by John U. Bacon | Nov 23, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary On this weeks episode we have a special treat. A few months ago, the people who created and run The Next Big Idea book club, Malcolm Gladwell, Susan Cain, Adam Grant, and Daniel Pink, all big names and the leadership field, nominated Let them Lead for...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 16, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary Ron Warhurst Ron Warhurst won two NCAA titles as a member of the Western Michigan cross-country team in the 1960s. He graduated in 1966, volunteered for the Marines, then repeatedly asked to “walk point” through the Vietnamese jungle, which resulted in...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 10, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary Steve Schram, Radio Leader Since 2006 Steve Schram has served as the Executive Director and General Manager of Michigan Radio. With stations in Ann Arbor, Flint, and Grand Rapids, Michigan Radio serves more than one million listeners each month, and...
by John U. Bacon | Nov 9, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary Steve Schram, Radio Leader Our guest today is Steve Schram, the executive director and general manager of Michigan Radio, which has one million listeners each month. Steve has worked in radio since his sophomore year at Catholic Central high school,...
by John U. Bacon | Oct 27, 2021 | Season 1
Episode Summary Greg Meyer, 1983 Boston Marathon champion; 5-time state champion coach In 1983, Greg Meyer won the world’s most famous race at the peak of the American running boom, beating his friend and training partner, Bill Rodgers, a.k.a. Mr. Marathon. Even more...