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Episode 197: Business Wisdom with a Side of Chuckles with Kevin Hubschmann

Episode 197: Business Wisdom with a Side of Chuckles with Kevin Hubschmann

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Who says you can’t have fun at work anymore? Not your hosts Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler, and certainly not Kevin Hubschmann—the guy who literally sells laughter as a service. That’s right: he turned comedy into corporate wellness before it was cool.

Kevin set out to be a police officer. But then Georgetown University happened and somewhere between marketing classes and open-mic nights, he realized the only thing he wanted to arrest was boredom at work. And if paying off college loans with comedy seems absurd… well, that’s basically Kevin’s business model.

‘Feedback equals failure!’, right? Or is it ‘Failure equals feedback!’ No matter, it all leads to applause, giggles, and comedy. Forget “HR Required Training” — Kevin brings song, improv, and those mysterious messages tucked under seats for engagement. No, they aren’t packages from Poughkeepsie.

With a doctor for a dad and nurse for a mom, Kevin grew up where ER meets SNL—medical chaos and comedy gold, served bedside-style.

Dive into the subtle (but hilarious) difference between:

Stand-up comedy – where you bomb alone on stage.

Improv – where an entire team bombs together (but earns bonus points for trying).

Want psychological safety at work? Kevin literally wrote the playbook on it — patching serious development with belly laughs and “yes-and” mindsets that make every meeting feel like Whose Line Is It Anyway? (minus the cattiness… mostly).

So, go ahead, like, subscribe, share with a friend… maybe you’ll be our one-millionth subscriber and win… bragging rights?

Bonus fact: Did you know the average human heart beats about 3 billion times in a lifetime? If Kevin had a dollar for every laugh he’s created… he’d still probably be paying off college loans.

Laughing isn’t just fun — it’s a strategy of Laughing in Development.

Biz-Souls is the business podcast with heart, soul… and humor, hosted by Rona Lewis & Jeffrey Hansler. Here are some other episodes:

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Episode 194 – Hope This Episode Finds You Well (It Won’t): Passive Aggression & Management Skills

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Episode 193 – White Labels, Wild Speculation & Where Jeffrey Shops

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Episode 192 – Interruptions, Bots & Kaizen

https://www.biz-souls.com/episode192

Episode 191 – When the Going Gets Tough…

https://www.biz-souls.com/episode191

Episode 190 – Elephants, Riders, and Calculators (with Rich Batchelor)

https://www.biz-souls.com/episode190

Episode 189 – Threadbare Culture: When the Corporate Soul Starts to Fray

https://www.biz-souls.com/episode189

Episode 188 – Scratch Glass and Climb Walls – Guest Success Edition!

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Episode 185 – Trust Us (No, really… Trust Us)

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Official Biz-Souls episode page (full archive):

https://biz-souls.com/episodes/BizSouls

Apple Podcasts page (latest episodes & links): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/biz-souls/id1617532413

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