Best Jack Rutherford Podcasts (2026)

1
Cameron Wright | Spine Media Team 26:16

Play Pause

2h ago26:16

26:16

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ I catch up with Cammy for a quick chat before this years races kick off. We chat about changes to how the media team operate over the week of racing. How the weather is affecting the race and what's new from the media coverage. Cam is obviously very busy manning the helm of the media team this year, since …

1
ALICE KERSHAW | Spine Race 2026 PREVIEW! 1:01:01

1h ago1:01:01

1:01:01

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we speak to returning guest Alice Kershaw! Alice is no stranger to the podcast and no stranger to the Spine. Having been on the podium on 4 separate occasions. Including wins at the Sprint and Challenger South. This time Alice is taking on the full winter Spine and for those of us in the kn…

1
TLP493: "Sand People" - The Hidden Drag on Your Team's Performance 34:12

17h ago34:12

34:12

Jim and Jan tackle the uncomfortable truth about "sand people," those team members who grind everything to a halt, and why even your best glue guy can't overcome the friction they create. Drawing from their coaching experience, Jim and Jan reveal how to identify and deal with sand people before they destroy your team. They explore the telltale sign…

1
Venusology (VENUS) with Vicki Hansen 1:11:06

4d ago1:11:06

1:11:06

Gassy veils! Orange sunlight! Alien life? It’s the sole goddess of our solar system: Venus. And to tour us through her beauty is the charming and enthusiastic planetary geologist and Venusian expert Dr. Vickie Hansen, a Senior Scientist at the Planetary Science Institute. In what is sure to become an instant classic, Vickie will delight you with ta…

1
JON SHIELD | Spine Sprint North 2026 PREVIEW 1:01:40

2h ago1:01:40

1:01:40

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode of the podcast we talk to returning guest Jon Shield. Jon talks about the year he's had since he was forced to drop out of Challenger North last winter with a calf injury. He talks about his successes and failures in between and how he now feels ready to put down a strong performance at the…

1
429 Why Self-Awareness Is a CEO’s Real Competitive Edge: Lessons from Les Csorba, Author of Aware 32:19

8h ago32:19

32:19

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Les Csorba — senior partner at Heidrick & Struggles and author of Aware: The Power of Seeing Yourself Clearly. Drawing on decades advising CEOs, boards, and leadership teams, Les makes a compelling case that self-awareness is not a soft skill but a strategic differentiator. With l…

1
JACK SCOTT | Spine Challenger South 2026 PREVIEW! 1:00:51

12h ago1:00:51

1:00:51

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Jack returns to the podcast to talk about Spine South this coming weekend. Jack broke with his tradition of radio silence prior to big races, in favour of a more relaxed approach to media. Is this a new version of Jack? Possibly so it seems...... Jack previously stayed away from the media prior to the Spin…

1
428 Thursday Refresh: Dr. Bernard Harris, Embracing Infinite Possibilities 42:48

6d ago42:48

42:48

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli speaks with Dr. Bernard Harris, a leader whose extraordinary career trajectory—from physician to NASA astronaut to CEO and venture capitalist—offers rare insights into the inner work of leadership. Dr. Harris is the first African American to walk in space, and the author of Embracing Infinite…

1
TLP492: Stop Fitting In with Jinky Panganiban 35:49

7d ago35:49

35:49

Jinky Panganiban serves as Professor of Practice at the University of Oregon's Sports Product Management Program, founder of 1969Blue Consulting, and founding member of Oregon Sports Angels. She is a former Vice President and General Manager at Nike with over 20 years of global executive experience. She led multibillion-dollar businesses across Asi…

1
James Gibson | NEW Double Winter Bob Graham Round Record 50:28

6d ago50:28

50:28

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ James returns to the Home Trails podcast to talk about his historic double winter Bob Graham Round record! Running a total of 132 miles, with 54,000 ft of ascent in 42 hours and 56 minutes! Going anticlockwise first, before switching to clockwise for the second round. This betters the previous time set by …

1
Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 2 Encore with How to ADHD, Black Girl Lost Keys, Jahla Osborne + more 1:37:09

11d ago1:37:09

1:37:09

Did Part 1 leave you informed and now you need a pep talk? Get ready for an absolute banger of an encore episode with 5 experts: René Brooks of BlackGirlLostKeys.com, TEDTalk speaker and How to ADHD YouTuber Jessica McCabe and neuroscientist Dr. Jahla Osborne of University of Michigan. What is it like to get diagnosed? How do you know which medicat…

1
427 [BEST OF] David Ross on Confronting the Storm - Leadership, Hope, and Navigating Wicked Problems in the Age of Uncertainty 40:46

7d ago40:46

40:46

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli sits down with David Ross, VUCA strategist and author of Confronting the Storm: Regenerating Leadership and Hope in the Age of Uncertainty. David is a renowned expert on VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) environments and has spent his career advising organizations on how to thriv…

1
TURA 2025 - End of Year Joint Podcast to Discuss This Years Potential Winners! 1:07:50

10d ago1:07:50

1:07:50

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ The Trail and Ultra Running Awards are back agin for 2025! In this joint podcast....Ultrarunning Sam, Kate from RunUltra and Robin The Running Accountant discuss this years potential winners and who did what this year in 2025. We've simplified the voting this year so there's no option to pick from a list, …

1
TLP491: Letting Go of Old Frameworks with Jack Swift 42:19

13d ago42:19

42:19

Jack Swift is a West Point graduate, former CEO of TIFIN and Liminal Collective, and co-founder of Pacific Current Group and Sangha. He now advises frontier AI ventures, including Vantage Discovery (sold to Shopify), Brightwave, and Grid Aero, and co-founded Sangha, a community for conscious leadership. In this episode, Jack explains why the bigges…

1
Attention-Deficit Neuropsychology (ADHD) Part 1 Encore with Russell Barkley 1:40:25

18d ago1:40:25

1:40:25

Focus. Productivity. Relationships. Distraction. Neurodiversity. How do you know if you have ADHD? How can you get others to understand your ADHD brain? What are your treatment options and how can they help? In this encore of our wildly popular Part 1 episode, we talk racing thoughts, brilliant brains and the causes and effects of Attention-Deficit…

1
James Nobles | Spine Race 2026 Preview 47:03

15d ago47:03

47:03

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ SPINE SEASON: James returns to the Home Trails podcast for a third time. This time we talk about his return to the big one! Having dropped out of the full winter race in 2024 with a foot injury, he returned to the race to run the Challenger South with his dad in the epic conditions we saw in January. This …

1
426 [BEST OF] Mark Schaefer on How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World 51:20

14d ago51:20

51:20

In this compelling episode of the Partnering Leadership podcast, Mark Schaefer returns to share fresh, provocative insights from his latest book, Audacious: How Humans Win in an AI Marketing World. A globally respected marketing strategist, bestselling author, and deep observer of technological change, Schaefer brings sharp clarity to a pressing le…

1
Damian Hall | Spine Race 2026 PREVIEW 1:02:33

20d ago1:02:33

1:02:33

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Spine Season continues! Damo returns to the Home Trails Podcast. This time to talk about his recent Three Solo project that didn't go 💯 to plan....and his plans to return to it in 2026. We dive into how he feels going into the Spine Sprint North race in January, a break from his norm of doing the full race…

1
Ornithorhynchology (PLATYPUSES) with Tahneal Hawke 1:09:28

25d ago1:09:28

1:09:28

Duck bills. Beaver tails. Underground lairs. Eggs. Milk. Venom? A platypus has it all. Scholar, conservationist, and Ornithorhynchologist Dr. Tahneal Hawke is here to run through the baffling anatomy and answer all of our WHAT’S THE DEAL, WHAT EVEN *ARE* THEY questions, and chat about field work, evolution, how to spot a platypus, why you can’t hav…

1
TLP490: Reinventing Candy and Culture with Katie Lefkowitz 28:21

20d ago28:21

28:21

Katie Lefkowitz is a neuroscience-trained entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Harken Foods who's reinventing candy with gut health at its core. In this episode, Katie reveals how her neuroscience background taught her to demand feedback systematically and observe behavior over words—skills that proved universal across consulting, scaling, and f…

1
425 How to Build a Culture of Innovation That Actually Works with Alan Gregerman 50:32

21d ago50:32

50:32

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli is joined by Alan Gregerman, innovation advisor and author of The Wisdom of Ignorance: Why Not Knowing Can Be the Key to Innovation in an Uncertain World. Gregerman has spent his career helping organizations rethink what expertise is, how innovation really happens, and why the answers leaders…

1
Bonus Episode: Nutritional Microbiology (GUT HEALTH & DIET) with Miguel Freitas and Elaine Hsiao 48:21

27d ago48:21

48:21

The microbiome is back! In 2018, we chatted with Dr. Elaine Hsiao - a UCLA microbiome researcher– and learned all about the hot cauldron of your guts. In this 2025 update bonus, we chat again with Dr. Hsiao to get updates on the last 7 years of her research. We also stop by White Plains, New York to hang out with Dr. Miguel Freitas, lead nutritiona…

1
Arthur Hill | New Winter Bob Graham Round Record! 56:32

24d ago56:32

56:32

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we meet Arthur Hill for the first time. Arthur recently set a new winter BGR record in 14:54, taking 4 minutes off Gavin Dales record from last year! Arthur was helped during his legs by a host of Lake District royalty, including Kim Collison, Beth Pascal and of course Gavin Dale himself. I…

1
Warren Renkel | From A Running Ending Injury, To Winning Ultra Trail Wales 1:28:30

25d ago1:28:30

1:28:30

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Non SPINE episode! In this episode I speak to Wozza the running coach. Warren came on the podcast to talk about his amazing recovery from what doctors told him was the end of his running career. Warren defied the odds and made a full recovery, to the point that he started racing again and won the Ultra Tra…

1
Lindley Chambers | King Of The Spine Race Kit List! 1:46:17

1M ago1:46:17

1:46:17

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ SPINE SEASON! We continue Spine Season with the return of Lindley Chambers, the king of all things kit list related. Lindley comes on the podcast to discuss everyone's favourite subject...the kit list for the Winter Spine Race. In this episode we discuss the recent changes to the list, controversial items …

1
TLP489: Quitting – Knowing When to Walk Away 47:21

1M ago47:21

47:21

Annie Duke is a three-time bestselling author, decision strategist, and former professional poker champion. She holds a PhD in cognitive psychology and is co-founder of the Alliance for Decision Education. Annie's latest best-selling book is "Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away." In this episode, Annie reveals why knowing when to walk away…

1
Astrobromatology (SPACE FOOD) with Maggie Coblentz 1:11:05

1M ago1:11:05

1:11:05

Dehydrated eggs. Airborne tortillas. Pouches of chicken. Tang. Work up an appetite for space food with artist, designer and Astrobromatologist, Maggie Coblentz. She shares how the intersection of design and science led her skyward, doing experiments on zero G flights, and shipping miso into space. We also talk Martian gardening, stinky roommates, b…

1
424 Quick Leadership in a Distracted World: Trust, Power, and the New Rules of Leading Teams with Selena Rezvani 44:05

28d ago44:05

44:05

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Selena Rezvani invites leaders to rethink some of the most deeply ingrained assumptions about modern management. Drawing from her new book Quick Leadership and years of work with top-performing organizations, Selena challenges CEOs and senior leaders to examine the hidden forces shaping their teams’ behavio…

1
Jamie Rutherford | Spine Media Team And Going All In On Photography 1:00:16

1M ago1:00:16

1:00:16

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ SPINE SEASON! In this episode I speak to Jamie Rutherford. Jamie is one of the original OG photographers on the race and has helped to build the storytelling style of the media team. In this episode we talk about his origins as a runner and as a photographer. We talk about his first ventures into race phot…

1
JOHN KELLY | Winter Spine Race 2026 Preview 50:50

1M ago50:50

50:50

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ Welcome to the Home Trails coverage of the 2026 Winter Spine Race! We begin our lead up to this years race with a preview from a familiar face, John Kelly! John returns for the 4th time to Britain's most brutal race! He returns to better his race from last year when he was suffering with an attack of the s…

1
423 Thursday Refresh: Andrea Sampson on The Power of Strategic Storytelling in Leadership: Making Your Messages Memorable 49:23

1M ago49:23

49:23

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli hosts Andrea Sampson, an expert in strategic storytelling and the co-founder of Talk Boutique. Andrea Sampson talks about the fascinating intersection of brain science and storytelling, emphasizing why humans are hardwired to respond to stories. As an experienced speaker's coach for TEDx Toro…

1
TLP488: From Fleeting Moments to Sustained Momentum 45:20

1M ago45:20

45:20

Bernie Banks is a professor and institute leader at Rice University and co-author of "The New Science of Momentum: How the Best Coaches and Leaders Build a Fire from a Single Spark." As a Brigadier General, he led West Point's Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership in his final military assignment. In this episode, Bernie decodes how flee…

1
Pteridology (FERNS) with Fay-Wei Li 1:03:33

1M ago1:03:33

1:03:33

Fronds. Forest dwellers. Spores. Houseplants. Queer icons. We’ve got ferns. The charming and hilarious professor and author of “Ferns: Lessons in Survival from Earth’s Most Adaptable Plants,” Dr. Fay-Wei Li, tells me all about fern evolution, what ferns not to have in your house, the most expensive ferns, the tastiest ferns, mathematical mysteries,…

1
422 How AI Is Reshaping the Knowledge Economy, And What Leaders Need to Do Now with Sangeet Paul Choudary 55:09

1M ago55:09

55:09

In this episode of Partnering Leadership, Mahan Tavakoli sits down with Sangeet Paul Choudary, one of the world’s leading thinkers on digital strategy, platforms, and the future of value creation. Sangeet is the author of the acclaimed new book Reshuffle: Who Wins When AI Transforms the Knowledge Economy, a work that reframes how leaders must think…

1
NEW 2025 Interview: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 2 with Dirk Moses 1:11:40

2M ago1:11:40

1:11:40

Note: if you haven’t already heard it, please start with our original, May 2024 episode with Dr. Moses: Genocidology (CRIMES OF ATROCITY) Part 1 A lot has happened since then, and author, scholar and genocide expert Dr. Dirk Moses was kind enough to return for a 2025 episode. We cover how public and legal sentiment has changed since our first episo…

1
Holly Stables | The Speed Project Film And Correct Coaching For Ultramarathon 1:20:24

2M ago1:20:24

1:20:24

Get in touch with Ultrarunning Sam here ⬅️ In this episode we welcome Holly Stables to the podcast fir the first time! Holly has had a long career, firstly in competitive marathon running, before she transitioned into trail and ultra. We ask the 'Superhero' question and find out where it all began and where she is now. Holly talks about the evoluti…