Growing Up with Delia Burgess Delia Burgess
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Prisoners, prime ministers, ex KGB spies and baristas.
Unedited conversations with humans.
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Ep. 107 - Tom McLeod: the non-linear path to building companies
Tom is an investor, mentor and partner who loves building software.
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Ep. 106 - Andrew Fleig: stoicism & cold emailing to get what you want
Andrew is a writer and student of philosophy at George Washington University, in Washington D.C. He also works as a Research Assistant for Brass Check, working for some of the biggest and most brilliant minds in content creation, such as Ryan Holiday, Brent Underwood, and Billy Oppenheimer.
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Ep. 105 - Ben Freeth: the long ride to justice for Zimbabweans
Ben Freeth, MBE is a British-born Zimbabwean farmer who successfully sued Mugabe in an international court in 2008. Since winning the lawsuit he has been harassed and his farm burnt to the ground. His family's story was told in a BAFTA nominated documentary, Mugabe and the White African (2009) and subsequently Ben's first book of the same title.
Listen to Ben's Growing Up story at Ep. 87 - Ben Freeth: suing Robert Mugabe, the Walled City, thugs and the Holy Spirit -
Ep. 104 - Khe Hy: leaving a $2.3m Wall Street salary at 35 & finding peace
Khe Hy worked on Wall Street for 15 years and was one of the youngest Managing Directors at BlackRock. He followed the playbook of status and income, but was hit with the striking realisation: "Is this it?"
At 35, he left and started RadReads, the blog that helps hard-charging professionals step back from their busy lives and ask themselves life's biggest questions. Is this as good as it gets? What does it mean to make an impact? What does a rich and fulfilled life look like?
Khe has been called “Oprah for Millennials” by CNN and the “Wall Street Guru” by Bloomberg. RadReads has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, TedX, Time, Quartz and LifeHacker.
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Ep. 103 - Kai Karar: drugs, sex, violence & going viral
Kai Karar tells his Growing Up story on Ep. 94 - Kai Karar: addiction, stealing cars, Russian drug supply & getting clean
He currently hosts a popular podcast in Finland (he monetised his YouTube channel in 49 days) & here we are mostly chatting about this!
Kai lives in Tampere Finland. He is a ghostwriter, podcaster and former MMA fighter.
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Ep. 102 - Erica Komisar: prioritising motherhood & raising an emotionally secure future
Erica Komisar, LCSW is a New York based psychoanalyst, parent coach and author. With 30 years of experience in private practice, she works to alleviate pain from individuals who suffer from depression, anxiety, eating, and other compulsive disorders.
A graduate of Georgetown and Columbia Universities and The New York Freudian Society, Erica is a psychological consultant bringing parenting and work/life workshops to clinics, schools, corporations, and childcare settings.
Erica is also the author of the book Being There: Why Prioritizing Motherhood in the First Three Years Matters and Chicken Little The Sky Isn’t Falling: Raising Resilient Adolescents in the New Age of Anxiety and has appeared on major media networks such as CBS, ABC, FOX, and NPR. She is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, New York Daily News, and FOX 5 NY. She is a Contributing Editor to the Institute for Family Studies.
She lives in New York City with her husband, optometrist, and social entrepreneur Dr. Jordan Kassalow with whom she has three teenage and young adult children.