How Your “Good Intentions” Keep People Stuck in Poverty

In this episode, James Whitford, co-founder of Watered Gardens and True Charity, breaks down why most well-meaning charity accidentally traps people in dependency instead of helping them be self sufficient. He’ll walk us through what true charity looks like. This one will change how you think about…

HIGHLIGHTS: How Your “Good Intentions” Keep People Stuck in Poverty

In this episode, James Whitford, co-founder of Watered Gardens and True Charity, breaks down why most well-meaning charity accidentally traps people in dependency instead of helping them be self sufficient. He’ll walk us through what true charity looks like. This one will change how you think about…

You Are No Longer Invited to Dinner

In 1975, 42% of Americans hosted friends or family at home at least once a month. Today, that number has collapsed to just 12%. In this Shop Talk, Bill and Alex dig into Derek Thompson’s article on the decline of hosting and what it reveals about disappearing community. The fix is simple, invite so…

He Went to Max Prison at 16 and Came Out With a Master's Degree

At 16, Sean Pica made a decision that landed him in a maximum security prison. Now he holds multiple master's degrees and serves as president of Hudson Link - the nonprofit whose prison education programs once gave him a reason to believe his life wasn't over. In this episode, Sean shares his story…

HIGHLIGHTS: He Went to Max Prison at 16 and Came Out With a Master's Degree

At 16, Sean Pica made a decision that landed him in a maximum security prison. Now he holds multiple master's degrees and serves as president of Hudson Link - the nonprofit whose prison education programs once gave him a reason to believe his life wasn't over. In this episode, Sean shares his story…

Forget the Life Hacks. These 7 Habits Actually Matter

In this Shop Talk, Bill and Alex take on the nine million self-help books promising to fix your life, from 4:17 a.m. ice baths to journaling and cutting carbs, and go back to the one that has stuck around for decades: Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Bill walks through all s…

What Playing Softball With Murderers Taught Him About Fatherhood | Rob Maaddi

In this episode, Bill sits down with Rob Maaddi, senior NFL writer for the Associated Press and host of Faith on the Field, who partied with the athletes he covered and was divorced by 30, empty, broke and broken. After 36 straight days of drinking, a woman who told him she wasn't meant for him wal…

HIGHLIGHTS: What Playing Softball With Murderers Taught Him About Fatherhood | Rob Maaddi

In this episode, Bill sits down with Rob Maaddi, senior NFL writer for the Associated Press and host of Faith on the Field, who partied with the athletes he covered and was divorced by 30, empty, broke and broken. After 36 straight days of drinking, a woman who told him she wasn't meant for him wal…

What If You’ve Been Keeping Score of the Wrong Game?

Bob Buford had already won - he built his family's media business into a major cable company and sold it for an estimated $300 million. Then his 24-year-old son passed away. Buford spent the second half of his life helping others and writing the bestselling book "Halftime". In this Shop Talk, we d…

If You're Not Where You Want to Be In Life… This Is Probably Why | Mike Rowe

In this episode, Bill sits down with Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe for a Supporting Greatness conversation about the three normal men who made him: a grandfather who only went to the seventh grade, a scoutmaster who ran Boy Scout Troop 16 like an organized gang and made a stammering kid sing to 200 peo…