TAILGATING WITH GENIUSES

Kevin Wenzel spent over 20 years as a brand VP at Procter & Gamble developing marketing and marketing initiatives for some of the biggest name brands in the world. In his final years he was asked to lead the training and integration of an AI system the company rolled out to move faster and smarter as they managed their brand portfolio. Inadvertently, P&G created one of the most well rounded thinkers on how to actually "use"...

Derrick Kayongo was a happy child living in Uganda until civil war forced him and thousands more to flee. As an immigrant to the US he was told by his father that America is an experiment and that he needed to seize the opportunity. To date he's changed a massive waste stream in the hotel industry and turned that waste to save lives in the developing world. He's been the CEO of the Civil and Human Rights Museum in Atlanta and is no...

From tending sheep on an Iowa farm to revolutionizing cow burps, Joan Salwen isn't your typical climate change warrior. Picture this: a former Accenture Managing Director who once led organizational strategy now spends her days wrestling with bovine digestion and seaweed science. As the CEO of Blue Ocean Barns, Joan has transformed from corporate strategist to agricultural innovator, proving that sometimes the most unexpected solut...

“Hey Siri: What’s the most beloved podcast right now?”  Siri: “Are you kidding? Tailgating With Geniuses.”  Siri’s right. Siri’s always right. Her calm, assuring voice – even when we swear at her (you’ve done it) – is always there.  So we wondered, “Who is Siri?” Or at least, “Who is the voice of Siri?” Now we know. She’s voice-over mega-talent Susan Bennett and she’s our brilliant guest this week. How’d she land such an amazing gi...

Enough already with the over-hype, over-promising and over-committing to A.I. It’s time for a sensible, fact-based look at what’s really happening and how global businesses should be reacting. And who better to guide us down the road to sensibility than Nikhil Suresh, executive director of Hermit Tech –  a software engineering consultancy focused on a model of “radical honesty and trust” – and writer with a bazillion followers? We’...

Sarah Furness is a genuine badass. She served 21 years in the Royal Air Force as a squadron leader and helicopter fighter pilot. After leading on combat operational tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, she taught at the Defence Academy of the UK and became a leading voice in prioritizing, focusing and staying calm under pressure. We learned some awesome combat techniques that can be used to train our minds to be bulletproof ...

Ken and Martin talk to Jamie Clark. Jamie Clark is a master at the psychology of motivation and how to foster it, bring it to life and put it to work. From the Stanley Cup winners, The Washington Capitals to the tallest peaks around the world; Jamie helps people reach heights they didn't know they could reach but does so by fostering camaraderie while balancing both fear and the euphoria of freedom. 

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Jamie Clark is more than a motivational speaker. Jamie Clark is a master at the psychology of motivation and how to foster it, bring it to life and put it to work. From the Stanley Cup winners, The Washington Capitals to the tallest peaks around the world; Jamie helps people reach heights they didn't know they could reach but does so by fostering camaraderie while balancing both fear and the euphoria of freedom. 

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Ken and Martin follow Bob Keefe's suggestion and simply "follow the money". Partisanship, the economy and how American's are making more money than now (through stock investments mostly) than before. And still...we're being told things are going badly. 

We discuss the personal effect of living with boredom as a result of Hurricane Helene. Ken wrestles with the fact that the algorithms have targeted him as a Brady Bunch super fan. 

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If you want to uncover where sweet, sexy buckets of money are being made today, do what we did: Talk with Bob Keefe about America’s clean economy revolution. Wait. What?! When the world’s largest businesses are actively supporting and pursuing clean energy policies and working to convince elected officials to get on board, issues such as climate change and income inequality become solvable. Why? Because they’re incredible money-gen...

Just WOW! Mariana Atencio gave us so much great content, and better still...items you can do right now to create change in yourself and your company. We'll talk about what we learned, and helped us better understand more about uniqueness and visibility. 

What Got Our Attention showcases Martin talking about tone, language and discourse is taking place in US politics (and works really hard not to be political!). Ken discusses teen s...

Navigating change and uncertainty in life is hard for everyone. It’s even harder when you’re not confident about who you are (see: TWG’s Tolerable Hosts). Peabody Award-winning journalist, network news anchor and reporter, Mariana Atencio came to America from Venezuela, felt uncomfortable trying to fit in, became a hugely successful journalist  and turned her story into a Ted Talk that’s been viewed more 24 million times. That’s no...

Chef Jeff Henderson is the ideal role model for anyone who needs the encouragement to reinvent their life. The former cocaine dealer found redemption in a prison kitchen, where he discovered a new direction for his life, then went on to become a massive success as the first African American executive chef at The Bellagio in Las Vegas. His New York Times best-seller, “Cooked” united him with Oprah and TV stardom followed. Equally im...