The School of Moxie Podcast
🎧 The School of Moxie Podcast — a Sensible Woo production, hosted by Mary Williams.
Most business podcasts are just LinkedIn posts with a mic in front of them. This is not that.
School of Moxie uses TV shows and film to have the business conversations nobody else is brave enough to start... about real leadership, real risk, and what it costs to build something that matters when your rent is riding on every decision.
Season 1 — The Last of Us. What survival looks like when the old rules stop working and the only way forward is through.
Season 2 — Ted Lasso. A solo coaching season about the long game, the brutal middle, and why being the person who genuinely gives a damn is the whole strategy.
Season 3 — Real founders, no safety nets, and every guest brings their comfort show to crack open how they run their business under pressure.
No freebies, no funnel bait, and no one fake-laughing while they pitch you a course you don't need.
Just the kind of honest, sharp, occasionally uncomfortable conversations that remind you why you started... and what it's going to take to finish.
Season 3 available on July 29, 2026. Binge responsibly.
Hosted by Mary Williams, founder of Sasquatch Media Grounds, Vancouver, Washington. A Sensible Woo production.
Episodes
44 episodes
Security Cost Her Everything Else — Veronica Yanhs (Series Finale)
Veronica Yanhs closes Season 3 of School of Moxie — and she's also the first talent Mary has ever signed at Sasquatch Media Grounds, making this episode a full-circle moment for the show itself. Using Ted Lasso, Hacks, and
"Enough" Is a Real Business Goal — Rebecca Graves Prowse
Rebecca Graves Prowse is a potter and the founder of Gravesco, the studio behind the viral "Not today, fascist" mug. Her comfort show, Peaky Blinders, mirrors her business philosophy: gritty, adaptive, willing to pivot the second somet...
"You Can't Out-Strategize Under-Earning" — Cris Caruso
Cris Caruso is a fee-only financial advisor who left a big national firm to build an independent practice serving LGBTQ+ people, women breadwinners, and Gen X clients. Her comfort shows — Alias, Wednesday, and 10 Things I ...
"Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should" — Jeanne Grabowski
Jeanne Grabowski coaches high-achieving, high-net-worth entrepreneurs and splits her time in Costa Rica. Her comfort show, Oprah, opens up a conversation about sitting comfortably in uncertainty and meeting people (and yourself) exactl...
"You Can't Be Half a Gangster" — Rachel Allen
Rachel Allen is a brand strategist and copywriter whose comfort show, Supernatural, becomes the framework for a conversation about narrative control, creative risk, and why conditional commitment quietly wrecks businesses.In thi...
Plan B Isn't Failure — Eunice Brownlee
Eunice Brownlee is a narrative strategist who's spent years running her business full-time and location-independent, all while solo-parenting her daughter. Her comfort movie, The Holiday, sets up a conversation about daring to imagine ...
Repeatability Is Scalability — Ashlan Glazier-Anderson
Ashlan Glazier-Anderson runs a marketing agency and co-hosts the Take the Leap podcast. Her comfort watch — the entire Jurassic Park/Jurassic World universe — sets up a conversation about avoiding the same mistakes on repeat and building system...
Puzzles, Not Problems — Arianna Smith
This episode's guest, Arianna Smith, is a licensed professional counselor turned copywriter, messaging strategist, and tarot reader. We used her comfort show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, as the doorway into a conversation about why business su...
"Done Beats Perfect" — Jessica Lackey
Jessica Lackey is a business consultant and author who spent roughly four years running two businesses simultaneously: fractional COO client work funding the audience, book, and membership she was building on the side. Her comfort show, You...
My Business Pays for My Life — Mary Answers Her Own 17 Questions
Welcome to the final season of School of Moxie. This season's theme: my business pays for my life — not someday, not kind of, actually. Every guest answers the same discussion guide, so to kick things off, host Mary Williams turns the questions...
Season 3 Trailer: Guess Who’s Back?
Season 3 of the School of Moxie Podcast is officially on the way.If you’re new here, School of Moxie is the podcast where we use TV shows and movies to talk about business. Not the fluffy “compare leadership styles” kind of conversations...
Behind the Scenes of Season 2, What’s Brewing at Moxie Studios, and a Look Ahead at Season 3
This episode is for the people who stuck around. The ones who know that real creativity doesn’t run on launch calendars. It runs on healing.In this bonus episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what really happened between Seas...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Slow, Sustainable, and Unshakeable
Episode 10: “The Long Game Is the Only Game”This episode is a sermon. A love letter. A late-night call to every entrepreneur who’s tired of shortcut culture and ready to lead with integrity.We’re closing out Season 2 with a...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Vulnerability ≠Strategy
Episode 9: “Your Brand Can’t Hold Your Baggage”There’s a difference between telling your story with intention—and bleeding all over your audience for engagement.In Episode 9, we unpack the misuse of vulnerability in online ...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Real Rest Requires Real Alignment
Rest doesn’t always look like slowing down. Sometimes it looks like dancing all night, playing weird games, or skipping town with your dominatrix girlfriend.In this episode, we explore rest on your own terms through the lens of ...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Not All Criticism Is Feedback
Welcome to the episode where we separate useful reflection from noise. In Ted Lasso, the fans at the pub act like a character unto themselves—cheering, jeering, and always watching. And just like in business, not all of that input is <...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Friendship Is a Leadership Skill
Episode 6: “Fire Rupert. Build Diamond Dogs.”This episode is a love letter to chosen family, emotional support systems, and the kind of business friendships that don’t just cheer you on... they hold you down.We’re ...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Visibility ≠Credibility
Episode 5: “It’s Easy to Buy the Mic”In this episode, we’re digging into the real question behind visibility:➡️ Are people paying attention to you because you’re aligned… or just because you’re loud?We’re using...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: When Empowerment Becomes a Pyramid Scheme
Episode 4: “Girlbossing Too Close to the Sun”This one’s for the entrepreneurs who woke up one day and realized: Oh shit—I’ve been sold a sparkly lie.In Episode 4, we’re dissecting the aesthetic trap of bos...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Vulnerability ≠Strategy
Episode 3: “Your Brand Can’t Hold Your Baggage”Being honest about your story is powerful. But turning your trauma into a marketing plan? That’s something else entirely.In this episode, we talk about the difference between inte...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: Jamie Tartt vs. the Algorithm
Episode 2: “The Metrics Aren’t the Message” Ted Lasso is a Business Story: When Visibility Outpaces ReadinessIn a world where algorithms dictate value and going viral is mistaken for success, we need to talk about ...
Ted Lasso is a Business Story: When Ego Eats the Team
Episode 1: “The Game Is Bigger Than You”We’re kicking off Season 2 with a truth bomb: if your brand becomes more about you than the people you serve, you’ve lost the plot. Inspired by Nate’s arc in Ted Lasso, thi...
Season 2 Trailer: Ted Lasso is a Business Story
There’s a moment in Ted Lasso where Roy Kent realizes he’s not the player he used to be… and instead of staying stuck in nostalgia, he levels up. That’s not just character growth—it’s a damn masterclass in business evolution.
Intermission: Season 2 Updates + Take the Leap
Hey School of Moxie fam! I've got a season intermission episode for you with updates on where we're at with season 2, featuring Ted Lasso as the TV binge-a-thon with a ton of leadership lessons. I'm also sharing a podcast episode swap wit...
Season One Finale: The Last of Us Business Journey Comes to a Close
In the season finale of the School of Moxie Podcast, host Mary Williams reflects on the journey of Season 1, centered around the video game adaptation, "The Last of Us." She shares insights from the official podcast of the show, where creators ...