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In Episode # 24, I converse with Shaily Hakimian, Social Media Connoisseur and K-12 Math Tutor. We first met at the Israeli American Council Conference in Washington DC in September, 2016. We chat about the importance of networking during the Coronavirus season, marketing strategies and how they relate to chess, multi-tasking between different businesses and much more.

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In Episode #23 of podcast, I interview Alli Bradley, the CEO and Founder of Private Yoga Soho, which does in-person and virtual yoga sessions. We discuss the transferrable skills between chess and yoga, entrepreneurship, the importance of wellness and much more.

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In Episode #22, I interview Dan Pelletier, the Founder of DIG USA, which runs chess and soccer programs in Connecticut. We discuss transferrable skills between chess, soccer and other activities, the ways Grandmasters Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and others stay physically fit, the importance of chess companies to collaborate and much more.

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In the 21st episode of podcast, I converse with Ryan Garson, the founder of Very Social and a Manhattan real estate broker with Halstead. We chat about his passion for entrepreneurship, the rising importance of Instagram, the art of strategic planning, a comparison of chess, social media and real estate and more.

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In Podcast Episode #20, I have a conversation with Michael Trugman, a CPA, who loves practicing his true passion, which is health coaching. We discuss his transition to his passion

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In Podcast Episode #19, I interview Jean-Antoine Norbert, an esteemed painter and teacher. He earned an MFA from the New York Academy of Art, a diploma from the Angel Academy of Art in Florence Italy and a medical degree from UNIL, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland.. His portrait of Queen Elizabeth II is on permanent display at the British Consulate NYC. We discuss his desire to transition from medicine to his true passion of painting, transferable skills between chess and painting, his desire to learn chess and more.

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In Episode #18, I interview Grandmaster Boris Alterman and Luba Alterman, the founders of ChessMatec. With a rating of 2608, Grandmaster Alterman is the 6th highest rated player in Israel. He was friends with my coach GM Leonid Yudasin as they represented Israel in several Olympiads together. In this episode, we discuss the importance of networking in the chess world, the chess scene in Israel, the functions and benefits of ChessMatec and much more.

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In the 17th podcast episode, I interview Life Master Michael Aigner, who resides in the Bay Area. Some of his chess highlights include tying for second place in the U.S Open in 2006 and playing in the U.S Chess Championship in 2007. Thanks to his love for the birds opening, he has the nick name "fpawn." I first met Michael when we played in the 2009 Chicago Open. While Michael was born with quadrilateral phocomelia, four short limbs and has been wheel-chair bound his whole life, that hasn't stopped him from reaching for the stars, getting a MS in Biomedical Engineering at Stanford and becoming a Life Master. In this interview, we discuss his background, chess pedagogy insights, the importance of getting outside one's comfort zone, ways to motivate more disabled players to participate in tournaments and more.

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In Podcast Episode #16. I interview Lara Hocheiser, the owner of one of our esteemed education partners Flow & Grow Kids Yoga. We discuss the importance of collaborating, mindfulness, how yoga can help prepare players for chess games, our plans during the Covid-19 season, and much more.

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In Episode 15, I interview Dr. Alana Bloom, Chiropractor. We discuss chess and health, the importance of gratitude, how to stay productive during the coronavirus season, the importance of listening to teachers and more.