Late Nights with Trav and Los

By Travis Neilson and Carlos Montoya

What's Late Nights with Trav and Los about?

Best friends, Trav & Los, talk late into the night, exploring new ideas for creative professionals. They argue over concepts, share secrets, and interview their industry heroes.

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Late Nights with Trav and Los episodes:

01.01.2021
Do You Feel Safe? — How psychological safety makes us better creators
Trav is joined by his wife Jayna and they discuss how psychological safety plays a critical role in creative output and collaboration in teams, groups, and families.
01.01.2020
New job at Google, gets on bus to Apple...
Travis wants to go back to school so he accepts a job at Google. On his first day he ends up getting on a bus to Apple, not Google.
01.01.2020
The Three Pillars of Creation
Trav tells Los about his theory of where creative ideas come from. Experience + Trends + Intuition
01.01.2020
Unconscious Bias — The Importance of Understanding Things As They Are
Trav tells Los about the importance of recognizing your Unconscious Bias, and ways that we can overcome the negative aspects of it.
09.27.2019
Season 3 Trav & Los Premiere: Distractions Become Your Habits
In this Season 3 Premiere and Finale: Trav & Los talk about what they've been up to since last episode and then dive deep into how your distractions usually end up becoming your habits.
08.07.2018
The Last Episode
This is a particularly hard episode to make. I'm guessing you've read the title, so you know what I'm talking about. In this episode Los and I agree to end the podcast. It's officially over.
04.24.2018
We are back for Season 2
Trav and Los are back for Season 2 of the podcast
11.15.2017
How To Not Take Yourself Too Seriously
Trav and Los talk about the value of being able to doubt your assumptions and provide a little test that you can use to determine if your assumptions are based on good values. Ultimately, they conclude that if your assumptions are...
11.08.2017
How to make deep connections quickly
Trav and Los talk about meeting new people and making deep connections quickly. Download the questions we used as conversation prompts when we led the first night at Epicurrence this year.
11.01.2017
Los has a new job
Los recently switched employers and Travis wants to know how to make the best impression at a new job. This is actually a good episode, lol.
10.24.2017
Viable Minimum Product
In this episode we take a look at how the ethos of "Minimum Viable Product" has been lost in translation. We break it down, unpack it, and talk to the spirit of what once was the MVP.
10.10.2017
Getting Started as a Public Speaker
In this episode, we unravel a thread of an idea and watch it unravel into a fantastic walkthrough from Travis around some potential actions we could take to get started as a public speaker.
09.26.2017
The Fantastic Story of Oliver Blank
Trav tells Los about meeting a designer who took a stand for what he believes in.
09.19.2017
Tools, not Rules (live conference talk)
Trav gives a live presentation in front of a small group about lessons learned after three years of podcasting. Thank you to invisibletalks.com for putting the event together!
08.29.2017
Alex Tran + New Designer + Fresh
In this episode we talk to Alex Tran about being a Junior Designer and his journey into design
08.22.2017
Aidan Simpson – Part 2
Trav and Aidan talk about the art of podcasting and how Aiden thinks about the work he is currently involved in.
08.15.2017
Aidan Simpson – Part 1
Trav sits down with Aidan Simpson to talk about how his life experiences contribute to the creative work that he does today.
08.08.2017
Pleasure + Purpose = Happiness
Travis talks with Chas about trying to balance pleasure and purpose to find happiness
08.01.2017
Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns
In this episode Trav and Los talk about Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns
07.25.2017
Branding the network with a name in 30 minutes
In this episode Trav and Los brand the podcast network and give it a name in about 30 minutes.
07.18.2017
What are you willing to struggle with?
Trav and Los ponder the difference between struggling for something, and struggling with something. They arrive at an important realization that "it's the time in line, not the ride, that matters."
07.11.2017
In Defense Of The Ordinary
Travis talks to Los about what it means to really appreciate life. They realize that it's the everyday mundane that is the part that that we really need to value.
07.05.2017
Ready for the Late Nights podcast network?
In this episode Trav and Los talk to Lumen and Pablo about starting a podcast network and what that would look like.
06.20.2017
Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters
Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters
06.08.2017
Travis Is A Child
Travis is mad because adulthood has no map, and pre-pubescence does.
05.02.2017
Real Honesty (pt.2) – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel
We invite Helen Tran, Chas Barton, and Kunal Patel to gather around a table and try to answer some really difficult questions with real honesty.
05.01.2017
Real Honesty – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel
We invite Helen Tran, Chas Barton, and Kunal Patel to gather around a table and try to answer some really difficult questions with real honesty.
04.18.2017
The Stages of Group Development
Los gives us some insight into an idea coined in 1965 about the different stages groups go through when in a group.
04.14.2017
A Lesson To My Younger Self
If you could give your younger self one piece of advise, what would it be?
04.04.2017
Five Love Languages (and how to use them)
Trav tells Los about the five languages of love and how we can use this paradigm to communicate more effectively with everyone around us.
03.28.2017
Think To Talk (a method for collaboration and communication)
In this episode Trav talks about the way he likes to think through problems in groups and Los introduces the idea that some people are "Talk to Think" and other are "Think to Talk". A can't miss episode.
03.21.2017
How to get a podcast started
In this episode Los walks us through some of the ideas to keep in mind when starting a podcast.
03.14.2017
The Future of Late Nights
In this episode, Los walks us through the Future of Late Nights With Trav and Los.
03.07.2017
Undiiscovered Ep 2 — Morqix
The episode you are listening to is the second episode of our new segment called; Undiiscovered. A show dedicated to bringing you the raw sounds of new and emerging musicians. In this episode, I had the pleasure of interviewing Matt McDonald...
02.28.2017
Los Is A New Man
Los talks about the major changes he's made in his life that have resulted in greater creative output and higher satisfaction.
02.21.2017
The Nothing Word
Trav tells Los about the word he is trying to avoid using, enabling him to have more honest and specific conversations.
02.08.2017
Undiiscovered Ep 1 — John Henry's Farm
In this episode, I introduce you to a new show that I’m producing and hosting. The new segment is called Undiiscovered, a show dedicated to bringing you the raw sounds of new and emerging musicians.
02.02.2017
Your Portfolio is Your Pitch (with Mai Tran)
Mai Tran joins Travis to talk about how to turn your portfolio into a pitch deck that wins work.
01.24.2017
Learn To See Your Problems As Funnel Problems
Travis shares a way to look at some types of problems – think of them as a funnel! Inspired by Jack Conte's video "Everything is a funnel"
01.17.2017
Unstoppable
We play a game, then talk about being unstoppable.
01.10.2017
A new year catch-up and chat
After not recording in the same place for a month, we are back and have a chat.
01.04.2017
Phone Tag – Vol.1
Los and Trav leave messages for each other over the holidays.
12.27.2016
Give Creatively
Trav chats with guest host John Eze about ways that we can use our creativity to give more of ourselves.
12.21.2016
How To Meet New People (and make them like you)
Trav shares with Los his recipe for making first encounters with new people go well.
12.13.2016
Show Your Worth – How to tell the story of your value
If you want to be seen as relevant, you have to start now to collect the evidence that tells the story of the things you do, the value that you bring. *You need Objective Evidence*
12.06.2016
Episode 100: Staying relevant as a designer
In episode 100, Los is your host and talks about staying relevant as a designer.
11.29.2016
Getting over professional complacency
Los is back as the host for the episode and he recounts a recent experience with professional complacency.
11.22.2016
Shea Lewis – Growing Up
We are back with Shea. We talk about how his associates are helping him to grow into his new position. We talk about the journey of self discovery; what and how someone should go about improving themselves.
11.15.2016
Shea Lewis – Young Gun
Entrepreneur, designer, young gun – Shea Lewis joins us at the table to talk about growing up, finding yourself and learning from others.
11.08.2016
Helen Tran — The Journey Part Two
In our second episode with Helen Tran, we discover and expand on her journey to becoming a professional creative.

What's Late Nights with Trav and Los about?

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Late Nights with Trav and Los episodes:

Do You Feel Safe? — How psychological safety makes us better creators

New job at Google, gets on bus to Apple...

The Three Pillars of Creation

Unconscious Bias — The Importance of Understanding Things As They Are

Season 3 Trav & Los Premiere: Distractions Become Your Habits

The Last Episode

We are back for Season 2

How To Not Take Yourself Too Seriously

How to make deep connections quickly

Los has a new job

Viable Minimum Product

Getting Started as a Public Speaker

The Fantastic Story of Oliver Blank

Tools, not Rules (live conference talk)

Alex Tran + New Designer + Fresh

Aidan Simpson – Part 2

Aidan Simpson – Part 1

Pleasure + Purpose = Happiness

Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns

Branding the network with a name in 30 minutes

What are you willing to struggle with?

In Defense Of The Ordinary

Ready for the Late Nights podcast network?

Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters

Travis Is A Child

Real Honesty (pt.2) – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel

Real Honesty – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel

The Stages of Group Development

A Lesson To My Younger Self

Five Love Languages (and how to use them)

Think To Talk (a method for collaboration and communication)

How to get a podcast started

The Future of Late Nights

Undiiscovered Ep 2 — Morqix

Los Is A New Man

The Nothing Word

Undiiscovered Ep 1 — John Henry's Farm

Your Portfolio is Your Pitch (with Mai Tran)

Learn To See Your Problems As Funnel Problems

Unstoppable

A new year catch-up and chat

Phone Tag – Vol.1

Give Creatively

How To Meet New People (and make them like you)

Show Your Worth – How to tell the story of your value

Episode 100: Staying relevant as a designer

Getting over professional complacency

Shea Lewis – Growing Up

Shea Lewis – Young Gun

Helen Tran — The Journey Part Two