Bald Ambition
An expert in consultative selling talks to specialists and shares the latest insights in branding, entrepreneurship, business technology, and sheer grit and motivation.
Episodes
63 episodes
Jim Oberweis Brings Old-School Conservatism to the Age of Trump
In this 63rd episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down with businessman, investor, and former Illinois State Senator Jim Oberweis for a wide-ranging conversation about the evolution of American politics and its future. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 63
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59:45
Breaking Democracy’s Chains: Metin Pekin Challenges Party Politics
In this 62nd episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie sits down with author Metin Pekin, whose provocative book Breaking Democracy’s Chains argues that modern Western democracies—especially the United States and the United Kingdom—hav...
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Season 2
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Episode 62
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1:55:15
Barry Todd Stands His Ground to Find Justice
In this 61st episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down with Barry D. Todd—a former Army captain and Army Ranger who learned, the hard way, what it feels like when the legal system flips the script on you. After being violently a...
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Season 2
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Episode 61
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54:57
Ramon Perez Democratizes Democracy with Digital Tech
What if voters could weigh in on real legislation—bill by bill—share those results with each other, put them directly in front of elected officials, and then track whether those officials actually voted the way the district wanted? Tha...
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Season 2
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Episode 60
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54:05
Tom Joseph Hosts America's Main Street Party
America’s political system isn’t broken on Election Day, it's broken long before that—in the primaries, where money, party leadership, and donor networks quietly decide who voters are allowed to choose from.In this 59th episode ...
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Season 2
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Episode 59
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1:09:42
Jeff Goebel Shreds Van Halen Stories
In this 58th episode of Bald Ambition, host Mookie Spitz sits down with Jeff Goebel, #1 fan and band archivist for a thrilling look at the force behind his VH Stories. Together they take a deep, affectionate, and awe-insp...
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Season 2
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Episode 58
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2:49:46
My Chat With Chatty Bro: Down the Soul Drain
What happens when a bald, cynical, science- and politics-obsessed podcaster invites his own AI sidekick onto the show—and treats it like a human guest?Season 2's second episode of Bald Ambition is exactly that experiment....
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Season 2
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Episode 57
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1:02:16
Mirav Ozeri Wants to Know How Much Money You Make!
Season 2 of Bald Ambition gets off to a fun start as Mookie Spitz sits down with Mirav Ozeri—journalist, documentarian, adaptive entrepreneur, and fellow podcaster of her own show How Much Can I Make?—for a wide-ranging, playf...
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Season 2
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Episode 56
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1:29:57
Inside Tino Reviews: How Martino Chiaviello Built His Own Breakthrough
On this Season 1 finale of the Bald Ambition podcast, Mookie sits down with longtime friend and former colleague Martino “Tino Reviews” Chiaviello — a college professor, digital marketing pro, and most recently social media tech influencer who ...
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Season 1
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Episode 55
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1:21:59
Birthing a Brand After All Else Fails
In this solo episode, Mookie Spitz lays himself bare after nine relentless months of nonstop creation — 227 podcasts, hundreds of blogs, a new sci-fi novel, thousands of videos, and a one-man multimedia studio powered by caffeine, a gasping lap...
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Season 1
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Episode 54
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1:12:55
Bridging Division: The Majority in the Middle
In this 53rd episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down with Shannon Watson — founder and Chief Executive of Majority in the Middle, an organization fighting to make bipartisanship more than a talking point. Together, they di...
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Season 1
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Episode 53
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1:03:12
Brand Thyself!
Fifty-two Bald Ambition podcasts and counting, Mookie Spitz turns the mic on himself for a no-bullshit autopsy of his own brand. Drawing on 20 years in marketing, a lifetime of overthinking, and a library’s worth of blogs, boo...
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Season 1
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Episode 52
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1:16:34
Catalyst of Pharma AI Engagement
The 51st episode of Bald Ambition features Mookie Spitz sitting down with David Mondgock, founder of Catalyst IQ, to discuss how AI is reshaping pharmaceutical marketing and patient engagement from the ground up. They share a deep dive...
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Season 1
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Episode 51
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1:03:37
LA Comic Con 2025: Authors' Recap & Review
In this 50th episode of Bald Ambition, three indie science fiction authors — Mookie Spitz, Ingrid Moon, and Greg Sorber — break down the mayhem, lessons, and human magic of LA Comic Con 2025, held at the LA Coliseum. Over three exhaust...
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Season 1
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Episode 50
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1:30:01
The Entrepreneur’s Playbook with Kelvin Abrams
What does it really take to jump off the cliff without a parachute and call it entrepreneurship? In this episode of Bald Ambition, host Mookie Spitz sits down with Kelvin Abrams—a zero-BS, get-it-done, grassroots entrepreneur and autho...
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Season 1
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Episode 49
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52:16
Inherit from Your Future Self with Kaleido Life
What if life insurance actually gave you life? In the 48th episode of Bald Ambition, host Mookie Spitz sits down with Craig Du Bruyn, serial entrepreneur and founder of Kaleido Life, a company re-engineering the very foundations of the 150-year...
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Season 1
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Episode 48
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54:32
Vibe Trading: BotSpot Hits the Spot
In the 47th episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie sits down with Robert Grzesik, CEO of LumiWealth and the mind behind BotSpot—a cutting-edge AI platform that lets you “vibe-code” your own trading strategies. Forget the clunky Bloomberg terminals an...
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Season 1
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Episode 47
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49:34
Sleep is Our Superpower
In this 46th episode of Bald Ambition, host Mookie Spitz sits down with Roger Washington, MD, and Scarlet Nickhol, MPP of the Sleep To Live Well Foundation (STLW), to uncover why sleep isn’t just rest—it’s the vital work of human health ...
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Season 1
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Episode 46
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1:14:06
Direct to Patient Engagement in Freefall
In this 45th episode of Bald Ambition, host Mookie Spitz sits down with attorney–pharmacist Darshan Kulkarni to dissect the fast-growing world of Direct-to-Patient (DTP) marketing and clinical trial models. He unpacks how DTP has evolved, why i...
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Season 1
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Episode 45
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56:01
FDA Cautions: Winter Is Coming to Pharma DTC
Regulatory turbulence just slammed into the world of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising. On this 44th episode of Bald Ambition, Mookie Spitz sits down again with Dale Cooke, president of Philly Cooke Consulting and FDA Ad La...
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Season 1
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Episode 44
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40:51
Get Started with MyStart Health
The 43rd episode of Bald Ambition with Mookie Spitz welcomes Matthew Stern, CEO of MyStart Health, for a deep dive into how technology and entrepreneurship are reshaping healthcare.We live in an age of disruption—culture, politics, welln...
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Season 1
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Episode 43
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44:41
Get Swart: What Paid Protests Reveal About PR, Politics, and Power
The 42nd episode of Bald Ambition doesn't provide the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, but does highlight the hypocrisy baked into influencer marketing, media, and public relations. Mookie Spitz sits down with ...
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Season 1
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Episode 42
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53:00
Dale Cooke Weighs In on the Looming Threats to Public Health
Host Mookie Spitz sits down again with Dale Cooke, president of Philly Cooke Consulting and FDA Ad Law, known affectionately as the “Yoda of Compliance.” Together, they unpack the chaos rippling through healthcare communications in the wake of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 41
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44:32
Top Talent from Talus
Healthcare and pharma agencies face a tough reality: talent is their lifeblood, but also their greatest liability. On this Labor Day 40th edition of Bald Ambition, host Mookie Spitz sits down with Sameer Duhmale and Andre de Luz, co-fo...
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Season 1
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Episode 40
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55:30
How the CDC Destroyed Itself (And What To Do About It)
Marketing savvy, political chaos, and raw philosophy collide here as Mookie Spitz—a bald, blunt veteran of advertising and PR—cuts through the confusion to expose how persuasion really works, and why institutions keep screwing it up.I...
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Season 1
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Episode 39
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47:37