{"podcast":{"title":"This Sustainable Life","slug":"this-sustainable-life-924670","podcast_index_feed_id":924670,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f","website_url":"http://joshuaspodek.com/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/1607568708606-ddbbab92b7e0736c16ba3a24a6ef974f.jpeg","author":"Joshua Spodek","episode_count":860,"summary":"Do you care about the environment but feel “I want to act, but if no one else does, it won't make a difference,” and “But if you don't solve everything, it isn't worth doing anything”? We are the antidote! You're not alone. Hearing role models overcome the same feelings to enjoy acting on their values creates meaning, purpose, community, and emotional reward. Want to improve as a leader? Bestselling author, 3-time TEDx speaker, leadership speaker, coach, and professor Joshua Spodek, PhD, MBA, brings joy and inspiration to acting on the environment. You'll learn to lead without relying on authority. We bring you leaders from many areas — business, politics, sports, arts, education, and more — to share their expertise for you to learn from. We then ask them to share and act on their environmental values. That's leadership without authority — so they act for their reasons, not out of guilt, blame, doom, gloom, or someone telling them what to do. Guests include: Dan Pink , 40+ million TED Talk views Marshall Goldsmith , #1-ranked leadership guru and author Frances Hesselbein , Presidential Medal of Freedom honoree, former CEO of the Girl Scouts Elizabeth Kolbert , Pulitzer Prize-winni…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-sustainable-life-924670"},"episode":{"title":"848: Peter Simek, part 1: EarthX's CEO","slug":"848-peter-simek-part-1-earthx-s-ceo","published_at":"2026-04-13T19:31:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-sustainable-life-924670/848-peter-simek-part-1-earthx-s-ceo","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-sustainable-life-924670","url":"https://shows.acast.com/leadership-and-the-environment/episodes/848-peter-simek-part-1-earthxs-ceo","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5a481aca95dfbf9d13d4dc6f/e/69dd39f4715b7d1039e9a4d0/media.mp3","summary":"I met Peter in person at a local (Manhattan) event that EarthX hosted for media people. I was invited for hosting this podcast. We spoke about leadership and sustainability. We focused on crossing political boundaries. We shared about our successes in these efforts, how important we consider such tactics and strategies, and how much that success is missing in the US. He invited me to participate in this year's conference, as you'll hear in our conversation. I wrote back that I don't fly, so I'd like to but transportation would be a challenge. I didn't say that I consider conferences that dozens to thousands of people fly to counterproductive because I didn't yet know enough about the conference or him, but I offered a few ways to make it work. You'll hear more in the conversation, but I suggested to him what I've suggested to a couple other conference organizers. If enough people who were flying might switch to a chartered bus, I could help that process. Tune in to hear our conversation on that topic. Also, you'll learn more about EarthX, Peter's relationship with EarthX and why they brought him on, and his start of the Spodek Method. As often happens, it seemed like it couldn't work until it did, and then he looked at his commitment with enthusiasm. Peter's home page EarthX's page For its 2026 conference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"I met Peter in person at a local (Manhattan) event that EarthX hosted for media people. I was invited for hosting this podcast. We spoke about leadership…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2997,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-sustainable-life-924670/episodes/848-peter-simek-part-1-earthx-s-ceo/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-sustainable-life-924670/848-peter-simek-part-1-earthx-s-ceo.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}