Meet the Host
Midge Purce
Gotham FC Champion
Midge Purce is a star forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the U.S. Women's National Team and a multi-hyphenate athlete and entrepreneur. A Harvard graduate, she serves as the youngest member of Harvard University's Board of Overseers, the institution's second-highest elected governing body.
She was part of the U.S. Women's National Team player leadership that successfully negotiated the landmark 2022 gender discrimination settlement, helping deliver historic, precedent-setting equal pay in U.S. Soccer. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Purce serves as CEO and founder of The Offseason Inc., a culture-shaping, athlete-driven women's sports platform and docuseries that redefines how women athletes' stories are told globally.
Midge Purce
Gotham FC Champion
Midge Purce is a star forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the U.S. Women's National Team and a multi-hyphenate athlete and entrepreneur. A Harvard graduate, she serves as the youngest member of Harvard University's Board of Overseers, the institution's second-highest elected governing body.
She was part of the U.S. Women's National Team player leadership that successfully negotiated the landmark 2022 gender discrimination settlement, helping deliver historic, precedent-setting equal pay in U.S. Soccer. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Purce serves as CEO and founder of The Offseason Inc., a culture-shaping, athlete-driven women's sports platform and docuseries that redefines how women athletes' stories are told globally.
Midge Purce is a star forward for NJ/NY Gotham FC and the U.S. Women's National Team and a multi-hyphenate athlete and entrepreneur. A Harvard graduate, she serves as the youngest member of Harvard University's Board of Overseers, the institution's second-highest elected governing body.
She was part of the U.S. Women's National Team player leadership that successfully negotiated the landmark 2022 gender discrimination settlement, helping deliver historic, precedent-setting equal pay in U.S. Soccer. Named to Forbes 30 Under 30, Purce serves as CEO and founder of The Offseason Inc., a culture-shaping, athlete-driven women's sports platform and docuseries that redefines how women athletes' stories are told globally.
Steven Kotler
High Performance Expert
Steven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. The author of fifteen books, including eleven bestsellers, Kotler's work has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations, been translated into over 80 languages, and appeared in over 100 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, TIME, and the Harvard Business Review.
His bestseller, Stealing Fire, was named Best Business Book of the Year by both CNBC and Strategy + Business, and has been partially credited with sparking today’s psychedelic renaissance. His other books—The Art of Impossible, The Rise of Superman and Gnar Country—are considered foundational texts in the field of performance neuroscience.
Steven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, a serial entrepreneur, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. The author of fifteen books, including eleven bestsellers, Kotler's work has earned three Pulitzer Prize nominations, been translated into over 80 languages, and appeared in over 100 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, TIME, and the Harvard Business Review.
His bestseller, Stealing Fire, was named Best Business Book of the Year by both CNBC and Strategy + Business, and has been partially credited with sparking today’s psychedelic renaissance. His other books—The Art of Impossible, The Rise of Superman and Gnar Country—are considered foundational texts in the field of performance neuroscience.