Jun 3, 2026
Busy, but Becoming: Finding Purpose in Everyday Moments and Unlikely Questions
In this episode of Inconvenient Ideas Radio, veteran broadcaster Stan Hustad brings together a surprising mix of reflections—ranging from media wisdom to faith, from family stories to modern challenges—into a thoughtful and engaging...
May 26, 2026
A reflective essay on the danger, drama, and cultural memory surrounding the Indianapolis 500
A Childhood Memory That Was Real
Your memory is not exaggerated at all. The Indianapolis 500 really was considered extraordinarily dangerous for much of its history, and part of the fascination — especially from the 1930s...
Apr 21, 2026
There are days when everything feels planned, polished, and predictable.
And then there are days like this one.
This is one of those point-of-the-moment days—what I like to call POM thinking. No script. No delay. No filter. Just real-time reflection from the Coaching Zone, where ideas don’t always arrive neatly...
Apr 15, 2026
Why Every Company Now Needs a Chief Broadcasting Officer (CBO)
By Stan “The Radio Man” Hustad
The What It Takes Radio Company presents another adventure… another expedition… and this one might just disrupt the way you think about your entire business.
Let me start with a simple—but...
Apr 14, 2026
By Stan Hustad
There are times in life when you step away for a bit—whether by
design or by necessity—and when you return, you see things
differently.
That happened to me.
After a stretch of what I’ll call “downtime, overtime, and
out-of-time,” I’m back behind the microphone with a fresh
installment of...