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The Anxious Voyage with Mark O’Brien: The Renaissance Man

The Renaissance Man: Joseph Carrabis
Fourteenth Episode:  Joseph Carrabis started telling stories in childhood and sold his first short story in 1978. He's worked as a long-haul trucker, an apprentice butcher, a lumberjack, a Cold Regions researcher, a Chief Data Scientist, a Chief Research Scientist, a Chief Neuroscience Officer, a Neuromarketer-in-Residence, and a Chief Research Officer. He’s lectured at colleges and universities and sat on the Advisory Boards of The Center for Multicultural Science and The Journal of Cultural Marketing Strategy. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Society for New Communications Research; an Annenberg Fellow at the University of Southern California's Center for the Digital Future; Director of Predictive Analytics, Center for Adaptive Solutions; and was a member of the NYAS/UN's Scientists Without Borders program. He held patents covering mathematics, anthropology, neuroscience, and linguistics, and during the late 1980s and early 1990s he was an internationally best-selling trade technical author. His fiction appears regularly in anthologies and his own novels. Please join us for a wide-ranging conversation.
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Retaining Our Humanity: The A-Team
Thirteenth Episode:  Retaining Our Humanity: The A-Team. My friend, Yonason Goldson, a guest here on October 16th, has a weekly webcast. Toward the end of a recent episode — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzsDvyiJKRc — one of his guests, Kimberly Davis suggested we’re letting differences separate us from our own humanity. All four of the people on that episode graciously agreed to join me to pick up where they left off. We hope you’ll join us, too.
The members of the A-Team are, in alphabetical order:
Mark Brown is a Certified Speaking Professional and executive presentation expertise coach. Most important, he’s been Andrea’s husband for more than 40 years.
Deb Coviello is an author, speaker, podcast host, and silver medalist curler who coaches C-Suite leaders of today and tomorrow to navigate challenges with confidence and optimize the performance of people, processes, and systems.
Kimberly Davis is an author, TEDx speaker, founder of the Brave Leadership University, and author of the book, Brave Leadership: Unleash Your Most Confident, Authentic, and Powerful Self to Get the Results You Need.
Rabbi Yonason Goldson has spent 40 years applying ancient wisdom to the challenges of the modern world to raise ethical awareness, promote constructive disagreement, and contribute to a more civil, thoughtful, and respectful society.
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The Designated Survivor: Phil Williams
Twelfth Episode: The Designated Survivor: Phil Williams. Phillip T. Williams is an accomplished executive who’s made a career of aligning Human Resources with business goals to boost performance, profitability, growth, and employee engagement. He spent 23 years with Merrill Lynch and is now a Qualified Arbitrator with FINRA Dispute Resolution Services, listening to both sides of securities-related disputes, weighing the facts, and rendering final and binding decisions. He’s earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management from the University of Phoenix, a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Development from Villanova, and is working on a Doctorate in Philosophy, Human Resource Management, from Northcentral University. An unabashed man of faith, Phil describes himself as a designated survivor of a life-threatening skin disorder. He’s also one of the most soft-spoken and unassumingly wise people I know. Please join us to meet an extraordinary gentleman.
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Different Drums: Andrea Scarantino
Eleventh Episode: You know that different drummer we hear so much about? That’s the one to whom Andrea “Andee” Scarantino marches. In February of 2018, Andee quit drinking and smoking. In October of 2018, she ran her first marathon. Then she quit the hospitality industry in which she’d worked for more than 10 years and started a coaching/consulting practice, concentrating on mindfulness. She celebrates her family and friends while cherishing and protecting her solitude. She practices self-faith while remaining humbly mindful of areas of opportunity. Andee joins me for an intimate conversation. We hope you’ll join us, too.
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An Artist for All Media: Tao LaBossiere
Tenth Episode: Tao LaBossiere is one of the most ridiculously talented people I know. He’s an award-winning muralist, sculptor, and illustrator, who passionately celebrates community through his creative endeavors. He’s the volunteer co-director of the Hartford ArtSpace Gallery in Hartford, Connecticut. He was the lead creative partner at the Still Waters Retreat Center in Voluntown, Connecticut, for more than a decade. And he’s studied at Norwich Free Academy, the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, The Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Hartford Art School. Most important and impressive, Tao is a really good man. He’ll join me to share his gentle genius and his generous spirit. We hope you’ll be there with us. https://www.artoftaolabossiere.com/
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Nineth Episode: The Reluctant Writer: Tammy Hader
The Reluctant Writer: Tammy Hader is a writer so modest she says she’s not a writer. She earned a BBA in accounting from Wichita State University, passed her CPA exam, and worked for 30 years as an accountant. Then the Muse called her to follow a path beyond spreadsheets. She heeded the call and started writing. She used her past in a small Midwestern town — influenced by family, friend, relationships, choices, consequences, and situations — to try to understand her disillusionment with the present. Combining that effort with her desire to regain her sense of benevolence, she wrote and published a memoir, Walking Old Roads. I read it. That’s how I know Tammy’s a writer of the first order. Please join us for a conversation about life, learning, and trusting oneself to write.
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Eighth Episode: Systematic Helping Hands: Sarah Spear
While parenting her daughter with a developmental disability, Sarah Spear experienced firsthand the difficulty of finding accessible businesses. She learned other families were feeling this pain point, too. Sarah recognized the value in sharing resources and knowledge with one another and Empowered Together was born. Today, Empowered Together's marketplace helps folks discover, connect with, and recommend accessible businesses. Sarah has a history of successfully building ventures, from leading PharmaSecure, a HealthTech company in India, through its Series A funding to being the first Executive Director of the Arch Grants startup competition in St. Louis. Her gift for facilitating community and corporate groups gets people to look at things in a different way, curiously engaging with their world. She brings her experience as an entrepreneur, facilitator, and most important, as a disability advocate to Empowered Together. Please join us for what promises to be a moving conversation.
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Seventh Episode: Letting Go of the Handlebars: Diane Wyzga
Lieutenant, U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Attorney. Litigation consultant. Corporate trainer and keynoter. Workshop creator and facilitator. Podcaster. Camino de Santiago pilgrim. Storyteller and storytelling coach. Incest survivor. Divorce survivor. Glass ceiling smasher. How many people does that describe? Just one. Her name is Diane Wyzga. She’s here on the planet to show us how much we can overcome, how much we can accomplish, and how much farther we can get when we believe in ourselves. Diane will be with me to share what a life well-lived can be. We both hope you’ll join us.
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Sixth Episode: The Hitchhiking Rabbi: Yonason Goldson
After graduating from college with a degree in English, Yonason packed a bag and hitchhiked across the country. Since then, he’s circumnavigated the globe and seen the Taj Mahal, the pyramids of Giza, and the tea plantations of Sri Lanka. He’s hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and to the tops of the Sierra Nevada. He’s jumped from an airplane and undergone open-heart surgery (but not at the same time). He’s studied at the University of Edinburgh, taught school in Budapest, Hungary, and seen Richard III performed in Ashland, Oregon, and Stratford-on-Avon. He’s been a professional speaker and teacher for more than three decades, published seven books, raised four children, and been married to the love of his life for more than 35 years. Also known as the Ethics Ninja, he applies the wisdom of the ancients to the challenges of the modern world. He’s one of my intellectual mentors, and he’ll join me to share his ethical view of the world. I hope you’ll join both of us.
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Fifth Episode: The Search for Redemption: John Tejada. John came from a well-to-do family. He was an accomplished athlete. He attended the University of Notre Dame on an athletic scholarship and earned a degree in Communications. He won at the 2006 United States Fencing Association Summer National Championships. He worked as a writer for WABC TV in New York. He worked as a Senior Producer for the FeedRoom in New York. He worked as an Assignment Editor and an Associate Producer for ESPN. He got married and had two children. Then his world ended when he was charged with the sexual assault of a minor. He went to prison for two years, followed by 10 years of probation. He was released in 2015 and began his search for redemption. He wrote a manuscript for a book entitled, Searching for Redemption. And he’ll join me to share his story and that search. We hope you’ll join both of us.
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