Expensify: Live Rich, Have Fun, Save the World

LONG ASS TABLE TALKS – LAT Talks for short – is an interview series featuring people who inspire us with different perspectives. It started out as an internal Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program, but the eye-opening quality of the conversation made us realize the discussion was worth sharing.

Mick Batyske is an American DJ, investor and entrepreneur. An A-list DJ, he has collaborated with artists including Kanye West, Prince, Jay-Z and Will Smith.

In this episode of Live Rich, Have Fun, Save the World, Monte and David speak with critically acclaimed children's author, Andrea Beaty. Learn about finding creativity in your passions, the advantages in learning from failure early on, and how we can all help the next generation to consume information responsibly.

Beginning in 1999, Polly Letofsky began a journey around the world, relying on the most ancient form of transportation: her feet. Five years, 22 countries, 14,124 miles, and 29 pairs of shoes later, she officially became the first woman to walk around the planet, raising over a quarter of a million dollars for breast cancer awareness. 

Join us for a discussion about what it means to truly put one foot in front of the other to achieve a seemingly impossible goal.

Meet John Koza, chairman and director of the National Popular Vote: an organization working to guarantee the US presidency to the candidate who receives the most popular votes across the country, rather than the candidate who wins the most electoral seats. We discuss the playbook for how to create massive change, with only a small budget and six part-time volunteers.

A Zimbabwean born immigrant and graduate of Portland State University, Zanele Mutepfa-Rhone is a culture and diversity strategist, speaker, activist and philanthropist. Inspired by a lineage of Zimbabwean women leaders in her family, Zanele is the founder of a Here to Stay - a women’s speaker series celebrating the stories of change-making women in the world.

This podcast inspires listeners to pursue three life goals -- Live Rich, Have Fun, Save the World -- by highlighting the success stories and learnings of exemplary trailblazers from across industries. Co-hosted by Expensify founder/CEO, David Barrett, and heavy-metal frontman/Expensify expert, Monte Barnard.

CJ McCollum is the starting shooting guard for the Portland Trail Blazers with interests ranging from journalism to philanthropy and a personal wine label. In this episode, Expensify founder and CEO David Barrett and co-host Monte Barnard sit down with CJ to discuss defying expectations as a small-town boy, how perseverance on the court led him to his philanthropic efforts with the Boys & Girls Club of Portland, and his burgeoning wine business.

Eric Ries is an entrepreneur, author of The New York Times bestseller "The Lean Startup," and CEO of the Long-Term Stock Exchange. In this episode, Expensify founder and CEO David Barrett and co-host Monte Barnard sit down with Eric to discuss carrying on in the face of failure, the importance of not judging books by their covers, and the similarities between serial entrepreneurs and serial killers.