Surviving the Dream

Highly accredited, flight nurse, Sasha White, received her first Bachelor's Degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and her second Bachelor’s Degree (a competitive, accelerated nursing program) from the Metropolitan State University of Denver. She then took the National Registry to become an EMT. She has worked in Intensive Care Unit’s (ICUs) and Emergency Room’s (ERs) across the coun...

David Mellville co-founded Independent Shakespeare Co. with his wife Melissa Chalsma. In 2004 the company started producing outdoor shows which eventually became The Griffith Park Shakespeare Festival which plays to up 50,000 people annually and is now in its 21st year. As an actor, David has performed many roles for ISC including Hamlet, Richard III, Henry V, Macbeth, Iago, Titus Andronicus, Bott...

Victor Yerrid has been a puppeteer & voice artist for the Jim Henson Company, Sid & Marty Krofft, and The Walt Disney Company for almost thirty years. His work includes CRANK YANKERS, DARK CRYSTAL: AGE OF RESISTANCE, THE HANGOVER, FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL, TEAM AMERICA, MEN IN BLACK II, FARSCAPE: THE PEACEKEEPER WARS, ROBOT CHICKEN, FAMILY GUY, THE SIMPSONS, COMMUNITY, ANGEL, GREG THE BUN...

Dr. Mike McClenahan is a veterinarian at Studio City Animal Hospital and has extensive experience in private practice, consulting, and relief work. He’s also trained in communications and is known for his RACE-approved lecture, “The Use of Virtuous Humor in the Veterinary Clinical Setting.” Beyond his veterinary career, Dr. Mike is a seasoned stand-up comedian, performing at venues like The Comedy...

Jeff Conway is an Emmy-nominated TV Host and the top-viewed Hollywood interviewer at Forbes. His latest exclusive interviews that he books himself have included Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Costner, Julie Andrews, Kevin Hart, Kesha and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Jeff has paved his own original path in entertainment journalism, by asking his carefully crafted questions, which helps readers and...

Deborah Kagan is a Speaker, Author, Mentor, and Mojo Recovery Specialist supporting you in living a turned ON life. Her methods combine over 25 years of experience in personal development, metaphysical studies, and embodiment practices. She is the author of "Find Your ME Spot: 52 Ways to Reclaim Your Confidence, Feel Good in Your Own Skin and Live a Turned On Life," the creator of the Ro...

SUNANA is a dynamic UK DJ and production duo making waves across the international music scene. Composed of Sun and Ana, the London-based collective stands at the forefront of Tech House & Afro Latin influenced electronic music.  SUNANA are regularly supported by the world's top DJ’s including David Guetta, Don Diablo, KSHMR, R3HAB, Hardwell, Nicky Romero, Lost Frequencies and Steve Aoki,...

Jeff Siegel has been a practicing Internist for 25 years. Raised in NYC, he went to medical school at NYU and did post-graduate training at UCLA. He practiced in NY for years while being the Chief Privacy Officer in a Health IT startup. He came back to LA and has been working as an Internist with too many patients. When he is not looking at his Inbox with 150 new messages a day he can be found tra...

You asked and we listened!  Meet your hosts, Kacey Arnold and David Conolly.  Instead of interviewing someone else with a dream job, they interview each other in this special episode where they share more about their dreams and answer the questions they make everyone else answer!  Send us Fan Mail Special thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music. 

Named "LA's go-to Stylist” by the Los Angeles Times, “LA’s top Personal Stylist” by CBS LA, “LA's top Personal Shopper and Stylist” by Angeleno Magazine, “LAs Power Shopper” by Variety, Laurie Brucker Amerikaner of LaurieBStyle LLC, is all about Stylepowerment. A certified image consultant, motivational speaker, spokeswoman and author of the book “You are the Style”, Laurie brings o...

Andy Soboil has more than 45 year’s experience as a private yacht chef/ estate chef. His boat travels have taken him from Brazil to Alaska, Florida to Maine, The Bahamas, The Caribbean, The Gulf of Mexico and the Mediterranean, St. Thomas USVI to Martinique, French Guiana and a thousand miles up the Amazon to Manaus. Andy also worked with Saveur Magazine in Spain as the host of a cooking show “The...

Dr. Lois Frankel is the author of the bestselling business bible for women, “Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office” and other books in the "nice girls" series including, “Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich,” “Nice Girls Just Don’t Get It,” and the audio book, “Nice Girls Don’t Speak Up or Stand Out.” Lois is a pioneer in the field of executive coaching and an internationally sought-after ke...

After being very active in the Italian Pop, TV and instrumental music scene, drummer Gianluca Palmieri moved to Los Angeles, California, where he has been a member of the Drum Faculty at the MUSICIANS INSTITUTE Hollywood, CA since 2013. In 2007 Gianluca became the official drummer for guitar virtuoso GREG HOWE, and is the former drummer of Greg’s rock band MARAGOLD. He is now the official drummer...

Tom Caltabiano is an Emmy Award-winning writer and stand-up comedian. Caltabiano met fellow stand-up comedian, Ray Romano, in New York and frequently toured with him as Romano's opening act. Caltabiano eventually relocated to Los Angeles, and was a writer on "Everybody Loves Raymond" for the duration of the series (1996-2005) where he also lent his talents to warming up the audience...

Steve Clifton, is a winemaker who produced his first Palmina wines in the basement of his home in 1995. His career in the wine industry had begun in 1991 when he left his previous incarnations as a musician and nightclub entrepreneur behind and decided to beg his way into a tasting room position at Rancho Sisquoc winery. Little by little, he worked his way into the cellar and in time became the As...

For over twenty-five years, directors/producers Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine have jointly created critically-acclaimed multi-character documentary narratives that braid their characters’ individual personal stories to form a larger portrait of the human experience.  The dream has afforded them multiple awards and a sustainable lifestyle in San Francisco. In this episode, we learn about what inspi...

Matthew Picton & Claire Burbridge are two independent visual artists who happen to be married. Together they have raised a blended family in Oregon, while surviving on their creativity and dreams of making art. Their work is displayed all over the world. In this episode we learn what it really takes to survive their dream individually and how they survive as a family.  Send us Fan Mail Special...

John MacIness is an award-winning producer, writer and director working in movies, games, AR, VR and XR for the likes of Activision, HTC Vive, Verizon, Sony, Netflix and the US Department of Defense. John first gained recognition as a screenwriter, writing CALL OF DUTY, ADVANCED WARFARE, the biggest selling video game of 2014. This was following John receiving an Academy Nicholl Fellowship from th...

Actress and voice-over artist, Dina Sherman, has a range of voices all the way from children to old ladies, heroes and villians, sassy or sweet and everything in between. Dina has a passion and commitment to storytelling through portraying unique and authentic characters. She has voiced characters in shows, games, and commercials like Genshin Impact , Bleach , Biker Mice From Mars, Superman, Batma...

Adam Richardson has been a detective for 28 years. His childhood dream was to be a cop. In this podcast, Adam discusses some of the dangers he faced when going undercover drug gangs and how he survived his dream when the stakes were life and death. Send us Fan Mail Special thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music. 

Camilla Sacre-Dallerup is a former professional dancer who shone on STRICTLY COME DANCING and DANCING WITH THE STARS in the UK and NZ and is now a bestselling author ("It’s Not You, It’s Me," "Reinvent ME," & "Dream, Believe, Succeed”), a Life Coach and Hypnotherapist specializing in subconscious work through hypnosis and meditation, and the founder of the wellness bus...

James Frain is a highly successful actor, starring in movies and television shows on both sides of the Atlantic, such as ELIZABETH, HILARY & JACKIE, STAR TREK, TRUE BLOOD, GOTHAM and many more. Here, he talks about what it's like doing the job you love while balancing it with real life and living in a different culture. Send us Fan Mail Special thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show'...

Commercial airline pilot, Erika Hiddinga, is living the dream she's had since age 12, flying around the globe, seeing the world, having adventures, and sharing her more recent dream of fasciliating personal development by starting a coaching program for new pilots.  Send us Fan Mail Special thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music. 

Singer/Songwriter Carmen Sclafani (also known as Wiser Time), is not just a talented musician and music producer, he lives his whole life as art be it cooking, graphic design, home renovation, producing music, or playing an instrument, proving how necessary it is to survival to have many skills in the life of an artist.  Send us Fan Mail Special thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music....

Nick Compton got to the very top his field as an international cricketer.  Here, he opens up about the struggles of holding on to that childhood ambition and the sacrifices he had to make with his body and his mental health to maintain the dream.   Send us Fan Mail Special thanks to Wiser Time for providing the show's music.