Friday at the Carnival
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Friday at the Carnival

The Penn Relays is the biggest and most historical track and field meet in America and, founded in 1895, one of the longest-running sporting events in the country and the world. Every year over the last Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in April, track fans from across the country and around the world descend on Philadelphia to witness some of the best sprinters, jumpers, throwers, and distance runners compete in all manner of relay events.

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Coogan’s Finish Line - Encore
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Coogan’s Finish Line - Encore

Peter Walsh was one of those larger than life personalities you only cross paths with a few times in your life, Peter is the most important figure in American running you’ve never known. A track fan of the first order and a connector of the people. Peter Walsh has led the life of a warrior poet. A true Irish love who never let anyone go hungry. Interviewing him was like trying to capture the wind. 

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Turning it Upside Down - James Whittaker
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Turning it Upside Down - James Whittaker

I have to tell you, I've listened to all sorts of stories here. And found them all to be valuable. Some really even spectacular. But something about the way James has thought through his business and was completely open about sharing his successes and challenges along the way made this one especially helpful to me. I hope you find it as useful as I have. Now... here's James Whittaker.

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Why The Sting Matters
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Why The Sting Matters

Movies matter. Especially in America. Especially to me. Especially this one that has taught me so much about the way people think and want to think and need to think.

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Voicing a Sport - Alex Cuesta & Dave Hyatt
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Voicing a Sport - Alex Cuesta & Dave Hyatt

Alex Cuesta and Dave Hyatt are first and foremost, fans. They’ve been athletes themselves. And coaches. They’re teachers and friends. But maybe more than anything, they’re fans. They love track & field and cross country. And that is what inspired them to start the Running in Ovals podcast dedicated to the sport.

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Above and Beyond - Chris Miller
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Above and Beyond - Chris Miller

Today, we're talking about helping people. Specifically in their careers. What we've landed on is that sometimes, maybe more than sometimes, old school makes all the difference. Chris Miller, with his patner, created a creative staffing agency called Topfolio which takes a particularly human approach that's about more than just numbers. And I think that matters. I think that will always matter.

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Learning from Leaders - Dave Armstrong
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Learning from Leaders - Dave Armstrong

Dave Armstrong is an entrepreneur, a retired Lt. Col. in the US Marine Corps, board member of the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, and host and creator of the Moments in Leadership podcast. He's an old friend, a great guy and a terrific storyteller in his own right.

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Dan Lievens - Transformational Evidence
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Dan Lievens - Transformational Evidence

Dan Lievens is a serial entrepreneur in the purest sense. Founder of 12 different businesses including ShareOne, Dan operates under a singular theme - that if each of us is somehow able to share one fundamental, transformative story of our lives, what a different world we might be able to live in!

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Why Yellow Matters
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Why Yellow Matters

Why Yellow Matters is about communicating. Writing. Deciding. Understanding. Thinking things. Deciding things. Writing things. It is about brevity and balance. Cleverness and chaos and clarity. The hard things and the great things and opening yourself up to the zone. But most simply, it’s about taking the time to ask why. It is about how important it is sometimes, often, to take the time to think about what you’re saying and doing and why that matters to you and other people. Other human beings in the world. I didn’t set out to write this book. I just had one idea one day that I thought was important and I started writing it down.

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Friday at the Carnival - Dave Johnson
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Friday at the Carnival - Dave Johnson

We sat down with longtime Penn Relays Meet Director, Dave Johnson, on this Friday that should have been the 126th Friday running of the carnival. Unfortunately, due to the Covie-19 pandemic, the historic meet was cancelled for the first time in its long tenure as the biggest and best relay meet in the world.

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