The Culture Matters Podcast
The Culture Matters Podcast with host, Jay Doran, is a platform to talk with business owners, executives, and cultural alike to get inside each individual's eco-system in which they practice culture in the workplace. We speak to some of the most interesting people about why culture is important.
Episodes
1062 episodes
Season 89, Episode 1062: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 15: High Stakes, Clear Objectives
Episode 15 is a different kind of New Year’s Eve conversation—less “resolution energy,” more real life, real leadership, real presence.Jay Doran and Jenna Silverman sit down with Michael Allosso and Joseph Iredell...
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Season 89
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Episode 1062
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54:05
Season 89, Episode: 1061: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 14: Choices Create Outcomes
Episode 14 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza gets loud—in the best way.Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun are joined by Brad Lea, Jenna Silverman, Anthony Mirarchi, Benny Fisher, and Fobby Naghmi for a rapid-fire, high-trust conv...
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Season 89
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Episode 1061
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59:28
Season 89, Episode 1060: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 13: Faith Over Control
Episode 13 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is one of the most personal—and most powerful—conversations of the day.Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun are joined by Jenna Silverman, Tom Bove, Hector Sanchez, Glenn Campbell, and David...
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Episode 1060
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47:18
Season 89, Episode 1059: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 12: Do It Different This Time
Episode 12 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is a masterclass in what actually scales: preparation, consistency, and focus — with zero fluff.Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun are joined by Armand Pinoci, Aaron Scott Young, Mi...
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Episode 1059
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55:00
Season 89, Episode 1058: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 11: Second Half Adjustments
Episode 11 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is a brotherhood conversation — the kind that doesn’t posture, doesn’t perform, and doesn’t pretend.Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun are joined by Eddy Perez Jr., Brett Grossman, John Ne...
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Episode 1058
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50:42
Season 89, Episode 1057: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 10: Lead with Amity, Move Expeditiously
Episode 10 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza feels like a collective “second wind” — the kind you get when a conversation becomes less about performance and more about presence.Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun are joined by Morgan ...
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Season 88
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Episode 1057
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48:56
Season 88, Episode 1056: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 9: Fathers, Founders, and Focus
Episode 9 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is one of those conversations that doesn’t stay in “business talk.” It goes straight into what leadership actually costs—and what it gives back—when you’re building companies while trying to build a ...
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Episode 1056
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50:07
Season 88, Episode 1055: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 8: Awake, Persevere, Improve
Episode 8 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is a fast-moving mix of real talk, hard lessons, and the kind of “in-the-trenches” clarity you only get when builders stop pretending everything is polished.Jay Doran and co-host Mike Calhoun ...
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Episode 1055
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55:00
Season 88, Episode 1054: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 7: Consistency, Execution, Love, and Transformation
Episode 7 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is part coaching session, part brotherhood, and part wake-up call—because this crew doesn’t just talk about growth… they talk about the cost of growth.Jay Doran and co-host Mike “Mike...
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Episode 1054
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Season 88, Episode 1053: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 6: Fearless, Alignment, and Breaking the Mold
Episode 6 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is a collision of high standards and real humanity—where big goals meet even bigger intention.Jay Doran and co-host Mike “Mike Drop” Calhoun welcome a powerhouse lineup: Chris Vester, Maria...
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Season 88
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Episode 1053
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51:31
Season 88, Episode 1052: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 5: The Room That Listens—Words, Wisdom, and What 2025 Taught Us
Episode 5 of the New Year’s Eve Lollapalooza is a masterclass in what happens when high-performing people slow down long enough to tell the truth.Jay Doran and co-host Mike “Mike Drop” Calhoun bring together a loaded room: Matt McHale...
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Season 88
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Episode 1052
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49:32
Season 88, Episode 1051: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 4: Alignment, Stewardship, and the Power of Proximity
Episode 4 of the NYE Lollapalooza is what happens when the conversation stops being theoretical—and turns into action in real time.Jay Doran and co-host Mike “Mike Drop” Calhoun are joined by a stacked room: Robert Frehafer, Bill Merv...
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Season 88
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Episode 1051
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54:33
Season 88, Episode 1050: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 3: Innovate: Turning Trades into a Movement
Episode 3 brings the NYE Lollapalooza deeper into the world of real assets, real operators, and real responsibility. Jay Doran is joined again by co-host Mike “Mike Drop” Calhoun, alongside Judd Burdon, Gray Wilson (Revolut...
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Season 88
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Episode 1050
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59:26
Season 88, Episode 1049: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 2: Change, Integration, Obedience, Accountability
In Episode 2 of the NYE Lollapalooza, Jay Doran is joined again by co-host Mike “Mike Drop” Calhoun, with guests Judd Burdon (Asphalt Kingdom), Reagan Weiss, and Andrew Berman each bringing real-time reflections on growth, relationships, leader...
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Season 88
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Episode 1049
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51:20
Season 88, Episode: 1048 Guest: Mike Calhoun: 2025 NYE Lollapalooza Episode 1: Be Strong. Be Different.
The NYE Lollapalooza is not about predictions or resolutions. It’s about reflection, responsibility, and deciding—consciously—who you are becoming as the calendar turns.In Episode 1, Jay Doran opens the day alongside longtime coll...
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Season 88
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Episode 1048
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36:44
Season 88, Episode: 1047 Guest: David Levine: The Core of Systems
Technology doesn’t fail, systems do.In this episode, Jay sits down with David Levine to explore the core of systems through the lens of technology and how the tools we build, adopt, and rely on quietly shape behavior, culture, a...
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Season 88
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Episode 1047
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1:01:18
Season 88, Episode 1046: Guests: Mark Richards and Danijel Velicki: How You Show Up
Danijel Velicki is a Croatian-born entrepreneur and financial educator known as the Founder and CEO of Sqwire, an online financial wellness and literacy platform.Mark Richards is the founder and a principal consultant at Cool H...
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Season 88
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Episode 1046
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1:07:57
Season 88, Episode: 1045: Guest: Jenna Silverman: The Work Behind the Culture
In this episode, Jay and Jenna sit down for an honest conversation about what culture really is — and why it matters more than ever.They unpack the heart of Culture Matters: not as a buzzword or a corporate initiative, but ...
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Season 88
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Episode 1045
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Season 87, Episode 1044: Thirty Days of Thought: "Happy Birthday"
It has been a couple of months, but we are finally back with Thirty Days of Thought featuring our very own Jay Doran as he discusses excerpts from his book, Thirty Days of Thought. On today's episode, Jay is focusing on th...
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Season 87
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Episode 1044
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22:45
Season 87, Episode 1043: Guest: Demetri Stakias: Tales of Giving Part 1
"Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction." - Pablo PicassoHost of "The Relief Podcast", author of How to Get Your Life Back, and founder of Real Estate Relief Demetri Stakias
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Episode 1043
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33:26
Season 87, Episode 1042: Guest: Bill Reiman: Naples Lollapalooza 2026 and Beyond
"Lollapalooza effects can make you rich or they can kill you." - Charles T. MungerReal estate professional, businessman, co-owner of R.K. Reiman, and host of "The Real Build" podcast Bill Reiman is joi...
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Season 87
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Episode 1042
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37:53
Season 87, Episode 1041: The Investor Series with Aleck Arena: An Update on the Market Part 2
"The big money is not in the buying or selling, but in the waiting." - Charles T. MungerOne episode simply wasn't enough to go over everything we wanted to when it comes discussing market updates, so we had n...
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Season 87
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Episode 1041
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1:25:47
Season 87, Episode 1040: The Investor Series with Aleck Arena: An Update on the Market
"Soros has taught me that when you have tremendous conviction on a trade, you have to go for the jugular. It takes courage to be a pig. It takes courage to ride a profit with huge leverage." - Stanley Druckenmiller<...
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Season 87
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Episode 1040
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42:34
Season 87, Episode 1039: Guest: Hector Sanchez: The Servant Leader
"Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it and I will move the world." - ArchimedesAfter a brief hiatus, The Culture Matters Podcast is back with a vengeance and we are starting this thin...
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Episode 1039
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Season 87, Episode 1038: The Investor Series with Aleck Arena featuring Rob Millner
On a very special episode of The Culture Matters Podcast, we are bringing back The Investor Series with the founder of Arena Securities and co-host of the series, Aleck Arena, flying solo. Aleck's guest today is a man whose family ...
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