Rad Awakenings Podcast
Tiago Forte (Ep.52): The privilege of sharing knowledge
June 21, 2018
Our first guest Tiago Forte returns to close out the first season of Rad Awakenings. Tiago's the founder of Forte Labs, an education company focused on productivity and learning. He believes that technology has fundamentally changed the way we work...
April Rinne (Ep.51): How to prototype and iterate an independent career
June 12, 2018
April Rinne cannot be described with simple labels. She helps companies, policy makers, and non-profits navigate the new economy. She's a global citizen, having visited over 100 countries in her lifetime and is a "career portfolioist." And while she works for...
Sergio Brown (Ep.50): From the gridiron to Google
June 3, 2018
Sergio Brown played high school basketball with Derrick Rose, was coached by Bill Belichick in the NFL, has two degrees, and has worked at Google. Despite barely playing football in high school, Sergio learned the ins and outs of the...
Sarah Peck (Ep.49): Ask yourself, does it have to look this way?
May 30, 2018
Corporate jobs and Sarah Peck do not mesh well - being slouched in front of a laptop under fluorescent lighting isn't her idea of a career. Sarah's mantra has always been: You don't have to do things the way they're...
Scott Norton (Ep.48): Contentment is so damn elusive
May 17, 2018
Scott Norton is your prototypical millennial – a tinkerer with a creative and entrepreneurial streak. There’s a narrative that the financial crisis crushed economic mobility for an entire generation of Millennials – in fact, Scott’s first job was at Lehman...
Giorgia Lupi (Ep. 47): Discovering ourselves through data
May 10, 2018
What can data tell us about our own humanity? Giorgia Lupi is an information designer, artist and author with a love for creatively representing all types of data. She's the co-founder and design director of the Design firm Accurat and few...
Chris Schumacher (Ep. 46): Saying yes to rehabilitation and redemption
May 3, 2018
Chris Schumacher was a hard partying Californian who dealt weed to support his lifestyle. Then one day a suitcase of drugs disappeared - and his life was forever changed. In the mix of rage over the stolen drugs and fear of...
Eugene Wei (Ep.38): Be a novice
March 8, 2018
Eugene Wei's career cannot be described succinctly or linearly. He worked as an analyst at Amazon in the late 90s, went to film school, worked as a product manager at startups including Hulu and Flipboard and most recently was head...
Anthony Demby (Ep.32): Busy is not a business model
January 25, 2018
Anthony Demby the founder of HumbleRIOT an audible idea shop that sits at the intersection of artists, culture, brands and experiences. Prior to founding HumbleRIOT, Anthony cut his teeth in the music industry with a range of roles in A&R,...
Lauren Imparato (Ep.31): From the trading desk to the yoga mat
January 18, 2018
There's the cliché of leaving Wall Street to become a Yoga instructor. And then there's actually doing it. After leaving Morgan Stanley, Lauren went on to create RETOX, a wellness brand, Yoga studio, and best-selling book. We discuss mixing business...