Episode 9: Francisco Contreras - "Through spans of distance and time, here we are!"
This episode I caught up with Francisco Contreras at his current home in Houston. I say “current home” because Fran’s life since Andover has been marked by near constant movement: from Houston to Mexico where he went to college and got married, then to grad school in Germany and Pennsylvania, then to work in Santa Barbara, San Jose, Raleigh NC, BACK to Mexico and now in Houston again, crossing cultures and languages, with four kids in tow.
27 Apr 2026
Episode 8: Jon Odo - Our Overlapping Perspectives
Jon Odo’s work focuses on the productive functioning of teams. In this episode, Jon and I explore how everyone on earth engages the world from their own unique subjective perspective and what that means for groups of people who hope to pull in the same direction and serve a common goal, whether that be in a corporation, a community, a nation or even a family. I caught up with Jon where he lives with his family in a quaint little Boston suburb you may have heard of.
In this episode I caught up with Meka Egwuekwe in Memphis, where his simple dedication to fatherhood led to a shift in his career that, over the years, has expanded to impact every family in the state of Tennessee, but not before a significant shift in his understanding of his own family.
6 Apr 2026
Episode 6: Mike Blanton - Managing Change, In Science And In Life
In this episode I caught up with astronomer Mike Blanton in his office in Pasadena California, where he is the new director of Carnegie Observatories. I found Mike at a moment when he, his wife and their two high schoolers are all facing exciting life changes, and navigating them well.
30 Mar 2026
Episode 5: Julia Bloch - At Work (And At Play) In A World Of Words
In this episode, I caught up with Julia Bloch in Philadelphia, where she lives and works as the director of the creative writing program at the University of Pennsylvania. We talked about her life as a teacher, as a poet, as a mother and as a daughter, and found ourselves delighting in how the ever-changing nature of language impacts and enhances our lives. And I learned how poetry, in particular, has a unique power to challenge norms, make unexpected connections and change how we think and m...
23 Mar 2026
Episode 4: Sarah Gallagher - Endless Space for Discovery
Sarah shares what it's like to be a professor of astronomy, the Director of The Space Institute at Ontario's Western University and the first Science Advisor to the president of the Canadian Space Agency.
16 Mar 2026
Episode 3: Josh Tulgan - Finding A Home Away From Home
In this episode - recorded March 1st - I caught up with Josh Tulgan in the hotel where he fled with his family as rockets criss-crossed the air over their Dubai home. And I learned that it’s not the first time THIS DECADE that global events have forced them to pick up and leave everything behind.
10 Mar 2026
Episode 2: Mara Raphael - Do all the things you've always wanted to do
A beautiful discussion about the power of life’s trials to illuminate who we really are and remind us to do the things we’ve always wanted to do
10 Mar 2026
Episode 1: Sasha Kipka - The Value Of Being Exposed To New Things
9 Mar 2026
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A catching-up podcast for Phillips Academy Andover's class of '1991, ahead of our 35th reunion.
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