One of the world's best interviewers becomes the interviewee. We talk about being able to read a room, where to focus, how to make people feel comfortable and all the skills needed to be a great interviewer -- which is a skill that can be used in so many places. Josh Horowitz is a television and podcast host, writer, author, producer, and actor. He is a host for MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount+, and since 2014, the celebrity interview podcast Happy Sad Confused. He serves as a frequent moderator ...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Nicole Rechtszaid is a visionary livestreamer, digital marketer, and influencer management expert on a mission to enhance the human experience through the power of livestream and digital connection. With over 9 years of livestream experience across platforms such as Twitch, TikTok Live, Amazon Live, YouNow, and Instagram Live, Nicole has mastered the art of captivating audiences and forging meaningful connections in the digital realm. She and Jenny Woo created Ghost Agency which has solidified i...
Feb 29, 2024•57 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Guy Kawasaki needs very little introduction. He is the chief evangelist of Canva and previously the chief evangelist of Apple. He is an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley), and an adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales . His podcast Remarkable People is a must listen and the reason we connected here. His latest book Think Remarkable , which he wrote with producer Madisun Nuismer drops March 6th and is available for pre-order now....
Feb 27, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Tiffany Yu is the CEO & Founder of Diversability , an award-winning entirely disabled-run and led social enterprise to elevate disability pride. She has been named a TikTok API (Asian & Pacific Islander) Trailblazer, a LinkedIn Top Voice in Disability Advocacy, and a Well+Good Changemaker. Her first book, The Anti-Ableist Manifesto , is available for pre-order now. Tiffany has helped to invest over $170,000 in disability initiatives through the Awesome Foundation Disability Chapter and t...
Feb 22, 2024•47 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Touré is the host and Creative Director at TheGrio. He is a TV host, a podcaster, and the author of eight books including The Ivy League Counterfeiter and the Prince oral history Nothing Compares 2 U. He is the host and writer of the podcast docuseries “ Being Black: the 80s ” and “ Star Stories with Tourè. ” He is also the host of the podcast “Toure Show” and the creator and host of “Who Was Prince?” a podcast docuseries exploring the life of Prince. He was the co-host of MSNBC’s The Cycle and ...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Michael Gewirtzman is the Global Vice President of Programming at Advertising Week . For over a decade, he has programmed and hosted events and broadcasts for organizations that have featured some of the world's most influential executives, celebrities, politicians, athletes, authors and thought leaders. Previously, Gewirtzman was the Founder and President of Vinyl Artist Management, where he managed the careers of internationally beloved, mainstream and independent artists....
Feb 13, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Hana Cha is a trailblazing real estate advisor and has become a transformative force in the US luxury real estate market over the past decade. As the founder of HANA ., she has left an indelible mark on projects exceeding $4 billion across the Americas, cementing her status as a luminary within the industry. In this episode we talk about why content is so important in real estate, why other famous brokers never stop selling and what it takes to stand out in a crowded market....
Feb 06, 2024•48 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Lee Woodruff is a media trainer and communications coach who works with clients in all industries and walks of life, from the CEOs of Fortune 100 companies to philanthropists and authors. What I absolutely enjoyed about this conversation, besides getting to talk about my chosen profession of comms, is the precision with which Lee gives advice. How to prepare, how to deliver an intentional pause. With that clarity and confidence it’s no fluke why some of the biggest names and business leaders tru...
Jan 30, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Meg Bear is a disruptive technologist. Change Agent. TEDster. Board Member. Investor. Coach. Wife + Mom. 1st gen college. 5th gen Bay Area. Previously she was Chief Product Officer for SAP SuccessFactors and a Vice President for Oracle. But in today’s episode we talk less about product and more about people, the changing nature of work and skills, glass ceilings in tech, lived experience, what you can learn and leverage from being an outsider in your field, sabbaticals, career transitions, and i...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Cyrene Quiamco, better known as CyreneQ , is a Filipino-American social media artist, influencer, author, and Augmented Reality Lens Creator. She gained recognition for her artistic creations on Snapchat, with her award-winning work being featured in notable publications such as Forbes, Fast Company, Business Insider, and more. And that’s just the beginning. CyreneQ is at the forefront of not only creating content but developing AR for platforms to make the platforms themselves better. The bigge...
Jan 16, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Meredith Goldberg-Morse is the Director of Social Impact for Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios at Paramount Global, where she develops storyline integrations and content-led impact campaigns across major brands including MTV, SHOWTIME, Comedy Central, Smithsonian Channel, and Paramount+. Meredith and MTV just won a Shorty Impact Award for Don’t Leave Me Behind : Stories of Young Ukrainian Survival....
Jan 09, 2024•43 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Monique Ruff-Bell has over 20 years’ experience within brand leadership, marketing, and events. As Head of Conferences for TED , she leads a dynamic team in the managing, planning and execution of TED’s flagship global conferences, TED Member events and virtual events. This includes product strategy, innovation of attendee experience, creative marketing techniques that draw in a diverse and curious community, as well as work with creatives and visionaries to dream up and enact revolutionary ways...
Jan 02, 2024•50 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Paola Velez is an award-winning chef and author. Food And Wine’s Best New Chef in 2021, James Beard nominated and rising as one of the best new chefs and personalities in food. Velez is the owner of Dōekï Dōekï (an Afro-Latin pop-up concept), founder of Small Orchids Inc (a media and marketing company) and co-founder of Bakers Against Racism – an organization that is “baking” the world a better place. We talk about her pandemic pop-up Doña Dona that kickstarted her philanthropy, some amazing men...
Dec 26, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Lauren Baker is the Senior Brand Manager for Engagement and Social Impact at Dove. She is also the lead for CROWN - a coalition to help advance anti-hair discrimination legislation. Fresh off a Shorty Award win for Dove’s collaboration with LinkedIn, Black Hair Is Professional , we discuss not only the importance of representation, being seen by a brand but the next logical and needed step in social impact, which is action. Go to The Crown Act to learn more and sign the petition....
Dec 19, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Tiffany Springle has the rare double gift of immediately grabbing your attention and then turning that attention into positive action. Tiffany is an actor, improviser, comedian, singer, writer, and host. As the host of the Shorty Award winning Roe V Bros , Tiffany uses humor and knowledge-sharing to motivate voter turnout and a thoughtful discussion regarding bodily autonomy. Regardless of the medium, Tiffany is motivated by work that is refreshing, new, and sparks thoughtful discussion. We chat...
Dec 12, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Today we discuss the Shorty Award winning Prepare for Misuse campaign from Brady, the Ad Council and McKinney - and why it was so important to tell the story from the perspective of a gun owner when trying to inspire change. Susan Lavington began working with Brady in 2017 and became Brady’s Chief Operating Officer in 2021. She oversees Brady’s strategic plan and leads Brady’s transformative efforts in the media and marketing space, which have ushered in significant budget, brand, and infrastruc...
Dec 05, 2023•51 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Yvette Nicole Brown is an Emmy-nominated actress, producer, writer and host and champion of kindness known to some as Shirley Bennett from Community and to many as one of the most active philanthropists in Hollywood. She proudly sits on the National Boards of Donors Choose (where she is Vice-Chair), EMILY's List, MPTF Next Gen and SAG-AFTRA. She has two films coming soon “Code 3” starring Rainn Wilson, Lil Rel Howery and Aimee Carrero and “K-Pops” written, starring and directed by Anderson.Paak....
Nov 28, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 32
As President & CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America , Artis Stevens takes the helm of the organization at a critical moment for our nation’s youth. As the first Black CEO in BBBSA’s 100+ year history, Artis sees this historic announcement as fuel to break more barriers. The son and grandson of preachers, he often shares, his calling for the past 25 years has focused on empowering young people. He previously served as Senior Vice President/Chief Marketing Officer for National 4-H Counci...
Nov 21, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Justin W. van Fleet, Ph.D is President of Theirworld and Executive Director of the Global Business Coalition for Education. Justin previously served as the Director of the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity and Chief of Staff to the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and prior to that as a Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education. On International Student’s Day we discuss his commitment to ending the global education cris...
Nov 16, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Ryan Serhant is a real estate broker, CEO, and founder of SERHANT ., a vertically-integrated mega brokerage comprising an in-house film studio, education arm, marketing division, and technology platform. He's also a bestselling author, producer, and star of Bravo's Million Dollar Listing New York and Sell It Like Serhant. His next project is coming to Netflix next year. But today we talk openly and candidly about leaving yourself open to luck and the wild story of how Ryan became the nation’s pr...
Nov 14, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Stephen Gay is an award-winning designer that has spent the last twenty-five years working on digital innovation around the globe, supporting teams across five continents including companies such as Google, Intuit and Motorola, as well as numerous successful startups. He wrote the graphic business novel Why Always Wins focused on empowering high performing teams. And is now the author of Night Owls, his debut science fiction series. He is a trained facilitator and certified career and creative c...
Nov 07, 2023•54 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Let’s Get Haunted is the reigning Shorty Award winner for Best Comedy Podcast and the 2021 winner for Podcast of the Year. It’s the only investigative journalism podcast about shit that may or may not have even happened in the first place. Hosts Aly Terry and Nat Strawn are rapidly ascending with a mix of well-timed comedy and tales about hauntings, aliens, urban legends, and unsolved mysteries. In this episode we share our personal hauntings, odd fears, thousand dollar ideas and more....
Oct 31, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Ranjana Choudhry is a VP Advertising and Social Media at Wakefern Food Corp (a $19 billion largest COOP in US), leading the development of marketing and digital content strategies. Vanshika and I dig into her current Shorty Award nominated work, her creative process, her advice for up-and-coming practitioners and more. With more than 25 years of experience as a global marketing and communications leader. She began her career with Grey Advertising, a global marketing communications agency. She re...
Oct 24, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Lance Fensterman is iconic when it comes to events. The Fanatics Events CEO, is leveraging 25+ years of entrepreneurial expertise to innovate within Fanatics, Inc., focusing on creating unforgettable live events for passionate sports fans and collectors. Producer Vanshika Chaturvedi and I sat down with him to discuss sports, events and tackling (pun intended) the biggest and most exciting challenge of his career. Lance’s career has centered on fostering fandom, nurturing communities, and driving...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Joey Clift is a comedian, TV writer, and enrolled Cowlitz Indian Tribal Member. Writing credits include Spirit Rangers on Netflix, New Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network and Molly of Denali on PBS. He created, wrote and directed the Comedy Central digital series " Gone Native " and his award winning short films have screened everywhere from Just For Laughs to The Smithsonian Museum....
Oct 10, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Dana Cowin is an award-winning tastemaker and innovator in media, food and branding. After 21 years as the Editor in Chief of Food & Wine magazine, she launched The Broadlies, an independent media company to promote less established voices in food, creativity and sustainability. Her current project is Feeding Broadly, the eaters guide to regenerative living.
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 23
We go behind-the-scenes of one of our absolute favorite documentaries this year with its Director and Executive Producer/former HQ employee. Salima Koroma is the Emmy Award winning director of Dreamland: The Burning of Black Wall Street, Bad Rap and now Glitch: The Rise & Fall of HQ Trivia. 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Her storytelling style is rooted in documentary journalism with work for Complex, Time Magazine and The Atlantic and she has quickly become a powerhouse in creating compelling docu...
Sep 26, 2023•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 22
We’re dropping this episode on the United Nation's International Day of Peace . A day that actor, filmmaker, activist, Jeremy Gilley set out to create in 1999 and achieved. Big ideas are hard. How he managed to pull this off is fascinating. But now nearly 25 years later we talk about what makes us optimistic, pessimistic and motivated about the world today. And there’s one quote from Jeremy late in the episode that is sticking with me. “If greed got us into this mess then maybe greed is what get...
Sep 21, 2023•42 min•Season 1Ep. 21
R “Ray” Wang is everywhere. Turn on a TV and you’ll see him regularly on CNBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business. Open an article and you’ll see him in the Wall Street Journal. He coined the term “Metaverse Economy.” He’s the most prolific analyst out there. But there’s a reason I wanted to talk to Ray today. There’s a crispness, a clarity to Ray’s outlook on anything but especially big tech. And as we navigate the economic, ethical and geopolitical waters of AI, there’s probably no one more succinct to m...
Sep 19, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
The interests of Adam Met PhD bridge music, sustainability, law, academia, policy, marketing, and technology. As the founder and Executive Director of Planet Reimagined , he leads a nonprofit that addresses climate change systems through media, academic research fellowships, and incentive-based initiatives. As the bassist for AJR, he has traveled the world on sold-out tours, achieved platinum certifications in numerous countries, and recorded a repertoire of music that has garnered more than 7 b...
Sep 12, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 19
