The School of Moxie Podcast
🎧 The School of Moxie Podcast — a Sensible Woo production, hosted by Mary Williams.
Most business podcasts are just LinkedIn posts with a mic in front of them. This is not that.
School of Moxie uses TV shows and film to have the business conversations nobody else is brave enough to start... about real leadership, real risk, and what it costs to build something that matters when your rent is riding on every decision.
Season 1 — The Last of Us. What survival looks like when the old rules stop working and the only way forward is through.
Season 2 — Ted Lasso. A solo coaching season about the long game, the brutal middle, and why being the person who genuinely gives a damn is the whole strategy.
Season 3 — Real founders, no safety nets, and every guest brings their comfort show to crack open how they run their business under pressure.
No freebies, no funnel bait, and no one fake-laughing while they pitch you a course you don't need.
Just the kind of honest, sharp, occasionally uncomfortable conversations that remind you why you started... and what it's going to take to finish.
Season 3 available on July 29, 2026. Binge responsibly.
Hosted by Mary Williams, founder of Sasquatch Media Grounds, Vancouver, Washington. A Sensible Woo production.
The School of Moxie Podcast
Season 3 Trailer: Guess Who’s Back?
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Season 3 of the School of Moxie Podcast is officially on the way.
If you’re new here, School of Moxie is the podcast where we use TV shows and movies to talk about business. Not the fluffy “compare leadership styles” kind of conversations… the real ones. The decisions, pressure, and identity shifts that come with building something that has to survive in the real world.
Season 1 walked through the apocalypse with The Last of Us.
Season 2 was a solo coaching season inspired by Ted Lasso.
For Season 3, the guests are back — but there’s a twist.
Every founder joining the show is bringing their comfort show or comfort movie. The one they rewatch when life gets stressful. The story that resets their nervous system. The characters that quietly reveal what they value most.
But this season isn’t just about nostalgia.
It’s about stakes.
Every entrepreneur featured this season runs a business that carries their real life — their housing, health insurance, groceries, and future. No dual-income parachutes. No hidden safety nets.
You fly… or you fail.
And when the stakes are that real, the way someone watches a story tells you everything.
New episodes begin dropping this summer.
And don’t worry… the School of Moxie torch for Pedro Pascal is still burning strong. I have a feeling he might wander into Season 3 somewhere.
Purely coincidental. Completely professional reasons.
I’m Mary Williams, your host and the founder of Sensible Woo. School of Moxie the podcast where we watch TV shows and movies and talk about the entrepreneurship lessons embedded in the stories. The episode archive is found here.
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Guess who's back? That's right. School of Moxie is back for season three. If you are new around here, this is the podcast where we use TV shows and movies to talk about our businesses. Not the fluffy, let's compare our leadership styles kind of way. I mean, the real stuff y'all. The decisions and the pressure, the identity shifts that come with building something that has to survive in the real world. Season one took us through the apocalypse with The Last of Us. Season two was a solo coaching season inspired by Ted Lasso. And now for season three, I'm bringing the guests back. But I've got a twist as always. Every guest this season is showing up with their comfort show or comfort movie. You know the one, it's that show you rewatch when you're stressed out. It's the movie you quote by heart. It's the story that resets your nervous system and reminds you who the hell you are. But this season isn't just about nostalgia. This season is about stakes. Every founder joining me this season runs a business that carries their real life, their housing, their health insurance, their groceries, their future. There are no dual income parachutes in any of these conversations. There's no safety net quietly floating overhead. You fly or you fail. And when the stakes are that real, the conversations change. Suddenly the way someone watches a show tells you everything, what characters they root for, what mistakes they forgive, what kind of leadership they admire, and what kind of risk they're willing to take. It turns out you can learn an awful lot about someone's business philosophy from the stories that comfort them. So yes, you might hear about your favorite shows this season, but you'll also hear about the moments when founders had to bet on themselves. The decisions that kept the lights on, the lessons that only show up when the business isn't a hobby. It's the thing carrying your whole fucking life. New episodes start dropping this summer. And don't worry, I'm still holding a candle for Papi Pascal I have a feeling he might wander into season three somewhere. Purely coincidental, of course. Completely professional reasons. Until then, welcome back to School of Moxie.
