Banana Republic founders Mel and Patricia Ziegler insist that living life on the wild side is the only way to fly. Five years after opening their exotic retail company, they’d sold it to The Gap, had opened 101 stores, and were doing $250 million in…more
Restaurants that Shine: Castagnola’s Seafood & Chophouse Since 1916 This restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf is a seafood and chophouse that Thomas Castagnola opened in 1916 soon after he created the Dungeness Crab Cocktail for the San Francisco…more
Buddy Teaster is changing the world—one pair of shoes at time. As the CEO of Soles4Souls.org, Teaster runs the Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like you. The charity distributes…more
The Inkandescent Radio Network is proud to have been invited to cover the Conscious Capitalism Conference 2013 in San Francisco, April 5-6. We interviewed the leaders of the Conscious Capitalism movement, headed by chairman Raj Sisodia—a marketing professor…more
Jeff Klein is the CEO of Working for Good, a conscious marketing-and-business-development company based just over the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County. He’s also the author of “Working for Good: Making a Difference While Making a Living,” and its…more
Roy Spence is chairman and CEO of GSD&M Idea City, a national marketing communications and advertising agency. Under Spence’s leadership and its Purpose-Based Branding™ philosophy, the agency has helped some of the world’s most successful brands…more
Tara Sheahan is rocking the world one soul at a time. It won’t take long, she believes, before everyone is a little more conscious. That’s the mission of her organization, Conscious Global Leadership, which is igniting global social harmony by…more
Laura Roberts wants to change the way the we play with the chemicals that pervade our lives. The CEO of Pantheon Enterprises, Inc., may just change the world. “Sustain better life,” is the mantra by which this avid environmentalist and elementary…more
Steve Leveen is the CEO of Levenger, which since 1987 has designed and sold high-end products geared toward reading, writing, and working with ideas. Founded in Boston with his wife, Lori Granger Leveen (pictured together, at right), Levenger started doing…more
Carrie Freeman Parsons is the vice chair for Freeman, a world-class provider of integrated services for face-to-face (F2F) marketing. Based in the company’s Dallas headquarters, Carrie has held various positions across the enterprise that her…more
Jay Coen Gilbert is the co-founder of B-Labs, a nonprofit based outside of Philadelphia that envisions a new sector of the economy, harnessing the power of private enterprise to create public benefit. It promotes legislation allowing companies to formally…more
Teju Ravilochan is unreasonable. “I want to live in a world where every human being can be the master of their own fate, unbound by the chains of poverty, oppression, or injustice,” says the CEO and co-founder of the Unreasonable Institute.…more
Shayne Hughes is CEO and Lead Culture Change Partner at Learning as Leadership, a Northern California company that is committed to helping individuals and organizations bring their deepest aspirations to fruition. “Through experience and theoretical…more
Michael Davis is the founder and president of US Pure Water Corporation, a mission-driven, privately owned, full-spectrum, water-treatment service company that has been at the forefront of water treatment technology since 1985. In this podcast interview we…more
As the CEO of Soles4Souls.org, Buddy Teaster runs the Nashville-based charity that collects shoes from the warehouses of footwear companies and the closets of people like you. The charity distributes these shoes to people in need, regardless of race,…more
All across the globe, small children spontaneously speak of previous lives, beg to be taken “home,” pine for mothers and husbands and mistresses from another life, and know things that there seems to be no normal way for them to know. For 37 years, Dr.…more
David Pendleton is an Associate Fellow at Saïd Business School and of Green Templeton College, Oxford. A Chartered Psychologist, he specializes in leadership, assessing and coaching senior executives and developing their abilities to lead change and create…more
Adrienne van Dooren has made her mark on the world of faux art. The mastermind behind the project, The House That Faux Built, which is also a book, is a former military officer who in 2005 brought the decorating world’s best faux artists to Arlington, VA to…more
What does it take to rise to the top in the government? For the inside scoop, we sat down with Reta Jo Lewis and Shoshana Grove—the leaders of Executive Women in Government (EWG). Founded in 1974, EWG includes hundreds of women executives who serve in the…more
What does it take to rise to the top ranks in government? That’s the question we asked Executive Women in Government VP Shoshana Grove. The federal executive began her career as a letter carrier for the postal service in Washington, DC, and worked her…more
“I don’t know how Adriana Trigiani goes into her family’s attic and emerges with these amazing stories, I’m just happy she does,” says bestselling author Kathryn Stockett of Trigiani’s newest release, “The…more
Sonya Gavankar is a TV personality who has been seen hosting programs on PBS, BGTV, and MHz Networks. Her broadcasting career has spanned diverse programming from international food shows to hard news. And her career began on the other side of the…more
Internationally renowned artist Clarice Smith is described by critics as enigmatic and prolific. Her portraits, florals, landscapes, and still-lifes are painted with convincing reality. For decades, collectors around the world have gobbled up her artwork…more
Kristine Carlson is the author of the moving memoir, Heartbroken Open. Written after the loss six years ago of her husband and business partner, Richard Carlson — who is known for his bestselling Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff series — the couple had a…more
New York Times author Michael Levin has written, co-written, or ghostwritten more than 100 books, of which eight have hit the bestseller list. He is an Amherst College graduate, a Columbia Law School-trained attorney, and a non-practicing member of the…more
JANUARY 14, 2013 TODAY ON THE INKANDESCENT RADIO SHOW Our spotlight is on: Futurist Yvette Montero Salvatico. Click here to PLAY NOW! Our hot topic: The future of creativity Your host: Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher of Be Inkandescent magazine, and founder &…more
JANUARY 7, 2013 Our radio show spotlight today is on: David Bruce Smith and Faye Moskowitz, creators of the George Washington University class, Jewish Literature Live Our hot topic: What inspired Smith and Moskowitz to create a program for undergrads that…more
JANUARY 7, 2013 Our radio show spotlight today is on: Author Faye Moskowitz, an English professor at George Washington University, and the creator of the popular class, Jewish Literature Live Our hot topic: What inspired Moskowitz, and her supporter author…more
JANUARY 1, 2013 Our spotlight today is on: Barefoot Wine’s Co-founder Michael Houlihan Click here to LISTEN NOW! Our hot topic: Can an entrepreneur really start a business on less than a shoestring budget? Your host: Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher of Be…more
DECEMBER 9, 2012 Our spotlight today is on: David Feldman, executive director, Bethesda Green Click here to LISTEN NOW! Our hot topic: Is Dave Feldman Optimistic about the future of the green movement? Your host: Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher of Be Inkandescent…more
