Dream Nation Love

On the show Masha talks about high risks, investing, and PR. This podcast is about storytelling. We talk about the power of the story when it comes to companies. Our conversation also covers tech and education. Masha discussed LVL5's tech for self driving cars and how the Piper Computer kit is great for helping kids learn programming. Masha also talks about offering value when it comes to fundraising. We spoke about how to make technology safe and how it helps us live as global citizens and stay in touch. On the show Masha shares details about how her company, Day One Ventures was inspired by Jeff Bezos and his approach to work. Our favorite topics of manifesting, love, dreams, and the purity of your intentions were an inspiring way to close the show.

Rafael is a Brooklynite who works really hard to make the borough a great place to live, work, and grow for all. If you’ve recently been dancing in an NYC bar, it’s all thanks to Rafael’s work. He is responsible for writing a bill repealing the notorious NYC Cabaret Law from 1926 that prohibited dancing in bars. We caught up to talk about his recent bill to ban plastic straws in NYC. On the show Espinal talks plastic pollution and how it affects our waterways, the environment, nutrition in Brooklyn's food deserts, high Asthma rates in many Brooklyn neighborhoods that correlate with high vehicle traffic areas, the L Train Shutdown and how it relates to climate change, and also a new bill that he's working on that gives New Yorkers the right to disconnect after work.

Claude Silver oversees 750 people at Vayner Media. On the show we talk about scaling companies, building company culture, spreading love, creating influence, moving from passion to purpose, and creating more opportunities for women and diversity groups in advertising.

Hawk Newsome is the President of Black Matter greater NY area. He is an activist at the forefront of the New Civil Rights Movement. Throughout his life Hawk has engaged in protests and activities to combat injustice. Over the past few years, he has worked tirelessly leading protests and seeking justice for the families of those slain by police officers. Most recently Hawk created controversy by speaking at a Trump rally. Resulting in mixed reactions from both sides. On this episode we talked a lot about love, dreams, oppression and happiness, bullies, and his Agape March creating a wave of love from NYC to DC.

Daniele is an author, college professor, historian, and host of my favorite podcast “History on Fire.” As a huge history fan, I love Daniele’s show since it’s mostly about heroes, warriors, and leadership. We talk about how to live a heroes life, bravery, wisdom, passion, discuss larger than life characters (like Crazy Horse and Jack Johnson) and more.

We talk about how to make it as a musician, the realities of life on the road, how to keep bands and startups together, our shared love of Sting, and more.

This episode is all about gender fluidity, love, fundraising, and overcoming fear. Paul/Andrea Berry launched a new website called Fluidity.Love - a company distributing narratives for people who like him, are gender fluid. You might know Berry as the former Chief Technical Officer of Huffington Post. After HuffPo sold to AOL in 2011, Berry went on to found RebelMouse, a platform helping media companies and brands reach their target communities through social media. They’ve raised over $23 million from investors.

Keith Stroup founder of NORML talks Cannabis legalization, Hugh Hefner, incarceration of African American Men, and Cannabis vs Pharma and Alcohol.

Ariele Rosch is a Creative. She started out her career as an Art Director before founding Pro Mama with Jessica Gaffney. Their mission is to connect Mamas to job opportunities that appeal to every aspect of their lives.

We talk about how to launch an MVP, how Mamas need flexible work options, how to advocate for yourself as a Mama at work, and how advertising made us resilient.

Jamal Hodge is a filmmaker, writer, director, producer. On the show today we talk about pain, identity, hope, and power. In his films Hodge strives to use darkness to show light in order to show the full breadth of humanity.