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Ruminations on my first 6 Podcast Episodes


July 1, 2025
A good podcast, like a good lightbulb, illuminates a room, and maybe a mind and a life. And, let’s face it, when it comes to life stages, midlife is perceived as a dark room. But here’s the thing: in photography, the darkroom isn’t where images go to die—it’s where they come to life. It’s in that quiet, shadowed space that clarity slowly emerges, contrast sharpens, and the full picture begins to reveal itself.

This is the whole point of my new podcast THE MIDLIFE CHRYSALIS: how can I take relatively famous people into the dark room of their midlife with the intent of hearing about their transformation during this Rodney Dangerfield of life stages. What if midlife was a chrysalis and not a crisis? 

The episodes go live every Wednesday and we’ve released six of them so far (all with links below) and, after just 3 weeks, THE MIDLIFE CHRYSALIS has already climbed to the top 1% of all podcasts globally for number of downloads. During tomorrow’s episode, John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods Market, talks about how psychedelics have had a profound impact on facing his various chrysalis moments. And, yesterday, I interviewed – Krista Tippett (who’s a magical interviewer herself) – live in front of her MEA workshop cohort here in Santa Fe and that episode will be released next Wednesday. And, the following week, you’ll hear me banter with Burning Man’s CEO Marian Goodell. Check these ones out:

MARIA SHRIVER: Healing Old Wounds and Becoming Who You Were Meant To Be
Breakup With What You Don’t Need: MICHAEL FRANTI on Healing & Growth
From Wall Street to Inner Peace: The Emotional Journey of JERRY COLONNA
You Can’t Scare Me: HODA KOTB on Starting Over and Fearless Living After 50
Reinvention After 50 with SETH GODIN: Making Life Your Best Work of Art
RICH ROLL on Reinventing Yourself After Rock Bottom

Which of these episodes have you enjoyed most?

-Chip

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