Follow your Different.™ Podcast Episodes
Find the courage to follow your different through these episodes.
449 Google’s Free Cash Flow Went Negative For The First Time. Does it matter with $242 billion in cash? | The Pirate Street Journal
On this episode of The Pirate Street Journal on Chistopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, the trio tackled three major business stories that mainstream financial media fumbled. From Google’s record-breaking quarter to AI disrupting the legal industry and a historic merger of black-owned banks, the conversation offered a perspective that most financial journalists simply miss because…
448 Mid-term Madness, Oprah or George Clooney Running For President? with Political Pollster & Advisor Lee Hartley Carter
Political strategist and pollster Lee Hartley Carter recently joined us at the Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different podcast to share her sharp insights on the current American political landscape. As the founder of Carter Intelligence Group and author of “Persuasion: Convincing Others When Facts Don’t Seem to Matter,” Lee Hartley Carter brings a rare combination…
447 Niching Down on Weird Data with AI Solves Ice Cream, Movies, and Power Bottlenecks | The Pirate Street Journal
We are living through a fundamental shift in how businesses operate, compete, and create value. The Pirate Street Journal, hosted by Christopher, Eddie, and Bri, breaks down three major business stories through the category design lens, revealing a common thread that most mainstream business coverage misses entirely. That thread is AI data, and how the…
446 Aftermath: The Life-Changing Math That Schools Won’t Teach You with Ted Dintersmith
Ted Dintersmith, legendary venture capitalist and education advocate, joins Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different again to talk about his new book “After Math: The Life-Changing Math That Schools Won’t Teach You.” With decades of experience at Charles River Ventures and years spent championing education reform, Ted Dintersmith brings a refreshing and urgent perspective on why…
445 Count Your Blessings and Your Burdens When It Comes to Data Centers, Price Increases and Careers | The Pirate Street Journal
The Pirate Street Journal takes a sharp look at business through the category design lens, and this episode delivers three stories that reveal how the decisions made today will define economic winners and losers for decades. From data center legislation in New York to Apple raising prices and a Costco cashier becoming a millionaire, each…
444 Market Engineering with Bruce Cleveland
On this episode of Christopher Lochhead: Follow Your Different, Bruce Cleveland, legendary entrepreneur and venture capitalist, joins us to discuss his powerful new book, “Market Engineering: Because Markets Don’t Build Themselves.” The conversation brought together two former competitors who have since become allies in a shared mission: helping founders and executives understand that markets, like…
443 Micron Just Put $250 Million into a Million Kids’ Accounts and Made Charity Obsolete | The Pirate Street Journal
Business news rarely gets examined through the lens of category design, but when it does, the insights are striking. From charitable investing to the economic impact of the World Cup and the marketing brilliance of Black Rifle Coffee Company, a new way of thinking about business is emerging. At the center of one of the…
442 BREAKING NEWS: A car with eight cameras just claimed the word “privacy” | The Pirate Street Journal
Tesla dropped a 216-page impact report, and while most people were expecting a flashy product announcement, what they got was something far more strategic. The Pirate Street Journal team broke down three major themes from the report: privacy, climate, and safety innovation. Viewed through the category design lens, each topic reveals how Tesla is not…
441 America 250
As America marks 250 years of existence, it is worth pausing to ask a question that most people avoid: what is actually true about this country versus what we have been conditioned to believe? The noise coming from cable news, social media algorithms, and political fundraising machines has created a version of America that feels…
440 Why Microsoft is Moving Into a Lower Margin Business | The Pirate Street Journal
The business world is shifting in ways that most mainstream financial media is failing to capture. From Microsoft launching a consulting arm to Starlink eyeing your cell phone and Europe refusing to adopt air conditioning, the stories shaping our economic future are being misread at every turn. The Pirate Street Journal exists to fix that…
Quotes
“This is a great podcast for those who want to be on a constant learning adventure”
- iTunes Reviewer
“The only podcast I listen to. I don’t have time to listen to podcasts, but I make the time to listen to this one”
- iTunes Reviewer
“So, so good!!! By far my favorite podcast – really enjoy the straightforward, no BS conversations”
- iTunes Reviewer
“#1 Podcast for a reason”
- iTunes Reviewer
“This is not your average self help podcast”
- iTunes Reviewer
“Quite frankly, unlike any other podcast”
- iTunes Reviewer
"Real conversations with no bullshit - the guests get driven away from their standard form responses, and irreverence is valued"
- Podcast Listener
"I listen during my commute. I feel like I learn something new every conversation and I feel energized and empowered to tackle the small and big challenges. "
- Podcast Listener
"There is an authenticity to Christopher's approach that I respect, in addition to the breadth of the subject matter. Also a huge fan of his 2 books. "
- Podcast Listener
"The people that “get it” today are doing things in an authentic manner. They realize that no one wants the over produced glitzy BS and instead they just want to learn. I listen to this podcast because it cuts through the noise and provides incredible insight on how to build a legendary company / career - and it’s coming from folks that have done it, not just talked about it. "
- Podcast Listener
"Good people, good conversations, fun and insightful"
- Podcast Listener
"I love Christopher and TOTALLY relate to how his heart and brain work - just like mine! - and I feel a greater invitation to be more ME - as I am-take it or leave it. Every single guest arrives authentic and beyond inspiring and OMG I LAUGH LAUGH LAUGH! I keep buying all their books! Love you Christopher and love that you share your REAL YOU with all of us and invite us all to do the same!"
- Podcast Listener
"I like being exposed to people and thoughts that I wouldn’t normally get to listen and learn from in the general day to day of life and business”
- Podcast Listener
"It is like being a fly on the wall in a high level conversation and there are great insights from people with proven legendary results "
- Podcast Listener
“Christopher Lochhead is the Joe Rogan of Business”
- Jon Bergoff, CEO, Flourishing Leadership Institute
"Off-putting to some"
- The Economist
"Christopher Lochhead is a human exclamation point"
- Fast Company Magazine
"Christopher Lochhead is one of the best minds in marketing"
- The Marketing Journal
“Christopher Lochhead is an exploding star – a quasar across the sky."
- Bill Walton, NBA Hall of Fame Legend
"That was— and I bullshit you not— the most fun interview I have ever had”
- Abby Ellin, Bestselling Author of “Duped” & New York Times Contributor
Sponsored by:
Latest Episodes
Listen via these channels
