The Vance Crowe Podcast

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Mike Compston retired rancher discusses thoughts on death, acts of conscience, lifelong exploration Nov 21, 2020

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Mike Compston is a retired rancher in his 70's living in Nevada. Vance and Mike talk about how values are created and handed down, regrets he has from his life, the value of the Articulate Ventures Network, what he thinks happens when you die and his personal Peter Thiel Paradox.

About the Vance Crowe Podcast —
Vance Crowe interviews people with an expertise that you would want to know about, but might not think to ask. He prompts his guests to think about their work in novel ways, discusses how it applies to regular people and has fun sharing stories and experiences.

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We are a patchwork of thinkers that want to articulate ideas in a forum where they can be respectfully challenged, improved and celebrated so that we can explore complex subjects, learn from those we disagree with and achieve our personal & professional goals.

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Vance delivers speeches that reveal important aspects of human communication. Audiences are entertained, engaged, and leave feeling empowered to change something about the way they are communicating. Vance tells stories about his own experiences, discusses theories in ways that make them relatable and highlights interesting people, books, and media that the audience can learn even more from.

Ann Crowe; Physical Therapist on healing running injuries and getting back in shape after pregnancy Nov 16, 2020

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Ann Crowe of Precision Physical Therapy sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about pain as a concept, as well the challenges parents face being pregnant and raising a newborn.

On a personal note, this is a conversation is one I am excited to share as we discussed many things that we wish we had known before starting the journey to having our child.

Ann Crowe is a woman like no other. She has swam on the Notre Dame women's team, tried out for the Olympics, worked as an aerospace engineer and competed in an Iron Man competition. She operates a physical therapy clinic called Precision Physical Therapy with a partner.

To learn more about Precision Physical Therapy www.precisionstl.com

To join the Articulate Ventures Network: https://network.articulate.ventures
Twitter: @VanceCrowe

Sara Krenski; Exercise instructor & Montessori advocate on exercising consistently and in community Nov 11, 2020

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Exercise week concludes! Sara Krenski is one of the most well respected “boot-camp” instructors in the Saint Louis region. Krenski spoke with Vance Crowe about her coaching philosophy and mindset that have prompted many people to start to get in shape and kept them coming to class for more than 10 years.

Krenski has training in the Montesori methods and it is clear that she applies her beliefs about the potential of human beings to the way she teaches her classes. Krenski has students ranging from their 20’s-70’s that show up 4 days a week for years.

During the conversation Krenski and Crowe talk about the concept of resistance, consistency, careers and how the Montessori system allows children to achieve at their fullest potential.

Book mentioned during the podcast: The Absorbent Mind : https://amzn.to/35Sp2sM

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Mark Spewak running coach on talking to pain, establishing goals and getting started with running. Nov 09, 2020

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Exercise Week: Mark Spewak is an extraordinary running coach, helping his clients to learn how to become better runners not only from establishing a running plan, but also learning how to master the voices in your head that try to talk you out of pushing through and achieving your goals. Vance Crowe and Mark Spewak discuss the voice of resistance, the unity that comes from seeing someone else running in the cold and rain and the reason we all want to give up when we are ¾ through a challenging journey.

Mark Spewak is a highly respected running coach in Saint Louis, Missouri. He has helped adults and students achieve their running goals, even when they didn’t start out as a runner.

Learn more about Spewak Training: https://spewaktraining.com/

To join the Articulate Ventures Network: https://network.articulate.ventures

Marcio Goncalves Swine Veterinarian and productivity hacker Oct 26, 2020

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Marcio Gonacalves runs the business SwineIt a podcast and conference business that has taken the North and South American business world by storm. He sat down with Vance Crowe and to talk about business productivity secrets, discuss business challenges, and talk about how to keep employees motivated.

Jeremy LaKosh Returns! History in Context host on Christopher Columbus, the centralization of government and economics Oct 23, 2020

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A new YouTube channel that will shatter what you think you know about historical figures has just been created by accountant and retirement community CEO Jeremy LaKosh. During LaKosh’s conversation with Vance Crowe they talk about:

The Illinois government is more than 3 months behind on paying Medicaid obligations to retirement communities.
The shocking stories that made Christopher Columbus a person that we still talk about after 500 years.
Why social media has become a zero-sum, honor culture situation where robust debate can’t occur.
How Milton Friedman’s “Free to Choose” had such a large impact on the culture’s understanding of economics.
How the terms “republican” and “democrat” represent the form of thinking of the people in their parties.

Historical Context YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtAV5SOjcJj4xW6Ye29ZfLg

To watch the first conversation that Jeremy had with Vance Crowe (A Government’s Guide to Exploiting the Elderly) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hunlbsBFEak

To learn more about the Articulate Ventures Network: https://network.articulate.ventures/

Chris Bennet Returns! Ag reporter on human nature, insurance fraud and horse cemeteries Oct 19, 2020

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Chris Bennet is ag and technology editor for Farm Journal magazine. He tells stories with a southern drawl that draw you in and almost always has a twist that you cannot believe.

In this interview we talk about the inner demons that can lead anyone astray, one of the greatest insurance frauds in US history done by Robert Carl Stokes and what it is like to raise a daughter so she doesn't fall in love with the man you used to be! Chris Bennett talks with Vance Crowe about horse burials at a special cemetery and the tale of a woman who refused to leave her Georgia plantation.

To learn more about the book club: https://articulate.ventures/october-atcf-book-club

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Jamey Stegmaier; How to publish a board game; board game designer on how to get introverts talking, and the business of games. Oct 16, 2020

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Jamey Stegmaier is a giant in the world of board game publishing. Stegmaier sat down with Vance Crowe to talk about what it takes to design a great board game, how introverts can use board games to start conversations, and why writing game directions is so difficult.

Stegmaier owns Stonemaier Games and is a major figure in the world of Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform. His books and videos have helped people raise millions of dollars and his board game publishing company has brought joy to people around the world.

During the interview Stegmaier mentioned a game called Wingspan; to purchase the game visit: https://stonemaiergames.com/games/wingspan/

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Brian Hopkins: Pet Pharmaceuticals, facing adversity, and the value of friends you can fight with. Oct 14, 2020

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Once humans let pets in the house, everything about the way we medicated them had to change. Suddenly the disease that were ok outside, were now coming into the house. Animal pharmaceutical salesman Brian Hopkins sat down with Vance Crowe to discuss what changes have happened, how people engage with their pets differently and the advances in pet medicine.

Brian and Vance also discussed how they both had to independently embrace the concepts of stoicism in order to endure the pain and suffering that happened when their wives struggled to have a baby. They discuss stoicism, and how it applies to their lives.

They also talked about how social media is a zero sum game and how this is impacting the way we engage with other people in the real world. They talked about the realities of children being marketed to and how communities are different than tribes.

Brian and Vance discuss Sober October and why they gave up social media and the impact that it has had on their lives.

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Kenneth Stanley Novelty Search: a weapon to fight against the status quo; Artificial Intelligence Researcher Oct 12, 2020

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Kenneth Stanley’s concept of “Novelty Search” characterizes how major breakthroughs happen by articulating that individuals that discover and build totally new things cannot plan where they are going, they instead need to follow what they find interesting. During Kenneth Stanley’s interview with Vance Crowe, they discuss how novelty search is similar to the concept of the Daemon as discussed by philosophers such as Nietzche, Goethe, and Carl Jung.

Kenneth Stanley and Vance Crowe discuss how a small talk is a form of Novelty Search, and how watching their young children grow is a similar experience.

To purchase Ken Stanely’s Book: The Myth of the Objecting: Why Greatness Cannot be Planned https://amzn.to/2SHMrXY

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