I met Scott Olson through LinkedIn a little over a year ago.

Now a funny thing about LinkedIn, I never, ever mention the podcast on it. I try to keep some distance between my real job and the Loose and Conversational podcast. The concern is, folks in my professional life might not understand why I like to talk about the things I do on the podcast.

However, if more people on LinkedIn were like Scott, I would reconsider. In this episode, we get to know Scott. We had a topic, but we never got to it because this man is so interesting. We’ve already booked him for a return visit to talk about leadership.

Scott was initially a lawyer until he joined the FBI to work in counterintelligence. He was on the ground in New York for 911. When he was a teenager, he was a guide on Mount Rainier, for crying out loud.

This episode goes by quickly, so I’ll let you get to it. One thing, though, I have had a couple of comments about the music played at points in the podcast. “What’s up with the music?” After the intro debacle a while back, I started using a website that provides music, but I have to pay for it. It costs the same whether I use the intro music or use different music for every podcast. I’m cheap, so if I’m paying for it, I’m going to use it. It’s a principle.

Enjoy the episode, friends.

J. David Keam