Half Hour Intern

What do you think ‘The American Dream’ is? This was one of that hardest questions I was ever given in a small class in college. Every student was put on the spot and had to answer in front of everyone else. It was one of those times where you know the person asking has the ‘correct’ answer in their heads, and they just want to see what you’ll say, but you have no idea what they want you to say. I don’t remember what my answer was, or what the correct answer was, but I often ponder the question. What is The American Dream? And does it change over time?

The most concrete and simple answer I can give to this is to be a property owner. The single act of owning property is a statement that you live in a free and democratic society, and you are not going to be reliant on other people for your welfare. It allows you to spend your greatest lifetime allocation of money on yourself. It does…a lot. And what’s more American than owning a piece of America. Today I speak with Brandon Pfannenstiel. He’s come up with an awesome business idea to help turn renters into owners, and put people on the path to the American Dream.

What do you think ‘The American Dream’ is? This was one of that hardest questions I was ever given in a small class in college. Every student was put on the spot and had to answer in front of everyone else. It was one of those times where you know the person asking has the ‘correct’ answer in their heads, and they just want to see what you’ll say, but you have no idea what they want you to say. I don’t remember what my answer was, or what the correct answer was, but I often ponder the question. What is The American Dream? And does it change over time?

The most concrete and simple answer I can give to this is to be a property owner. The single act of owning property is a statement that you live in a free and democratic society, and you are not going to be reliant on other people for your welfare. It allows you to spend your greatest lifetime allocation of money on yourself. It does…a lot. And what’s more American than owning a piece of America. Today I speak with Brandon Pfannenstiel. He’s come up with an awesome business idea to help turn renters into owners, and put people on the path to the American Dream.

Some things speak to our minds. These are the most common of things that we regularly encounter every day. Other things speak to our hearts. These are less common, but still encountered with regularity. Rarely, oh so rarely, does something speak directly to our soul. A good way to categorize these things is to realize that we, in turn, cannot really speak about them. We don’t know how to describe something that speaks to our soul. Think about a soul-mate, or love at first sight. We can throw a lot of adjectives around about why we like that person, but those are just the words that speak to our hearts and minds, and probably apply to plenty of other people that we have met. The thing that makes this one person so special cannot be spoken. There is just a deep seated knowing in the soul.

Amazingly, there are things that seem to speak to all of our souls, belying the notion that we are not connected. Fire is the perfect example of this. Anyone who has ever gone camping and stared into a fire can attest to the feeling that you get. My best words to describe it would be a peaceful reverence, but again, words don’t really work here. Today’s guest, Victoria Zajac, knows all about the soul affirming power of fire. Rather than just be a cautious observer, Victoria decided to get up close and get to know fire even better. Spinning, swallowing, dancing, breathing, you name it, Victoria does it.

Some things speak to our minds. These are the most common of things that we regularly encounter every day. Other things speak to our hearts. These are less common, but still encountered with regularity. Rarely, oh so rarely, does something speak directly to our soul. A good way to categorize these things is to realize that we, in turn, cannot really speak about them. We don’t know how to describe something that speaks to our soul. Think about a soul-mate, or love at first sight. We can throw a lot of adjectives around about why we like that person, but those are just the words that speak to our hearts and minds, and probably apply to plenty of other people that we have met. The thing that makes this one person so special cannot be spoken. There is just a deep seated knowing in the soul.

Amazingly, there are things that seem to speak to all of our souls, belying the notion that we are not connected. Fire is the perfect example of this. Anyone who has ever gone camping and stared into a fire can attest to the feeling that you get. My best words to describe it would be a peaceful reverence, but again, words don’t really work here. Today’s guest, Victoria Zajac, knows all about the soul affirming power of fire. Rather than just be a cautious observer, Victoria decided to get up close and get to know fire even better. Spinning, swallowing, dancing, breathing, you name it, Victoria does it.

Over the course of the next few months we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the eighth (and likely final) of these, Prosthetist. Kevin is a truly amazing man. He makes custom prosthetic limbs for amputees, and if that's not enough, he donates his time to make prosthetic flippers and fins for dolphins and turtles that get caught in fishing nets. Enjoy!

Over the course of the next few months we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the eighth (and likely final) of these, Prosthetist. Kevin is a truly amazing man. He makes custom prosthetic limbs for amputees, and if that's not enough, he donates his time to make prosthetic flippers and fins for dolphins and turtles that get caught in fishing nets. Enjoy!

Over the course of the next few months we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the seventh of these, Street Artist. I knew going into this interview that Cameron was a successful street artist from San Francisco. I did not know that Cameron is also an awesome human and a wonderful interviewee. Enjoy!

Over the course of the next few months we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the seventh of these, Street Artist. I knew going into this interview that Cameron was a successful street artist from San Francisco. I did not know that Cameron is also an awesome human and a wonderful interviewee. Enjoy!

Over the course of the next few weeks we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the sixth of these, Creative Marketing Prodigy. I went into this interview thinking, 'How interesting can marketing really be?' I came out of this interview feeling like an idiot. Enjoy!

Over the course of the next few weeks we will be alternating between new episodes and some old favorites from the vault. This is the sixth of these, Creative Marketing Prodigy. I went into this interview thinking, 'How interesting can marketing really be?' I came out of this interview feeling like an idiot. Enjoy!