
Long Shot Leaders with Michael Stein
Long Shot Leaders tell the stories and secrets of leaders, Innovators, entrepreneurs, and various high achievers. We interview people of all walks of life and explore their struggles, shortcomings, challenges, and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. Hard-hitting and fast-moving, connecting people from all walks of life to learn about entrepreneurship, leadership, relationships, cruise ships, and any other kind of damn ship you can think of. We talk to leaders in culture, film, regular business, show business, monkey business, you name it! digging deep to find the tools, tactics, and tricks that listeners can use. Michael Stein likes deconstructing why people do what they do and how they can be better.
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His powerful journey from a traumatic childhood and personal breakdown to becoming a high-performance coach and podcast host, Mitchell Osmond.
Mitchell Osmond is a leadership coach, speaker, and host of The Dad Nation Podcast (34K monthly listeners), helping high-performing men win at home, in health, and in mindset—without sacrificing career success. With over 15 years in senior leadership, he equips executives and entrepreneurs with the tools to lead powe

His inspiring journey from advertising creative to founder of YCAA a boutique talent agency redefining the actor-agent relationship, Jason Norris.
Jason Norris is the founder of YCAA, a boutique talent agency known for its hands-on, mentorship-driven approach to actor representation. Originally from Montreal and now based in Toronto, Jason began his career in advertising, crafting TV commercials for major brands. Inspired by his daughter’s brief foray into acti

His journey from a New York City artist and salesperson to a LinkedIn strategist and AI advocate, Al Kushner.
Al Kushner is a LinkedIn strategist and AI enthusiast with a background in sales, marketing, and entrepreneurship. Originally from Coney Island, Brooklyn, he studied at the High School of Art and Design and NYU before starting his career in telephone sales. Al has been an early adopter of digital tools, leveraging Li
Chris Mirabile’s journey into health and longevity began with a preteen’s desire to impress girls during school fitness tests—but quickly evolved into something deeper. By age 12, Chris was reading Men’s Health, refining his diet, and obsessing over performance, though he later realized much of his early approach to he
G. Michael Hopf is a USA Today bestselling author and Marine Corps veteran whose diverse life experiences—ranging from combat service to work as a bodyguard and commercial diver—fuel his gripping post-apocalyptic and Western fiction. Best known for The New World series, Hopf draws on themes of survival, resilience, a
Joseph Steinberg is a leading cybersecurity expert who has worked in the field since its early days, tracing his journey back to the pre-commercial internet of the 1980s and 90s. With a strong technical foundation and a master’s degree from NYU, he began his career in the mid-1990s, integrating security systems for fin