Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made

Leaders with Francine Lacqua

Francine Lacqua is Editor at Large and TV news anchor for Bloomberg. With decades of experience interviewing leaders in business and politics, she has launched a podcast, Leaders, and talks us through three very different interviews: a CEO of one of the world's biggest banks; a fashion entrepreneur who has a "shapewear" partnership with Kim Kardashian; and Melinda French Gates, business leader and philanthropist and former wife of Bill Gates. Leaders with Francine Lacqua: * Homepage: https://www.bloomberg.com/btv/series/leaders-with-lacqua [https://www.bloomberg.com/btv/series/leaders-with-lacqua] * Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1623682235 [https://pod.link/1623682235] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqq4LnWs3olXnyY_CJUC2M1NtT_VdXw8i [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqq4LnWs3olXnyY_CJUC2M1NtT_VdXw8i] Episodes of Leaders featured on this episode of POP-The Podcast: ‘I Was Ruthless About Killing Complexity’: HSBC CEO on Rewiring the Bank: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-was-ruthless-about-killing-complexity-hsbc-ceo-on/id1623682235?i=1000758149108 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-was-ruthless-about-killing-complexity-hsbc-ceo-on/id1623682235?i=1000758149108] Emma Grede on the Kardashians and Why Work From Home Is ‘Career Suicide': https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emma-grede-on-the-kardashians-and-why-work-from-home/id1623682235?i=1000763755419 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emma-grede-on-the-kardashians-and-why-work-from-home/id1623682235?i=1000763755419] Melinda French Gates on Tech, Billionaire Wealth and Why She Worries About the Truth: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melinda-french-gates-on-tech-billionaire-wealth-and/id1623682235?i=1000755513346 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melinda-french-gates-on-tech-billionaire-wealth-and/id1623682235?i=1000755513346] Francine’s dream interview: Chinese President Xi Jinping Francine's Pod Picks:  Acquired [https://www.acquired.fm/ ]: * Homepage: https://www.acquired.fm/ [https://www.acquired.fm/]  * Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/acquired [https://pod.link/acquired] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiredFM [https://www.youtube.com/@AcquiredFM] Odd Lots [https://www.bloomberg.com/oddlots]: * Homepage: https://www.bloomberg.com/oddlots [https://www.bloomberg.com/oddlots] * Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1056200096 [https://pod.link/1056200096] * YouTube (audio): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0MuA6M0zkZyy-99-qc87wKV [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLe4PRejZgr0MuA6M0zkZyy-99-qc87wKV] How To Fail With Elizabeth Day: * Homepage: https://www.elizabethday.org/podcasts [https://www.elizabethday.org/podcasts] * Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1407451189 [https://pod.link/1407451189]  * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HowToFailPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@HowToFailPodcast] Francine’s book picks: London Falling [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/238226991-london-falling] by Patrick Radden Keefe: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/238226991-london-falling [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/238226991-london-falling] Supremacy [https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/parmy-olson/supremacy/9781035038244] by Parmy Olson: https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/parmy-olson/supremacy/9781035038244 [https://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/parmy-olson/supremacy/9781035038244] Subscribe to Pick of the Pods - the newsletter - on Substack: https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy [https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy] Get the weekly Pick of the Pods: https://pickofthepods.substack.com/ Watch POP-the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7]

Stumbling Blocks: How Great Leaders Are Made

Jonathan Block interviews leaders from a diverse range of occupations to ask about the times when things went wrong. What did they learn from the hardest moments, and what can we learn from them? This is Episode 3 of Pick of the Pods-the Podcast, the audio companion to Pick of the Pods-the Substack. POP-the Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/pickofthepods/p/my-journey-from-foreign-correspondent?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/pickofthepods/p/my-journey-from-foreign-correspondent?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Listen to Stumbling Blocks on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1849573843 [https://pod.link/1849573843] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StumblingBlocksPodcast [https://www.youtube.com/@StumblingBlocksPodcast] Episodes featured: Clip 1: Sandra Sucher, Harvard Business School: How to Apologize https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sandra-sucher-harvard-business-school-how-to-apologize/id1849573843?i=1000739623769 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sandra-sucher-harvard-business-school-how-to-apologize/id1849573843?i=1000739623769] Clip  2: Admiral Mark Harnitchek, Director of DoD Logistics: How I Solved the Puzzle of Pakistan https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/admiral-mark-harnitchek-director-of-dod-logistics/id1849573843?i=1000736688810 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/admiral-mark-harnitchek-director-of-dod-logistics/id1849573843?i=1000736688810] Clip 3: Brent Beshore, CEO, Permanent Equity: How Winning Made me Lose https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brent-beshore-ceo-permanent-equity-how-winning-made-me-lose/id1849573843?i=1000748384408 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brent-beshore-ceo-permanent-equity-how-winning-made-me-lose/id1849573843?i=1000748384408] Bonus clip: Admiral Tim Ziemer, Chief, President's Malaria Initiative: How (and Why) I Saved 12 Million Lives https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/admiral-tim-ziemer-chief-presidents-malaria-initiative/id1849573843?i=1000750513190 [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/admiral-tim-ziemer-chief-presidents-malaria-initiative/id1849573843?i=1000750513190] Jonathan’s pod picks: The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: https://careynieuwhof.com/episode646/ [https://careynieuwhof.com/episode646/] Heavyweight: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight [https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight] Also mentioned: Radio Davos, with Scott Galloway: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/scott-galloway-men-women-masculinity-crisis/ [https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/scott-galloway-men-women-masculinity-crisis/] Jonathan's dream interviews: Jon Meacham, author of His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope Jonathan’s father George W. Bush  Subscribe to Pick of the Pods - the newsletter - on Substack: https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy [https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy] Get the weekly Pick of the Pods: https://pickofthepods.substack.com/ Watch POP-the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7]

Reuters Econ World

Reuters Econ World, a weekly show from one of the world’s biggest news agencies, delivers analysis of how global events are affecting the economy. Host Carmel Crimmins reveals how the show is made and shares: * Haters gonna hate: how Taylor Swift fans reacted to the podcast’s take on the notion of “Swiftonomics” * New York state of mind: how a New York audience helped her overcome stage fright at her first live in-person podcast * Powell Unplugged: why her dream podcast guest would be Fed chief Jerome Powell with his guitar Links to Reuters Econ World:  Homepage: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/reuters-econ-world/ [https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/reuters-econ-world/] Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1746360591 [https://pod.link/1746360591] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhRxE9191zNaeyyMWJM0OL4QE__u0q6u [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhRxE9191zNaeyyMWJM0OL4QE__u0q6u] Episodes mentioned in this podcast: ‘Swiftonomics’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8BVG3a2LUs [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8BVG3a2LUs] Trump’s economy — Live from New York: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/trumps-economy-live-new-york-2025-12-03/ [https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/trumps-economy-live-new-york-2025-12-03/] Inside Iran: A video diary: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/inside-iran-video-diary-2026-03-28/ [https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/inside-iran-video-diary-2026-03-28/] Minneapolis from different angles: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/minneapolis-different-angles-2026-01-31/ [https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/minneapolis-different-angles-2026-01-31/] Carmel’s recommendations: The Rest Is History * homepage: https://therestishistory.com/ [https://therestishistory.com/] * on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1537788786 [https://pod.link/1537788786] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@restishistorypod [https://www.youtube.com/@restishistorypod] All-In * homepage: https://allin.com/ [https://allin.com/] * on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1502871393 [https://pod.link/1502871393] * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@allin [https://www.youtube.com/@allin] Subscribe to Pick of the Pods - the newsletter - on Substack: https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy [https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy] Get the weekly Pick of the Pods: https://pickofthepods.substack.com/ Watch POP-the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7]

The Rest Is Politics

The Rest Is Politics is one of the biggest podcasts in politics on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK version is presented by former Labour party communications director Alastair Campbell and former Conservative politician Rory Stewart. The Rest Is Politics US is hosted by BBC correspondent Katty Kay and financier and (very briefly) former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. Fiona Douglas is a producer working mostly on TRIP US. Among the trade secrets she divulges are: * why are so many podcasts from Goalhanger called “The Rest Is…[something]” - and what might they have been called if history had been different? * the most valued skills required for anyone wanting to work in podcast production * the cliché might be that the target audience for The Rest Is Politics are “centrist dads” - but is that really true? Find The Rest Is Politics: * on any podcast app: https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqa3dCckJ6T09pd3RrZHJ2bWMtYjZ5T1pyeUxaQXxBQ3Jtc0ttNDJnWFFCQTd1V0dwZ09uMmxXbGYyVFo1NVZac0l4T0FEdnlJN3pNa0ZaeEhRdmh3d0ItRHFwUTFsaTAxOGU1dlo4TDdRb21Db1ZHNS1oY1VKSEszNnI0NzdIeHpRaWw4WG9XNFBDSmt6VzdTa1pXZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Flinktr.ee%2FRestIsPolitics&v=CfrU9rn5AUI] * YouTube:    / @restispolitics   [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsufaClk5if2RGqABb-09Uw] Find The Rest Is Politics US *  homepage: https://tripus.supportingcast.fm/ [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqazFtUUFhS3hVbVZIQVIxTWVXVDJqVDdTUkhPQXxBQ3Jtc0trWExVNXl1SkVqMXpMeUM5WEViSVQ4QmtnOERoZnlKdm9aZDlTVzhONlQtd3Zyc0QyaGJRdDI2X0FoY3VmemZzYkpscGptRmQ3RUcyLUo5eTFkb2JTcl9DeVAxU29oTnJhVVloZ29rNUMtb2dqYU1KZw&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftripus.supportingcast.fm%2F&v=CfrU9rn5AUI] * on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1743030473 [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbl83ekFVWFVDeWJKN0puMDNQU1Z0Vlk5c2UyZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsNzVJT2xtbjVMRjkxdzdHREgzQS04ME9mc3N4bTBaNXpRV2hyN1lkUGtsMXRPNU5IZ1B3d0hqREJzZFNWRDNDdGt2TUV4NnVsNTdBY1VRTWNoWC13SEFOaEZfU3VieENyVFdFdkUybjlIU3IwWGQySQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpod.link%2F1743030473&v=CfrU9rn5AUI] * YouTube:    / @restpoliticsus  [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII84rxnNkEjtk1zC3qTtbg] Episodes featured: * US Election Livestream: The US Election LIVE SHOWS   [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_6zDbB-zRec38ioF4epsmKTi6si_WZ4w] * Elon Musk: The Making of A Maverick: https://podcasts.apple.com/mu/podcast... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWdscnc1Sng5eHNhWFpWazN3aHY3MVZVVGlOUXxBQ3Jtc0ttY3FOcVhfWTlBY0tRalpZZDZISlRLbXZGZzJLT1d6d050ZkZ3Y2pwRGpERnhNQTdDZXRpTnZpR3V5N0NEeUM3dEo3WFg1eTBWbVRSNTg0OW9OYXB0dlJHYmlacG90ak1vOGxQRXFQVm9saTRnU3pwWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fmu%2Fpodcast%2Felon-musk-the-making-of-a-maverick-ep-1-trip-us%2Fid1611374685%3Fi%3D1000722963481&v=CfrU9rn5AUI] * The Speech That Tipped The Balance or Preaching To The Choir?: The Speech That Tipped The Balance or Prea...   [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWw0LXVw85M] Fiona’s pick of the pods: * Today in Focus (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri... [https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbTl1VFJoeEpEZTBtR29DMXdQcWt3bDBkbEhBUXxBQ3Jtc0ttYld2c3pMeTJyUzFLMlNmUkZwdkRmblBLNkZMTy1sMTV4WmRCYnpRYTlRclc2Z2NOLTIwdXZMdUVYRGlKZndzYXU3UzNOSkxfdW5ITzg0SVljbWFZV1VYQUFCTC1VRFoxX3E2Unl4TWZ5Qlh6bk81UQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fnews%2Fseries%2Ftodayinfocus&v=CfrU9rn5AUI] * Sweet Bobby (Tortoise): https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WG0Q6p7JmLERBtP5hZHNa& Subscribe to Pick of the Pods - the newsletter - on Substack: https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy [https://substack.com/@robinpomeroy] Get the weekly Pick of the Pods: https://pickofthepods.substack.com/ Watch POP-the Podcast on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7 [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQu6D1uClH0i-nR9YppCSgzhElMbfPcv7]

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