Alchemy Podcast with Doug Cartwright

Some conversations feel less like interviews and more like something that needed to happen. Doug and Bob Peck have been in each other's orbit for years — two guys who found their way to Ram Dass, Alan Watts, Christ, and Milarepa not through a single tradition but through a relentless hunger for what's actually true. In Episode 78, they finally sat down and went deep. Bob Peck, author of Or...

Misty Tripoli hasn't been back in 25 years. She and Doug are cousins who lost touch, reconnected through a peptide-induced vision and an Instagram follow, and sat down to talk about everything that happened in between. What happened in between is a lot. Bulimia for 16 years. A top fitness career in LA built entirely on a facade. One bong hit that collapsed the third dimension and sent her look...

In this deeply moving episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Rebecca Devine, a long-term glioblastoma survivor whose story completely reframes what it means to receive a terminal diagnosis. After losing her mother to the exact same form of brain cancer Doug was recently diagnosed with, Rebecca found herself years later facing the same disease, only this time, she chose a radically dif...

In this solo episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug shares the full story of the moment his life split in two. What started as a brutal headache turned into an ER visit, a scan they almost didn’t run, and a diagnosis that no one is ever prepared to hear: a massive brain tumor requiring immediate surgery. Doug walks through the raw, unfiltered reality of those first hours, waking up to his mom after...

In this powerful episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Josh Hardman for a conversation that feels less like an interview and more like two men comparing notes from the same storm. Both facing a glioblastoma diagnosis, they open up about what it actually feels like to hear the words that change everything. Josh shares the moment his wife confirmed his diagnosis, the emotional collapse...

In this deeply personal episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Carli Grampp for one of the most vulnerable conversations the show has ever had. With Doug recently diagnosed with brain cancer and Carli having endured her own battle with stage four cancer, the two explore what happens when life suddenly becomes fragile. Carli opens up about the emotional toll of treatment, the fear of l...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with world-renowned trauma expert and author Mastin Kipp for a deep dive into the intersection of neuroscience, emotional fitness, and personal evolution. This conversation strips away the "woo-woo" fluff of the self-help industry and focuses on the biological reality of change: your nervous system. Mastin breaks down why "slowing...

This isn’t a normal episode. Recently, I was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, a glioma. If I’m being honest, hearing the statistics puts things into perspective really fast. But at the same time, I’ve never lived my life as a statistic… and I’m not about to start now. What this has done more than anything is shift my perspective. Sitting in a hospital bed, facing my own mortality, I’ve had a l...

Krew Ericksen was 18 years old, dead broke, eating hot dog sandwiches, and completely alone in a market after his entire team quit mid-summer. He stayed anyway. That decision, more than any close rate or commission check, is the whole story. Eight summers later, Krew is loading 50 guys onto a bus to Maryland as the founder of the Coffee squad, a dad to baby Cozy, and one of the most genuinely fun...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast , Doug sits down with Kenny Cox, one of the most respected leaders in the door-to-door space, for a masterclass on leadership, standards, and what actually earns respect from a team. This conversation breaks down the harsh truth about leadership: you don’t earn the right to lead by title, you earn it by production. Kenny explains why the best managers are sti...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Kylee Fronk Allred, a 300-account Vivint rep and one of the top female salespeople in the history of door-to-door, for a conversation that moves far beyond close rates and commission checks into the deeper territory of identity, purpose, and what it actually means to do hard things on purpose. The episode covers the mental shifts required...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Adam Allred, a 23-year door-to-door sales veteran and co-founder of Ninefold, for a conversation that moves far beyond sales strategy into the deeper territory of identity, worthiness, and what it actually takes to become the best version of yourself. The episode digs into the psychology behind culture-building, the difference between cle...

In Episode 67 of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Dallas Lobato for one of the most raw and transformative conversations the show has had yet. What begins as a conversation about sales leadership quickly becomes a deeper exploration of grief, identity, responsibility, and the kind of internal transformation that can only come from walking through real loss. Dallas shares how the loss of hi...

In Episode 66 of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Alex Hall, one of the most influential women in the door-to-door industry, for a wide-ranging conversation about leadership, self-awareness, and what happens when you stop performing for love and start leading from wholeness. Alex's path into sales wasn't the typical one. A marine biology major who discovered climate change in colle...

In Episode 65 of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Talin Mortensen, Divisional at Moxie Pest Control, for a conversation about what it takes to fully capitalize on the door-to-door opportunity—and the mentors, mindset shifts, and hard lessons that got him there. Talin's path into sales started from rock bottom: a broke college shot putter at BYU, fresh off his mission, with borrowed mon...

In Episode 64 of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug sits down with Clayton Nelson for a powerful conversation about finding your path, taking massive risks, and discovering what you're really capable of. They start with the wild story of how they met at a meditation retreat where Clayton had no idea what door-to-door sales even was. What follows is a journey from college football ending with no clear n...

In Episode 63 of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug Cartwright reconnects with his former high school coach and mentor, Benjamin Ohai, for one of the most profound conversations in the show's history. What begins as a conversation about elite athletics transforms into an unforgettable exploration of consciousness, ego death, and what lies beyond. Ben shares his journey from growing up in primitive 1950...

In Episode 62 of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug Cartwright sits down with Steven Warner for a wide-ranging conversation about what really separates high performers in door to door sales and in leadership. We start with a story from Washington, DC that turns into a bigger theme: momentum matters, and energy is transferable. Steven breaks down the pressure of growing up in a family of killers in the indu...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, Doug Cartwright sits down with Kurt Henderson, CEO and managing partner of Sandlot Partners, for a conversation that starts with money but quickly becomes about the full picture of wealth. Kurt and Doug unpack how “real wealth” includes brotherhood, marriage, faith, health, and the habits that keep your life steady when things get chaotic. They share the ori...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, host Doug Cartwright sits down with Kaysen Stevens, Area Director at Kan Home and one of the top-performing solar door-to-door reps in the country. Kaysen shares how he got started in sales while still in high school, why he’s obsessed with staying on the doors, and the mindset shift that helped him go from 33 deals in year one to 98 deals in year two. They...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, host Doug Cartwright sits down with Corey Clark (aka The Sales Therapist ), Founder of The Collective and a licensed therapist working at the intersection of sales performance and emotional health. Together, they unpack why so many high performers secretly struggle with rejection, shame, avoidance, and identity confusion and how “mask-off” vulnerability, val...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, host Doug Cartwright sits down with Josh Crittenden, SVP of Sales at Vivint Smart Home. The conversation blends humor, nostalgia, and real behind-the-scenes strategy as Josh shares how he left a fast-track consulting career to jump into Vivint, purely on intuition and “energy.” From failed experiments (Best Buy + Sprint) to mastering compensation design, ada...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, host Doug Cartwright sits down with longtime friend and door-to-door legend Kevin “K-Swiss” Swiss, now Chief Marketing Officer at NuSun Power. They revisit the early Vivint days when culture, swag, and storytelling transformed door-to-door into a sport, and Kevin shares how those years shaped his philosophy on brand, leadership, and building companies that l...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, host Doug Cartwright sits down with coach and former CrossFit competitor Julian Gonzalez-Becerra to explore the inner game behind growth, spirituality, and performance. They dive into Julian’s journey from feeling awkward in his body to becoming a high-level CrossFit athlete and coach, and how a brutal burpee workout led to one of his first spiritual awakeni...

In this episode of The Alchemy Podcast, host Doug Cartwright sits down with sales leader and former national-team boxer Omar Qatishat. They dive into Omar’s journey from growing up between Jordan and the U.S. to finding identity through boxing, and later through door-to-door sales with Vivint. Omar shares raw stories about mental toughness, pushing through extreme training camps, and the wake-up c...