Sonder Union

If you know me at all, you know that I have a book problem. I love them. I collect them. I study them -- and I don't mean the words in them (though I do that too), but the physical objects. You won't see me with a Kindle any time soon.

In this episode of Sonder Union, Toni Serofin joins us to talk about books, music, and art. It was a thoroughly enjoyable conversation with an absolutely fascinating woman.

You can find Toni on Linked in here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toniserofin/

And at her website: https://sanserofin.com/

After a bit of a paternity leave of sorts, we're back with the one and only Graeme Johnson. Graeme is hands-down one of the more erudite folks in the legal community and I love talking with him, because I always come away learning something interesting and new.

You can find Graeme on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstongraeme/

And you should check out what he's up to at https://www.juralio.com

John Glicksman joins Sonder Union for this episode, in which I pepper him with questions about parenthood, music, confidence, and humility. He asked me if there was anything he needed to do to prepare and I said "Nope!" He was an absolute sport as I steered the conversation places that he had no warning of.

John is one of the smartest and most humble people I know and he brings that energy in this episode.

You can find him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-glicksman-5991094/

Making this podcast is such a joy: I just get to spend time picking amazing people's thoughts. This episode features Charley Mann, one of the nicest and most quietly insightful people I know.

Charley is a law firm business coach and he's damned good at that. I'm not super interested in that, though, for the purposes of Sonder Union. So we talk about his background in acting, the nature of performance, and Pokemon.

You can find Charley on his own podcast, They Don't Teach This in Law School. Check it out, especially if you are an attorney. It's a weekly listen for me.

Also hit up Law Firm Alchemy and sign up for the newsletter at https://www.lawfirmalchemy.com

You can find Charley on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleymann/

What's it like to talk with a friend for the first time in 23 years? Not because you had a falling out, but simply because life happens. Will it be like you just saw each other, or will it be awkward and weird?

Luka Poulton was kind enough to run this experiment with me and we have some answers to that riddle, at least for us. YMMV.

Luka and I had a pretty wide-ranging discussion and I'm pretty confident you'll find something in here to your taste, even if some of this is just old buddies catching up.

You can reach out to Luka on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukapoulton/

All music copyright Owen McGrann

What a treat it is to speak with Dr. Theodora Ziamou! Theodora is a behavioral psychologist, and as you might expect, a keen observer of people. We have a wide-ranging conversation touching on language, culture, and change.

You can find Theodora on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drtheodoraziamou/

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What do you talk about when you've got a guy who's won one of the world's toughest races on your podcast? Well, raising children, writing and reading books, and, yes, why doing hard things isn't about the hard thing, really, so much as about breaking bread with our inner animal.

Paul Watkins is a delightful guest: full of expected and unexpected wisdom and a wonderful sense of humor about things. He is able to appreciate Nassim Nicholas Taleb's work and still recognize what a gigantic douche he is.

You can find Paul at https://www.paulwatkins.com.au and on LinkedIn (where he's doing some actually interesting stuff) at https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-watkins-92125499/

Music copyright © Owen McGrann 2023.

Charley Mann has "coffeesodes" on his podcast – short narrative episodes in between his interviews. I guess this is similar, except not really. Helpful description, I know.

If you don't want to hear a story about miscarriage or pregnancy loss, I would skip this one.

Sarah Ennor and I both have ADHD. Although we didn't intend to talk almost exclusively about ADHD, it just kinda happened ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

It was an absolute blast trading stories with Sarah and I suspect you'll find it pretty interesting too. Sarah has played Aussie Rules Football for Team Canada, worked as a badass lawyer for a large bank, opened her own business, and has made it a mission to speak about ADHD in the professional world.

She's awesome and you can find her on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-ennor/

Music copyright © Owen McGrann 2023.

Happy New Year and welcome back to Sonder Union. We have a treat in this episode, with Lenor Marquis Segal returning to discuss why losing things is bad, the impact of Covid, and, of course, writing.

Lenor was a guest on Episode 3, The Irish Goodbye. She was a tremendous guest, and I was a tremendously shitty host. I kept cutting out during recording, leaving her hanging in the room, and then managed not to record the last 50 minutes of our conversation. She was gracious enough to come back.

You can find Lenor on LinkedIn (and you should: she's one of the very best writers around): https://www.linkedin.com/in/lenormarquissegal/