South African costume designer, Eulyn Colette Hufkie, walks us through how her passion for costume and fashion design took her all the way to the USA and a successful career designing costumes for film and TV.  Eulyn is best known for her award-winning work on 6 seasons of hit TV series, The Walking Dead, but she has worked on a number of other notable projects like Hell Fest, The Purge, The Resident and Forever My Girl. While studying accounting at UCT, http://www.eulyn.com/ discovered her true calling was designing fashion and costumes and got her first job in design working for free. Sacrifice and hard work paid off as Eulyn has since worked with top designers and incredible filmmakers like Frank Darabont during her career. Eulyn's experience growing up in South Africa as a person of colour under Apartheid also inspires her to use costume design as a form of storytelling to actively break down stereotypes through her characters.

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Dalin Oliver, comedian and sports presenter on Goodhope FM, discusses his improbable journey as a high school mathematics and history teacher to becoming one of South Africa's most loved comedians and voices on radio. His comedy shows "I Came, I Taught, I Left", "Face for Radio" and "Day Zero: the Water Shortage Comedy Tour" have each had very successful runs and are currently available for viewing on Showmax. Dalin also made his on-screen debut in a lead starring role in the action comedy movie Finders Keepers in 2017. Dalin's story truly illustrates the value of perseverance, investing in yourself and grabbing your opportunities with both hands when they come; his start in radio came while at university by him entering a campus DJ search on a dare and it was while procrastinating before studying for an exam that the seeds of the comedy persona of https://dalinoliver.com/ was born. If ever you needed proof that taking your shot will reap rewards, then this is the episode for you! 

Jared and Dalin discuss a variety of topics:

- The meaning of success as a comedian (8:20)

- Vin Diesel and comedy being rooted in self-deprecating humour (15:45)

- He Came, He Taught, He Left...literally! From teaching to comedy (22:37)

- Intergenerational trauma and its effects on career choices (29:40)

- Sexy Chick - Dalin's big break (32:45)

- Authenticity and being comfortable with yourself and your accent (43:15)

- Persevering when there's no clear career path to progression (45:20)

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Listen to host, Jared Lesar, about the inspiration behind Breaking Out and his personal journey to starting this podcast.