Curiosity #79 - Believe (It’s Not Impossible)
🎤 Quotable quotes: “I believe in hope. I believe in belief."
— Ted Lasso
Artemis II is on its way.
A mission built on years of effort, thousands of people, and one very simple idea that somehow still feels radical:
We’re going back.
Back to deep space.Back to the moon.Back to doing things that f...
Apr 08, 2026
Curiosity #78 - The Courage to Be Seen
🎤 Quotable quotes: “It takes strength to ask for help."
— (Feels like something Ted would say… because he basically did)
This weekend, something pretty special happened in golf.
Gary Woodland won.
If you follow the golf, you know that name. 2019 U.S. Open champion. Big hitter. Competitor.
But th...
Apr 01, 2026
Curiosity #77 - What Would Ted Lasso Do in This (Airport) Line?
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Human beings are never going to be perfect. The best we can do is keep showing up for each other."
— Ted Lasso
If you’ve been near an airport lately, you’ve felt it.
Longer lines.Slower movement.More sighs per square foot than usual.
It’s one of those rare moments where every...
Mar 25, 2026
Curiosity #76 - The Courage to be You
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Courage is being brave enough to respond to a situation as the authentic version of yourself—even when you know that response is going to be difficult.”
— Nick Coniglio
On a recent podcast, the host threw a curveball our way: “What does courage actually mean to you?”
Nick did...
Mar 18, 2026
Curiosity #75 - Finding "Your People"
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Be curious, not judgmental."
— Ted Lasso
This week the NFL officially kicked off Free Agency.
For a few days every March, teams across the league scramble to sign new players. Contracts fly. Fan bases refresh Twitter like day traders watching the stock market.
Hope is everywh...
Mar 11, 2026
Curiosity #74 - What If Schools Measured Flourishing Instead of Grades?
🎤 Quotable quotes: “I think the leader bears a woundedness on behalf of their organization, on behalf of their community, on behalf of the people in their care"
— Scott Martin
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🎧 This Week’s Guest: Scott Martin
Scott Martin spends his days thinking about one big question.
What ...
Mar 04, 2026
Curiosity #73 - Habits - now Unhinged
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Inaction is a decision." (and a really bad habit)
— Jonathan Goodman
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Roy Kent does not have balanced habits.
Roy Kent does not wake up and say,“I’ll work on myself a little… if I have time.”
Roy shows up. Fully. Intensely. On purpose.
And that’s the personal leadership less...
Feb 25, 2026
Curiosity #72 - Think in Decades, Not Days
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Selflessness is a form of compound interest"
— EJ Carrion
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🎧 This Week’s Guest: EJ Carrion
If you have ever seen EJ speak, you know this is not a sit back and nod conversation.
EJ is the co founder of Student Success Agency, a first generation college studen...
Feb 18, 2026
Curiosity #71 - What Curling Can Teach Us About Leadership
🎤 Quotable quotes: “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
— Phil Jackson
Every four years it happens.
Millions of people who have never held a broom suddenly become curling experts.
We lean forward on our couches. We shout at the television...
Feb 11, 2026
Curiosity #70 - Because leadership is personal, not positional.
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Take a step back, think about what it means to be a good person, and do more of that."
— Dr. Doan Winkel
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🎧 This Week’s Guest: Dr. Doan Winkel
Dr. Doan Winkel is not your average professor.
He’s the Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship at John Carroll Universit...
Feb 04, 2026
Curiosity #69 - Permission to Call a Snow Day
🎤 Quotable quotes: “It is a happy talent to know how to play."
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you live in a good chunk of the country, there’s a decent chance you recently woke up to one of the most magical sentences in adulthood:
“School is canceled.”
Meetings paused. Calendars cleared. Normal rules ...
Jan 28, 2026
Curiosity #68 - Signal. Listen. Adjust.
🎤 Quotable quotes: “Be curious, not judgmental."
— Ted Lasso (and others!)
Before we get into this, we’re hoping you’ll choose curiosity over judgment.
Because we’re about to talk about bats.
Not the baseball kind.The flying, nocturnal, slightly misunderstood kind.
If you have ever been to Austi...
Jan 21, 2026