Field Guides

Mapping the frontier.Not all ambition is equal.🎙️ @alimotroni alimotroni.substack.com

Field Guides is a business podcast hosted by Hosted by Ali Motroni, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Hosted by Ali Motroni hosts Field Guides, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Episode 8: Money, Meaning, and the Women Changing the Game with Jolyne Caruso-FitzGerald

  Mar 30, 202637 minS0

  <p>In this episode of The Hopeful Pioneers, Ali sits down with Jolyne Caruso-FitzGerald—Chair of Align Impact’s Board, former UBS Vice Chair, and a powerful advocate for women and next-gen leadership.</p><p>Jolyne reflects on four decades in finance, from the early days of hedge funds to advising billionaire family offices today. She shares her front-row insights on the great wealth transfer, the evolving role of financial advisors, and why family legacies must be built on intention, not just inheritance.</p><p>You’ll hear about:</p><p>* The professionalization of family offices—and where they’re headed</p>...

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  Episode 14: Reclaiming Your Story Through Art with Spandita Malik

  Jan 28, 202631 minS0

  <p>What does it mean to create art that doesn’t just represent stories, but returns agency to the people at the center of them?</p><p>In this episode of The Hopeful Pioneers, Ali sits down with Spandita Malik, a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores gender, power, and collective authorship.</p><p>Spandita shares her journey growing up in India, choosing a creative path within cultural structures that didn’t always encourage it, and how her work has evolved over time. </p><p>Now splitting her time between New York and rural communities across India, Spandita works closely with wome...

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  Episode 13: A City Built on Service with Laura Rog

  Jan 13, 202631 minS0

  <p>In this episode, Ali sits down with Laura Rog, Chief Service Officer of New York City. Laura leads NYC Service, the Mayor’s Office of Service and Volunteerism.</p><p>She shares how volunteerism functions as essential, often unseen infrastructure of the city — supporting nonprofits, strengthening communities, and helping New Yorkers feel more connected to one another in a city that can feel overwhelming at times. Drawing on her experience working across city agencies, nonprofits, and community partners, she reflects on how service builds agency, belonging, and trust at the local level.</p><p>Laura shares about:</p><p>* How...

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  Episode 12: Wasted Potential: Circular Systems with Taylor Zehren

  Dec 8, 202529 minS0

  <p>There are parts of life we rarely talk about — not because they aren’t important, but because they are uncomfortable to address. Human waste is one of them. It’s universal, it’s everyday, and yet it remains one of the most overlooked systems shaping our environment.</p><p>I first came across Taylor Zehren, Founder & CEO of Wasted, when I saw her pitch last month, and I remember thinking how skillfully she got the uncomfortable giggles out of the room. Porta-potties aren’t exactly cocktail-hour conversation… but within minutes, she had everyone leaning in. She took a taboo topic, and r...

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  Episode 11: From Striving to Surrender: Caleb Campbell on Redefining Success

  Oct 22, 202543 minS0

  <p>What happens when success stops being enough?</p><p>In this episode, Ali sits down with Caleb Campbell — Inspirational Keynote Speaker, Coach, Military Veteran, and Former NFL Athlete — for a raw and moving conversation about transformation, surrender, and the courage it takes to stop performing and start becoming.</p><p>From the NFL to the U.S. Army to life after the uniform, Caleb shares how chasing achievement nearly cost him everything—and how choosing truth over performance became the doorway to a deeper, freer way of living. Together, he and Ali explore what it means to let an old ve...

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