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The Vance Crowe Podcast
What do people actually want when they argue about money, technology, or the future? Vance Crowe interviews economists, CEOs, scientists, farmers, authors, and contrarians of every stripe to find out what's really driving the disagreements reshaping our world, long conversations where the goal isn't to win, it's to understand what the argument is actually about. Vance spent years as the public face of Monsanto during the GMO controversies, learning to talk with people who had every reason to…
Episodes
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What it takes to stop Coronavirus & what will happen to society and the economy | Geneticist Razib Kahn
Razib Kahn is an internationally known geneticist and science communicator. He has been particularly outspoken about his views on Coronavirus on Twitter. We…
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Working in someone else's home during Coronavirus- Heating & Cooling with Joel Sigman
Joel Sigman runs an HVAC company in Saint Louis, Missouri. His employees are now making service calls in a post-Corona world. He talks about how concerned his…
The Vance Crowe PodcastCattle ranching and raising kids during Coronavirus Jerod McDaniel
Jerod McDaniel is the host of Ag Uncensored and a Cattle Rancher from Texahoma, Oklahoma. We discuss how Coronavirus has impacted his family and the beef…
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ICU Nurse Discusses Coronavirus Prevention and Treatment | Steve Ernst
Steve Ernst is an ICU nurse and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor working at Saint Louis's level one trauma center. He is a hard scrapping tough guy with a…
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Lending in a time of Coronavirus Saint Louis Bank CEO Travis Liebig
Saint Louis Bank CEO, Travis Liebig discusses the enormous government stimulus package that banks are being tasked with delivering to small business owners via…
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Coronavirus Perspective: Conservative Writer Julie Kelly Concerned About Data Gaps and Civil Liberties
Julie Kelly is a senior contributor for American Greatness. She covers politics, science, and the media. Julie has taken a heterodox position regarding the…
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Coronavirus & preserving local farmland to make our supply chain stronger John Larson from American Farmland Trust
John Larson, Senior Vice President at the American Farmland Trust talks about how Coronavirus has shut down the local food movement from selling to restaurants…
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Coronavirus Perspective: The Homeless During Coronavirus with Sam Miller
Sam Miller is a recovering addict that now works with unhoused youth on the West Coast. We talked about how the homeless will likely deal with the Coronavirus…
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The nerd that sounded the Coronavirus alarm: Joscha Bach @Plinz
Joscha Bach is an artificial intelligence researcher that has worked at MIT, Harvard, and Singularity University. I have quoted his work for more than 7 years…
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Coronavirus Perspective: NYC Stoic, Artist, Ad Man Jack Butcher
Jack Butcher is a rising star in the world of stoicism and communications consulting. He curates the famous Twitter handle Visualize Value. We talk about how…
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Coronavirus Perspective: Milking Cows During a Pandemic; Dwayne Faber Returns!
Dwayne Faber is one of the most recognized dairy farmers in the United States, living at one of the epicenters of the US Coronavirus outbreaks. We discuss the…
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Coronavirus Perspectives: Land Value During a Liquidity Flood; Steve Bruere of the People's Company
Steve Bruere is a farmland real estate broker that runs the Land Expo- probably the most innovative and edgy conferences I have ever spoken at. We talk about…
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Coronavirus Perspectives: Cannabis Dispensary Manager Kyle Bowlin
Kyle Bowlin is a manager of the highest volume cannabis dispensary in the state of Illinois. He discusses how medical marijuana patients are getting access to…
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Coronavirus Perspectives: Truck Driver Chris Niemann
Chris Niemann hauls pigs around the midwest. We talk about how the pandemic has radically changed which regulations truckers have to follow, and what it is…
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Coronavirus Perspective: Harvesting Crops During Coronavirus | John Boelts
John Boelts is one of the most respected farmers in the United States. He runs a lettuce farm in Yuma, Arizona. During Coronavirus Boelts has taken to Twitter…
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Coronavirus Perspective: Remote Northern Montana Man Lyle Benjamin
I am starting a new series, interviewing people from around the world on how Coronavirus is impacting them. I will showcase as broad a variety of perspectives…
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Montessori High School Teacher, Stephen Fairbanks
Stephen Fairbanks is a teacher at The Academy of Thought and Industry, a unique high school in Saint Louis that takes the methods and thinking about Montessori…
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ATCF: The Mob's Shadow
Vance tells the story of a vigilante mob he saw turn their fear into action and how that relates to fears of Coronovirus. Click here to watch a highly engaging…
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Jackie Joyner Kersee: One of the greatest track & field athletes of all time
Vance and JJK talk about the discipline to become a world-class athlete, the challenge of being a young girl in sports, mentors and virtual reality. Learn more…
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Jason Walsmith: Singer/Songwriter of the Nadas and a world traveling photographer
Jason Walsmith is a singer/songwriter for the band the Nadas. A fascinating man that has taken photographs around the world and has a following around the…
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Ben Anderson; College dropout, app developer, free-solo climber, philosopher
Ben Anderson, 21, lives outside of the ordinary boundaries most people live by. Free solo climbed the Flatirons, dropped out of a biomedical engineering…
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#42 | Dr. Barry Flinchbaugh: Ag Economist to the presidents
Barry Flinchbaugh is a world renown agriculture economist that has taught for 49 years at Kansas State University. He has advised U.S. presidents and other…
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John Duckworth: What does it mean to own something?
John Duckworth is the owner of True Title, in Saint Louis, Missouri. Duckworth and I discuss the concept of ownership, the responsibility of government to…
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Small Animal Veterinarian Brittany Kennedy on pet diets, vaccines, helping owners let go of dying pets.
Dr. Brittany Kennedy is a small animal veterinarian in Saint Louis, Missouri. During this interview she discusses what she feeds her dogs, pet vaccines, the…
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Peggy Guest: My Executive Coach and the best listener I've ever met.
Peggy Guest was the Executive Coach that was hired for me while I worked at Monsanto. She radically changed how I understood myself because she was such an…
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The Farmer's Life: Brian Scott, one of the most well known farmers in America
Brian Scott is the creator of the massively popular Facebook and YouTube channel's the Farmer's Life where he highlights the work, fires, and harvests that…
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Mad Scientist Farmer Jason Mauck, the man disrupting agriculture.
Jason Mauck is a corn and soybean farmer from Indiana that runs an extraordinary operation, double cropping soybeans and wheat together, using the elements of…
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AJ Reeves: A highly disciplined 20-something
What is it like to be a young man in his 20's living in a Midwestern city? AJ Reeves is studying Jiu Jitsu, is a drummer, coder, reader and a guy managing his…
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A way to think about New Year's resolutions | ATCF | Episode 16
Vance Crowe talks about how to think about new years resolutions. During the podcast Vance spoke about Travis Liebig of Saint Louis Bank and how they have a…
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The biggest badass nerd I've ever met: Morgan Freed
Morgan Freed is a work-from-home father with a hell of a journey. From drunkard to sailor, to being beaten with a rock, Morgan transformed his life and became…
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Starting conversations with beekeepers | ATCF | Episode 15
A way to start conversations with people when you are new to a group. Vance visited the Eastern Missouri Beekeepers Association to give a talk at their holiday…
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99-year old orphan that became the CEO of the largest textile company in the world
Pete Scotese is Vance's mentor- a man that started out without a father and sent to live in an orphanage for boys, he became one of the most beloved executives…
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A Strange As The Crowe Flies| ATCF | Episode 14
Jason Bockman from Strange Donut stops by when Vance is recording as As The Crowe Flies episode- we talk book club, Dante's Inferno and the history of Julius…
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3 Brothers Roadshow at Agribition: Dwayne Faber, Jerod McDaniel & Vance Crowe
Vance Crowe travels to Regina, Canada to host a live taping of the podcast with Jerod McDaniel and Dwayne Faber. During the episode the group talks about…
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Books worth reading | ATCF | Episode 13
Host Vance Crowe discusses Nassim Taleb's concept of the Lindy Effect, talks about books suggested by past podcast guests, and put forwards a challenge for…
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Christie Wiebbecke Ph.D. Thrived in the face of cancer, developed discipline and gratitude.
Christie Wiebbecke is a Ph.D. soybean breeder at Bayer. At 30 Wiebbecke was diagnosed with the same cancer that took her mother. This interview covers how she…
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Are you with the right friends | ATCF | Episode 12
Vance Crowe talks about how you are the average of the 5 people you spend the most time with. But what if you want to change that and get with a better network…
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Surfing a Wave in the Desert: Vance Crowe Speech at Arizona Farm Bureau
Vance Crowe delivers a talk to the Arizona Farm Bureau about preparing yourself for disruptions in your industry by exposing yourself to the chaos of the…
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Don't waste their attention | As The Crowe Flies | Episode 10
Vance talks about a time when his mentor Fred Perlak gave him very simple, but very helpful advice. Find Fred Perlak on Twitter @FredPerlak Vance Crowe Podcast…
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Eric Frazier: International photographer; Cycling coach
Eric Frazier is an international photographer and cycling coach that tells his background of how he became an expert in his field, what it takes to be a fast…
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How to meet people at parties; The Skyhook | As The Crowe Flies | Episode 11
Vance talks about a method for meeting new people so that you learn about them, and make them feel great about talking with you. Vance talks about Kuhrt…
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Doug Sammons Returns! Retired Monsanto Biochemist talks organic food, why he blocks people on Twitter, and the future of global ag
Doug Sammons is a retired Monsanto Biochemist with world renown for his contributions to the fields of chemistry and biology. Doug came back for a second…
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Shame vs. Embarrassment | As the Crowe Flies | Episode 10
Vance talks about the subtle difference between feeling ashamed and feeling embarrassed by telling a story about speaking before an audience of egg farmers…
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Ann Crowe: Aerospace engineer turned physical therapist
Ann Crowe is a Physical Therapist with a long history. She swam on the Notre Dame women's team, tried out for the Olympics, worked as an aerospace engineer and…
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## Creating a Pattern Language | As The Crowe Flies | Episode 9
As The Crowe Flies | Vance Crowe describes the value of creating a pattern language with friends, co-workers and your community by describing how Val Bayes…
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Kevin Folta: Plant scientist, professor, compelling speaker
University of Florida plant scientist Kevin Folta Ph.D. stopped by the studios to talk about Vitamin A deficiencies, cutting edge transgenics, and what he…
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How to engage a disruptor: Shake the floor | As the Crowe Flies #8
In this episode, Vance discusses how to handle intractable conversations when someone won't listen to your point of view. He tells the story about giving a…
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Mike Rethmeyer: A fighter that mastered Brazilian Jiu Jitsu
Mike Rethmeyer is a world class martial artist. He was exposed to violence at a young age and had to learn how to control his temper and rage. After beating…
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The "Well-Actually" Graph | As The Crowe Flies Episode
In this episode, Vance plays a clip from a talk he gave at the Cooperative Communicators Association called "Attention The Most Valuable Thing That You Own."…
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Fred Perlak, Monsanto scientist talks GMOs, RoundUp and drinking wine
Monsanto GMO Scientist Fred Perlak discusses disruption, RoundUp and wine. Vance Crowe Podcast Fred Perlak Ph.D. is a retired scientist from Monsanto. During…
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Letters to your future self: How to develop the habit of keeping a journal.
Vance gives a talk at the University of Florida School of Veterinary Medicine and talks about the last slide in his presentation: you should keep a journal.
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Heather Haymart: Artist, Gallery Owner, Teacher
Heather Haymart is an abstract painter, former gallery owner and teacher. We discuss the nature of creativity, the egolessness of an artist, and the discipline…
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How to keep conversation going, when you can't think of a question
Vance Crowe discusses the phrase that he uses when he wants to focus on what a person is saying, but needs a question at the ready to ask a person without…
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Lawrence Mattock: Zimbabwe civil war, wild inflation & building a food company
Lawrence Mattock was a child when the Rhodesian Civil War began. During this interview we discuss what it was like to be a soldier, life after Robert Mugabe…
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How to capture audience attention without saying a word, public speaking skills
Communications strategist Vance Crowe describes how the skill of making eye contact can transform how you grab attention and how you get a deep sense of what…
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Jason Bockman: Drugs, jail, cults and redemption. The path to Strange Donuts.
Jason Bockman is the owner of Strange Donuts and BT Furnishings. He is a man that has built a palace to live in now, but he came from a dungeon. An enforcer at…
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Rob Sharkey & Megz Reynolds; A Canadian and U.S. Farmer stop by the studio
Two farmers stopped by the studio and discussed the biggest issues facing farmers today: Huawei extradition impacting Canadian farmers, Thank a Farmer…
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Charlie Backer: Seminary, Jail, and Hot Sauce; a hero's journey to building a business
Charlie Backer runs the hot sauce company "Hot Charlie's" which has become a major name in the Saint Louis BBQ scene. Charlie is an extraordinary marketer that…
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How to diffuse emotion in a disagreement: Mirroring
In this episode of the podcast, Vance Crowe talks about a method you can use to calm the other person down in a conversation and reach more reasonable…
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Craig Hoagland: Investment Portfolio Manager, making real bets on the future.
Meet a man that buys and sells investments based on his research and intuition about what the future will hold. Vance Crowe interviews Craig Hoagland about…