The Combustion Chronicles

If you’re a black Californian, your doctor probably doesn’t look like you. That’s because underrepresented minorities make up 40 percent of the state’s population but only nine percent of its physicians. Dr. Kelechi Uwaezuoke is laser-focused on closing that gap. As Assistant Director for Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Partnerships at San Francisco State University, she is disrupting the lack of minority representation in healthcare. In fact, that’s why she entered the public health field in the first place 20 years ago. Dive in with us as we explore how Dr. Uwaezuoke is changing the face of healing in the Golden State by changing the lives of minority and disadvantaged medical students.

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Switchblade earrings. A diamond-encrusted Ring Pop. A pendant inspired by Family Guy. Those are some of jeweler Jason Arasheben’s outlandish creations, which adorn the bodies of everyone from Saudi princes to basketball royalty (Lebron James, among others). Dubbed the “anarcho-jeweler to the stars” by GQ, Jason leveraged a part-time gig—selling cheap trinkets out of his dorm room—into the cutting-edge Jason of Beverly Hills. On this week’s episode, we learn more about Jason and how his unique creations reflect the personal, intimate, and sometimes controversial aspects of his clients’ stories, all while absolutely dripping with diamonds.

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What’s the price of poverty for a child? If you ask this week’s guest, the answer should never be “death.” After launching the Cure 4 the Kids Foundation from her kitchen table almost 15 years ago, Annette Logan-Parker has proven that the worlds of both healthcare and philanthropy are ripe for disruption. On this episode, dive with us into Annette’s roller coaster of a journey to discover the maverick mindsets that you need for blowing up the status quo and the grit you need to overcome the obstacles that get in your way.

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In 2008, with the subprime mortgage industry failing, investment banks collapsing, and the nation quickly moving into financial turmoil, Ryan Serhant decided it was time to launch his career in real estate. One of the stars of Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing New York and author of the bestselling book Sell It Like Serhant, Ryan has become one of the most successful real estate brokers in the world at just 35 years old. Join us as we combust with Ryan and engage his unique blend of wit, charm, and disruption to dig into the secret sauce of what it takes to think differently about an industry that affects pretty much all of us.

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For our first episode, Shawn speaks with Arianna Huffington, founder and CEO of Thrive Global, a corporate and well-being productivity platform with the mission of changing the way we live and work by destroying the delusion that burnout is the price we have to pay for success. Arianna explores the role of creative disruption in her work, dreams about a disrupted post-pandemic future, speaks boldly about the challenges of compassion, and she even poses the question, “Is Shawn a mutant?” Come combust with us as we dive into these topics and more!

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Get your first taste of The Combustion Chronicles podcast with our season one preview! Throughout this series, we're bringing together the most unique and influential minds we can find to have honest conversations about not being OK with the status quo, blowing sh*t up, and working together to influence our shared future.

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