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Why do many bright, ambitious people answer direct questions vaguely?
Jun 26, 2026
15m 08s
"I want them to be aware of their bias." Marcia Reynolds on listening, receiving, and setting boundaries with our audiences.
Jun 13, 2026
36m 14s
"Trees have no boundaries. They grow in every country." Interviewing the founders of the non-profit Trees for Me.
May 30, 2026
29m 52s
"Jesus is the Coolest Guy I Know." Writer Melinda Gonzalez on making Jesus less complicated (and way cooler) than religion made him look
May 16, 2026
29m 30s
NextTier Athletes founders and executives on confidence, connections, and getting athletes to the Ivy League
May 2, 2026
25m 48s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/26/26 |  Why do many bright, ambitious people answer direct questions vaguely? | How we answer an ad hoc question has unfairly become an audition for memorability and conviction. Way too many of us fumble the return. Reading from this week's popular Substack post, we ponder on why a simple question does not always yield a simple answer. Also, how answering ad hoc questions in vague, convoluted ways can kill an interview, torpedo a first date, even start a fight with someone we love. Why? Because it frustrates and evades what they asked of us. You can read the ... | 15m 08s | ||||||
| 6/13/26 |  "I want them to be aware of their bias." Marcia Reynolds on listening, receiving, and setting boundaries with our audiences.✨ | listeningcoaching+3 | Marcia Reynolds | Coach the Person, Not the Problem Second Edition | — | listeningcoaching+4 | — | 36m 14s | |
| 5/30/26 |  "Trees have no boundaries. They grow in every country." Interviewing the founders of the non-profit Trees for Me.✨ | non-profitenvironment+3 | Harini RajeshAnvita Gurumurthy+2 | Trees for Me | New JerseyCornell university+1 | Trees for Metree planting+5 | — | 29m 52s | |
| 5/16/26 |  "Jesus is the Coolest Guy I Know." Writer Melinda Gonzalez on making Jesus less complicated (and way cooler) than religion made him look✨ | faithservice+3 | Melinda Gonzalez | Jesus is the Coolest Guy I Know | — | Jesusfaith+4 | — | 29m 30s | |
| 5/2/26 |  NextTier Athletes founders and executives on confidence, connections, and getting athletes to the Ivy League✨ | athlete consultingIvy League+3 | Jonathan RubinJordan Gonza | NextTier AthletesHarvard University | Harvard Square | NextTier AthletesIvy League+3 | — | 25m 48s | |
| 4/17/26 | The art of conversation: How to expand our simple sentences (and stand out)✨ | conversation skillscommunication+4 | — | SubstackEconomist+1 | — | conversationbrevity+4 | — | 17m 36s | |
| 4/3/26 | "Tell me your real story, about when you earned $250 a month." LinkedIn Coach Ashi Chopra on sharing our wins and struggles✨ | LinkedInstorytelling+3 | Ashi Chopra | LinkedIn | Mumbai | LinkedInAshi Chopra+4 | — | 22m 38s | |
| 3/26/26 |  "Over the years, I've come to trust my presence." A conversation with Master Coach Trainer & Author: Dr. Marcia Reynolds.✨ | coachingcommunication+3 | Dr. Marcia Reynolds | Coach the Person, Not the Problem | — | coachingcommunication+5 | — | 40m 40s | |
| 3/14/26 |  Men Supporting Women through Menopause. Interviewing Simon Salt on his upcoming book “The Quiet Transition”✨ | menopausesupport+3 | Simon Salt | The Quiet Transition | — | menopausesupporting women+5 | — | 35m 07s | |
| 2/27/26 |  “We can listen for information and for relationship.” Interviewing Dr. Haru Yamada, author of “KIKU: The Japanese Art of Good Listening”✨ | listening skillssociolinguistics+3 | Dr. Haru Yamada | KIKU: The Japanese Art of Good Listening | — | listeningcommunication skills+3 | — | 27m 41s | |
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| 2/14/26 |  "When I struggle connecting with someone, I ask about their day." Interviewing Austin Sussel.✨ | connectionsales+3 | Austin Sussel | Fortune 100/500s | Ohio | connectionsales techniques+3 | — | 29m 32s | |
| 1/31/26 |  Harvard Student Athlete Nick McCullough: "Similarities and differences can connect you when networking. And you get rewarded for being yourself."✨ | networkingstudent life+3 | Nick McCullough | HarvardHarvard Crimson | — | networkingHarvard+4 | — | 14m 22s | |
| 1/16/26 | Setting goals without forcing them: Interviewing Malvika Joshi | Happy New Year, dear Sage Sayers listeners. Welcome back. 2026, Year of the Fire Horse, will be awesome. If you're stuck on how to approach goals this year, or even to bother with them, British tech marketer and coach, Malvika Joshi, joins me for episode 1, season 5, with her approach, and how to communicate goals (to ourselves, and others.) (Popular data tells us 80-90% of professionals abandon their resolutions, and usually by mid-January, highlighting the need for clear plans, new ap... | 26m 14s | ||||||
| 12/12/25 | What if Grammar Stopped Being Brussels Sprouts and Became Birthday Cake? Patty McGee on our Need for Great Grammar | Patty McGee never cared for how grammar was taught to her at school. “It was always so strict, rigid, and not interesting at all.” After years as a teacher, Patty pledged to make grammar interesting for the kids she taught at school. From seeing such great results and children loving her approach, she co-wrote a book on grammar, one which we can appreciate as business communicators too. In our interview, we hear of Patty’s new love for grammar, her book-writing process, and insigh... | 26m 08s | ||||||
| 11/29/25 | Female Mavericks Co-Founder Beth Mazza on AI Images, Women Founders, and Creative Potency | Co-Founder of Female Mavericks, Advisor, Coach and Cheerleader to Solopreneurs Beth Mazza joined the Sage Sayers the week before Thanksgiving, and I'm so glad she joined our show. Our paths crossed from her intriguing LinkedIn post which highlighted that AI searches of images of female founders often yielded images of men. As a mother of three daughters and whose two exits as an entrepreneur totaled 7+ figures, Beth felt angered, and then intrigued and empowered to share the findings wi... | 37m 21s | ||||||
| 11/15/25 | "Creativity is Everyone's Superpower." A Conversation with Wiley Author and CEO Advisor Leslie Grandy | Award-winning author, speaker, and CEO advisor Leslie Grandy guides teams, companies, and product leaders to leverage their creative thinking to elevate their organizations. She's worked across the entertainment, retail, and IT industries for the big giants whose names you'd know (including Amazon, Oracle, and Apple.) Although her book, "Creative Velocity," encourages us to harness our creativity, Leslie herself felt highly uncreative growing up. She knew she was great at other things; ... | 43m 18s | ||||||
| 10/31/25 |  "Life, Writing, and LinkedIn are just a series of Experiments." Content Creation Coach Cynthia Trevino on the confidence that comes from daring to stand out | Not often do I meet a fellow writer, entrepreneur, and problem solver like Content Creation Coach Cynthia Trevino. We met via LinkedIn after she liked something wild I put out there (a hype video for a workshop). I noticed her pithy, powerful title and headline she'd wisely crafted and invited her in for a chat. I love that Cynthia has reinvented, started out as an entrepreneur after being laid off, and before YouTube or TikTok to guide us on how to market ourselves. She figured things ... | 32m 57s | ||||||
| 10/17/25 |  Steven Puri on Finding our Flow, Meeting Management, and Connecting with Remote Audiences | Entrepreneur, almost new dad, and tech leader Steven Puri knows a lot about remote teams and work. He's led remote teams across multiple huge companies (including Fox, DreamWorks, and Sony) for 20 years. He's a daily yogi, an almost new dad, and also launched the Sukha Company helping remote workers focus, finish faster, and feel healthier. We discovered different ways to connect, even when remote, and ways to get meetings finishing on time. We also talked about entrepreneurship, managi... | 30m 23s | ||||||
| 10/3/25 | Actor, writer, and technologist Patrick Chou on improv as an antidote to public speaking fear in any conversation | My guest this episode is Patrick Chou. His career path has included a PhD from MIT and a thriving Silicon Valley career in the optical telecom business where he understands both the technology and business of pluggable optics. Patrick's also a writer and actor, which helps feed (along with his technology work) a quest to better understand how humans communicate. In our conversation, we hear of Patrick's career, his choices, his love for acting, and especially improv, which has taught hi... | 28m 52s | ||||||
| 9/19/25 | "There will always be someone who can't see your worth. Don't let it be you." Neeraj Juneja on storytelling and getting teams and leaders to connect | One thing I love about being a coach? Meeting other coaches, who are often just the loveliest, upbeat people--and thoughtful too. Coach Neeraj Juneja is a favorite new coaching friend this year who has already taught me so much. For ~20 years, Neeraj has worked at American Express, BCG, NatWest, and Axis Bank and has coached leaders for the last 6+ years at BCG and NatWest. In our interview (Neeraj in New Delhi, India, me here in Wisconsin, USA), we hear of his eternal optimism, h... | 22m 37s | ||||||
| 9/5/25 | Consuelo Amat on state repression, developing civil society in authoritarian regimes, and showing empathy for those who emerge from them | My guest this week is John Hopkins University professor Consuelo Amat whose research interests include state repression, armed and unarmed resistance, political violence, and developing civil society in authoritarian regimes, with a focus on Latin America. In a delightful conversation, a first-time meeting, Consuelo tells us what started her on this path and why she's remained there fascinated and uplifted ever since. We also explore what we (as business leaders and communicators) ought to ke... | 27m 44s | ||||||
| 8/23/25 | How to be Brief With Your Brag | Requests for updates on our work can startle and befuddle us as communicators. Much pressure exists: We must be brief, clear, and on point with what the requester of information needs and wants. Communications strategy and self awareness on why we feel unconfident in that moment helps. This week’s episode shares all of that, including a framework for getting in and out of your update in a minute or less, and with reasonable specifics within. Wanting more tips and strategies on sel... | 20m 44s | ||||||
| 8/9/25 | 58 and Unapologetic. Jacqueline Freeman on living her best years and rising up against ageism | My guest this week is Jacqueline Freeman, a New Zealander TV industry insider, a media strategist, and the unapologetic voice behind a platform thats rewriting what relevance looks like after 50. After her posts speaking out against ageism went viral, reaching 1 million views (and counting) her podcast interview with the Sage Sayers is her first after many invitations elsewhere. (Lucky us!) Freeman’s a voice worth listening to. Thousands of people write to her saying they feel heard, stronger... | 39m 41s | ||||||
| 7/25/25 | Polly Leung on savings, financial planning, and cross-cultural learnings from Hong Kong and California | Polly Leung has long loved conversations on finance. She enjoys getting us talking and thinking about our money and planning ahead so we can enjoy our lives when retired, taking that time to travel. Her lesson on money came from growing up in Hong Kong and then starting over in her teens in California, US, moving here with her mother and siblings—an expensive move, and one that also taught her cultural agility. In a lovely interview, we hear of Polly’s cultural transition across t... | 27m 46s | ||||||
| 7/12/25 | College Sharks Lee Norwood on being ourselves, standing out, and not worrying about application videos | Business owner of College Sharks Lee Norwood helps break down the complexities of college admissions for thousands of college students. And she loves the lessons the teens teach her on humility, storytelling, grit, determination--all which they need to enter a college that will take them places. In a lively, unscripted interview, Lee shares her segue from Pharma to college consulting (which happened with serendipity). She speaks on the challenges for students, which include intense comp... | 21m 07s | ||||||
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