The Pre-Made Podcast
By Matthew C Collins
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Episodes: 90
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In this podcast, you'll hear stories primarily from my Amherst College Class of 1994 classmates as we reflect on life 30+ years removed from graduation day. What have we been up to all these years? How has Amherst and a liberal arts education impacted our lives? What college memories have stayed with us? How are we thinking about the next 20 years?
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Edward Lees Built A Life Balancing Markets, Nature, Poetry, And Self‑Discovery
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Matt “Rudy” Ronfeldt Reminds Us That Clarity Begins With Space To Listen
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Jun 02, 2026 |
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Peter Tothy Treats People, Not Cancer
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May 26, 2026 |
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Bill Bares Redefines Success For The Second Half Of Life
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May 19, 2026 |
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Kate Lewis Shows How A Liberal Arts Mind Thrives At The Center Of Big Tech
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May 12, 2026 |
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Sara Keen Explains Why Alignment Starts with Seeing People Clearly
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May 05, 2026 |
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JJ Haines Describes How Mindfulness Shaped His Life And Career In Japan
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Valerie Leipheimer Rediscovers The Joy Of Art Through A New Lens: Motherhood
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Apr 21, 2026 |
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Anand Pandian Asks What Stands Between Us — And What Could Bring Us Together
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Apr 07, 2026 |
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Aaron Carroll Explains How Questioning The System Became His Life’s Work
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Geoff Klein Reflects On The Big Choices And Chances That Shaped His Path
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Mar 10, 2026 |
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Russ Hanser Seized Opportunity Where – And When – Law And Tech Collided
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Elizabeth Doyle Shows How An Amherst Degree Can Lead Somewhere Beautifully Unexpected
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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John Haskell Chose Russia, And One Forged Signature Changed Everything
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Ricky Quinones Has A Grammy, And Yet Still Approaches Music With Humility
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Sonia Nagorski Reads Earth’s Past To Help Predict And Improve Its Future
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Mike Gold Makes The Case For Big Swings That Lead To Practical Good
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Asim Ahmed Reflects On Caregiving, Infectious Disease Sleuthing, And The Soundtrack Of His Life
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Mariela Rexach Learned To Stop Following The Script
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Kensei Nishikawa Champions The Humanities In A Divided World
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Parke Lutter And The Art of Becoming Who You Already Were
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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Deb Thalheimer Long Listens Her Way to a Life of Meaning
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Matt Sawyer Has Found His Forever Team
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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David Young Finds Hope and Purpose Amid USAID’s Abrupt End
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Zack Henry Has Mastered The Art Of Connection
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Jessica Smith Sent Climate Instruments To The Edge Of Space. Now, She’s Reimagining Her Path.
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Erin Cowhey Designs Spaces That Tell Her Clients’ Stories
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Brian Clark Heals Others – And Himself – From Trauma
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Update: Justin Neely Reflects On The Fire That Destroyed His Art Studio And The Path Forward
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Jason Spero Is Learning From Both Endings and Beginnings
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode: Will Dix ’77 Helps Families Navigate The College Admissions Process
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Evan Wollen on Finding Purpose in Military Service and Leadership
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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JC Leveque Makes The Case For Conversation As A Surgeon’s Best Tool
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Jordan Hayslip Lives At The Intersection Of Teaching, Coaching, And Making
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Bonus Episode: Professor Emeritus Barry O’Connell
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Alisa Pincus Finds Home Abroad
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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Abbie Raikes Seeks Out The Hard Stuff And Makes It Better
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Pete Lalor Brings a Coach’s Mindset to Surgery and Parenting
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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Jane Rohde Bowers Excels In Public Health By Meeting People Where They Are
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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Adam Bonin Champions Democracy One Ballot at a Time
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Toby King Made His Own Path—From Geology To Bluegrass To Academia
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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Ana-Claire Meyer Finds Meaning in Medicine By Going Where The Problems Are
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Maki Uchiyama Realized Everything Would Be Okay
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Sean Gibbon Is A Storytelling Talking Ball Machine
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Bob “Buck” Tashjian Makes His Mark In Medicine, Mentorship, And Art
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May 29, 2025 |
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Ed Castillo Is Not Your Average Strategist-Philosopher-Foreign Agent
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May 22, 2025 |
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Nate Smith Missed His Exit But Found His Way
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Brian Shactman Finds His Voice – And Amplifies Voices All Over Connecticut And Beyond
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Luke Ryan Comforts The Afflicted – And Sometimes Afflicts The Comfortable
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Andy Ward Shows How He Edits Some Of The Most Beloved Books Of Our Time
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ben Batory Gives A Master Class On Building A Winning Culture
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Lee Maicon Sees A 1994 Revolution in Advertising
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Jim Confalone Goes From Art School to Business Cool
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Vicky Levy, Part 1: Survivor
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Inger-Lise Schwab Reflects On Life, Work, And Parenting In Norway (And Some Amherst Mischief)
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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Josh Hamermesh Transformed Near-Tragedy Into Living His Best Life
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Fernanda Bressan’s Mission: Help Her Clients Get Unstuck
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Hector Garcia Encourages His Students To Silence Their Phones And Listen To Vinyl
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Susan Antebi Studies The Legacy Of Eugenics in Modern Mexico
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Anibal Martinez May Not Travel The World, But The World Comes To Him
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Yutaka Tamura, Owen Stearns, & Seth Reynolds On The Founding, Crisis Point, And Ascension Of Excel Academy Charter Schools
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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Aki Hosoi Brings Warmth And Wisdom To Mental Health Therapy
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Aug 17, 2024 |
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Stephen Jackson Harmonizes Faith, Science, and Community
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Zenzi Gadson Crafts Elegant Spaces Through Collaboration
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May 30, 2024 |
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Rob Bernstein Tackles the Titans, From Wrestling Rings to AI Things
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May 11, 2024 |
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Allen Hurlbert Wants You To Contribute To Citizen Science
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May 04, 2024 |
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President Michael Elliott On Coming Back To Amherst And Building A Strong Community
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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Neda Sharghi’s Brother Was Taken By Iran. Here’s How She Fought Successfully To Bring Him Home.
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Mar 17, 2024 |
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Ming Nagel Transforms Darkness Into Healing Music
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Mar 09, 2024 |
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Matt Collins Gets A Taste Of His Own Medicine
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Feb 11, 2024 |
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Caroline Russell Smith Serves Up A Midlife Upgrade
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Jan 21, 2024 |
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Amrita Sethi Is Breaking Down Barriers And Lifting Up Others When They Need It Most
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Will Turner Can Teach Us Something About Resilience
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Jean-Luc Charles Finds Fulfillment In Helping Others Through Hard Times
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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Jay Dickerson’s Extraordinary Career In Science – And The Coin Flip That Started It
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Ramya Swaminathan, CEO of Malta, Is Building The Essential Piece To Scaling Renewable Energy
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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Andy Liu Plans To Live To 100. He Thinks We Should Plan For It, Too.
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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Justin Neely Navigates Shift From IT And Digital To The Arts
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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Hector Caraballo M.D.: From Amherst to ER Doctor to Tech Entrepreneur
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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Howard Chung’s Journey from Amherst College to Main Street & YouTube
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Season 0: Marisa Silverstein Finds Life’s Passion In Helping Kids Find Theirs
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Apr 25, 2021 |
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Season 0: How Mo Said And Mojo Supermarket Build Meaningful Brands, Banish Bad Advertising
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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Season 0: Matthew Scott Goldstein (msg) On The Covid-19 Data You’re Not Getting But Should
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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Season 0: Andrew Heyward’s Playbook On How To Navigate Career Transitions Toward Happiness and Satisfaction
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Nov 22, 2020 |
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Season 0: Meryl Draper, CEO of Quirk Creative, On Improving Creativity In A Time Of Covid
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Oct 24, 2020 |
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Season 0: Kus Beham On The Pursuit of Flavor Through Coffee And Community In Hastings
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Dec 09, 2019 |
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Season 0: Jenelle Manzi, Ballerina And Startup CEO, Soars Beyond Injury And Into Entrepreneurship
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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Season 0: Jeremy Snead, Filmmaker, Helps The Video Game Industry Find Its Voice
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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Season 0: Kenny Bellau, The Man Who Rescued 400 People Following Hurricane Katrina
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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Season 0: Linden Griffith, Innovator and Survivor, Helps Teens Tame Anxiety
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Jul 25, 2019 |