A Different Kind of “Going Big” When most people hear the phrase “going big,” they picture scale, visibility, and influence. Bigger platforms. Larger audiences. Wider reach. But in this conversation with Reverend John Yates III, we’re invited into a very different vision; one that is quieter, slower, and, in many ways, far more enduring. John challenges us to rethink the entire premise. What if going big isn’t about building something that elevates you, but about laying a fou

A Life That Defies Categories What does it look like to truly go big over the course of a lifetime? In this episode of Going Big!, I sat down with my friend of more than 25 years, Father Robert Sirico, a Catholic priest, public intellectual, and co-founder of the Acton Institute, which has reached millions across more than 140 countries. His life is anything but conventional. From growing up in Brooklyn alongside a brother who would later become a cultural icon on The Soprano

Reinventing the American University: How Michael Crow Built a Culture of Continuous Innovation What if the problem with higher education isn’t that it’s too ambitious—but that it hasn’t been ambitious enough? On this episode of Going Big! , host Kevin Gentry sits down with Michael Crow , the longtime president of Arizona State University , to explore one of the most significant institutional transformations in modern higher education. Over more than two decades, Crow has chal

Why Going Big Today Often Looks Small, Uncomfortable, and Ambitious One of the most counterintuitive ideas to emerge from my recent conversation with Tyler Cowen is this: going big today often has very little to do with size. We’re living in a moment where a single person, a tiny team, or even one voice paired with the right tools can exert influence that once required massive institutions. A solo YouTuber can reach millions. A small research group using AI can outperform ent