{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The David Leifeste Podcast","title":"The American Dream Is Not Dead | Carol Mathews","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1984,"description":"If you Google \"the American dream\" right now, most of what comes back says it is dead. Carol Mathews spent this year proving otherwise. Carol is the founder of Hero Productions in Tulsa, the producer of the feature film Home Run, and one of my favorite human beings, which is saying something after 67 years. She just finished producing Reigniting the American Dream for Governor Kevin Stitt's year as chair of the National Governors Association: 56 interviews from every walk of life, from Mark Cuban and Governor Wes Moore to a woman who walked out of prison and now gives her life to other women. We talk about why the people who built this country were living for something larger than themselves, what makes America different (you can fail here and try again), why our lives are downstream from the stories we take in, and the one thing that decides who makes it: grit. Carol also gives the most practical advice in the episode: know your why, write it down, and ask whether it means something to the version of you at the very end of your life.\nChapters:\n0:00 Coming up\n0:30 The David Leifeste Show\n0:51 Welcome: Carol Mathews\n1:28 Home Run, and a year with the National Governors Association\n2:49 Getting a pulse on America\n3:07 What the documentaries taught David\n4:25 The country was their dream\n6:30 The nameless people who built it\n7:10 Reigniting the American Dream\n8:28 It is safe to believe\n8:44 Grit, and the fear that Americans are getting soft\n10:10 Fifty-six interviews: what the dream means\n12:01 Cynt Marshall: from the projects to the NBA\n14:10 Nobody overcomes alone\n15:10 George Washington leaves Mount Vernon\n16:40 What makes America different: you can fail and try again\n19:10 Failure is just new information\n19:50 The woman who is living the dream\n21:10 Mark Cuban's best hug\n22:23 Dolly Parton\n23:25 Grit is a long game\n25:50 How to keep going: know your why\n27:40 Hang around people who pull the best out of you\n29:00 Our lives are downstream from stories\n29:32 Learn...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/HBXnRVfSkl-XVqHTvTGUU7v4-DXhQFa06MKmJ_Zfa_s/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNzJi/MDlmNjZhZDAyN2Vi/MjRjNzVkNWIxNDQw/ZTkxMS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}