Big Questions with Cal Fussman Podcast
1) Don’t Be 1 in 93
Roughly 1 in 93 Americans will die in a car accident. According to the National Safety Council, that’s the math—even after seatbelts, airbags, sensors, and the smartest cars we’ve ever built. Cal foun...Show More
2) Turbulence, Tranquility & Central Park
Cal comes upon a book called The Fourth Turning Is Here which suggests that we’re in a historical cycle of crisis when institutions collapse and a new world order emerges. Then he walks through the na...Show More
3) April 20, 1999, September 10, 2025, And The Future
Two dates. Separated by decades. Bound by a thread we’d all prefer didn’t exist. Cal revisits the first—a day etched in memory that too many now treat as common behavior. He weighs the second—fresh in...Show More
4) Great Advice From George Raveling
Raveling passed away early this month at 88 after living a life shaped by being in the right place at the right time — and knowing what to do when he got there. As a boy, after losing his father and s...Show More
5) Billie Eilish & My Friend Phillip
Billie Eilish was just 13 when she recorded the song Ocean Eyes in the bedroom of her home and her brother Finneas uploaded it to SoundCloud. Within weeks, hundreds of thousands had listened to it. Th...Show More
6) Old Is New In The Age of AI
Cal was ready to dump his storage bins of CDs, tape cassettes, and DVDs — until he discovered a twist: the world is racing back to the very things he was about to throw away. Parents are pulling out o...Show More
7) The Last Book Written By A Human
Cal sits down with Jeff Burningham, author of The Last Book Written by a Human, to unpack the AI tidal wave about to hit classrooms, boardrooms, governments, and even religions. This isn’t doomscrolli...Show More
8) If The NFL Can Overlook Shedeur Sanders, What Are Algorithms Doing To You?
The NFL passed on Shedeur Sanders — son of Deion “Prime Time” Sanders — through the first four rounds of its 2025 draft, despite the quarterback’s two electric seasons in college with Heisman trophy w...Show More
9) Jim Carrey’s $10 Million Lesson
Jim Carrey’s $10 Million Lesson Cal has an epiphany as he’s giving one of his storytelling workshops. He’s able to tie the thought to the moment in 1985 when a down and out actor named Jim Carrey wro...Show More
10) First A Scam, Then The Future Of Trust
On a sunny Sunday morning, Cal shares breakfast with friends—when a woman reveals how a shady third-party travel site jacked up her airline ticket price. It was no fluke: The company is flooded with c...Show More