Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

By Gorav Menon & Kevin LiuSociety & Culture
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Linen Suit & Plastic Tie episodes

  • How Can Storytelling Buy You More Happiness (Part II)? ft. a Time Professor (Dr. Cassie Holmes)

    How can we create happier memories for ourselves with the power of storytelling? How do we make sure to savor moments of joy and not take them for granted? How many things can we get done within your limited hours in a day, and how many more things could we get done if we learn the happiest way to manage our time? We continue our conversation with Dr. Cassie Holmes, award-winning Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, researcher of time and happiness, and author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.

    41 min
  • How Can Storytelling Buy You More Time (Part I)? ft. a Happiness Professor (Dr. Cassie Holmes)

    What makes us happy, and what will make us happier? How can the story we tell ourselves about time affect our happiness level? In a world that easily makes us feel "time poor", how do we make the most of our limited time? This week, we chat with Dr. Cassie Holmes, award-winning Professor at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management, researcher of time and happiness, and author of Happier Hour: How to Beat Distraction, Expand Your Time, and Focus on What Matters Most.

    34 min
  • How Did Steve Jobs Become A Storyteller? ft. a Storytelling Influencer (Nathan Baugh)

    How did Steve Jobs transform Apple with storytelling, and how did he become a master storyteller? How does Twitter work as a storytelling platform, and how has storytelling turned Formula 1 into the fastest-growing sport in the U.S.? This week, we talk to Nathan Baugh, a storytelling influencer. From Batman to sports, Nathan chats with us about how storytelling transforms businesses and ideas, obvious or not. He shares with us one of the simplest actionable step we can all take to sharpen our storytelling minds, and why it's easier than we'd think.

    45 min
  • Storytime w/Sophia - A Tale of Sneakers, Logos, and Suits
    Why isn't Kevin a sneakerhead? Gorav raises this question as he ponders buying a pair of sneakers. To answer this question, we first visit the stories that designer clothing tells and how those stories make us feel. Then we get sidetracked, as we try to journey into a little history lesson about suits. In a bizarre sequence of events, Gorav sets out on his self-instigated debate on whether he should buy an expensive pair of sneakers, and Sophia jumps in to tell us her take on it. Instead of our usual lessons of the craft of storytelling, we went spontaneous and decided to share some stories of our own.
    56 min
  • What Stories Does "Crypto" Tell? ft. an Angel Investor (Stephen Cole)

    What does storytelling have to do with Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, and what risks and opportunities do these stories create? While we do not explore investments or financial advice on this podcast, we are surely interested in understanding the storytelling involved in such assets. This week, we talk to Stephen Cole, an angel investor in Bitcoin. Stephen shares with us the role of storytelling plays in popularizing a technology, separating the story of a technology leader from the technology itself (i.e. "Bitcoin" vs. "crypto"), and what "money" has meant to societies across different ages.

    47 min
  • Seriously, Why So Serious? ft. a Batman Exec Producer (Michael Uslan)

    Yes, you know who Batman is, but did you know how Batman's (and Joker's) stories became the dark, serious cultural icons today? We kick off the second half of Season Two with the Executive Producer of EVERY Batman/Joker movie you've ever heard of. Michael Uslan spent 10 years of his life to convince Hollywood to produce the Batman that we know and love--from Batman (1989), The Dark Knight trilogy, to Joker (2019) and The Batman (2022), Michael reveals to us Batman's legacy on film-making and our culture throughout the decades.

    46 min
  • Am I On Mute? ft. a Storytelling Coach (Mark Dannenberg)
    Why are we good at preparing a story but bad at practicing it? How do you establish your physical presence when speaking in a remote meeting? How do you keep your audience engaged? This week, we talk to Mark Dannenberg, an actor and storytelling coach about the acting techniques we can all borrow to apply to our storytelling. From Shakespeare and musical theater to standup comedy and TV, Mark has a colorful acting career, and he has been translating the skills that allowed him to succeed in theater into actionable advice to the business world.
    46 min
  • Can NFTs Reinvent Hollywood? ft. a Co-Creator @ Stoner Cats (Sarah Cole)
    What is an NFT, and how can NFTs bring changes to TV, film, and animation? This week, we talk with Sarah Cole, Co-Creator of the star-studded NFT show Stoner Cats, about the origin and future of this unconventional animated show. Before making the bold jump from studio to NFT content creation, Sarah has worked as an Editor for animated features across well-known studio such as Sony Pictures (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), Netflix, and Paramount. We chat all about the NFT space: the community-driven style of storytelling, the relationship between studios and NFT content (now and future), and some intriguing fact about female presence in the NFT space.
    45 min
  • How Do You Build Corporate Culture? ft. a CEO @ Meetup (David Siegel)
    What is it like to take over a company from its founder? What is the best approach to interviewing? What was it like to work with Adam Neumann? This week, we chat with David Siegel, CEO of Meetup and author of Decide & Conquer: 44 Decisions That Make or Break All Leaders. Through his career stories and his book, David shares with us how he led Meetup's culture of resilience to evolve and used it to lead the company through the infamous WeWork IPO and the COVID-19 pandemic.
    48 min
  • What Power Lies In Your Name? ft. a Novelist - Dava Shastri's Last Day (Kirthana Ramisetti)
    Why are we so drawn towards fictions when they're not "real"? What does your name mean, and what legacy does it carry? What should representation in fictions look like? This week, we chat with Kirthana Ramisetti, author of the much-anticipated novel Dava Shastri's Last Day, a Good Morning America and Lilly's Library Book Club Pick. Kirthana shares with us the stories behind creating Dava, the unconventional protagonist who is a celebrity, a billionaire, a woman, a wife, a mother/grandmother, a second-gen Indian immigrant. As a former entertainment reporter for Newsday and the New York Daily News, Kirthana has written her fair share of stories about the lives (and deaths) of the rich and famous.
    46 min

About Linen Suit & Plastic Tie

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What power lies in your story? How do you tell your story? As two young “adults” journey into the life of suit and tie, they begin discovering the impact of storytelling on their career, business, mental health, and life. One of them in a linen suit, the other a plastic tie.