About Wavemaker Conversations: A Podcast for the Insanely Curious
Network news veteran Michael Schulder hosts in-depth conversations that take listeners to a place where curiosity meets hope. Featuring some of the most creative thinkers, respected leaders, and preeminent authors in a wide variety of fields, including history, sports, the arts, business, current affairs, journalism, mental health, and more. For updates please subscribe to the Wavemaker Conversations newsletter (link below) and visit https://wavemaker.me
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AI & Cybersecurity: From the Situation Room to the Living Room feat. Laura Galante & Tal Feldman
As AI reshapes power, two leading cybersecurity minds join me to map the terrain of national security, business and daily life.
Laura Galante is the former Director of the U.S. government’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. Tal Feldman is an AI and National Security scholar with a keen focus on China.
Galante and Feldman are two of the clearest communicators you will hear on this subject. This Wavemaker Conversation was recorded Live at the Dreamland Theatre in Nantucket on August 23rd, and sponsored by White Elephant Resorts and the Inquirer and Mirror newspaper.
28 Aug 2026
John Urschel’s Unreasonable Goals: From the NFL to MIT
Former NFL offensive lineman John Urschel fell in love with math before he fell in love with football. He pursued both fields with equal intensity. How he has succeeded in both (his mother played an important role) is an inspiring story - and as good a reason as any to bring back this 2015 conversation from the Wavemaker archives.
But I’m revisiting it now because of a major new study out this week that concluded at least one of every four former NFL players has been afflicted with the degenerative brain disease CTE, which is caused by the cumulative force of repeated hits to the head. The risk of suffering brain damage from playing professional football was what led me to contact Urschel in the first place - and to learn why a person who aspired to be a leader in the field of math, would take such a risk.
20 Aug 2026
Sebastian Junger: Escape from the tyranny of self-interest
Sebastian Junger and I discuss his search for purpose as a young man; his 1997 best-seller, The Perfect Storm, that put him on the map; his high risk years as a war reporter; the aneurism that nearly killed him; becoming a father late in life; and what he calls the “escape from the tyranny of self-interest.” A riveting and thought-provoking introduction to a journalist you’ll be seeing more of in his new role as a Contributor to 60 Minutes. Our conversation was recorded live at the 2023 Nantucket Book Festival (which just celebrated its 15th year!)
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