The Matt Balaker Podcast

John Papola started at MTV and quickly built a successful career as a producer. His famed economics rap video "Fear the Boom and Bust" became a viral hit. An entrepreneurial spirit motivated him to start his own company Emergent Order. His latest passion involves celebrating fatherhood. Hear his story.

https://www.dadsavesamerica.com/

Carl Kozlowski is a surprise TikTok star. His nontraditional path involved undiagnosed autism and bipolar disorder. Things changed when we returned home to Arkansas. A WalMart job reignited his comedy career. Daily mass improved his life. Hear his story on the Matt Balaker Podcast.  

http://www.carlkoz.com/

Brad Stewart is a comic and actor who played the Hollywood game for years. Then he moved home to Nebraska to care for his ailing parents. What happened? His comedy career was reinvigorated. Hear his tale on the Matt Balaker Podcast.

Patrick Rea, founder of Canopy Boulder, has led 130 investments since 2015. He believes business can be the greatest agent of social change.   Hear his story about from college soccer player to leading cannabis investor. 

Patrick joined Poseidon Garden Ventures as Managing Director.  

https://twitter.com/patrickrea

Singer/songwriter Röckët Stähr spent 8 years animating Death of a Rockstar on his own, having never previously animated anything before in his life. The entire project took 13 years in all to complete.  Hear his rock 'n roll journey about meeting his idols, making his own path, and why he loves the music so much.

https://deathofarockstar.com/

Sean Malone discusses economics in plain English and sounds off on the recent student debt forgiveness controversy.  Malone studied music performance and composition before working in various creative roles in the music and film industries.   

He helped build the Foundation for Economic Education's versatile, world-class creative team from the ground up.  

His on-going video essay series "Out of Frame" and FEE's other popular shows like "Common Sense Soapbox" have generated tens of millions of views and earned FEE a Silver Play Button award from YouTube; and his award-winning documentaries, such as "Locked Out", "Farming in Fear", "Rigged", and "Made in Mekhe" have been screened at film festivals and on college campuses around the country.

Paul Farahvar is the host of the successful podcast "Singles Only" and is a regular guest host on WGN Radio.  Hear his story about working as a lawyer then musician and comedian.  

After becoming a regular at Chicago stand up clubs like Zanies, Comedy Bar and Laugh Factory, Farahvar was given the rare opportunity to host and produce his own weekly show called "Drink Date Laugh”, focusing on dating. 

He also produces and hosts a comedic game show called "Everyone's a Lawyer”. Both shows are performed at the famous Laugh Factory.  

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulfarahvar/ 

https://twitter.com/paulfarahvar