Today is the Future

Atdhe Trepca (26) is a Filmmaker,  Director, and the Creator of the Are You Happy Docuseries. The Docuseries is wildly known, especially on Tik Tok, where Atdhe has attracted 1.2 million followers and supporters. This series where he asks people, "Are You Happy?," has brought him all over the world. He has heard and documented incredible stories from even more incredible people. This epi...

What would impactful, high performing industry professionals, thought leaders, and changemakers tell their younger self? That's what the "What I Would Have Told My Younger Self" series is all about. More about Carolyn Mehlomakulu at: Website: www.creativityintherapy.com HER BOOK: The Balanced Mind: A Mental Health Journal More about the host, Livi Redden, at: Would love if you left...

This is a special episode of the podcast that I'm very excited to share. At the end of each episode, I ask guests what they are grateful for that day and this episode is a compilation of all the gratitude answers to that question in honor of Thanksgiving coming up and me hitting the 6-month mark this week since I started this podcast!  Love you all, stay safe<3 More about the host, Livi Re...

Naomi Porter is a teenage entrepreneur, public speaker, and activist from Los Angeles, California. She is the CEO and Founder of two businesses, a National Intern for Girl Scouts of the USA, co-founder of Today is Her Story, and a Gold Award Girl Scout. Naomi has spoken at events sponsored by Rotary International, Google Start Up Weekend, and Girl Scouts. In this episode, Naomi and I talked about...

Francisco Oller Garcia (25) is a Digital Operations and Marketing Specialist. Francisco is known for his ability to lead with charisma and collaboration, as well as, his capacity to genuinely connect with others. In this episode, Francisco and Livi talk about how to improve our optimism and gratitude professionally and day-to-day. They also touch on analyzing self-doubt, how to build community, an...

"Gabby Beckford is a Gen Z travel and lifestyle entrepreneur who specializes in travel tips, writing, marketing, and seeking opportunities (not necessarily in that order). She took her first solo trip to Iceland at 17-years-old, and never truly came back home! In college, Gabby won more than $75,000 in scholarships, including $40,000 in study abroad scholarship which allowed her to study for...

Ashten Wickham and Allison Del Fium are the Co-Hosts of the What the Faith podcast. What The Faith is a space for the faith curious. More specifically, the faith misfits. WTF is more interested in the journey than the destination, more passionate about conversation than conversion, and more driven by empathy than by division. They believe that having meaningful discussions with one another allows...

What would impactful, high performing industry professionals, thought leaders, and changemakers tell their twenty-year-old self? That's what the "What I Would Have Told Myself" series is all about. Simon Cohen is an international keynote speaker, broadcaster, entrepreneur, and father/husband from Cornwall, England. At 24 he founded a hope and values-driven communications agency call...

Mark Metry (22) is the author of Screw Being Shy, a Forbes featured Keynote Speaker, on Amazon Prime's TV Docuseries "The Social Movement", and the Host of the Global Top 100 podcast, Humans 2.0. Mark's book, Screw Being Shy, was released in March of 2020. His book briefly describes his life growing up with severe social anxiety and when he finally realized that it was time to...

Sneha Dave (22) is the Founder of the nonprofit organization Health Advocacy Summit (HAS). This nonprofit's mission is to "connect and empower young adults with chronic and rare diseases through advocacy events and programs." In this episode, Sneha & Livi, discuss Sneha's battle, which began at just 6 years old, with the chronic disease Ulcerative Colitis. She explains the...

Youtuber & Business Owner, Hannah Ashton (20), shares advice about social media branding, time management, keys to building an online community, making her 1st hires, dealing with hate, and more!  More about Hannah Ashton at: Website: https://shophannahashton.com/ Instagram: @misshannahashton Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/missinnerbeauty2 More about the host, Livi Redden, at: Website: https...

High school senior, Shivali Gulati, founded Girl Genius in 2018. Girl Genius is a nonprofit striving to connect, empower, and inspire female changemakers passionate about STEAM worldwide. In this episode, Livi and Shivali, discuss what sparked her passion for STEAM, STEAM vs STEM, the creation of Girl Genius, and the main topic: how to lead by creating an open, well-communicated, inclusive, and em...

Graphic designer, Ethan Himka (22), started his business (Ethan Himka Graphics) creating logos for brands in 2017. In 2020, he graduated with a Bachelor's in Graphic Design and continues to grow his business today. In this episode, Ethan and Livi discuss the pros and cons of freelance, how to make a cohesive brand, building business relationships and a client base, tips for time management, a...

"Have Hope. Keep Faith." This is the motto for 25-year-old Aishwarya Shah's blog, Eclipsed Words . Aishwarya is a former mechanical engineer and switched to blogging (currently has 15,000+ subscribers), life coaching, and entrepreneurship. She is from Pune, India and loves to spread messages of hope, faith, and confidence through storytelling. In this episode, Aishwarya and Livi tal...

21-year-old entrepreneur and changemaker, David Kobrosky, discusses in this episode the lessons he learned through self-education, his entrepreneurial ventures, and many other academic and personal experiences. David is the Founder of Skatify, was a speaker at TEDxUofM, a current student at the University of Michigan, Cofounder of Blockchain at Michigan, creator of MeetSunday, and is currently wor...

Where is Home? This is the book written by our guest, 23-year-old author, traveler, and podcast host, Mary Yuan. In this episode, we discuss her soon to be published memoir that's about her journey of rebuilding home after her parents’ divorce. We also deeply discuss themes such as solo traveling, trust, marriage, love, vulnerability, storytelling, and healing. *little editing error at 34:45...

25-year-old entrepreneur and videographer, Brennan Tolman, gives insight and lessons learned in building his international wedding videography and photography business, Tolman Media. He also shares his business tips relating to running successful paid ads, understanding demand and customer acquisition costs, and growing a client base. More about Brennan Tolman at: Website: https://www.tolmanmedia....

As a Junior at Notre Dame, Brian Cho co-founded his speaker technology company alongside fellow students Peter Moeckel, Erikc Perez-Perez, and Christian Femrite. Their company started as Flato Inc. and later became today's, Resondado inc founded in 2017. Brian is CEO at Resonado and has led the team in raising over $1 million in venture capital funding and has signed a global partnership with...

Ina Bhoopalam is a social entrepreneur and established speaker driven towards her end goal of making the biggest social impact possible. She has a large, running portfolio of being involved in nonprofit work, especially in gender equality and climate organizations. She also has interests in fashion and acting. In the past year, she has founded two nonprofits, DREAM EQUAL and One Up Action. She is...

Hailey Hardcastle is a 19-year-old mental health advocate from Portland, Oregon. She began her mental health advocacy about 4 years ago and was able to take part in passing Bill 2191 in multiple different states. This bill allows mental health days to be an excused absence for high school students. Since then she was featured on Vogue's 21 under 21 and gave a TED Talk at TEDXSalem. She is cur...

Jahkil Jackson is a 12-year-old from Chicago, Illinois. He started the non-profit organization, Project I Am, when he was just eight. Project I Am's purpose is to help the homeless population and create awareness for the cause. They do this mainly by distributing and delivering thousands and thousands of Blessing Bags to homeless individuals. Blessing Bags include essentials like socks, hygie...

Isabel and Caroline Bercaw are two sisters that started the multi-million dollar company, Da Bomb Bath, at 10 & 11 years old. They've been named EY Entrepreneur of The Year, featured in the Wall Street Journal, we're placed on Forbes 30 under 30, have been on multiple national news networks, and continue to make a splash in the world of bath bombs. What makes them so incredible is no...

Today is the Future with Livi Redden The Girls Company was started by three female entrepreneurs that met by chance in their BYU entrepreneurship class. Their names are Abby Warner(23), Zoia Ali(21), and Taimi Kennerly(24). What started as a class project soon took off to become the creation of The Girls Company.  They have created a cramp alleviating band that can be worn during that lovely time...

Today is the Future with Livi Redden Edee Burton is a female entrepreneur and International Relations graduate from American University in Washington D.C. After graduating in 2019, she started a social media marketing agency called Engaged Media (engagedmedia.co). This company has quickly grown and is something Edee puts all her heart into everyday. Before this business venture, Edee describes to...