All Episodes

Episode 283 with International Master Malcolm Pein, Serial Chess Entrepreneur

Episode 282 with Sami Steigmann, Holacaust Survivor

Episode 281 with Dani Zoldan, Owner of Stand Up NY

Episode 280 with Peter Doggers, Director of Content at Chess.com and Author of THE CHESS REVOLUTION

Episode 279 with Neha Sharan, Founder of Girls4Chess

Episode 278 with Jenny Ingber Ph.D, CEO of Chess in the Schools

Episode 277 with Gunnar Bjornsson, President of the Icelandic Chess Federation

Episode 276 with Joel Dick, Data Engineer at Tempered AI and Adult Improver

Episode 275 with National Master Mikhail Sher, PhD., Associate Professor of Management at Monmouth University

Episode 274 with Captain Zoe Marks, Director of Overseas Operations at Yatar Israel

Episode 273 with Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic

Episode 272 with Mark Herschberg, Author of The Career Toolkit and Fractional CTO/CPO

Episode 271 with Candidate Master Dane Zagar (New Cheating Scandal)

Episode 270 With Joshua Pearlman, Personal Injury Attorney in New York.

Episode 269 with Mandy Ficara, Founder of Every Last One Rescue

Episode 268 with Alex Bores, New York State Assemblymember, District 73

Episode 267 with Ranae Bartlett, US Chess Executive Director

Episode 266 with Rabbi Elie Feder PhD and Rabbi Aaron Zimmer, Hosts of Physics to God

Episode 265 with Deven Wohlwend, COO of Clear Sky Realty, Inc.

Episode 264 with Carol Ann Caronia, Author of Strategic Moves: Mind-Building Chess Exercises For Kids

Episode 263 with Gary Morgenstein, Author and Award-Winning Playwright

Episode 262 with Rabbi Yisroel Bernath, AKA the Love Rabbi

Episode 261 with Phil Copulsky CFA, Director - Private Capital at Westmount Realty Capital, LLC

Episode 260 with Paige Arnof-Fenn, Founder & CEO at Mavens & Moguls

Episode 259 with Scott Lask, Chief Investment Officer at Scott Lask Wealth Management Group LLC

Episode 258 with Life Master Eugene Salomon, Author of "Sweet Memories: Family, Friends, Chess, and Sugar”

Episode 257 with Grandmaster Jesse Kraai, Co-Founder of ChessDojo

Episode 256 with National Master Todd Bryant, Software Engineer at Chess.com

Episode 255 with Women Candidate Master Alexandra Prado

Episode 254 with Dr. Jake Rabinowitz, Founder of Smart Eats

Episode 253 with National Expert Steve Hrop, Executive Coach

Episode 252 with National Expert Pranav Shankar and Shankar Iyer- Autism Awareness

Podcast Episode 251 with Aiden Rayner, Founder of Don't Move Until You See it

Milestone 250th Episode with GM Vinay Bhat, VP, Data at Fuzzy Pet Health

Episode 249 with Gary Ryan, ThM, New York Instructor, Chaplain and Consultant

Episode 248 with Jon Edwards, 32nd World Correspondence Chess Champion

Episode 247 with Sarathi Ray, President of the Marshall Chess Club and Counsel at Lewis & Munday, P.C.

Episode 246 with Fabio Botarelli, Founder & President of Chessability NYC

Episode 245 with Amanda Rae Hambrick Ashcraft, Founder of Raising Imagination

Episode 244 with National Expert Amir Moazami, Founder of Rookly

Episode 243 with Grandmaster John Emms, World Senior Team Champion and Prolific Author

Episode 242 with Lorraine Novack, Regional Director at DOROT Westchester

Episode 241 with International Master Yaacov Norowitz

Episode 240 with Greg Giusti, President, Chessable & Train @ Chess.com

Episode 239 with John Hartmann, Chess Life/Chess Life Online Editor

Episode 238 with International Master Rusudan Goletiani, 2005 US Women's Champion and Foreign Exchange Trader at BlackRock

Episode 237 with Michelle Nedelec, Founder of Awareness Strategies

Episode 236 with Robert Kern, Counsel at Masur

Episode 235 with Richard C. Schoenstein, Partner, Vice-Chair of Litigation and Co-Chair of Securities and Financial Services Litigation Group at Tarter Krinsky & Drogin LLP

Thanksgiving Special: Episode 234 with Rabbi Levi Welton, Rabbi, Air Force Captain and Author of Be Like the Moon: A Chassidic Memoir

Episode 233 with Vishnu Warrier, Sr. Technology Consultant at EY & Author of The Chess Bible

Episode 232 with Scott Eisenberg, Real Estate Attorney, Broker and Founder of Swap the Biz

Episode 231 with Bill Haase, Radio Show/Podcast/TV Host and Retirement Strategist

Podcast Episode 230 with Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, World Blitz Champion and Seventh-Highest Rated Player in History

Episode 229 with Rick J. Lasher, Esq, Partner at Buitrago & Associates, PLLC

Episode 228 with Rachel Kovacs, Professor, Arts Reviewer, Author, and Presenter at City University of New York

Episode 227 with Olawa Gibson, Director of Education at The New American Academy Charter School

Episode 226 with Grandmaster Michael Adams, 7-Time British Champion

Episode 225 with Kevin Fite, Founder & Executive Director at Detroit City Chess Club

Episode 224 with FIDE Master Nate Solon, Data Scientist

Episode 223 with Roy Strauss, President of Strauss Consulting Group, LLC

Episode 222 with Grandmaster Magesh Chandran Panchanathan, Founder of Kings and Queens Chess Academy

Episode 221 with Brad Tanenbaum, MBA, Bilingual Copywriter and Branding Strategist

Podcast Episode 220 with Grandmaster Keith Arkell, 2014 European Senior Champion

Episode 219 with National Expert Justin Morrison, Founder of Kid Chess

Episode 218 with Michael Fried, Partner at Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein, LLP

Episode 217 with Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard, Co-owner of Quality Chess and Killer Chess Training

Episode 216 with Paul Rubin, Founder and Executive Director at Camp Good Mourning!

Episode 215 with Rebecca Solodovnik, Psychotherapist & Certified Management Specialist

Episode 214 with Kara Tatelbaum, Dancer, Choreographer, Coach and Author

Episode 213 with Orrin Hudson, Founder of Be Someone

Episode 212 with June Schaufus, Director, New Business Sales & Business Development at Bluecore

Episode 211 with International Master Cyrus Lakdawala, Author of 52+ Books

Episode 210 with Devin Miller, Founder and CEO at Miller IP Law

Podcast Episode 209 with Reena Friedman Watts, Podcast Host at Better Call Daddy Show

Episode 208 with Quentin Williams, Founder and CEO at Dedication to Community

Episode 207 with FIDE Master Todd Andrews, Executive Director at The Nashville Chess Center

Episode 206 with Nicole Hamilton, Dean of Faculty at Wardlaw+ Hartridge

Episode 205 with Jackie Botelho, Founder of ABCVIP

Episode 204 with Rachel Herman, Executive Director of Paws NY

Episode 203 with Grandmaster Mackenzie Molner, Founder of Grandmaster Mac

Episode 202 with Grandmaster James Plaskett, Former British Chess Champion

Episode 201 with Davina Chebin, CEO of Divine Healing by D

Milestone 200th Episode with "Chess Gladiator" FIDE Master Asa Hoffmann

Episode 199 with National Expert Chris Johnson, Founder of Project Pawn and Real Estate Broker

Episode 198 with FIDE Master Carsten Hansen

Episode 197 with Grandmaster Joel Benjamin and Expert Harold Scott, Authors of "Winning the World Open"

Episode 196 with David Lazarus, Chess Coach at Millburn Short Hills School District

Episode 195 with National Master Dan Heisman, Author and Instructor

Episode 194 with International Master Dmitri Shneider, Chief Financial Officer at Play Magnus Group

Episode 193 with Chloe Godin, Licensed Real Estate Broker with The Agency

Episode 192 with National Master Josh Sinanan, President of Washington Chess Federation

Episode 191 with Grandmaster Pascal Charbonneau, CFA, Senior Portfolio Manager at Vazirani Asset Management LLC

Episode 190 with Candidate Master Brian Karen, Long Island Instructor

Episode 189 with Candidate Master Danilo Cuellar, Premier Chess Instructor and Chinese Herbalist

Episode 188 with Andrej Milic, Esq United States Immigration Attorney at Santana Rodriguez Law P.A.

Episode 187 with Joe Apfelbaum, CEO of Ajax Union

Episode 186 with Rabbi Mendy Brukirer, Director of Outreach at Olami Manhattan

Episode 185 with David Shriner-Cahn, Host of Smashing the Plateau and President of TEND Strategic Partners

Episode 184 with Dr. Nava Silton, Professor of Psychology at Marymount College

Episode 183 with Jay Stallings, Founder of Coach Jay's Chess Academy

Episode 182 with National Master Evan Rosenberg, Education Attorney

181st Episode with James Altucher, American Hedge-fund Manager, Author, Podcaster and National Chess Master

180th Episode with Dr. Richard Lewis, Former Dentist and Current Chess Teacher

Episode 179 with National Master Gabriel Ewing, Premier Chess Instructor and Programmer

Podcast Episode 178 with Galen Pyle, CEO of Best Knight Games and Senior Strategic Advisor at FOCUS Investment Banking Business Owners: Let's Discuss Selling Your Business

Podast Episode 177 with Mike Nietman, President of Wisconsin Chess Association and Former United States Chess Federation Board Member

176th Episode with Elana Margulies Snyderman, Senior Manager, Publications at EisnerAmper and Co-Founder of Phyt Cares

Episode 175 with Debra Brunner, Chief Executive Officer at The Together Plan

Episode 174 with Jessi Shakarian, User Experience Designer at DIA Design Guild

Episode 173 with Cory Reader, Chief Investment Officer at HK Wealth Management, Inc

Episode 172 with Woman FIDE Master Uyanga Byambaa, Economics PHD Student at University of California, Berkeley

Episode 171 with Michael Chadwick, Licensed Real Estate Salesperson with Corcoran Group

Episode 170 with Florian Helff, Chess Tournament Manager and Director of Business Development at Corporate Esports Association

Episode 169 with Grandmaster Alexander Fishbein, Director at TD Securities

Episode 168 with National Expert Brian Wilmeth, Premier Chess Director of Virtual Programs and Programmer

Episode 167 with Karel van Delft, Author of Chess for Educators

166th Episode with International Master Justus Williams, Founder of Black Squares

165th Episode with Grandmaster Patrick Wolff, Founder of Grandmaster Capital

164th Episode with Andrew Stein, Founder of Orphaned Starfirsh Organization

163rd Episode with Jason Ciano, National Chess Expert and International Master in Bridge

162nd Episode with Rabbi Mark Wildes, Founder of Manhattan Jewish Experience

161st Episode with National Master, Jesse Lozano, Founder of Complete Chess

160th Episode with National Expert Andrew Hellenschmidt

159th Podcast Episode with Evan Katz, Founder of Crawford Ventures

Episode 158 with Lord Carmine Villani, World Champion in Endurance

157th Episode with International Master Christopher Yoo, Chess Prodigy

156th Episode with Candidate Master John Fernandez, U.S Chess Executive Board Candidate

155th Episode with Ira Miler, Chairman and CEO at Zone Capital Partners

154th Episode with Jim Egerton, Founder of Business on the Board

153rd Episode with International Master Carlos Perdomo, Founder of Chess Atlanta

152nd Episode with Grandmaster Ron Henley

151st Episode with Julie Bruns, Founder of 2 Possibility and Beyond

Milestone 150th Episode with Brandon Gidicsin, LLS 2021 Man of the Year Candidate and Business Development Specialist at Junkluggers

149th Episode with Grandmaster Nigel Davies, Founder of Tiger Chess

Special 148th Episode with Phiona Mutesi, Subject of Queen of Katwe

147th Episode with Cristhian Ortiz Elizabeth, Human Capital Senior Consultant at Deloitte Perú

146th Episode with Adam Raoof, Founder of The Chess Circuit and Ben Graff, Journalist and Author of "The Greenbecker Gambit"

145th Episode with Christopher Hunt, Managing Director at Zone Capital Partners, LLC

144th Episode with Grandmaster Victor Mikhalevski, 2021 Israeli Champion

143rd Episode with Jason Deluca, President of Columbia Club of New Jersey and CEO and Founder at Argonaut Media

142nd Episode: Educators of the Year Roundtable with Senior Master Jerald Times and Mike Papapavlou, Founder of Guitar Guide Guru

141st Episode with Women's International Master Inna Agrest, IT Project Manager at Grenke Bank

140th Episode with Fide Master Alisa Melekhina, Litigation Associate at Debevoise & Plimpton

139th Episode with Jacob Fortuna, Streamer and Systems Analyst at Auto-Owners Insurance

138th Episode with Hanon Russell, Founder of Russell Enterprises

137th Episode with Pieter Geeraerts, Managing Director - CoChess at PlayMagnus Group

136th Episode with Misha Rubin, Founder of The Career Leap

135th Episode with Linda Brenner, Founder of Talent Growth Advisors

Episode 134 with Fide Master Andrey Terekhov, Author of The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov

133rd Episode with Luke Van Every, Founder of True Compare PEO

Episode 132 with Michael Khodarkovsky, President of the Kasparov Chess Foundation,

Episode 131 with Fide Master Sunil Weeramantry, Founder of National Scholastic Chess Foundation

130th Episode with Damion Coppedge, Founder of Chess Optics

129th Episode with National Master Alex King, Chess Teacher at Douglass K-8 Optional School

128th Episode with Dr. Adena Blickstein, Founder of Teal Dragon

127th Episode with John Russell, Author of Riding with Ghosts, Angels, and the Spirits of the Dead

126th Episode with National Expert Elizabeth Spiegel, IS 318 Coach

Milestone 125th Episode with Grandmaster Nigel Short, Former World Champion Candidate

124th Podcast Episode with Macauley Peterson, Operations Associate at Play Magnus

123rd Episode with Joe Rojas, Tech Evangelist, Author, Visionary, Business Advisor

122nd Episode with Grandmaster Alexander Shabalov

121st Episode with Jim Eade, Founder of Eade Foundation

120th Episode with Fred Waitzkin, Author of Searching for Bobby Fischer

119th Episode with Theresa Grant, Founder of Make a Difference Now

118th Episode with Grandmaster Max Dlugy

117th Podcast Episode Debbie Eastburn, CEO and President of Chess in the Schools

116th Episode with Dr. Sylvie Heyman, Author of "Make it a HABIT" and "Beyond the Holocaust"

115th Episode with Jerry Nash, National Chess Education Consultant with Chess in Schools

114th Episode with Carla Berkowitz, Executive Producer of "Critical Thinking"

113th Episode with Matthew Harms, Founder of Pen For Hire NYC

112th Episode with International Master Jay Bonin

111th Episode with Michael Whitehouse, Founder Guy Who Knows a Guy

110th Episode with National Master Tyrell Harriott

109th Episode with National Master Bruce Pandolfini

108th Episode with Rabbi Avram Mlotek, Co-founder of Base Hillel

107th Episode with Lisa Snow, Founder of On The Mend Customized Fitness and Massage

106h Episode with FIDE Master Mike Klein, Chief Chess Officer at Chesskid.com

105th Episode with the Blindfold King, Grandmaster Timur Garayev

104th Episode with Allan Rolnick, Founder of Tristate Tax Resolution

103rd Episode with Russ Harlow, Owner of AdvantaClean of Windham

102nd Episode with Adam Brody, Program Director at Academic Chess of Orange County

101st Episode with Pauline Zammit, Founder of Ceramic Creations

Milestone 100th Episode with Grandmaster Susan Polgar

99th Episode with Steve Ferman, Founder of eTegrity

Episode 98 with National Expert JJ Lang, Chicago Chess Blitzer

97th Episode with Joshua Margolis, Founder of Mind Over Matter Health & Fitness

96th Episode with Roy Kessel, Founder of Sports Philanthropy Network

95th Episode with Elizabeth Macy, Author of Lucky's Adventures

94th Episode with Dee Wildman, Founder of Eastside Detroit Chess Club

93rd Episode with Eric Mendelsohn, Business Broker with Transworld Business Advisors

92nd Episode with Ivan Misner, Founder of Business Network International

91st Episode with Judit Sztaray, Director of Chess Club Relations at Chess.com

90th Episode with Pastor Bill Wilson, Founder of Metro World Child

89th Episode with Ben Sigel, Candidate for Massachusetts Congressional District 4

88th Episode with National Master Alan Kantor, Teacher Former and Chess Life Editorial Assistant

87th Episode with Dr. Jairo Borja, Founder of Borja Consulting Group

86th Episode with Todd Cymbol, Director at BNI and VP of Business Development at Kensington Vanguard

85th Episode with Irina UK, Founder of Blended World

Episode 84 with Raphi Salem, President of SalemGlobal Internet Website Marketing & Lead Generation

83rd Episode with Graham Dobbin, Founder of Asentiv New York

82nd Podcast Episode with Samuel Weiner, VP of Business Development at Langdon Title

81st Episode with Michael Lenox, President of Chess Vets

80th Episode with Andrea Pass, Founder of Andrea Pass Public Relations

79th Episode with Jodi Samuels, Founder of JICNY and Author of "Chutzpah, Wisdom and Wine"

78th Episode with Yvonne White, Founder of Chess Made Fun

77th Episode with Marty Katz, Founder of Connectors 360

Episode 76 with Melissa Subban,People Strategist at Happy Factory

75th Episode with Grandmaster Alex Lenderman

74th Episode with Karl Osman, Owner of Urbin Storage

73rd Episode with Dr. Fun Fong, US Chess Executive Committee Candidate

73rd Episode with Candidate Master Andrew Koenigsberg

72nd Episode with Sean Manross, US Chess Executive Committee Candidate

71st Episode with Sondeep Purewal, Sandler Sales Trainer

70th Episode with Lakshmana "Vish" Viswanath, US Chess Executive Board Candidate

69th Podcast Episode with Jack Silver, Chess Player and Actor

68th Podcast Episode with Women’s Grandmaster Jennifer Shahade

67th Episode with Jeff Detweiler, Executive Recruiter and Career Consultant

66th Podcast Episode with Rabbi Levi Welton and Reverend Gregory Livingston

65th Episode with Jen Gouldstone, Founder of Garden Streets

64th Episode with Vielka Kelly- Weiss, Founder of Young Singer's Academy

63rd Episode with Dayna Karron, The Solutionist at Atlantic Tomorrow's Office

62nd Episode with Gloria Mills, Founder of For the Greater Glow

61st Episode with Manuela Senatore, Founder of Skilla Productions

60th Episode with JC Spierer, Fashion, Health and Charity Expert

59th Episode with National Expert John Hendrick, Founder of Foundation Chess

58th Episode with Eric Cohen, Managing Director at Benefit Quest

57th Episode with Bruce Davis, President of Lehigh Valley Chess Association

56th Episode with National Expert Felix Lopez, Founder of Exclam Chess

Episode 55: Michael Deutsch of Hands on Hoops Skills Interviews Evan Rabin

54th Epiosde with Teamika Jeffrey, Executive Recruiter and Author

53rd Episode with Linda Diaz, Chess Player and Singer

52nd Episode with Richard Kistnen, Bankruptcy and Eviction Attorney

51st Episode with Gary Ireland, Employment Attorney

50th Episode with Esther Deutsch, Senior MSP Partner Success Manager at Net at Work

49th Episode with Rachel Glazer, Founder of Rachel G Events

48th Episode with Leona Krasner, Founder of Krasner Law PLLC and Krasner Review

47th Episode with Dewain Barber, Dean of Scholastic Chess

46th Episode with Timothy Madden, CPIA

45th Episode with Zev Gotkin, Founder of Zev Media

44th Episode with Keith Greer, L.C.S.W., P.C.C, Founder of Keith Greer Coaching

43rd Podcast Episode With National Master Kola Adeyemi

42nd Episode with Bradford Fyffe, founder of Five Star Painting Brooklyn

41st Podcast Episode with Robby Alex Robertson, Relationship Coach and Founder of Dynamite Dads

40th Episode with Tanja Bogataj, Leadership and Life Coach

39th Episode with our Paychex Account Executive Elizabeth Drivas

38th Episode with Molly Coy, Founder of Coys Camps and Classes and A Tale of Two Kings

37th Episode with Harriett Erskine-Joseph, Founder of Interiors by Harriet

Special Double Chai Episode #36 with Adam Torres

35th Episode with Ben Steinman, Konica Minolta Business Solutions

34th Episode with Maurice Frumkin, Owner of NYC Admissions Solutions

33rd Episode with Adam Shuty, Owner of Atomic Total Fitness

Episode 32 with Jessica Martin, Founder of Over The Chessboard,

31st Episode Ron Anderson, Founder of PAK and Former Manager of Marshall Chess Club

30th Episode with Adrienne Murphy, Founder of the Adrienne Process

29th Episode with Melanie Fox, Founder of Speech Fox

28th Podcast Episode with Jennifer Wilkov,Your Book is Your Hook

Podcast Episode #27 with Chess4Life Founder Eliott Neff

Podcast Episode #26 with Lisa Cunningham, Esq, Disability Attorney, Chess Wife and Parent

Podcast Episode #25 with Mary Miele, Founder of Evolved Education Company

Episode # 24 with Shaily Hakimian, Social Media Connoisseur and K-12 Math Tutor

Episode #23 with Alli Bradley, Founder of Private Yoga Soho

22nd Podcast Episode with Dan Pelletier, Owner of Dig USA

21st Podcast Episode with Ryan Garson, Social Media Expert and Real Estate Guru

Podcast Episode #20 with Michael Trugman, Health Coach

19th Podcast Episode with Jean-Antoine Norbert, Painter

Special Chai Podcast Episode #18 with Grandmaster Boris and Luba Alterman of ChessMatec

17th Episode with Life Master Michael Aigner

Podcast Episode #16 with Lara Hocheiser, Founder of Flow and Grow Kids Yoga

15th Episode with Dr. Alana Bloom, Chiropractor

14th Episode with International Master Mike Ivanov, Canada Chess Youth Club

13th Podcast Epsiode with National Expert Steve Abrahams

Podcast Episode #12 with Shelby Lohrman, American Chess Equipment

Podcast Episode #11 With Sharon Richter, Business Coach

Podcast Episode #10 With Premier Chess Staten Island Instructor Ian Fleischman

Podcast Episode #9 with Guitar Guide Guru CEO Mike Papapavlou

Podcast Episode #8 With Father Hamblin, Rector At St. Paul’s Church In Flatbush, Brooklyn

Podcast Episode #7 With Minna Taylor, Founder Of Energize Your Voice

Podcast Episode #6 With Bill Clausen, Founder Of Triangle Chess

Podcast Episode 5 With Premier Chess Director Of School Programs Phil Rosenberg

Podcast Episode 4 With Susan Holman, NLP Trainer

Podcast Episode #3 with American Youth Table Tennis

Podcast Episode #2: Conversation with Hands on Hoops Skills CEO Mike Deutsch

Podcast Episode #1: Introduction