Pony Tales Podcast

Travis is a gold mine of stories, having sold ten summers! Asbury University in Kentucky might as well be famous for this man. Having recruited and trained the number one team in the world in 2010, Travis also sold a looot of books. Check out his awesome stories!

Jake and Aubrey sold for 3 and 1 summers, respectively, from Central Florida. They became engaged after meeting each other selling books - hear their story in one of our shorter episodes! Learn how they use their skillset in their careers today and notice just how good of a couple they are at building each other up...!!

Eliav sold for a decade on doors with SW and had a very interesting career at all levels of the world famous book company. His career of operating hot air balloons and creating automated chat bots relies heavily on his skills from knocking on doors. Tune in for some hilarious stories about overcoming negative newspaper PR, dealing with crazy prospects, and more!

Larry sold for 5 summers out of Georgia and has a great sense of humor and peculiarity about himself. Enjoy his fun stories!

Anthony had a very successful first of 2.5 summers back in 2017, so he is a recent alumnus who attempted to sell in 2019... Until he suffered a mini-stroke! Crazy adversity right there. He was in the first out-in-the-open gay relationship in SWA history, and his stories are super captivating! 

Steve recruited Josh and Andres back in 2012 during Steve's second summer. Steve and Josh full time recruited going into their 5th and 4th respective summers and have both gone into their own sales careers (that Steve in particular is passionate about). Most of this episode is a philosophical take on the SWA experience

Meredith sold for 5 summers out of Florida and had a special "celebrity appearance" in the summer of 2019 for a few weeks to "make a quick buck." Craziness! She's a rockstar with super fun stories and you won't want to miss it!

Sydney sold for 6.5 summers out of a number of colleges. She has a spicy take on her time with SWA and provides an entertaining episode about her time selling books

Sarah sold for 3 summers out of Central Florida and met her boyfriend Zach during their first summer in 2016. She now practices yoga and uses her SWA skillset with that to help those with mental health setbacks to believe in themselves. Great person with great stories from the bookfield!

Victoria sold for 7 summers out of Arizona State and spent most every summer hitting growth and leading organizations with successful first years and managers. This is a very high energy episode with a ton of great stories both on and off the bookfield!!

Phil sold for 4 summers out of Nebraska at Kearny leading organizations in New England every summer. His talent for making music is put on display at the start of this episode when he shares "Tell Me Yes," his parody of "I want it that way" by the Backstreet Boys. Shorter episode that ends with great energy - enjoy!

Brandon sold books for 7 summers out of Northern Iowa and was also the #1 First Year when he started with SWA in 2009. His new wife Amanda joins midway through the episode (with their dogs) and shares how they met after her first summer in 2013. Many crazy stories from all of the managing they both did together, including the last story of the episode where Brandon was arrested and put in jail whi...

Shane sold for 6 summers out of Nebraska and was a successful salesman and recruiter with SWA. Finishing his first summer as the #1 First Year and leading organizations for 5 summers, Shane has great stories about how he was successful with the company, while also sharing what he wishes happened during his experience.

Jeffrey sold books for 8 summers out of Colorado; his siblings and even his mother have all sold books and his stories are unlike most anyone who worked with Southwestern Book Company.