Some Great Moments from When It Mattered

A Podcast on Leadership and Adversity

Curated byChitra Ragavan, Podcaster

18 CLIPS1 HR 31 MINS

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Breakfast with Vladimir Putin

General James Jones on his 2009 Breakfast with Putin in 2019.

When it Mattered

2 MINS

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Nobel Peace laureate Jerry White recounts stepping on a landmine.

Jerry White talks about the brutal lesson he was forced to learn as a 20-year old when he went hiking in the Golan Heights in Israel in 1984 and tripped a landmine.

Nobel Peace laureate Jerry White recounts stepping on a landmine.

When it Mattered

3 MINS

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From victim to survivor to thriver

Nobel Peace Laureate Jerry White describes commonalities between super-survivors of mass atrocities.

When it Mattered

50 SECS

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62. Machines are the new patrons of artists / Agnieszka Pilat

She landed in the Bay Area where a transformative book recommendation from her hairdresser, and her industrial roots in Poland, led to an epiphany which led her to start painting machines.

62. Machines are the new patrons of artists / Agnieszka Pilat

When it Mattered

58 SECS

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64. Disobeying his boss turned a crisis into his calling /Sasha Chanoff,

What he saw in that tent was a “crucible moment” that turned a crisis into his calling.

64. Disobeying his boss turned a crisis into his calling /Sasha Chanoff,

When it Mattered

7 MINS

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65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment

Exclusive: A story never before told publicly of how an epiphany in Peru resulted in a kidnapping in Mexico that galvanized the evolution of a fair trade social entrepreneur.

65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment

When it Mattered

6 MINS

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65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment P. 2

Exclusive: A story never before told publicly of how an epiphany in Peru resulted in a kidnapping in Mexico that galvanized the evolution of a fair trade social entrepreneur.

65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment P. 2

When it Mattered

5 MINS

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65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment P.3

Exclusive: A story never before told publicly of how an epiphany in Peru resulted in a kidnapping in Mexico that galvanized the evolution of a fair trade social entrepreneur.

65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment P.3

When it Mattered

8 MINS

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66. Distinguished diplomat reclaims her narrative / Marie Yovanovitch

On April 24, 2019, in the dead of night, with no explanation, Marie Yovanovitch got a call from the U.S State Department, essentially removing her immediately from her post as Ambassador to Ukraine.

66. Distinguished diplomat reclaims her narrative / Marie Yovanovitch

When it Mattered

10 MINS

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67 — He built a successful startup while waging a life-threatening battle

Andy Dunn would never have predicted that he would wind up naked and writhing on the floor of Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric Emergency Room in New York — in the throes of a massive bipolar episode.

67 — He built a successful startup while waging a life-threatening battle

When it Mattered

5 MINS

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Garrett Warren

Garrett Warren on his life as a stuntman, getting hit by cars for a living

When it Mattered

1 MIN

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68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 1

On May 20, 2000, Hollywood stuntman Garrett Warren was hanging out at his home in Westlake Village, California with his mom when the doorbell rang insistently.

68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 1

When it Mattered

3 MINS

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68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 2

On May 20, 2000, Hollywood stuntman Garrett Warren was hanging out at his home in Westlake Village, California with his mom when the doorbell rang insistently.

68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 2

When it Mattered

5 MINS

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68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 3

On May 20, 2000, Hollywood stuntman Garrett Warren was hanging out at his home in Westlake Village, California with his mom when the doorbell rang insistently.

68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 3

When it Mattered

2 MINS

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69. A battered cop proves her mettle during the Jan. 6th riots

Officer Caroline Edwards of the U.S. Capitol Police’s First Responders Unit reported for duty on January 6, 2021, along with her colleagues, with little warning from her supervisors about the clear and present danger of extreme violence.

69. A battered cop proves her mettle during the Jan. 6th riots

When it Mattered

7 MINS

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71. A mysterious box would forever propel him into the future / Thomas Frey

Born on a grain farm in South Dakota, Thomas Frey was an unlikely candidate to become a world-renowned futurist and public speaker. But then one day, when he was four years old, Frey’s parents received a big mysterious box that would change his life.

71. A mysterious box would forever propel him into the future / Thomas Frey

When it Mattered

6 MINS

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71. A mysterious box would forever propel him into the future / Thomas P.2

When it Mattered

3 MINS

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70. A protector of U.S. nukes evaluates Putin's nuclear threats

When Robert Wheeler was just 8 years old, his mother took him to the Chicago Air Show. It changed his life. From that moment on, Wheeler became obsessed with an unwavering goal: To become a U.S. fighter pilot.

70. A protector of U.S. nukes evaluates Putin's nuclear threats

When it Mattered

9 MINS

Curated byChitra Ragavan

18 CLIPS1 HR 31 MINS

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Some Great Moments from When It Mattered

Breakfast with Vladimir Putin

When it Mattered

Nobel Peace laureate Jerry White recounts stepping on a landmine.

When it Mattered

From victim to survivor to thriver

When it Mattered

62. Machines are the new patrons of artists / Agnieszka Pilat

When it Mattered

64. Disobeying his boss turned a crisis into his calling /Sasha Chanoff,

When it Mattered

65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment

When it Mattered

65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment P. 2

When it Mattered

65. Mexican gangsters faked avocado purchase to launder ransom payment P.3

When it Mattered

66. Distinguished diplomat reclaims her narrative / Marie Yovanovitch

When it Mattered

67 — He built a successful startup while waging a life-threatening battle

When it Mattered

Garrett Warren

When it Mattered

68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 1

When it Mattered

68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 2

When it Mattered

68 — He survived a near-fatal shooting by ex-wife-hired-hitman - Part 3

When it Mattered

69. A battered cop proves her mettle during the Jan. 6th riots

When it Mattered

71. A mysterious box would forever propel him into the future / Thomas Frey

When it Mattered

71. A mysterious box would forever propel him into the future / Thomas P.2

When it Mattered

70. A protector of U.S. nukes evaluates Putin's nuclear threats

When it Mattered

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