Jonathan Block interviews leaders from a diverse range of occupations to ask about the times when things went wrong. What did they learn from the hardest moments, and what can we learn from them?

This is Episode 3 of Pick of the Pods-the Podcast, the audio companion to Pick of the Pods-the Substack.

POP-the Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/pickofthepods/p/my-journey-from-foreign-correspondent?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Listen to Stumbling Blocks on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1849573843

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StumblingBlocksPodcast

Episodes featured:

Clip 1: Sandra Sucher, Harvard Business School: How to Apologize

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sandra-sucher-harvard-business-school-how-to-apologize/id1849573843?i=1000739623769

Clip 2: Admiral Mark Harnitchek, Director of DoD Logistics: How I Solved the Puzzle of Pakistan

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/admiral-mark-harnitchek-director-of-dod-logistics/id1849573843?i=1000736688810

Clip 3: ​​Brent Beshore, CEO, Permanent Equity: How Winning Made me Lose

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/brent-beshore-ceo-permanent-equity-how-winning-made-me-lose/id1849573843?i=1000748384408

Bonus clip:

Admiral Tim Ziemer, Chief, President's Malaria Initiative: How (and Why) I Saved 12 Million Lives

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/admiral-tim-ziemer-chief-presidents-malaria-initiative/id1849573843?i=1000750513190

Jonathan’s pod picks:

The Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast: https://careynieuwhof.com/episode646/

Heavyweight: https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/heavyweight

Also mentioned:

Radio Davos, with Scott Galloway: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/radio-davos/episodes/scott-galloway-men-women-masculinity-crisis/

Jonathan's dream interviews:

Jon Meacham, author of His Truth is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope

Jonathan’s father

George W. Bush

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Reuters Econ World, a weekly show from one of the world’s biggest news agencies, delivers analysis of how global events are affecting the economy.

Host Carmel Crimmins reveals how the show is made and shares:

• Haters gonna hate: how Taylor Swift fans reacted to the podcast’s take on the notion of “Swiftonomics”
• New York state of mind: how a New York audience helped her overcome stage fright at her first live in-person podcast
• Powell Unplugged: why her dream podcast guest would be Fed chief Jerome Powell with his guitar

Links to Reuters Econ World:

Homepage: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/reuters-econ-world/

Get it on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1746360591

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZhRxE9191zNaeyyMWJM0OL4QE__u0q6u

Episodes mentioned in this podcast:

‘Swiftonomics’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8BVG3a2LUs

Trump’s economy — Live from New York: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/trumps-economy-live-new-york-2025-12-03/

Inside Iran: A video diary: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/inside-iran-video-diary-2026-03-28/

Minneapolis from different angles: https://www.reuters.com/podcasts/minneapolis-different-angles-2026-01-31/

Carmel’s recommendations:

The Rest Is History

• homepage: https://therestishistory.com/
• on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1537788786
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@restishistorypod

All-In

• homepage: https://allin.com/
• on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1502871393
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@allin

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The Rest Is Politics is one of the biggest podcasts in politics on both sides of the Atlantic. The UK version is presented by former Labour party communications director Alastair Campbell and former Conservative politician Rory Stewart. The Rest Is Politics US is hosted by BBC correspondent Katty Kay and financier and (very briefly) former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.

Fiona Douglas is a producer working mostly on TRIP US. Among the trade secrets she divulges are:

• why are so many podcasts from Goalhanger called “The Rest Is…[something]” - and what might they have been called if history had been different?
• the most valued skills required for anyone wanting to work in podcast production
• the cliché might be that the target audience for The Rest Is Politics are “centrist dads” - but is that really true?

Find The Rest Is Politics:

• on any podcast app: https://linktr.ee/RestIsPolitics
• YouTube: / @restispolitics

Find The Rest Is Politics US

• homepage: https://tripus.supportingcast.fm/
• on any podcast app: https://pod.link/1743030473
• YouTube: / @restpoliticsus
  
  

Episodes featured:

• US Election Livestream: The US Election LIVE SHOWS
• Elon Musk: The Making of A Maverick: https://podcasts.apple.com/mu/podcast...
• The Speech That Tipped The Balance or Preaching To The Choir?: The Speech That Tipped The Balance or Prea...

Fiona’s pick of the pods:

• Today in Focus (The Guardian): https://www.theguardian.com/news/seri...
• Sweet Bobby (Tortoise): https://open.spotify.com/episode/6WG0Q6p7JmLERBtP5hZHNa&

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