BIG TALK
Liz Brunner – How Do You Find Your Voice of Confidence?
How do you find your voice of confidence? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Liz Brunner. An
Rachel DeAlto – How do you become a relationship expert, and what can we all learn about being relatable to anyone at any time?
How do you become a relationship expert, and what can we all learn about being relatable to anyone at any time? Join Laura Gassner Otting
Jay Acunzo – How do you tell a story that resonates?
How do you tell a story that resonates? Jay Acunzo explores why work resonates and how ours can too. He hosts the narrative podcast Unthinkable,
Dr. Zoe Chance – Make Influence Your Superpower.
Making Influence Your Superpower. https://youtu.be/vWOgQUA0sgU Making Influence Your Superpower. Zoe Chance - Lover, Adventurer, Octophile. Zoe Chance is an award-winning teacher and researcher at Yale
Dr. Ruth Gotian – How Successful People Become Successful
Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Dr. Ruth Gotian. Dr. Ruth Gotian - Thinker, Adult Educator, Success
Melanie Sodka – Create More Capacity in Your Life.
Create More Capacity in Your Life. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Melanie Sodka. https://youtu.be/lLv8k5qaoaI Melanie Sodka
Marc Champagne – The right question gets you everything.
Marc Champagne – The right question gets you everything. How do you ask better questions, and what does that have to do with becoming mentally
Pamela Slim – Casting the Widest Net for Your Work
How do you find your best customers, and why is it important to cast the widest net? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this
Mark Herschberg: What are the essential skills we all need for our careers, and why isn’t anyone teaching them to us?
What are the essential skills we all need for our careers, and why isn’t anyone teaching them to us? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she
Shane Feldman: Courage, community, and coming out over and over
Courage, community, and coming out over and over. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Shane Feldman. Shane
Loren Ridinger: What does it take to build one of the largest online retailers in the world, and what can we all learn from the woman who did?
What does it take to build one of the largest online retailers in the world, and what can we all learn from the woman who
Brandon Farbstein: How does a diagnosis of dwarfism lead to living Ten Feet Tall?
How does a diagnosis of dwarfism lead to living Ten Feet Tall? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special
Susan McPherson: What does the Queen of Connections do in a pandemic?
What does the Queen of Connections do in a pandemic? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Susan
Kyle Sanders: Building a life from forgiveness
What do the roles of agency, discipline, and forgiveness play in finding your values, and how do you pass that along to your children as
Kim Kaupe: Good ideas will hunt you down.
How does taking a job you hate lead to a life you love? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with
Alex Ferreira: Mental Health and High Achievement Intertwine
Alex Ferreira shares how a young skiing phenom goes on to win gold, and how he gets brave enough to attempt those crazy flip and
Margot Bloomstein: Rebuilding Trust in a Post-Fact World
Margot Bloomstein shares how to establish and hold trust in an era of doubt, and why it matters. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts
Antonio Neves: Success Doesn’t Come Without the Work
Antonio Neves shares how you take the wheel and create the life you want. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv
Jonathan Fields: Discovering Grace Looking for Perfection
Jonathan Fields tells us what is a good life, and how you protect your energy to live the one you want. Join Laura Gassner Otting
Trina Gray: Leaving Others to Find Yourself
Trina Gray shares what you do when you turn out to be different than what everyone expected, and how you make peace with what you
David Usher: Where Does Creativity Come From?
David Usher shares where creativity comes from, and how it pushes you in unexpected directions. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of
Alisa Cohn: Learning to Bet on Yourself
Alisa Cohn shares what second acts, professional reinventions, and Broadway can teach you about uncovering the best in other people. Join Laura Gassner Otting as
Whitney Johnson: Jumping From Comfort to Challenge, Again
Whitney Johnson shares how we can learn to play to our strengths and still learn as we grow. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts
Ilona Goldfarb: Reinventing the Wheel in COVID Crisis
Ilona Goldfarb shares how she became one of the top high-risk OBGYN’s in the world. She also helps us answer the question if pregnant women
Sallie Krawcheck: Change the Rules, Change the World
Sallie Krawcheck explains what women's rights and financial power have to do with one another, and what to do when you realize it's up to
Tiffani Bova: How to Get Better at Anything
Tiffani Bova tells us what a road warrior does in a pandemic, and how to re-learn to be creative. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she
Lydia Fenet: Becoming the Most Powerful Woman in the Room
Lydia Fenet shares how she became the lead benefit auctioneer at the largest auction house in the world, and what this taught her about power.
John Jantsch: Entrepreneurship Is Fetishized, if You Let It Be
John Jantsch shares what it takes to be a successful entrepreneur, and how can you be even better than you thought possible. Join Laura Gassner
Jill Sherer Murray: Jump and You Will Become the Net
Jill Sherer Murray shares what you can learn from improv, and how it teaches you to let go of what you hold most dear. Join
Jeff Lemberg: Why do the stories we tell matter?
Jeff Lemberg shares how we can parent boys to be better, and what social distancing has done to our previously effective (or ineffective) strategies. Join
Scott Osman: Seeing Potential Through a Photographers Eyes
Scott Osman shares how he built a legacy, and what he learned from helping others build theirs. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this
Vinh Giang: Where Does Magic Stop and Reality Start?
Vinh Giang (who happens to be a world-famous speaker) shares how he made a global pandemic disappear by pivoting his entire life, family, and business.
Marie Incontrera: How Not to Fit in, and Love It
Marie Incontrera shares how she got her stories from page to stage, and what it taught her about producing her very own (award-nominated) movie in
Marko Cheseto: A Double Amputee’s World Record Optimism
Marko Cheseto tells his story of being a promising young track and field star who lost his legs in the dark Alaska winter, and how
Anna Gomez: CFO Comes Out as Romance Novelist
Anna Gomez shares how she started in the mail-room and ended up in the CFO's Office. She also tells us how she hid a career
Matthew Kimberley: How to Sell Anything to Anyone
Matthew Kimberley talks to us about how he learned to persuade anyone of anything, and the secret to tough-love. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she
Mike Ganino: From Trailer Park to Baby Daddy, the Storyteller’s Story
Mike Ganino shares how he went from growing up in a trailer park to training major corporations and successful CEOs. He talks to us about
Melissa Wiggins: A Diagnosis Reveals a Life’s Purpose
Melissa Wiggins shares what she did when her child was diagnosed with cancer, and how it revealed her life's purpose. Join Laura Gassner Otting as
Scott Monty: A Republican Becomes Biden’s Loudest Supporter
Scott Monty shares how a lifelong Republican becomes one of Joe Biden's most vocal supporters. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of
Travis McKenzie: An Athlete’s Journey to Entrepreneurship
Travis Mckenzie shares how he built a business empire out of his passion, and what lessons he learned along the way. Join Laura Gassner Otting
Mitch Matthews: The Role of Faith in the Journey of Entrepreneurship
Mitch Matthews shares where hope comes from and what faith is to the faithless. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv
Dan Pontefract: Being a Leader who Matters
Dan Pontefract shares how we find the leader within us, and why it matters? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv
Joe De Sena: When Life Is Turned Upside Down, the Standards Don’t Change
Joe De Sena shares how he created the world's leading obstacle race, and what he did when COVID canceled it all. Join Laura Gassner Otting
Amberly Lago: A 1% Chance Still Means There Is a Chance
Amberly Lago shares what happened when a motorcycle accident changed her life, and how she turned that tragedy into triumph. Join Laura Gassner Otting as
Kara Goldin: From Hating Water to Founding Hint Water
Kara Goldin shares how she grew a brand worth hundreds of millions of dollars after hearing “no” over and over and over? Join Laura Gassner
Sanford Greenberg: A Lifetime of Blindness and A Fight to Save Others
Sanford Greenberg shares how does a missed diagnosis lead to a lifetime of blindness, and a fight to save others. Join Laura Gassner Otting as
Safi Bahcall: How to Get Out of Your Own Way
Safi Bahcall shares how good teams kill great ideas, and what you can do to get out of your own way. Join Laura Gassner Otting
Brad Meltzer: The Story Behind Every Story
Brad Meltzer shares how someone can live a life of wonder and what kind of world we can create today. Join Laura Gassner Otting as
Heather Monahan: Betting on Yourself
Heather Monahan shares what she did when another woman was the villain in her story and how she went from a trailer to the c-suite.
Chris Plough: Staring Suicide In the Face
How do you stare suicide in the face, and what does that have to do with the exquisite beauty in everything? Join Laura Gassner Otting as
Simon Tam: Defending the Marginalized
What does it take to defend your marginalized identity in front of the Supreme Court, and how does everything change after? Join Laura Gassner Otting
Jordan Harbinger: Creating One of the World’s Largest Podcasts
What does it take to build one of the most successful podcasts in the world, and how do you talk to just about anyone? Join Laura
Dorie Clark: Getting Others to Pay For Your Do-Over
Where do you start when you want to restart, and how do you get people to pay you for it? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she
Jen Welter: Becoming the First Female Coach in the NFL
What does it take to become the first female coach in the NFL, and how do you handle the pressure thrust upon you when you
Jackie Huba: Learning Drag Queen Confidence
Jackie Huba shares how to start a social movement, and what can drag queens teach you about confidence. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts
Laura Huang: Turning Adversity Into an Advantage
What can a Harvard Business School professor teach you about turning adversity into an advantage, and how do you best position yourself to find your
Josh Mantz: What It’s Like to Die
What's it like to die? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Josh Mantz - Veteran, Consciousness Seeker, Ghost. Timestamps:
Marcus Whitney: From Paycheck to Major League Success
How does one man go from living in a week-to-week efficiency hotel to co-owning a Major League Soccer team, and how do you find the
Scott Stratten: How to Handle Losing Everything
What does it take to achieve everything you’ve ever wanted, only to lose it all, and what do you figure out in the climb back?
Alan Mulally: Learning from a Humble Titan
What can we learn from one of the most humble CEOs to ever grace the corner office, and what does it take to transform both
Orlando Bowen: Finding Forgiveness When Everything is Taken From You
How do you find forgiveness after you've had everything taken from you, and how can we apply this to our lives and work today? Join
Brant Menswar: Why we reject black sheep, and who the flock cares, anyway?
Why do we reject the black sheep, and who the flock cares, anyway? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special
Samra Zafar: Escaping Life as a Child Bride
How do you escape a life as a child bride, and what does the process of rebuilding entail? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this
Mitch Joel: What Does the Future Have in Store?
If that kid from 'Almost Famous' was real, and grew up to see the future, what would he tell us is coming? Join Laura Gassner Otting
Dr. Aviva Legatt: Dealing with College Admissions in 2020
What on earth is a high school senior to do in this weird wacky college admissions year, and how are we parents going to survive
Rohit Bhargava: The Secret to Publishing Successful Books
What does it take to spot trends and predict the future, and what do you do when you think you have a book inside of
E. Napoletano: When Following Your Dreams Makes You Unpopular
What do you do when following your dreams makes you unpopular, and what's that got to do with fake boobs, fake lashes, and fake friends,
Tameka Fryer Brown: When Does Representation Matter?
How to become a children's book author, and why does representation matter? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest,
Jackie Summers: Experiencing Racism in the Alcohol Industry
What's it like to be the first (and only) black person in America with a license to make liquor, and how the hell do you
Michael Bungay Stanier: The Secret to Giving the World’s Best Advice
What is the secret to giving the world's greatest advice, and how do stay curious long enough to do it? Join Laura Gassner Otting as she
Jesse Mermell: Why Would Anyone Ever Run for Office?
Why would someone ever want to run for office, and how on earth do you run a political campaign during a global pandemic and a
Rahaf Harfoush: What Does a Writer Do When She Has No Words?
When do we hustle, when do we float, and what on earth do K-Pop Stans and Witches have to do with global social movements? Join