"My dad always said, 'You have to challenge luck for it to work.' And that's inspired me." - Alex Strohl
During high school Alex (@alexstrohl) got kicked out...which turned out to be one of the best things to ever happen to him as it led to his passion for photography.
Alex is now a full-time world traveling photographer with over half a million Instagram followers and collaborates with brands such as Canon and Land Rover for himself and his creative agency, Stay & Wander.
You'll hear Alex discuss his path to photographic freedom, the compass of curiosity, and that to live the life you want you just gotta design it.


088 : Alex Strohl : Adventure Photographer

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"For me it was very one foot in front of the other, let's see
where this goes but by no stretch of the imagination was I like,
'Oh this is what you're going to do with your life.' It was very
tentative." - Aparna Nancherla
During college Aparna (@aparnapkin) found herself directionless and
depressed. Aparna is now a full-time comedian and writer who has
written for Totally Biased with W Kamau Bell on FX and appeared on
Conan. Since our interview Aparna has written for the Late Show
with Seth Myers.
You'll hear Aparna discuss how she turned comedy into a career,
the power of patience, and that one of the biggest keys to success
is just showing up.

092 : Aparna Nancherla : Comedian & Writer

"You can lose everything, but the one thing you can't lose is
who you are, and you can always build upon that." - Jake Ducey
During college Jake found himself frustrated with both school
and life, and so he dropped out. Jake is now an author and
motivational speaker and at 22 years old Penguin/Random house
published his second book, the Purpose Principles with a forward by
Chicken Soup for the Soul author Jack Canfield. What?
You'll hear Jake discuss his path from having no plan to
reaching the top of the Amazon book sales list, how visualization
is nothing without action, and that if survival depends on success,
you'll win.

091 : Jake Ducey : Writer & Speaker

Growing up Katie (@paperfashion) wanted to be an artist but didn't know how to make it into a career. Katie now works full-time as the creator of Paper Fashion an illustration blog with clients such as Saks Fifth Avenue, L'Oreal, and Cartier, has over 600K Instagram followers and is represented by the talent agency Digital Brand Architects. You'll hear Katie discuss her journey from confusion to creation, the power of sharing, and that to do what you love you gotta love what you do. "You have something in your head that you visualize but it takes a long time to be able to get that completely out." - Katie Rodgers

090 : Paper Fashion : Fashion Illustrator

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews AJ / Skater & Videographer (Vimeo) / Trader Joe's, 23rd & 6th, NYC.
"How'd you get into skating in the first place?""Through Mark Gonzales, The Gonz, the most legendary skater of all time, he changed skating once it collapsed with the marketing industry, he just came out of nowhere and just sparked it and became a legend, he's still skating he's like 50.""And when was this?""I was about 10 years old and it was 2005, I was cruising around with my cousins around Tompkins Square Park, aka known as the TF, short for 'training facility', it's a big open field where we just chill out, zone out and we focus on our tricks and we just do as we please and I was just cruising along Tompkins and I all of a sudden bumped into him and he was like with his quirky voice, 'Hey if you're interested in skating I'm gonna leave my board at Autumn skate shop if you want to pick it up or something, I don't know it's up to you, I don't want this thing it's dead.' [Laughs] And that's just skating right there, that's how you always start off, you preserve, take advantage of what you got and you work your way up."


Prologue On The Street : AJ : Trader Joe's, 23rd & 6th, NYC

Dan takes his mic to the streets and interviews Gary / Street Artist (@mr_abiLLity)/ Sub-City Junction, Hoboken.
"I work a slaving job at UPS where I lift boxes and do not pursue my dream at all, on the side I pursue my dream, however recently I got injured at work and due to injury I cannot work, so now I think this is the universe's way of saying 'Hey I know you wanted to just settle on life and do bullshit forever but you can't, so if you don't follow those dreams you're going to regret it. Opportunity, I present you.' So I have to, I really don't have any other choice." 


088 : Alex Strohl : Adventure Photographer

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