Give and Take

Give and Take


Latest Episodes

Episode 257: You're Only Human, with Kelly Kapic
December 16, 2021

My guest is Kelly Kapic. Work. Family. Church. Exercise. Sleep.The list of demands on our time seems to be never ending. It can leave you feeling a little guilty--like you should always be doing one

Episode 256: Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts, with Kirsten Powers
October 13, 2021

My guest is Kirsten Powers. Her new book is "Saving Grace: Speak Your Truth, Stay Centered, and Learn to Coexist with People Who Drive You Nuts." In it this CNN senior political analyst and USA Today

Episode 255: The Rise of Post-Liberal Man
July 29, 2021

My guest is Mathis Bitton. He is a student of political theory at Yale University. His writing focuses on liberalism and its discontents, Confucian and Islamic thought, city-states, and institution-bu

Episode 254: The 40 Day Challenge, with Rabbi Mark Wildes
July 26, 2021

My guest is Mark Wildes. His newest book is "The 40 Day Challenge". Sometimes we are spiritually frozen. This book will thaw you out and heat you up - Nissim Black, Rapper and BusinessmanWritten i

Episode 253: Supreme Court Recap, with Steve Krone
June 18, 2021

My guest is Steve Krone. In addition to being an entertainment lawyer and a prolific film producer, he also was a Supreme Court clerk for Justices William J. Brennan, Jr. and David H. Souter. We talke

Episode 252: Talking Politics, Pop-Culture, and Podcasting, with Roifield Brown
May 19, 2021

In this episode I talk with Roifield Brown. Roifield Brown is an experienced podcaster and media strategist, with an impressive track record of helping companies enhance and grow their media propertie

Episode 251: Candles in the Dark, with Rowan Williams
March 09, 2021

My guest is Rowan Williams. As we contemplate the coming months, not knowing when we can breathe again, its worth thinking about how already the foundations have been laid for whatever new opportuni

Episode 250: Everybody Prays, with James Martin
February 11, 2021

My guest is James Martin, SJ. His newest book is Learning to Pray: A Guide for Everyone. He is a Jesuit priest, editor at large of America magazine, consultor to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communic

Episode 249: To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis, with Nathaniel Popkin
February 02, 2021

My guest is Nathaniel Popkin. His newest book is "To Reach the Spring: From Complicity to Consciousness in the Age of Eco-Crisis." In the shadow of an escalating eco-crisisa looming catastrophe that

Episode 248: Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines, with Jamie Merisotis
January 14, 2021

My guest is Jamie Merisotis. He's the author of "Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines." As computer technology advances with dizzying speed, human workers face an ever-increasing threat of obsolesc