The Storied Future

Episodes

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April 15, 2026

The Best Stories Start in a Pub w/ Steve Clayton

Steve Clayton is Chief Communications Officer at Cisco and the former Chief Storyteller at Microsoft, where he spent 15 years helping shape how one of the world’s most influential companies communicates with the world. In this conversation, Steve joins Chris Hare for a thoughtful and surprisingly personal discussion about storytelling, creativity, identity, and the moments that quietly shape a life. At the center of the episode is a simple but powerful idea: storytelling isn’t first and forem...
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March 31, 2026

Lose Less, Love More w/ Gilad Tiefenbrun

Gilad Tiefenbrun is the second-generation CEO of Linn, the iconic, heritage hi-fi company founded in Scotland in the early 1970s. In this conversation, Gilad joins Chris Hare for a rich discussion about engineering, succession, culture, and the deeper human values that shape great leadership. At the center of the episode is a deceptively simple Linn principle: lose less. It began as an audio insight about preserving more of the original signal, but over time it became something much larger, a...
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July 31, 2025

Casting Through Shadows w/ Alvin Dedeaux

Earlier this year, I traveled to Rockport, Texas to chase redfish with legendary fly fishing guide Alvin Dedeaux and his crew at All Water Guides. The first day was tough fishing. Really tough. Why? Besides the fact that I’m not great at fly fishing, there was next to no sun, a whole lot of clouds, and a whole lot of shadows. And if you’ve fished there before, you know that you need a lot of light just to spot the fish, let alone cast to them and catch them. But one of the things you notic...
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Jan. 29, 2025

An Audacious Faith in the Future w/ Sienna Jackson

In this first episode of Season 3, learn about Sienna Jackson’s extraordinary journey from child prodigy to becoming Director of Film and Television Music at The Weinstein Company by the age of 20, to working to build safer and more just workplaces for people everywhere. Across every stage of her storied career, Sienna has demonstrated an audacious faith in the future and, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., she is on a journey to transform "dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows." Whil...