Most Alive
Ever talk to someone so into what they're saying, you can't help but get into it yourself? Humans are Most Alive when in touch with their passions. This show's passion is connecting with them in these moments, learning what only they can teach, and sharing that fusion with you. For bonus content, episode previews, updates, and highlights, follow @mostalivepodcast on Instagram.
Cover art credit to Brittany Mackey (brittanymackey.com).
Episodes
27 episodes
John Torrey - Having Your Morals, Values, and Principles in Alignment
What if there were a practical yet inspiring framework to living a meaningful life? This episode is like attending a free lecture on this from philosophy professor (and DJ) Dr. John Torrey.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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54:22
Blake Greenawalt - "This Will Be the Thing That Can Unite Us All"
Overlooking life's little marvels may be one of our saddest tendencies. Blake Greenawalt helps pull one back to our attention so we can be awed by nature. Take a listen.And check out more from me at most-alive.com.
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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53:31
Ari Weinzweig - Where Anarchism, Leadership, and Food Meet for Lunch
Ever wish you could do things your way and still be successful? Ari Weinzweig gives a master class in just that. Email Ari: ari@zingermans.comBuy Ari's writing: zingermanspress.com or zing...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:10:16
Christy Francis - Full-ifying Your Weird
What if you embraced what makes you unique? And did more of it? Like Christy Francis? Check her out!Then, if you like this conversation and long for something better for your team, your business, or yourself, but can't figure out how to...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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59:25
Brittany Mackey - Tour Guide of Chaos
What if I told you that you and some friends could get together, invent characters, and go on an imaginary adventure together? Don't know about you, but I'm sold - and Brittany's getting the commission.
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:26:39
Danny Stephan - Speed Travel, Speed Milk (Podder Fodder Crossover)
Make stuff fun.
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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1:36:52
Maëlis Thibon - French Teacher Extraordinaire
What makes you feel like a kid having fun again? Maëlis Thibon is great at embodying that; follow her fun, smart, kind lead to your own way of playing. And living.
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:12:00
Tyré Robinson - Powerhouse for Positivity
What's your personal mission statement? What's a "People Engineer"? How can we address people in a productive way, even when the conversation is hard? I know I've stomped all over these topics in my life, but Tyré Robinson gracefully dances thr...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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56:40
Virginia Frantz - Prattling, Peccadilloes, & Fortuitous Stumbling
Any lexophiles out here? Fans of Shakespearean contemporaries killing everyone because religion is terrible, then being killed in real life, possibly because of it? Can a religious debate be fun? ONE of these has to intrigue you enough to liste...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:04:01
Molly Katz - Let's Do This Thing
What if we could use what advertisers know about appealing to people to help them, not just to sell to them?
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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1:21:23
Alain Nguyen - All Over the Map
Ever thought of filling your house with plants? How much do you know about tea? What's Swedish Fit? Is Paris really full of snobs? We're all over the map - in the most intriguing of ways - with Alain Nguyen.
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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48:06
Abby Vlosky - What Is...The Internet?
What the heck is going on with the Internet? Who knows, but it was fun to talk through some of the questions with someone as sharp and funny as Abby Vlosky.
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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44:17
Scott Nutty - Out of the Norm
What if the world of college football was home to a unique way to see the country, meet people, and generate memorable experiences? I've never been a fan of the sport, but talking with Scott Nutty opened my eyes to new details of what seem now ...
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Episode 14
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33:01
Andy Moskalik - The World at Your Feet
What if there were a community oriented around something you loved that was as simple as sneakers (that themselves were anything but simple)? Or vinyls? Or other collectibles? Andy Moskalik helps teach me that art doesn't have to mean centuries...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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49:34
Joued Boussetta - Language-Learning Partner
What if you could meet and communicate with people anywhere in the world, who wanted to meet you, too? You could learn each other's language and culture and compare perspectives, while also just building an actual friendship. This is exactly ho...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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47:33
Lou Feaman - Country, History, and the Human Experience
What if it mattered how everyday Americans play a part in crafting and implementing our nation's policies around the world? What if we could discuss this stuff pleasantly? It does and we can, and Lou Feaman shows us the way.
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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47:27
Danny Stephan - BIRTHDAY BONUS/CROSSOVER: Podder Fodder
What if you could insert a game into any ordinary situation to bring life, laughs, and joy to those around you? Danny Stephan's done this as long as I've known him, so naturally in this day and age he's doing it with podcasts. See who guesses t...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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2:59:52
Billy Harvey - CROSSOVER: Log Talk with Pertnear Outdoors
What would a lifestyle based on family, community, love of nature, conservation, adventure, and providing for loved ones look like? Billy Harvey from Log Talk with Pertnear Outdoors does a marvelous job outlining this, as he shows me how much m...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:05:58
Jaime Dombrowski - Riot Grrrl
What if there were a cultural movement that meant the world to others but you'd never heard about it? If you're like me, you'd have to explore it, especially if it's known by a unique conglomeration of seemingly disparate terms like "unde...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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45:21
Josh Greco - Go Get More of It In Your Life
What if it were easy? If you loved red, couldn't you paint your house red? and buy red decorations, clothes, foods? and surround yourself with others who loved red? Surely, red isn't this important to you. What is?
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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41:17
Angelo Sciandra - How're You Gonna Help People?
What if you could amuse and inspire others at the same time, building leadership, resilience, and meaningful relationships across generations of people? Angelo Sciandra embodies all this, and his stories as a teacher, coach, and passionately go...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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48:41
Kristen Cronyn - Cultivating Community
What if there were a simple approach to achieving grandiose things that you could feel good about? What if doing what you feel good about, and empowering others to do the same, *were* the approach? Kristen Cronyn's open-hearted story brings thi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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35:11
Mark Manley (P2) - Thought Tripping
What if there were a drug that made you smarter while giving you a consciousness-altering high? Mark Manley shows that there is such a thing; he's my dealer for this, and delivers something special for us here.
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:03:46
Mark Manley (P1) - How to See the World
What if you could experience the awe this Earth has to offer while meeting people like you who could show you their culture's soul? Mark Manley gives us a map for exactly this, one radiating with fervor for enriching our awareness so we can dan...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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38:38
Chris Eglin - Spelunking for Joy
What if you could learn to make mundane parts of your life interesting? Engaging? Enthralling? If they gave degrees in teaching this, Chris Eglin wouldn't bother getting one...but he'd be more qualified than anyone. Bonus - trivia skills boost ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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44:20