High Road Conversations

Episodes

Long-form conversations with people who have led something real and learned from it. Hosted by Zac Parker.

Professor Jeff Willie
Episode 1
Be a River, Not a Reservoir
Professor Jeff Willie
Professor Jeff Willie on pouring what you know into others, why age is a mindset, and the generosity that outlasts the leaders who hoard.
Said Eshaghi
Episode 2
When Survival Turns On You
Said Eshaghi
Said Eshaghi on escaping Iran as a teenager, the survival instinct that built his success, and how that same wiring nearly cost him everything.
Michael J. Pope, Jr.
Episode 3
The Fear That Keeps You Seated
Michael J. Pope, Jr.
Michael J. Pope on the terrifying first speech in a room of twelve, the mentor who changed it, and the cost of staying in your seat.
Jason Adams
Episode 4
Built, Lost, Built Again
Jason Adams
Jason Adams on the go-kart that started it all, confusing being in charge with leading, and why you cannot see your own blind spots alone.
Otis Florence
Episode 5
The Business He Sold at a Bus Stop
Otis Florence
Otis Florence on a lifetime of building and selling businesses, the bus-stop deal that changed his career, and what most sellers get wrong.
Tom Judkins
Episode 6
From a Few Hundred to Six Hundred Thousand
Tom Judkins
Tom Judkins on growing past 600,000 followers by studying what worked, staying gritty, and the day a hobby started paying the mortgage.
Hanna Bauer
Episode 7
Declared Dead at 10
Hanna Bauer
Hanna Bauer was declared dead at ten, then said nothing about her heart disease for twenty years. On burnout, reading an organization's vital signs, and hope as equipment.