Not in a Huff with Jackson Huff

This week I had the opportunity to relive a piece of my childhood again and interview Chez Starbuck. He is best known as the star of the Disney Channel Original Movie "The Thirteenth Year". We talk about how he got into acting, what filming the movie was like, and why he ultimately left acting. This was a really fasinating interview and one that gives some behind the scenes of these Disney Channel movies, tips on acting, and how to leave one passion to chase another.

• Chez's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chez_starbuck/

• The Shelf King website: https://www.theshelfking.com/

This week we hear from Olympic Bobsledder, Evan Weinstock. He fills us in on his experiences making the USA Olympic Team, what competing in the Olympics for his country was like, and a lot of the sport of bobsled as a whole. This was a really special interview where we get some behind the scenes look at what it is like competing at the highest level in a given sport. You will not want to miss this one!

• Evan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/evanweinstock/

• Team USA Profile: https://www.teamusa.org/usa-bobsled-skeleton-federation/athletes/evan-weinstock

This week I speak with Jenna Zhang, who took her entrepreneurial spirit and her training in fashion design and created a really unique watch. What makes this handmade Swiss watch special is that a piece of a Lamborghini is embedded in the watch back of each one, making each time piece one of a kind. We talk about growing up as an immigrant from China, her time in fashion design, and how she got the idea from this watch to begin with. This story is an interesting one spanning the globe and including her experiences during Hurricane Harvey living in Houston.

• Great story and enjoyed this interview. Due to unforeseen circumstances I unfortunately can no longer recommend purchasing this watch. I have removed the links to do so here.

In this episode I speak with a truly awesome man, Danny Blue, who several years ago left his comfortable career in telecommunications to make a real difference in the world. While he bounced around a bit on the journey for purpose, he eventually started One Million Acres a company selling completely carbon negative bracelets made from materials native to the area by local craftspeople in the Amazon rainforest. The sale of these not only helps buy back acres of the rainforest for preservation, but also employees the locals to kick start their local economy. What an amazing story, what an amazing guy! You will not want to miss this one.

• One Million Acres (OMA) website to check them out and get your bracelet: https://omaearth.com/

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This week I speak with Christian de la Huerta who shares his journey as someone who grow up in Cuba in the 1960's in a communist regime to his life now as a life coach. He speaks a lot about power and taking personal power back. This comes from a childhood in Cuba where the people themselves had very little power. We talk about what life was like growing up in Cuba during the height of the Cuban Revolution, his immigration story to America, and what he has devoted his life to in the 40 years since. Really interesting conversation about both history and self-empowerment.

• Christian's website: https://soulfulpower.com/

• Amazon listing of the book: https://shorturl.at/xAM18

Everyone has seen the movies of government counterintelligence agents tracking international criminals and stopping them just in time to save us from global catastrophe. I am sure you have also watched movies with organized crime bosses running a neighborhood and getting busted from a complex FBI stake out operation. Have you ever wondered just what it is like to actually work these jobs in real life? This week I speak with former US Army Counterintelligence Agent and retired FBI Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Gina L. Osborn, about spending her career working to keep us safe from some pretty sinister things. From Cold War Spies in Europe to Gang Bosses in “Little Saigon” she has lead quite the career. This was an amazing conversation about life in counterintelligence and breaking through in a career that was largely male dominated and still has a lot of room for growth.

• Gina’s website: https://ginalosborn.com/

• Lead Like A Lady Podcast: https://leadlikealady.libsyn.com/meet-your-host-gina-l-osborn

This week we dive back into internet pop culture to learn from Elizabeth Hasier, the "owner" and more often manager of Paul who after living his first 2 years of life as a racing greyhound struggled a bit to understand the world of being a pet. She started filming his daily mishaps like getting stuck in the blinds or not knowing how to tackle stairs to much fanfare and millions to TikTok views. Paul has been featured on RateMyDog, The Dodo, and now this podcast. He does not seem to phased by much of it. This was an interesting conversation with Elizabeth about pet adoption, greyhound racing, and overnight internet stardom.

• Elizabeth's photography website: https://ehasierphoto.com/

• Risk It All Paul Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/riskitallpaul

• The Dodo video: https://www.thedodo.com/videos/couples-gives-rescued-racing-greyhound-the-best-retirement-ever

Have you ever wondered just how real House Hunter's really is? Do they really find a house on the show? How do some of the couples seem to work 4 hours a week and have a $5 million budget? How do they find all these people willing to share the sometime hectic journey of finding a house? We answer those questions and a lot more this week with Alana Davenport a participant in a 2019 House Hunters International episode. She was on with her fiancé, Sam, looking for their "first" place in Da Nang, Vietnam. We talk all about the behind the scenes of filming and why she would love to do it all again!

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• Alana's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/50north14east/

• Her Interior Design Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/localhoneycreativehouse/

• Link to the episode: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/House-Hunters-International/0HX61RN93F3OH8EBC8LZH88YKM

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Mishka Sibert, who along with her brother founded Happy Autism to help spread awareness for autism and the lives being lived by those who have it. We speak a lot about her brother, Samko, who has autism and is non-verbal. We discuss his passion for art and how that passion turned into an "endorsement" of his work by both Ben Affleck and Anna Kendrick. We also talk about Mishka's passions for helping others through her life coaching and self love techniques.

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• Check out the Happy Autism site: https://happyautism.co/

• Happy Autism Podcast can be found here: https://happyautismpodcast.libsyn.com/

What would it be like growing up as a world famous meme? This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Zoë Roth who lived exactly that. We talk about the day the famous “Disaster Girl” picture was taken and the experience of having a picture at five year old living on the Internet with millions of people using it as their favorite meme for the last 15 years. We talk about what her life looks like now and all the amazing opportunities this one fateful day in January 2005 has afforded her. This is a really unique story and one that very few people can truly say has happened to them!

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• Zoë’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zoeroth

• Article’s/Videos about the Meme:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56948514

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_y88KAPKW0

• https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/07/116732/who-is-disaster-girl-meme