The Culture Matters Podcast

"Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it." - Albert Einstein

Business Development Officer for Wescott Financial Advisory Group Alex Rawdin is joining us on the show today and we are very excited to get into the nitty gritty of finance, so let's get this show on the road.  Alex and Jay are discussing some of the background and history ...

"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do." - Mother Teresa

Founder and Executive Director of Raise the Bar Family Services Karly Forman Cohen is our guest on the show today and we are very excited to get into philanthropy, nonprofits, and good work by good people in general.  Karly and Jay are digging into what nonprofits actually are and what purpose they serve, the work that she and her team...

"Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Personal trainer and founder of STRONGSIDE Fitness Mitchel Black is hitting the airwaves on our show today and there is a lot of inspiring stuff coming from this conversation.  Mitchel and Jay are digging into Mitchel's journey from bullied kid to fitness aficionado, some of Mitche...

"Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards." - Søren Kierkegaard

"The two greatest warriors are patience and time." - Leo Tolstoy

On today's show, our very own Jay Doran is pulling back the curtain a bit to give our listeners an update on The Culture Matters Podcast as we see ourselves at the halfway point of 2025.  Jay is discussing how the podcast has evolved, what the moti...

"Out of every 100 men, ten shouldn't even be there, eighty are just targets, nine are the real fighters ,and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior and he will bring the others back." - Heraclitus 

Psychiatrist, philosopher, neuroscientist, and author of such books as The Master and His Emissary and The Matter With Things Dr. Iain McGilchrist is our guest on th...

"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Christopher Tighe is a U.S. Navy and NCIS veteran, host of the Caffeinated Contractor podcast, and the founder of Elevation Construction and we've got him back on the show for another round of culture discussion.  For this conversation, Christopher and Jay are digging into what Christopher's focus has been on his own podc...

"A man of knowledge must not only be able to love his enemies but hate his friends." - Friedrich Nietzsche

Our guests today are the Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman, and the Chief Marketing Officer of Paramount Residential Mortgage Group, Paul Lucido, and we've got them back for yet another conversation surrounding our very own Jay Doran's work, Thirty Days of Th...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the world." - Matthew 13:35

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are bringing you the fourth and final part of a quick series where our very own Jay Doran is using The American Gift (TAG) conference of 2025 held in Atlanta, GA, as a launching pad for further discussion on culture topics.  Today, Jay is using some questi...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the world." - Matthew 13:35

We have our very own Jay Doran back again for part three of our series on The American Gift (TAG) 2025 conference being held in Atlanta, GA.  As we mentioned in the last episode, Jay will be interviewing Dr. Jordan B. Peterson at this year's event and we're using some of those questions to take a look at...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world." - Matthew 13:35

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, our very own Jay Doran is continuing our series discussing The American Gift (TAG) conference 2025 being held in Atlanta, GA.  Jay starts this discussion by outlining his upcoming interview with Dr. Jordan B. Peterson at the conference and all the preparation ...

"I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the world." - Matthew 13:35

On today's episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are bringing you part one of a quick four-part series where our very own Jay Doran will be talking about The American Gift (TAG) conference from 2025 in Atlanta, GA.  Using the conference as a jumping off point, Jay is discussing the value in home ownershi...

"Management is doing things right. Leadership is doing the right things." - Peter Drucker

Account management professional, advisor, proponent of employee benefits and incentives, and professional photographer spearheading Lauren B. Pipari Photography & Designs Lauren Pipari is joining us on the show today and we are over the moon to have her here to share her experience and expertise with our listeners.  Laur...

"There isn't a single behavior or event that can be understood without considering the whole context." - Dr. Iain McGilchrist

Our favorite philosopher and artisan contractor with Vision Stone and Tile Nathan Merrill is back with us today and we couldn't think of anybody better to help us getting into some heady conversation.  We are beginning a new series today, with Nathan as our co-pilot, to use the w...

"The very fact that a general problem has gripped and assimilated the whole of a person is a guarantee that the speaker has really experienced it and perhaps gained something from his sufferings. He will then reflect the problem for us in his personal life and thereby show us a truth." - Carl Jung

The Head of Engagement and Outreach at American Business Media, Andrew Berman is joining us yet again to act as co-ho...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Archi...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Archi...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Archi...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Archi...

"Something we cannot see protects us from something we do not understand. The thing we cannot see is culture, in its intrapsychic or internal manifestation. The thing we do not understand is the chaos that gave rise to culture. If the structure of culture is disrupted, unwittingly, chaos returns. We will do anything - anything - to defend ourselves against that return." - Dr. Jordan B. Peterson, Maps of Meaning: The Archi...