Best Dan Pecks Podcasts (2025)

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Options For Success Without Having To Be In The Spotlight w/ Team Building Expert Tim Schurrer 1:09:36

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We are in a culture where it seems success is about being in the spotlight. Everyone must be a content creator. Everyone must become a known personality. Everyone must grow a platform, be on stage, and perform. But I don’t find this strategy tenable or reasonable. Not for everyone. I feel we are treating business like baseball and telling everyone …

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Is the Grind of a Comedian Never-Ending? 32:30

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Comedian Jazmyn W. pokes fun at everything from being a single mom to dating post-divorce. It’s part therapy, part life advice, and 100% real. She chats with Sam about why she isn’t afraid to be honest in her stand up, the realities of working as a comedian and content creator, and why even though she has over a million followers on TikTok, she cou…

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Is Jaws Really a Horror Movie? 27:46

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It’s a bonus episode! From now on you’ll get Sam in your feed two times a week with a new segment we’re calling Not Safe for Radio. Sam will chat with friends, writers, podcasters (and sometimes the team behind this show) about what we’re obsessed with to what we’re reading to pop culture hot topics and more. This week… When Sam placed Jaws on our …

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E642 | Lucanus Polagnoli & Stephanie Urbanski, Calm/ Storm: Digital Health, Not Hype - Building, Backing & Staying Calm Through the Cycle 49:47

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Welcome back to the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today we’re joined by Lucanus Polagnoli (Founding Partner & CEO) and Stephanie Urbanski (Managing Director) of Calm/Storm — a specialist early-stage fund backing software-only digital health across Europe. Fresh off the close of Fund II, we di…

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Relational Attachments: Why Are You Attached, Should You Be, And What Is Most Healthy w/ Attachment Expert Jessica Baum 1:08:14

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I continue to interest myself with the concept of “attachments.” How and why we attach to anything. In this episode, I’m focusing specifically on relational attachments again.The concept is that in our childhood, we learned how to best attach to our primary caregivers and others. As no parent or caregiver or person is perfect, we have to hypothesiz…

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E641 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax & Andrew – AI, Robots & Regulation 1:00:26

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where our good friends Dan Bowyer, Mads Jensen, Lomax Ward, and Andrew Beebe (Managing Director at Obvious Ventures) dig into the headlines shaping Europe’s venture, policy, and tech future. This week, the crew dives deep into automation and AI’s real-world impact: Amazon’s plans to replace half a milli…

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What Impact Does Your Attitude On Aging Have Towards Your Literal Aging w/ Yale Professor Dr Becca Levy 1:03:11

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How will you age? Whether you are in your late twenties, fifties, or late eighties, everyone feels they are getting older. Of course we are chronologically getting older, so is a child, but we view children as growing older and better. Earlier and earlier these days however we view every day getting older as a negative and we expect to be less capa…

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Shoulda Been a Sugar Baby? w/ Phoebe Robinson 50:55

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We were all burned by the #GIRLBOSS era… just ask comedian Phoebe Robinson. Her latest standup special I Don’t Wanna Work Anymore gets into all the ways hustle culture made us all tired. Phoebe and Sam break down the realities of the girlboss, trad wives and tired baddies everywhere. They also reflect on the legacy of her comedy podcast 2 Dope Quee…

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E639 | Alexandre Mars, Blisce: From Serial Entrepreneur to Impact VC — Rethinking Freedom, Purpose & Europe’s Tech Future 41:35

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Alexandre Mars, the French entrepreneur and philanthropist behind Blisce, one of Europe’s pioneering B Corp-certified venture funds. From bootstrapping his first business at 17 to building and selling …

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E638 | Matti Rönkkö, Kiilto Ventures: Family Capital, Industrial Know-How & Sustainable Built World 36:11

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This week, Andreas Munk Holm and Jeppe Høier sit down with Matti Rönkkö, Managing Director of Kiilto Ventures, the venture arm of Finnish family-owned Kiilto. From Rocket Internet to running a corporate-backed, family-owned venture arm, Matti shares how Kiilto Ventures blends family capital, industry know-how, and VC pace to back startups in the su…

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E637 | Anders Kjær, PSV Hafnium: Building Denmark’s First Deep Tech Fund & the New Nordic Innovation Advantage 45:17

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In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Anders Kjær, General Partner at PSV Hafnium, Denmark’s first dedicated deep tech fund. Together, they explore the evolving role of technical founders, the Nordic research-industrial complex, and how early-stage deep tech capital needs to work differently to unlock tomorrow’s transformative companies. H…

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How To Escape Obscurity & Effectively Share Your Message w/ Personal Brand Guru Rory Vaden 1:06:32

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In today’s marketplace, it seems the best teachers, trainers, and guides must also become performers. We call it “content creators” and if you’re not devoting half or more of your time on camera or writing and posting memes, you just won’t get any traction. And I find many of the best teachers, trainers, and guides are not naturally the performing …

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E636 | This Week In European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax and Ben Prade 46:11

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Welcome to a new episode of the EUVC Podcast, where our good friends Dan Bowyer and Mads Jensen from SuperSeed are joined by Lomax Ward from Outsized Ventures and Ben Prade, investor & operator at Bullhound Capital (the investment arm of GP Bullhound), for an unfiltered look at Europe’s venture reality: fundraising pain, secondaries-as-a-service, A…

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E635 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Francesco Di Lorenzo, Copenhagen Business School: Nordic CVC Insights 14:40

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we spotlight Europe’s corporate venture leaders, founders, and academics shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Francesco Di Lorenzo, Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School, takes the stage to share fresh research on the state of corporate venture capital (CVC) in the N…

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E634 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Christian Tang (Acme) & Claus Gregersen (Augustinus Fabrikker): Global Ambition in an Age of Sovereignty 10:01

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Christian Tang, Partner at San Francisco–based Acme, and Claus Gregersen, CEO of the 275-year-old evergreen investor Augustinus Fabrikker, expl…

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Changing Your Identity & Getting Comfortable In Your Own Skin w/ Actor Josh Peck 58:27

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I revere people who have made a significant transformation to their identity. We like to celebrate people who have make huge accomplishments out in the world. But people who actually transformed who and how they are are now my heroes. Now my guest has some big, worldy accomplishments, but I invited him onto this podcast because of his personal tran…

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Horror Movie Faves & Should Taylor Swift Retire? 50:12

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Hallelujah! It's finally spooky season! Time to break down the very best of Hollywood horror. Joining the show are culture journalists Brittany Luse (host of NPR’s It’s Been a Minute) and Tre’vell Anderson (host of the film podcast SEATED). They rank their favorite scary movies of all time and build the definitive Horror Movie Mount Rushmore. Can a…

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E633 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Anne C. Fleischer (Novo Nordisk) & Henrijette Richter (Sofinnova Partners): Innovation in Health 8:55

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Anne C. Fleischer, Global VP of Consumer Engagement and New Business Models at Novo Nordisk, joins Henrijette Richter, Managing Partner at Sofi…

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E632 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Charlie Hayward, Global Corporate Venturing: The Data Behind the $100B CVC Wave 9:41

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Corporate venture capital has become a $100B+ force in tech. Charlie Hayward from Global Corporate Venturing unpacks what’s really driving the trend: which sectors are heating up, where CVCs make a difference, and how Europe stacks up under capital constraints and geopolitical pressure. Here’s what’s covered: 00:00 – Setting the stage: CVC as a $10…

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E631 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Marcus Behrendt, BMW iVentures & Nicole LeBlanc, Woven Capital: What is next in the European Automotive industry 11:02

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Marcus Behrendt, Managing Director at BMW i Ventures, and Nicole LeBlanc, Partner at Woven Capital (Toyota’s global growth fund), join Andreas …

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E630 | Alexey Plesakov and Alexander Lis, Social Discovery Ventures (SDV): Betting Across Borders & Global Play on European VC 31:43

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Welcome back to another episode of the EUVC Podcast, where we bring you the people and perspectives shaping European venture. Today, we’re joined by Alexey Plesakov and Alexander Lis from Social Discovery Ventures (SDV) — a quietly influential, globally active investment firm deploying capital across the US and Europe. Born out of the bootstrapped …

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We Choose Our Responses & They Define Our Lived Experience w/ Yale Director of Emotional Intelligence Marc Brackett 1:16:08

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“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation.” This is the quote by Holocaust survivor Viktor E Frankl that headlines a new book titled, Dealing With Feeling: Use Your Emotions to Create the Life You Want. The book comes from my guest in this episode,…

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E629 | This Week in European Tech with Dan, Mads, Lomax and Nicholas Nelson 1:00:26

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With: Nicholas Nelson (Archangel) • Dan • Lomax • MadsTL;DW• Defence-first wins on capability and returns; primes are partners and channels.• Helsing: buys platforms/revenue for access; layers AI—different from Anduril’s buy-TRL-tech + scale model.• Beyond drones: biggest gap/opportunity is tactical EW.• Procurement: more fast lanes (SOF, pilots); …

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Episode 115: Kirk McKnight, The Voices Behind the Game 24:44

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Guest: Kirk McKnight, author of The Voices of Hockey and The Voices of Baseball In this episode, we dive deep into the legacy of sports broadcasting with author Kirk McKnight, whose work captures the voices that shape how we remember the game. From Vin Scully's humility to the generational shift in storytelling, this conversation explores what make…

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E628 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Tanja Lind Melskens, Head of Corporate Strategy; M&A, Terma & Andreas: Defense, Disruption & Dual-Use: Europe’s Next Frontier in Innovation 8:38

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you the voices shaping Europe’s venture and corporate collaboration landscape. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Tanja Lind Melskens, Head of Corporate Strategy and M&A at Terma, Denmark’s tier-one defense technology group. As Europe re-arms and defense spending surges, Tanja share…

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E627 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Crispin Leick, EnBW New Ventures; Georg Reifferscheid, REWE Group & Jeppe Høier: Fueling the AI Age: Europe's Energy Imperative 8:41

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Andreas Munk Holm is joined by Crispin Leick, Managing Director of EnBW New Ventures, Georg Reifferscheid, Head of Sustainability Ventures at R…

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E626 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Nadia Carlsten, DCAI & Bjarke Sejersen, Go Autonomous: AI Factories in Practice 9:59

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you ground-level conversations with the founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping Europe’s innovation future. In this episode, Andreas Munk Holm sits down with Nadia Carlsten, VP at DCAI, and Bjarke Ruse Sejersen, CEO of Go Autonomous, to explore how Europe is putting AI hype into prac…

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E625 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Gijs De Bruin, PureTerra Ventures & Sead Bajrovic, Water Impact Partners: The Missing water 8:39

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Sead Bajrovic of Water Impact Partners and Gijs de Bruin of PureTerra Ventures take the stage to unpack one of the most overlooked challenges i…

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Don’t Diagnose Me w/ Mental Health Activist Sarah Fay 1:15:09

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We are at an all time high of mental illness diagnoses. Some argue the reason is better diagnostic methods, others because we are just increasing in mental un-health. The discussion in this episode is in regards to the prevalence of mental diagnoses and the impact on individuals. In Brene Brown’s bestselling book, Atlas of the Heart, she outlines 8…

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E624 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Bodil Sidén, Kost Capital & Marika King, PINC: Feeding the world 9:23

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this session, Andreas Munk Holm speaks with Bodil Sidén, Founding Partner at Kost Capital, and Marika King, Head of PINC, the venture arm of Paulig. Together…

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Can KPop Heal Us All? w/ Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick 51:34

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Maybe there actually was a song of the summer? At least if you’ve seen the hit movie KPop Demon Hunters. The film’s hottest song, Golden, has been dominating the Billboard Hot 100 charts since August. And it’s the most popular film to ever hit Netflix. Songwriter Mark Sonnenblick helped create the soundtrack’s major pop anthems. He talks about brin…

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E623 | EUCVC Summit 2025: Samuli Siren, Redstone: Mapping Startup Opportunities 7:15

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Welcome back to the EUCVC Summit Talks, where we bring you candid conversations with Europe’s leading founders, corporate leaders, and investors shaping the future of venture collaboration. In this episode, Samuli Sirén, Managing Partner at Redstone, joins Andreas Munk Holm to explore how data-driven deal sourcing is reshaping venture capital. Reds…

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E622 | EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop | Andreas Munk Holm: The Real Power Lies in Politics 3:59

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Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö, where we bring you unfiltered conversations and reflections from the people shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. As the day closed, Andreas Munk Holm, co-founder of EUVC, took the stage for the final word — a candid reflection on where real power comes from and what Europe’s venture community must do next. Through…

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E621 | EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop | Nick de la Forge, Planet A Ventures: Lessons from China’s Climate Tech Scale-Up 9:27

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Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö, where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this session, Nick de la Forge, Partner at Planet A Ventures, takes the stage to share insights from an eye-opening field trip through China’s climate and hardware startup ecosystem. Nick’s story begins with a simpl…

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E620 | EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop | Danijel Visevic, World Fund: Turning Crisis into Collaboration 12:16

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Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö, where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this session, Danijel Visevic, Founding Partner at World Fund, takes the stage with a powerful message: Europe’s strength has always been its ability to turn crisis into collaboration — and it must do so again. Dant…

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E619 | Georg Reifferscheid, REWE Group: Building Climate-Tech Ventures Inside a €94B Retail Giant 40:09

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today we dive into the corporate venturing journey of Georg Reifferscheid, Head of Climate Tech at REWE Group, one of Europe’s largest retailers with €94B in revenue and 350,000 employees. With …

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E618 | EUVC Live powered by Woven Capital at The Drop | Jamie Rowles, Regeneration VC: Europe’s Conscious Consumer Lab 9:36

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Welcome back to EUVC Live in Malmö, where we bring you unfiltered conversations with the voices shaping Europe’s venture ecosystem. In this session, Jamie Rowles, Partner at Regeneration VC, takes the stage to explore Europe’s role in the global climate transition — and why consumer climate tech might just be the continent’s hidden superpower. Rege…

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Welcome back to another EUVC Podcast, where we gather Europe’s venture family to share the stories, insights, and lessons that drive our ecosystem forward. Today, we dive into the announcement of Ventech’s Fund VI, which has closed at €175M — the firm’s largest fund yet, with an impressive 95% LP re-up rate. To unpack it all, Andreas Munk Holm sits…