The Vance Crowe Podcast

Jason Bockman, owner of the iconic Strange Donuts in Saint Louis, discusses the pressure and the suicidal thoughts that can happen during moments of uncertainty.  Jason shares his mentality to keep his business open and helping people. 

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Razib Kahn is an internationally known geneticist and science communicator.  He has been particularly outspoken about his views on Coronavirus on Twitter.  We discussed shutting down interstate travel, the social and economic consequences for shutting down the economy, and what will change as we end the last century and enter a new…

Joel Sigman runs an HVAC company in Saint Louis, Missouri.  His employees are now making service calls in a post-Corona world.  He talks about how concerned his guys are about the virus and the steps they are taking to make both the homeowner and the worker feel safe from the invisible disease.

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Jerod McDaniel is the host of Ag Uncensored and a Cattle Rancher from Texahoma, Oklahoma.  We discuss how Coronavirus has impacted his family and the beef industry.  We discuss teaching his kids during Coronavirus.  

Jerod McDaniel on Twitter: @jerodmcdaniel
Vance Crowe on Twitter: @VanceCrowe

This is the 15th interview…

Steve Ernst is an ICU nurse and a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu instructor working at Saint Louis's level one trauma center.  He is a hard scrapping tough guy with a no-nonsense way of looking at the world. We talk about what their hospital is expecting, how to handle sick patients, washing hands, and how to behave if you become…

Saint Louis Bank CEO, Travis Liebig discusses the enormous government stimulus package that banks are being tasked with delivering to small business owners via SBA lending.  We discuss the risk of inflation, the government programs and how to find a banker in a time of crisis.  In full disclosure: I am on the Board of Directors for…

Julie Kelly is a senior contributor for American Greatness. She covers politics, science, and the media.  Julie has taken a heterodox position regarding the stay at home orders, and suspects that the number of people that have already been infected and recovered from Coronavirus is much higher than initially believed. We discuss civil…

John Larson, Senior Vice President at the American Farmland Trust talks about how Coronavirus has shut down the local food movement from selling to restaurants and shown how important a diversified local food system can be during a crisis.   

Larson discusses cities that have taken on the task of buying easements that will keep…

Sam Miller is a recovering addict that now works with unhoused youth on the West Coast.  We talked about how the homeless will likely deal with the Coronavirus and what should happen after the pandemic is over to better help lift them out of poverty.

This is the tenth interview in the ongoing series of Coronavirus perspectives. I…

Joscha Bach is an artificial intelligence researcher that has worked at MIT, Harvard, and Singularity University.  I have quoted his work for more than 7 years.  He sounded the Coronavirus alarm in January of 2020 and I thought he was losing his mind- so I wrote to tell him.  I was wrong.  Joscha talks about why nerds can see things…