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Is Anything Real?

Adam W. Barney

Booking Overview

This is a weekly interview show exploring assumptions about work, leadership, success, and life through conversations with founders, executives, authors, and other experienced professionals. Strong pitches include founders and practitioners with distinctive expertise in leadership, team performance, entrepreneurship, caregiving, or human-centered design; guests typically bring substantial hands-on experience or a clear framework, and booking difficulty is low.

Metrics

Episodes: 87

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Neutral

Listener location: USA

Instagram: 4.5k followers

Page updated: Nov 4, 2026 · How we check this data

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

adam@adamwbarney.com

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Host

Adam W. Barney - Executive and transition leadership coach, author of Make Your Own Glass Half Full, and creator of EnergyOS.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Guests are generally founders, executives, authors, or experienced practitioners with direct expertise and a useful perspective or framework to share.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or led a business or specialist practice, Authored a relevant book or developed a practical framework, Built substantial experience in a professional field

Recent Guest Discussions

Nell Derick Debevoise - Systematic Subtraction, High Performance, Leadership, Caregiving, And Pro-zilience.

Lindsay Friedman - Long-term Care Planning, Caregiving, Family Guilt, Provider Trust, And Care Matching.

Mike Brown - Artificial Intelligence, Human-centered Design, Leadership, Belonging, And Built Environments.

John de Jong - Leadership, Business Growth, Reputation, Local Visibility, And Customer Trust.

Al Philip-Neri - Team Performance, Behavioral Analytics, Accountability, Trust, And Execution Under Pressure.

Recent Topics

Business, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Team Performance, Executive Coaching

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Is Anything Real?
:

Age Is Not a Cage: Positive Aging, Reinvention, and Purpose After 65 | Ep. 85 w/ Ande Lyons

October 28, 2026

Age is not a cage.In this episode of Is Anything Real?, Adam W. Barney sits down with Ande Lyons, host of Don’t Be Caged By Your Ageand founder of The New England Podcasters Group, for a conversation about positive aging, ageism, reinvention, visibility, purpose, and what it really means to keep becoming after 65.Ande’s work challenges one of the quietest and most expensive myths in our culture: After a certain age, your life is supposed to get smaller. You’re supposed to be realistic. Slow d...

Lead the Room: Women in Sports, Outsider Advantage, and Real Leadership | Ep. 84 w/ Toni Will

October 21, 2026

Women in sports leadership are still way too rare, especially in men’s professional hockey.Toni Will is one of the only women in the country leading a men’s professional hockey team, and her story challenges one of leadership’s most stubborn myths: If you don’t already know the room, you don’t belong in it.In this episode of Is Anything Real?, Adam W. Barney sits down with Toni Will, General Manager of the Kalamazoo Wings, women’s leadership coach, keynote speaker, host of Women In, founder o...

12 Hours Left. One Quick Ask. | Bonus Drop

October 15, 2026

A very quick bonus episode and an unusual ask from me.👉 Vote here: https://tophost.org/2026/adam-w-barneyIs Anything Real? is currently #3 in the Top Host competition, and the first cut happens tonight.12 is lucky. 1 sounds better. 😉I've spent a lot of time building this show around conversations that challenge assumptions, get past the noise, and hopefully leave people thinking a little differently. And every guest, listener, comment, share, and conversation has helped make it what it is.So ...

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How do I get in touch with Is Anything Real??

Is Anything Real? is hosted by Adam W. Barney. Its publicly listed email is adam@adamwbarney.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Is Anything Real??

The publicly listed email for Is Anything Real?: adam@adamwbarney.com.

How many listeners does Is Anything Real? have?

Podseeker estimates Is Anything Real? reaches 100 to 1,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Is Anything Real??

Is Anything Real? typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Guests are generally founders, executives, authors, or experienced practitioners with direct expertise and a useful perspective or framework to share. Common among recent guests: Founded or led a business or specialist practice; Authored a relevant book or developed a practical framework; Built substantial experience in a professional field. Recent guests include Nell Derick Debevoise, Lindsay Friedman, and Mike Brown.

How hard is it to get booked on Is Anything Real??

Low. A guest with relevant expertise and a clear angle for its audience has a realistic chance.

What topics does Is Anything Real? cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Team Performance, and Executive Coaching. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

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