The Axis Effect

This week, the Mavens Team meets up with Former Commander, U.S. Navy SEAL Eric Oehlerich, the co-founder of Lobo Institute. Dedicating his life to serving and protecting the United States, Oehlerich has played a key role in many confidential operations across Kenya, Yemen and other countries. Founding Lobo Institute with fellow co-founder Michael Patrick Mulroy, the pair has focused their project...

Join us for an extra special finale panel to our "Revolutionalizing the Future of Space Tourism" series! Sitting down with all of our exciting guests who came throughout the series, the Mavens team sits down with what Sarah Miller (our host and the original Media Maven) refers to as the "Guardians of the Galaxy" to discuss the standards for being approved with the missions which these companies em...

In the penultimate episode of our special series, the Media Mavens talk with expert Henrik Jacobsen, the Chairman for the Emergency Asteroid Defense Project. Working to protect the planet, Jacobsen saw a need for this project at a young age, where while crowdfunding, was asked about the possibility of crowdfunding for asteroid defense. Researching methods to destroy or deflect these floating rocks...

In this episode, the Media Mavens team sits down to talk with Angelo Vermeulen, the Space Systems Researcher & Biologist at Delft University. Originally dedicating his work as a biologist, Vermeulen has currently two main focuses: working with biological information to embed into engineering programs, or as he says “build systems that evolve over time,” and bringing ecology into space for greater...

The Media Mavens team sits down with aerospace and defense executive Dan Lopez, the Chief Strategy Officer at Arkysis. Extremely ambitious, Lopez has been working tirelessly with Arkysis to help build the first all robotic space outpost. “What we’re trying to do is create a new form factor all together about how to get from the Earth to very far places from the Earth in a stabilized function, we’r...

On this installment of our special series, the Media Mavens meet up Christopher M. Mick, the Nasa Solar System Ambassador. Holding a lifelong love for space travel and unraveling the many mysteries of space, Christopher M. Mick’s interest dates all the way back to his own childhood from experiences like space camp and winning science fair competitions. One of Mick’s current projects involves NASA’...

GLOBAL NEWS WATCH: Michael Patrick Mulroy, National Security and Defense Analyst for ABC sits down with Media Mavens Host, Sarah Miller and Co-host Joe Pyritz on the monthly GCW segment to discuss the current events unfolding in the Middle East.  Leaving no stone unturned, Mulroy discusses all things Middle-Eastern warfare, including the root of the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict on both sid...

To kick off our “Revolutionizing the Future of Space Tourism” series, the Media Mavens meet up with investor and venture capitalist Raphael Roettgen, the Founder of E2MC Ventures.             Keeping himself more than busy, Roettgen has held senior roles in investment banks, written books, currently his own space podcast, and has been using E2MC (Earth 2 Mars Capital) to help invest and give strat...

This week, the Media Mavens meet up with storyteller Guy Gadney the CEO of CHARISMA.AI. Working endlessly to help change the very world of storytelling, Gadney’s company, CHARISMA.AI focus on using Artificial Intelligence in order to create interactive stories/adventures, last year creating an interactive Alice in Wonderland story along with working on Sky series “Bulletproof,” (which they helped...

This week, the Mavens team sits down to talk with Josh Simons. The Co-founder of Vampr.  Co-founding the company in 2016, Vampr is a social/professional platform for artists to create, publish, and monetize their projects for all to hear. Acting as a hub for up and coming artists, Simmons is working with YouTube and Soundcloud, while trying to replace the services competitors like CD Baby and Song...

This week, the Media Mavens team meets up with Georgia Homsany, the Founder and CEO of Daily Dose Wellness. A self-proclaimed “Jersey girl at heart,” Homsany spent years in the beverage industry before forming Daily Dose Wellness last April. Due to the pandemic, Daily Dose Wellness is a wellness organization, made for going into other companies and teaching yoga classes, cooking demonstrations and...

This week, the Media Mavens team sit down to talk with gambling mogul Stephen A. Crystal, the Founder of SCCG Management.             Founding SCCG back in the early ‘90s, Crystal has worked to make the world of gambling more accessible than ever. Crystal’s first foray into the world of gambling was through his expertise in land use permits, which he used to help instill riverboat casinos in Misso...

       This week, the Media Mavens team sit down to talk all things consumerism with branding specialist Karl Vontz, a senior-level marketing professional.             A lifetime in brand integration, Vontz has worked on the Billboard Awards, The Clio Awards and served as the VP of Brand Experience at Magnite (formerly Rubicon Project). More currently, Vontz is focused on helping brands attract th...

This week, the Media Mavens team sit down to talk all things cinema with Jason Fiber, the Chief Operating Officer at THX.             Overseeing strategy, budgets and technical development, Fiber is fully behind the company’s goal of producing the best media consumption experience for the viewer by improving quality in the most minuscule details, such as spatial audio and a headphone amplifier.   ...

This week, the Media Mavens team sit down to talk all things A.I. and human experience with politician and transhumanist advocate, Zoltan Istvan.             Running President in 2016 and 2020, Istvan started the transhumanist party with the goal of not winning, but introducing both major political parties to transhumanism in order to help find a leader who is guided by science, not emotion. Advoc...

This week, the Media Mavens team meets up with fashion historian and documentarian Antonio Contreras to talk all things couture.             After becoming the subject of an award-winning film in 2013, Contreras decided to blend film with his love of fashion, and hasn’t looked back since. “I had no idea what making film was about, I had no idea I just knew that I liked fashion,” Contreras said.   ...

       This week, the Media Mavens team meets up to talk all things tea and health with Anthony Capobianco, the CEO and Founder of Zen Tea Traders.             Over a decade working in the tea industry, Capobianco has dedicated his career to helping different businesses find wellness and become “zenned out” in order to stay on track on the job through small breaks of wellness. “I’m not asking for...

On this episode of Media Mavens Podcast, the Mavens team meets up to talk all things food and culinary arts with Chef Aaron Miller.             With a career that spans five decades, Miller began his career in the late 1980s where he would cook for presidents including George Bush and Ronald Reagan at legendary restaurant Arizona Biltmore. No stranger to quality craftsmanship, Miller would work si...

This time around, the Mavens sit down to talk with media visionary and producer Daniel Tibbets, the CEO for From the Stairs Media, LLC.             Over two decades into his career, Tibbets has held a variety of major positions in the entertainment industry, including Vice President of Production at Fox, Executive Vice President at GoTV Networks and Chief Content Officer at Machinima. Through this...

       The Mavens team meets up to talk with A.I., VR and AR specialist Phil Ashcroft, the founder and Chief Creative Officer at RTSTRY.             Starting his career working with the BBC over a decade ago, Ashcroft has worked on shows like “Dancing with the Stars” and played a key role in the development of “Top Gear,” even serving as a board member at BAFTA. Since coming to the United States,...

The Media Mavens sit down to talk with newscaster Jeffrey Hayzlett, the CEO of the C-Suite Network.             An award-winning author and former Fortune 100 CMO, Hayzlett is perhaps known for his show “The C-Suite” on Bloomberg, which became the most popular business show on cable. Realizing that his fans extended beyond TV and onto the internet, Hayzlett creating “C-Suite TV” and eventually “Th...

The Media Mavens meet with fitness revolutionary Angela Davies, a consultant for Fitness Projects. Working with numerous teams across the health industry, Davies has been responsible for bringing numerous projects to life. These days, Davies primary role involves what she refers to as addressing “group activation.” This revolves around helping facilitate group projects and workouts which encourage...

This week, the Media Mavens link up with Jen Whelan, the Vice President and Head of B2B Marketing at Verizon Media. With over 20 years under her belt, Whelan explains how Verizon Media is key for helping delivering content to users, and with this comes a barrage of companies looking to deliver their own content as well. “Advertisers want to be a part of that, if I’m having a great experience with...

The Mavens team sits down to talk with author Dr. Reed Noss, the Chief Scientist at Conservation Science. Receiving his Ph. D. in wildlife ecology and conservation, Noss has recently published with his fellow authors, revealing that we have lost approximately 65 plant species in North America (primarily in the United States in Canada) since European settlement. Now, Noss is busy focused on his lat...

This week, the Media Mavens meet up with marketing/business development executive Chia-Lin Simmons, the CEO/Co-Founder LookyLoo. A longtime of friend the original Media Maven herself, Sarah Miller, Simmons has worked across numerous mediums throughout of her career, holding positions in companies like CNET, AOL LLC and serving as the Head of Global Partner Marketing at Google Play. Most recently,...