David Meltzer is the co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and the former CEO of the Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which served as the inspiration for the movie “Jerry Maguire.” His life’s mission is to empower over one billion people to be happy, a simple-yet-powerful mission that has led him on an incredible journey to provide one thing: Value. What Brett asks: [01:37] Can you tell us about what jumps out from your childhood? [09:32] How did your relationship with your environm...
Aug 17, 2020•56 min•Ep. 32
Yohannan Terrell, otherwise known as Yogi, is an award-winning marketing professional. He excels in developing and implementing impactful campaigns and strategies built for success. A graduate of The Ohio State University, Yogi has used his education in psychology to apply to his understanding of perception and human behavior as it relates to engagement. This has translated into multiple awards for innovation and impact in the branding industry. His experience overcoming the limitations of his u...
Aug 10, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 31
Lindsay Stencel has been in venture capital for nearly 15 years. She is a partner at Thompson Hine running the VC and merging companies group in Columbus, Ohio, where she focuses on growing venture capital and increasing capital access, generally for entrepreneurs across the midwest. She worked her way up the ranks to become one of the first female venture capital partners in the state of Ohio. After a traumatic experience in her childhood, Lindsay leaned into overachievement to distract herself...
Aug 03, 2020•52 min•Ep. 30
Ken Jordan is the co-founder and editorial director of Lucid News. In 2007, he co-founded the consciousness network Evolver and it’s online journal, Reality Sandwich, which he edited until 2019. At Evolver, he produced podcasts, live events, and online courses with many of the leading figures of the psychedelic movement, and in 2016, Ken co-founded the companies botanical dispensary The Alchemist Kitchen in Manhattan. From a childhood steeped with political activism and culture to an adult life ...
Jul 27, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 29
Kim White is a track athlete who had won national and international titles, and he was training for selection in the 1992 Australian Olympic team when he noticed that, despite every other factor in his training and regimen being controlled, his performance could change depending on the hotel room he slept in the night before the race. He realized that the environment could have a positive or negative impact on his race performance. As a kid, he always loved gradual improvement, but when he start...
Jul 20, 2020•47 min•Ep. 28
Bob Roth is one of the most experienced and sought after meditation teachers in the US. For nearly 50 years, Bob has taught transcendental meditation to many, many thousands of people. He’s the author of the New York Times bestseller “Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation” and the CEO of the David Lynch Foundation, a global non-profit which has taught meditation to more than one million at risk adults and youth in 35 countries. When he saw Robert Kennedy speak at the Civi...
Jul 13, 2020•55 min•Ep. 27
Juan Alvarez teaches conscious leaders how to gain control over their emotional state so they can lead with intention and peace, bringing trust and prosperity to their organizations. A former executive and entrepreneur of over 20 years, Juan is also a certified professional coach through the Institute of Professional Excellence in Coaching. He shares the story of his childhood growing up in Spain, his dream of becoming a guide, and how he achieved that dream in an unexpected way. What Brett asks...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 26
Jeni Britton Bauer is a modern-day Willy Wonka. She’s the founder and chief creative officer of Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, a multi-channel retailer with dozens of company-owned scoop shops across the country, a robust eCommerce presence, and distribution in top groceries across the country. As her title implies, she views running a business as an act of constant creating — and her life experiences primed her for creation. Entrepreneurship is building your own world, and Jeni’s job is creating t...
Jun 29, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 25
Jim Obergefell is the named plaintiff from the landmark United States Supreme Court marriage equality case, Obergefell v. Hodges. Following the decision on June 26th, 2016, Jim embraced a new career as an LGBTQ+ activist. Merging a love of wine with the fight for equality, Jim co-founded Equality Vines, the world’s first cause-based wine label, to support organizations devoted to civil rights and equality for all. Jim also co-authored the book “Love Wins” with pulitzer-prize winning investigativ...
Jun 22, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 24
Austin Smith just graduated in the class of 2020 from Bexley High School. He will be attending Ohio State University this fall to study biology and Spanish with a focus on pre-med. He’s also passionate about investing, specifically in stocks and real estate. This summer he plans to intern to learn more about the medical field. During these past few weeks, he’s been involved with numerous peaceful protests in downtown Columbus. Going to these protests made Austin feel like people were there for h...
Jun 15, 2020•58 min•Ep. 23
In light of the worldwide protests against police violence and in support of Black Lives Matters, we wanted to get in touch with Tanisha Robinson to elaborate on the interview that we recorded weeks earlier. We ask her: How do we take better action — the right action — and learn to do better when it comes to issues of racial injustice? Much of that starts with asking the right questions. These are troubling times, but this is not a new fight. These are problems that America has faced since its i...
Jun 08, 2020•31 min
Tanisha Robinson has truly led a wonderful life, doing everything from being an Army linguist to advocating for women’s rights in Syria to building the BrewDog USA division from scratch, as well as founding a number of startups. Tanisha’s latest venture is W*nder, which is carving out its space as a CBD beverage company, an industry that is likely to grow a lot in the coming years. But more than just building a successful business, Tanisha builds impactful businesses — and if there is one indust...
Jun 08, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 22
David Schottenstein has an intuitive ability to go after his goals without letting a fear of failure get in the way. As impressive as his bio is — he founded the fastest-growing custom clothing company in the United States, Astor and Black, at the age of 21; co-founded Viewabill in 2012; and today runs luxury eyewear company Privé Revaux — it would be much longer if it included all of his failures. David believes that, in order to acknowledge all of the successes someone has achieved, we also ne...
May 26, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 21
Doug Ulman has dealt with several crises in his life, but his upbringing has led him to approach those with the perspective that anything is possible. As a three-time survivor of cancer, that perspective has not only served him well — it’s been proven out time and time again. After overcoming chondrosarcoma during his sophomore year of college and malignant melanoma twice since, Doug and his family founded the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults, a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting, ...
May 19, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 20
Kenny Sipes is a former youth pastor who was struck with the dire need for freedom, water, and food he saw during his mission work. So, he decided to take action. Kenny created The Roosevelt Coffeehouse to mobilize justice through an everyday experience, and he’s given over $125,000 to date. He is also expanding the business to include Roosevelt Coffee Roasters as a way of reducing costs, increasing sales, and maximizing profits so that they can impact even more lives. We’ve talked a lot about c...
May 11, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 19
Chad Silverstein is living proof that you can succeed in business AND do right by the people you work with and the people you serve, regardless of your industry. Chad has worked in the Collections industry for 22 years, and in that time, he has developed and refined his personal philosophy — a philosophy based on the principles of purpose, responsibility, kindness, and love — and integrated them into his day-to-day operations and interactions with clients, teammates, and his community. Chad’s ph...
Apr 27, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 18
We are currently living through one of the largest community experiences that will ever take place in our lifetime. Columbus has done an incredible job of reacting to the demands of the community as we deal with the coronavirus pandemic — and that is in no small part due to the leadership of the city government, and the leadership of the private sector. So, today, we’re going to get to know one of the people leading this city right now, City Council President Shannon Hardin, and explore how he’s...
Apr 13, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 17
When Calvin Cooper was 30 years old, even though he had achieved a lot in his career, he still struggled to save up a down payment for a home. He realized this was a serious problem not just for him but for the country at large — but it also presented an opportunity. Today, he is the co-founder and CEO of Rhove, a financial technology company founded on the belief that everyone has the right to invest in their home. The Rhove app provides loyalty rewards to renters that expand access and opportu...
Apr 06, 2020•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 16
Amy Lee has been studying consciousness and holistic health for over 20 years. She currently works as a professional analyst and guide, certified through Human Design America and the Human Design School. Growing up, Amy saw people modeling adaptation as a way of living — so she followed suit. Rather than cutting out a life for herself, she learned to do her best to fit in and grow into the circumstances that presented themselves. It wasn’t until she was about to graduate college that she realize...
Mar 16, 2020•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 15
Wolf Starr is focused on connecting resources to meet needs within the entrepreneurial community. His goal is to create opportunities and relationships for organizations our community feels passionate about. One theme that has always been true for Wolf’s life is a drive to improve the community that he lives in and provide opportunities for others. He has taken all of the experiences from his life — from the neighborhood he grew up in to the observations he made around local businesses — and use...
Mar 09, 2020•49 min•Ep. 14
Meghna Mahambrey is an award-winning instructor and Ph.D. candidate who studies, teaches, and conducts research on all things romance and sex. Early in her career, Meghna wondered why nobody else seemed to be asking the questions she had around relationships and sexuality. So she spent years getting the answers, and now she helps others bridge the gap between research and real-life through SPARK Relationship & Sexuality Workshops, educating the community on matters close to their hearts (and...
Mar 02, 2020•56 min•Ep. 13
Chris Olsen built a career investing in emerging technology and healthcare companies before founding Drive Capital , a Columbus based venture capital firm that believes the Midwest is the best place in the world to build great technology companies. As a kid, Chris was always singular-minded—he wanted independence, his own bank account, everything. For him, money was freedom, and that was important. That drive to be free to express himself in whatever it was that he did has been his primary motiv...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 12
Hakim Callwood is a 26-year old freelance illustrator/designer from Columbus, Ohio. His work ranges from painting, animation, and teaching. His long-term goal is to create self-sustaining, educational, and hands-on visual art workspaces. Hakim shares how he came to be the successful artist he is today, how art as a business came naturally to him, and how self-compassion and staying humble have taken him far in life. What Brett asks: [04:21] What was the family dynamic you grew up in? [08:12] Whe...
Feb 17, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 11
Hernan Giraldo is the VP of Customer Experiences at Bark, our first tenant at Gravity. He was born in Miami Beach, Florida (before it was cool), where he lived until he was 9. But seven days after he was born, he lost his father unexpectedly, which left a single mother to raise him and his 4-year-old sibling. She became an influential role model for him and she eventually remarried, and the man he now calls father set a great example of work ethic and honorable characteristics. Hernan’s upbringi...
Feb 10, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 10
Mandi Caskey is a muralist, gallery artist, and community activist. The story Mandi shares is a lesson for all who consider themselves outcasts or loners about finding the support you need, learning that it’s okay to be different and disruptive, and the impact you can make from seeing the world — and sharing your view of the world — differently. What Brett asks: [4:35] Can you tell me a little bit about your upbringing? [7:35] You started more with drawing. When did you start expanding your artw...
Feb 03, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 9
Sam Baddoo, co-founder of [re]start, is just a kid from Accra, Ghana, who ended up in Columbus, Ohio. His upbringing was strict, but very full, and he was exposed to a world beyond his own when he was very young. He grew up looking at people who are changing the world and wanted to be connected to that philosophy of wanting to do things differently, and he yearned to grow past his surroundings to join those like-minded people. We explore how the adversity of his childhood and hazing in school sh...
Jan 27, 2020•1 hr 23 min•Ep. 8
Dr. Melanie Corn, President of the Columbus College of Art & Design, shares the story of breaking the mold in your family, your community, your society, and yourself. We explore how our childhood experiences shape us — the good and the bad — and what schools can do to better support children today, especially when it comes to mental health. What Brett asks: [9:10] It sounds like you had an almost idealistic childhood. Is that fair? [17:10] Did the end-of-the-world nuclear war messaging seep ...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 7
Anela Lineham, co-founder of Human Garage, shares how going through the Bosnian War and an abusive relationship helped her develop a unique and practical approach to spirituality, and how she’s sharing those lessons with others through Human Garage. What Brett asks: [1:50] What is your role with Human Garage? [5:50] How old were you when the war in Bosnia started? [8:20] What were your plans before the war? [11:30] How were you able to keep an optimistic and strong mindset through the war? [14:2...
Jan 13, 2020•51 min•Ep. 6
Garry Lineham, co-founder of Human Garage, shares how he developed his iterative approach to treatment, why so many of us are sick, how the body is all connected as one, and why he is planning to stop treating individuals so that he can start teaching the masses how to heal themselves. What Brett asks: [7:20] Tell us about your early memories, before you were in pain. [10:15] How were you “managing your dysfunction?” [18:50] Let’s talk about the medical system that has been one of your biggest c...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 5
Josh Trent, founder of Wellness Force Media and host of Wellness Force Radio , has gone through a lot in his life — like every one of us — but he’s also done the work to acknowledge his trauma and make it work for him, which is a step that we can all benefit from but not a lot of us are willing to or know how to take. Luckily, Josh has a knack for breaking this stuff down and making the choice to change feel accessible. It isn’t easy. It will require you to live more intentionally and consciousl...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 4
