In this fascinating interview, I go behind the paywall with author Robert Wood. Mr. Wood spent nearly 17 years in prison for gang-related crimes. During the time, he turned his life around by finding his faith, getting an education, and looking in the mirror and asking himself what kind of person he wanted to be.  He authored a book "Wired to Win" that chronicles his journey. In this episode, Mr. Wood and I discuss how he went around rewriting the odds of his life.

In this episode of Behind the Paywall, I venture into the world of Microfinance with Premal Shah, one of the founders of the global non-profit Kiva.org. We discuss how Premal moved from being one of the earliest employees of PayPal to one of the founders of Kiva. We also discuss how strangers from around the world make loans to entrepreneurs in low-income countries and why the repayment rates of these loans are so high.

In this episode, I go behind the paywall with a Chief Anesthesiologist, Dr. Sudha Shah, who spent over 40 years running quarterback in operating rooms. We discuss why anesthesiologist are often the leader of what happens in the operating room but most patients don't really know or remember who their anesthesiologist  was.

In this episode, I go behind the paywall with a wealth management executive to understand what financial advisors actually do and what makes a good one. I also seek to understand why people make irrational decisions when it comes to investing their money.

In this episode, I go behind the hidden logic of management consulting and explore how firms are able to charge companies millions of dollars but the consultants only make a fraction of this. To understand how this works, I go behind the paywall of management consulting with Senior Partner, John Seeliger of Oliver Wyman.