Tiny Little Victories

Get ready to embrace the unexpected with host Jennifer Kite-Powell! This reset episode, with no edits, is all about creativity, culture, and a dash of chaos as we gear up for our live show at SXSW 2026 in Austin, Texas. Tune in for laughs, insights, laments, okay, some rants, and a few surprises! Stay Weird.

Buddy Red sits down with host Jennifer Kite-Powell for a conversation about the sound he is shaping and the life that continues to shape it. They talk about the artists who raised his ear, the places that shifted his perspective, and the moments that pushed him toward blues rock instead of anything expected. Buddy speaks openly about influence, identity and the quiet work of becoming an artist who...

Insistence with Geoff Wilkinson, Us3 Tiny Victory: Remapping sound on his own terms. In this episode, host Jennifer Kite-Powell sat down with Geoff Wilkinson, founder of Us3 and the mind behind the iconic Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia). They discuss his new album Soundtrack , which was released on August 22, how film and library music let him off the creative leash and why this moment isn’t a comeback...

Craft with Casey Ritts and Peter Gosselin, CAPE Agency Tiny Victory: Reclaiming the creative soul of advertising. In this episode, Jennifer sits down with Peter Gosselin and Casey Ritts, co-founders of CAPE Agency in New York, to talk about rebuilding what advertising forgot. Their partnership began with a shared sense of purpose—and a mutual love of creative mischief. Together, they explore the e...

With Julia Bialetska, CEO of S.Lab Tiny Little Victory: Creating sustainable innovation in the shadow of war When war broke out in Ukraine, Julia Bialetska didn’t pause—she pivoted. As co-founder and CEO of S.Lab , a startup turning hemp and mycelium into biodegradable packaging, Julia faced the unthinkable: relocating her company, her team, and her life from Kyiv to Spain. In this conversation, s...

with Mike Mantione, Five Eight and the Bad Ends. Tiny Little Victory: Staying loud, honest, and human—decades in. Indie rock is timeless and relevant. So get ready to pull out your best fan girl and fan guy personas for the one and only Mike Mantione of the 80s and 90s Athens, GA punk rock band ⁠Five Eight⁠ ! Mike and Five Eight are on a roll, coming off a successful SXSW event with the debut of t...

With Kim Smith, CEO of HealthEvolve Tiny Little Victory: Centering women in healthcare—and in global equity This special episode celebrates International Women’s Day. Listen to a compilation of male and female voices from Ireland, France, Finland, and the UK, as well as the great states of Georgia, California, Texas, Idaho, and Illinois. Every voice shares why this day matters to everyone. As a bo...

Tiny Little Victory: Turning old denim into conscious style Patrece Morrison is the founder of  Chicks and Caboodles , a sustainable denim handbag brand that merges style with environmental consciousness. Through upcycling denim, she creates one-of-a-kind, eco-friendly accessories that prioritize both fashion and sustainability. Her dedication to ethical production and reducing textile waste has e...

Buckle up for an unforgettable conversation with Matt Eastland , the effervescent host of the Food Fight Podcast . Matt is a food fanatic, innovation aficionado, and lover of food trends and tech. As the creator and host of the popular podcast, Matt has interviewed hundreds of the world's leading agrifood entrepreneurs, innovators, and influencers to bring the world a better perspective on how we...

On this episode of Tiny Little Victories, we sat down with Dallas culinary artist and entrepreneur Traci Moore. Traci is one of those women who has creativity flowing out of her mind, body and soul in her four businesses. From Moore's Twisted Berries - bedazzled and decorated chocolate strawberries fit for Beyonce; The Dinner Clique, private dinner pop-ups; Enchanting and meticulously crafted Lapi...

On this rocking episode, I had the chance to talk with one of my favorite humans from my time working with startups in Estonia -- Blazej Wojtyla . Blazej is the kind of human who uses every facet of his brain. He always thinks quietly and thoughtfully, and the outcome is always something spectacular. Blazej is the the CEO and founder of Jazzy Innovations and Stream Sage is also the writer and crea...

Here's a fact you need to staple to your head: 70% of crops worldwide rely on bees. Yup, so that tomato is in your BLT, and it needs bees. That avocado that's about to be inedible needs bees. But with their increased mortality rates, your neighbour spraying toxins in the form of mosquitos being gone, and pesticides flooding the planet, these poor bees - who only make a teaspoon of honey in th...

Soil isn't sexy. Even Martha Stewart, in her new commercial for organic soil from Miracle Grow, is out stumping for soil, calling herself a 'dirt nerd.' Good for you, Martha. But while Martha is making our backyard soil healthier, we need to think about making the food that grows our food healthier.  Soil  has a microbiome . And here's one for trivia night:  there are more...

On this show, we dive into a topic that people either love or hate: Needles. Needles aren't new to the world—50,000 years ago, they found evidence of bird bone needles. Needles went from bones to metal to plastic over decades. In the 1960s, the US military gave vaccine needle-free injections with high-powered compression. But it wasn't simple. You had to stand still while the compression gun was a...

Here's a shocking fact: 11% of all greenhouse gas emissions come from materials in the construction industry. What if you could shift that number? Imagine you could do that with fungi and a mycelial network. In this episode of Tiny Little Victories, meet concerned citizen and entrepreneur  Joanne Rodriguez , CEO and founder of  MycoCycle . She is tackling the construction waste...

On this episode of Tiny Little Victories, Briar Prestidge, CEO of the  Prestidge Group , drops by for a chat about the future. From a small town in New Zealand to a Web3 evangelist, Briar is an entrepreneur like no other. She is an advisor for Interpol on their investigations and forensics team; she made an award-winning documentary, 48 Hours in the Metaverse; she has an avatar...

Help me, André Smith, you're my only hope. Nothing is more iconic than the most famous hologram of all time—Star Wars, when Princess Leia was projected through R2D2, pleading for help from Obi-Wan Kenobi. In this show, we explore the power of holograms and how they can create more human connections. André Smith, co-founder and CEO of Holoconnects , shares how his company is making Holo technology...

Shalene Gupta is a Minnesota-grown Boston-based writer with Chinese-Indonesian and Indian roots. She’s the author of The Cycle: Confronting the Pain of Periods and PMDD (Flatiron, 2024). She’s also the co-author of The Power of Trust: How Companies Build It, Lose It, Regain It (Public Affairs, 2021). The Power of Trust was nominated for a Thinkers50 Breakthrough Idea award. In 2022, Shalene was id...

On this episode  Pankaj Srivastava⁠ , CEO of Renaissance Park , dropped in to talk with us about an ancient crop that can heal our soil, make stronger products, is recyclable, and helps bees pollinate better (who doesn't love that?). We're talking about a world where everything starts and ends with the benefits of what this crop has to offer the planet -- industrial hemp. Pankaj is considered...

In this episode of Tiny Little Victories,  Rosa Schmidt , Founder of the  Defem Agency  in London, talks about why she wanted to help companies change the narrative on complex issues facing the world today. But for Rosa, her journey to storyteller was a byproduct of her quest to find meaning in her life. Guess what she did? Supported by her partner, family and friends, she packed up...

In this episode of Tiny Little Victories,  Dr. Max Gulde , the CEO and co-founder of  constellr , takes us on his journey from scientist to CEO. While he was there, he created techniques for analyzing previously inaccessible material characteristics during hypervelocity impacts. And guess what? That helps us to improve our understanding of stellar formation processes, such as asteroids...

⁠Jan Ligaard⁠ is the CEO and co-founder of ⁠Immer Puzzles,⁠ fresh out of Copenhagen, Denmark. The company Immerspiele makes online word games to rival Wordle. A Reddit user said their game MOVES is akin to word chess—you need a strategy. They launched two months ago and already have 70,000 daily word game players in Denmark. The game is free and you don't even need an account to play it. Currently...

On this episode of Tiny Little Victories, host Jennifer Kite-Powell talks with another Jennifer— Dr. Jennifer Hintzsche , CEO of  ⁠PherDal Fertility Science⁠ . Dr. Jenn created the first FDA-cleared at-home sterile insemination kit, which has been selling like hotcakes—more than 400 kits were sold in the first few weeks. Dr. Jenn started PherDal because she was told by doctors she had un...

We all know the term public relations. It's a household name today—you either love it, hate it, or like to make fun of it, but it's here to stay in some form. Freelance journalist Louis Bedigian and Mindy Hull , CEO and Founder of Mercury Global Partners , join Massive Talk to discuss the cringe of assembly-line PR, doing foundational work before that pitching starts, and the basics like NOT calli...

In this episode of Tiny Little Victories, directors Ken Feinberg and Craig Tollis talk about their new feature film, Love and Taxe$. The film was written by Lloyd J. Schwartz , writer, and producer of the 1970s sitcom, The Brady Bunch. Love and Taxe$ is an unconventional story that unfolds between a CPA and a waitress. Their connection? An annual meeting under the guise of preparing her taxes. Eac...