Today on Auxoro, I discuss Ricky Gervais’ dismantling of Hollywood Hypocrisy through funny jokes, Dave Chappelle’s acceptance speech for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, and Donald Hoffman’s view on reality.
Read MoreToday on Auxoro, I speak with Zuby, a rapper, author, speaker, Oxford graduate, and host of his own podcast called Real Talk with Zuby.
Read MoreToday on Auxoro, I discuss the reasons why I quit watching porn for good, a pivotal scene from Peanut Butter Falcon, and the social justice backlash against J.K. Rowling.
Read MoreToday on Auxoro, I speak with Matt Saincome and Bill Conway, the founders of The Hard Times, a satire website focused on punk news that has since added a Video Game section called The Hard Drive. According to TheHardTimes.net, The Hard Times started in late 2014 with just a few punk kids, comics, and friends. In this conversation, we cover everything from the inception of The Hard Times to jerking off to what makes good satire. This was absolutely a wide-ranging conversation, and make sure to stay tuned until the end for some scandalous stories about Matt’s food delivery days.
Read MoreToday on Auxoro, I speak with Sami Loyal (@sami_loyal), a bitcoin trader whose Twitter bio reads I dropped out of high school and became a millionaire. From a young age, Sami started to cultivate an interest in entrepreneurship and took ownership of his own outcome.
Read MoreToday on Auxoro, I speak with SHAED (@shaedband) a pop-trio based out of Washington D.C. that exploded onto the scene after the release of their single Trampoline and follow up version of Trampoline (with ZAYN). SHAED’s single Trampoline recently hit #4 at Top 40 as the single passed half a billion streams across digital platforms. The single was taken from the band’s debut EP Melt, and made waves after being featured in Apple’s Macbook Air ad campaign.
Read MoreFor this episode, we sat down with Serbian-Australian producer Dirty South. Dragan Roganović, aka Dirty South, has been making music for over 15 years and is someone whom I've admired since I was a teenager. In this conversation, Dirty South opens up about his dive into filmmaking, battling creative burnout, his mindset in the studio, the facade of social media, and more:
This time, we sat down with Wrabel, a singer-songwriter who has made music with artists like Kygo, Marshmello, Ke$ha, and P!nk. The night before this podcast, I saw Wrabel live in NYC and was blown away by his performance. He commands the stage and is unapologetically himself as a performer. I was excited to talk to Wrabel because he makes music that I love, 11 Blocks is my jam, and we spoke about many topics that can apply to anyone, even outside of music.
On this episode, Wrabel discusses coming out, getting sober and its effect on the creative process, the do’s and don’ts of breakups, and more. Wrabel is a cool guy, a beautiful soul, and I’m glad we had the chance to talk, so without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Wrabel.
This time we sat down with Eric Sim (@esim3400), a former college and minor league baseball player and current bar manager in British Colombia, and I was pumped to have this conversation because I’ve been following Eric on Twitter for a while. Even if you aren’t an avid fan of baseball, Eric is a great person to follow for the DGAF mentality.
He also speaks on many experiences that apply to toughness and having fun, even outside the world of sports. In this conversation, Eric discusses why minor league baseball players deserve to get paid more, what it was like growing up in the unforgiving South Korean Little League System, the power of sharing unfiltered thoughts on twitter, and more. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging and insightful conversation with Eric Sim:
This time we sat down with Connor Tumbaga (@connortumbaga), who sells sneakers to celebrity clients across the globe. He is the concierge for anyone who desires the first class, limited sneaker experience. He has sold sneakers to music artists like Da Baby, Trippie Redd, and he works with many influencers on Youtube, and in the video game industry as well.
Connor’s deals are in the big boy bank ranges, but it didn’t start that way. He hustled his ass off starting as a freshman in high school, waiting in lines for the most popular releases, building up an impressive contact list, and the most important part, delivering on the sale. He now has a network of people that work for him, but the hustle hasn’t stopped.
In this episode, Connor shares how he built a successful sales business from the ground up as a teenager in high school, how he has built a network with top clients around the world, how to navigate the hype of the limited sneaker industry, and more. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Connor Tumbaga.
This time we sat down with Borgore, a producer, songwriter, and rapper who hails from Israel. I loved this conversation with Borgore because he says whatever is on his mind, and he’ll tell you straight up how he feels. I had a blast with this one. On this episode, we talk about extreme sports, how Borgore got into Dubstep, serving in the Israeli army, and more. Without further ado here is our wide-ranging conversation with Borgore.
This time, we sat down with Bren Orton (@bren.orton), a professional kayaker, one of the founders of SEND, a group of kayakers who chase the biggest waterfalls, hardest rapids, and capture it all on camera, and one hell of a human being. I am amped, electrified to be bringing you this conversation. I got to know Bren back when I was working for another publication, The Frynge so it was great to catch up again.
In this episode, Bren shares how he would do anything to get into the kayak, getting malaria 8 times, bombing down waterfalls, some of the fuck-ups that have let to even greater successes, and more. Without further ado, please enjoy this wide-ranging, exhilarating conversation with Bren Orton.
What defines success in business and relationships? Making a shit ton of money? Investing in the right company? Providing value? Writing 1000 words a day for a week? Having the most meaningful interactions you can on a day to day basis?
Sahil Lavingia, the guest on this week’s episode, has defined success differently at different stages in his life. As a teenager into his early 20s, Sahil lived in Silicon Valley, the home of cutting edge startup culture. He was the second employee at Pinterest and then left to start his own company called Gumroad, an online platform that enables creators to sell products directly to consumers.
In 2011, At 18 years old Sahil raised 8 million dollars for Gumroad and declared his mission to build his first billion-dollar company. Things did not go as planned. In 2015, Sahil laid off 75% of the company, was no longer venture-funded, but today Gumroad is strong as ever. What happened? To quote Sahil’s blog post, Reflecting On My Failure to Build a Billion-Dollar Company, he writes,
“For years, my only metric of success was building a billion-dollar company. Now, I realize that was a terrible goal. It’s completely arbitrary and doesn’t accurately reflect impact. I’m not making an excuse or pretending that I didn’t fail. I’m not pretending that failure feels good. Everyone knows that the failure rate in startups — especially venture-funded ones — is super high, but it still sucks when you don’t reach your goals. I failed, but I also succeeded at many other things. We’re simply focused on building the best product we can for our customers. On top of all that, I’m happy creating value beyond our revenue-generating product.”
In this podcast, Sahil shares what triggered this change in the mentality of how he views success, moving from Silicon Valley to Provo Utah, the most conservative and religious city in America over 100,000 people, painting with retired moms, the DNC debate format and more. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Sahil Lavingia.
This time, we sat down with SHY Martin (@shy.martin), a bada** singer-songwriter who has collabed with people like Bebe Rexha, Kygo, and The Chainsmokers. She broke onto the scene as the featured artist and songwriter on Mike Perry’s The Ocean, which has nearly 600 million streams on Spotify alone, and her songwriting catalog has generated almost 3 billion streams. In this episode, we talk about SHY Martin’s songwriting process, going to school in Sweden, dealing with anxiety, and more. She is a beautiful soul and I'm grateful to be able to bring this podcast to you. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with SHY Martin.
This time, we sat down with Jason Khalipa (@JasonKhalipa), a CrossFit champion, the founder of NCFIt Collective, a husband, and a father. Really had fun with this one, this guy’s the real deal. In this episode, Jason discusses the process behind winning the 2008 CrossFit Games, his background in BMX, and the AMRAP mentality.
This time, we sat down with Gavin Chops (@gavinchops), a man of many hats. Gavin drums on tour with Chelsea Cutler, owns the artist management group Bear and Owl, is part of the group Obvious Yellow, and DJs around NYC. In this conversation, Gavin discusses tripping on mushrooms at Joshua, his practice of loving-kindness meditation, drumming on tour with Chelsea Cutler, and more.
This time we sat down with Jordan Beau, a highly successful Youtuber with over 1.2 million subscribers. On this episode, we spoke about Jordan’s background in extreme sports, creating a career out of making content, the mental health effects of social media, what separates the good from the great vlogs, and more. I really enjoyed this talk with Jordan, and as a podcaster, I highly respect anyone who is willing to put themselves out there as a content creator - basically baring your soul to hundreds, thousands, and in Jordan’s case millions of people. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Jordan Beau.
This time we sat down with Ed Latimore, a man of many hats. Ed has a B.A. in Physics, is an author, speaker, former heavyweight boxer, and an army veteran. In this episode, Ed discusses learning to create a network and de-escalate conflict in the hood, the defining characteristics of a great online entrepreneur, how love is a choice and not just a feeling, his decision to stop drinking, and more.
In this episode, we talk about Marshal’s introduction to Intermittent fasting, the physical/mental benefits of IF, how Marshal’s father’s diagnosis of ALS inspired him to build a life for himself around fitness, the victim mentality, and more. Without further ado, here is our exhilarating conversation with Marshal Mackenzie.