice he made in 1971 that led him to a horrifying year-and-a-half as an inmate in a federal penitentiary.  He descr…
- [Real American: Julie Lythcott-Haims](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/real-american-julie-lythcott-haims/) - New York Times bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims says she is “so American it hurts.”  Why so much pain in this American success story? How did this daughter of a prominent black physician and white teacher come to loathe herself despite her academic success as an undergraduate at Stanford…
- [Calling All Leaders Part 2: From Zero to Hero](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/calling-all-leaders-part-2-from-zero-to-hero/) - What is your superpower? Is it writing, speaking, communicating with power? It could be if you listen to this conversation with Joseph Romm, author of How To Go Viral and Reach Millions: Top Persuasion Secrets from Social Media Superstars, Jesus, Shakespeare, Oprah, and Even Donald Trump. This episo…
- [Ruth Reichl: From Her Secret Life as a Critic in Disguise To the Recipes That Saved Her Life](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/ruth-reichl-from-her-secret-life-as-a-critic-in-disguise-to-the-recipes-that-saved-her-life/) - When Ruth Reichl became the restaurant critic for The New York Times, she learned there was a bounty on her – $1,000 for any worker who recognized this make-or-break critic when she sat down to eat.  Reichl shares the backstory of her elaborate, yet necessary, disguise; her courageous first revie…
- [The Environmental Voter Project (feat. Nathaniel Stinnett)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/the-environmental-voter-project-feat-nathaniel-stinnett/) - Environmentalists don’t vote. At least not nearly as much as the general population. They have a turnout problem. By Nathaniel Stinnett’s estimate, 10.1 million registered voters who consider climate change or the environment as one of their top two priorities, sat out the 2016 presidential elec…
- [Calling All Leaders (feat. Admiral William McRaven)](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/calling-all-leaders-feat-admiral-william-mcraven/) - America is hungry for the voice of an honorable leader. So Wavemaker brings you the voice of Retired Admiral William McRaven, former Navy SEAL and Commander of all U.S. Special Operations Forces. He was the architect of the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden. This episode features McRaven’s viral Un…
- [Rachel Held Evans: The Girl With A Magic Book](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/rachel-held-evans-the-girl-with-a-magic-book/) - This is my conversation with Rachel Held Evans – RHE – from 2012, after the publication of her A Year of Biblical Womanhood, a provocative and entertaining account of her experiment living the Bible’s instructions for women as literally as possible. Evans died on May 4th, 2019 at the age of 37…
- [Never Retire, Ever](http://wavemaker.me/the-podcast/never-retire-ever/) - Michael & Dad.  By Michael Schulder October 1, 2015   Today, my father would have turned 92.  If he were alive, and healthy, he would have been working.  On stage. My father, Bobby Shields, was a standup comic. When I was growing up, I often heard him and his fellow comic friends talk about how …
- [Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the 12th man](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/atlanta-symphony-orchestra-and-the-12th-man/) - By Michael Schulder October 2, 2014   How can the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s 12th Man be a game-changer? The 12th Man, in football parlance, refers to the fans.  11 men from each team are on the field.  The 12th Man fills the stands. The home team feels its energy – and transfers that energ…
- [HOW TO JOIN THE PLANK WAVE](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/how-to-join-the-plank-wave/) - HOW (AND WHY) TO JOIN THE PLANK WAVE By Michael Schulder April 8, 2014   I am asking you to join what I have named The Plank Wave.    The proof of its potential power is in this 4 minutes and 9 second video of a 15 year old girl named Gabi Ury. On April 19th, in Boulder, Colorado, Gabi will atte…
- [Steal This Book](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/steal-this-book/) - STEAL THIS BOOK By Michael Schulder May 23, 2014   This story begins about 27-hundred years ago with an epic journey through the islands of ancient Greece, and ends, I hope, with a crime of epic impact on the Massachusetts island of Nantucket this June. The Backstory A few weeks ago, at the urging …
- [An Explosion of Recognition](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/an-explosion-of-recognition/) - A WaveMaker Conversation With Daniel Menaker Dear Fellow Parents: I am always searching for books that will spark a life-long passion for reading in my children. Little Daniel Menaker’s story could be a perspective changer. Menaker is not little any more. He is 72 and has a long track record as a …
- [Forgetting Tiger](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/forgetting-tiger/) - The Tiger Woods story has triggered a memory that led me to two old photos. One photo is real. One is doctored. The Book of Laughter & Forgetting Tiger I read about the photos 30 years ago in the Czech author Milan Kundera’s “The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.” The original photo, on the lef…
- [The Reel Michael Schulder](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-reel-michael-schulder/) - From the sounds of a piano prodigy to the sounds of war, from the fight in Iraq to the fight on SARS, from the laughs of Buddy Hackett to those of his own, Michael Schulder brings it all to us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxU9vfxr0ho
- [THE WILD HEARTS OF CHINA](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-wild-hearts-of-china/) -   THE WILD HEARTS OF CHINA A WAVEMAKER CONVERSATION With EVAN OSNOS Breaking News:  The word ambition in Chinese literally means “wild heart.” Why is this breaking news?  Because for most of Chinese history, in a society that put the collective’s interests above all else, “to have a wild …
- [Football’s Cadence](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/footballs-cadence/) - As the Seattle Seahawks were holding their official Super Bowl Victory celebration this morning I was celebrating my own victoy.  Super Bowl 2014 proved that I am not a Monday Morning Quarterback. I am a Sunday Morning Quarterback. On the eve of the Super Bowl I posted this piece explaining why I …
- [My Mother’s Wishes](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/my-mothers-wishes/) - I can’t tell you how old my mother would have been today, on her birthday, if she were still alive. She would not have wanted me to share that detail.  My mother preferred to keep her age a secret.  I will honor her wish. I believe my mother would have liked me to share the photo below, taken at…
- [VALENTINE’S DAY MAGIC RATIO](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/valentines-day-magic-ratio/) - I’m always trying to figure out original ways to make special holidays happy occasions for my wife. That’s just the kind of husband I am. Often I think of these original happiness-inducing ideas hours AFTER the holiday in question is over. That’s just the kind of mental processing speed I have…
- [Introducing Sam](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/introducing-sam/) -  Sam Berns  1996-2014 Sam was a boy with an old man’s face, an old man’s body, an old man’s diseases, and a young man’s ambition, drive and dreams.    Sam is still, and will always be, worth your time getting to know, despite the distressing news that he died last Friday at the age of 17…
- [Michelle Obama Booted From 18-49 Demo](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/michelle-obama-booted-from-18-49-demo/) - The indignity! While Michelle Obama was celebrating her 50th birthday this weekend, she was unceremoniously kicked out of a club. It’s a big money club – a major driver of American culture.    Big Advertising and Network Television executives call it The Demo.  THE Demo.  The demographic tha…
- [Icy Gridlock vs Fahrenheit 451](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/icy-gridlock-vs-fahrenheit-451/) - Image Credit: William Brawley  When yesterday’s Atlanta snowfall turned my carpool ride home with 4 children from a 25 minute cruise into a 5-hour crawl, my son brought up his current literature assignment, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. I’d never read the book.  I missed a lot of classics a…
- [The Halloween “Demo” and H1N1 Trick-or-Treating](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-halloween-demo-and-h1n1-trick-or-treating/) - Forty-seven days before I turn 50, I must interrupt my mission to destroy my industry's worship of the 18-49 audience demo, to bring you urgent health news. Today, we're all part of the same demo. The Halloween demo. And there's valuable advice to spread on how to proceed during this first H1N1 Hall…
- [The Innocence of Michael Jackson](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-innocence-of-michael-jackson/) - The first thing I did when we learned Michael Jackson died was to put together a series of YouTube links from the Jackson 5 and solo Michael for my children. Michael Jackson was the soundtrack of my childhood in the 1970s. I wish he were my young childrens’ soundtrack. Aside from screening out tha…
- [A Toxic History Lesson](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/a-toxic-history-lesson/) - Sometimes an old message can provide a fresh perspective. A 1940s marketing film for DDT helped do just that for CNN producers as we began investigating the potential risks of toxic chemicals. In the hourlong special report "Toxic Childhood," Dr. Sanjay Gupta examines the large number of chemicals o…
- [‘Dad Enough:’ A Response to Times Cover Story](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/dad-enough-a-response-to-times-cover-story/) - My late father, a standup comic, had a line about breast feeding. “Studies show breast fed babies grow up to be more normal than bottle babies. I was a bottle baby. Now, I’m looking for a chance to become normal.” My father could get away with that joke. He was a cute man. “5 foot 5,” he?…
- [My Father’s Day Wish:  Curious Children](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/my-fathers-day-wish-curious-children/) - Here's what I want for Father's Day:  I want my children to develop a passion for science.  I've decided to grease the wheels.  I've called the best for advice.   His name is Brian Greene, professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University.  He's getting kids engaged at his World Scien…
- [Autism Pioneer Stanley Greenspan Dies](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/autism-pioneer-stanley-greenspan-dies/) - When a young mother named Marguerite Elisofon first contacted Dr. Stanley Greenspan, her baby daughter was interested in almost nothing. Samantha just stared into space. She was, said her mother, "in a distant land." Elisofon remembers thinking that maybe Greenspan "could be our Magellan and give us…
- [Runner Seeks Mystery Woman](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/runner-seeks-mystery-woman/) - Two hundred and fifty thousand or so Americans are expected to run and complete a half marathon this month. And I plan to be one of them on Saturday. It's my first half. But I have an advantage over all those other runners - an advantage I got from a mystery woman, whose voice has whispered encourag…
- [The Survival of Bahia](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-survival-of-bahia/) - It wasn’t the Hudson River. It wasn’t a soft landing. It wasn’t a happy ending. When the Yemenia Airlines Airbus went down in the rough seas of the Indian Ocean, 152 people perished. Everyone on board. Everyone except a 14-year-old girl named Bahia Bakari. The way her father describes her, Bah…
- [Geoffrey Fletcher’s F-stop Magic](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/geoffrey-fletchers-f-stop-magic/) - Dear Fellow Parents: When Geoffrey Fletcher was about 13 years old his father sat down beside him to teach him about F-stops on a camera. F-stops help determine how much light gets through the lens. That moment, of a father sharing a hobby with his son, came back to Geoffrey Fletcher during this CNN…
- [The Inside Story of the $120 Million “Scream”](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-inside-story-of-the-120-million-scream/) - I've been obsessing over "The Scream" ever since the painting sold for a record $120 million at Sotheby's last week. Most others have dwelled how disturbing that contorted, anxious face is. But I find the face inspiring, even uplifting. Maybe it's because I now know the inside story of "The Scream."…
- [Don’t Trust the RSPCC](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/dont-trust-the-rspcc/) - My campaign to destroy the 18-49 demo is based in part on the wisdom I’ve gained as I approach my 50th birthday. There are people in this world you can trust. And there are people you can’t trust. The fact that you cannot trust The Royal Society For The Prevention of Cruelty To Children (The RSP…
- [The Magic Stick](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-magic-stick/) - My son's most treasured possession these days is a stick.  It's an ordinary looking stick.  But I'm told it has extraordinary powers. Can you imagine what powers this stick possesses? My son can. He's adept at wielding that stick. He leaps with it in hand from the couch, to the coffee table, to th…
- [LGB&T: The Big Surprise](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/lgbt-the-big-surprise/) - I met a fascinating guy at a recent gathering here in Atlanta. He was telling someone how well his son was doing in college. What made his story interesting was this: His son used to be his daughter. His daughter shared the fact that she felt attracted to other girls at the very young age of 8, he s…
- [Quality Takes Time](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/quality-takes-time/) - When Rwanda's master basket weaver Janet Nkubana walked me through the symbolism of her basket's designs, the image you see here left a big impression. I asked her how long it took a weaver to get from the center knot at the bottom of that basket to the spot she's pointing to. A couple of inches of …
- [The Velvet Rope Social Network](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/the-velvet-rope-social-network/) - Let me begin with my Facebook status update: I JUST PUT ON MY PANTS. THEY FIT WELL. There are two silent reactions my friends on Facebook might have. Which one do you think is more likely: a) I really trust Michael's opinion. I wonder what brand of pants he's wearing today, where he bought them, and…
- [A Tax on a Face](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/a-tax-on-a-face/) - Just as I'm about to turn 50, the Obama Administration and its allies in the Senate are pushing what's been dubbed Botax. A 5 percent tax on cosmetic procedures, like Botox injections and face lifts. I'm actually excited about turning 50. I'm excited about my current life mission to take down the wo…
- [Go Ahead, Invade My Privacy – I’m Honored](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/go-ahead-invade-my-privacy-im-honored/) - You know what I like about the Internet trackers -- the ones that follow my every move on the Web? They care about me. They don't mind that I'm 50, that I've been kicked out of the prized 18-49 year old demo. Oh, I know what they're doing can feel like an invasion of privacy. But I've got other issu…
- [Advice from Michael Jackson](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/advice-from-michael-jackson/) - I was hoping to post a story this morning called: “What Selecting a Jury Teaches Us About Targeting the Ideal Audience.” But I decided to take Michael Jackson’s advice instead. The story has to wait. Here’s why. The story I was racing to write was triggered by a chance discussion I had yeste…
- [Saw Blade Through Thumb.  What Would You Do?](http://wavemaker.me/wavemaker/saw-blade-through-thumb-what-would-you-do/) - It’s going to be hard to keep your eyes off the photo in this piece. But the story of a construction worker’s thumb impaled by an 8 inch serrated blade provides me with a weapon in my final 50 days before turning 50. The weapon might be valuable as I battle those who plan to kick me out of the 1…

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