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Jeremy Kugel Uses Humor To Create Connections We’ll Never Forget
Jeremy Kugel has spent his life turning so many ordinary moments into shared comedy and joy. In doing so, he’s built communities where people feel safe enough to laugh, open up, and create lasting connections. From the Chicken Nugget Hour of Power in Valentine, to Tuesday Night Toothbrush Fest in… Listen ⇢
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JoJo Thirasilpa Pushes His Learning To The Edges Of Land, Sea, And Sky
Like many people who pursue a liberal arts education, Jojo Thirasilpa has been drawn to learning and acquiring new knowledge and skills his entire life. Where and how he acquires knowledge and skill is rather unique, however. When not working in finance from his home in the United Kingdom, Jojo… Listen ⇢
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The Pod Has A New Name: After Amherst
I’ve been interviewing exclusively people with an Amherst connection for several years now. It’s time the podcast’s name reflects that. Listen ⇢
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James Glazer Discovered What Matters After Losing What Mattered Most
When I first decided to focus this podcast on fellow Amherst College graduates, my guest for this episode was the first person I thought of. That’s because more than anybody else I know, James Glazer has lived intentionally, choosing his life rather than letting anyone else choose it for him.… Listen ⇢
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Keya Khayatian Found His Voice and the Power of Storytelling
Keya Khayatian’s life reads like the kind of story he now champions in Hollywood: one shaped by the search for identity. Keya traces his journey from immigrating to the U.S. as a child fleeing Iran to becoming a partner and co‑head of Media Rights at UTA, where he represents some… Listen ⇢
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Tarsha Echols Is A Portrait Of Resilience
Tarsha Echols has lived a life that refuses neat categories. She grew up, in her words, “a hood rat” from Memphis, graduated from Amherst College as a biology and French double major, and went on to build a 28‑year career as a flight attendant, where she has had a front‑row… Listen ⇢
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Jo Park Shows How Observation Becomes A Way of Seeing Ourselves
From the forest pansy redbud she studies each morning to the students she teaches at Penn, Jo Park talks about the power of observation as both a discipline and a source of meaning. She reflects on how gardening during Covid sharpened her ability to see patterns and small transformations, and… Listen ⇢
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Edward Lees Built A Life Balancing Markets, Nature, Poetry, And Self‑Discovery
Edward Lees, like many Amherst College graduates, has generally gravitated toward breadth. That first manifested in his academic journey from physics to neuroscience to European studies, and later in a career that has taken him through biotech hedge funds and today into environmental investing from his home in London. To… Listen ⇢
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Matt “Rudy” Ronfeldt Reminds Us That Clarity Begins With Space To Listen
Matt “Rudy” Ronfeldt grew up possessing a deep curiosity and passion for physics and Buddhism, but graduating from Amherst College having majored in physics left him with a gnawing doubt: whether he wanted to pursue physics professionally. He then did something some of us may only daydream about: he stepped… Listen ⇢
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