After decades of chasing success as a tech entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and even a candidate for Utah governor, Jeff Burningham found himself questioning what it all meant.

When the governor’s race ended in 2020, Jeff finally had space to pause—and that pause changed everything. It led him to write The Last Book Written by a Human, a deeply personal reflection on consciousness, connection, and wisdom in an age increasingly defined by artificial intelligence.

• What it was like to step back from chasing success and re-evaluate what matters
• Why he believes AI is a mirror showing us who we are
• The four stages he sees as part of every human and technological evolution: disruption, reflection, transformation, and evolution
• Why slowing down might be the most human thing we can do

• The Last Book Written by a Human by Jeff Burningham
• Read more about Jeff
• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

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Journalist Charlie Wells is a Millennial — and by now, something of an expert on the Millennial generation, too. In his debut book, What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation, he shares the stories of five people whose lives reveal what it’s really been like to grow up Millennial — through the early optimism, the crises that shaped us, and all the change we’ve weathered along the way.

Hear Charlie talk about:

• Why he wanted to explore what it’s really been like to grow up as a Millennial
• How he chose the five people whose lives he shares in the book
• How major moments like 9/11 and the rise of the internet shaped Millennial identity
• The nostalgia objects — from Tamagotchis to AIM screen names — that connect us across divides
• Why he feels proud of Millennials, and what he hopes we carry forward into the next chapter of adulthood

Mentioned in this episode:

• What Happened to Millennials: In Defense of a Generation by Charlie Wells
• Charlie Wells on Instagram and X (Twitter)

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Cori Burns had always loved running, but eventually pregnancy pushed her to walking for exercise. She found she loved it, but quickly realized there weren't any shoes made for women who walked for fitness. So, she set out to create them herself.

In 2023 she launched Raesyn, a technical shoe company making shoes “for women who walk to sweat.” Cori shares how she spotted a gap in the shoe industry, what went into designing a shoe for women who walk for exercise, and the determination it took to turn her idea into Raesyn.

Hear Cori talk about:

• What makes walking for exercise different from running
• When she noticed there was a need for walking shoes
• What she looked for in the ideal women’s walking shoe
• The process to get from prototype to a shoe ready for market

Mentioned in this episode:

• Raesyn Shoes — Cori’s footwear brand
• Girls Who Walk Baltimore, the walking group Cori mentioned
• Cori’s walking workouts and Substack

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