Listening for the Questions Podcast - Big ideas. Bold questions. Smart AF conversations.
We don’t have the answers. But we’re darn good at listening for the right questions.
Let’s be real: Does the world really need ANOTHER podcast?
Well, we're making one anyway, because most conversations skip the questions that really matter.
Most podcasts give you answers. We give you better questions. Questions that make you rethink the future of AI, burnout, culture, and connection. And yeah - some fun detours into sandwiches and magicians. Because life is too short to only ask "strategic" questions.
This podcast is for curious leaders, thoughtful creators, and people who are done with surface-level conversations. If you are craving honest dialogue, fresh thinking, and a regular reminder to listen before you act - you're in the right place.
Episodes
14 episodes
What are the questions we should be asking about women?
What Are the Questions We Should Be Asking About Women?John, Mark, and David each hold more corporate board seats than all female corporate directors combined. Not all three of them together. Each one of them, individually. Let th...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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30:31
What are the questions we should be asking about loneliness?
Loneliness is everywhere, and most of us are pretending it is not.In this episode of Listening for the Questions, Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull take on a topic that is deeply personal, widely shared, and still difficult ...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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29:08
What are the questions we should be asking about reading?
Why do you read? And what biases are sitting on your bookshelf?The hosts center their careers on innovation which means that they ask questions for a living. So when hosts Dr. Patti Fletcher, Lynne Cuppernull, and Dan Wa...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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29:37
Meta Questions Episode: What are the questions we avoid and why do we avoid them?
What questions are you carrying that you haven't asked out loud? And what is not asking them costing you?We ask questions for a living. But what about the ones we don't ask?In this episode, hosts Dr. Patti F...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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28:03
What questions should we be asking about Valentine’s Day?
Valentine’s Day is supposed to be about love. But for many people, it lands as pressure, performance, exclusion, or quiet disappointment. In this episode, Lynne, Dan, and Dr. Patti take a familiar cultural moment and do what we always do on
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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29:11
What questions should we be asking about misinformation and disinformation?
We are surrounded by misinformation and disinformation, but reacting faster is not the solution. Asking better questions is.In this episode, Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull explore the difference between misinformation sha...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:02
What questions should we ask when we talk about New Year's Resolutions?
New season. Same curiosity. And a topic most of us have a complicated relationship with.In the Season 2 premiere of Listening for the Questions, Dr. Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull take on New Year’s resolutions a...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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33:08
What questions should we be asking when we talk about Finish Lines?
Finish lines are supposed to be clear. Cross it. Celebrate. Move on...but what if they are not endings at all?In the Season 1 finale of Listening for the Questions, Dr. Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull take on one ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:24
What questions should we be asking about building and rebuilding?
Building something new sounds exciting. Rebuilding something after it breaks sounds exhausting. And yet most of us are living in a world where both are happening all at once. In this episode, Patti, Dan, and Lynne dig into the questions we shou...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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30:37
What questions should we be asking when we talk about magic?
Magic is one of those topics everyone thinks they understand until someone asks a real question about it. In this episode, Patti, Dan, and Lynne step into the world of tricks, sleight of hand, wonder, and the deeper meaning of it all.Dan...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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28:53
Why do kids ask the best questions - and why did so many of us stop?
What if the wisest questions aren’t asked in boardrooms or think-tanks — but in kindergarten classrooms, minivans, and sticky-fingered breakfast tables?In this episode, Dr. Patti Fletcher, Dan Ward, and Lynne Cuppernull<...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:03
Why do we hold certain beliefs without questioning them—and what changes when we start?
Why do some beliefs feel like bedrock while others crumble at the first nudge? In this episode of Listening for the Questions, Patti, Dan, and Lynne unpack why we cling to what we “know,” how power structures profit from our certainty,...
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27:58
What makes the best sandwich?
What does the “best sandwich” reveal about how we make choices, give feedback, and connect with one another? In this deliciously curious episode of Listening for the Questions, hosts Dan Ward, Lynne Cuppernull, and Dr....
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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30:54
What questions should we be asking when it comes to burnout, power, and AI?
What if the best thing we can do with a question… is share it?In the very first episode of Listening For The Questions, hosts Lynne Cuppernull, Dan Ward, and Dr. Patti Fletcher invite you into a lively, thou...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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26:48