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Debbie Arcangeles is the Creator of The OffBeat Life and podcast. A fellow immigrant, she was born in the Philippines and emigrated to the US at a young age. These days Debbie is a digital nomad who helps people work remotely, create podcasts, start online businesses, and learn remote skills. If you want to be location independent and become a digital nomad, check out her site at theoffbeatlife.co...

Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its delicious, unsweetened, flavored water. She’s been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, and Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs. This woman is a powerhouse.  An active speaker & writer, Kara also hosts the podcast Unstoppable with Kara Goldin where she interviews Entrepreneurs...

Laura Garnett is a performance strategist who works with CEOs and Executives to identify their unique genius and purpose. She has consulted with organizations including Capital One, Pandora, LinkedIn, and Instructure. Prior to launching her own company, New York City-based Garnett Consulting, she honed her marketing, strategy, and career-refining skills at companies like Capital One, American Expr...

Speech is a Musician, Producer, Writer, Author, and leader of the 2x Grammy award-winning collective, Arrested Development. Speech also has a solo career and shared stages with Herbie Hancock, Chaka Khan, Youssou N'dour, James Brown, P-Funk, Jason Mraz, and The Roots. His new album is called Expansion Part 1 is out now. It's his latest work in 14 years and is released in multiple parts. On the pod...

Toni is an award winning stand-up comic, writer, and filmmaker. Her satire is philosophical in nature and focuses on current events, social change, and cannabis advocacy. She's written, edited, directed and acted in over 50 sketch comedy videos that together have upwards of 2 million views. Her production company is www.cavelightproductions.com. Nagy is also a freelance writer for Salon, Alternet,...

Meg Anderson is a comedian/writer/improver living in nyc. She studied improv at The People’s Improv Theatre and the Upright Citizens Brigade. She is the fourth woman to ever team improv at The Pit and was one of the founding members of The Baldwin’s, the theatres headlining house team. Meg has performed nearly 1,000 improv shows (of varying funniness) and has appeared in numerous commercials, web...

Chaske Spencer is an American Actor and Producer. He’s known for his role as Sam Uley in Twilight . Recently he starred in Woman Walks Ahead alongside Jessica Chastain, Michael Greyeyes, and Sam Rockwell. Chaske is in a new film produced by Jesse Eisenberg called Wild Indian. It’s written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr and features Michael Greyeyes, Kate Bosworth, and Scott Haze. On the...

Minda Harts is a multi-hyphenate powerhouse advocating for women of color in the workplace. Minda is a CEO, Best Selling Author, Speaker, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Fundraiser, and host of a weekly podcast called Secure The Seat . She is the Founder and CEO of The Memo LLC , a career development platform for women of color. On this podcast, we discuss her best-selling book The Memo: What Women o...

Tia Meyers is a Brooklyn, NY based social media strategist and Founder of Freelancing Females. It is the world’s largest community of freelance women with a mission to support women in redefining their 9-5. This growing global community of over 100,000 freelancers (diverse in jobs) who gather to share knowledge and discover new ways to freelance. The community offers resources, shares vetted jobs,...

Gia Morón is the President of Women Grow, an international networking organization cultivating business leaders in the Cannabis industry. Helping women to not only create relationships, but also become educated and empowered in the space. She is the Founder of GVM Communications, a public relations, brand and business development firm. She started her career as the Director of Promotions and Publi...

Kevin started his career as a stunt man and martial arts choreographer. He is a Director, Writer, Producer and the Former Vice President of Lee Daniel’s Entertainment. Lee Daniel’s produced the Oscar-winning, Monster's Ball starring Halle Berry and The Woodsman starring Kevin Bacon. Kevin got his first break came when he (and his Creative Partner Larry Strong) directed the "Got a Crush... on Obama...

K.M. Rice is a national, award-winning Screenwriter and Author. She’s worked for both Magic Leap and Weta Workshop. Weta create special effects for tv and film and are known for their work on The Lord of the Rings. On the episode, Kellie discusses the difference between Writers and Storytellers and shares her advice for overcoming writer's blocks. We talk about Creativity and how as adults we need...

Daniel is an American author and Co-founder of web magazine Reality Sandwich and Evolver.net. He is the Founder of Center for Planetary Culture and Founding member of The Assemblage. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, The Village Voice, Dazed & Confused, and Rolling Stone. Daniel’s books are Breaking Open the Head , 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl , Notes from t...

On this episode Benita Conde shares her advice on how to live your dream. Benita is the founder of Create Radical Love , a life coaching and consulting approach for people who want to radically love their whole life experience, not just the compartmentalized parts of it. We talk about focusing your energy, following what gives you chills, and how to do only the things that you love. We also discus...

Esther discusses techniques from her new book How to Raise Successful People : Simple Lessons for Radical Results . Esther knows a thing or three about parenting. Her daughters are Susan, Janet, and Anne. Susan is the CEO of YouTube, Anne is Co-founder and CEO of 23andMe, and Janet is a Fulbright-winning anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF. On the show Esther talks about b...

Alicia Forneret is a professional dedicated to creating new spaces for people to explore grief and grieving. We recorded this episode in the fall, in the beginning of the holiday season. A difficult time for someone who is missing their loved one. Alicia speaks about greed and gives advice on end-of-life experiences. Through Alicia I found out that ashes contain sharp shards. Something I didn’t kn...

A lifelong musician, Rebecca wrote her first song at the age of six. In College she studied Musical Theatre and went on to perform in various productions before starting a gospel group and becoming the music director at her Church. On the show we talk about her new song Destiny and how the term relates to our own individual journey. Rebecca shares her experiences on motherhood, love, faith, being...

Gregory Stevens moved to Palo Alto since he wanted to live and work in a Progressive town. This episode talks about a lot of very serious issues but it’s highly palatable (and delicious.)  Gregory is a bright and witty human who seems to never run out of energy. He became a Pastor at the First Baptist Church of Palo Alto — a progressive church. There he proceeded to question what Progress was...

Miki Agrawal embodies the title Disrupt-Her. A visionary who is always challenging the status quo. Her taboo products are focused on sustainability and innovative. In 2018 she was named Fast Company's The Most Creative People. Under her leadership in 2017, THINX was listed as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.  That same year she was named  as a Young Global Leader by World...

Savannah Em is a MMA Fighter. What makes her unique is not the fact that she's won her first two fights through knockouts. Or that her first One Championship fight was won in 81 seconds. It's the fact that this quite, shy, Illustrator can get in the ring and perform like a true warrior. Savannah is cute and deadly at the same time. Kinda like her "savage buddha" illustration. On the show we talk a...

On the show Masha talks about high risks, investing, and PR. This podcast is about storytelling. We talk about the power of the story when it comes to companies. Our conversation also covers tech and education. Masha discussed LVL5's tech for self driving cars and how the Piper Computer kit is great for helping kids learn programming. Masha also talks about offering value when it comes to fundrais...

Rafael is a Brooklynite who works really hard to make the borough a great place to live, work, and grow for all. If you’ve recently been dancing in an NYC bar, it’s all thanks to Rafael’s work. He is responsible for writing a bill repealing the notorious NYC Cabaret Law from 1926 that prohibited dancing in bars. We caught up to talk about his recent bill to ban plastic straws in NYC. On the show E...

As the Chief Heart Officer at Vayner Media, Claude Silver is Gary V’s right hand woman. At the company she oversees 750 people and anything and everything that has to do with people. Her role is to infuse the agency with empathy. On the show we talk about scaling companies, leadership, building company culture, spreading love, creating influence, and how to create more opportunities for women and...

Hawk Newsome is the President of Black Matter of the greater NY area. He is an activist, working at the forefront of the New Civil Rights Movement. Hawk has a passion for law, attending the prestigious Howard University Law School in Washington, DC. and completing his Jurist Doctorate at Touro Law School in Long Island, NY. Throughout his life Hawk has engaged in protests and activities to combat...

Daniele is an author, college professor, historian, martial artist, and host of the “History on Fire” podcast. As a huge history fan, I love Daniele’s show since it’s mostly about heroes, warriors, and leadership. Our conversation is focused on how we can become the best versions of ourselves. We talk about how to live a heroic life, bravery, wisdom, passion, discuss larger than life characters (l...