Matt Galat is a travel vlogger and YouTuber. His channel, JaYoe Nation, focuses on travel content as he cycles around the world exploring new places and cultures.  We talk to him about his journey and how travel has changed his social perspectives. We talk about the difficult but crucial task of keeping an objective world view and how he has recently come under attack by other YouTubers and western media for his views.

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Matt Beadle is an author and keynote speaker, he is also a renowned presenter, host and facilitator seen throughout Europe on TV and all sorts of media programs.  We talk to him about his latest book “Strengths Oriented Leadership: The World Through Bee Glasses” which covers the research and scientific evidence behind how best-in-class performers, outliers, innovators, captains of industry or virtuosos are created.  The book is about talent, strengths and positive psychology and how we can apply these principles in our own lives and at work.

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Yao Lu is the owner/operator/bartender of the renowned Union Trading Company.  A Shanghai neighborhood cocktail bar ranked on Asia's 50 Best Bars consecutively since 2016.  The Union Trading Company has won numerous awards and is known not only for creating great drinks but befriending those who walk through its doors.  Yao has also founded Standard Measure & Co Hospitality Consultancy and consults on some of China's largest hospitality bar projects.  We talk to Yao about his toughest year of business, survival, keeping up with society and finding your north star.

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This is a lost episode originally recorded in March of 2020.  Charles Zeng is a restauranteur and owner of the Charlie's burger chain.  We cheer ourselves up after months of quarantine with a bottle of rum and fun conversation.  We talk all things coronavirus from our perspective here in China.

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Kathryn Hill is an elite trail runner.  She has won several ultra marathon races in China this past year.  In her first attempt at running a 100 mile (168km) race, she finished in 26 hours, breaking the previous record by 2 hours at the 2020 Jiangnan 100, which is the largest and most competitive 100 mile trail running event in Eastern China.  She holds workshops on mental toughness, helping others to run incredible distances, tolerate pain and push through limits.

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Dr. Ryan Thorpe is a writer, author and professor from Texas.  He teaches humanities and writing courses at the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute.  He has a publishing deal for a series of three fantasy novels and has another publishing deal with Routledge for books teaching second language creative writing.  He is also the director of the Shanghai Writing Workshop which holds free and public workshops and lectures and he is the editor of the Blue Tiger Review, a free literature magazine that arose out of discovering that many second language writers had nowhere to send their work. 

Shanghai Writing Workshop: www.shanghaiwriting.com

Blue Tiger Review: http://bluetiger.sjtu.edu.cn/

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In this episode the guys talk about earning money for the podcast and how we should not rush to judge others.  Whether they are talking about other podcasters, internet celebrities, Trump supporters, virtue signalers and even Neo-Nazis, they try to remember that its more productive to hate the game than it is to hate the player.  

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Tamar Hela is the COO of the #1 LinkedIn Marketing Agency, Genius Encel.  She has a background in holistic health and has overcome several health challenges through applying her knowledge of natural medicine.  She also works on mindset using quantum theory philosophies. 

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Genius Encel: https://geniusencel.agency 

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tamarhela/

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In this episode Justin, Aric and Howie try to brainstorm what are the core essentials they need to live a happy life and how many things they can jettison from their lives now.  The conversation gets a little ridiculous. 

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Gabor Holch is an intercultural leadership coach, consultant, speaker and author.  He has coached public leaders, CEO’s and high-level decision makers in some of the largest multinational corporations.  An expat since age 4, he holds degrees in languages, international relations and diplomacy, and certifications in several assessment and coaching methodologies.  He has written three books and published about a hundred articles for academic and business publications.
 

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https://www.holch.biz
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