Best Robin Hanson Podcasts (2025)

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Orwell and Socialism (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard) 54:36

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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 11, Episode 4. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/orwell-and-socialism Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and groun…

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Software Rot & the Economics of Code: A Conversation with Robin Hanson 47:49

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In this episode, host Damien Filiatrault sits down with Robin Hanson—associate professor of economics at George Mason University, former AI researcher at Lockheed & NASA, and author of The Age of EM—to explore what happens when the worlds of software engineering and economics collide. What you’ll learn Software rot vs. technical debt – why Hanson t…

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From Niche to Mainstream: Parametric Insurance at Scale : An Interview with Samuel Broomer, President, Embedded Parametric Solutions at NormanMax Insurance Solutions 27:57

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On this week’s episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast, I sat down with Samuel Broomer, President of NormanMax Insurance Solutions, to explore how parametric insurance is reshaping the industry and what it means for carriers, agents, and customers alike. From its early applications in Sub-Saharan Africa to its role today in addressing protec…

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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Sept 1, 2025 – Dr. Susan Pell on Poison Ivy 24:43

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In the age of climate change, my guest on today’s reprise edition of the podcast told me, we can expect “more poison ivy and meaner poison ivy,” and I’d say from what I see growing around me and the rashes... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 25, 2025 – Rebecca McMackin on Garden Resources 27:13

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Today’s guest and I were sitting having a cup of tea together recently and talking abou guess what? Plants! What came up pretty fast was how lately we both sometimes cringe at the results to our online searches about one... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Dené Logan - Sovereign Love (A Revisit) 53:51

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We’re excited to revisit a heartfelt conversation with Dené Logan, packed with deep insight into the dance between our inner masculine and feminine energies and how this shapes the way we relate. In this episode, Robin is joined by couples therapist Dené Logan to explore themes from her book, Sovereign Love. Drawing from her work with clients and h…

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Digitizing Small Business Insurance, Foxquilt’s Dual Distribution Strategy : An Interview Josh Reznick, Chief Distribution Officer at Foxquilt 36:05

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Distribution, Digitized: How Foxquilt is Reshaping Small Business Insurance In this week’s podcast, I sat down with Josh Reznick, Foxquilt's Chief Distribution Officer, to unpack how the insurtech is redefining distribution in commercial insurance. Foxquilt is a digital MGA focused on serving underserved small business markets across North America.…

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Patrick McDuffee on Scented Geraniums – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 18, 2025 26:12

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Patrick McDuffee believes that everyone should have at least one scented geranium on their windowsill year-round, for an on-demand invigorating whiff of fragrance, or to admire its colorful flowers…or to make a homebrewed cup of herbal tea from its leaves.... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Alla Olkhovska on Clematis – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 11, 2025 27:50

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The last time I spoke to Alla Olkhovska from her home and garden in Ukraine, she confessed to growing about 120 different types of Clematis—a number that after seeing her recently published e-book “Clematis Passports,” which profiles 140 kinds, I suspect... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Dr. Laura Berman - Sex Magic 52:14

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What does it mean to bring your whole self—mind, body, and spirit—into your intimate relationships? In this transformative episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with world-renowned sex and relationship therapist Dr. Laura Berman for a deep and soulful conversation about intimacy, healing, and awakening your sensual self. Drawing from her powe…

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'Uncertainty Is What You Make It' : An Interview with Robin Russel, CEO, Satva Trust 31:43

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Trialing Seed for Seed Savers Exchange – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – Aug 4, 2025 27:16

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On the weekend of Aug. 8 and 9, the beloved Seed Savers Exchange will celebrate its 50th anniversary of preserving our seed heritage with festivities at its homebase in Decorah, Iowa. I wanted to celebrate Seed Savers here a little, too,... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Weird (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson) 1:01:29

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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 11, Episode 3. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/weird Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wou…

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AI, Insurance, and the Power of Operator Mindset : An Interview with Rohit Mittal, CEO InsurGrid 33:11

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This week on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast podcast, I had a brilliant conversation with Rohit Mittal, all about just that. We covered why he chose to buy and operate an insurance tech company and how he’s helping agents reclaim their time and boost productivity through AI. Here’s a few highlights from what we covered... ⚙️ “From 45 minutes to…

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Thor Hanson on Wonders – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 28, 2025 27:32

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For each of us, it’s probably safe to bet that our most familiar piece of the natural world is the outdoor space right beside the place we live – our own yard. But how well do we really know even... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Plato's Republic (Robin Hanson & Agnes Callard, with Arnold Brooks) 1:12:21

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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 11, Episode 2. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/platos-republic Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rule…

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Trevor Hanson - Becoming Your Most Secure Self 52:25

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What does it really take to feel secure—in yourself, your relationships, and your life? In this soulful episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin is joined by internationally recognized coach and founder of The Art of Healing, Trevor Hanson, for a deeply honest conversation about what it means to build true emotional security from the inside out. They expl…

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The Invisible Advantage: Decoding Insurance Market Dynamics : An Interview with Dimitris Paterakis, CEO of Pythia 35:55

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Robert Revell: Composing for film, craft vs creativity 51:57

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Robert Revell’s grandfather was a poet who fled Mao’s China - and Robert tells the story of how he went back to find his family’s house, still untouched after fifty years. Robert is a film and TV composer with a side gig: The band Blood Money, and reflects on the state of film music and the difference between work-for-hire and work that nourishes t…

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Ken Druse on Foliage Power – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 21, 2025 27:38

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There may be no moment in the year when my friend Ken Druse and I are more grateful for the range of textures and colors of foliage we made room for in our gardens than we are right now –... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Ritual (Agnes Callard & Robin Hanson) 1:02:14

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Minds Almost Meeting: Season 11, Episode 1. View the transcript for this episode here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://mindsa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠lmostmeeting.com/episodes/ritual Imagine two smart curious friendly and basically truth-seeking people, but from very different intellectual traditions. Traditions with different tools, priorities, and ground rules. What wo…

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Beyond Automation: The Real Power of AI in Insurance Claims — with Grace Hanson, CEO of Elysian 34:23

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This week I was joined by Grace Hanson, CEO of Elysian, who’s on a mission to fix one of the most overlooked parts of insurance: claims handling. “People underestimate how much profit lives in the claims department — and how much value is wasted when it’s not run well,” Grace calls Elysian an AI-native outsourced claims service — but what that real…

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George Schoellkopf of Hollister House – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 14, 2025 26:03

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Today’s guest returned from a 1979 trip visiting English gardens inspired to do some garden-making of his own. His canvas was a northwestern Connecticut hillside and not the Cotswolds, and the home he’d just purchased wasn’t a grand manor house... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald - Finding Joy in Hard Times 53:00

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Have you ever felt guilty for experiencing joy when life feels heavy? In this powerful episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with trauma researcher, author, and coach Dr. MaryCatherine McDonald—affectionately known as MC—to explore how joy and grief can coexist, and why embracing joy in hard times isn’t just possible, but essential. Drawing f…

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Don't Hire the Brilliant Jerk: A CTO’s Playbook for Building Real Teams 53:10

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"Don’t hire the brilliant jerk." That’s just one of the hard truths Zach Goldberg, CTO of Gruntwork and author of The Startup CTO’s Handbook, drops in this episode of Commit & Push. Zach joins Damien to talk about the mistakes most new CTOs make, why developer productivity is wildly misunderstood, and how overcomplicating your stack can tank your t…

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Putting Humanity in the Loop — How Symphony AI Is Redefining Insurance Claims Training : An Interview with Murtaza Ali, CEO and Co-Founder of Symphony 31:18

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I was joined this week by Murtaza Ali, CEO & Co-Founder of Symphony (YC F24), for a conversation about how he’s tackling some of the biggest challenges in the insurance industry with cutting-edge voice AI — without losing sight of the human touch. A bit of context: Murtaza’s journey insurtech journey started at McKinsey before joining Tractable to …

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Dr. John Marzluff on Crows – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – July 7, 2025 24:54

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A couple of ravens have been shouting at each other across the garden each day this spring-into-summer, and their loud-mouthed antics reminded me of a somewhat less bawdy conversation about crows and ravens that I had a decade ago on... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Beth Brantley on Beech Diseases – A Way to Garden With Margaret Roach – June 30, 2025 28:15

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A big old copper beech tree is a focal point of my garden, and each time I look out the window at it admiringly these days, I feel the same love and gratitude I always have for its grandeur –... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Practical Optimism - Dr. Sue Varma 53:53

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Optimism isn’t just a mindset—it’s a skill you can practice and grow. In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with psychiatrist, author, and mental health advocate Dr. Sue Varma to explore the power of Practical Optimism. Drawing from her new book Practical Optimism: The Art, Science, and Practice of Exceptional Well-Being, Dr. Varma sh…

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Mike Gibson on Topiary – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 23, 2025 28:02

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Today we’re going to do some pruning, but not the same old straight-forward kind. Instead we’re going to talk topiary, and its transformative powers – not just on the plant that is the subject that’s getting clipped, or on the... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Tom Gilmartin | Cheat Codes for Creatives 58:26

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Tom Gilmartin helps students and early-career creative marketing minds gain an almost unfair advantage—not just in landing the roles they dream about, but in proving they belong, creating real impact, and setting the foundation for a career that fuels the soul. After 20+ years hiring and leading hundreds of creative + marketing minds in agencies an…

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From Risk to Resilience: Empowering Africa's Smallholder Farmers : An Interview with JP Fabri, CEO of Myubuntu 27:27

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I'm excited to share this week's conversation on The Leadership In Insurance Podcast with no other than JP Fabri, CEO of myUbuntu all about transforming agricultural insurance in Africa 🌱 🎙️ Tune into the episode: "From Risk to Resilience: Empowering Africa's Smallholder Farmers" We discuss a whole host of topics, here are some of the highlights...…

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Terry Phan & Tomo Goto: Planet nine - finally detected? 22:08

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"Extreme trans-Neptunian Objects" - or chunks of rock that orbit the sun on average 250 times further away from the sun than Earth does - are moving in strange ways. They seem to be clustered somewhat, and Brown / Batygin suggested in 2016 that an explanation could be a hidden ninth planet in our solar system, around 5-10 earth masses. Terry Long P…

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Frances Palmer on Cutting Gardens – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 16, 2025 28:03

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Some of us plant a row of particular annuals with the intention to cut them for bouquets in their moment of bloom – and some of us think bigger have a whole cutting garden within our landscape. I feel like... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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How to Stop Abandoning Yourself - Dr. Amanda Hanson 48:08

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So many of us have been taught to shrink ourselves to fit into someone else’s story. But what happens when we step into the center of our own? In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with psychologist and author Dr. Amanda Hanson to explore what it truly means for women to become the muses of their own lives. Drawing from her book Muse:…

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Big Ideas with Robin Hanson 1:15:35

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Welcome to Ideas Untrapped podcast. In this episode, I talk with economist Robin Hanson. This episode is about an everyday exploration of some of Robin's biggest ideas. We discussed the hidden motives behind our everyday behaviours and how they shape institutions like education, healthcare, and government. We explore his ideas on signalling, innova…

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Why 80% of AI Projects Fail - and How to Make Yours Work 49:55

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Most AI projects fail. Some never ship. Others ship and implode. So what’s going wrong? In this episode of Commit & Push, Damien sits down with Dan Saffer - Associate Director of Outreach at Carnegie Mellon’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute and author of Microinteractions - to dig into the real reasons so many AI projects fall apart. Drawing o…

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Brittany Hanson LV42: Weddings, Wildfires and Autism Wisdom 1:08:41

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🎧 What do you do when your home burns down, your multi-million-dollar business is crippled by COVID, and your non-verbal autistic son is struggling in a chaotic world? 💔🔥♾️ If you’re LV42's Brittany Rogers Hanson, you rise — with emotional intelligence as your superpower. In this powerful and unfiltered episode, Brittany shares her journey from pho…

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Commit & Push Trailer 0:53

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Welcome to Commit & Push, where we talk about how great software really gets built. I'm Damian Filiatro, your host and founder of Scalable Path. Each episode, we'll explore the decisions, tradeoffs, and strategies that shape successful digital products. You'll hear from developers, founders, and tech leaders about the challenges they've faced, the …

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Abundant Landscapes with Kelly Norris – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 9, 2025 26:48

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We may know one when we see it, but what word best describes an ecological landscape? Compared to traditional, more formal gardens, such native-plant-forward designs are variously labeled as looser, or naturalistic, or wildish—all perfectly accurate. Is there perhaps a... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Transforming insurance economics through Actuarial Science and AI : An Interview with Onur Gungor, CEO of Allegory 30:54

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Gardening with My Sister – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – June 2, 2025 27:57

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I’ve answered a lot of garden questions in my time as a garden journalist, but nobody has asked more of them than today’s guest—who’s also the person I’ve known longer than anyone else on the planet. My baby sister, Marion... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Julie Krafchik & Yue Xu - How to Be Dateable 57:45

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In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin is joined by Julie Krafchick and Yue Xu, co-hosts of the Dateable podcast and authors of the new book How to Be Dateable. With humor, honesty, and hard-earned wisdom from their own dating journeys—and those of thousands of others—they explore what it really means to date authentically in today’s world—and w…

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Unlocking the Future of Short-Term Rental Insurance : An Interview with Andrew Bate, CEO of Safely 30:22

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Power to the People 52:07

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Welcome to Ideas Untrapped podcast. In this episode, I speak with economist Sugandha Srivastav about the hidden political economy of electricity in developing countries. Using examples from her study of Pakistan's electricity market, we explored how opaque power purchase agreements, regulatory capture, and poor procurement practices drive high cost…

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Eco Adventures with ‘The Bad Naturalist’ – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 26, 2025 27:53

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Again and again, as I was reading the recent book “Bad Naturalist” by Paula Whyman, I kept thinking: Good thing I only have a couple of acres of land. Whyman tackled 200 acres on a Virginia mountaintop, dreaming of reshaping... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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"Mitigating Flood Risks: Transforming Insurance Through Prevention with Lauren from Mitigate" : An Interview with Laurent Feuilleaubois, CEO of Mitigrate 30:34

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Nancy Lawson on Mosquitoes – A Way to Garden with Margaret Roach – May 19, 2025 27:15

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The first issue of “American Gardener,” the newly redesigned member magazine of the American Horticultural Society, arrived recently, and in it are lots of good reads—including an article by today’s guest, Nancy Lawson, aka “The Humane Gardener.” She writes about... Read More ›By Margaret Roach

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Dr. Thema Bryant - Matters of the Heart 52:00

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In this episode of Let’s Talk Love, Robin sits down with Dr. Thema Bryant, psychologist, ordained minister, and author of Matters of the Heart, for a powerful conversation about healing our relationships from the inside out. They explore how our emotional lives are shaped by family, culture, and early experiences, and what it takes to shift the pat…

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Navigating InsurTech Innovation: Beyond the Buzzwords : An Interview with Rory Pyke, Insurtech Insights 36:54

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Tune into our latest episode of The Leadership In Insurance Podcast Podcast, where I was joined Rory Pyke at Insurtech Insights, to unpack the real state of innovation in insurance. 👉 We discuss the truth about AI in insurance - separating hype from real innovation and how InsurTech Insights is catalysing industry transformation 👉Upcoming event ins…