The Matt Show

Matt Interviews Jaylen who goes by Trip and @rips.chicago on social media. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago in Chatham one block away from Cottage Grove. Trip talks about the trials and tribulations that he went through growing up and being a truly loving person while still standing your ground. Choosing to be interested in stuff that may have been considered “weird” by his peers but still being accepted in crowds of very different kinds of people from the nerds to the streets. Trip talks about why street culture is glorified, the influence of music, and how people try to be “gangster” when they’re really just doing “foul sh*t” .

Trip talks about being involved in photography and videography, moving into fashion + craftsmanship + design of all kinds with his brand “Rips” that he is building up and how he respects and puts real effort into educating himself on the process of any creative discipline he learns. He touches on the value of quality and working with smaller suppliers who he loves to build relationships with where he can pay someone and it truly matters. He touches on the vision for Rips and how he wants to take the brand to a point where he can step away from it and work on other projects. He also touches on his spiritual beliefs and what he thinks motivates humans towards certain behaviors.

Follow Trip:

Instagram: rips.chicago

Twitter: @RIPSCHICAGO

FearTheFunk was perviously on the Do Good podcast with a co-guest. This is his official solo recording.

Julius is a friend of Matt’s… he’s a visual artist of many talents with his own unique style of artwork. He’s created many murals, paintings, and digital art.

Matt and Julius talk about his life from a very general perspective. This episode is more of a documenting process betting on the idea that Julius will become an extremely successful individual, this episode being a window into this period of his life. At the time of this recording April 2021 he’s been coming out the other end of very difficult situations including homelessness and suicidal depression. FearTheFunk talks about his goals, motivations, and what success means to him. Hopefully this is a source of inspiration for those working towards becoming great but moving through darkness.

Follow FearTheFunk + Learn More:

Instagram: @FearTheFunk

Website: https://www.fearthefunk.net/

Matt talks with Graeme Phillips founder of Chicago Socrates, an artist collective and artist support network in Chicago. Graeme is a big advocate for mental health with his own stories of struggles and learning to work with the craziness of his own mind. Matt and Graeme discuss their own mental health stories in an open dialogue around working through the dark places that our minds can end up even when we least expect it and how to have empathy for those who’ve been consumed by temporary insanity. Plus, some philosophy and discussion on finding meaning in our lives.

Neither Matt or Graeme are formal experts in mental health or psychology, but have their own experiences and insights from those experiences to share.

Reach out to Graeme:

Personal Instagram: i.nstagraeme

Chicago Socrates: @chicago.socrates

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nonstopmatt.com

Matt interviews Hayden Humphrey a life coach and career coach. Hayden helps people break out of the “script” of how life is “supposed” to go and helps people live life by their own design.

Matt and Hayden talk about how to live a life that is an authentic reflection of you and how businesses can be more human, as Hayden calls it: “leading with love”.

Follow Hayden:

Instagram: @haydenashimself

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/haydenhumphrey/

Website: haydenhumphrey.com

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Instagram: @nonstopmatt

Website: nonstopmatt.com

On this episode Matt interviews Bryan Arriaga founder of Global WSDM and Esteban Escobar founder of Mayan Jade. Both heavily influenced by the city of Chicago and culturally aware, the three discuss Chicago’s beauties and flaws. Escobar gives you the scoop behind his latest work with Mayan Jade and his brand’s roots with Mayan designers in Guatemala + working on new furniture. Savybah talks about his mission with Global WSDM, collaborating on a new clothing piece with Escobar, and his experience going to every 77 neighborhood of Chicago for his new book Chicago 77.

Follow & Contact the guests:

Bryan Arriaga on Instagram @savybah

globalwsdm.com

Esteban Escobar on Instagram @madeby_escobar

And his brand on Instagram … @mayan_jade

Kevin P. Davenport is the founder of Ideal Digital Chicago where they churn out youth by training them in digital marketing, working for Ideal Digital, and then getting them employed at a larger company. Author of the Ideal Candidate, Kevin knows that many disadvantaged youth grow up without basic life skills for living on their own and wrote a book plus created many workshops and events to help fill that gap. Kevin is an expert not just in unlocking youth potential and putting it to work but in coaching founders of all levels on his own as well as at the Chicago Urban League who are making $50,000-100,000 in revenue to grow their business. Matt and Kevin discuss his work and other topics such as improving education for entrepreneurship and diversity and inclusion in the corporate world.

Follow Kevin:

Instagram: @kevinpdavenport

kevinpdavenport.com

Talking with Daniel Polostky, the founder and CEO of CoinFlipATM a crypto ATM for converting your cash into Bitcoin or other crypto currencies. Based in Chicago.

A really interesting conversation on how to leverage, include, and empower black and brown business owners in America and how that ultimately benefits us all and is in the interest of everyone to be involved.

Learn more about Gray Matter at: graymatterexperience.com

Listen to the full thing with links at: DoGoodCollab.Com

Matt Smith chats with NikosOnTheRun, Jared Avaloss, and RoarJMckay… Talking about their creatives process, where they draw inspiration from, advice for multimedia creatives, how we can do better business together and much more.

Follow them on Instagram:

Nikos: @NikosOnTheRun

Jared: @JaredAvaloss

John: @RoarJMckay

Matt Smith talks with 3 artistic and musical masterminds on the come up in Chicago about work and life.

Follow them on Instagram:

Rob Baco: @rob.baco

NoCapSawbuck: @nocapsawbuckk

Dutcho: @dutcho6700