The Mojo Sessions

The Mojo Sessions

The Mojo Sessions features in-depth conversations with the world's most interesting people. Hosted by Gary Bertwistle, who has collected a catalogue of over three hundred interviews with some of the world's most interesting minds, The Mojo Sessions podcast series takes a minimalist approach that focuses on the guest and brings you valuable and memorable conversations.

Episodes

April 17, 2025 70 mins
Most of us have heard stories about the CIA, but we rarely get the chance to look behind the curtain and gain insight into their secretive operations. Michele Rigby Assad lived a lie during her career as a CIA operative in the Middle East. With extensive experience in the Arab world, she developed the ability to interpret and navigate risks while designin...
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Former US Senator Martha McSally was the first ever US female combat fighter pilot, and then became the first female Air Force officer to command a fighter squadron. Having survived a sexual predator in high school, rape by a military superior and the many bureaucratic barriers that were put in her way, Martha had the iron constitution to deal with these many s...
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David Robson is a British award-winning science writer specialising in medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. David's work has appeared in the Guardian, the Times, Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic. He's worked as a features editor at New Scientist and as a senior journalist at the BBC. He's written a number of books, including The Intelligence Trap, The E...
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Rajeev Peshawaria, CEO of Stewardship Asia Singapore, is the former Chief Learning Officer: Coca-Cola and Morgan Stanley, a TEDx Speaker, and a Wall Street Journal bestselling author. His latest book, "Sustainable Sustainability", discusses why frameworks such as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) are insufficient to address today's existential challenges, both global an...
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Dr David Lipman is a medical doctor & exercise physiologist who’s transitioned into startups. David specialises in what he calls the nexus between health and performance, specifically focusing on longevity, healthspan and our use of technology. He would describe himself as a ‘specialist generalist’, and he takes pride in a macro approach while remaining firmly rooted in science, ...
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Dan Cockerell started at the Walt Disney Company as a parking attendant and 26 years later was it's Vice President, leading 12,000 cast members at the largest theme park in the world, the Magic Kingdom Park. Dan had nineteen different roles with Disney, including 5 years at the Disneyland Paris Resort. Dan left Disney to start...
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Jay Malkoun served 10 years for heroin trafficking, was the president of the feared Comancheros motorcycle gang, and in March 2019, a car bomb outside a gym in Athens detonated the Mercedes he was sitting in. It was an explosion heard around the world as global media, law enforcement agencies, and underworld cartels speculated on who had moved to assassinate the former gangster a...
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Matthew Dicks makes stories come alive. He began competing in live storytelling events in New York City in 2011 and is a record 58-time Moth StorySLAM winner and 9-time GrandSLAM champion. Fortune 500 companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Slack, and Salesforce hire Matt to inject the power of storytelling into their sales and marketing, corporate trainin...
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Imagine kneeling before a bomb. Your job, deactivate. How do you calm your nerves? Nick Kush was a Seal Team Explosive Ordnance Device Technician serving 20 years in Special Ops. With combat tours to Iraq and Afghanistan, Nick was the EOD for Task Unit Bruiser under the command of JOCKO Willink in Ramadi. The EODs are the guys called to deactivate an IED improvised explosive devi...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing so rapidly that entire industries are being reshaped as we speak. There's an urgent need for leaders to understand the impact of this technology on their company and their people. Rajeev Kapur, author of 'AI Made Simple', has vast and deep experience in high-tech and media and understands AI's impact and the complex challenges to come in ...
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On the outside, we see a lawyer with the external trappings of success, the office, the suit, the watch, the car, the home and assume they have the perfect life. Right? But often, behind the armour, it's a different story. Judd Shaw is a guy who blends his work as a lawyer/CEO of Judd Shaw Injury Law with his deep desire to help others. Judd chased success as a lawyer and made it to the top of the hill only to discover its hollow r...

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David Avrin consults on Customer Experience and Strategic Brand Development. The author of five books, his new book 'Ridiculously Easy to Do Business With - A Practical Guide to Giving Customers What They Want-When and How They Want It', takes a critical topic we take for granted and brings it front of mind. David has a remarkable ability to take everyday business topics and pres...
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Alicia Rodriguez is a writer, storyteller and personal coach. Based in the beautiful Algarve region of Portugal, Alicia runs retreats for people going through a transition or facing a challenging period. She works with entrepreneurs who need to step away from the noise in their lives to rest, recalibrate, and renew their vision for their lives. Her memoir, 'The Shaman's Wife: A M...
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Jason Ferruggia has been helping people become the strongest version of themselves since the early 90's. Most want to be better, improve, and see what's possible. Jay helps us create a life with more health, wealth, happiness, less stress, and fewer regrets. He is credited as the guy who created group fitness and his work has been featured in Fast Company, Men’s Health, Muscle & ...
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The marketing game has changed; well, the fundamentals of the brand are the same, but how we express it has changed in many ways. Billy Broas, author of 'Simple Marketing for Smart People', outlines the playbook we didn’t know we needed. Billy shares a thoughtful, educated approach to marketing that demystifies the complex and often misunderstood world of selling your business wi...
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Understanding twentysomethings as a company owner, C-suite Executive, parent or leader is a hot topic. The NY Times called our guest Dr Meg Jay “the patron saint of striving youth”, and her TED Talk “Why 30 Is Not the New 20” is among the most watched ever.  Dr Jay earned a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and maintains a private practi...
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Leadership isn't getting any easier. Globally each day millions of leaders are left to their own devices to navigate the complexities of leading people, organizations, change and leading themselves. Leadership today has changed drastically, and so must how we prepare leaders for success. Stan Peake, Canada's leading leadership coach has a new book Fixing Leadership, a comprehensi...
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Filipa Bellette is a PhD Scholar, accredited Clinical Nutritionist, Functional Medicine Practitioner, and Coach & Trauma Therapist who has worked with over 2,500+ burned-out clients to help them discover the root cause of their burnout. Filly's practice is best known for ending body burnout in “busy” people with energy, mood & gut issues using a root-cause approach. We unpack her...
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Dr Abbie Maroño is a scientist & practitioner of human behaviour who currently consults to the Secret Service. The US Department of State has recognised her extraordinary achievements, placing her in the top 1% of her field. Abbie completed a PhD in Psychology and became a Professor of Psychology at 23. A guest in Season 3, Episode 316, Abbie spoke in depth about trust. Her new b...
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Ryan Palmbaum, founder of startup Dabbl Discovery, is a huge advocate of finding your passion and letting it guide you through life. At the start, for Ryan, that was soccer at an international level. Today, Ryan has made it his life’s mission to help as many young people as possible find what makes them tick and discover the possibilities. His startup, Dabbl Discovery, is an educ...
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