Make a Difference! – The Mentors Radio

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with legendary singer-songwriter Neil Young, who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and versatile musicians in history. Young could be the most difficult artist to categorize as he plays rock, folk, country, rockabilly, blues, new wave and electronic music, plus he’s been recognized as the Godfather of Grunge. Neil Young has released more than 60 albums, received multiple Grammy Awards, been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame TWICE, and he’s influenced and inspired countless artists. Rolling Stone magazine includes Neil on their lists of the greatest guitarists of all time and the greatest artists of all time. He continues to be very active in supporting important causes, and he continues to provide us with both new and previously unreleased music such as the Neil Young Archives, Volume III. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, including Spotify and Apple, just click here!

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In this week’s episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Dr. Tammy Ma, a trailblazing physicist and Program Lead for Inertial Fusion Energy at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. Her work is shaping the future of clean energy and science. She’s part of the team driving one of the most exciting breakthroughs in clean energy: inertial confinement fusion. Tammy has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Department of Energy’s Early Career Research Award and the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, the highest honor given by the U.S. government to early-career researchers. Discover her inspiring journey from a childhood love of science to leading breakthroughs in fusion energy—the clean, limitless power of the future. Whether you’re a student dreaming of STEM or curious about the future of energy, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss! Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, including Spotify and Apple, just click here!

TAMMY MA, PhD:

In today’s episode, THE MENTORS RADIO host Dan Hesse talks with Marc Andreessen, the outspoken technology visionary who believes that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will save the world. In this episode, Marc shares his advice for entrepreneurs, talks about how new fields such as cryptocurrency and The Metaverse will impact our lives. After co-creating the influential Mosaic Internet browser and co-founding Netscape, Marc led a remarkable career building new companies. As co-founder and general partner of venture capital firm Andreesen-Horowitz (also referred to as “a16z”), he continues to mentor many of today’s most successful tech entrepreneurs. A lifelong innovator and creator, Marc is one of the few to pioneer a software category used by more than a billion (BILLION!) people and one of the few to establish multiple billion-dollar companies. Andreessen co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, which later sold to AOL for $4.2 billion. He also co-founded Loudcloud, which, as Opsware, sold to Hewlett-Packard for $1.6 billion. He later served on the board of Hewlett-Packard from 2008 to 2018. Marc holds a BS in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He serves on the board of the following Andreessen Horowitz portfolio companies: Applied Intuition, Carta, Coinbase, Dialpad, Flow, Golden, Honor, OpenGov and Samsara. He is also on the board of Meta.

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MARC ANDREESSEN:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Mother Delores Hart, who has now been a nun of the Benedictine Abbey of Regina Laudis in Bethlehem, Connecticut, for nearly 60 years. Learn about her remarkable journey from Award-winning actress and a fast-rising Hollywood star famous for having the first on-screen kiss with Elvis Presley, to contemplative nun. What made Delores Hart abandon the fame and fortune of Hollywood for the hidden life of simplicity in a monastery on the other side of the country? What was her path to discovering tranquility and joy? What advice does she have for listeners? Find out, on this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

MOTHER DELORES HART, OSB:

In today’s episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Hubert Joly, a member of the faculty of the Harvard Business School and the former Chairman and CEO of Best Buy. At Harvard, Professor Joly is the co-leader of the Chief Executive Leadership Programs, a portfolio of programs intended to support the growth of CEOs and senior executives of the world’s foremost corporations at a time of unprecedented challenges. He is also a member of the board of directors of Johnson & Johnson and Ralph Lauren Corporation, and he’s a Trustee of the New York Public Library. Hubert has been recognized as one of the top 100 CEOs in the world by the Harvard Business Review, one of the Top 30 CEOs in the world by Barron’s, one of the Top 10 CEOs in the U.S. by Glassdoor, and one of the Top 50 Management Thinkers in the world by Thinkers50.  He is the author of the best-selling book “The Heart of Business – Leadership Principles for the Next Era of Capitalism.” Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

HUBERT JOLY:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Jeff Karp, PhD, one of the most innovative minds in medical science. Jeff is a professor of biomedical engineering at Harvard Medical School and MIT, and he leads the Karp Lab, which has pioneered bio-inspired technologies that have led to the formation of 12 companies. His groundbreaking work includes a tissue glue that can seal holes in a beating heart and a ‘smart needle’ that stops automatically upon reaching its target. 
Dr. Jeff Karp has been honored as an Outstanding Faculty Mentor at MIT and as the top graduate student mentor at Harvard-MIT. Jeff is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Dr. Karp will share insights from his discovery of Life Ignition Tools (LIT)—a toolkit that came from overcoming ADHD and put him on a path for doing great things with his life. Jeff will explain how this toolkit can help people break free perceived constraints and/or autopilot…and it will ignite you for great things as well.  Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

JEFF KARP, PhD:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Mark O. Hubbard, seasoned broadcasting executive and author, to discuss the impact Coach Ara Parseghian had on those around him. The author of four books, including Ara-The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend, Mark spent more than 25 years in the broadcasting industry, including serving as President of Flagship Broadcasting, President of Fairmont Communications, and Senior Vice President for Corporate Development at Clear Channel.  Mark was most recently an independent consultant providing services exclusively to senior management at established companies and to entrepreneurs at start-up ventures.  Mark also has served as an Adjunct Professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is currently serving as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. He holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Notre Dame, where he was awarded a prestigious Marshall Scholarship, and he received an MBA from Wharton. Mark is also a registered Architect.   Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

MARK O. HUBBARD:

This week on THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Tim Grunhard, author of View from the Center: My Football Life and the Rebirth of Chiefs Kingdom. Tim was an All-American offensive lineman at Notre Dame and a member of its 1988 National Championship team. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs where he played his entire 11-year NFL career at center, earning All-Pro status, and in 2021 Tim was inducted into the Chiefs Hall of Fame. Perhaps most impressive, Tim was a member of the All-Madden team, which says something about his toughness and tenacity. He has coached football at the professional, collegiate and high school levels. Tim is a special guest analyst for Sports Radio 810, is past President of the Chiefs Ambassadors organization and well-known for his exemplary community service.  Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

TIM GRUNHARD:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Chris Lowney, whose extraordinary journey took him from Jesuit seminarian to top executive at JP Morgan, to Chair of CommonSpirit Health, one of the largest healthcare systems in the United States. Discover the timeless principles that have shaped the Jesuit order for 450 years and how they continue to inspire 150,000 employees, serving 30 million people today. Tune in to learn how these same values can transform your own life and career! Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, just click here!

CHRIS LOWNEY:

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with multi-award-winning writer Jon Gertner about what many believe was the most innovative institution—public or private—in history, Bell Labs. It is the topic of Gertner’s first book, The New York Times best-seller, The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation. Bell Labs’ inventions and discoveries are too long to list, but include the vacuum tube, the transistor, the silicon chip, the solar cell, microwave and fiber optic transmission, UNIX, and for you TV fans, even the Big Bang Theory.  A seasoned science and technology feature writer with The New York Times Magazine, Jon’s writing and book reviews have also appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times Book Review, and Wired Magazine. Additionally, Jon is the author of The Ice at the End of the World: Greenland’s Buried Past and Earth’s Perilous Future, and he is currently working on a book about NASA’s long-running Voyager Mission, tentatively titled How to Build Something the Lasts Forever. Listen to THE MENTORS RADIO podcast anywhere, any time, on any platform, click here!

JON GERTNER: