Some Sunday nights don’t just spark conversation — they remind us why leadership, vision, and clarity still matter.
This week’s SHAKE IT OFF WITH MERT & LUCAS, LIVE! brings two authors who approach influence from entirely different vantage points: one distilling the traits that define enduring leadership, the other confronting the messy, magnetic, and often uncomfortable truths about power and persona.
It’s a two‑hour dive into discipline, persuasion, and the human forces that shape how we move through the world.
Hour 1: Ray Zinn — Author, The Essential Leader
We open with Ray Zinn, a Silicon Valley pioneer whose decades of experience inform a grounded, no‑nonsense blueprint for what leadership really demands. In The Essential Leader, he strips away jargon and trend-chasing, focusing instead on character, consistency, and the habits that separate those who merely manage from those who truly lead.
Expect a conversation rooted in integrity, experience, and the belief that leadership is built, not bestowed.
Hour 2: Barry Maher — Author, The Great Dick
Then we pivot to Barry Maher, whose provocative new book The Great Dick blends sharp storytelling with an unflinching look at ego, identity, and the personas we craft — intentionally or not. Maher’s work is candid, irreverent, and incisive, exploring how confidence, self‑image, and ambition collide in ways that are both revealing and deeply human.
This hour promises humor with bite, insight with edge, and a clear-eyed look at what drives us and occasionally derails us.
About the Hosts
• Lucas A. Ferrara — New York attorney, law professor, award‑winning film producer, and editorial strategist. Lucas brings legal acuity and narrative precision to every conversation, cutting through noise to reach the ideas that matter.
• Mert Roberts — A seasoned commentator whose wit, clarity, and grounded analysis keep each discussion sharp, surprising, and unmistakably alive.
Tune In
LIVE on AM970 Radio or the AM970 mobile app | Sunday, April 19 | 7–9 PM (Eastern)
Replays stream everywhere: Apple, Amazon, iHeart, Spotify, and more.
For more info visit: shakeitofflive.com
Some shows inform. This one reminds you that leadership — in all its forms — still has something to teach us.
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