The Mentors Radio Show

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Howard Smith, who wrote My Friend Johnny, about his friendship with Johnny Carson. Perhaps no person has received as many tributes and Thank You’s from others in their field than Johnny Carson. A countless number of aspiring comedians over the 30 years Johnny Carson hosted The Tonight Show moved to Los Angeles in the hope of being “discovered” by Johnny, as the exposure and coaching that Johnny provided propelled many successful car

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Jane Porter, RN, who has spent more than 40 years in healthcare and more than 20 years devoted to hospice and palliative care. Porter is the author of On the Edge of Eternity: A Compassionate Guide for Families When a Loved One is Dying. Jane Porter’s life is living proof that purpose has no expiration date: she earned her RN degree at age 55, founded Grace & Glory Hospice at age 70 during the height of the COVID pandemic, and publ

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Dan Hesse talks with Jim Steeg, known publicly as “Mr. Super Bowl” and credited with transforming the Super Bowl from a singular championship to a multi-day extravaganza. While many books have been written about Super Bowl games, never has one been written about how the Super Bowl itself became the greatest sporting event created in the twentieth century. Only one person can tell that story definitively, and that is Jim Steeg, who joins host Dan Hesse t

In today’s episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Ron Friedman, PhD, award-winning social psychologist, keynote speaker, human motivation expert, and best-selling author, about what the Top 8% of elite teams do that others don’t, from ER rooms, to NFL teams to Wall Street firms. Every executive board in the country talks about culture, collaboration, and high performance. Yet the average knowledge worker spends nearly thirty (30) hours a week drowning in meetings and messages,

In this episode of The Mentors Radio, host Dan Hesse talks with General Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army General (Ret.), Commander of U.S. and International Forces in Afghanistan, Leader of the Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), co-founder and CEO of McChrystal Group, and noted, best-selling author of several books. A one-of-a-kind leader with a new perspective on collaboration and teamwork, General Stan McChrystal is known for helping organizations tap into the potential of their people to b

In this episode of THE MENTORS RADIO, Host Tom Loarie talks with Dr. Rick Eigenbrod, noted executive psychologist, Vistage International Chair and best-selling author, about what happens when achievement becomes an obsessive trap. They examine the illusion of “happily ever after,” the disorientation that strikes when you reach the top, and what comes next when you finally get what you want. From our earliest childhood, every fairy tale feeds us the same seductively simple script: Conquer the obs