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Authority in the Wild
Welcome to Authority in the Wild Podcast. I'm your host, Gabe Marusca, helping action-takers achieve Freedom Through Entrepreneurs, without sacrificing the things that matter to you. From sales and engineering to freelancing and business consulting, I've worn many hats for the past 20 years. Leveraging that background, I host unscripted conversations with successful entrepreneurs, renowned business leaders, and subject-matter experts. Learn the insights, tactics, and business principles…
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Authority in the WildHow to Turn What You Can't Change Into an Advantage w/ Aaron Golub
In 2015, Aaron Golub snapped a successful extra point for Tulane against UCF and became the first legally blind person to play in a Division I FBS football…
Authority in the WildLewis Howes' Producer: You're Copying Big Podcasts Wrong. Do This and Your Show Will Grow w/ Chris Jordanw/ Chris Jordan
Most podcasters fail because they copy the wrong strategies.Learn why your podcasting mistakes are holding you back and how to fix them.Chris Jordan, former…
Authority in the WildWhy Your Business Is Stuck (And the Fix Nobody Sells) w/ Jermane Cheathem
Jermane Cheathem has spent more than 20 years in commercial equipment finance and his referral partners made him over $50 million in closed deals. He's the…
Authority in the WildWhat Even Is a GTM Engineer (And Why Startups Pay $260K) w/ Florian Kaspar
In January 2026, Florian Kaspar was setting up Clay and other go-to-market tools inside someone else's startup. By September he had taken his years in…
Authority in the WildHow Anyone Can Learn the Skill of Humor (Even Engineers) w/ Andrew Tarvin
Being funny is a skill, and Andrew Tarvin has the data showing most of us never practice it. He studied computer science and engineering, managed projects at…
Authority in the WildWhat Hiding a Weakness Actually Costs You w/ Lauren Pires
Lauren Pires was born with a rare neuromuscular condition that leaves her with roughly 33 percent of the physical strength of an average person.She hid it for…
Authority in the WildHow to Built $1M/Month SaaS Business with Zero Original Ideas w/ Tibo Maker (Thibault LOUIS-LUCAS)
Thibault (Tibo) Louis-Lucas burned 500,000 euros of VC money and spent four years on ideas that never generated revenue. Then he rebuilt from zero, sold Tweet…
Authority in the WildHow to Turn a Personality First Approach to Content Creation into Clients w/ Magali De Reu
Personal branding changed: expertise is now table stakes, and people buy who you are before they check what you do. Personal brand strategist Magali De Reu…
Authority in the WildHow to Grow Your Personal Brand as a Solo Founder (Gary Vee & Hormozi's Brand Strategist) w/ Caleb Ralston
How to grow your personal brand when you have no content team, no budget and 20 minutes to learn it.Caleb Ralston was an integral part of the team that helped…
Authority in the WildHow They Build a Personal Brand That Will SURVIVE AI Era w/ Katelyn Bourgoin
Posting good content stopped working the moment everyone could make it. Katelyn Bourgoin knows both sides of that shift: Forbes hyped her startup as the next…
Authority in the WildYou Can Burn Out Doing Work You Love w/ Paul Olteanu
What happens when the person behind a country's most listened to podcast steps away from it for a year?In this episode, I sit down with Paul Olteanu, Master…
Authority in the WildRunning Out of Mental Runway Looks Exactly Like Burnout w/ Anastasija Lynch
Anastasija Lynch pushed back the moment this episode was pitched to her as a burnout conversation. She is an executive coach and co-host of Beyond the Noise…
Authority in the WildHow to Fix Your Sleep by Doing These Simple Things w/ Chester Maglo
The number your wrist shows you each morning is deciding how your day goes, and it is closer to a guess than a measurement.Chester Maglo spent years inside the…
Authority in the WildFrom American Idol Elimination to Creating a Prime Video Show w/ Michelle Delamor
Forty million people watched Michelle Delamor get eliminated from American Idol. What happened next changed the direction of her liIn this episode, I sit down…
Authority in the WildWhat get You Hired in AI Startups in 2026 w/ Henry Jia
Every internship said no, so Henry Jia stopped applying and built something instead. The platform he ended up engineering later booked him onto this very show…
Authority in the WildHow to Build a 7-Figure Business without Amazon, Investors, or Influencers w/ Kate Assaraf
Kate Assaraf built DIP into a seven-figure haircare brand with forty thousand dollars from her kitchen table, with no Amazon, no investors, and no paid…
Authority in the Wild4 Simple Habits that Bring Burn Out People Back to Life w/ Martin Lesperance
The people who are quietly checking out at work usually hide it well. They still show up. Something has just gone quiet. Martin Lesperance is a keynote speaker…
Authority in the WildWhy Good Marketing Pisses Off 80% of People? w/ Ada Wardzala
The most polished marketing is the marketing nobody remembers. Ada Wardzala started in the call center of the company that publishes Harvard Business Review in…
Authority in the WildHow to Actually Implement Innovation (Not Just Generate Ideas) w/ Vaughan Broderick
Vaughan Broderick has worked on more than 300 innovation projects and trained over 350 leaders across 20 industries. In all of it, he kept seeing the same…
Authority in the WildShe Almost Died. Then She Fixed Gluten-Free Food. w/ Carolyn Haeler
Carolyn Haeler spent nine months losing her hair, going gray, and wasting away before anyone figured out what was wrong. Then she bit into a gluten-free cookie…
Authority in the WildHow to Write a Keynote on One Page that Influence People to Think Differently w/ Brian Miller
In 2026, the smartest person in the room is losing. Not to better ideas. To better packaging.Brian Miller built a 3.7M-view TEDx talk using a framework that…
Authority in the WildYour Life Looks Perfect. You Feel Nothing. Here's Why. w/ Dr. Margaret Rutherford
The founder who seems fine is often the one who needs this most.I sit down with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, clinical psychologist, author, and TEDx speaker, to…
Authority in the WildFrom $200K to $2M in 5 Months Growth Playbook: We talked Startups, Research, Positioning and Client Acquisition w/ Andrej Persolja
Andrej Persolja built a product with a 4.9-star rating and real clinical proof it worked. He launched in one market and it took off. He then launched to the US…
Authority in the WildWhy High Performers Burn Out (Harvard Research Explained) w/ Erika Coleman
This is not a "do less" conversation. Erika Coleman built a million-dollar company, lost her mother, and then collapsed on her couch the day she finally…
Authority in the WildWhy Solo Founders Earn More Than $1M Agency Owners w/ Scott Proposki
Scott Proposki spent 28 years photographing the White House, National Geographic shoots, and celebrities like Sylvester Stallone and Robin Williams. Then COVID…
Authority in the WildCoaching Google Execs & Interviewing Every Ex w/ Miriam Katz
Miriam Katz coaches executives at Google or Deloitte on public speaking. She also hosts Ex Appeal, a podcast where she interviews every person she's ever been…
Authority in the WildThe AI Marketing Mistake That's Killing Your Sales (LinkedIn Top Voice) w/ Mike Montague
Mike Montague got fired by Billy Idol on stage in front of thousands of people. He now runs Avenue9 a human-first AI marketing agency that has worked with…
Authority in the WildSEO in 2026: How AI Overviews Changed Link Building Forever w/ Greg Heilers
Greg Heilers recounts spending nearly seven years on organic farms and conservation projects worldwide before abandoning a planned culinary internship in Rome…
Authority in the WildWhy LLMs Don't Actually Reason (Explained by an AI Expert) w/ Marinela Profi
An AI expert with a confession: nobody has figured this out, including her.Marinela Profi builds machine learning models for banks and financial services and…
Authority in the WildHow the Top 1% of AI Users Save 31 Hours a Week (Harvard Validated Data) w/ Iwo Szapar
The top 1% of AI users save 31 hours a week. The bottom 50% save six. That gap does not come from smarter tools. It comes from how people build their context…
Authority in the WildHow to Make Money on YouTube With No Subscribers (Ex-Google Insider) /w Anastazja (Nastia) Debowska
A gas delivery YouTube channel with 5,000 subscribers controls 80% of his country's market and charges the highest prices. His clients don't switch suppliers…
Authority in the WildWhy Most Startup Ideas Fail (The Painkiller Test) w/ Andy Ellwood
What if the biggest problems are the ones everyone's ignoring?In this episode, I sit down with Andy Ellwood, Founder and CEO of Stretch, to talk about building…
Authority in the WildWhy 90% of Podcasts Don't Make Money (PodUp Founder Explains) w/ Nathan Gwilliam
Most podcasters burn $2000/month duct-taping 30+ tools together. Nathan Gwhilliam felt that pain, had an exit in his pocket, and instead of retiring, invested…
Authority in the WildThe Real Reason You Fear Public Speaking w/ Ioana (Jo) Jongsma
She's coached 24 TEDx speakers across Europe, India, and the US. She's worked with 400+ leaders from 47 nationalities. And she spent her first six months…
Authority in the WildHow to Hit the Amazon Bestseller List as a New Author w/ Tyler Wagner
Tyler Wagner reveals how he guarantees bestseller status for any book. After dropping out of college at 19 with $80,000 in debt, he built Authors Unite into an…
Authority in the Wild2 Words That Kill Every Sale w/ April Palmer
Most salespeople give prospects the ick. They check boxes, recite scripts, and reek of commission breath. April Palmer does the opposite and closes enterprise…
Authority in the WildThe Business Success Equation w/ Jonathan DeCollibus
Jonathan DeCollibus built 16 companies from the ground up. Most of them failed. But those failures taught him something most investors miss: business is just…
Authority in the WildThe False Creativity-Money Paradigm w/ Christian Brim
Why creative entrepreneurs who make money often burn out faster than those who don't and the profitability framework that solves both problems…
Authority in the WildThe Billion-Person Market You're Ignoring w/ Maxwell Ivey
Over 1 billion people globally have disabilities. 60 million in the US alone. And 95% of the internet is completely inaccessible to them.Maxwell Ivey, digital…
Authority in the WildThe $3M Truth About AI Careers w/ Chris Hood
There's a 7-year gap between what AI can actually do and what people believe it can do—and that gap is costing businesses hundreds of thousands of dollars in…
Authority in the WildAI Is Killing Authentic Marketing w/ Caleb Roche
AI is destroying authentic marketing—and most brands don't even realize it. In this episode, Caleb Roche, Marketing Professor and CEO of Group Creative…
Authority in the WildHow to Run a Remote First Business w/ Eric Dingler
Eric Dingler has spent over 30 years building and leading teams, and his approach to remote team leadership cuts through the noise. In this episode, he reveals…
Authority in the WildThe Three-Bucket Wealth System w/ Stoy Hall
What if everything you've been taught about wealth is wrong? Stoy Hall, founder and CEO of Black Mammoth, argues that wealth has nothing to do with the zeros…
Authority in the WildSimple Lies Beat Complex Truth Every Time w/ Ivan Wanis Ruiz
In this episode, Ivan Wanis Ruiz, author of 'End Boring' and a top-rated Coursera instructor, shares his insights on effective communication. He discusses the…
Authority in the WildThe 5-Minute Rule That 21x Your Conversion w/ Chris Smith
In this episode, I sit down with Chris Smith, a USA Today bestselling author and sales conversion expert who wrote The Conversion Code.Chris breaks down why…
Authority in the WildHiding Your Prices Is Killing Your Business w/ Anthony Pierri
In this episode, I chat with Anthony Pierri, co-founder of FletchPMM, a product marketing consultancy working with B2B tech startups.Anthony explains why…
Authority in the WildHow AI Is Changing Everything Right Now w/ Ken Cox
In this episode, I chat with Ken Cox, President of The RiverCity Internet Group and seasoned entrepreneur with decades of technology experience.Ken explains…
Authority in the WildProduct-Market Fit Is Dead (Here's What Replaced It) w/ Allyson Letteri
In this episode, I chat with Allyson Letteri, a marketing exec turned startup advisor and author of The Standout Startup.Allyson explains how speed to market…
Authority in the WildBuild Self-Belief Through Minimum Viable Actions w/ Alan Lazaros
In this episode, I chat with Alan Lazaros, who turned personal tragedy into a mission for self-improvement and helping others. Alan shares his journey from a…
Authority in the WildHow to Build Wealth Without Burning Out w/ Camille Diaz
In this episode, I chat with Camille Diaz, a wealth strategist and optimization coach dedicated to helping 'zombie-preneurs'—entrepreneurs on the brink of…
Authority in the WildWork Life Balance Doesn't Exist, Here's Why w/ Peter Sorgenfrei
In this episode, I chat with Peter Sorgenfrei, a founder and CEO coach who created six companies across three countries.Peter explains how chasing status and…
Authority in the WildSports Don't Teach Competition - They Teach This… w/ Alison Tetrick
In this episode of 'Authority in the Wild,' I interviewed Alison Tetrick, a professional cyclist, entrepreneur, and biochemist.Alison shares her unique path…
Authority in the WildAI Expert: AI will Reach 1500 IQ by End of Year - Are You Ready? w/ Manuj Aggarwal
In this episode, I chat with Manuj Aggarwal, founder and Chief Innovation Officer at Tetra Noodle Technologies.With 4 AI patents to his name, Manuj is the…
Authority in the WildPitching & Funding Techniques Shared by a 4x Founder w/ Emma Rees
In this episode, I chat with Emma Rees, a 4x founder across B2C, B2B and Enterprise SaaS, chairwoman at Deployed, and angel investor.Starting at 15, when she…
Authority in the WildThis One Belief is Destroying Your Life w/ Alexander Plank
In this episode, I sit down with Alexander Plank, an international certified mindset coach who helps business owners break free from limiting beliefs.We…
Authority in the WildWhy AI Will Never Replace This One Thing w/ Cari Kaufman
In this episode, I chat with Cari Kaufman, founder of Storyteller Wordsmith and brand strategist who helps founders find their authentic voice.With a…
Authority in the WildYour Buyers Know More Than You Think w/ Andy Halko
In this episode, I chat with Andy Halko, founder of Insivia and Buyer Twin, and author of "The Omniscient Buyer."Andy explains why traditional personas are…
Authority in the WildHow to Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking (Without Faking It) w/ Dori Juhasz
In this episode, I chat with Dori Juhasz, a public speaking and visibility strategist who transforms business owners into confident speakers.Dori explains how…
Authority in the WildFrom a Shy Guy to Top 0.5% Podcaster w/ Roy Coughlan
Meet Roy Coughlan, a seasoned serial entrepreneur with an impressive track record of founding 20 companies across five countries. As a business podcast coach…
Authority in the WildHow to Solve Business Problems with AI w/ Nathalie Doremieux
🟪 Check out your personalized Episode Experience ➤ https://podcastleadflow.com/wildIn this episode, I chat with Nathalie Doremieux, a tech strategist who…