- 53 minutes 36 secondsHow to Turn Fear of the Unknown Into Your Biggest Growth Superpower with Scott Stirrett
Scott Stirrett left a prestigious career at Goldman Sachs to build something from nothing — and it changed everything he understood about growth.
In this episode, Scott (founder of Venture for Canada, author of The Uncertainty Advantage) breaks down why comfort is actually the biggest threat to your growth, and how uncertainty — the thing most of us run from — is a skill you can systematically build.
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3 September 2026, 9:00 am - 39 minutes 33 secondsHow to Control Your Hormones Before They Control You — with David JP Phillips
David JP Phillips reveals how to hack your internal chemistry—on demand—to show up with confidence, presence, and power when it matters most. Drawing from his best-selling book High on Life, David breaks down the six key neurochemicals that control your behavior (dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin, endorphin, testosterone, and cortisol), and shows you how to intentionally trigger the right “emotional cocktail” before a high-stakes conversation.
You’ll learn how to:
• Boost testosterone without acting aggressive
• Use oxytocin to build trust—without going soft
• Prime your brain for creativity, calm, and clarity
• Change your state and even influence theirs
If you've ever felt anxious, frozen, or off your game in tough conversations, this episode is your playbook for taking back control—physiologically and psychologically.
Stick around for the end—we even talk about how to prep the other person’s mindset without them noticing.
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31 August 2026, 9:00 am - 57 minutes 24 secondsLearn to Read Anyone, with Sabine Charles
What if reading people wasn't a gift, but a skill you could actually learn?
Dr. Sabine Charles has one of the most unusual resumes you'll hear on this show — she's a former chief audit executive and fraud investigator turned hypnotherapist, and the founder of a leadership framework called MeQ (Mindset, Emotional Intelligence, and Leadership Qualities). As an auditor, her job was to walk into a room and convince skeptical executives to change their minds. As a fraud investigator, people would confess things to her in minutes that they'd hidden from everyone else for hours. Her colleagues started asking: what is she doing differently?
If you've ever walked away from a conversation feeling like you just couldn't get through to someone, this episode will change how you think about that problem — and give you a real place to start.
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27 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 11 minutesSelena Rezvani: Stop Trying to Prove You Belong—Be Yourself, and Go for It
What if the biggest thing standing between you and your next opportunity is the decision to reject yourself before anyone else can?
Leadership expert and bestselling author Selena Rezvani joins Kwame Christian to explore what it really takes to advocate for yourself, take bigger swings, and keep moving when fear, perfectionism, or self-doubt tells you to play it safe. Selena shares the bold ask that changed the course of her college years, the career rejection she turned into an unexpected opportunity, and why high achievers need to stop tying their worth to their accomplishments. They also unpack the power of a “win or learn” mindset, giving yourself permission to be a beginner, leading with vulnerability, building psychological safety, handling criticism, and showing up as your authentic self.
If you’ve been waiting until you feel confident, qualified, or completely ready to make your move, this conversation is your reminder: take the shot anyway.
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Website: https://www.selenarezvani.com/
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Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!24 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 14 minutesThe Guy Who Took ChatGPT to Market is now Warning Us About It.: Zack Kass
Everybody knows ChatGPT. Almost no one knows the person who took it to market. In this episode of Big Swings Only, Kwame Christian sits down with Zack Kass, who spent over a decade at the center of the AI industry and led go-to-market strategy at OpenAI — bringing the technology to hundreds of millions of professionals worldwide.
Zack walked away from that career at its peak, driven by a hard truth: technology promised to make life more affordable and instead made housing, healthcare, and education far more expensive, while making distraction and dopamine dirt cheap. In this conversation, he makes the case that people don't actually hate AI — they hate what the last 30 years of screens have done to them — and argues that AI, paired with the right policy choices, could finally deliver on technology's oldest promise: driving down the cost of a good life for everyone, not just the wealthy.
20 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 26 minutesA Great Idea Isn’t Enough—Build the Coalition to Make It Real: with Jason Wild & Linda Hill
Your best ideas won’t go anywhere if you don’t know how to build the influence to make them happen.
In this episode of Big Swings Only, Harvard Business School professor Linda Hill and innovation leader Jason Wild, co-authors of Genius at Scale, reveal what it really takes to turn ambitious ideas into meaningful change. Their research shows that breakthrough innovation isn’t just about having the right idea—it’s about building the relationships, trust, and coalitions needed to carry that idea across the finish line.
Linda and Jason break down how to lead and influence without formal authority, navigate organizational politics without simply “playing politics,” and recognize the sources of power you may already have. They explore why self-awareness is an underrated leadership skill, how to become a “bridger” who works effectively across boundaries, and why the strongest leaders know when to give away credit to build commitment and trust.
You’ll also learn how great leaders build coalitions that transform individual efforts into movements—and how people with little authority, budget, or status can still create change at extraordinary scale. From navigating AI-driven uncertainty to leading former peers and having difficult conversations with transparency, this episode offers a practical look at the human side of leadership and innovation.
If you have a big idea you want to bring to life, stop waiting for authority to make it happen. Build your influence, find your coalition, and take the swing.
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Website: https://geniusatscale.com/
Book: Genius at Scale: How Great Leaders Drive Innovation (multiple languages)
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Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!17 August 2026, 9:00 am - 55 minutes 42 secondsThe Four Personalities That Turn Every Conversation Into a Fight - With Bill Eddy
Why do some people seem addicted to conflict — and what can we actually do about it?
In this powerful episode, conflict resolution expert Bill Eddy breaks down the four key traits of high-conflict personalities and teaches us how to deal with them — without losing our minds.
-Learn Bill Eddy’s “BIFF” Response Formula-Discover the 4 types of high-conflict people-Understand why society is becoming more divided — and what to do about it
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13 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 25 minutesHow to Turn Criticism Into Opportunity (Without Losing Your Authenticity)
Travel doesn’t just show you the world — it shows you yourself. And sometimes, what you discover is not what you expected.
In this powerful conversation, journalist and travel creator Nicole Phillip joins Kwame to explore the intersection of identity, race, storytelling, and courage. She opens up about her life-changing study abroad experience in Italy — the joy she imagined, the racism she didn’t expect, and the moment she realized she wasn’t alone when hundreds of thousands of people reached out to say, “This happened to me too.”
Nicole also shares the bold leap from ABC News and The New York Times to becoming a full-time travel creator — walking away from corporate America, trusting her voice, and building a platform rooted in truth, research, and authenticity.
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10 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 8 minutesLisa Bilyeu: How to Silence Your Inner Critic
Lisa Bilyeu shares the raw truth behind her journey — from shipping protein bars out of her living room to leading one of the most influential wellness brands in the world. Together with Kwame Christian, she unpacks what it really means to face failure, reprogram your inner critic, and choose your mission over your ego.
If you’ve ever struggled with fear, insecurity, or the pressure to be perfect, this episode will remind you that confidence isn’t something you’re born with — it’s something you build, one uncomfortable step at a time.
🔹 In this episode:
How to manage the negative voice in your head
Why emotions are powerful—but shouldn’t control you
The truth about resilience and bouncing back from failure
How to use discomfort as a tool for growth
The secret behind building radical confidence
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6 August 2026, 9:00 am - 1 hour 3 minutesYour Brain Is Lying to You. Here's How to Catch It. - Owen Fitzpatrick
Your brain runs a persuasion campaign on you every single day — manufacturing certainty, defending beliefs that stopped being true years ago, and keeping you loyal to a version of yourself you never actually chose.
Owen Fitzpatrick has spent 25+ years studying how minds get changed — as a filmmaker, an NLP co-author with Dr. Richard Bandler, a persuasion consultant for companies like Google and Coca-Cola, and a researcher who has traveled to North Korea, Iran, and Afghanistan to study propaganda at its most extreme. But after all that, he says the most powerful propaganda machine he's ever encountered wasn't out there — it was inside his own head. He calls it "inner propaganda," and in this episode, he shows you how to catch it running in yours.
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3 August 2026, 9:00 pm - 1 hour 1 minuteHow to Grow as a Leader: 44 Years at Chick-fil-A - Mark Miller
He couldn't keep a job at Chick-fil-A. Then the founder personally hired him — and 44 years later, he retired as one of the company's top executives.
Mark Miller started as a teenager who kept getting laid off, until a strange twist of fate put him face-to-face with Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, for a job interview in the company's warehouse. In this episode, Mark shares how that unlikely beginning turned into a 44-year career, the mindset shift that changed everything — "your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead" — and why he believes lifelong learning isn't just an activity, it's an identity you choose to become.
If you've ever felt like you're starting from the bottom with no clear path up, this conversation will change how you think about growth, leadership, and what it really takes to build a career that lasts decades.
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