This week I spoke to Andrew Dunn, the founder of Siempo about building tech to fight digital addiction, how the world will change because of equity crowdfunding, and the race to the bottom of the brain stem.Andrew Murray Dunn is an Oakland-ba

#97 - Brandon Kleinman - On founding multiple companies and the value of not knowing...

May 6th, 2019 58m 29s

I had the pleasure of sitting down at the home of Brandon Kleinman, founder of Laurel & Wolf and Vesta Home, about how he got his entrepreneurial start, how his 20s and 30s have differed, and why every little bit of experience along the way end

#96 - Shaina Conners - COO of Global Sisterhood on building global communities

Apr 25th, 2019 47m 51s

I interviewed Shaina Conners, COO of Global Sisterhood, about scaling a community, trusting her instincts, and moving cities. This is one of my favorite conversations in a long time. In talking to Shaina, it just really feels like she *gets i

#95 - Blonde Mambas (Amelia Baker & Mackenzie Munro) - On the next generation of content

Apr 12th, 2019 56m 34s

I set down with Amelia Baker and Mackenzie Munro, founders of Blonde Mamba. Frustrated with the quality and focus of content that was being made for teen and twenty-something audiences, Blonde Mamba was formed by a group of Gen Z creatives and

#94 - Veronika Dash - Trusting her instincts, career twists, and the necessity of good timing

Apr 2nd, 2019 45m 22s

This week I spoked to actor and influencer Veronika Dash about moving beyond the typecast, learning through mistakes, and the importance of timing. Veronika graduated, Magna Cum Laude, from the ‘School Of Dramatic Arts’ at the prestigious Uni

#93 - Michael Morgenstern - The Internet as a Stage, Pranking Sundance, and the Post-Truth World

Mar 4th, 2019 1h 1m

I sat down with filmmaker and thinker Michael Morgenstern to talk about his fascination with truth, the Internet, and how reality is becoming more and more warped each day. I found our discussion to be both terrifying and fascinating, but heari

Episode 92 - Jenna Hage-Hassan

Feb 14th, 2019 53m 16s

This week I spoke to Jenna Hage-Hassan of 4Thought Studios, an app development company based out of Detroit.Her and her team are working to change the narrative about digital technology and how it can benefit our lives, and are launching thei

Episode 91 - Matt Returns! Again!

Feb 8th, 2019 54m 23s

I had the wonderful pleasure of spending 36 hours with Matt last week, and brought along the microphones in case our conversation veered into documentable territory. We talk about his recovery and the ebbs and flows of feeling hopeful and hop

Episode 90 - Ahmed Baba (Rantt Media)

Jan 26th, 2019 54m 23s

Ahmed Baba never fails to put the news in context of the larger picture, and today was no exception. We unpack the Roger Stone indictment, the latest in the government shutdown saga, and then go through a rapid fire overview of the #TrumpRuss

Episode 89 - Cody Wheat

Jan 18th, 2019 55m 6s

One thing I love about interviewing people across such a wide spectrum is humans is that I get to learn about worlds that I would otherwise never explore. Today is no different. Cody Wheat is a Brand Ambassador for Sazerac, so basically his j

Episode 88 - Missy Modell

Jan 9th, 2019 39m 40s

Missy Modell is a creative in the most 2019 way possible. She writes songs for Netflix movies, advises brands who want to make an impact, and hosts her own digital TV show discussing taboo topics with other badass women. We sat down on her co

Episode 87 - Ben Brown (AYA)

Nov 30th, 2018 33m 32s

Ben Brown reached out to me over a year ago after hearing about the podcast and noticing the chance for collaboration. We chatted, and our shared vision for a future where young people had more of a role in policymaking was inspiring.A few mo

Episode 86 - Ben Lee (Rootstrap Radio)

Nov 21st, 2018 55m 39s

This is a little bit of a different episode. Ben Lee interviewed me for his podcast, Rootstrap Radio, and I had so much fun with it that we decided to run it on the MDS feed as well. We dug down deep into the world of podcasting, our crazy po

Episode 85 - Max Carver

Nov 6th, 2018 55m 12s

I interviewed Max Carver a few weeks ago and had my first ever technical difficulty. The interview got erased, and I called him apologetically asking for more of his time. So you’re hearing round two, which I thoroughly enjoyed. We talk polit

Episode 84 - Radha Agrawal

Oct 31st, 2018 43m 10s

I had the pleasure of interviewing Radha Agrawal last year over the interwebs about the incredible community she's built with Daybreaker. Fast forward to now, she's now written Belong: Find Your People, Create Community, and Live a More Connect

Episode 83 - Britt Basel (Ecothropic)

Oct 25th, 2018 1h 2m

I spoke to Britt Basel about her work helping sustain and preserve indigenous communities around the world, the work she's done in Mexico bringing clean water to remote communities, and the time she's spent with National Geographic leading phot

Episode 82 - Chris Wichert & Johannes Quodt (Koio)

Oct 16th, 2018 20m 23s

I visited the Koio founders Chris and Johannes at their new Abbot Kinney store and learned about how why they started a shoe company and what's made it successful. We had to be out in the wild for this one, and even got kicked off a lawn at one

Episode 81 - Fabrice Gautier

Oct 9th, 2018 44m 41s

This week I talked to performance coach Fabrice Gautier about working with NBA players, how generations of high-performing athletes differ, and why mental health is just as important as physical health.

Episode 80 - Taylor Sharp (Hoops Africa)

Oct 1st, 2018 44m 11s

This week I spoke to Taylor Sharp, who directed an amazing new documentary called Hoops Africa, a collection of stories celebrating the growth of basketball on the African continent. We talked about our shared love of the continent, how he came

Episode 79 - Leah V

Sep 19th, 2018 46m 12s

Leah V. is a plus-size hijabi model, body-positive activist, and freelance writer. While attending her master’s program, she started to blog because she had gone through several eating disorders and was tired of sucking her stomach in while in

Episode 78 - Ahmed Baba (Rantt Media)

Sep 15th, 2018 50m 6s

In light of another crazy week in Trump’s America, and today’s news that Paul Manafort is cooperating with Special Counsel Mueller’s probe, I had to get my buddy Ahmed Baba from Rantt back on the pod to help unpack these developments and put th

Episode 77 - Arshiya Kherani (Sukoon)

Sep 12th, 2018 50m 59s

This week I spoke to Founder and CEO of Sukoon, Arshiya Kherani, about why she decided to create a line of modest activewear, what wearing the hijab means to her as a practicing Muslim, and the breadth of her experiences as a female entrepreneu

Episode 76 - Christopher Rivas

Aug 30th, 2018 49m 44s

This week I talked with Christopher Rivas about his obsession with storytelling, our shared distaste for social media in the context of it being more necessary than ever to curate a "personal brand," and why he stayed in Windsor Castle this sum

Episode 75 - Alex Calle

Aug 22nd, 2018 41m 18s

This week I spoke to CEO of Entertainment Design Corporation, Alex Calle about how the theme park industry is innovating, how his single mom used community theater in place of finding a babysitter, and the time his company built two dancing cra

Episode 74 - Tommy Herd (T1 Advertising)

Aug 8th, 2018 45m 52s

I spoke to T1 Advertising CEO Tommy Herd about the necessity of failure, the joy that comes from your internal vision for life matching your external manifestations, and how he builds a trajectory architecture for his brand clients.