Philip "Lecco" Morris is a musician, composer producer, poet and aspiring Adirondack 46er.  In this edition of Failing Better, Lecco shares a lesson in grace learned in a harrowing night  in the Adirondacks.  Near the end of our conversation, Lecco reference a video of a resilient little girl learning to jump on a bench. Here's the video. It will make your day.

Musician, composer, poet, producer and aspiring Adirondack 46er Philip "Lecco" Morris shares a tale of a harrowing night in the high peaks that led to a lesson in grace.  That's next on Failing Better. 

LPGA Champ Dottie Pepper talks about perseverance, knowing when to change lanes, and the role of failure in the life of an athlete.

Failure is something athletes face every day of their careers. Every stroke, every swing, every race is a lesson in failure and success. This week we talk with LPGA champ and CBS sports broadcaster Dottie Pepper about preparation, goals, flexibility and the role of failure in the life of an athlete.

 Rex Smith, editor-at-large of Hearst's Times Union newspaper opens up about one of his earliest newsroom failures, the challenges of dealing with failure in the very public sphere of journalism, and navigating through the fast paced technological changes in media today.  **Note: Smith recently announced his retirement from the Times Union. This interview was conducted prior to that announcement.**

Rex Smith, editor-at-large for the Hearst newspaper, The Times Union, shares one of his earlier failures, and his thoughts on what it takes to handle failure in the very public sphere of journalism.  Next on Failing Better.

What is your obligation to the people to your first fans, and your early work? If you change, are you selling out, or growing? And what even is failure anyway?  This week on Failing Better, chef, entrepreneur, musician, and two time Food Network Chopped champ, Ric Orlando dishes about failure in and out of the kitchen, and on the price of popularity.   Share your thoughts, pitch us a guest or tell us your own story of failure at [email protected]

This week on Failing Better, chef, entrepreneur, musician, and two time Food Network Chopped champ, Ric Orlando dishes about failure in and out of the kitchen, and on the price of popularity.  Join us for failing better at failingbetterpodcast.com, or on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.  Share your thoughts, pitch us a guest or tell us your own story of failure at [email protected]

On this first edition of Failing Better, trainer, facilitator, improvisor and applied improv goddess Kat Koppett joins us to share some of her encounters with failure, what they've taught her, and why it's important to celebrate failure. Kat is an applied improv expert whose work has taken her around the globe working for companies like Facebook, Apple and JPMorgan Chase. Also Mary shares one of her greatest public failures.  Spoiler alert-- it involves goats. 

Coming soon to Failing Better, Kat Koppett on celebrating failure. Kat has traveled the world teaching the principles of improv to companies like Facebook, Apple and JP Morgan Chase, and she has some things to teach us about failure.

There's more that unites us than divides us.  One of the many things we have in common? Failure.  There comes a point in everyone's life when things don't go as planned -- in big ways or small ones.  And while we're afraid to admit our own failures, we love to hear stories of failure, and resilience of others.   So maybe failure can be something more than just a moment where we didn't get what we wanted. Maybe failure can be more than just a tool for learning.  Maybe failure can help unite...