Curious Kamal

This is one of my all-time favorite conversations. Starring some incredibly smart and thoughtful people who came together via serendipity. And I just happened to record it. There's lots of gems in this one.

Mike Damm helps companies and wealthy individuals stay hacker proof. You'd think that this involves tech, but it's mostly mindset.  Odds are, if you do anything online, the tips he gives will help you.  

Should you buy? Should you sell? What the heck is Bitcoin anyway? Let’s find out...

Sasha Larkin is a Police Captain with 22 years under her belt.  She’s in charge of 175 police officers.  She’s also the mother of two girls and a boy, and deeply committed to her yoga practice.  This episode is about an impressive woman with a huge heart who is living her purpose.  It’s a special one. I hope you enjoy it.  

Tim Larkin’s taught everyone from Special Forces Operators, Tony Robbins, and grandmothers how to protect themselves using their body, and most importantly, their mind. He’s the real deal. This is a skill you never want to use, but if you ever do, you’ll be grateful you knew how.  

Apparently, I have a song…and it’s pretty awesome.  Thanks to @akirathedon for crafting snippets from an interview I gave earlier this year into beautiful music.  Double thanks to @oneluckyrescuedog for modeling for the cover.  I haven’t met either in person, but will one day.  @akirathedon will get a hug.  @oneluckyrescuedog will get a treat.

Imagine Dumb and Dumber, but with politics.

This is one of the best and most honest things I’ve ever done. Lots of lessons here.

This episode has two parts.  The first part is an interview with my buddy Allan Loeb.  Odds are, you’ve either seen a movie he’s written or one he was an uncredited script doctor for.  He’s a talented guy and successful in Hollywood.  When I called him up and asked him to be on the podcast, he told me something interesting: half his job is pitching to executives and producers. Pitching is a skill we can all use.  Whether in business or in life.  And who better to learn from than a professional storyteller?   This episode also has behind the scenes Hollywood stories, including how he made it - that has its own lessons. The second part of the episode is at the end.  I walk you through on how to do a pitch deck.  While my experience is in tech, business is business, and the principles are the same.  If you ever need to raise money, this will help you.  

I’ve known Hubert for years.  He’s always fascinated me.  He’s this lovable guy with a thick Kentucky accent, always doing his “aw shucks, I’m just a simple Kentucky boy” routine. He’s much more than that.  He’s sharp.  And he’s a professional stock trader and does very well at it.  One day - and there might have been some alcohol involved - he told me that he learned to trade stocks while working in an auto shop.  Now that’s a story I want to hear.  Fortunately, he’s a funny storyteller.   So if you want to learn entrepreneurship and investing lessons and laugh your butt off, this one’s for you.

The first time we hung out, Wingnut showed me footage of bombs he’d dropped on an ISIS mortar team that was shelling fleeing women and children from a village. Obviously, he’s a U.S. Navy fighter pilot.  But more than that, he’s one of the sweetest, most thoughtful guys I’ve met. And I’ve always wanted to know, what is it like being a fighter pilot? The training.  Landing on a carrier for the first time.  What’s it like to break the sound barrier?  What’s it like to drop bombs on human beings? So we got together and I asked him my questions.  Like many in the military, he’s also a great storyteller.  I hope you enjoy this as much as I did.

Jess is an attractive woman in her early 30’s.  She’s sweet, she’s thoughtful, and she’s kinda shy.  She has a great full-of-life laugh.  If you met her at a party, you’d immediately like her. Jess is also a sex surrogate. She sleeps with men as their therapy. Welcome to Episode #1.  Heck of a way to launch a show, huh?