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The Thought Atlas Podcast
Mapping ideas, exploring everything: “Welcome to Thought Atlas; a podcast that maps the landscape of ideas. From technology, culture, and science, to curious facts, life hacks, and unexpected discoveries, we explore it all. Whether you know a little, a lot, or just love learning, Thought Atlas is your guide through the vast world of knowledge. Tune in, and let’s chart the world of ideas together.”
Episodes
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The Right Song at the Right Moment: How Music Can Help You Perform Under Pressure | Clayton Johnson
Why do some people rise to the occasion under pressure while others struggle with hesitation and self-doubt? Sometimes, being good at what you do isn’t enough…
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Your Business Is Losing Customers. The Problem Might Not Be Your Product | Ammarah Ahmed
Why do businesses lose customers even when their products are good? Sometimes, the problem isn’t the product itself. It’s the experience surrounding it…
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You Don’t Move On From Grief. You Learn to Move Forward | Mark Stackpole
What does it mean to keep living when someone you love is no longer here? In this deeply personal episode of Thought Atlas, Mark Stackpole reflects on grief…
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Know Better, Do Better, Lead Better: The Principles of Servant Leadership | Kevin Wayne Johnson
What makes someone a great leader? Is it the ability to achieve results, inspire others, or help people become capable of leading themselves? In this episode…
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Why Some Political Campaigns Win and Others Fail: The Strategy Behind Voter Decisions | Dr. Louis Perron
Why do some political candidates win elections while others fall short, even when they have experience, resources, and compelling ideas? In this episode of…
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After Cancer, the Hardest Part May Be Recovery: Finding Purpose Through Adversity | Jonathan Brandt
What happens when surviving a serious illness is only the beginning of a much longer journey? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Jonathan Brandt shares how…
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What Happens to Workplace Culture After an Acquisition? | Linda Dunbar-Bassett
What happens to workplace culture when an organization becomes part of a much larger company? An acquisition may change reporting structures, job titles…
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What Martial Arts Can Teach You About Business, Discipline, and Success | Mike Barefoot
What can martial arts teach us about building a business, developing discipline, and navigating the setbacks that come with pursuing success? In this episode…
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Why Great Employees Struggle as Managers: The Leadership Skills Nobody Taught Them | Dr. Valerie Tackling
Being excellent at your job doesn’t automatically make you an effective leader. In this episode of Thought Atlas, Dr. Valerie Tackling joins us to explore why…
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They Lived With Their Son, Daughter-in-Law & 3 Grandchildren for 3 Years—Here’s What Made It Work | Carmen & Rocky Drew
Can three generations of a family share a home while maintaining their independence, privacy, and relationships? Carmen and Rocky Drew have firsthand…
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She Had to Experience God for Herself—Then She Wrote About “Perfect Glory” | Marcia West
What happens when faith stops being something you simply inherit and becomes something you experience personally? In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down…
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He Never Followed a Straight Path—Here’s What Every Job Taught Him About People | Houston Pierce
What can a chaotic career teach you about yourself, other people, and the world? For Houston Pierce, the answer is: quite a lot. Houston is the host of 1,000…
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What Tango Reveals About Love, Trust & the People We Become Together | Linda Sutton
What can a dance reveal about a relationship that a conversation might hide? According to Linda Sutton, quite a lot. Linda Sutton is a world dance expert with…
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Everyone Has a Story—Nancy Jasin on Memory, Forgiveness & the Art of Paying Attention
Everyone has a story. But what happens when we actually slow down enough to listen to it? In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Nancy Jasin, a…
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What If Your Personality Isn’t Fixed? | Arnold Beekes on Training the Brain, Breaking Conditioning & Becoming a Brain Athlete
What if the way you think, feel, and relate to other people isn’t simply “who you are” — but something you can deliberately train? In this episode of Thought…
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He Lost His Sister, His Marriage & His Job—Then Had to Rebuild His Entire Identity | Troy Haslinger
What happens when the life you thought you had built collapses almost all at once? For Troy Haslinger, April 2011 became a dividing line. After returning from…
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He Left Indiana With $50—Then Built a Life Around Risk, Reinvention & the Impossible | Frank McKinney
What would you do if you left home with a $50 bill, a one-way ticket, and no clear idea of what your future would become? Frank McKinney did exactly that…
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He Refused to Choose Just One Identity—And Built a Career Across Comics, Music, TV & More | Prince George
What happens when you refuse to fit yourself into just one box? Prince George has spent more than two decades moving across creative worlds including comics…
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He Left the UK With Almost Nothing—Then Reinvented Himself Through Travel, Writing & Risk | Huw Evans
What happens when you repeatedly leave behind everything familiar and force yourself to begin again? In this episode of Thought Atlas, I sit down with Huw…
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She Became Good at Surviving—Then Realized She Had Forgotten How to Care for Herself | Anjelis Oliveira
What happens when being strong for everyone else becomes a reason you stop showing up for yourself? Anjelis Oliveira is a mother, grandmother, nurse of 20…
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Your Life Looks Good on Paper—So Why Does Something Still Feel Missing? | Kirana Sidin
What if having a life that looks good from the outside isn’t the same as having a good life? Kirana Sidin is an author, strategic life coach, and certified…
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He Left the UK With No Job, No Home, and Few Thousand Dollars—Then Reinvented Himself | Huw Evans
What does it take to start over when almost everything familiar has been left behind? Huw Evans is a published author, professional editor, photographer, real…
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He Took a 3-Week Trip to Thailand—Then Quit His Corporate Career and Never Looked Back | Bill Mullen
What happens when a three-week vacation makes you question the life you’ve been building? Bill Mullen, better known to travelers as “Bangkok Bill,” spent years…
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She Survived a Catastrophic Accident—Then Had to Learn How to Live With What Couldn’t Be Fixed | Angel Willard
What happens when surviving something is only the beginning of the journey? Angel Willard is a Canadian author from British Columbia and the author of Fighting…
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Your Customers Owe You Money—But Should You Risk Losing Them to Collect It? | Bill Ferrier
What if improving cash flow isn’t about finding more customers—but getting better at collecting the money your existing customers already owe you? Bill…
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She Had the Career She Thought Would Make Her Happy—Then She Realized Something Was Missing | Katherine Ma
What happens when you achieve the things you thought would make your life successful—and still find yourself asking what comes next? Katherine Ma grew up in…
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Your AI Doesn’t Need Better Prompts. It Needs a Memory. | Ben Finklea
What if the biggest limitation of AI isn’t its ability to generate answers—but its inability to remember why those answers matter? Ben Finklea is a longtime…
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What If We’ve Been Reading the Bible Too Literally? | Dror Ben Ami
What If We’ve Been Reading the Bible Too Literally? | Dror Ben Ami Description What if some of the Bible’s most familiar stories carry meanings that are easy…
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When Being “The Nice One” Costs You Your Own Voice | Bradley L. Gabbert
What happens when being agreeable stops being simply a personality trait and becomes a way of surviving? Bradley L. Gabbert is the author of The Agreeable…
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At 35, He Lost His Radio Career, His Marriage, and Went $60,000 Into Debt—Then He Rebuilt His Life | Steve Gamlin
What happens when the life you spent years building suddenly falls apart? At 35, Steve Gamlin walked away from his radio career, his marriage ended, and he…
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He Lost the Art That Defined Him. Then He Had to Rebuild Himself. | Tim Randall
What happens when the thing that has defined you for most of your life suddenly disappears? For Tim Randall, art has been his life since childhood. He has…
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What If the Story You Tell Yourself Is the Thing Holding You Back? | Rich (Seeram)Vysion
What happens when the voices we hear about ourselves become the voices we start believing? Rich Vysion is a recording artist whose work centers on mental…
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You Know What You Should Do—So Why Aren’t You Doing It? | Dr. Joseph Drolshagen
Why do we sometimes know exactly what we need to do, yet repeatedly behave in ways that undermine what we want? Dr. Joseph Drolshagen, the Rapid Revenue…
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He Was Told He’d Die by 20. He’s Now 74. | David W. Ebel
David W. Ebel was born with multiple birth defects and was told he was unlikely to live past 20. Growing up, he experienced chronic pain, bullying, depression…
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Marketing Has Become Too Complicated—Here’s What Small Businesses Are Missing | Leslie A.M. Smith
Marketing has changed dramatically since Leslie A.M. Smith began working in the field in 1994. But according to Leslie, the fundamental concepts haven’t…
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She Turned Her Dog’s Near-Death Experience Into a Community for Dog Lovers | Courtney Honda
What happens when the bond between a dog and its human becomes the foundation for a business? Courtney Honda, President of PUPTQE USA Corporation and…
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She Built a Million-Dollar Preschool—Then Gave It Up for Her Daughter | Jessica Daniel
Jessica Daniel built a million-dollar preschool business from her living room, eventually opening a school that earned $1 million in its first year. But when…
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What If Chaos Is Actually the Package Your Potential Comes In? | Dr. Matthew Kutz
What if the circumstances we spend our lives trying to avoid are actually part of what helps us grow? Dr. Matthew Kutz is an award-winning author, educator…
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What If Chaos Is Actually the Package Your Potential Comes In? | Dr. Matthew Kutz
What if the circumstances we spend our lives trying to avoid are actually part of what helps us grow? Dr. Matthew Kutz is an award-winning author, educator…
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He Traveled to 160+ Countries—And It Changed How He Sees Humanity | Craig D. Forrest
What happens to your worldview when you stop experiencing the world through headlines and start experiencing it firsthand? Craig D. Forrest has spent decades…
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How Much of Your Life Is Actually Yours? | Samantha Kane
How much of the life you are living is actually yours—and how much was shaped by family, culture, relationships, expectations, and the identities you adopted…
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They Were Told They Were Lazy. The Real Problem Was Their Brain. | Judith Richardson-Mahre
What if the behavior you’ve been judging is actually a brain difference you’ve never understood? In this episode of Thought Atlas, I’m joined by Judy R-M, a…
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What If Your Geography Is Limiting Your Potential? | Yoli Chisholm
What if the place where you were born doesn’t have to determine the limits of your future? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Yoli Chisholm explores the idea of…
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You’re More Creative Than You Think | Rick Sorenson
What if creativity isn’t a special talent reserved for artists, but something already present in every human being? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Rick…
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Blockchain Isn’t Just About Crypto—It’s About Trust | Eric L. Guthrie
What happens to trust when technology begins handling transactions that once depended on centralized institutions? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Eric L…
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Part 2: Are You Living Your Life—or the Story Other People Wrote for You? | Vanita Prisha
What happens when the life you were taught to want no longer feels like the life you want to live? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Vanita Prisha shares how…
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Part 1: Are You Living Your Life—or the Story Other People Wrote for You? | Vanita Prisha
What happens when the life you were taught to want no longer feels like the life you want to live? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Vanita Prisha shares how…
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Part 2: The Simplest Way to Survive a Major Life Transition: One Question at a Time
What if you are not broken, but simply becoming? When achievement, expectations, and other people’s definitions no longer answer the question “Who am I?”, a…
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Part 1: The Simplest Way to Survive a Major Life Transition: One Question at a Time
What if you are not broken, but simply becoming? When achievement, expectations, and other people’s definitions no longer answer the question “Who am I?”, a…
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Part 3: Why We Sterilized Our Food — And What Our Bodies Lost|Michelle Heberling
What if better energy, mood, and mental clarity begin with something most people never think to track: their gut? Michelle Heberling explains why modern diets…
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Part 2: Why We Sterilized Our Food — And What Our Bodies Lost|Michelle Heberling
What if better energy, mood, and mental clarity begin with something most people never think to track: their gut? Michelle Heberling explains why modern diets…
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Part 1: Why We Sterilized Our Food — And What Our Bodies Lost| Michelle Heberling
What if better energy, mood, and mental clarity begin with something most people never think to track: their gut? Michelle Heberling explains why modern diets…
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Part 2: Success Is a Mindset: Keep Moving, Keep Learning, Never Quit | Dr. Tommy Rhee
What separates people who keep moving forward from those who stop when things become difficult? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Dr. Tommy Rhee shares a…
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Part 1: Success Is a Mindset: Keep Moving, Keep Learning, Never Quit | Dr. Tommy Rhee
What separates people who keep moving forward from those who stop when things become difficult? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Dr. Tommy Rhee shares a…
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Part 2: who Are You Beneath the Success? Rebuilding Yourself From the Inside Out | Stephen McConnell
What happens when a life that looks successful from the outside no longer feels sustainable on the inside? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Stephen McConnell…
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Part 1: who Are You Beneath the Success? Rebuilding Yourself From the Inside Out | Stephen McConnell
What happens when a life that looks successful from the outside no longer feels sustainable on the inside? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Stephen McConnell…
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Part 2: are You Living Your Own Purpose—or the Role Society Gave You? | Damien Dubose
How much of who we are is truly our own, and how much comes from the culture, society, and expectations we grow up with? In this episode of Thought Atlas…
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Part 1: are You Living Your Own Purpose—or the Role Society Gave You? | Damien Dubose
How much of who we are is truly our own, and how much comes from the culture, society, and expectations we grow up with? In this episode of Thought Atlas…
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Part 4: what If Healing Means Looking Beneath the Symptoms? | Dr. Dean Howell
What if the way we understand health changes when we stop looking only at symptoms? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Dr. Dean Howell, a naturopathic doctor…
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Part 3: What If Healing Means Looking Beneath the Symptoms? | Dr. Dean Howell
What if the way we understand health changes when we stop looking only at symptoms? In this episode of Thought Atlas, Dr. Dean Howell, a naturopathic doctor…