Michael Wright: Surviving 9/11
Cal replays one of the most amazing conversations he's ever had -- with a man who was in the bathroom on the 81 st Floor of the World Trade Center before starting work on the morning of 9/11/2001 when...
10 Sep 20241h 10min
The US Open: A Player To Root For
Cal continues a summer of storytelling by passing on one about a player you might like to root for in this year's U.S. Open. The backstory of Taylor Townsend shows us how there are winds in life that ...
3 Sep 20249min
Creating A Life Of Deep Connections
Cal gets an unexpected e-mail asking about the feeling behind making a deep connection. It compels him to think back through a career of experiences with Muhammad Ali and Mikhael Gorbachev, bonds with...
27 Aug 202418min
NFL Rule Change Will Do You Good
The change in the opening kickoff of National Football League games may seem inconsequential when compared to other developments in the world. As Cal wonders about the emotion and spirit that will be ...
20 Aug 20248min
Santana's Michael Shrieve: Acid to AI
The Hall of Fame drummer looks back at the band's iconic performance at Woodstock in 1969 when Carlos Santana dropped some LSD shortly before being summoned to go on stage. Michael had ingested mescal...
13 Aug 202426min
The Tie That Binds
Cal finds out lots of things he never knew about someone he thought he knew . . . at that person's funeral. It got him to think about how well we know each other, and how well we connect . . . which s...
6 Aug 20248min
The Olympics And The Great Race
Cal looks at the word inclusion through the controversy at the Olympics opening ceremony last week. And what a diverse message really looks like through the most exciting race he ever saw – one that w...
30 Juli 202413min
Election Of The Ages
Cal describes how listener reaction to last week's podcast about the attempted assassination on Donald Trump influenced his decision to speak out on Big Questions and tell the world what he's learned ...
23 Juli 202413min
