Big Questions with Cal Fussman

Big Questions with Cal Fussman


Latest Episodes

AI And Your Heart
October 01, 2024

Cal learns from a cardiologist who cared for President George Bush 41 that artificial intelligence is at the point where it can tell us how long we’re destined to live. That old fashioned stethoscope?

Ravin Jesuthasan: AI And Your Job
September 24, 2024

Cal comes across a survey that indicates that six out of every 10 workers will require AI training before 2027. And that only half of those workers may have access to the necessary training opportunit

Sabaa Quao: The Power of 1 Minute
September 17, 2024

Some of Cals favorite conversations have come after a friend of his has started a sentence with these four words: Youve got to meet . . . The trust behind an introduction like that always leads to

Michael Wright: Surviving 9/11
September 10, 2024

Cal replays one of the most amazing conversations hes ever had -- with a man who was in the bathroom on the 81 st Floor of the World Trade Center before starting work on the morning of 9/11/2001 when

The US Open: A Player To Root For
September 03, 2024

Cal continues a summer of storytelling by passing on one about a player you might like to root for in this years U.S. Open. The backstory of Taylor Townsend shows us how there are winds in life that

Creating A Life Of Deep Connections
August 27, 2024

Cal gets an unexpected e-mail asking about the feeling behind making a deep connection. It compels him to think back through a career of experiences with Muhammad Ali and Mikhael Gorbachev, bonds with

NFL Rule Change Will Do You Good
August 20, 2024

The change in the opening kickoff of National Football League games may seem inconsequential when compared to other developments in the world. As Cal wonders about the emotion and spirit that will be

Santana’s Michael Shrieve: Acid to AI
August 13, 2024

The Hall of Fame drummer looks back at the bands iconic performance at Woodstock in 1969 when Carlos Santana dropped some LSD shortly before being summoned to go on stage. Michael had ingested mescal

The Tie That Binds
August 06, 2024

Cal finds out lots of things he never knew about someone he thought he knew . . . at that persons funeral. It got him to think about how well we know each other, and how well we connect . . . which s

The Olympics And The Great Race
July 30, 2024

Cal looks at the word inclusion through the controversy at the Olympics opening ceremony last week. And what a diverse message really looks like through the most exciting race he ever saw one that w