As his first new release in six years since his former critically-acclaimed album, Martin Sexton's latest EP titled 2020 Vision is a four-song collection that snapshots moments of clarity during the past year and beyond. Featuring John Mayer on guitar, his lead single from the release titled "Calling on America" was praised by Relix as being "a vivid, varied look at life during the quarantine." CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.martinsexton.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/martinsexton Spotify: http...
Oct 12, 2021•44 min
Recently named by Variety as one of their "10 Comics to Watch for 2021", Josh Johnson is a decorated stand-up comic and Daily Show staff writer. Alongside his writing, touring, and his recently released 33-track mixtape, Josh has shared with the world just over fifty episodes to date on his podcast, The Josh Johnson Show, where he has freeform conversations about life, love, and comedy with his friend and fellow comedian Logan Nielsen. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.joshjohnsoncomedy.com IG: https...
Oct 05, 2021•55 min
After selling more than a million records, generating over a billion streams, and landing more than 150 sync placements across film, television, and commercials, internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Joshua Radin has just recently released his 9th full-length album titled The Ghost and the Wall. Beyond selling out headline shows on four different continents, he’s performed alongside some of the most globally-respected artists and remains a committed philanthropist. CONNECT FURTHER: https:/...
Sep 28, 2021•59 min
In 1991, Tobias Tubbs was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death (Life Without the Possibility of Parole) as a youth offender. He then spent three decades within some of the most dangerous and inhumane prisons that California has to offer, where he not only survived these years, but thrived through his adoption of Loving-Kindness Mindful Practice. Due to Tobias's incredible healing work with thousands of prisoners and staff during a 28-year period, as well as his profound advocacy to termin...
Sep 21, 2021•52 min
Surprise! As you know, we’re taking a short production break for two weeks, so as a surprise bonus, enjoy this impromptu side-conversation that happened after the camera stopped rolling after Michael and Sara’s conversation with Kathryn and Kate a few weeks back… HAPPY FRIDAY, SOULROCKERS! NEW album Follow Your Heart: https://orcd.co/followyourheart Keep in touch with Michael online: https://michaelfranti.com The Stay Human podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts: https://stayhumanp...
Sep 10, 2021•9 min
Bomba Estéreo was founded in Colombia in 2006 by musician Simón Mejía and singer Li Saumet. Together, they created a unique project that would become one of the most attractive music groups in the world. Throughout his career, Simón has toured all over the world, playing the stages of some of the most prestigious music festivals, clubs, and venues, while also attracting millions of people to his eclectic avant-garde fusion of electronic and Caribbean sounds. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.bombaest...
Aug 31, 2021•41 min
Country-blues-rocker Frankie Ballard has received critical acclaim, including being selected by Rolling Stone as one of the 25 Best Country and Americana albums of 2016. With combined album sales of over 450,000 and over 150 million streams, Ballard continues to be a country music stand-out, mixing an American heartland rock sound with traditional country and blues. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.frankieballard.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/frankieballard Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/arti...
Aug 24, 2021•48 min
Kathryn Budig is an internationally-celebrated yoga teacher, author, storyteller, mythology buff, and mama to her two senior dogs. She is the author of Aim True and The Women’s Health Big Book of Yoga, and she founded The Inky Phoenix, an online book club for fellow lovers of story. Kathryn just launched her newest project Haus of Phoenix (on Union Fit), where she offers yoga, recipes, stories, and spontaneous transformation, and she co-hosts the Webby Award-nominated podcast Free Cookies with h...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Shannon Watts is the founder of the nation’s largest grassroots group fighting against gun violence, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. With over 6 million supporters and a chapter in every state, Moms Demand Action and its partner, Everytown for Gun Safety, have stopped the NRA’s priority legislation in statehouses more than 90% of the time, passed hundreds of gun safety laws across the country, changed corporate policies, and educated Americans about secure gun storage. Watts is also...
Aug 10, 2021•30 min
RCA Nashville breakthrough recording artist Niko Moon kicked off 2021 by topping multiple charts with his Platinum-selling debut single “Good Time.” With more than 250 MILLION on-demand streams, “Good Time” helped catapult Niko to Number 1 on Billboard’s “Emerging Artists” chart. With FIVE songwriting Number 1 hits, Niko continues to turn heads and has been named an artist to watch by CMT, Amazon Music, MusicRow, and more. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.nikomoon.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/n...
Aug 03, 2021•56 min
Speech is the frontman of the 2-time GRAMMY Award-winning hip-hop collective Arrested Development, and he's received high acclaim from MTV, Rolling Stone, VH-1, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and many others. True trailblazers in the genre since 1991, Arrested Development have been cultural champions of consciousness and empowerment across the planet. Their representation of eclectic and vibrant African sounds and presence has produced a unique clash of rhythms and style that continues to contr...
Jul 27, 2021•52 min
Widely considered a feminist icon, GRAMMY winner Ani Di Franco has been called the mother of the DIY movement, being one of the first artists to create her own record label in 1990. While she has been known as the “Little Folksinger,” her music has embraced punk, funk, hip hop, jazz, soul, electronica, and more. Her most recent release titled Revolutionary Love received wide critical acclaim and was named one of 2021’s Most Anticipated Albums by both Pitchfork and Rolling Stone. CONNECT FURTHER:...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 3 min
As a founding member of the hip hop group The Sugarhill Gang, Master Gee has been penned as one of the godfathers of Hip Hop. With the first and most popular hip hop single of all time in 1979 called "Rappers Delight,” The Sugarhill Gang revolutionized the music industry. "Rappers Delight" was the first rap song to be played on the radio & TV, exposing millions of people to a new and exciting style of music. It sold 60,000 units daily in 1979 and today has over 100 million streams on Spotify...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 2 min
As a follow-up to a previous episode with Andrew DeAngelo of Last Prisoner Project, we’re taking a deeper dive into the amazing work this organization is doing with regard to cannabis criminal justice reform. Corvain Cooper and Evelyn LaChapelle were both formerly unjustly incarcerated themselves and are now through intervention, advocacy, and awareness dedicating their lives to help fight criminal injustice and to reimagine drug policy. LAST PRISONER PROJECT https://www.lastprisonerproject.org ...
Jun 29, 2021•55 min
Ray Johnston's story typically starts with a pivotal moment in 2004. While playing point guard for the Dallas Mavericks, he was diagnosed with leukemia and endured a two and a half month-long medically-induced coma. Since then, Ray has persevered by reigniting his passion for music, building a solid foundation based on melodies and lyrics that always seem to lean on the positive side of life. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.rayjohnstonband.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/rayjohnstonband Spotify: ...
Jun 22, 2021•50 min
Lori McKenna released her 12th studio album titled 'The Balladeer', produced by GRAMMY Award-winner Dave Cobb in July of 2020. She was a 2x nominee at the 2020 GRAMMYs, she received back-to-back GRAMMY awards in 2015 and 2016 for “Best Country Song," and at the same time, she was the first female songwriter to win back-to-back CMA Awards for Song of the Year. In 2017, McKenna’s record 'The Bird & The Rifle' was nominated for 3 GRAMMYs and 3 Americana Awards, and that same year, she became th...
Jun 15, 2021•54 min
Entrepreneur Ben Weiss founded the antioxidant beverage company Bai in his basement in 2009 and quickly built it into the fastest-growing brand in the industry. With Bai, Weiss led a “bevolution” against giant soda companies by delivering great-tasting drinks without mounds of sugar and artificial ingredients. Dr. Pepper Snapple Group acquired Bai in 2017 for $1.7 billion. Now Weiss is continuing his bevolution with Crook & Marker, the world’s first fully USDA Organic alcoholic beverage port...
Jun 08, 2021•53 min
Andrew DeAngelo is a visionary leader with a proven track record of enacting systemic social change and developing best practices in cannabis. As Co-Founder and Chairperson of the Board for the non-profit Last Prisoner Project, Andrew helps to fight criminal injustice and reimagine drug policy. Through intervention, advocacy, and awareness, the Last Prisoner Project battles the harms of unjust policies. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.andrewdeangelo.com https://www.lastprisonerproject.org IG: https...
May 25, 2021•43 min
Laura Hutfless is a Co-Founder of FlyteVu, a Nashville based full-service entertainment marketing agency founded in 2015 that connects brands to consumers through compelling storytelling, unparalleled experiences, and the power of pop culture. After experiencing the unexpected loss of a loved one due to substance abuse as a result of trauma, Laura’s philanthropic efforts focused on mental health, substance abuse disorder, addiction, and trauma. Together with The Onsite Foundation, Laura helped d...
May 18, 2021•42 min
Dave Morin is a multifaceted entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. His early career was at Apple, and he then went on to work for Mark Zukerberg at Facebook as one of the original 200 employees (employee #29!) that co-created the Facebook Platform and Facebook Connect. He built his own social media platform called Path after that (which he has since sold) and founded a venture capital firm called Offline Ventures. Morin serves as Chairman of the Esalen Institute, the leading center for exp...
May 11, 2021•57 min
As a frontman of the band Guster and Co-Executive Director of REVERB, Adam has rallied his fellow musicians and their millions of fans to take action toward a better future for people and the planet at concerts and beyond. REVERB partners with major musicians like Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, Harry Styles, Fleetwood Mac, Dead & Company, John Mayer, P!NK, Maroon 5 and many others to reduce the environmental footprint of concerts while engaging and empowering fans to take a...
May 04, 2021•48 min
Old Dominion has emerged as one of the hottest breaking bands out of Nashville, fusing clever lyrics and an infectious sound. Their lyrical wit and hook heavy songwriting has certainly proved a winning method: since breaking onto the music scene in 2014, the band has notched eight No. 1 singles at country radio, surpassed one billion on-demand streams, earned several Platinum and Gold single certifications and headlined arenas and amphitheaters around the globe. CONNECT FURTHER: https://www.wear...
Apr 20, 2021•48 min
Maneet Chauhan is an award-winning chef, author, television personality and founding partner and president of Morph Hospitality Group in Nashville, Tennessee. She is a recipient of the 2012 James Beard Foundation Broadcast Media Award for her role as a permanent judge on Food Network’s 'Chopped.' Chauhan is the author of two cookbooks, 'Flavors of My World' and her most recent, 'Chaat: The Best Recipes from the Kitchens, Markets, and Railways of India', which was released in October 2020. Chaat ...
Apr 06, 2021•41 min
While touring alongside artists such as John Mayer and Dave Matthews Band, David Ryan Harris has released six solo albums and has co-written with the likes of Guy Sebastian and Lupe Fiasco (“Battle Scars”), James Bay, Phillip Phillips (“Collateral”), Tedeschi Trucks Band (“Revelator”), Marc Broussard (“Carencro”), Hunter Hayes, Lady A, The Shadowboxers, Hootie and the Blowfish, Gary Clark Jr., and more. He is a songwriter, producer, singer, and musician with studios in both Los Angeles and Nashv...
Mar 30, 2021•52 min
In Part 2 of their conversation, Jeff and Michael go beyond the surface and take a deeper dive into ‘The Social Dilemma’. Jeff Orlowski’s latest film ‘The Social Dilemma’ had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was penned as the #2 most watched documentary on Netflix, reaching 38 million households in 28 days! He is also the director, producer, and cinematographer of the award-winning films ‘Chasing Coral’ and ‘Chasing Ice’. ‘Chasing Coral‘ received the US Documentary ...
Mar 23, 2021•43 min
Jeff Orlowski’s latest film ‘The Social Dilemma’ had its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was penned as the #2 most watched documentary on Netflix, reaching 38 million households in 28 days! He is also the director, producer, and cinematographer of the award-winning films ‘Chasing Coral’ and ‘Chasing Ice’. ‘Chasing Coral‘ received the US Documentary Audience Award at Sundance in 2017. ‘Chasing Ice’ received the Documentary Cinematography award at Sundance in 2012 and ...
Mar 16, 2021•42 min
Growing up poor with a single mom as Latino immigrants left Lovelace with a burning desire to create wealth and do good. As a result, he is a 5x serial entrepreneur and investor, focused on social impact at scale (people, planet + profit). Lovelace is the Founder of Thrive Market (providing organic groceries online at wholesale prices), which has raised 200M+, has millions of users, has over 600 employees in four years, and is the first e-commerce company to go zero-waste from distribution cente...
Mar 09, 2021•39 min
From the farm to the factory to our closets, we all have an opportunity to create positive change through clothing. Start asking questions about your clothes in the same way you ask about the food you eat, and you can help fundamentally change the way clothing is made. Since 2010, prAna has taken a grassroots approach to reduce plastic in their packaging. As the first apparel brand to sign on with Fair Trade USA, prAna is able to pay a premium directly to the workers on every manufactured good. ...
Mar 02, 2021•43 min
Maggie Rose is an Emmy award-winning songwriter and Nashville recording artist originally hailing from Potomac, Maryland. She has toured with Kelly Clarkson, Heart, Joan Jett, Sheryl Crow, and more. She has performed at the Grand Ole Opry over 75 times, as well as Bonnaroo, CMA Music Fest, Bourbon and Beyond, AmericanaFest, and the list goes on. Her 2018 album ‘Change The Whole Thing’ was named by Rolling Stone as one of the best albums of the year. Check out Maggie’s own podcast ‘Salute The Son...
Feb 23, 2021•40 min
Selema Masekela is a beloved commentator, journalist, host, and Emmy-nominated producer best known for his work across VICE, E!, ESPN/ABC, Nat Geo, Red Bull Media House, and beyond. A relentlessly curious narrator of the human experience, he thrives as a Black man who has historically been ‘the only’ in the spaces of action sports and entertainment. The son of South African jazz legend and activist Hugh Masekela, Selema‘s roots are as South African as they are New York City and San Diego. With l...
Feb 09, 2021•53 min
