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Che Anderson is not your typical creator. He is much more. While his work title is Assistant Vice Chancellor for City and Community, he finds himself sitting at the intersection of politics, sneakers, company boards, and artist communities.
In this podcast Che talks about being tired, while maintaining perspective on your happiness. He gives an extremely valuable take on the sneaker industry and its current state, but also what he’s focused on for the future of his work.
Che's work has been seen in the Boston Globe, he has been voted Person of the Year, and continues to motivate and inspire people around the globe.
https://www.instagram.com/vivaelche/
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Welcome back beautiful people. Todays episode features former Converse & Reebok VP of Design, cofounder of Meg/Bryan agency, and all around great human, Bryan Cioffi.
This episode boasts conversation around leadership, finding personal happiness, and all around good design principles. It was an absolute pleasure to have this conversation with Bryan.
Find out more:
https://www.megbryan.com/
https://www.instagram.com/bctoys1/
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Ladies and Gentlemen, we are back with the incredible Q4 Sports founder, footwear designer, creative astronaut, and professor at SCAD - Quintin Williams.
Q has done a lot in his career, but he's still hungry. In this episode he brings us through his personal process of staying the course of your vision and goals, being in service of others, and how to not compare yourself to others.
Check out his work: https://q4sports.com/ https://www.instagram.com/q_designs/
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Welcome back beautiful people! On this weeks show we deep dive into the creative mind of designer and entrepreneur Kevin Bethune.
Kevin has amassed success not only through his world class design skills, but by taking his career learnings and applying them to reach a global audience. His speaking engagements range from universities to Ted, and his best selling book is applicable for not only designers, but creatives across industries.
Find out more about Kevin Bethune here: https://www.kevinbethune.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kevinbethune/
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Welcome back beautiful people! This weeks guest has incredible experiences from living in Asia, managing multiple brands, to now consulting and working for herself.
Janey Park, or Jumpstart Janey, is at a new phase in her life. Through her fashion, blog, and content creation journey - Janey has found balance, ways to ask the right questions, and consistently supporting others.
Learn more about Janey here:
https://www.instagram.com/jumpstartjaney/
https://thedigitalrunway.beehiiv.com/subscribe
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Welcome back beautiful people. Todays episode features Maclin - an incredible creator who has touched just about every art form. From painting, rapping, photography, videography, poetry, and more, Maclin takes us on a journey of how he is building a life of trade.
In this episode we talk about trading your skills for something in return, what its like to self publish a book, and how to get opportunities to come your way - like a painting for Machine Gun Kelly in Maclin's example.
Find out more about Maclin: https://www.instagram.com/maclin/
https://maclin.art/
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In this weeks show, we sit down with return guest Ann Duskus, who was previously was on episode 051. But this time we see a different side of Ann. This time she opens up with true vulnerability around her current state of feeling, how allowing herself to be an artist is bringing her joy, and how being selfish can be beneficial if done correctly.
Ann is a true artist, designer, storyteller, and collaborator who has worked with anyone from Nike to MSCHF to PF Flyers. She has been featured in the NY Times and many other publications.
Check out her work :
https://www.studioduskus.com/
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In episode 110, we host founder, CEO, world traveler, and incredible thinker - Kenny Hanson. Kenny takes us on his incredible journey of learnings through starting his business, surrounding yourself with the right people, and how mentorship saved his life. For anyone interested, would highly recommend checking out his business, MentorPass, a platform to connect you to professionals with expertise in areas that you need help in. Find out more : https://www.instagram.com/kenny_hanson_/ https://www.mentorpass.co/
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We're back with episode 109 with good friend, creator, material specialist, and incredible human - Vaughan Lewis Carman.
Vaughan opens up in this episode talking about both the highs of having dinner with Virgil Abloh and the lows of moments where he needs to figure out life for himself. Two key themes Vaughan talks about throughout the episode are to not avoid the work and to build community.
Find out more about Vaughan here:
https://www.instagram.com/vaughan_carman/
https://www.vaughanlewiscarman.com/
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Welcome back beautiful people, episode 108 is live with the incredible Whitney Holbourn. Whitney is a globally recognized muralist, artist and creative. In this episode, we discuss having undeniable self belief, surrounding yourself with community to help elevate you, and how to maximize opportunities when they come your way. As always to our friends: likes, comments, subscriptions are all free and they mean the world. Whitney's work can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/whitneyholbourn/ https://whitneyholbourn.com/
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Bryce is one of the greatest multi-hyphenate creatives we will probably ever feature on this podcast. He is most known for his work at Nike and Nike SB, but continues to push his own boundaries through paintings, prints, tattooing, skateboarding, jui jitsu, and hot dog bongs.
In this conversation you’ll hear Bryce contemplate the question ‘what If I left design forever’, focused thoughts on diversifying hobbies and how to enjoy life. One of my favorite parts was hearing our guest chat about how to fill your creative cup. Hopefully any and all creatives take something out of this conversation, because I know I did.
Find out more about Bryce here:
https://www.instagram.com/bbbrycewong/
https://www.therealbrycewong.com/shop
Or his wife Mariah’s creative outlet:
https://www.instagram.com/dumbglass/
Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, like, comment - it means more than you know.
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Kicking off the New Year, we host international artist, muralist, graphic and product designer, Dave Persue. In this conversation we not only deeply discuss his elaborate creative career, but his tough childhood, ADHD, and his struggles with depression.
Persue has created not only art and graphics around the world, but built a 23 year old IP that is BunnyKitty. He has launched two BunnyKitty books and was the head artist for DesignerCon with BunnyKitty all over billboards and merchandise. In this episode he shares beautiful stories around these characters.
Check out more of Persue's work: https://www.instagram.com/persue1/
https://www.bunnykitty.com/
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This weeks episode is a recap conversation with my good friend Kevin Freyer. Kevin and I both ran 144 miles in 12 days, to raise money to purchase toys for Connecticut Childrens Medical Center.
This podcast was recorded to give some insights on what it took physically, mentally, and logistically to pull this off. Hope you enjoy!
Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas
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In todays episode, we have dear friend KJ, Katherine Johnsen, BeachyKJ, or even known as the carry-on-queen, on the podcast. Katherine built her career in the tech startup space, but has found ways to blend her love of sneakers, marketing and storytelling all together.
Today she is the CEO of CommonAce, partner at CounterCulture, manages multiple influencers, and a content creator herself. We deep dive into some of her highs and lows of being publicly facing, what she's building with CommonAce, and a lot more.
Check out KJ's pages:
https://www.instagram.com/beachykj/
Commonace.com
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On this weeks show, we welcome Michael Esiobu - former NFL prospect, Marketing CEO, Clothing brand entrepreneur, professional boxer, and co-host of Crash Dummies Podcast.
If you think thats a lot, its because it is. Michael was an absolute gem of an interviewee. We discussed men's mental health, making commitments to yourself, and how getting fired set him on the path of entrepreneurship.
Make sure to like and subscribe if this brought you any value! Check out Michael's page here: https://www.instagram.com/mike.esiobu/
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Wally Vu is a brand builder, collaborator, business owner and creative. In this episode you'll not only hear about how Wally's agency business has done well over the years, but how he transformed his life from bad habits to great ones. We talk about his physical transformation through running, and how he completed a 200 mile month - which is as wild as it sounds.
Check out Wally's work here: https://www.instagram.com/whatsupwally/ https://www.instagram.com/thecurative.co/
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Ladies and gentlemen - creator, curator, and story teller, Julia Lebosse.
Todays episode is incredibly special because we had the opportunity to sit down with someone who is at the infancy of their meteoric rise within their career. Only being 21 years old, Julia has been featured in magazines and publications all over the footwear industry due to her work with Sneakers By Women - an online platform that highlights women around the world within the footwear industry. Julia now hosts a show with Nike, called Carte Blanche, and continues to evolve as creator. Check out Julias work here: https://www.instagram.com/julialebosse/https://www.instagram.com/sneakersbywomen/
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David Mawdsley is not only one of my best friends, but one of the best footwear designers out there. This episode highlights the sacrifices he and the people around him had to make for his pursuit of his childhood dream - to design for Nike and move to the United States. In the conversation, Dave talks about the loss of his father due to lung cancer, his pursuit of 'pinch me' moments, and building better relationships with the people around him. Discover more about David here: https://www.instagram.com/thefootwearcomposer/
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We made it beautiful humans! We have officially made it to tripple digits on the podcast. Well, sort of (episodes 100,101, and 102 are already recorded at this point in time).
In this short episode, Dave reflects back on the past episodes, talks about a couple main things that have stood out in the 99 previous episodes, and at the end - we get a guest who asks Dave what it feels like to reach 100. Make sure to subscribe if you watch the pod! Thanks for rocking with us - cheers to the next 100.
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David Raysse is a designer, creative, and cofounder of Los Angeles footwear company BrandBlack. David has held design positions at Fila, Adidas, Sketchers and built some of the most captivating design silhouettes in footwear over the past 11 years with his own label.
In this episode we talk about David's passion for design, the struggles of building a brand, what it takes to make it in design, and how finding meditation and spirituality has helped him find balance.
Would highly recommend all listeners to check out Davids work: https://www.instagram.com/draysse/
brandblack.com
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