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People with Purpose | Chaim Marcus

by Chaim Marcus

Did you know that Michael Jordan, in the height of his career, called a kid to apologize for brushing him off? Wanna meet a couple that after not being able to have kids, helped 4,000 couples have a baby? Would you like to meet the 96 y/o man who invented a way to cut your sugar in half and still keep the same taste? Do you drink tap water? Do you have any idea what's in it? Meet the water warrior, Seth Siegel. Hi there and welcome, I'm Chaim Marcus and if you enjoy hearing from people with an unwavering commitment to making a difference, check us out.Other topics covered are Israel, sports and entertainment, like the Jewish Jordan - Tamir Goodman, award-winning screenwriter, Greg Allen Howard and Matti Friedman's Spies of No Country.

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Episodes

  1. Happiness Guru Tal Ben-Shahar

    "My purpose in life is to bring happiness to people." What a phenomenal life mission that is and what a joy it was to talk with the Guru of Happiness, former Harvard professor, Tal Ben Shahar. Tal Ben-Shahar is an author and lecturer. He taught two of the largest classes in Harvard University's...

  2. From High School Phenom to Professional Hoopster

    You don't have to like basketball to learn from Tamir Goodman. Sports Illustrated dubbed him the Jewish Jordan. If by Jordan they also mean resilient, leader, beacon of light, then that moniker is spot on. This is Tamir's story, from High School phenom to professional hoopster and all the...

  3. Award-winning Screenwriter and Producer Gregory Allen Howard

    Greg is best known for writing the mega hit Remember the Titans, a film about the undefeated High School football team credited with healing the racial divide in Alexandria, Virginia. Although he wrote the film Harriet, the Harriet Tubman biopic, many years ago, Greg discusses what took so long…

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  4. The Time Michael Jordan Called

    People with Purpose host Chaim Marcus talks with Rabbi Shais Taub about the time he received a phone call from Michael Jordan. What prompted the call? What did he say? What impact did the call have? In this episode we explore celebrity, role models, parenting and what lessons can be learnt from a...

  5. One Couple's Struggle With Infertility That Changed the World

    After twenty years of working three jobs and traveling the world to find a solution to their infertility, Rabbi Schlomo & Chani Bochner founded Bonei Olam, a non-profit that provides large scale funding for fertility treatments and genetic research. In this episode, Rabbi Bochner shares his...

  6. Troubled Water: Interview with NYT Bestselling Author Seth M. Siegel

    Bestselling author Seth Siegel is on a mission to get Americans to start demanding of our government healthy drinking water. In his new book Troubled Water: What's Wrong With What We Drink, Seth gets your blood boiling as you learn about the awful state of water in America. In this interview…

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  7. How a 96 year old just improved the way we will soon consume most foods.

    Sugar. We love the taste we just don't love the consequences. Enter Doux Matok, the company that just figured out how to efficiently deliver sugar to your taste receptors allowing for almost 50% reduction in your sugar intake. The genius behind the company? Professor Avrahahm Baniel who figured...

  8. Matti Friedman's Spies of No Country

    In his first episode, Chaim Marcus reviews Matti Friedman's new book, Spies of No Country. Also, a shout out to one of the greatest speeches given in modern Israeli history.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Did you know that Michael Jordan, in the height of his career, called a kid to apologize for brushing him off? Wanna meet a couple that after not being able to have kids, helped 4,000 couples have a baby? Would you like to meet the 96 y/o man who invented a way to cut your sugar in half and still keep the same taste? Do you drink tap water? Do you have any idea what's in it? Meet the water warrior, Seth Siegel. Hi there and welcome, I'm Chaim Marcus and if you enjoy hearing from people with an unwavering commitment to making a difference, check us out.Other topics covered are Israel, sports and entertainment, like the Jewish Jordan - Tamir Goodman, award-winning screenwriter, Greg Allen Howard and Matti Friedman's Spies of No Country.

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Chaim Marcus

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Did you know that Michael Jordan, in the height of his career, called a kid to apologize for brushing him off? Wanna meet a couple that after not being able to have kids, helped 4,000 couples have a baby? Would you like to meet the 96 y/o man who invented a way to cut your sugar in half and still...

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