Hear ye, hear ye! Order in the podcast!

That’s right—he’s back on the bench, and the Biz-Soul mic, and bringing much-needed wisdom and wit to the wild world of leadership.

As you know, Judge Daren Margolin isn’t just any judge—he’s a retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, a former Staff Judge Advocate for Generals Jim Mattis and Dave Berger, and a man who’s handled everything from immigration cases to full-blown felony trials to 10,000 fresh-faced Marine recruits (talk about courtroom and combat readiness). Semper Fi, indeed.

Oh, and did we mention he built one of the most efficient immigration courts in the country from scratch? That’s right. 28,000+ cases a year, no excuses.

This episode, we bring Judge Margolin back for a deep dive into what it really takes to be a positive leader when the pressure’s on—from the battlefield to the bureaucratic backlog. He’s talking values, accountability, and calling people in—not out—to do what’s right.

Whether you're leading a team, a nation, or just trying to lead your Monday meetings without losing your cool, you need to hear this.

Tune in to Biz-Souls. Because leadership doesn’t have to be loud - it has to be real.

There’s madness going on around the country—and especially in California—when it comes to immigration. Depending on which news channel you watch, it’s either a crisis, a circus, or both.

And who do our Biz-Souls hosts Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler call when the headlines get hysterical and you can’t sort facts from fabrication?

Judge Daren Margolin.

That’s right. The man’s been on Newsmax, and now he’s stepped up in the world—to the Biz-Souls Podcast. Talk about career highs!

Daren Margolin isn’t just any judge. He’s a retired U.S. Marine Corps Colonel, a former Staff Judge Advocate for both General Jim Mattis and General Dave Berger, and a guy who’s presided over everything from immigration courts to felony trials to 10,000 new Marine recruits (talk about Semper Fi).

He recently served as Assistant Chief Immigration Judge for the Executive Office of Immigration Review, where he didn’t just run one of the busiest immigration courts in the country, he built from scratch! The Santa Ana Immigration Court, under his leadership, processed over 28,000 cases annually and was one of the top-performing courts in the country. That’s right, top-performing. We said it. We meant it.

And if that weren’t enough? He supervised dozens of judges (yes, judges need managing), ran courts at multiple locations during a pandemic, and somehow kept it all together while being bombarded with “urgent” memos from D.C. that had about as much relevance to real life as a screenplay rewrite of Gilligan’s Island.

From prosecuting gang members and war criminals to commanding emergency services at Quantico, to coordinating humanitarian efforts after a tsunami—Judge Margolin has done it all, and lived to tell the tale with humility, integrity, and a not-so-subtle side-eye for bureaucracy.

We’re talking:

• What really happens behind courtroom doors?

• What makes a Marine AND a good judge?

• And what kind of leadership actually works when the stakes are life-altering?

If you’ve ever wondered how a guy can keep his cool running a court full of type-A overachievers with legal authority and egos the size of California... Judge Margolin’s got stories for you.

Trust us—this episode is more than order in the court. It’s clarity in the chaos.

Tune in. Because anything’s better than leaving immigration reform up to Congress.

This week on Biz-Souls, we dive into the bold new world of human agency and digital autonomy with William (Bill) Welser IV, a man who shares coffee with goats on Thursdays and reshapes the future the rest of the week.

From his early career as a U.S. Air Force officer to building trailblazing teams at the RAND Corporation, to launching Lotic.ai, Bill has always had one mission: equip people with the power to shape their own stories through data, design.

Discover In this episode how your personal data, when owned and directed by you, becomes a tool for power not profit.

Explore the role of storytelling in personalizing technology and rebuilding trust in digital systems, and hear why the next wave of AI innovation must be rooted in ethics, empathy, and equity—and how it can help close socioeconomic gaps, not widen them.

Bill doesn’t just talk about tech, he talks about transformation. Whether he’s mapping ecosystems, future-casting industries, or helping behavioral scientists structure AI with soul, he brings a unique blend of heart, hope, and hardcore innovation to the conversation.

His Lotic Logic: You Deserve Better from Your Data!

Listen in because your future isn’t written by algorithms. It’s co-authored by you—if you take back the pen. Bill Welser IV shows us how.

Tune in now to Biz-Souls – where business meets humanity, and where data, dreams, and destiny converge.

Related Biz-Souls Episodes:

• Episode 126 – Complexity, Chaos, and Coffee: Systems Thinking with Michael Woudenberg

• Episode 132: The Future Is Fractal: Building Resilient Organizations

• Episode 135 – From War Rooms to Whiteboards: What the Military Taught Me About Business

• Episode 137 – Human Beings, Not Human Resources: A Tactical Guide to Empathy in Innovation

• Episode 140 – The Language of Systems: What You Say Changes What You Build

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