Oct 27, 202653 minS2
Summary Bobby Bitton started OPositive at 23, in a category most companies avoided. The early wins came fast and the lessons came after. Mike sits down with the co-founder and CEO to ask what stays on the compass once a...
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Maps Are Dead
Hosted by Mike D · education · EN
About this Podcast:
Maps Are Dead is a podcast about navigating life when the old plans stop working. Hosted by Mike Dauphinee, this series is a raw, real, and often funny conversation with people learning to move forward without a clear path.It’s not about success formulas or five-year plans. It’s about inner maps—CliftonStrengths, courage, and the grit it takes to keep going when certainty disappears. Mike and his guests explore identity, leadership, parenting, purpose, and the moments that shake our lives loose.Join our community: https://the-fit-forum.circle.so/join?invitation_token=9d72b1d6f49e63892f277b
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What is Maps Are Dead about?
Maps Are Dead is a podcast about navigating life when the old plans stop working. Hosted by Mike Dauphinee, this series is a raw, real, and often funny conversation with people learning to move forward without a clear path. It’s not about success formulas or five-year plans.
Who hosts Maps Are Dead?
Maps Are Dead is hosted by Mike D. The show has published 35 episodes to date.
What has Maps Are Dead covered recently?
Recent episodes include "From Blind Optimist to Productive Positivity - with Bobby Bitton" (27 October 2026, 53 minutes), "What Is Friction in Leadership? - with Ross Blankenship" (13 October 2026, 54 minutes), and "The Question Every Buyer Is Asking: with Jacques Spitzer" (29 September 2026, 52 minutes).
How often does Maps Are Dead publish?
Maps Are Dead publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 35 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Maps Are Dead?
Booking probability for Maps Are Dead is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Maps Are Dead requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Maps Are Dead's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
Mike D hosts Maps Are Dead, an education podcast with 35 episodes published.
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Recent episodes
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- Oct 13, 202654 minS2
Summary You made the plan, the numbers are right, and something still feels off. Mike talks with his friend Ross Blankenship, PhD, an organizational psychologist and executive coach, about Friction, the book he wrote...
- Sep 29, 202652 minS2
Summary Jacques Spitzer started Raindrop as a one-person shop and grew it into a creative agency of about a hundred people. He and Mike get into what it takes to keep your footing when the work, the tools, and the...
Episode #10
All Our Maps Are Incomplete - with Danny Kim
Sep 1, 202645 minS2Summary Mike sits down with Danny Kim, a classically trained violinist turned pastor turned organizational psychologist who has changed careers about every eighteen months and calls each leap an invitation, not a...
- Aug 11, 20261h 7mS2
Summary Have you ever been lost? Not turned around in the woods, though Joseph has a story about that too, but lost in your own life. Joseph Pietrocini is 26 and running three companies at once, and he has spent his...
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Episode #8
Healing Isn't a Straight Line Forward
Jul 21, 20261h 6mS2<p>Summary</p><p>Destry Wardle has spent nearly two decades helping people go backward before they can moveforward. Today she's turning that lens on the man across the table from her. Mike sits down with his longtime...
Episode #8
Healing Isn't a Straight Line Forward
Jul 21, 20261h 6mS2Summary Destry Wardle has spent nearly two decades helping people go backward before they can moveforward. Today she's turning that lens on the man across the table from her. Mike sits down with his longtime coach...
Episode #7
Confidence Is Remembered, Not Conjured
Jul 7, 20261h 3mS2Summary Katie Kennedy is seven years old, hand raised in art class, waiting for her teacher to just tell her what to do next. Twenty years later, she's a senior manager at Twin Cities agency OVATIVE Group, and she's...
Episode #7
Confidence Is Remembered, Not Conjured
Jul 7, 20261h 3mS2<p>Summary</p><p>Katie Kennedy is seven years old, hand raised in art class, waiting for her teacher to just tell her what to do next. Twenty years later, she's a senior manager at Twin Cities agency OVATIVE Group, and...
Episode #6
Do It Scared with Serena Tillman
Jun 23, 20261h 2mS2<p>Summary</p><p>In this episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with Serena Tillman, licensed master social worker, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, and founder of a women's community group called Esther's...
Episode #6
Do It Scared with Serena Tillman
Jun 23, 20261h 2mS2Summary In this episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with Serena Tillman, licensed master social worker, certified personal trainer, Pilates instructor, and founder of a women's community group called Esther's Daughters...
- Jun 9, 202657 minS2
<p>Summary</p><p>In this episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with Barbara Macnish, Gallup-certified strengths coach, founder of TriQuester Teams, and one of the first coaches to join The Dauphinee Group, for a...
Maps Are Dead
Stop Feeling. Start Designing.
May 26, 202645 minS0<p>Summary</p><p>In this episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with Sarah Hassaine — global inclusion and diversity leader, TEDx speaker, and founder of Effective Immediately, for a conversation about what it actually takes...
- May 12, 202654 minS0
<p>Summary</p><p>In this episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with Kirsten Hogan, Chief Retail Officer at Dr. Squatch, for a conversation about what it actually takes to reclaim your story, and build a career you genuinely...
- Apr 28, 202650 minS2
<p>Summary</p><p>In this episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with Amol Dhargalkar — Chairman and Senior Managing Director at Chatham Financial, for a conversation that challenges one of the most common assumptions in...
- Apr 14, 202638 minS2
<p>Summary</p><p>In this powerful season two opener, Mike Dauphinee sits down with mental performance coach Johan Martinez to explore what it really means to build an internal compass, not as a concept, but as a lived...
Episode #22
Navigating Life in a Mapless World
Jan 8, 202620 minS1<p>Summary</p><p>In the final episode of season one of the Maps are Dead podcast, Mike Dauphinee reflects on the journey of the podcast, the lessons learned, and the concept of navigating life without reliable maps. He...
- Dec 9, 202557 minS1
<p>Summary<br>In this powerful episode, Mike Dauphinee sits down with elite performance coach Damon Goddard to explore the link between physical movement, decision-making, and the mental frameworks that shape our lives...
- Nov 25, 202559 minS1
<p>Summary</p><p>In this engaging conversation, Mike Dauphinee and Dr. Luke Powery explore the intricate relationship between decision-making, spirituality, and personal growth. They discuss the importance of...
- Nov 11, 20251 hourS1
<p>Summary</p><p>In this episode of Maps are Dead, Mike Dauphinee engages in a deep conversation with Destry Wardle, exploring the complexities of life transitions, personal growth, and the importance of community...
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Bobby Bitton
CEO and Co-Founder, OPositiv Health
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Katie Kennedy
American history professor and author of The Declaration Decoded, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Dr. Luke Powery
Dean of Duke Chapel and professor of homiletics and African American studies at Duke Divinity School, Duke Divinity School
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Matt Brown
Partner in the Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group, Organization for the Assabet, Sudbury, and Concord Rivers
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