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Big Questions with Cal Fussman

Curiosity Media

As a bestselling author, speaker and one of the greatest interviewers of this generation, Cal Fussman has sat down with some of the world"s most influential individuals: Muhammad Ali, Mikhail Gorbachev, Serena Williams, Jeff Bezos, Jack Welch, John Wooden, Al Pacino and hundreds of others, digging deep into their hearts and delivering their wisdom to the rest of the world. Now, in Big Questions, Cal continues his journey. Uncovering the heart, head, and soul of his guests in thoughtful, deep and

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58:41

Rob Lawless: On Making 10,000 Friends Through Travel

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/10/23

Cal talks with Rob Lawless about the changes in travel since Cal went around the world back in the 80s. Whereas Cal used magazine work to get his journey off the ground and then was passed around the world by the people he met, Rob now uses the Internet to keep his trip going. Rob has a goal of talking with 10,000 people for an hour. He makes Instagram posts after each meeting, and pushes the journey along through tech partnerships with companies that overlap with his mission. He sets up

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01:15:31

Aston Martin’s Laura Schwab: The Winding Road to Success

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/10/16

Aston Martin’s president tells Cal about the circuitous journey that took her from jumping rope as a girl in Louisville, to the tennis team at Notre Dame, to law school, to working three jobs to make ends meet at age 27, all the way to the top of the iconic British car company. And then she made Cal feel like James Bond when she put him behind the wheel of an Aston Martin. Takeaways: -Work ethic goes a long way -Risk taking that defined Schwab's career -Finding the right mentors -Getting the most

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01:11:07

David Sanborn: The Art Of Being Awake

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/10/09

The Grammy Award-winning saxophone player gets to the essence of the way we can all get the most out of our lives through the art of being awake. From the time he was a boy who’d contracted polio and found the saxophone to improve the strength of his lungs, David Sanborn has been making a series of connections that evolved into an extraordinary life and career. There are many takeaways in the art of awareness, including paying attention to the moment of your calling to overcoming addiction, along

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01:01:46

Ryan Holiday: On Merging Creativity and Business

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/10/02

Cal meets the best-selling author at an entrepreneurial conference in Colorado called two12 and becomes highly curious as to how Ryan can be a writer and ALSO an expert at marketing books, as well as positioning companies. Generally, when a person has one of those talents or skills, he or she is lacking in the other area. Cal finds out exactly how Ryan became The Full House in a conversation that will benefit anyone trying to create a piece of art or a business. There are many takeaways in this

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55:28

Glenn Beck: On Outrage and Empathy

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/09/25

When Cal asks the conservative talk show host about the roots of his new book, Addicted to Outrage, Glenn goes back to his childhood to explain the events that made him who he is. Beck reflects upon his mother’s suicide when he was 15 as the moment that turned him toward alcohol to deaden his pain. His inability to even mention his mother or her death in the home of his father and stepmother led him toward the microphone to release the emotions and thoughts that were bottled up inside him. His

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01:06:42

Chip Conley: Airbnb’s Mentor on How to Transform...

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/09/18

Cal finds there can be life after one’s heart stops beating. Chip Conley tells him what it was like to flatline at age of 47, how he recovered and went on to sell his boutique hotel company, which put him in the surprising place where he could mentor Brian Chesky and a group of millennials who’d founded Airbnb. The combination of young minds and the wisdom of Chip’s experience in hospitality made history. Airbnb has transformed travel across the planet, reinventing the hotel industry by allowing

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01:10:48

Michael Wright: Surviving On 9/11

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/09/11

Cal reconnects with the man who had the World Trade Center fall on his head and finds the lessons he learned even more powerful over time. The two reflect upon the conversation they had shortly after Michael survived the deadliest attack on American soil. That conversation was turned into a noted Esquire Magazine story published in Michael’s own words in the January 2002 issue. The takeaways in this episode are vast. Michael has lived through the type of experience that most of us will never know -

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01:09:30

Radha Agrawal: On Building Community

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/09/04

As Cal tries to expand awareness of his podcast, he gets tips from the author of the just-released book entitled: Belong: Find Your People, Create Community and live a more Connected Life. Radha is the founder of Daybreaker – an early morning celebration that allows people all over the world to start the day by meeting others, dancing, doing yoga and listening to great speakers in a non-alcohol environment before going off to work. Cal was startled to learn that Radha has built her Daybreaker

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01:20:58

Kevin Hines: Whatever your difficulties, never count...

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/08/28

Kevin tells Cal how mental illness pushed him to jump off the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco 18 years ago – and how he survived only because a sea lion kept him propped up on the water’s surface. Kevin became one of only a few people to walk away from such a fall, and the chain of events that followed led him to find the love of his life, and his work helping all of us to understand mental illness. His fight contributed to the creation of a barrier on The Golden Gate Bridge that will stop

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01:23:28

Diana Nyad: On Finding A Way

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/08/21

As the fifth anniversary of Diana Nyad’s record-breaking swim between Cuba and Florida approaches, Diana explains to Cal what it took to make the 110-mile journey in 2013 at the age 64. (This episode contains explicit or triggering content.) The Youtube video that shows Diana taking her first shaky steps on land at Key West after swimming for roughly 53 consecutive hours in waters filled with sharks and poisonous jellyfish is a profound place to start. The takeaways in this episode get to the

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01:04:57

Mick Ebeling: On Why Nothing Is Impossible

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/08/14

The founder of Not Impossible Labs tips off his next landmark invention: a band that can stop tremors caused by Parkinson’s Disease. Not Impossible Labs has previously invented a device that allowed a paralyzed graffiti artist to create art using only his eyes, and 3-D printed prosthetic arms for those who’ve had their limbs blown off during the civil war in Sudan. The device that can curtail the tremors of those afflicted with Parkinson’s Disease is Mick Ebeling’s latest proof that anything we can

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01:29:55

Jocko Willink: On Going to War with Your Weaknesses

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/08/07

Jocko Willink, the former Navy Seal Commander, explains how his fundamental laws of combat translate into leadership in business, and gets Cal to wonder how he might incorporate aspects of military training into his own life. Takeaways from this episode: How to create a team where everybody leads. How to get in people’s heads to make them see things they wouldn’t have seen otherwise. The value of keeping communications simple — and how good questions can simplify a complicated plan

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59:16

Sex Doll Robots and The Future of Relationships

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/07/31

Cal gets a glimpse of the future from psychologist Linda Papadopoulos as she breaks the news about life-sized robots now being manufactured to the buyers' individual tastes. These robots are built not only as the sexual partners of our dreams. They can be programmed to say what we want to hear, to read our expressions, and to respond in a way that will make us feel better. Not only that, but they can store information to enhance future experiences. Cal is still picking his jaw off the floor and

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01:21:06

James Altucher on Reaching For Your Future and...

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/07/24

Cal discovers how the best-selling author, investor, financial analyst, blogger, podcaster and delightful conversationalist once reduced all his worldly possessions to15 items that could fit in a small satchel that he carried with him from Airbnb to Airbnb. A tad extreme, yes, but the takeaways on discipline can elevate anybody's life. TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: What James learned from giving up everything -- it wasn't all positive! Tips for downsizing your belongings, how to choose what stays

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49:41

Eva Karpman: Reboot Your Childhood Curiosity

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/07/17

Reboot your childhood curiosity just like Cal did, by listening to 8-year-old Eva Karpman, who's asked questions to General Stanley McChrystal, best-selling author Simon Sinek, and billionaires for her Dream Big podcast. Takeaways from this episode: How to regain the magical curiosity that most adults have lost. Tapping into your curiosity to drive your work and career to new heights. There is always more to be curious about, more to learn, more to do. How to have more fun in your life, just by

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01:41:11

Mike Posner: The Power in Speaking Your Truth

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/07/10

The singer reveals the journey that produced the hit song I Took A Pill in Ibiza. TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: When Mike gained fame but lost his way, and how he came home to himself when he got a second shot. Mike's grounding relationship with his mother, and the grief process he’s gone through following the loss of his father. How Jake Owen, Hank Williams, and Merle Haggard inspired the artist’s most recent hit song, “I Took A Pill in Ibiza”.

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59:03

Diving Deep Into Ice Cream with Dr. Lara Pence

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/07/03

Cal has lost 20 pounds after meeting Spartan CEO Joe De Sena, running obstacle races and changing the way he eats. But he still has to deal with his feelings for ice cream. Food therapist Dr. Lara Pence comes to the rescue... TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: Decode your emotional responses to tempting foods. Separate irresistible cravings from conscious choices. Employ mindfulness and boundaries to stop from overeating. Understand why a healthy relationship with yourself is more effective than the

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01:19:51

Great Takeaways From Big Questions

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/06/26

Cal opens the party to a lot of new listeners with takeaways from Kobe Bryant, Soul Cycle CEO Melanie Whelan, memory expert Jim Kwik, marketing guru Seth Godin, media titan Nely Galan, broadcaster Larry King and many others. The champagne is on ice . . .

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01:00:16

Rachel Platten: On How To Break Through

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/06/19

The singer of the hit Fight Song teaches Cal the power of persistence. This episode is all about the 15-year struggle it took Rachel to break through with that song. TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE: The incredible determination that it took for Rachel to get from living room concerts to Hillary Clinton's campaign stage. The ups and downs and years of revisions that it took for her to wind up at a hit song. Even after achieving fame, the value and sense of home she finds in living room concerts and

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01:21:07

Nely Galán: On Turning Pain to Profit

Big Questions with Cal Fussman ·

2018/06/12

Cal learns what it’s like to be Warren Buffett on the inside and a piñata on the outside. Nely is a Cuban immigrant who became an entrepreneur as a teenager after overhearing her mother and father wonder how they were going to pay the bills to put her through Catholic school. Now, she shares the principles of her tremendous success through her book, Self Made, and by building a movement to lift Latinas called Adelante. The principles of Nely’s success – like: Turn pain into profit – are universal.

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