Breaking Walls: The Podcast on the History of American Network Radio Broadcasting

In Episode 23 of Breaking Walls we sit down with Philadelphia-born, Bangkok-residing Ian Russell. Ian has been teaching english to young children in Thailand since 2008. We ask him all the things that went making this decision to relocate across the world and what he's learned about himself in the process.

Highlights

• How the opportunity to go to Thailand arose

• How chance encounters in Thailand have given him numerous opportunities in Bangkok

• The legalities of living in Thailand

• How to be comfortable standing out in a crowd

• How Ian's illustration skills have served him well in other careers

• Why he loves teaching young children so much

• How Ian keeps busy with other projects like MCing, freelance design work, etc...

• How Ian learned to trust his judgement

• Advice on living in a country that doesn't speak the same native language as you

• Advice on being self-aware and taking risks

• What's next for Ian

Ian's Links:

Personal FB - https://www.facebook.com/itsEmon

MC FB Page - https://www.facebook.com/ItsEmonYo

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In episode 22 of Breaking Walls we sit down with Metalworker, Entrepreneur, and the host of PBS’ A Craftsman’s Legacy, Eric Gorges, for a conversation about ways and reasons to change careers midstream. Eric once worked in the 9-5 world. After a life altering series of events put his health in jeopardy, he left that world to pursue something that meant more to him and in that, discovered metalworking. He is the owner of Voodoo Choppers in Detroit where he builds custom motorcycles. Eric also hosts PBS’ A Craftsman’s Legacy, which is about to enter its second season. Eric interviews other craftsman in their element, works with them, and viewers and Eric alike learn something new. None of this could have happened if he didn’t take risks along the way.

Highlights

• What caused Eric to question the 9-5 life and ultimately leave that world

• How Eric became involved in metalworking

• The difference between working for someone else and running your own business

• What drives Eric creatively

• Advice on ways to get out of the 9-5 world if you’re looking to

• Advice on following your heart

• How A Craftsman’s Legacy was put together

• Eric’s relationship with PBS and, program sponsor, Ford

• What is progressive perfection

Season 2 of A Craftsman’s Legacy will be rolling out in U.S. markets on PBS starting 9.6.2015. For more information about when Season 2 will begin airing near you, go here:

http://www.craftsmanslegacy.com/

To join the Legacy Society and see all of Season 1 for free, go here:

http://www.craftsmanslegacy.com/user/login

To see Eric’s custom motorcycle’s, Visit Voodoo Choppers here:

http://voodoochoppers.com

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In Episode 21 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with London-based graphic designer and visual artist Kieron Lewis for a chat about the many interests he’s followed that have helped him push his career forward. It’s always good to be diverse. If you’ve got multiple interests, follow them! Sure, we definitely need to earn a living to survive, but it stands to reason that the more we follow things we’re interested in, the better chance we’ll have of using that inspiration to monetize our lives. If you’re working a job that you dislike, then it’s a “job.” If you’re earning a living doing something you love, then it’s just part of life. So follow those passions! At worst case, they’ll lead to fun extracurricular activities.

Highlights

• How Kieron’s upbringing helped him become confident and open-minded

• What Kieron’s earliest artistic memories are

• Why it’s so important to do things that you like to do and how it’s easy to forget that

• Why so many of us are seeking adult-parallels to our collegiate experience

• How you can take things you do in your free time and apply them to your job

• Kieron volunteers at a monthly West Norwood market called “Feast.” How did he get involved?

• Why is Feast so important to Kieron

• Why getting out there and spending time with people is always a good thing

• How being more fulfilled in his personal time has helped Kieron get new gigs

• Why it’s so important, no matter how much you love your job, to diversify your interests

• What’s next for Kieron and how he tries to plan ahead

Kieron’s links:

West Norwood Feast: http://westnorwoodfeast.com

Feast’s twitter: https://twitter.com/WN_FEAST

Feasts FB: https://www.facebook.com/wnfeast

Kieron’s site: http://kieronlewis.com

Kieron’s twitter: https://twitter.com/kieronanthonyl

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In episode 20 of Breaking Walls, we ring in August, the month of Harvest, with an interview with Olive Hui and John Wlaysewski of Brooklyn Indie Guitar Pop band Late Cambrian. This conversation covers how John and Olive approach their non 9-5 lives while being able to produce the kind of music and art they want to. It’s a good look into the lives of two people thriving while being “indie” in New York City. @LateCambrian closes the podcast with "Golden Time."

Highlights Include:

• The importance of soul searching and finding your own unique voice.

• Why Olive considers her life to be an adventure

• The importance of being direct and honest with yourself

• Why some bands fizzle and others rise, according to John

• John’s writing process

• How they make rent each month and why John thinks that “money is out there”

• What the Converse Rubber Tracks are and How you can record there

• Difficulties socially to be an artist

• Lessons learned on Late Cambrian’s European tour

• Where we can go next

Social Media information:

www.LateCambrian.com

www.Soundcloud.com/LateCambrian

www.Instagram.com/LateCambrian

www.Facebook.com/LateCambrian

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In Episode 19 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with Olga Lysenko (Interior Designer) and Fernando Sanabria (Engineer and Real Estate Broker) for a conversation about why they’re running a business and whether they feel the American Dream exists.

Highlights:

•Olga grew up in post-USSR Ukraine, coming to America at age 10. What similarities did she draw between life in the Ukraine in the 1990s, and life in America after the economic downturn of 2008?

•Fernando grew up in Venezuela before coming to America as a teenager. What are the similarities and differences between the two countries?

•Olga and Fernando are married. How did they meet?

•Why Olga is an Interior Designer

•Why Olga started her own Interior Design business, called YelloTrace Inc.

•Why Fernando came on board after they were already dating

•How they approach life

•What the most important thing to Fernando is

•How we can all continue to move forward in life

•The importance of taking risks

•Why hobbies are so important

•Their advice for anyone currently struggling

YelloTrace’s website - http://www.yellotraceinc.com

Olga’s Portfolio Site - http://olga.lysenko.com/portfolio/

Their email - [email protected]

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In Episode 18 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with comic book artist and freelance illustrator Mike Freiheit for a conversation about using crowd-funding to finance creative endeavors. Mike has successfully funded two separate kickstarter campaigns, which has helped him publish Vol 1 & 2 of "Monkey Chef," a comic book centered around Mike's experience as a monkey chef in South Africa.

Highlights

• How going to college in NYC shaped Mike

• Why it's difficult to find work as an illustrator in today's job market

• How Mike came to experience life as a monkey chef in South Africa

• Details on his experience

• Why he decided to publish a comic book series on his adventures

• The importance of being vulnerable and why Mike views vulnerability as a strength

• Thoughts on how to approach people to ask them for money

• Important tips to use when creating a crowd-funding campaign

• What's next for Mike

Mike's website: http://www.mikefreiheit.com

Mike's site store: http://www.mikefreiheit.com/store/

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In a shortened episode 17 of Breaking Walls, we introduce this month's duel topics: Independence and Revolution.

Stay tuned for more interviews over the course of this month!

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In Episode 16 of Breaking Walls, we sit down with Dolphin Micro CEO Eric Scott for a chat about his experiences running his own business. Eric’s insights were self-aware, balanced, ambitious, and empathetic. It’s a fantastic interview!

Highlights

• How to develop ways to get over the fear of being risk adverse.

• What is a B.A.T.N.A.? - Best Alternative to a negotiated agreement

• How to give yourself as many options as possible in life... Its not as hard as we may think

• Ways to stretch your dollar as far as possible when you are going through a period of unemployment

• In order to succeed you have to be willing to fail. Why?

• What Eric did while he was living on a beach in San Diego for 4 months

• How Eric formed Dolphin Micro while on both a sailing trip and a road trip

• Why running a successful business is never about the money

• Why you can't see yourself as the star of the show with a supporting cast if you ever want to effectively lead people

• Where the fine line between boredom and failure exists

• Why you can't run a business without empathy

• The reason that sometimes you have to stick things out for a while even when they are not fun

• Great advice from Robert August's father Blackie August

• Its not "where's the money?" It's "where's the passion, the challenge, the interest"

• The reasons you need to be both arrogant and humble in order to run a business

• The monumental importance of patience

To read some of Eric’s insights on Quora, go to Quora.com and search for “Eric Scott”

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In Episode 15 of Breaking Walls we tell a story of the most important moment in Baseball and Brooklyn history. Here's a hint, it happened after World War II, but before the Korean War. Can you guess what it is?

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Special thanks to Jacqueline Schwab for our closing song this episode.

In Episode 14 of Breaking Walls, we switch up the format a bit for a tale in WallBreaking history about a world famous 20th century writer, and what we should always remember.

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