Alan Weiss's The Uncomfortable Truth®

Episode 127: Super Bore

18 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why the Super Bowl has become an almost mindless ritual despite the quality of play on the field.

Episode 126: Coronavirus

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why are we afraid of an illness that won't harm most of us but not of an illness that will kill 70,000 of us in the US alone annually?

Episode 125: Cobwebs in the Constitution

04 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How a legislature full of multi-term attorneys is killing us and why we should send them out to harvest crops.

Episode 124: Unassertiveness

26 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why we back up instead of move forward and what it means to have the courage of your talent.

Episode 123: Life and Death Struggle

19 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How the news media and reporters distort fact for drama, trying to make the mundane magnificent.

Episode 122: Skate to Where the Puck Will Be

12 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why Wayne Gretzky had it right and and the rest of us keep saying, "What the puck?"

Episode 121: Inexplicable Errors

05 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why lies and fabrications stick to our histories like glue, and why we provide the glue.

Episode 120: What Criminal Designed the Prisons?

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Our prisons would reflect a depraved society to anyone coming from another world and wondering how we can treat people this way.

Episode 119: Critics

16 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why they're important some of the time only, and the worst, most dangerous critic of all.

Episode 118: Why We Believe

14 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Sometimes it's hard to believe what we choose to believe, and here's why.

Episode 117: Limited Responses

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Why it's negligent not to be ready for the most common responses.

Episode 116: Financial CYA

31 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How banks disregard the customer and why they should be run like hospitality organizations.

Episode 115: The Ugly Side

18 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Those aspects of humanity from which we should all learn some lessons.

Episode 114: Vietnam

11 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Being a description of a place I once tried to avoid and have no need to return to.

Episode 113: Score

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why government intervention in how much a team is allowed to win by may mean The End of Days.

Episode 112: Taxi!

27 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why capitalism is about the survival of the smartest as exemplified by taxis that no longer stink.

Episode 111: The High of Danger

20 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Some people thrive on risk but the addiction can be fatal.

Episode 110: Men and Women

13 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What are inclusion and exclusion really about?

Episode 109: Privilege

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Instead of seeking privilege maybe we need to end it.

Episode 108: Stranger in a Strange Land

30 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why we're strangers within the crowd and how we need to avoid the fate of Valentine Michael Smith.

Episode 107: Columbus

23 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why we shouldn't knock down the statues but should get off our high horse.

Episode 106: Nominate This

16 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The befuddling hypocritical debates and election process viewed with all dispassion.

Episode 105: It's the Process, Stupid

09 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The government was set up to protect us from others and from ourselves, it appears.

Episode 104: The Higher Moral Plane

03 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

You can't turn around these days without someone lecturing you on something.

Episode 103: Maybe He Is Too Heavy

25 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

He may be my brother or she may be my sister, but we don't help out like we once did.

Episode 102: Logic Ain't All It's Cracked Up to Be

17 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Where we examine why the honeybees are smart but dead.

Episode 101: Intimacy

11 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Everybody loves somebody sometime. Or, they really should.

Episode 100: 100th Podcast

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein Alan shares some truths about himself which, he hopes, won't make you too uncomfortable.

Episode 99: Who Can I Turn To?

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Despite modern technology and increasingly rapid communications, we've become more and more isolated.

Episode 98: You Must Capitulate

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

It's no longer sufficient to merely win, the other person must LOSE!

Episode 97: Political Debates

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Pure wind, pandering, and outright lies told with a straight face.

Episode 96: Normalcy

07 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How we are told of the exceptions as if they are normal and not told of the normal as if they are exceptions.

Episode 95: Free Stuff

31 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein we examine the uncomfortable truth about people and politicians seeking the benefits of free stuff.

Episode 94: Screwed Up Priorities

23 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We have the dumbest priorities possible, focusing on the vague and esoteric and not the issues in front of our faces.

Episode 93: Talent

17 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why talent always "outs" except when the conditions don't allow it or there's not enough talent.

Episode 92: Dig We Must

09 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The Michelangelo Factor and why careers can be works of art if we cull away everything that doesn't fit our passions and skills.

Episode 91: Some Tough Facts About Sales

03 Jul 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Arthur Miller today might write about The Death of All Salesmen, because traditional selling is going out of business.

Episode 90: Remember This, Not That

26 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why mastering a spelling bee isn't at all important and why understanding reasons and relationships is.

Episode 89: Scoot

19 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why progress in personal transportation is questionable, and how personal injury lawyers probably invented it.

Episode 88: Mindset

12 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The way you think about your position is the way people will think about you.

Episode 87: A Scam Is A Scam Is A Scam

05 Jun 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why Ponzi is alive and well and calling it "multi­level marketing" is just lipstick on a pig

Episode 86: Why I Love Italians

29 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How to allow Italy to seep into your blood.

Episode 85: Chicken Little

22 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The screaming "foul" by the fowl is killing all.

Episode 84: Crashing Standards

15 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Whereby we lower standards in a berserk limbo competition for who can go lowest.

Episode 83: The Football Metaphor and Gronk

08 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Would you let your kids play football today, knowing what you know? Gronk is getting out just hoping it's not too late.

Episode 82: The Absence of Ethics

01 May 2019

Contributed by Lukas

With traditional sources trampled, how do we tell right from wrong?

Episode 81: The Nature of Hate

24 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

How the haters are always inferiors, and always focus on minorities.

Episode 80: Vaccinate This

17 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why rights aren't absolute and the ignorance of science.

Episode 79: The Injustice of It All

11 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Justice is overrated. It's not what happens to you, it's what you do about it. Seize control. Carpe diem.

Episode 78: Only the Best

03 Apr 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why is it revolutionary and shocking to suggest that NOT everyone deserves a turn at everything and we should focus on the best?

Episode 77: A Wrong Turn

27 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why we're not sure about which cliff we're going to drive off because we've taken a wrong turn in society.

Episode 76: Invective

20 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 76: Invective by Alan Weiss

Episode 75: Misproportion

13 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Uncovering where we fail to get the proper return on our energy and how it undermines us.

Episode 74: The Art Bluff

06 Mar 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Not all art is good. It's not unethical to point that out, and it's silly to praise the unwatchable.

Episode 73: Blowing Your Own Horn

28 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why it's better to march to your own music rather than a distant drummer who's probably not a very good musician anyway.

Episode 72: Officiousness

20 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why some people behave as though there's that stick...

Episode 71: Affectation Observations

13 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why carry a cup of coffee INTO a coffee shop?

Episode 70: Why I Love Australians

06 Feb 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Here are excellent reasons for falling in love with the Antipodes.

Episode 69: The Not So Disadvantaged

30 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We are who we decide to be. If you choose to be disadvantaged, then you will be. But we all have choices.

Episode 68: Enemies

23 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Why do you see enemies all around us, and why do we think we're on some exalted height?

Episode 67: Greetings

17 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What's with first impressions? Well, for one thing, you only get one shot at them...

Episode 66: But What Are You For?

09 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Political messaging is about what the candidate is against, or how the opponent is a criminal, or what they think about world issues. But what are the...

Episode 65: Associations

02 Jan 2019

Contributed by Lukas

What if they make you worse instead of better. With whom do you really want to hang out?

Episode 64: J'Accuse

27 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How being guilty until proven innocent is undermining our freedoms and creating fear and loathing.

Episode 63: Never Enough

19 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We mock hoarders, but most of us are caught in a "never enough" mentality quite similar to them.

Episode 62: Retaining and Increasing Power

13 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The first step is to stop forfeiting power and seize the day.

Episode 61: Making America Great Again

06 Dec 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein we try to discover what greatness is and who's responsible for it, with results that are very frightening.

Episode 60: Subcultures

29 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why thinking yours is bigger and better than mine won't get you anywhere.

Episode 59: Truth and Consequences

22 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There is a singular answer to everything you wish to accomplish but you won't find it with motivational speakers or "The Secret."

Episode 58: If, Then

15 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

There are consequences to everything we do, and we ought to consider them before jumping into action.

Episode 57: Cowards

08 Nov 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why we're surrounded by so many cowards today and how best to ignore them.

Episode 56: Please Press 1 for Intelligent Life

31 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The ridiculous machinations employed to avoid talking to customers, what number do I press to end it all?

Episode 55: The Best of Times

25 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Are these good times or bad? I clarify the question and provide the answer.

Episode 54: Certitude

17 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

We're absolutely certain, and quite often wrong, because we refuse to listen while we're so certain.

Episode 53: Teachers' Unions

11 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

When the student isn't seen as the customer the student isn't served well, and neither are we.

Episode 52: Presentism II

04 Oct 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Was Columbus a good guy or not? Should we play Wagner's music, even though he was an anti­-Semite? Can you be an outstanding talent and also a lousy ...

Episode 51: Who Guards the Guardians?

26 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein we examine who can curtail the power of those who exert unfair and inappropriate power by dint of their positions.

Episode 50: Going Through the Motions

20 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why action is often meaningless and words are illusory.

Episode 49: Why We Eat Our Young

13 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The endemic cynicism and pessimism of so many people remind me of alligators who habitually eat their own offspring.

Episode 48: Talent and Numbers

06 Sep 2018

Contributed by Lukas

If you don't have a critical mass, you're not going to find critical talent.

Episode 47: Napoleon Hill and I

30 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

This podcast discusses my indirect association with Napoleon Hill through my old boss, and why thinking alone won't make you rich.

Episode 46: The Humility Myth

23 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Humility is NOT a desirable trait for professionals because no customer, client, or consumer screams out for a humble surgeon.

Episode 45: Who's That Knocking?

16 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Awards are a dime a dozen, but acknowledgment can mean all the difference in the world.

Episode 44: The Great Fork in the Road

08 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

You can take a fork or ignore a fork, you have to choose a side.

Episode 43: The Limits of Technology

02 Aug 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 43: The Limits of Technology by Alan Weiss

Episode 42: Negotiating with Time

25 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Time is a priority, not a resource. You can no more negotiate with it than you can with a hurricane.

Episode 41: Introspection

18 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why spending time examining who you really are and what your calling is can ruin your life.

Episode 40: The Lobster Principle

11 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How a crustacean can demonstrate positive traits for all of us by being vulnerable.

Episode 39: Shut It Down

04 Jul 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Wherein government might be improved if those making the laws were subject to the consequences of those laws.

Episode 38: I Suffer, Therefore I Am

27 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How suffering has become the proof of existence and why we all need to reflect back on Descartes.

Episode 37: A Lifetime of Negative Feedback

20 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How to break out of the martyr role and demand support from those around you.

Episode 36: Eradicating History

14 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How do we deal with cardinal sins and venial sins? Do we take all accusations seriously?

Episode 35: Fiji

06 Jun 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why there is no direct correlation between success and happiness, at least in the Pacific.

Episode 34: Damage

30 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Don't default to believing others are damaged or they'll think the same of you.

Episode 33: The Secret

14 May 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The secret of success that is within us but is too often abused instead of used.

Episode 32: Presentism

30 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Why we shouldn't be applying contemporary beliefs to historical events and we'd be a lot lighter if we put the stones down.

Episode 31: Vulgarity

16 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How we are dulling our senses and ruining our meaning. WARNING: Profanity is used throughout for examples.

Episode 30: The Discipline of Learning

02 Apr 2018

Contributed by Lukas

How we're not preparing our kids for the basic learning that many of us were prepared for in simpler times.

Episode 29: Why Are We So Threatened?

19 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

The reasons for and means to escape going through your life defensively and scared.

Episode 28: The Sublime Failure

05 Mar 2018

Contributed by Lukas

Fear of failure is fear of living, so let's come to grips with why we've failed and whether it matters or not.