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- Jenny Currier is a Writer
This week we're joined by Jenny Currier - Motif food editor and writer, RI food tour embassador, blogger, author and world traveler - for a conversation about taking leaps of faith, travel, finding joy in every day and the transformative experience of writing.
Topics include the writing process, the importance of experiencing new things, books that inspire, what makes a great writer, food journalism, and following your intuition cross-country into a new career.
Show Notes
- The origin of Captain Currier
- What it's like being a food writer
- Publicly logging joyfulness every day for a year
- The writing process
- The community aspect of food
- Jenny's thank you letter to the people who welcomed her in Greece
Links
- Follow Jenny on Instagram
- Check out her blog
- Follow her on twitter
- Like her on Facebook
- Read her year of joyfulness
- Go on a Food Tour with Jenny!
- Go read Textbook, Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
43 min - Casey Acacia is a Social Worker and Circus Performer
This week we're joined by Casey Acacia - co-founder of Circus Dynamics, founder of Providence Play Therapy, member of the Boston Circus Guild, social worker, circus arts performer and living statue - for a conversation about the therapeutic nature of play, balancing two life passions, and how to clown around with a purpose.
Topics include play as a universal language, the meditation of movement and flow, living two passions by interweaving them together, life changing moments as a living statue, the importance of therapy, and the circus arts.
Show Notes
- Play as a universal language
- How to get into the circus arts
- Movement, mastery and getting into flow
- Hula hoops, juggling and devil sticks
- What it's like to spend a week in Costa Rica with Patch Adams
- The best part of being a living statue
- Running away to a circus... college
Links
- Follow Casey on Instagram
- Like Circus Dynamics on their Facebook
- Check out their website
- Learn more about Social Sparks
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
49 min - Pat Brown is running Rent Sons
This week we're joined by Pat Brown, founder of Rent Sons - a company focused on young adults serving their neighbors for an affordable hourly rate - for a conversation about the transformative power of community, running a startup, and being a good neighbor.
Topics include living a full life, building community, combating depression with relationships, choosing the right path for your life, and what makes the Rent Sons model unique and compelling.
Show Notes
- What does it mean to live a full life
- The importance of community and relationships in happiness
- How to start a surf club with only a table and a surf board
- The role of the hunter and the farmer in your business
- Living a missional life
- How to start a 3D water hologram business as a senior in college
Links
- Follow Pat on Instagram
- Follow Rent Sons on Instagram
- Like them on their Facebook page
- Check out their website
- Rent Sons is hiring! Become a son
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
48 min - Zach Gibb is a Software Engineer
This week we’re joined by Zach Gibb, a Software Engineer at Hoard, for a conversation about how he transformed from having no interest in computers to using them every day to creatively solve problems.
While we certainly learn a lot about what programming is, and how someone might get started building websites, we also talk about other communication skills that make someone great at working with others.
Show Notes
- What did Zach do to get started?
- How do you even build a website?
- Imposter Syndrome: a psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a "fraud"
- Getting past your fear by breaking down big problems into small ones
- Personality traits that might help you with software engineering
- Overcoming anxiety and how it relates to writing software
Links
- Zach's Linked In
- Follow Zach on Instagram
- Learn more about imposter syndrome
Interested in learning to code?
- Steve's a big fan of this one: Rails Tutorial — but seriously, if you finish it, you'll know how to code.
- It's easy when you Learn Code the Hard Way
- There's lots of great courses on Udemy, but make sure you look for sales!
- Please also feel free to get in touch with us... happy to help you get on the right path!
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
47 min - Becca Brady & Tiff Ting are running Hometown Poké
This week we join Becca Brady & Tiff Ting, founders of Hometown Cafe & Poké Bar and Poké Cart - a business with the goal of bringing fresh and accessible food to Providence - for a conversation about food, friendship, and the synthesis of stubbornness and vision. Becca and Tiff are best friends, entrepreneurs, food lovers, and just plain genuine people. We discuss their journey from corporate slog, to food startup, to what has quickly become a go-to destination in providence for delicious food.
Topics include branding and culture, taking a risk on your dreams, scaling a food business, collaborating in the providence food scene, running a business with your best friend, and dedicating all your energy to make your vision a reality.
Show Notes
- Building a culture, community and family
- Scaling a food business
- The balance between stubborness, vision, and persistence
- Being in business with your best friend
- Collaborating in the providence food scene
- The safest way to bring large amounts of cash to buy something off of craigslist
Links
- Follow Hometown Cafe & Poké Bar on their Instagram
- Like them on their Facebook page
- Follow them on twitter
- Check out their website
- And for Pete’s sake map some directions, order some delicious Poké, then give them a 5 star rating on Yelp
- Learn a bit more about Poké
- Read about Hometown in RI Monthly, Motif and the Providence Journal
- Hope & Main Food Maker Incubator Program
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
54 min - AJ Paratore is a Stuntman
This week we join AJ Paratore, professional stuntman, for a conversation about taking risks, how a life risking profession makes you zen calm about the small stuff, and professional hustle. AJ is a stuntman, ninja warrior, romance author, and part-time pirate. We discuss his journey from college dropout, to craigslist stuntman, to a professional career and work on shows such as Blacklist, FBI and Homeland.
Topics include finding work you love, adapting to new challenges and opportunities, persistence, hustle, and what it takes to work in one of the most dangerous professions.
Show Notes
- Not sweating the small stuff
- The dynamic and variable nature of stunt work
- AJ's most exciting and most terrifying stunts
- An unrelenting pursuit of things that make you passionate
- Embracing failure on a daily basis
Links
- Follow AJ on his Instagram and check out his imdb
- Follow AJ's Facebook page
- Check out his Youtube channel
- You can check out his qualifier episode on Ninja warrior
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
48 min - Chris Jehle is a Plastic Surgeon
This week we join Chris Jehle, a fourth year plastic surgery resident at Rhode Island Hospital, for a conversation about creativity and risk within a "safe" profession, innovation in medicine, trendsetting with plastic surgery, and the silver lining of having lots of problems to solve.
Topics include pride in your profession, what plastic surgery really is, issues with the medical insurance industry, and treating your patient like you'd treat your family.
Show Notes
- Trendsetting in plastic surgery
- Risks within the safety of a standard profession
- Plastic surgery doesn't have an age, gender of body system
- Issues with the medical insurance industry
Links
- Follow Chris on his Instagram or learn a little about him on the brown website
- What is plastic surgery?
- Want to become a plastic surgeon after listening to this episode? Here's an 8-step plan...
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
45 min - Tino Chow is a Problem Solver
This week we join Tino Chow, founder of Giant Shoulders — a design agency that delivers impact at the intersection of innovation and design — for a conversation about design, brand, solving hard problems, and the importance of embracing failure. Tino is a designer, entrepreneur, problem solver, speaker, and former TED fellow. We discuss his journey from a teenage military officer in Singapore, to a sought after design consultant, and everything that's happened in between.
Topics include design as method of problem solving, building brands, growing businesses, crafting communities, and focusing all of your successes and failures to make something awesome.
Show Notes
- Design as a method of problem solving
- Design as a system, not a deliverable
- Being an 18 year old Singaporean officer
- Minimum viable brand
- Freelance as the future of work
- Failure by design and mining failure for lessons
- When design permeates the way you see and experience everything
Links
- Follow Tino on his Instagram and visit his website
- Follow Giant Shoulders on Instagram and visit their website
- See Tino's TED talks on YouTube
- Check out Failure x Design to benefit from others honest mistakes and lessons (Giant Shoulders on Instagram for updates)
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
56 min - Happy New Year!
Quick "Hello" from Steve to start off the New Year! We've got a lot of great stuff coming up in the next few weeks, and some new interview concepts that we think will be a lot of fun. Listen to hear more.
Coming up next week: Tino Chow, a Providence-based designer that offers a whole new definition of 'design'.
4 min - Lindsey Lerner is a persistent entrepreneur
This week, we join Lindsey Lerner, founder of Level Exchange — a coworking and production space for like-minded individuals to work, grow, and create the business they desire — for a conversation about music, entrepreneurship, fine art, and the importance of persistence. We discuss her journey from college fine artist to music industry entrepreneur and everything that's happened in between.
Topics include music as a universal language, art as business, entrepreneurship, and how awesome Lindsey is at bringing to life what she sets her mind to.
Show Notes
- Music as a transcendant, universal language
- A re-imagining of the photography statement "going out shooting"
- The fine line between persistence and annoyance
- Business as art and art as business
- What it means to be an entrepreneur
- Finding your path through failure
- Making RI a destination for touring artists
- How to become bff's with Watsky
Links
- Follow Lindsey on her Instagram and visit her website
- Follow LevelExchange on Instagram and visit their website
- Social Enterprise Greenhouse
- In case you don't know who Watsky is
Big thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.
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About ycdi·di (You can do it, do it)
From the publisher's feed
You can do it, do it (ycdidi) is an interview show where JP Camara and Steve Carroll talk with people whose lives were transformed by trying something new. Earlier this year, we realized that we know…
a lot of people who fascinate us. From pinball players to pizza makers, ballerinas to graphic designers, illustrators to improv comedians, physicians, jewelry makers, personal trainers, Bollywood dancers, musicians, and more— We look forward to introducing you to our friends.