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Brains On. Hearts Open. Forward Motion. For the Trustbroken Economy The world has gotten very good at telling you what's wrong. The platforms are extractive. The institutions are hollow. The algorithm is running the show. Your attention is the product. And somewhere along the way, the message landed: the real decisions are being made somewhere else, by someone else, and there's not much you can do about it. That message is a lie. But it's a convincing one. And when it sinks in deeply enough, disengagement becomes the default. Businesses hold out for someday. Ideas sit in limbo. Leaders optimize for survival instead of building for what they actually believe. We become spectators in a life we're supposed to be living. Damns Given is for the people who refuse to go that quietly and want the practical tools how to play a different game. Hosted by strategist, author, and Trust-Made Growth® founder Nick R
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Damns Given with Nick Richtsmeier is hosted by Nick Richtsmeier. The show has published 41 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Deciding who you'll be at $4 Billion... in advance" (1 October 2026, 68 minutes), "Fire the Employee Within: Seven Foundations for a Trust-Made Founder" (24 September 2026, 55 minutes), and "What it's going to take to heal our economy and what Nick's doing about it" (7 August 2026, 49 minutes).
Damns Given with Nick Richtsmeier publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 41 episodes.
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Nick Richtsmeier hosts Damns Given with Nick Richtsmeier, a business podcast with 41 episodes published.
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Episode #1
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Season 3! We're kicking things off with a bang interview EY Entrepreneur of the Year, Jason Wenk about his $4B (with a B) sale of Altruist to Vanguard. But this is no "how I built it"...
Episode #23
Send us Fan Mail A lot of founders — even ones who've been running their own thing for ten or fifteen years — are still missing the foundational architecture that makes a knowledge business actually work. They've...
Episode #22
Send us Fan Mail "If we want healthier economies, better markets, freer commerce, healthier neighborhoods, better streets, less dependence on big disgusting tech — the energetic force that's going to make those things...
Episode #21
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"What is the most human, natural, joy-filled way we could solve this problem?"</p><p>Chris McAdoo has been a musician, a brand strategist, a startup advisor, and an artist since he was 13 years...
Episode #21
Send us Fan Mail "What is the most human, natural, joy-filled way we could solve this problem?" Chris McAdoo has been a musician, a brand strategist, a startup advisor, and an artist since he was 13 years old. He's...
Episode #20
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Damns Given Episode 2.20 - only two episodes of Season 2 yet to go!</p><p>A lot of people are waking up right now to systems they've been inside of for years without fully seeing them, many of...
Episode #19
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"In this AI-soaked era, the primary thing we're buying — anytime we're buying anything — is thinking. Consultants, you need a way for people to test the quality of your thinking. Efficiently...
Episode #18
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>The American economy is in contraction. That's different than recession. Most people who've been paying attention know it by now. We've got to spend less time debating it, negotiating with it...
Episode #17
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Brad Farris is back. And if you weren't here for the original run of the show under the old name Working Broken, here's what you need to know: Brad is one of the sharpest executive coaches...
Episode #16
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>In this episode of Damns Given, Nick walks through the Trust-Made Growth framework's take on culture — one of the six core factors that determine whether a venture is ready to grow or quietly...
Episode #15
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Damns Given Episode 2.15:<br/><br/>"What is one way you can become more knowledgeable about the business case for whatever you're selling? One notch more knowledgeable. The more we think about...
Episode #14
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"Trust doesn't look like attention."<br/><br/>In fact, the things that steal our attention, grab it out of the agorithmic haze are some of the most trust-breaking things we face. Just because...
Episode #12
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"The obsession with up and to the right is definitionally gonna make you less effective because it forces you to act in ways because it forces you to act in ways that are contrary to the...
Episode #12
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"Every system is working exactly as designed. Even when those designs weren't intentional. Especially when those designs weren't intentional."<br/><br/>You've moved departments around. You've...
Episode #11
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>"People liking you is not the same as people trusting you. It is simply not the same." This episode is about why nice people get ghosted. Why saying "yeah, I can do that" on a sales call is a...
Episode #10
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What does your neighborhood have to do with your business or your capacity to lead? More than you think.</p><p>Jeff Siegler spent years running Ohio's Main Street program — traveling community...
Episode #9
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Something went wrong in the way we build companies. Not because anyone was evil. Not because the tools were bad. But because a series of well-intentioned shifts — the social web, the...
Episode #8
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>What does a Trust-Made decision actually look like in practice? Don't guage it by the marketing discourse who want to frame it in moralisms, political side-taking, and feel good "integrity"...
Episode #7
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Something is happening across almost every industry right now and most leaders are incentivized to ignore it. Nick calls it contractive behavior. And once you know what to look for, you'll see...
Episode #6
<p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Tim Marple has a PhD in political science, spent time at Google and OpenAI, and left before his equity vested, unwilling to accept what staying would cost him. Now he co-leads Maiden Labs, a...
Recent guests on Damns Given with Nick Richtsmeier. Study who booked and why before you pitch.
Founder and CEO, Altruist, Altruist
midlife transition coach, The Changing Work Collective
leadership expert, executive coach for professional service firm owners, Anchor Advisors
LinkedIn Trainer and Relationship Marketing Specialist, Janice Porter & Associates
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