### We made it to Episode 10, y’all! That’s a wrap on Season 1!

Who better to close out our first season than an engineer, entrepreneur, and general superstar we’ve loved for, like, a full decade? Yep, our guest today is Leah Culver, the co-founder and CTO of [Breaker](https://www.breaker.audio/), a social podcast app that we’ve all just started using (if you have an iPhone, check it out. Android is coming soon).

> I can only do the things I can do. I can keep trying to get better, but I can’t beat myself up about not being like someone else. I just have to sort of be myself and work with what I have and take it to that—that next step.

> —Leah Culver, CTO, [Breaker](https://www.breaker.audio/)

But Breaker’s not the first startup Leah’s co-founded—in fact, Jenn fell hard for her very first company, [Pownce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pownce), a microblogging platform that launched way back in 2007. We talk about that journey, plus:

- The future of podcasting—like [Chompers](https://www.gimletmedia.com/chompers), a podcast on Alexa kids can brush their teeth to.

- Women in tech, women in podcasting, and the fact that more women than ever are _listening_ to podcasts, according to the [2017 podcast consumer report](http://www.edisonresearch.com/the-podcast-consumer-2017/) from Edison Research.

- Financing a new laptop as a young programmer by [selling laser-etched advertising on it](http://leahculver.com/laser-etched-laptop/) back in 2006.

- Getting into [Y Combinator](http://www.ycombinator.com/), an accelerator program for early-stage startups.

- What Leah’s listening to right now (it’s [Modern Love](http://www.wbur.org/modernlove), which you can get on Breaker, of course).

- Interviewing for 30 jobs, what a company’s snacks say about its culture, and why Leah wants you to stop judging her love for Diet Coke.

Also on the agenda: letting people carry things for you (literally and figuratively), peeing with your therapist (no, really), and all the “tiny revelations” we’ve had this season.

Thanks so much for joining us for Season 1! We’re taking a couple weeks off, but we’ll be back strong with Season 2 starting April 17. In the meantime, make sure to sign up for the new [NYG Newsletter](http://www.noyougoshow.com/newsletter/), coming April 20.

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