The Golden Mean
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The Golden Mean
Personalities and perspectives from every part of the American spectrum. The Golden Mean features athletes, authors, musicians, journalists, opinion makers, entrepreneurs, scientists, politicians - and we're just gettin' started! Hosted by national award-winning broadcaster Michael Golden, the "Mean...
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115 episodes
EPISODE 119: DAVID MEYERS, PUBLISHER & EXECUTIVE EDITOR, THE FULCRUM
There is one national news publication that covers every angle of the movement to reform and strengthen American elections and governance -- The Fulcr...
EPISODE 115: BEN COHEN, POLAR SCIENCE CENTER GIS TECHNICIAN
"One thing about working at the Polar Science Center is that you’re confronted with these kinds of realities each day, and sometimes it can be dishear...
EPISODE 113 - DECLAN LEVY, WXOW-TV SPORTS ANCHOR & NEWS REPORTER
“Now more than ever, it’s local news's job to tell its people that it’s going to be okay. Y’know, to ease, to calm, to keep people safe. I’m seeing th...
EPISODE 112: MELINDA HENNEBERGER, COLUMNIST, KANSAS CITY STAR, USA TODAY
“I think people are going to lose their lives because of the difference in coverage, honestly. I don’t see how it could be otherwise.”
Na...
EPISODE 111: ALYSSA RAPP - 3:17:20
“The value and valor is in the leap…Stop trying to control for perfection, and start trying to control for effort. That’s the one thing we can control...
EPISODE 110: JOHN KASS, CHICAGO TRIBUNE COLUMNIST
Once upon a time this conservative columnist supported Jimmy Carter. Now, after 23 years as the Chicago Tribune's lead opinion writer, he is one of th...
EPISODE 109 - CELINDA LAKE, FOUNDER, LAKE RESEARCH PARTNERS
Suburban women will be the #1 key to who wins the White House in 2020 according to polling guru Celinda Lake. The founder of Lake Research Partners, C...
EPISODE 108: MARK MCKINNON, HOST & COFOUNDER, "THE CIRCUS" on SHOWTIME
“It’s not enough anymore in American politics to be the smartest person or the most experienced or the best CEO or the guy who ran a city. If you can’...
EPISODE 107: JOBI CATES, FOUNDER, RESTORE JUSTICE
Jobi Cates fights for the forgotten. She fights for fairness for the folks who've done wrong and are serving inordinately long prison sentences as a r...
EPISODE 106: BRIAN GRYN, HEALTH COACH & FOUNDER of GET LEAN - EAT CLEAN
A master of health transformation and strength building, Brian Gryn shows people how they can eat clean to GET LEAN! He's an author, coach, entreprene...
EPISODE 105: PATRICK BERLINQUETTE, SEARCH MARKETING CONSULTANT, FOUNDER, BERLIN SEM
Search Marketing Specialist Patrick Berlinquette talks about how he turned the tables on Google -- and likely saved some lives in the process!
EPISODE 104: NORMAN J. ORNSTEIN: CONGRESSIONAL SCHOLAR, AEI, COLUMNIST, THE ATLANTIC
"It's (the GOP) morphed into a cult not with an ideology but a theology, and that means you follow the cult leader. And it means you are especially bu...
EPISODE 103: SARAH GAD, FOUNDER, ADDICTED TO ACTION, CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE
"My doctors were assuming that I was a medical student and somehow that meant that I understood, or it somehow meant that I was immune to the disease...
EPISODE 102: DOUG LEVY, PRESIDENT, UNIVISION TELEVISION & RADIO, CHICAGO
He is THE storyteller.
Doug Levy has had a towering career in Chicago broadcasting. For years a popular DJ on the preeminent rock statio...
EPISODE 101: EDDIE BOCANEGRA, SENIOR DIRECTOR, R.E.A.D.I. CHICAGO
Eddie Bocanegra is the preeminent expert on gun violence in the city of Chicago, because he grew up in it, served 14 years in prison for it -- and the...
EPISODE 100: JARRETT ADAMS, Civil Rights Attorney & Exonoree
He went from being wrongly convicted and imprisoned to becoming an attorney at law fighting to exonerate other victims of a corrupt criminal justice s...
EPISODE 99: JIMMY GREENFIELD, Chicago Tribune Sports Reporter
No one knows the digital news landscape better than Jimmy Greenfield - because he's lived it for 25 years in Chicago.
Jimmy joins the sh...
EPISODE 98: MADELEINE DOUBEK , Executive Director, CHANGE ILLINOIS
"I want to believe, at the end of my life, that I had tried to do everything I could to fix things."
Democracy Reform leader Madeleine D...
EPISODE 97: JEFFREY FISHBEIN, SPORT PSYCHOLOGIST, CHICAGO WHITE SOX
"Being lost in what you're doing is really what it's all about. Great performers can't really explain why their performance was great when it was grea...
EPISODE 96: WATERGATE HEARING WITNESS, GILAD GORDON
"Fearful." That's how Gilad Gordon described the feeling he had in 1973 when he attended the Watergate Impeachment Hearings. He was 16 years old. Fort...
EPISODE 95: LORIANA HERNANDEZ, CANCER SURVIVOR, FOUNDER OF ARMOR UP FOR LIFE
Loriana Hernandez-Aldama didn't just Leukemia - she used her journalism talents to turn her recovery into a mission to help others "get fit for the f...
EPISODE 94: SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, EXEC. PRODUCER, "HUNGRY TO LEARN" DOCUMENTARY
"As college costs go up, sometimes students take out those loans and then they also have to use that money to pay for their living expenses, so they l...
EPISODE 93: "NO WAY OUT" resembles 2019 GOP attacks on U.S. Military hero
On October 29, 2019, US Army Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman testified in front of a Congressional committee in the midst of the Impeachment inquiry int...
EPISODE 92: SHELLEY JACOBS, FOUNDER, CHICAGO IS MY BOYFRIEND
Shelley Jacobs believes that "everyone is an influencer." She would know! Shelley launched Chicago Is My Boyfriend on Instagram and has built a follow...
EPISODE 91: KATE SULLIVAN, HOST, "TO DINE FOR" on PBS
"I believe that when people talk about what they love, they come alive!"
That's what Kate Sullivan's show, To Dine For, is all about! Ka...
EPISODE 89: Alex Batdorf, Founder & CEO, Get Sh!t Done
Alex Batdorf is the "Get Sh!t Done Queen" who specializes in "empowering badass female entrepreneurs to make their dream company a reality."
EPISODE 90 - DOUG SCHENKELBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS
EPISODE 90 - DOUG SCHENKELBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CHICAGO COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS by Michael Golden
EPISODE 88: KAREN HINTON, Founder, Hinton Communications
Karen Hinton nearly lost her life - it was split-second decision-making by her doctors that prevented her death. Then she faced the real battle: astro...
EPISODE 87: CAROL MARIN, NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING JOURNALIST, WMAQ-TV & WTTW-TV
"The value of journalism has never been greater. Its significance has never been more meaningful... If you’ve got a passion for telling people somethi...
EPISODE 86: KAREN COHN, CO-FOUNDER, THE ZAC FOUNDATION
"I never thought this was the track I was going to take until I lost Zachary. I feel like I’m doing this work for him. I’m working for him every day."...
EPISODE 85 - PAT QUINN, FORMER GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS
Former Illinois Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn has strong views on whether his predecessor, Rod Blagojevich, should be freed from federal prison. In a...
EPISODE 84: ERIC ZORN, CHICAGO TRIBUNE COLUMNIST
How did Lori Lightfoot achieve her crushing victory to become Chicago's next mayor? Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn weighs in on the election resu...
EPISODE 83: MARY ANN AHERN, NBC-5 CHICAGO POLITICAL REPORTER
On the eve of the biggest Chicago Mayoral Election in 30 years, NBC veteran Mary Ann Ahern weighs in on the two final candidates and how they beat out...
EPISODE 82: LYNN SWEET, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST
EPISODE 82: LYNN SWEET, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES COLUMNIST by Michael Golden
EPISODE 81: KIRSTEN POWERS - CNN Analyst, USA Today Columnist
Who says ya can't talk religion and politics with a stranger?? Kirsten Powers comes on the show to discuss 2020, racism in America, Trump, modern medi...
EPISODE 80: CONGRESSMAN TOM O'HALLERAN (D-AZ)
Can the new House Majority get anything done in 2019? Democratic Congressman Rep. Tom O'Halleran says new members from his own party have to find a wa...
EPISODE 79: ANNAFI WAHED, COFOUNDER of THE FLIP SIDE
Who would embark upon a "mission to bridge the gap between liberals and conservatives?" Annafi Wahed would. The founder of TheFlipSide.io is working e...
EPISODE 78: TINA ROSENBERG, FOUNDER, SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM NETWORK
She just might save journalism - by improving it! Pulitzer Prize winner Tina Rosenberg is also the cofounder of Solutions Journalism Network. SJN is s...
EPISODE 77: EVELYN DIAZ, PRESIDENT, HEARTLAND ALLIANCE
"As a society, we have so demonized this population. But they just want what most people want, which is a little stability and safety, and they want t...
EPISODE 76: J.D. GROM, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION
Will the Democrats win the midterms and regain the House Majority? And if they do, how can they get anything done in a hyper-partisan Washington? J.D....