Stay ConnectedZach Grossfeld sits down with the people who fascinate him, from comedians and athletes to scientists and musicians. Zach explores the defining moments of their work, the challenges they’ve overcome, what drives them, and what they’re still trying to figure out.
Also the home of ‘The Breakdown with Zach’ series.
The Zach Show 2.0 (Early access, AMAs, bonus episodes, and more): https://thezachshow.supercast.com/
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This time, we sat down with Nomadic Matt, real name Matthew Kepnes, a New York Times best selling author who traveled the globe for ten years straight. On this episode, we discuss why Matt does not have a set morning routine, starting conversations with strangers, relationships on the road, maximizing travel time, his new book Ten Years A Nomad and more. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging, fascinating conversation with Nomadic Matt:
Ten Years A Nomad: https://amzn.to/2lKhRzn
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
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**Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Intro song: The London by Travis Scott, J.Cole
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: Landlopers
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This time, we sat down with Andy Nguyen (@andythenguyen), the owner and founder of Afters Ice Cream, Groundhouse Burger, PigPen Delicacy, and many other top-notch food establishments on the West Coast.
As a lifetime creative entrepreneur, Andy has grown powerhouse ventures from scratch in real estate, fashion, and now food. He is a master of putting the pieces together, getting the most out of his teams, and positioning his brands to build hype and deliver high-value products.
For Andy, the customer experience and story behind the brand is inseparable from the product. In this conversation, Andy discusses his passion for dance, bringing his streetwear mentality to the food business, how Afters Ice Cream changed the game, dropping out of school, and more. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Andy Nguyen.
Andy Nguyen Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andythenguyen/
AFTERS: https://www.aftersicecream.com/
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Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @publishweez , @younglyxx
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This time, we sat down with Andrew Meagher and Cody Savonen, the brains behind Mugatunes.com. Mugatunes (@mugatunes) is a community of Tastemakers from around the country who come together to share the best music. No bots, no algorithms, no shitty music. It’s human music curation from people you can trust.
As an avid Spotify junky, I have had my heart ripped out by mismanaged playlists. So often, money, pressure from major labels, and other factors come into play for getting the top spots on Spotify and Apple Music playlists. Mugatunes is the cure for shitty music curation.
Playlist creators, who Mugatunes refers to as Tastemakers, are vetted individually before being allowed to create playlists on the platform. From there, real humans vote on the best songs and playlists, which you can see out in the open on Mugatunes.com. No shady algorithms, just human-driven jams.
I’ve been bumping Mugatunes playlists for the past month since I met Cody and Drew at a rooftop party that Mugatunes was sponsoring in Brooklyn. I can attest that these playlists are miles beyond some of what some of the other major players have to offer. To put it simply, I’m addicted.
On this episode, we discuss how Mugatunes works as a platform, the beginnings of Drew and Cody’s interest in music, the conversations that sparked Mugatunes in a college dorm room, and their upcoming 20 city Blockparty tour. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Drew and Cody of Mugatunes.
Mugatunes: https://mugatunes.com/
Block Party Tour: https://bit.ly/2KIPXhB
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
Support Auxoro: https://donorbox.org/support-auxoro
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @mugatunes
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This time, we sat down with Randal Koene, a well-respected neuroscientist and founder of CarbonCopies.org, the outreach and roadmapping organization for advancing substrate independent minds. What is a substrate independent mind? Fair question. According to Carbon Copies, substrate independence is when “our cognitive processes are then no longer tied to a single version of the brain’s processing architecture. Instead, our thoughts and feelings will be able to exist on a variety of processing substrates.”
In other words, our minds, our consciousness can exist outside of our brains, the mushy stuff, potentially forever on another platform. Randal Koene has dedicated his life to mind uploading, whole brain emulation, and making it possible, as he puts it, “to choose our brain and body much as we can choose our winter or summer clothes to suit our needs”
Randal explains the concept of mind uploading and its implications far better than I will ever be able to so I’ll let him take it from here. This topic is important, and although mind uploading may not seem like a reality, it may be closer than you think and can solve many of the problems we deal with today as we are limited by our biology. So without further ado here is our wide ranging conversation with neuroscientist Randal Koene.
Carbon Copies: https://carboncopies.org/
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: The Brain Preservation Foundation
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This time, we sat down with Zuby (@ZubyMusic), a professional rapper, podcast host, public speaker, and an overall creative entrepreneur. He recently gained a massive amount of attention by destroying the British Women’s Deadlift and Bench record. The video of him doing so currently has over 1.7 million views on Twitter and he’s been invited to speak on platforms like The Candace Owens Show, Louder with Crowder, The Ben Shapiro Show, and more. How did HE break the women’s records and why did he do it? We’ll get into that soon.
An Oxford graduate with a degree in computer science, Zuby quit his corporate job to become a full time, independent music artist. Since then, he has sold over 25,000 albums and recently surpassed 100k followers on Twitter alone. As a British Nigerian who grew up in Saudi Arabia, Zuby has a unique perspective of how different cultures operate. What’s normal to you is not normal to everyone else, something that I am still learning every day.
On this episode, Zuby and I get into the mindset behind breaking the Women’s British lifting records, the modern-day attack on free speech, waxing balls in women’s salons, his music career, how to talk to strangers, and more. Without further ado, I hope that you never experience getting your balls waxed and please enjoy this wide-ranging conversation with Zuby.
Zuby (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2KykY6s
Zuby (Apple Music): https://apple.co/2Kqtx4A
Zuby's main site: https://www.zubymusic.com/
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
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Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Song: 'Perseverance' by Zuby
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @zubymusic
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This time, we sat down with Will Witt (@TheWillWitt) of PragerU. In their own words, PragerU’s mission is to promote what is true, what is good, what is excellent, and what is noble through digital media. Will Witt runs the Man on The Street Series for Prager U where he asks strangers questions like:
Are The Police Racist?
Can someone be Gay and Republican?
Should Healthcare be free in America?
I very much enjoy Will’s videos and I’m a dedicated listener to the Candace Owens show, also a part of the Prager U Network. Like myself and many others, Will has shaped his values and political ideologies overtime alongside his view of the world. In a time where a loud minority of extremist views on social media can sway the public’s actions, it’s important to voice reasonable opinions and back them up. Will does that interestingly and effectively.
In this conversation, we discuss affirmative action, equal pay for women’s soccer, long-distance relationships, and porn. Not hard to see how those last two fit together. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Will Witt.
PragerU: https://www.prageru.com/
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/
Support Auxoro: https://donorbox.org/support-auxoro
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @TheWillWitt
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This time, we are bringing back one of our most listened to episodes with the lovely Jess Glynne. We’ve had many more people tune into the podcast since we released this one almost a year ago, so we’re getting down and dirty with Jess again this week. She mesmerizes the audience with a beautiful, power-filled voice and writes one hell of a song. She’s collaborated with artists like Ed Sheeran, Macklemore, Clean Bandit, and her latest album All I Am is filled with smashes. Without further ado here is our wide-ranging conversation with Jess Glynne.
Jess Glynne (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2ZBZOL5
Jess Glynne (Apple Music): https://apple.co/2YKT5RM
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
Support Auxoro: https://donorbox.org/support-auxoro
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @JessGlynne
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This week, we sat down with Deryck Whibley, the lead singer, songwriter, and producer of the band Sum 41. I have been listening to Sum 41 since I was 12 years old and I am incredibly grateful to have been able to sit down with Deryck and have this conversation. We spoke about the rockstar mentality, the early days of the band, their latest record Order In Decline, Deryck’s journey to sobriety, and more. Without further ado, I am excited to bring you this wide-ranging conversation with Deryck Whibley of Sum 41:
Order in Decline (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2MuuSII
Order in Decline (Apple Music): https://apple.co/2ZlvPqH
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
Support Auxoro: https://donorbox.org/support-auxoro
Sum 41 in the Congo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgpf0ZNUO_Y
Don't Try This At Home: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRslnwPDwwI
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @Sum41
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On to this week’s episode. This time Cole Cuchna, host of the Dissect podcast, sat down with us. Dissect is one of the most popular podcasts out there today. In Cole’s words, “Dissect picks one album per season and analyzes one song per episode, measure by measure, word by word.
Last year, Dissect got picked up by Spotify and Cole know makes a living off of creating the show, which puts him in an elite group of podcasters. But that was far from the case at the start of Dissect. Cole started the first season with Kendrick Lamar in his basement, while caring for a family, and working full time as the creative director of a coffee shop. He somehow managed to spend 20 hours on each episode to get it just right. 20 hours for the love of the podcast, on each episode, everything himself, and he had no idea how big this would become.
I am a regular listener of the Dissect podcast and it was an honor to speak with Cole for over an hour. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is changing the culture. As someone who makes a living off of doing what he loves, Cole is someone that I look up to and I’m grateful that we had this conversation. I hope that this episode can add a little bit to your perspective and without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Cole Cuchna.
Dissect (Spotify): https://spoti.fi/2Oi4DaZ
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
Support Auxoro: https://donorbox.org/support-auxoro
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @Spotify
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On this episode, we sit down with tattoo artist and painter Jason Ackerman (@jasonackerman) of Soho Ink. In Jason’s own words, he likes to make people uncomfortable. And I like exploring topics that make people uncomfortable, so let's see if I can succeed in making Jason uncomfortable, if only for a moment. On this episode, we talk about drug abuse, the weirdest tattoos Jason’s ever given, painting controversial figures like Bill Cosby and Donald Trump, reuniting with his son, and more. Without further ado, here is our wide-ranging conversation with Jason Ackerman:
Jason's Art: http://jasonackermandesigns.com/
Book Jason (SOHO Ink): https://www.soho.ink/
The Aux: https://www.auxoro.com/theaux
Support Auxoro: https://donorbox.org/support-auxoro
Intro/Outro Music: Produced by David Grossfeld
Mixed and Mastered by Dbsound on Fiverr
Sound Design: Matt Grossfeld
Episode Art: @tlarkk
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