You know, of course, about the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, or perhaps about a show that’s specific to your particular industry. But I’ll bet you don’t know about some of THESE shows. Have a listen.

From my work in the world of emerging tech, I offer this very human, non-technical exploration of artificial intelligence, sometimes called AI, and robotics. Together, they are poised to change many things—but not quite yet. Enjoy!

A nice, relaxing soundscape of blackbirds and frogs in the marsh at the bottom of my neighborhood. Thanks to my friend Roger Boughton, who helped me bring down the occasional traffic sounds with his magical parametric equalizer.

Sandy Hughes works with individuals to help them get the most from their ideas, products and services. She calls them 'Solopreneurs'--and has had great success in this unique and fast-moving space. In this episode, I chat with Sandy and explore her philosophy of the Solopreneur. Great insights for business leaders in this program!

I caught up once again with my friend and colleague Gary Kessler to talk about current issues in cybersecurity, and the things that organizations and individuals should do to protect themselves against an increasingly complex threat horizon.

We catch up with Scott Luria on his one-year, 15,000-mile bicycle trip across the USA.

Steve Shepard's newest novel, The Nation We Knew, is a hot seller right now, because of its theme: What would the United States look like—what would it represent—if leadership suddenly put country before party, possibility before dogma, and created a vision of a better future and then executed against that vision? In this thought-provoking book, a new president takes the country to task—and reinvents government, healthcare, job creation, foreign relations, transportation infrastructure, and education, and with the help of her unlikely cabinet, shows the nation—and the world—what could be, rather than what is. In this episode, Steve explains why he wrote the story, an idea that came to him eight years ago.

One of the things that makes this Podcast so much fun to produce is the opportunity I have to meet talented people who do interesting things. In this episode we meet Mary Sullivan, whom you have most likely never heard of. She works with Mike Rowe, whom you have most certainly heard of. Mary is the President of mikeroweWORKS, a foundation that donates tens of thousands of scholarship dollars to people who seek a job in the skilled trades. But Mary is much more than a corporate executive: she is a gifted and compassionate leader, an attorney, a biologist, a Hollywood agent, and a force to be reckoned with. She lives one of the ideals of her own foundation: When hard work follows passion, magic happens. In this episode, Mary shares her nonlinear journey from growing up in Maryland to working with Mike Rowe and helping hundreds of people achieve their dreams. There are some serious messages and compelling lessons in this episode—enjoy. And please visit the mikeroweWORKS Foundation to see the remarkable things they do for so many: www.mikeroweWORKS.org.

Amazing what you can hear when you place the right microphone in just the right place--in this case, right in the middle of a major battle between competing ant colonies. Never mind the fact that these ants are less than two millimeters long...

The Gillespie Farm in southern Illinois is more than 800 acres of agricultural fields; it also includes carefully managed prairies, wetlands, and woodlands. Jim and Patty Gillespie run the family farm, but the whole family is involved in caring for the natural world that surrounds them and provides them with their livelihood. Daughter Sarah is a nature-inspired artist; son Bob is a biologist and the site manager of the Prairie Ridge Nature Preserve; and son Will works with mining companies to help them reclaim land so that it can be returned to the wild.