Wit & Wisdom with Tom Greene

We all know what we want: more money, better sex and six pack abs. But, it's much more instructive to understand "what you want to want". Because sometimes we simultaneously desire and reject the exact same thing.

Would you believe me if I told you that the happiest young adults were in places like Tanzania, Nigeria and other remote parts of Africa?  It's true. And the rest of the kids on earth are struggling in clinically significant ways. You'll have to listen to find out why those kids in Africa have it all figured out. 

Most regret doesn’t come from making the wrong decision. It comes from simply making a decision.

From chocolate milk and classroom memories to the simple lessons of kindness, wonder, and slowing down, this heartfelt reflection explores why the values we learned as children may be the ones we need most today.

Our birth rates are crashing all across the planet. And, at the same time, several companies are mass producing robots. So, how do these two things collide?  Listen to find out. 

As we celebrate our 250th anniversary as a country it's a good time to question what our lives would be like in the US if the revolution had never happened.

Most of the things we worry about never come to pass. Or if they do, they're never as bad as we think. 

I'm not gonna lie, there are enough things going on right now in the world to make me question if I was born in the final chapter of the human race.  But, then I'm reminded of Adam's Law of Slow Moving Disasters. It's saved us from certain demise hundreds of times. Tune if to find out why you worry too much....and I do too. 

For a brief moment in the summer of 2026 we have a brief moment to see America clearly. The scale, ambition, the abundance, the contradictions and the optimism as viewed through the eyes of a foreigner. Let's hope we may never be the same. 

There are certain lessons that no matter how many times you are told....you simply have to learn them the hard way. It's a part of growing up...and maybe growing old. Eventually you get punched in the throat by life and everything suddenly becomes clear.