After 60 episodes over five years, the 40 Lessons podcast returns for one final conversation. In this special retrospective, host Todd B. Waldo takes the guest seat as longtime friend and the show’s final guest, Marc Cheatham — founder of The Black Baseball Mixtape and The Cheats Movement — steps in as interviewer.

Together, they reflect on a decade of growth, the wisdom of past guests, and the road ahead as Todd prepares to turn the page from his 40s to his 50s.

To help close out the journey, several past guests return with something new: voice notes recorded this month after revisiting their episodes. Their reflections explore what those conversations meant then — and what they mean now, in the context of their lives today. Returning to the podcast are Sandi Cauley, Damon Jiggetts, Radiah Rhodes, Samaya Waldo, James Warren and Mike Watts.

This isn’t just a final episode. It’s a celebration of shared growth, full-circle moments, and the stories still unfolding.

(00:00:00) Let’s close the book!

(00:19:47) Guests return and reflect - Damon, Radiah and Samaya

(00:30:36) A decade of lessons on career and fatherhood

(00:43:37) More reflections from past guests Sandi, Mike and James

(00:57:11) Saying Yes, the hard things and what Dad would say

(01:17:00) The final lesson to choose the work to heal and be free

40 Lessons is a podcast about the lessons we've learned about family, career, community and the lessons we are still learning.

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