[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

We've had Brooklyn, our Shiba Inu, for 12 weeks. There were so many points of failure that I thought to myself "Do I just suck at being a dog owner?" I'm joined by Nikki Ivey, leading educator in dog behaviour and owner of DogSpeak. Based out of Nashville, TN, Nikki has trained dogs for the past 25 years. We talk through puppy relationship dynamics of leading and following, building and eroding trust and what to do when you don't know what to do. 

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

It's not every day you meet a rocket scientist, let alone get to interview him. Stephen Lu (M.Eng) has been at Lockheed Martin for the past 5 years, launching everything from submarine missiles to satellites. In an effort to develop himself, he has spent the last 3 years publishing 120 videos on LinkedIn, becoming one of the first people to pilot LinkedIn's Live Streams feature. In this episode, we dig into how he failed to get accepted into Lockheed's Leadership Development Program, and how he saw that as an opportunity to grow. 

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

Ghosts. Hungover Tuna. The desensitization of conversation.

Swimming through the dating sea is harder than you might imagine.

Enter Abbey and Parker, two heterosexual, millennial females, who have spent the last 3 years wading through the waters in Toronto.

As working professionals in an environment where everybody makes great first impressions, but is also quick to jump to conclusions, how are they wading through the currents to find love?

In episode 8, we discuss streamlining the dating cycle to avoid dating fatigue, triggers and deal-breakers, and expectations vs. reality in dating outside your ideal profile.

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

As a newly-wedded couple that recently moved into a new place, my wife and I were trying to decide whether we should get a dog. Enter America's Canine Educator, Tom Davis. Tom runs the Upstate Canine Academy in New York, which has over 165,000 YouTube subscribers, 76,000 Instagram followers and over the past 12 years, Tom has worked with over 8,500 dogs! He is also the host of the No Bad Dogs podcast, which was voted #1 by BlogFeed.

Because my wife and I are two working professionals who live in a small apartment, I wanted to get Tom's thoughts on the critical factors to think through whether we were ready for a dog - or not. What did we need consider? Were there factors that people often overlooked?

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

Would you travel without data? Enter a stranger's house in Sri Lanka? Use Google to make decisions on where to eat?

In this episode, Sara Be and I geek out over finding the magic in traveling solo, having cumulatively traveled to over 65 countries. We swap personal stories (from Myanmar to Budapest), share lessons learned, and explore how social media has changed travel (for better or worse).

[This episode was published via Millennials with Machetes, our former podcast on hacking your way through the thick of life]

In 2018, Canadian housing affordability was at its worst levels in nearly 30 years. Is it possible to buy a house in Vancouver on a single income? In this episode, Jeff Pena, civil engineer, shares how he leveraged some key principles of FIRE to purchase his first house by the age of 24.