In this episode of the LA Insider, we highlight Malachi Mott, an accomplished recording artist, music producer, and creative coach. Malachi shares his journey from a struggling computer engineering student to finding his true passion in music. He elaborates on how creating music brought him joy and success, leading to his new role in supporting other artists. The discussion also delves into his unique affirmation album, 'The Art of Affirmation,' its impact, and his upcoming project, 'The Art of Empowerment.' Malachi talks about the positive influence of affirmations, the importance of community, and his choice to live in Northridge, LA. Join us to get inspired by his captivating story and musical journey.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Malachi Mott – Recording Artist, Music Producer & Creative Coach

⭐ Guest Bio

Malachi Mott is a Los Angeles-based music producer, songwriter, mixer, educator, and creativity coach whose decade-plus career in music spans professional production, remixing, and artistic mentorship. Rooted in deep technical skill and creative vision, Malachi has produced and mixed music across genres and worked with notable artists while also teaching and guiding emerging talent through institutions like Icon Collective, 1500 Sound Academy, and community programs such as Give a Beat to support creatives in expanding their craft and confidence.

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Creative identity and career pivots

✔️ Affirmations as a creative tool

✔️ Independent paths in the music industry

✔️ Community-driven creativity

✔️ Gratitude and abundance mindset

📇 Connect with Guest:

🔗 Facebook  → https://www.facebook.com/MalachiCMott

📱 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/malachimott/?hl=en

📺 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/malachimott/

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In this episode of LA Insider, Jason Anderson sits down with Dr. Djelani Hamm to explore how creativity, cultural heritage, and restorative practices can lead to deep personal transformation. From his journey through education and the arts to leading cultural immersion trips to Senegal, Dr. Hamm shares how reconnecting with ancestry, travel, and storytelling helps individuals heal, find purpose, and turn life’s broken pieces into meaningful works of art.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Dr. Djelani Hamm – Educator, Artist & Cultural Guide

⭐ Guest Bio

Dr. Djelani Hamm is a Los Angeles–based educator, artist, and cultural guide dedicated to inspiring transformation through creativity, heritage, and restorative practices. With a Ph.D. in World Arts and Cultures from UCLA, he has spent decades serving LA communities as an education specialist and program leader. Through Djelani Hamm Coaching, he leads cultural immersion journeys to West Africa and supports individuals seeking purpose, healing, and deeper ancestral connection.

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Creativity as a path to healing

✔️ Cultural heritage and identity

✔️ Transformational travel to Senegal

✔️ Restorative justice in education

✔️ Finding purpose through ancestral connection

📇 Connect with Guest:

📱 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/djelanihamm/

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In this episode, Jason Anderson sits down with branding strategist Gavin Carr to explore how clear storytelling and creative strategy drive business growth. Gavin shares his journey from agency life and Dollar Shave Club to founding Camp Gravy, breaking down brand messaging, audience psychology, influencer marketing, and why entertainment-driven content is shaping the future of modern brands.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Gavin Carr – Principal, Camp Gravy Creative Agency

⭐ Guest Bio

Gavin Carr is a Principal at Camp Gravy, a branding and creative agency based in Brentwood. He leads client strategy and creative direction, helping companies develop clear, memorable brand identities and cohesive marketing experiences. With a strong background in guiding organizations through branding, messaging, and storytelling, Gavin works closely with clients to transform complex ideas into compelling narratives across every touchpoint.

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Brand storytelling and messaging

✔️ Audience psychology and segmentation

✔️ Influencer and paid media strategy

✔️ Creative trends in modern branding

✔️ Building and scaling creative agencies

📇 Connect with Gavin Carr:

🌐 Website → https://www.campgravy.com/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavin-carr-marketing

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In this episode, Jason Anderson sits down with Jessper Maquindang to discuss how leaders can move beyond task management and build purpose-driven, people-first organizations. Jessper breaks down the role of a fractional chief people officer, common hiring mistakes entrepreneurs make, and why empowering teams through vision, culture, and accountability leads to stronger performance, alignment, and long-term business growth.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Jessper Maquindang – Founder & CEO, Family Lead Management Consulting

⭐ Guest Bio

Jessper Maquindang is the Founder and CEO of FamiLEAD Management Consulting, a Los Angeles–based firm helping leaders build people-centered, high-performing organizations. A Certified Executive Coach and Fractional Chief People Officer, Jessper has over a decade of experience in HR strategy, leadership development, and organizational culture. He has guided numerous business owners and executives across Greater Los Angeles in aligning profit with purpose through effective people systems.

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Fractional HR and people leadership

✔️ Purpose-driven management

✔️ Hiring and culture alignment

✔️ Empowering teams to scale

✔️ Leadership mindset shifts

📇 Connect with Jessper Maquindang:

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmaquindang

📺 YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@FamiLEADManagementConsulting

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In this episode, Jason Anderson sits down with multi-instrumentalist and artist Robbie Gennet to explore a lifelong creative journey in music. Robbie shares how curiosity, discipline, and authenticity shaped his career—from working with major artists to releasing a bold 10-album series. The conversation dives into songwriting, reinvention, resilience after loss, and why true artistry comes from expressing who you are, not fitting into a genre.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Robbie Gennet – Musician, Songwriter & Educator

⭐ Guest Bio

Robbie Gennet is a Los Angeles–based multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer with an astonishing catalog of nearly 800 original songs. Robbie Gennet+2Robbie Gennet+2 In 2025, he’s undertaking a bold creative campaign: releasing 10 self-produced albums, culminating a project he’s quietly built over the past few years. Robbie Gennet+2Robbie Gennet+2 His style defies categorization — from funk and art rock to synth-driven retro-futurism — and his work is deeply personal, shaped in part by adversity after losing his home and studio in the 2018 Woolsey Fire. 

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Lifelong musicianship and creative growth

✔️ Songwriting as an evolving craft

✔️ Working with established artists

✔️ Music licensing vs. ownership

✔️ Releasing large-scale creative projects

✔️ Authenticity in modern music

📇 Connect with Robbie Gennet:

📱 Instagram → http://instagram.com/robbieg.music

📘 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/robbiemusic/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/robbiegennet/

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Connor Treacy shares his journey from throwing teenage events to becoming a music executive, nightlife brand co-founder, and civic leader in Los Angeles. He opens up about building Off Sunset, managing rising DJs, serving on the Del Rey Neighborhood Council, and how education reshaped his path.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Connor Treacy – Music Manager, Entrepreneur & Outreach Officer (Del Rey Neighborhood Council)

⭐ Guest Bio

Connor Treacy is a Los Angeles–born entrepreneur, music executive, and civic leader. He co-founded OffSunset, a prominent West Hollywood nightlife brand that generated over $4M annually and hosted A-list artists like Travis Scott. Bridging the gap between culture and community, Connor now serves as the Outreach Officer for the Del Rey Neighborhood Council. In this role, he produces high-impact gatherings, such as Del Rey Day with the City of Los Angeles, blending entertainment with civic engagement. His work offers a unique insight into how entrepreneurship, politics, and creative networks intersect to shape LA’s future

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Connor’s rise through nightlife & music

✔️ Building Off Sunset into a multimillion-dollar brand

✔️ Managing today’s emerging DJs

✔️ Civic service through the Del Rey Neighborhood Council

✔️ LA neighborhood insights

📇 Connect with Connor:

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/connortreacy

📱 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/theconnortreacy

📺 YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@theconnortreacy

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In this dynamic episode, host Jason Anderson sits down with Brent Bushnell, entrepreneur, engineer, and co-founder of Two Bit Circus. Brent shares his journey from early tech ventures to designing groundbreaking immersive experiences and mixed-reality theme parks. He also dives into the future of play, STEAM education, and how technology is reshaping entertainment spaces across the world.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Brent Bushnell – Entrepreneur, Engineer & Co-Founder of Two Bit Circus

⭐ Guest Bio

Brent Bushnell is an entrepreneur, engineer, and creative experience designer based in Los Angeles. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Two Bit Circus, the pioneering “micro-amusement park” blending technology, art, and social play. Currently, as Founder of DreamPark, he’s creating the world’s first downloadable theme park—transforming vacant properties into immersive, revenue-generating attractions through mixed-reality technology. With over two decades at the intersection of innovation, creativity, and community, Brent continues to redefine how people connect, play, and experience urban spaces.  

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Brent’s journey from tech entrepreneur to immersive experience pioneer

✔️ The creation and mission of Two Bit Circus

✔️ How Dream Park is building downloadable theme parks

✔️ STEAM education and hands-on learning

✔️ The future of interactive spaces and public entertainment

📇 Connect with Brent:

🌐 Website → https://www.visitdreampark.com/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentbushnell/

📷 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/visitdreampark

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In this episode of The LA Insider, host Jason Anderson sits down with Ashley Fumiko Dominguez, co-founder of DreamPad AI. Ashley shares her journey from public service and higher-education leadership to launching an AI platform that helps buyers, sellers, and agents instantly visualize a home’s potential with accurate, real-time renderings. She also opens up about balancing entrepreneurship, community work, and life in West Adams.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Ashley Fumiko Dominguez – Co-founder, DreamPad AI; Senior Director of Federal Relations

⭐ Guest Bio:

Ashley Fumiko Dominguez is the Co-Founder of DreamPad.ai, an AI-powered platform revolutionizing real estate visualization for professionals and clients. She also serves as Senior Director of Federal Relations at UCLA, where she leads national policy initiatives in education, immigration, and foreign affairs. A first-generation college graduate from San Francisco State University, Ashley has been nationally recognized for her leadership in higher education advocacy and serves on the St. Joseph Center Board of Directors.

💡 Key Topics Covered:

✔️ How DreamPad AI works

✔️ Helping buyers overcome visualization challenges

✔️ AI’s future in real estate

✔️ Balancing entrepreneurship and public service

✔️ Life and local favorites in West Adams

📇 Connect with Ashley Fumiko Dominguez:

🌐 Website → https://dreampad.ai/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleyfdominguez/

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🔗 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/therealtorJASON/

🌐 Website → https://www.andersonteamla.com/

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In this episode of the LA Insider, host Jason Anderson sits down with technology law expert Josh Lawler to explore the fast-moving world of blockchain, AI, and emerging tech. Josh shares how rapid innovation shapes regulation, why blockchain’s impact is inevitable, and what businesses must understand as technology outpaces legislation. He also gives personal insights on life in Rancho Palos Verdes and building a tech-forward legal practice.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Josh Lawler – Partner at Zuber Lawler & Chair of the Emerging Technologies Practice Group

⭐ Guest Bio

Josh Lawler is a Partner at Zuber Lawler in Los Angeles and Chair of the firm’s Emerging Technologies Practice Group. He is recognized for pioneering legal work in blockchain, AI, and other advanced technologies, advising clients in over 20 countries. His greatest achievement includes leading groundbreaking transactions and regulatory strategies in the digital asset space, making him a trusted authority for companies navigating new technology law.

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ How blockchain is reshaping digital systems

✔️ Why law lags behind innovation

✔️ AI as blockchain’s adoption accelerator

✔️ Consumer protection & regulation gaps

✔️ Starting and scaling a tech-focused law firm

✔️ Josh’s lifestyle insights on Rancho Palos Verdes

📇 Connect with Josh Lawler:

🌐 Website → https://zuberlawler.com/

🔗 LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshlawlercal

🐦 Twitter → https://x.com/Jlawlercal

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In this episode of the LA Insider, host Jason interviews Jowell Doughly, a certified wellness coach and founder of the lifestyle brand Imperfect Rockstar. Jowell shares her journey from growing up in a strict Middle Eastern household and working in her family's jewelry business to launching a wellness brand and charitable initiatives. She discusses the events and retreats she organizes, including the annual rock and roll charity event Midlife Wonderland, and her nonprofit Show Me the Truth, which funds therapy for trauma survivors. Jowell also talks about her love for West Hollywood, offering recommendations for food and nightlife in the area.

🎧 Hosted by: Jason Anderson

👤 Guest:🖋 Jowell Doughly – Certified Wellness Coach & Founder of Imperfect Rockstar

⭐ Guest BioJowell Doughly is a Certified Confidence and Wellness Coach and the founder of Imperfect Rockstar, a West Hollywood–based lifestyle and wellness brand that inspires people to own their flaws and build unshakable self-worth. She also founded Show Me The Truth, a nonprofit funding therapy and rehabilitation for trauma survivors, and created Midnight Wonderland, an annual rock ’n’ roll charity event at the Whisky A Go Go supporting The Midnight Mission.

💡 Key Topics Covered

✔️ Turning imperfections into empowerment

✔️ Founding Imperfect Rockstar and Show Me the Truth

✔️ Confidence and authenticity in personal growth

✔️ The story behind Midlife Wonderland charity event

✔️ Finding purpose in helping others heal

📇 Connect with Jowell:

🌐 Website → https://www.imperfectrockstar.com/

📱 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/juju_jowell

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🔗 Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/therealtorJASON/

🌐 Website → https://www.andersonteamla.com/

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