What is Thirty Minute Mentors all about?

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Leadership guru Adam Mendler goes one-on-one with America’s most successful people on how they made it to the top and how you can too. Each episode features a wealth of practical, actionable advice from a prominent CEO, founder, athlete, celebrity, or political or military leader. Learn how to lead in today’s landscape, become your best self, and excel personally and professionally - in thirty minutes.

A nationally recognized authority on leadership, Adam has interviewed thousands of leaders, including more than 500 of America’s top leaders. Join Adam and the best network of mentors - Fortune 500 CEOs, founders of household name companies, Hall of Fame and Olympic gold medal-winning athletes, generals, admirals, Senators, Cabinet members, and more - for intimate half-hour conversations each week.

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All Episodes (From Newest to Oldest):

Episode 256: Quinn Emanuel Founder John Quinn

Episode 255: Former PayPal and Intuit CEO Bill Harris

Episode 254: Vice Admiral Ted Carter

Episode 253: Former Olympic Gold Medalist Marion Jones

Episode 252: TruStage CEO Terrance Williams

Episode 251: Whole Foods Founder John Mackey

Episode 250: Basketball Legend Muggsy Bogues

Episode 249: Thrivent CEO Teresa Rasmussen

Episode 248: General John Allen

Episode 247: Olympic Gold Medalist Bryan Clay

Episode 246: 1-800-Flowers Founder and CEO Jim McCann

Episode 245: Broadcasting Legend Lesley Visser

Episode 244: Former Tropicana CEO Willie Pietersen

Episode 243: Cvent Founder and CEO Reggie Aggarwal

Episode 242: Principal CEO Dan Houston

Episode 241: Lieutenant General Mary O'Brien

Episode 240: Celebrity Chef Andrew Zimmern

Episode 239: Panera Founder Ron Shaich

Episode 238: Regus Founder Mark Dixon

Episode 237: BILL Founder and CEO René Lacerte

Episode 236: CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen

Episode 235: Award Winning Actor Beau Bridges

Episode 234: Vice Admiral Carol Pottenger

Episode 233: Whole Foods CEO Jason Buechel

Episode 232: WWE Superstar Daria Berenato

Episode 231: Former NASA Administrator and Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe

Episode 230: Former IHOP CEO Julia Stewart

Episode 229: Governor Mark Sanford

Episode 228: NFL Hall of Famer LeRoy Butler

Episode 227: GameStop Co-Founder Gary Kusin

Episode 226: Award Winning Actress Bellamy Young

Episode 225: St. Jude CEO James Downing

Episode 224: Senator Doug Jones

Episode 223: Madison Reed Founder and CEO Amy Errett

Episode 222: Therabody Founder Jason Wersland

Episode 221: Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick

Episode 220: Reebok Co-Founder Joe Foster

Episode 219: Ambassador Patricia Moller

Episode 218: UKG CEO Chris Todd

Episode 217: Thrive Market Co-Founder and CEO Nick Green

Episode 216: Former 7-Eleven and Blockbuster CEO James Keyes

Episode 215: Former Celebrity Cruises CEO Lisa Lutoff-Perlo

Episode 214: Big Brothers Big Sisters CEO Artis Stevens

Episode 213: PEAK6 Co-Founder Jenny Just

Episode 212: NFL Hall of Famer Ron Mix

Episode 211: Monumental Sports Founder and CEO Ted Leonsis

Episode 210: Former P.F. Chang’s CEO Michael Osanloo

Episode 209: Teladoc Health CEO Jason Gorevic

Episode 208: Olympic Gold Medalist Benita Fitzgerald Mosley

Episode 207: NFL Legend Fran Tarkenton

Episode 206: DocuSign CEO Allan Thygesen

Episode 205: Congressman Tim Ryan

Episode 204: TaskRabbit CEO Ania Smith

Episode 203: Hockey Hall of Famer Chris Pronger

Episode 202: Red Robin CEO G.J. Hart

Episode 201: General Michael Garrett

Episode 200: Former Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez

Episode 199: Mailchimp CEO Rania Succar

Episode 198: Brooks CEO Jim Weber

Episode 197: Morningstar CEO Kunal Kapoor

Episode 196: Former USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah

Episode 195: US Olympics CEO Sarah Hirshland

Episode 194: General Catalyst Co-Founder John Simon

Episode 193: Former Baseball Star Bernie Williams

Episode 192: Lieutenant General Robert Caslen

Episode 191: The RealReal Founder Julie Wainwright

Episode 190: OpenTable Co-Founder Chuck Templeton

Episode 189: Former Snowflake CEO Bob Muglia

Episode 188: Cox CEO Alex Taylor

Episode 187: Senator Heidi Heitkamp

Episode 186: Pure Storage Co-Founder John Colgrove

Episode 185: Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske

Episode 184: Figure Skating Legend Scott Hamilton

Episode 183: Former Ticketmaster CEO Charles Conn

Episode 182: General Frank McKenzie

Episode 181: Fetch Founder and CEO Wes Schroll

Episode 180: Ja Rule

Episode 179: Xerox CEO Steve Bandrowczak

Episode 178: Olympic Gold Medalist Lauryn Williams

Episode 177: Dexcom CEO Kevin Sayer

Episode 176: AOL Co-Founder Steve Case

Episode 175: Lumen CEO Kate Johnson

Episode 174: General Gus Perna

Episode 173: Former Secretary of Labor Tom Perez

Episode 172: Harry's Co-Founder Jeff Raider

Episode 171: College Football Legend Danny Wuerffel

Episode 170: Fitness Guru Autumn Calabrese

Episode 169: YMCA CEO Suzanne McCormick

Episode 168: AFI Founder George Stevens Jr.

Episode 167: Brex Co-Founder Henrique Dubugras

Episode 166: Software Pioneer Mitch Kapor

Episode 165: Former BET CEO Debra Lee

Episode 164: Basketball Legend Tony Parker

Episode 163: Lieutenant General Jeff Buchanan

Episode 162: Olympic Gold Medalist Kaitlyn Farrington

Episode 161: RE/MAX CEO Nick Bailey

Episode 160: ESPN Founder Bill Rasmussen

Episode 159: Former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James

Episode 158: Orangetheory Co-Founder and CEO Dave Long

Episode 157: Olympic Gold Medalist Gail Devers

Episode 156: Governor Bill Weld

Episode 155: Angie’s List Co-Founder Angie Hicks

Episode 154: Grant Cardone

Episode 153: General Larry Spencer

Episode 152: Sprinkles Co-Founder Candace Nelson

Episode 151: Former NFL Star Donald Driver

Episode 150: Poker Legend Phil Hellmuth

Episode 149: Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Van Zandt

Episode 148: Former TD Ameritrade CEO Joe Moglia

Episode 147: Grubhub Co-Founder Mike Evans

Episode 146: Insight CEO Joyce Mullen

Episode 145: Former Medtronic CEO Bill George

Episode 144: MLB Manager Joe Maddon

Episode 143: Jimmy John's Founder Jimmy John Liautaud

Episode 142: Former AT&T CEO Mike Armstrong

Episode 141: NFL Coach Romeo Crennel

Episode 140: Boxing Hall of Famer Laila Ali

Episode 139: Special Olympics CEO Mary Davis

Episode 138: Ambassador Howard Gutman

Episode 137: Former Home Depot CEO Frank Blake

Episode 136: Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson

Episode 135: Ancestry CEO Deb Liu

Episode 134: Olympic Gold Medalist Gary Hall Jr.

Episode 133: Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson

Episode 132: UScellular CEO Laurent Therivel

Episode 131: McGraw Hill CEO Simon Allen

Episode 130: Lieutenant General Lori Reynolds

Episode 129: Incubus Guitarist Michael Einziger

Episode 128: Eventbrite Co-Founder and CEO Julia Hartz

Episode 127: Former Skype CEO Tony Bates

Episode 126: Baseball Legend Shawn Green

Episode 125: Warby Parker Co-Founder Neil Blumenthal

Episode 124: SoulCycle Co-Founder Julie Rice

Episode 123: NFL Hall of Famer Jason Taylor

Episode 122: Presidential Adviser David Gergen

Episode 121: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Marshall Goldsmith

Episode 120: Ambassador Susan D. Page

Episode 119: Newell Brands CEO Ravi Saligram

Episode 118: Former Deloitte Consulting CEO Janet Foutty

Episode 117: NetSuite Founder Evan Goldberg

Episode 116: General Joseph Votel

Episode 115: Former Jamba Juice CEO James White

Episode 114: NFL Hall of Famer Brian Dawkins

Episode 113: Million Dollar Listing Star James Harris

Episode 112: ClassPass Founder Payal Kadakia

Episode 111: RH CEO Gary Friedman

Episode 110: Basketball Hall of Famer James Worthy

Episode 109: Former Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly

Episode 108: Gabrielle Reece

Episode 107: Beachbody Co-Founder and CEO Carl Daikeler

Episode 106: Baseball Legend Kenny Lofton

Episode 105: Former Caesars CEO Gary Loveman

Episode 104: Emmy Award Winner Adrienne Bankert

Episode 103: Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte

Episode 102: Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman

Episode 101: General David Petraeus

Episode 100: Football Legend Ricky Williams

Episode 99: Brooke Burke

Episode 98: Former Gap CEO Mickey Drexler

Episode 97: Edwards CEO Mike Mussallem

Episode 96: General Robert Neller

Episode 95: Apollo Co-Founder Art Bilger

Episode 94: Former Ingredion CEO Ilene Gordon

Episode 93: Orlando Magic Co-Founder Pat Williams

Episode 92: Shake Shack CEO Randy Garutti

Episode 91: Otis Worldwide CEO Judy Marks

Episode 90: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Jay Shetty

Episode 89: Former Aetna CEO Ron Williams

Episode 88: Jillian Michaels

Episode 87: Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton

Episode 86: Ambassador Christopher Hill

Episode 85: Former Honeywell CEO David Cote

Episode 84: #1 NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferrazzi

Episode 83: Senator Barbara Boxer

Episode 82: Grammy Award Winning Producer Tricky Stewart

Episode 81: Former Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin

Episode 80: Fashion Designer Rebecca Minkoff

Episode 79: Citizens Bank CEO Bruce Van Saun

Episode 78: Ambassador Ron Kirk

Episode 77: NYT Bestselling Author Amy Jo Martin

Episode 76: The Skinny Confidential Founder Lauryn Evarts Bosstick

Episode 75: Emmy Award Winner Brian Baumgartner

Episode 74: Former GE CEO Jeff Immelt

Episode 73: Olympic Gold Medalist Dara Torres

Episode 72: New Mountain Founder and CEO Steve Klinsky

Episode 71: Former White House Press Secretary Joe Lockhart

Episode 70: General Barry McCaffrey

Episode 69: McClatchy CEO Tony Hunter

Episode 68: E! Co-Founder Alan Mruvka

Episode 67: Bumo Co-Founder Chriselle Lim

Episode 66: Lids CEO Tom Ripley

Episode 65: P90X Creator Tony Horton

Episode 64: Olympic Gold Medalist Bode Miller

Episode 63: Edward Jones CEO Penny Pennington

Episode 62: RE/MAX CEO Adam Contos

Episode 61: Movie Producer Chris Bender

Episode 60: Senator Byron Dorgan

Episode 59: Twelve-Time NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Daniel Amen

Episode 58: Emmy Award Winner Daphne Oz

Episode 57: Balance Athletica Co-Founder and CEO Taylor Dilk

Episode 56: Actor and Entrepreneur Scott Patterson

Episode 55: Million Dollar Listing Star Ryan Serhant

Episode 54: Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda

Episode 53: Motivational Speaker Brian Tracy

Episode 52: Fitness Guru Janine Delaney

Episode 51: Former MLB Star Mark Teixeira

Episode 50: Lieutenant General Michael Ferriter

Episode 49: Good Morning America Co-Host Dan Harris

Episode 48: Waze CEO Noam Bardin

Episode 47: Fashion Designer Nicole Miller

Episode 46: Music Producer Randy Jackson

Episode 45: Basketball Legend Bill Walton

Episode 44: Olympic Gold Medalist Natasha Hastings

Episode 43: Celebrity Chef Serena Poon

Episode 42: Guardian Insurance CEO Deanna Mulligan

Episode 41: Grammy Award Winner Chris Tomlin

Episode 40: Former Dunkin’ Donuts CEO Robert Rosenberg

Episode 39: Craigslist Founder Craig Newmark

Episode 38: Venture Capitalist Brad Feld

Episode 37: Millionaire Matchmaker Patti Stanger

Episode 36: 24 Hour Fitness Founder Mark Mastrov

Episode 35: Lieutenant General Vince Stewart

Episode 34: Former FBI Chief Hostage Negotiator Gary Noesner

Episode 33: NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson

Episode 32: Nobel Prize Winning Scientist Dr. Lou Ignarro

Episode 31: Birchbox Co-Founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp

Episode 30: Anthony Scaramucci

Episode 29: The Agency Founder and CEO Mauricio Umansky

Episode 28: NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Davis

Episode 27: Ambassador Wendy Sherman

Episode 26: Barry’s Bootcamp CEO Joey Gonzalez

Episode 25: Lieutenant General Thomas Trask

Episode 24: OneRepublic Lead Singer Ryan Tedder

Episode 23: Square Co-Founder Jim McKelvey

Episode 22: #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Tom Rath

Episode 21: Yoga Guru Kino MacGregor

Episode 20: Electronic Arts Founder Trip Hawkins

Episode 19: MLB Play-By-Play Announcer Victor Rojas

Episode 18: General Martin Dempsey

Episode 17: Olympic Gold Medalist Ryan Murphy

Episode 16: Commonwealth Founder Joseph Deitch

Episode 15: Lieutenant General Reynold Hoover

Episode 14: Hint Water Founder and CEO Kara Goldin

Episode 13: NBA Legend Rick Barry

Episode 12: Billionaire Inventor Dr. Gary Michelson

Episode 11: Two-Time Emmy Award Winner Christina Cindrich

Episode 10: Admiral James Stavridis

Episode 9: Mindfulness Guru Dr. Kamlesh Patel

Episode 8: Former Campbell Soup CEO Doug Conant

Episode 7: Rob Lowe

Episode 6: FanDuel Co-Founder Tom Griffiths

Episode 5: Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack

Episode 4: Gold’s Gym CEO Adam Zeitsiff

Episode 3: Suzanne Somers

Episode 2: Deloitte Consulting CEO Dan Helfrich

Episode 1: Kayak Co-Founder Keith Melnick