Podcasts by Richard Lowe, Hosted Series and Guest Appearances
Leaders and Their Stories
Health & WellnessSascha Gorokhoff: Told He Would Not Live to 18, He Chose Victory Over Victim
Sascha Gorokhoff joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories to share how he defied a prognosis that gave him until 18, why mindset matters more than circumstance, how to put down what was never yours to carry, and the…
BusinessMark Blocker: Attract and Keep Top Talent With Purpose, Brand, and Integrity
Mark Blocker joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories to explain how to attract and keep top talent without just paying more: purpose over a paycheck, brand and integrity as the draw, and transparency as what keeps good people.
LeadershipWhy Leaders Who Quit Lose: Gerry Mecca on Grit, Coaching, and Fractional IT Leadership
Gerry Mecca joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories to argue there is shame in quitting, and to trace a straight line from the wrestling mat to fractional CIO work: coaching by belief instead of fear, leading IT professionals…
BusinessMike O’Neil: The Right Way to Generate Leads on LinkedIn
Mike O'Neil joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories for a hands-on masterclass in LinkedIn lead generation: the three account types, search criteria that matter, the three-message sequence, and the know-like-trust foundation that turns LinkedIn into real business.
BusinessBen the Automator: How to Automate the Work That Wastes Your Day
Ben the Automator joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories to demystify automation: the five traits of a good automation candidate, automating email and content workflows, why automation delivers lifetime ROI, and why AI is a workforce multiplier not…
BusinessJoe Rockey: The Psychology of Getting People to Be Honest and to Buy
Joe Rockey joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories to explain the psychology of honesty and selling: why our reptilian brain makes honesty hard, how to get people to want you to succeed, why there is no universal sales…
BusinessRoyce Blake: Why Benefits Beat Features in Every Pitch You Make
Royce Blake joins Richard Lowe on Leaders and Their Stories for a clinic in persuasion: copywriting as salesmanship in print, why benefits beat features, believing in your product, and how storytelling turns a technical pitch into an approved one.
Guest Appearances
Writing Craft
Ghostwriting
Ghostwriting
CareersFrom Trader Joe’s to Zombie Apocalypses: The Born to Write Interview | With Azul Terronez
November 29, 2019
The September 11, 2019 Born to Write interview: celebrity ghostwriters versus the credibility mid-market, the wrestler predecessor and the Afghani client's escape from a prison of 15,000 skeletons, vomit-on-the-page drafting from 4:30 a.m., three promotion hours in every eight, BookBub…
Book Marketing
BusinessReal Data, Assertiveness, and the Night Trader Joe’s Almost Lost Everything | Consulting Guest Lecture 2019
September 30, 2019
The September 30, 2019 class session: pivoting clients and billable research, the telemedicine million-dollar lesson, micromanagers and the heart-to-heart Richard once received, money trails and the SEC, the confusion technique, agenda enforcement, feelings-versus-data failure signs, and the consultant who rebuilt…
WritingStory Arcs, Mary Sues, and a Nuke in the Trunk: The Fiction Masterclass | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 274
September 10, 2019
The September 10, 2019 return hour: inciting incidents and three-arc structure, Luke Skywalker versus Rey and Captain Marvel, Dune as the near-perfect arc, conflict down to a weather exchange, the live 14-hour-thriller reading with show-versus-tell annotated, romance and mystery formulas,…
WritingTwo Book Coaches Talk Shop: Bad Books, Short Reads, and the Afghani Hot Dog Story | A Conversation with Azul Terronez
September 5, 2019
The September 5, 2019 conversation with author coach Azul Terronez: the walls of writing, publishing, and marketing, the professional-wrestler predecessor and the Afghani client who thought Americans eat their dogs, first-book-is-crap coaching, the audience as sole judge of good, and…
WritingA Book From Start to Finish: The Farewell Masterclass | The Exceptional Scribble Show, Episode 261
May 21, 2019
The May 21, 2019 farewell hour: category research, pantsers versus plotters, 5,000-word days in walk-broken sprints, professional editors and specific beta readers, AutoCrit far superior to Grammarly for fiction, the category-one launch push, the yes-yes hypnosis of webinar traps, consignment…
