The Matt Balaker Podcast

The Matt Balaker Podcast

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  • PK on Comedy, Family, and the White House

    PK is a regular at World Famous Laugh Factory, Improv, Comedy Store, Pasadena Ichouse, Haha Comedy Club, The Hollywood and Pasadena Comedy! He has brought over 10,000 people to the clubs, many of them seeing stand up comedy live for the first time. He’s performed at over 100 universities across the United States. He was The Grand Prize Winner of The Uncle Clyde's Comedy Cup at The Pasadena Icehouse sponsored by H2F Productions, which featured 100 comedians and he took first place. PK is the Founder, Exec. Director, and host for ten years of a non profit organization and annual Asian talent show called Kollaboration. He is the Co-founder of LiNK, Liberty in North Korea, a non profit organization dedicated to bring awareness to the needs of North Korean refugees. He was a producer, writer, and host of Mnet's BPM - Beats Per Mnet - a daily talk show on TV focusing on food, fashion, and clothing. PK is also the Founder/Director of a wedding events company called Prokreation Productions (Proactive Kreativity). He has emceed, DJ'd, and provided sound for over 500 weddings.

    https://pkcomedy.com/

    43 min
  • Personal Finance with Ron Babcock

    Ron Babcock shares his insights on savings and personal finance. He's a comedian, so this will be fun.

    Ron Babcock is an editor and comedian. He's edited on Clone High (Max), Cat Burglar (Netflix), Ten Year Old Tom (HBO Max), Muppet Babies (Disney) and The Life and Times of Tim (HBO). He's written and directed multiple original web series for MTV, AOL, Cinefix, Tasted, Mashable and others.

    As a comedian, he's appeared on Adam Devine's House Party on Comedy Central, Last Comic Standing, Montreal Just For Laughs, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and was a winner at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival. He started out performing at UCB in Los Angeles.

    51 min
  • The Book on Dominoes - Ron Richards

    Ron Richards is a lawyer, business leader, and music festival producer. So why is he writing a book about dominoes? Tune in to hear his story.

    Ron Richards is a co-founder and Managing Director of Gray Wolf Partners. He assists clients in their efforts to understand and analyze complex operational, financial, legal, and accounting issues.

    Ron practiced corporate and labor law and was a practicing accountant with Deloitte & Touche. He from the University of California, Los Angeles. He also holds an M.B.A. from The Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. from the UCLA School of Law.
    While at UCLA, Ron conceptualized and produced the first annual UCLA JazzReggae festival. Now in its 32nd year, the music festival is a major annual event at UCLA and is currently one of the longest running, most successful student-run events in the United States.

    37 min
  • Matthew Ritchey on Plant Medicine

    Matt Ritchey raced motocross as a teen. A serious injury motivated him to learn about brain protection. Now he is the author of Elevated Executive & founder of Inner Circle, a dedicated plant medicine community of leaders and innovators. Hear his story.

    His team building skills have been utilized by brands like Facebook and AirBnB. His leadership framework has produced over $100M in profits for brand’s he’s helped grow.
    www.InnerCircle.biz

    39 min
  • Brian Swinehart - Leaving LA for Showbiz

    Brian Swinehart took his small-town work ethic to Los Angeles. He carved out a niche as an actor and produced one of the most acclaimed and longest running standup comedy shows in Hollywood. After a couple older ladies chastised him while walking his dog, he returned back home to find purpose, love, and a new approach to show business. Hear his story.

    MORE ABOUT BRIAN SWINEHART
    As a professional comedian Brian has traveled the world putting smiles on faces and has enjoyed every moment.
    Brian's career in the entertainment industry started at age 20 when he naively moved to Los Angeles California with dreams of breaking into Hollywood.
    It's not easy to create a career in Show business however Brian has made it work he now has over 32 professional acting credits. As well as writing and producing short films and feature length movies.
    On this website you can enjoy his videos see his upcoming tour schedule and buy merchandise from the online store.
    ​https://www.instagram.com/brianswinehart/
    https://linktr.ee/brianswinehart

    59 min
  • Warren Patterson on Climbing Summits - The Matt Balaker Podcast

    Warren Patterson moved across continents, climbed Mt. Kilmanjaro, and now serves as CEO of Summit Hosting. Hear his story.

    MORE ABOUT WARREN PATTERSON
    At the age of 13, Warren Patterson's family moved from South Africa to the US in search of greater opportunities. His college years at Clemson got interrupted by his desire to explore and climb Mt Kilimanjaro. His dream of working with animals brought him cross country to CA where he quickly discovered that life in a veterinary office under the artificial light was not for him. A temp job led him to his business partner, a plant expert, who together built a successful landscape design company. As a result of the 2008 financial crisis, he closed his first company and sought new opportunities back on the East Coast. Warren's ingenuity led him to complete his college degree and start a cloud hosting company to aid his father's bookkeeping business. Success followed, with a series of nine calculated business transactions, culminating in his most recent and largest acquisition yet, elevating Summit Hosting to new heights.

    33 min
  • Comedy Booker Richard Barrett

    Richard Barrett has over two decades of experience as the night manager and Entertainment Director for Los Angeles' Comedy & Magic Club, one of the premier comedy clubs in the world. He also serves as the booker for one of southern California's newest comedy clubs, The Stand Up Comedy Club, and produces live shows for major corporations and festivals.

    58 min
  • Joshua Robbins on the Energy Transition

    Joshua Robbins wrote hand-written letters to woo his wife. After a stint in the Air Force, he worked his way into the energy industry. Now his on the front lines of the transitioning energy industry. Hear his story.

    More About Joshua Robbins:
    Joshua Robbins has been consulting oil and gas companies on where to find their next energy deal (from $9,000 to billion-dollar deals) since 2014. He assists family offices in finding new assets that deliver consistent returns in a short time window. Joshua and the team at Beachwood built a central source of data called the Helix, a digital Price Guide designed to assist the energy industry (carbon and renewable) by publicly showcasing price metrics of the current market.
    Joshua has been featured in a number of industry publications, most notably on the cover of Oilman Magazine. He was a keynote speaker for the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), delivering a presentation on where to find the best assets. A new abstract has been written for future SPE presentations that defines energy asset pricing called "The New Energy Marketplace Transformation".
    Joshua is an active member of the Assembly of Catholic Professionals, is married with two children and is an Air Force veteran.

    47 min
  • Ivy League Comedian Kris Fried

    Chris Fried applied to the FBI. Now he’s a comedian. This former Conan O'Brien intern leveraged a Harvard degree to earn free drinks at the Comedy Cellar. Hear his story.

    www.patreon.com/krisfried

    35 min
  • Economist Larry White on Inflation

    What is inflation? Why do we have it? What's bitcoin? Economist Larry White breaks it down.

    MORE ABOUT LARRY WHITE
    Larry White is a banking and money scholar who has taught at NYU and George Mason University. He has authored several books and edited numerous volumes on monetary theory and banking history. He has received the Adam Smith Award and is currently a senior scholar of the Cato Institute Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and a co-editor of Econ Journal Watch.

    52 min

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