A podcast about vulnerability and entrepreneurship — learn from the life stories of founders 🚀, activists ✊, and even drug lords 💊 Our aim is to inspire you and let's face it... you aren't inspired when you hear about success. Real inspiration comes from hearing someone's lowest moment, and rising with their success. Using music, sfx, and voiceover, we interview the founders of companies, movements, and even drug cartels to reveal vulnerability so you can learn from victory. I’m your host, S ...
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How Atheists Find Community- #207: Evan Clark | Atheists United
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The realization that religion could prevent its followers from getting life saving medical attention, was something that shocked Evan. And this was yet another reason that he felt drawn to “atheism,” a word that he first discovered in a dictionary years before. Later, Evan would attend California Lutheran College which inspired him to create a Secu…
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How a Test Tube Clitoris was Bioengineered by This Artist- #206: Jiabao Li | Endless Health
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Jiabao’s bioengineered clitoris is just the tip of what she’s capable of as an artist, designer, inventor, and professor. From a stint at Harvard to China’s 30 under 30 to TED talks on how technology mediates how we perceive reality, Jiabao’s multi-disciplinary approach to life flows into her art. She’s able to pull from her experience at Apple, fo…
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Working with Bezos, Rejecting Zuckerberg, and Creating the Future of Security- #205: Dave Selinger | Deep Sentinel
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Redfin had become a multi-billion dollar company, and that’s not all Dave Selinger has been involved in. He has stories of hacking into the early internet, working with Jeff Bezos, being unimpressed with a young Mark Zuckerberg, and eventually creating his own security company, Deep Sentinel. But let’s take it all back to the beginning to growing u…
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How to Make $100,000 in 100 Days- #204: Niyc Pidgeon | Unstoppable Success
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Niyc spent many years perfecting her businesses, driven by a dual pursuit of personal fulfillment and financial success. Enduring personal trauma and health challenges, Niyc never let hardship stop her for too long, as she continuously worked towards her ultimate goal. Today, she is a motivational speaker and coach with a focus on positive psycholo…
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How I Got 50% Stronger with 1 Injection- #203: Dylan | Minicircle
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Dylan has navigated through many unexpected twists and turns, transitioning from professional Super Smash Bros commentator to martial artist, and now, a pioneering figure in the realm of biohacking. Through the follistatin gene therapy, Dylan not only experienced a physical transformation but also a renewed sense of vitality. As he continues to fin…
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Why This Guy Travels with DMT- #202: Jacob | Minicircle
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In the exploration of boundary-pushing biohacking, Jacob immerses himself in unconventional self-care. From his ventures with everyday supplements like fish oil to unusual psychedelics like toad venom, Jacob is driven by curiosity and experimentation. Today we go through his treasure trove of substances used for self-optimization, mood balancing, a…
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The Weird Habits that Make You Immortal- #201: Ryan Rossner | Minicircle
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Ryan’s home is a space dedicated to unlocking the secrets of longevity. From altitude generators to plunging into ice-cold waters to using a Petco heating lamp, every endeavor is a step toward extending human potential. Calculated and precise, Ryan is not afraid to balance risk with reward. With biohacking at the center of his day-to-day, we delve …
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How to Hack the Body like a Computer - #200: Alec | Minicircle
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Alec is a hacker. But he’s not just hacking computers, he also hacks the human body. From his early explorations into biohacking and biology, Alec became one of the founders of the Biohack ATX club and eventually took part in the Minicircle gene therapy. With a journey marked by curiosity and experimentation, we discuss what brought Alec into the b…
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The Injection that Extends Life - #199: Dr. Dan | Minicircle
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Dr. Dan’s office is a hub of innovation that is redefining healing. He employs an array of tools that help in navigating the realms of consciousness and longevity. Through it all, he advocates for a balanced approach to health, emphasizing the integration of technology with human biology for a future where lifespan extends far beyond conventional l…
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The Most Famous Barber You've Never Heard Of (ft. Karho Leung) - #198
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Sometimes all it takes is one viral video to change your life. Following the pandemic, Karho Leung was able to help his fellow businesses in Chinatown and make that area lively again by simply throwing a barbecue. Since Karho had moved to New York at a young age, he became acclimated to the city’s fast-paced hustle and learned to always keep trying…
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Avoiding Homelessness as an Immigrant in San Francisco- #197: Leonardo Shapiro
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San Francisco grapples with a housing crisis that challenges families to navigate perplexing American housing protocols in a market whose prices are only getting higher. We’re back with Leonardo Shapiro as he gives his perspective on what it’s like to find housing in the Bay Area as an immigrant. As we walk through Leonardo’s neighborhood, we discu…
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Why RV Communities are Displaced in San Francisco- #196: Juanita | Coalition on Homelessness
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San Francisco is one of the most expensive cities to live in the United States. Because of this, some families have turned to more affordable housing options like RVs. Juanita and the Coalition on Homelessness are dedicated to helping fight for the RV community’s place in the city, as it keeps people housed and allows families to save money for the…
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What Happens to the Homeless When World Leaders Arrive- #195: Javi | Coalition on Homelessness
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APEC’s influence on homelessness can most notably be seen from the increased sweeps the police are doing within the APEC zones. People are losing their valuables and have to be on the move. Javi works for the Coalition on Homelessness, which connects unhoused people with resources for permanent living solutions. As we go through alleyways that are …
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Moving Through Domestic Abuse and Getting off the Streets of San Francisco- #194
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This is Alexis and her three kids. I’m meeting them at this building in San Francisco that’s a school during the day and a shelter at night. One year ago today, Alexis and her family called the shelter home. It became a safe haven for them as the past held shadows of a 17-year marriage marred by domestic abuse. During her time at the shelter, Alexi…
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Walking San Francisco's Grittiest Neighborhood- #193: Del Seymour | Code Tenderloin
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The Tenderloin is known as the grittiest neighborhood in San Francisco. From the high crime rate to the common drug use, most people wouldn’t be caught walking through after dark. But today Del is walking me through the streets of the Tenderloin and showing me his unique perspective. Before Del was a San Francisco community activist and the secular…
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What San Francisco is Really Like in 2024- #192: Terry | Downtown Streets Team
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This is Terry. He volunteers with the Downtown Streets Team, who once helped him get on his feet when he first moved to San Francisco. Now he helps clean the streets of needles and helps San Francisco’s most vulnerable. We’re going to follow him through the areas he serves while learning a bit about his own life story. Learn more about your ad choi…
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$240,000,000 in Transactions, Failed Business Ideas, and the Future of Immigration - #191: Leonardo Shapiro | Not Alien
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Leonardo and his family had built their whole lives around the success of this company, and yet with just one visit from Homeland Security, it was on the brink of vanishing into thin air. He’d moved to an entirely new country looking for opportunity, and faced obstacle after obstacle, all because he was an ‘alien.’ With only a couple of weeks befor…
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How to Survive Med School and Make it as a YouTuber- #190: Zach Highley | Creators
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Zach put 40 hours into his YouTube debut only to get 10 views and a spam comment. That left him to question his online identity; was this the end of his short-lived YouTube career? I mean there wasn’t much in his favor. He was starting at the height of covid and the worst of med school just around the corner. I’m sure Zach was questioning whether j…
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How An Ice Climbing and Extreme Sports Champion Mitigates Risk- #189: Will Gadd | Ice Climbing
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A beautiful California day turned into a nightmare, as Will failed to save his friend’s life while running one of the state's toughest rivers. This nightmare frightened him enough to quit kayaking, possibly forever. This is the reality of extreme sports. Often not even the greatest athletes can conquer these elements unscathed, but it’s a risk they…
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Vietnam’s Most Successful Online Media Company- #188: Hao Tran | Vietcetera
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As if being trapped, seeking cover from bombs wasn’t scarring enough, just 24 hours later Hao was laid off from his dream job. He found himself across the globe, without a job or a clue what his next step would be. But somehow he’d find opportunity in Vietnam. Today, Hao Tran is the CEO and co-founder of Vietcetera, one of the biggest multimedia di…
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From Growing a Pizza Chain in Vietnam to Becoming a CEO- #187: Taku Tanaka | Kamereo
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Taku Tanaka’s burgeoning success in the food industry was slowly being torn apart by COVID and the isolation that came with it. So much hinged on the success of this business and it was up to him to save it. Taku proves that he can handle whatever comes across his plate, as today he stands as the CEO of Kamereo, Vietnam’s first tech-powered B2B foo…
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Sharktank Vietnam and Building a Sustainable Company- #186: Marina Tran-Vu | EQUO
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Marina hat hit bottom. At the start of a global pandemic, she found herself with a broken heart, in another country, isolated from the people she loved most. She had no stability. But it was at this moment she could define her character. The choices we make when we feel the world is against us, those choices define us. In this episode we’ll explore…
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How to Be the #1 Pastry Chef in the World- #184: Will Goldfarb | Chefs
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Will hit another roadblock, but this wasn’t the first one he faced. He was told by the best chefs in Paris to get out of the way, that he’ll “never make it as a chef,” and yet today, he stands as the #1 pastry chef in the world, a Rising Star and a nominee for the James Beard Award for Best Pastry Chef in America. So I was in Bali for a month and w…
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Black Magic, Boarding School and Bali's First Waterpark- #183: Sayan Gulino | Waterborn Bali
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Maybe it was Black magic, maybe it was the locals pushing back on the first signs of foreign development. Regardless, it’s a difficult and complicated thing to start a business when you are a foreigner. In spite of countless roadblocks Waterbom stands and Sayan Gulino, current CEO of Waterbom Bali, has pushed his father’s legacy forward. Today, Wat…
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Writing Through Natural Disasters and a Space for Nomads- #182: David Abraham | Destination Outpost
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Somehow David has repeatedly found himself at the center of disaster. His most life changing trip through Asia was during the Asian financial crisis, his first big writing opportunity was during the 2008 financial crisis (which resulted in him losing his day job), this earthquake in Japan cemented that position as a writer, and now post covid the w…
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