{"podcast":{"title":"Delving In with Stuart Kelter","slug":"delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973","podcast_index_feed_id":5848973,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/delving-in/","website_url":"https://delving-in.captivate.fm","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ad94544c-e15e-4196-9402-c13f599bfdfa/wnwGKikP8HU8St2LkavDpw7h.jpg","author":"Stuart Kelter","episode_count":192,"summary":"Knowledge-seeker and psychologist Stuart Kelter shares his joy of learning and “delving in.” Ready? Let’s delve... Join Chris Churchill on the possible reasons why the search for intelligent life in the universe is coming up empty. Let’s hear from Israeli psychiatrist Pesach Lichtenberg about a promising approach to schizophrenia—going mainstream in Israel—that uses minimal drugs and maximal support through the crisis, rejecting the presumption of life-long disability. Find out what Pulitzer Prize winning historian, David Kertzer learned from recently opened Vatican records about Pius XII, the Pope During WWII. We explore the fascinating and intriguing... What did journalist Eve Fairbanks learn about race relations in post-Apartheid South Africa? Did you realize there were dozens and dozens of early women scientists? Let’s find out about them through a sampling of poems with poet Jessy Randall. How shall we grapple with the complexities of the placebo effect in drug development and medical practice? Harvard researcher Kathryn Hall confirms just how complicated it really is! But beware: increasing one’s knowledge leads to more and more questions. If that appeals to you, join us on…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T04:18:26.132097+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973"},"episode":{"title":"#168. The Power of Followers to Restrain Toxic Leaders","slug":"168-the-power-of-followers-to-restrain-toxic-leaders","published_at":"2025-09-22T13:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973/168-the-power-of-followers-to-restrain-toxic-leaders","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973","url":"https://delving-in.captivate.fm","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c4ef009e-81d7-48ad-ace4-95d14ff761ae.mp3","summary":"Ira Chaleff is past President of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates and award-winning author of several books, including  The Courageous Follower: Standing Up to and for Our Leaders , published in 2009;  Intelligent Disobedience: Doing Right When What You're Told to Do Is Wrong , published in 2015;  Intelligent Disobedience for Children: A Handbook for Parents and Other Caregivers , published in 2018;  To Stop a Tyrant: The Power of Political Followers to Make or Brake a Toxic Leader , published in 2024, and in a completely different genre, a collection of original poems about aging,  Falling Apart Into Wholeness , published in 2020. Ira has conducted workshops on Leader-Follower relations for a wide range of organizations, including multinational corporations and governmental agencies. He served as Executive Director, as well as Chair of the Board, of The Congressional Management Foundation, a non-partisan, non-profit group that provides management research, training and consulting for the U.S. Congress. Recorded 9/16/25.","meta_description":"Ira Chaleff is past President of Executive Coaching & Consulting Associates and award-winning author of several books, including The Courag…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3359,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973/episodes/168-the-power-of-followers-to-restrain-toxic-leaders/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/delving-in-with-stuart-kelter-5848973/168-the-power-of-followers-to-restrain-toxic-leaders.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}