This week's guest is Michael Port, best-selling author, actor, and co-founder of Heroic Public Speaking. We discuss a range of communidation and career topics, such as:

- How to effectively manage transitions in your professional life

- As an author, actor, and professional speaker, the weaknesses Michael has noticed in public health communications about COVID

- How to communicate complexity so even someone without any background in the topic can understand, enjoy, and remember the speech 

- Michael's thoughts on embracing the importance of skilled communication for scientists

- What led Michael to write "The Referable Speaker', its major themes and take-aways, and how it fits in the “Port Pantheon” of best-selling books?

- As an author of 9 best-selling books, what Michael has learned about the writing process that would be useful for other writers aiming to get their research published