Best Kevin Robbins Podcasts (2025)

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The Power of Doing One Thing Exceptionally Well with Gymshark Founder and CEO Ben Francis 1:01:14

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We’re often told to do more, move faster, and chase the next big trend—but some of the most remarkable successes come from narrowing your focus, obsessing over one thing, and truly understanding the people you’re serving. Ben Francis knows this better than most. He started Gymshark with nothing more than a sewing machine and a passion for making gy…

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679: Two Idiots Argue With Kevin Powell About CSS 54:45

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Show Description Kevin Powell is on the show with breaking news about display masonry, how his career on YouTube started and where it's at now, selling courses and diversifying the content you create, struggling with being on all the platforms, and writing vs video in the age of AI. Listen on Website Guests Kevin Powell Guest's Main URL • Guest's S…

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Simon Goes Nuclear with nuclear energy influencer Isabelle Boemeke 1:06:20

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“Nuclear” might make you wince—but the real problem isn’t the energy, it’s the branding. Safe, low-carbon, and scalable, nuclear could be a climate hero—if only we told the story right. Isabelle Boemeke is on a mission to change how we think about nuclear energy. A Brazilian model turned the world’s first nuclear influencer, she created her alter e…

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678: AI Hype, Browser Journey, and Content Creation Incentives 54:58

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Show Description Identifying where we are in the AI hype cycle, a quick #davegoeshairy update, what has been the impact of AI on tech creators, Chris is making his own CSS starter on stream, and Item flow / masonry discussions. Listen on Website Links Introducing GPT-5 - YouTube Simon Willison on ai Orion Browser by Kagi VisBug Chrome Canary Featur…

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The Brilliance of Boredom with creative polymath Elle Cordova 1:05:22

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We’re wired to chase the next spark - scrolling, swiping, refreshing - but some of our brightest ideas sneak in when we stop chasing, let boredom settle in and give our minds room to wander. Elle Cordova knows the power of that pause. When the pandemic hit pause on her life as a touring musician, she stumbled into new creative territory - making of…

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677: Background Code Agents, Append AI, and RSS Starter Packs 1:02:02

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Show Description What helps you remember a person's name, thinking about background coding agents, is AI for append only mode, what are MCPs and how should I think about them, what has been working for more than a month not just the last two days, and coming up with an RSS starter pack riffing off Molly White's article on using RSS. Listen on Websi…

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The Privilege of Bad Experiences with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim 26:10

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This was the most epic Zoom call we’ve ever been a part of — an incredible conversation with NASA astronaut Jonny Kim, live from the International Space Station, with sunrise on Earth as a stunningly causal site behind him as they barreled at 17,000 mph in orbit. Thanks to the amazing team at Johnson Space Center, Jonny was able to join us to share…

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676: The $200 Upgrade, CSS Module Scripts, and Social Media Ethos 1:00:07

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Show Description It's time for a ShopTalk GearTalk segment on video and audio upgrades, a chat about better YouTube thumbnails, buying the $200 Yamaha guitar (or equivalent in other areas of life), Chris and Dave riff on CSS modules, and what's your social media ethos in 2025? Listen on Website Links how to make a killer thumbnail (for the 2025 alg…

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675: Building Hot Page with Tim Farnam 1:03:59

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Show Description Tim Farnam stops by to talk with Chris and Dave about his new project, Hot Page, and why and how he started building it after working in print and web news. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on Website Guests Tim Farnam Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Creative coder based in Mexico Cit…

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674: Context in Console, CodePen’s New Editor, and Looking for a New Arc 1:01:39

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Show Description Dave's coming in hot from vacation, how CodePen's new editor imports packages, should CodePen fix your code if you forgot something, the struggle to get the right context in the console, Chris is still shopping for an Arc replacement, and the struggles with inspiration driven engineering. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Co…

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The Business Case for Good Manners with etiquette coach William Hanson 54:44

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Good manners aren’t just about being polite — they’re about making other people feel seen. William Hanson is one of the world’s leading etiquette coaches. He’s advised royalty, CEOs, and television personalities on how to communicate with clarity, confidence, and grace. But his mission goes far beyond fine dining or proper handshakes. In today’s fa…

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673: Live-streaming Demos, CSS Animation Composition, and Anchor Position 59:14

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Show Description Chris and Dave chat about whether you should wing it or script your videos, unplanned demos versus the safety net of edited videos, streaming software with Ecamm Live vs OBS vs Streamlabs, new CSS animation composition, and anchor positioning thoughts. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen o…

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Ep. 525 Jay "Jeezy" Jenkins, Entertainer, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, & NY Times Bestselling Author 1:23:19

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In this engaging conversation, Jay Jeezy shares his journey of personal growth, emphasizing the importance of stepping into one's truth and living with intention. He reflects on his early life experiences, the challenges he faced, and how he transformed a scarcity mindset into one of abundance. Through music, he found a means of self-discovery and …

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Live Like You Have 2 Years Left with dancer and cancer survivor Angela Trimbur 53:41

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You have two years left to live. What would you do? That's a real question Angela Trimbur had to answer. In 2018, a breast cancer diagnosis forced her to get honest with herself. If Angela had only 2 years to live, what kind of life did she truly wish to live? Angela chose to start over. She sold everything she owned, moved to New York City, and be…

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672: Design Tokens, Web Compents, and Web Monetization 51:30

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Show Description We're all addicted to Clues by Sam and wonder about the data structure for the site, good thoughts on the design tokens community, shadow DOM, the state of web components in mid-2025, dealing with JSON, and new ideas around web monetization. (20% discount code for the Design Tokens Course: SHOPTALKSHOWISAWESOME) Listen on Website L…

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The Quiet Power of the Empathetic Leader with Navy SEAL turned rowing coach Gordon Schmidt 1:10:02

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When morale problems affect a team, some leaders choose to make a big, rousing speech. But quite often, it’s the quiet leader who leads with empathy that sees a better emotional solution. Gordon Schmidt is a retired Navy SEAL with enough combat experience to understand that empathy is an operational advantage, not a weakness. After 20 years of mili…

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671: Naming Consistency, HTML Includes, and Mixins 1:05:28

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Show Description Chris reflects on CSS Day in Amsterdam, allowing languages to grow with nonstandard elements, naming things continues to be hard, shapes are going to get weird on the web, HTML includes get stirred up, thoughts on CSS mixins, and Dave's blogging about resizing text fun. Listen on Website Links Understanding CSS corner-shape and the…

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Ep. 524 Mel Robbins, Host of The Mel Robbins Podcast & New York Times Best Selling Author 51:02

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Mel Robbins is the creator and host of the award-winning The Mel Robbins Podcast, one of the most successful podcasts in the world, and a #1 New York Times bestselling author. She has amassed 28 million followers online and is one of the most respected experts in mindset, life improvement, and behavior change. The Wall Street Journal calls her a “b…

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Your Unhappy Brain Needs Some Assistance with happiness expert Mo Gawdat 1:32:39

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Happiness is a choice. But it’s not always an easy choice to make. Mo Gawdat had to face an impossible choice. Before he was a bestselling author and podcast host, Mo worked a lucrative career as Chief Business Officer at Google X. He reached the heights of business influence and amassed a fortune by 29. And yet, he was miserable. It was only after…

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670: Brad and Ian Frost on Their New Design Tokens Course 1:08:26

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Show Description Brad and Ian stop by to chat about their new course, The Complete Guide to Design Tokens, what happens if you don't use design tokens on projects, what the ideal outcome is for building and designing with design tokens, how many colors is enough, what about refactoring, and does Figma or code win the argument? (Brad and Ian did giv…

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Ep. 523 Gary Vaynerchuk, CEO of VaynerMedia & VeeFriends 27:35

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Gary Vaynerchuk is the Chairman of VaynerX, CEO of VaynerMedia, CEO of VeeFriends, and a 6x New York Times bestselling author. Outside of his businesses, “GaryVee” has spent the last decade pioneering the practice of building a personal brand online through his original content. — Get sent fresh leadership interviews, articles, stories, and events …

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We All Get Cancelled One Day with Somebody Feed Phil’s Phil Rosenthal 1:08:17

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🚨 Chomp Alert! 🚨 We saw your comments — loud and crunchy. Turns out not everyone wants front-row seats to mouth sounds. Who knew? Skip to 29:29 to dodge most of the chewing. We promise, after that it’s just a few graceful nibbles of Basque cheesecake. 🧀🍰😅 _____________________________________ We turned the studio into a restaurant for the day—becau…

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669: Peter Pistorius on Developing RedwoodSDK 1:07:06

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Show Description We're chatting with Peter Pistorius about the change they made from RedwoodJS to RedwoodSDK, how it's going to handle routing, some new marketing ideas for RedwoodSDK, how RedwoodSDK's principles are informed by where Peter's from, choosing to go all in on Cloudflare, how the community has responded, and plans for monetization. Lis…

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Ep. 522 Daymond John, CEO of FUBU, TV Personality on ABC Shark Tank 16:26

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From humble beginnings to a self-made multimillionaire with over $6 billion to date in global product sales and a starring role on ABC’s newest business reality TV show, Shark Tank, Daymond John is the personification of the American Dream. He continues to set standards of excellence while expanding his interests in fashion, branding, marketing, co…

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The Extraordinary Magic of Ordinary People with author Brad Meltzer 52:40

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Magic moments do happen in real life. If you ask Brad Meltzer, magic happens when ordinary people choose to do the extraordinary. Brad is a prolific writer and bestselling author. He’s published over 70 books in nearly every genre you can think of—thriller novels, biographies, children’s books, film and television. He’s written comic books for icon…

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668: Jake Archibald on Native HTML Includes 1:05:24

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Show Description Jake Archibald joins us to discuss HTML includes, potential solutions, and the implications of introducing such a feature. We talk about security concerns, performance implications, and community feedback regarding HTML imports. Listen on Website Guests Jake Archibald Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Engineer at Shopify. Once swam…

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Ep. 521 Dr. Eric Edwards, CEO and Chairman of Phlow 33:58

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Dr. Eric Edwards is the CEO & Chairman of Phlow, a B Corporation that helps brilliant minds bring medicines to life through advanced development and manufacturing in America. — Get sent fresh leadership interviews, articles, stories, and events every Friday at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://⁠⁠⁠⁠real-leaders.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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This Is... A Bit of Optimism 1:14

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My career is an accident. It started when I set out to rediscover my passion and reignite a spark I’d lost — and that journey led me to the work I do now.If you know me from my books or my speaking, you know I’m fascinated by why people do what they do. What makes someone find joy and meaning in their life, or pursue something far greater than them…

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Ask Yourself "What If?" with Milk Bar Founder Christina Tosi 47:44

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What if this podcast turned into a baking show? For Christina Tosi’s third visit to A Bit of Optimism, we decided to find out. So we headed to Milk Bar to make compost cookies from things in my own pantry and my favorite beer bread from scratch! Christina’s not just my best friend—she’s the founder of Milk Bar, host of Bake Squad on Netflix, a cook…

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667: Jen Simmons on Declarative Web Push, Form Control Styling, & More 1:07:02

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Show Description Jen Simmons stops by to talk about new CSS and Safari features like Form Control Styling, Declarative Web Push, Typography, contrast-color(), and more. Listen on Website Guests Jen Simmons Guest's Main URL • Guest's Social Safari & WebKit Evangelist. Member of the CSS Working Group. Webmaster since 1996. Links webkit.org Safari Rel…

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Revisited: Love Is Not Enough with couples therapist Shawn McBride 47:49

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We're taking some time off to bring you even more episodes of A Bit of Optimism that you're going to love! In the meantime, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes, like this one with couples counselor Shawn McBride. Relationships are hard. No matter how much we like, respect, or love someone, conflict seems inevitable. But even as we fight …

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666: What Are the Evils of the Web Platform? 1:02:12

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Show Description How it all comes back to the why column, dark patterns, privacy and tracking, getting emails forever from one purchase, how to be bold with communication while still being respectful, HTMHell, CSS mistakes, are we anti-JSON, and the state of FitVid in 2025. Listen on Website Links Markup from hell - HTMHell Incomplete List of Mista…

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Revisited: The Secret to Happiness with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger 45:30

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We're taking some time off to bring you even more episodes of A Bit of Optimism that you're going to love! In the meantime, we're revisiting some of our favorite episodes, like this one with Harvard professor Robert Waldinger. We all want to live a happy life. But what does the research say about how to achieve it? For more than 86 years, researche…

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RL+ Event | The Impact of Employee Supremacy with Andy Alsop 31:15

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Subscribe to Real Leaders+ to gain access to these events when they happen live: https://real-leaders.com/subscribe Speaker: Andy Alsop, CEO of The Receptionist Session Description:Many companies prioritize structure and efficiency to scale, but true growth comes from empowering employees at every level. This session explores how employee supremacy…

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665: JavaScript Educator and Twitch Streamer Mat Marquis 1:01:18

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Show Description Fresh off his Megaman Streamathon, Mat Marquis joins us to talk about becoming a professional Twitch streamer, creating a JavaScript course, his thoughts on the design and content of said course, a brief moment on Linux in 2025, and attempts to make the web weird and fun again. Listen on Website Guests Mat Marquis Guest's Main URL …

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Where Is Simon Going? with journalist Cal Fussman 50:18

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Sometimes in life, we must stop and ask ourselves, “Where am I you going next?” Other times, it’s more fun to do a podcast takeover. No one has ever interviewed me quite like Cal Fussman. Cal has a gift – he pulls things out of you that you didn’t even know were there. A prolific Writer At Large for Esquire, Cal has interviewed legends like Muhamma…

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RL+ Event | Harnessing Anarchy for Innovation: A CEO Guide with Aaron Zeper 35:28

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Subscribe to Real Leaders+ to gain access to these events when they happen live: https://real-leaders.com/subscribe Speaker: Top Impact Company CEO Aaron Zeper of DMD Systems Recovery, LLC Session Description: Most companies looking to scale focus on process, process, process. And while process is important, innovation is mandatory. Discover how to…

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664: Figma Sites, CSS Carousels, and Internship Prep 1:05:29

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Show Description How much would you pay for new users, initial thoughts on Figma's announcements, CSS carousel follow up, favicon easter eggs, how do you prepare for an internship, and why aren't more developers using logical properties? Listen on Website Links Windsurf (formerly Codeium) - The most powerful AI Code Editor Figma Sites Figma Make Fi…

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The Cure for Nihilism with professor Suzy Welch 34:37

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Sometimes in life, we choose the wrong path. When we feel like we're living a lie, it's hard to know what to do next. That’s where Suzy Welch comes in. She’s obsessed with helping people create lives worth living. A professor at NYU’s Stern School of Business, Suzy teaches a popular class called “Becoming You,” where she takes students down a bruta…

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RL+ Event | Scaling Impact: Building Sustainable Success in Consumer Goods with Keith Bearden 31:41

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Subscribe to Real Leaders+ to gain access to these events when they happen live: https://real-leaders.com/subscribe Join Keith Bearden, CEO of Alter Eco Foods, for an inspiring session on how mission-driven companies can scale impact while achieving lasting business success. With a wealth of experience in consumer packaged goods, industrial ingredi…

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663: HBD Dave, Silly Web Fun, Color-Mix Tips 1:00:32

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Show Description Do we sound drunk on Shorts? What speed do you listen to your podcasts at? Happy Birthday to Dave, Roblox scams, having silly fun on the web, Crashlands 2 released, a Balatro moment, non-standard browser use testing, and color-mix follow up. Listen on Website Links The Adventure Zone | Maximum Fun Don't let your voice be flattened …

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(PART 2) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards 39:47

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*Please note: At 9:01, Simon and Cory have a discussion about suicide. What happens after we attain success and glory? Where do you go when there's nowhere left to run from yourself? In Part 2 of my conversation with Cory Richards, Cory explains why reaching the summit of Everest marked the beginning of a long, painful fall from grace. After his tu…

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RL+ Event | From Stakeholders to Shareholders: The Business Case for Employee Ownership with Darin Anderson 39:58

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Subscribe to Real Leaders+ to gain access to these events when they happen live: https://real-leaders.com/subscribe Employee ownership isn’t just a trend—it’s a powerful strategy to drive growth, build alignment, and leave a lasting legacy. Darin Anderson, Chairman & CEO of Salas O’Brien, shares the company’s journey from single owner to closely he…

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662: Alternative Browsers, Discord vs Circle, and AI in the Browser 1:03:00

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Show Description We're talking browsers and discussing alternative options like Vivaldi and Brave, the implications of Chrome's potential sale to OpenAI, the impact of AI on browser functionality, Discord vs Circle, and building with Hotwire. Listen on Website Links Newfangled Browser Alternatives – Frontend Masters Blog Zen Browser Horse Browser V…

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(PART 1) The Climb Out of Pain is Taller Than Everest with National Geographic photographer Cory Richards 47:27

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What happens when we reach the top? There’s only one place to go. Cory Richards has scaled the world’s highest peaks and fallen to life’s lowest lows. An acclaimed mountain climber, photographer, and filmmaker, Cory has literally reached the top of the world. He climbed Mount Everest with no supplemental oxygen, became the first American to summit …

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RL+ Event | #ClothesArentTrash: Creating and Incentivizing Honorable Work, One (Used) Garment at a Time with Dan Green 45:37

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Subscribe to Real Leaders+ to gain access to these events when they happen live: https://real-leaders.com/subscribe Discover how Dan Green, CEO and co-founder of Helpsy, transformed his Wall Street expertise into a mission to keep clothes out of landfills while creating meaningful, impactful jobs. Learn how Helpsy’s unique model blends second-chanc…

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661: Working Vacations, Ripping Out JavaScript, and Non-US Cloud Service Options 58:56

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Show Description What are the non-US cloud services options, falling off the blogging train and trying to get back on, working on vacation, Chris recaps the Alaskan Folk Festival experience, how often do you go back and clean out JavaScript, and the idea of gilding just one lily on a new project. Listen on Website Links European Alternatives A lack…

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Find Your Allies Fast with philanthropist Melinda French Gates 38:35

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Change happens to all of us whether we choose it or not. What’s the best way to go through transition, especially when it’s something we didn’t want? Melinda French Gates has seen her fair share of big transitions. A philanthropist, author, and champion for female empowerment, she spent decades building the Gates Foundation into one of the mighties…

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RL+ Event | The Intersection of AI, Energy, and Decarbonization with Brandon Schwertner 39:13

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Subscribe to Real Leaders+ to gain access to these events when they happen live: https://real-leaders.com/subscribe Speaker: Top Impact Company CEO Brandon Schwertner of Priority Power Session Description: Power demand is intensifying at a rate never seen before from emerging industries like AI. What is the balance in meeting this demand and underl…

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660: Teaching CSS, Conferences, and Masonry Updates 58:48

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Show Description Follow up on thoughts about teaching CSS from scratch, questions about conferences to attend as well as a way to kickstart a conference idea, some Balatro thoughts, and our thoughts on the recent Grid vs Masonry debate. Listen on Website Links The Homebrewery - NaturalCrit SmashingConf in-person Conferences 2025 — Friendly, inclusi…