Wise Millennial

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Kayleigh Christina, COO & Co-Founder of "ClearSTEM", sits down IRL to discuss her journey with acne and her line of groundbreaking, innovative products (anti-aging, anti-acne, non-toxic). We also discuss why education is so important, the high costs and effects of stress/hormone changes between men and women, setting personal boundaries, healthy work balance routines, self-image and mental health, pressures of being an entrepreneur and not feeling constantly behind compared to others, and how to find fulfillment in your current job. LEARN ABOUT CLEARSTEM: https://www.instagram.com/clearstemskincare/ INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Tracy Komlos and Aimee Greenacre, Co-Founders of "LA Hike Club", sit down to discuss their journey creating a community with over 900+ members (and growing!) exclusively through word of mouth. We also discuss why having a barrier to entry is a good thing (hint: better group energy), how do you build a culture that people want to be a part of? Tips on how to create a community, fear of failure vs. fear of success, when does a side project turns into a full time business?, avoiding burnout, worldwide expansion, the importance of having a morning routine! SOME OF TRACY AND AIMEE’S FAVORITE HIKES: Temescal, Westridge Trail, Los Lionnes, Pasa nuermas, Will Rodgers, Murphy’s Ranch trail LEARN ABOUT LA_Hike Club: https://www.instagram.com/la_hikeclub/ JOIN THEIR TELEGRAM GROUP: https://t.me/joinchat/1gZvzllfQ6M1NzBh INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Kelsey Tracewski, Founder of "The Chronically Well", sits down to discuss her career transition from a busy corporate lifestyle to owning her own wellness coaching practice, her journey with Crohn's and important lifestyle changes to prevent chronic illness, the effects of stress and inflammation in our daily lives, the challenges of switching careers later in life, importance of community and accountability, and how to differentiate yourself professionally within any competitive landscape. LEARN ABOUT THE CHRONICALLY WELL: https://www.thechronicallywell.com/ INSTA: @thechronicallywell INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Eric Dybvig & Meredith Baker, Co-Founders of "More Of That", unique and "bar-alternative" experiences to foster deeper meaningful connection, sits down IRL to discuss their origin story, their experiences living across the world and the psychology of tribalism, loneliness & social anxiety, how to prevent people from being "cliquey"?, alcohol and why many Millennials rely on substance-use for social connection, insights into their ideation process, differences between being single vs. in a relationship, and the what the future holds for More Of That.... LEARN ABOUT MORE OF THAT: https://moreofthat.life INSTA: @more.of.that INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Tasha Blank, founder of "The Get Down", a conscious dance party, and her newest project "The Portal", sits down virtually to discuss the former Get Down (the best dance party in New York City), how the dance floor is a microcosm of life, her upbringing raised outside D.C. and Minneapolis growing up surrounded by music and creativity, the connection between dance and trauma healing, her own struggles with shyness, social anxiety, sadness, anger, and how dance allows to connect with your inner beauty, feeling judged, brave vs. safe when feeling aligned, her post covid pivot, burnout, and next steps with portal. LEARN ABOUT THE GET DOWN: https://www.thegetdownnyc.com/ JOIN THE PORTAL: https://tashablank.mykajabi.com/tasha-blank INSTA: @tashablank INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Tarek Kholoussy, Founder of "Nomads Giving Back" and "Nomad Skill Share", a community and social enterprise inspiring the nomad movement to connect with locals and give back to local communities, sits down IRL to discuss the multiple subplots of his life, his 180 degree journey from corporate life at Goldman Sachs to becoming a nomad, capitalism vs. social impact (can they co-exist?), the divided society we live in of traditional and non-traditional career paths, why the label “digital nomad” can be offensive, is “structure” a good thing or bad thing?, his future vision for the company, and overcoming fears. JOIN THE NOMAD MOVEMENT: https://nomadsgivingback.com/ INSTA: @nomadsgivingback CLUBHOUSE: search "Nomads Skillshare" TAREK: @tarek.world INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Julia Sokol, Founder of "Sass Class," a women's empowerment dance studio and community, sits down remotely to discuss her novel “Dance Video Program”, her journey growing up in Manhattan and New Jersey to graduating cum laude from Brandeis, her marketing background working for Tripadvisor and Carat; choosing a career path solely to appease friends and family, sex and empowerment, balancing masculine energy of the workplace, Sass Class for men and male empowerment.....Do men need to feel more empowered? Or less?..... a female's innate desire for celebrity and fame (hint: it's more about wanting attention and admiration), her business model, competition, franchising vs. licensing, and the importance of trademarks and having a good accountant! JOIN SASS CLASS: https://www.sassclassnyc.com/ INSTA: @sassclassnyc YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCiccpOHsjT4KlvU0yOQkWg SLIDE INTO JULIA'S DMs (business & cat videos only): @julsoko INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

Bet: Will this be the most downloaded podcast in W/M history?? JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Dylan Gambardella and Justin Lafazan, Co-Founders of "NextGen HQ" sit down remotely to discuss “The Momentum Movement”, their global business hub supporting entrepreneurs to "fire them up and chase their dreams", their journey from meeting at a high school party to attending Duke and Wharton, respectively, founding their first startup "Students4Students", before founding NextGen in 2014. We discuss the importance of freedom and momentum (and what kills it), Why entrepreneurship is so tough? And how to break past that?, Constant validation/dealing with negative feedback, Importance of a co-founder, If and when to accept failure (secret: never), How to monetize and measure TAM and KPI’s, and their Vision for the future of entrepreneurship. JOIN THE MOVEMENT AND SIGN UP FOR THEIR NEWSLETTER, CLICK "GET MOMENTUM" ON THEIR WEBSITE: https://nextgenhq.com/ INSTA: @nextgenhq INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

Playing METAPHOR DICE with Taylor Mali live! (SEE PREVIOUS EPISODE FOR INTERVIEW, OR CLICK HERE: https://apple.co/31xl4oE *FOR A FREE PAIR OF METAPHOR DICE, LISTEN TO FULL EPISODE AND FIND THE HIDDEN GIVEAWAY EASTER EGG!) JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Taylor Mali, 4x National Team Slam Poet Champion, original Def Poetry Jam member, author of multiple books, creator of "What Teacher's Make" and founder of "METAPHOR DICE", sits down remotely to reunite with his former sixth-grade student (me) and discuss the strategy of poetry slams, the etymology of the poem “what teacher’s make”, why property taxes influence schools, what makes a “good teacher” vs. a “bad teacher”, why social media discourages expression of ideas, the anti-intellectual culture of Millennials and poetry, the power of nuanced opinion, and the creation of METAPHOR DICE….and Taylor’s continually failed quest to be published in The New Yorker Magazine (I feel this is the year!) ENTER PROMO CODE "MILLENNIAL" AT CHECKOUT TO RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT: https://www.metaphordice.com/ INSTA: @metaphor_dice FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MetaphorDice/ INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: CAREER Take me back in time briefly to 1995-1996. How do you make the transition from teaching to poetry? We’re you already doing it as a hobby? What did you actually say to the lawyer at the dinner party when he asked you what teachers make? Did you just laugh it off regretfully? Does he know about the poem? TEACHING What makes a bad teacher from a good one? If you hadn’t become a teacher what would you have done instead? Taylor the advertising executive? Respectfully, you don’t come across as a politically charged person. I don’t hear it in a lot of your poems. But teaching is a very political issue – problem isn’t getting smart people to teach, it’s incentivizing them and paying them enough to want to, instead of them going into finance or other industries. And then there are issues of tenure, unions, etc. I’m not suggesting money is everything, but many teachers can barely get by. How do we solve this issue? POETRY How do you make poetry cool and mainstream for millennials? Had a moment. Def poetry jam – in the early 2000s. slamnation documentary and slamplanet. Then we seemed to get caught up in EDM electronic music and cat videos on social media. One of my biggest frustrations with millennials is that it somehow became cool to be anti-intellectual. You post something educational on social media, it gets 5 likes. You post two girls doing a choreographed dance, it gets 10,000. To follow up on that, I would argue social media has made it hard for people to want to express themselves out of fear of being attacked for their own views. Which doesn’t help encourage people to write poetry. Curious of your thoughts?

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Taylor Mali, 4x National Team Slam Poet Champion, original Def Poetry Jam member, author of multiple books, creator of "What Teacher's Make" and founder of "METAPHOR DICE", sits down remotely to reunite with his former sixth-grade student (me) and discuss the strategy of poetry slams, the etymology of the poem “what teacher’s make”, why property taxes influence schools, what makes a “good teacher” vs. a “bad teacher”, why social media discourages expression of ideas, the anti-intellectual culture of Millennials and poetry, the power of nuanced opinion, and the creation of METAPHOR DICE….and Taylor’s continually failed quest to be published in The New Yorker Magazine (I feel this is the year!) ENTER PROMO CODE "MILLENNIAL" AT CHECKOUT TO RECEIVE A 10% DISCOUNT: https://www.metaphordice.com/ INSTA: @metaphor_dice FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/MetaphorDice/ INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Veronica Kaulinis, founder of "Vulnerable AF" sits down remotely to discuss her community movement and event series that encourages vulnerability and connection, her journey from growing up in Central Islip, Long Island, attending Stony Brook University, working in corporate marketing roles such as Publishers Clearing House; What makes a bad coach from a good coach (what makes someone effective)?, Is it possible to “over-share” with someone? And how to find an appropriate balance, the difficulty between genders (if any), her own personal struggles with being vulnerable, advice for Millennials who feel they don’t have meaningful friendships or are struggling to find their people, and how to overcome your fears (too generic or cliche of a question?) LEARN MORE ABOUT VULNERABLE AF: https://www.veronicakaulinis.com/vulnerableaf INSTA: @vulnerableaf FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/vulnerableafnyc/ INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Zachary Schleien, Founder of "Filter Off" sits down remotely to discuss his newest venture, a video-first speed dating app (events + matchmaking), swiping vs video advantages/disadvantages, his journey from growing up in New Rochelle, attending Syracuse as a history major, founding top romp, tedx talk and his passions for mental health, marketing, fundraising to why he's so fascinated by dating apps; Facetiming pre-date, Why are there so many beautiful, motivated, single people? (Have we become too picky?), video-game superficiality of swiping, Spending money, super-swipes, “endless scroll”, KPI (key performance indicators), the importance of making mistakes, putting yourself out there and who you should listen to when receiving unsolicited feedback LEARN MORE ABOUT FILTER OFF: https://getfilteroff.com/ INSTA: @getfilteroff INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Jonathan Stone, Founder of "Flow+Tell" sits down remotely to discuss his yoga journey from tearing his meniscus to discovering yoga, his transition from UNC-Chapel Hill, to NYU Stern, and working at corporate tech companies at Facebook, Google, YouTube & IBM to starting his own business; different types of yoga, what makes something "transformative"? (hint: you need to be primed), how to manage a side business, What’s the difference between “religious” vs “spiritual”, and the role the yoga community can play in racial inequality. (EASTER EGG: Don't miss his special beatboxing performance!) LEARN MORE ABOUT FLOW+TELL: https://www.flowandtell.com/ INSTA: @Flowandtellwellness Growing Heart Events Festival (as mentioned): https://www.growingheartevents.com/ INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Ariel Viera, Founder of "Urbanist" sits down remotely to discuss his journey from studying engineering at CUNY and working as a community manager for Foursquare, Gawker, and Vox, to his passion for the history of cities and vlogging; how to build organic growth, live streaming vs. pre-recorded, the validation of our friends, the Millennial "insecurity gene", how to not be boring (or not care?), why our identity is often wrapped in money, and why entertainment is so important. LEARN MORE ABOUT ARIEL: http://arielviera.com/ FACEBOOK: @UrbanistLive YOUTUBE: Urbanist Channel INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Jenn Trepeck, Founder of "Better Life Now LLC" sits down remotely to discuss her weight loss journey from growing up in Michigan and dancing while in high school, to working at a hedgefund in New York City; her transition from finance to launching her own health coaching business, the TLS system, baseline principles for weight management, Millennials and body image/self worth, behavior vs. mindset, dating apps, and the ultra-tricky and sensitive question, "how do you mention weight to your partner?" LEARN MORE ABOUT JENN: http://www.betterlifenowllc.com/ INSTA: @jenntrepeck SALAD WITH A SIDE OF FRIES PODCAST INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Jonathan Legg, TV Host and Creator of "Road Less Traveled" sits down remotely to discuss his journey from growing up in Peoria, Illinois, to the Philippines, and Los Angeles; his careers in teaching English, being a flight attendant, modeling & acting, his love for travel, adventure and "performance", tribalism and Millennials, the "Hero's Journey", psychedelics, and why we need to get off the caravan (metaphor) for Covid-19. LEARN MORE ABOUT JONATHAN: http://www.jonathanlegg.com/ INSTA: @jonathan_legg AWE NETWORK: www.awetv.com INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Nikhil Krishnan, Founder of "Get Real/Get Smart", sits down remotely to discuss his journey from Columbia University and a "quarter-life crisis" to creating an "online first, offline second" modern community. We discuss how to create diverse and engaging communities generally, different types of revenue business models, how does someone become an “expert” in anything(?), the effect of covid-19 on Millennials, and the concept of "dunbar’s number". LEARN MORE ABOUT NIKHIL: www.nikhilkrishnan.com TWITTER: @nikillinit GET REAL: www.getreal.club INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Jackie Cantwell, Director of "mediclub" and partner of "The Big Quiet" (founded by Jesse Israel), sits down to discuss her journey from Pratt Institute, running away and battling depression, excessive drinking and partying, being homeless (living out of a car/friends' couches), owning two art galleries, and becoming director of Mediclub. We discuss her tour with Jesse and Oprah, the science behind sound bowls, why Millennials struggle with acceptance, the impact of COVID19 on virtual community, how to get past "surface level" conversation, and marketing ("attracting" vs. "selling"). LEARN MORE ABOUT MEDICLUB: @mediclub THE BIG QUIET: https://thebigquiet.com/ JACKIE CANTWELL: @itsjackiecantwell INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Rogelio Plasencia, Development Officer of the "Apollo Circle" young patrons group at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, sits down to discuss his journey from NYU University through various cultural institutions, including the American Museum of Natural History, El Museo del Barrio and the Smithsonian, to name a few. We discuss the unique challenges of Millennials (vs. older generations), how you measure the ROI on "young patron groups" generally, navigating bureaucracy and the importance of building team consensus, diversity, and the love of arts. **COVID-19 UPDATE** This was recorded prior to the epidemic in the U.S. While the Met is currently closed, they have amazing online/virtual programs happening which you can learn about at www.metmuseum.org (*Note: Any opinions shared during this interview (for example, on Millennials, etc), are the sole opinion of Rogelio and not The Met as an institution) LEARN MORE ABOUT APOLLO CIRCLE: https://www.metmuseum.org/apollo INSTA: @metapollocircle INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

JOIN US IRL: www.instagram.com/wisemillennial Steve Dean, "super-connector" and Founder of Dateworking, NYC Salon, and Hygge, sits down to discuss his journey from exploring over 250+ dating apps, what it means to be a "super-connector", loneliness and digital friendship, the importance of offline connection, boundaries of privacy, the "cost" of rejection, paying $$ for people's attention, and whether or not monogamy is dead? **COVID-19 UPDATE** This was recorded prior to the epidemic in the U.S. All of Steve's platforms are now virtual, so I strongly encourage you to sign up and stay connected. LEARN MORE ABOUT STEVE: https://about.me/stevenmdean INSTA: @stevenmdean PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/stevenmdean INTERVIEW QUESTIONS: