Talk Thirty To Me

Join Turg and Randy Z as they blow bubbles and exchange giggles with their guest Chris McMullen (aka Seth Brundle) -- television personality, expert lifestyle content creator, chef and fashion professional -- and discuss transitions, learning your lessons, establishing your worth and... Have you ever fallen out of love with a past passion that you suddenly gave up? Chris shares his journey up to 30 and how his intense love for fashion and styling actually forced him away from the profession. We can all relate to the saying "Love what you do and you'll never work a day in your life", but is this true? Millennials are always touting their ability to innovate. It doesn't just stop with tech or goods - but with mindset and social movements. Loving what you do is great, but not when it taxes you beyond what you thought possible. Setting goals and maintaining your interest level so that you don't fall out of love with your passion is important. But, what happens when the reality of 30 dawns? Is a transition always

Join Turg and Randy Z as they get to know their guest Veronica Meza Tolentino - President and Co-founder of Dude Be Nice a socially conscious and unique designer clothing company - and discuss the basics of leveraging your passion and creativity to start completely over while going through an incredible amount of change and... What is it about 30 that brings about such radical change? Veronica shares her experience during her transition to 30 and what helped spark her transformation. It all boiled down to turning 30 and harnessing her passion. But, what is it about 30 that sparks this change? Veronica mentions how she really felt stuck and unhappy working a typical job with standard hours and amazing benefits. Moving into something she felt devoted to - even though it was a huge step back, career-wise - allowed her to reinvent herself. Purpose and passion are not enough Turg shares how he doesn't feel like he is a creative individual, however, he is more innovative or inventive than anything. Veronica shares

Join Turg and Randy Z as they journey through the avant-garde and the fear of being thirty in an era of experimentation and risk taking in exploring the depth of experimentation with their guest - songwriter, producer, and engineer Lorenzo Gordon - who shares his peculiar journey en route to his present day successes and  Why creativity is no longer unique Lorenzo shares his experience with the creative process. Exploring different methods to allow his creative to grow, Lorenzo hits on why creativity lacks individuality. Lorenzo shares why he's an eccentric and it's distilled down to simple terms - eccentricity is different. Different is creative. That is why he's gravitated toward such unique pursuits. In learning why we gravitate toward certain people, Turg shares how he mimics Lorenzo's mindset by surrounding himself with creatives. Randy explains how experience lends itself to being more creative in everything we do and that's a big part of being 30. Trusting yourself is an important part of 30 Lorenzo hi

Join Turg and Randy Z as they finally get around to discussing a topic that has been demanded by listeners near and far - making friends. When you hit 30, it's not easy making friends. So how do you do it? Tune in and find out! What happens when we are forced to start over at 30? Turg shares a recent life change that has forced him to start his work-friend journey all over - getting a new job. Starting over isn't easy, especially at 30. When you are forced to start over because you wanted a change, you must deal with the consequences. Randy thinks Turg has always been at odds with making friends in general. But, making friends and keeping them are completely different things. There are nuances with adult relationships that don't really show up in relationships early on in life. So how do we stack the odds in our favor? There is a time and place to make friends - an Uber isn't one of them Randy shares an experience he had when his Uber driver tried to befriend him. It would have been all fun and well had he

Join Turg and Randy Z as they chat with their guest Brenda Gonzalez - the co-creator of the Tamarindo Podcast and proud civil rights advocate - about growing up undocumented, caught between circumstance and the law and learning to maximize every opportunity to help adjust to a world that doesn't quite understand your situation. Wait, I'm what? Imagine you're about to go to college and you discover you're undocumented. How do you think you would handle it? Meet Brenda. In college, she discovered she was an undocumented immigrant. Thousands of students face the hardships of being undocumented. Brenda's experience was no different. When you're in this situation, the learning curve is much greater than that of a citizen. Brenda shares her hardships and triumphs as she powered through her courses and juggled a love-life revolved around a singular objective - marriage. When opportunity knocks, how do you handle it? If you can't chose your own path, you choose to make the most of it Sometimes in life we cannot cho

Join Turg and Randy Z as they identify that learning from change is an important part of the 30s - especially change that originates from the circumstances surrounding each of us throughout our journey. This week, their guest Betsy Aimee - the co-founder and Chief Content Creator of the Born in June Creative and host of The Currently podcast - gets deeply personal in sharing her life experiences from her 20s to her 30s.   The shock of realizing a major change is neccessary When we go through life sometimes things don't always pan out the way we thought they would. But often, we don't come to that realization until something sparks our desire to explore other options. Betsy shares her story of growth and self-discovery that originated in her 20s while married. She shares what her struggles were and how she worked to overcome them. Avoiding traces of your 20s from trickling into your 30s is almost impossible. So, how do we learn from them? How hard is it to just let go of something we thought we wanted and go a

Join Turg and Randy Z as they rediscover the hardships of turning 30 all over again with their guest Jayce Baron. Jayce - an LGBT community thought leader, social entrepreneur and newly inducted member of Talk Thirty Nation - covers his wide range of experiences throughout his journey to share how his success has come about. Do we over define our lives? Jacye introduces a topic that can be taken to mean many different things. Are the goals that we set too out of reach? It's tough to understand how our 20s really resonate with us in our 30s. But there is this moment in time where you're confronted with the fear of crossing into another stage of life. Do we, then, discover the fact that our 20s weren't exactly what we wanted them to be? Do we become afraid of the consequences that may have on our lives as we journey through 30? Our defining moment as Millennials The theme behind the Millennial generation is that we all share a common set of experiences. These experiences helped cement our generation as leaders

Join Turg and Randy Z as they sit down with their guest Justin Riley as they discuss the obstacles toward our career and personal successes. When jobs get in the way of life and you’re forced to make a decision that may not agree with societal norms, what we eventually decide will redefine our 30s. What happens when we fall off our path? Moving on now – in your 30s – is a challenge and can potentially take us down a dark path if we aren't ready. Justin talks about how Justin was recently laid off from his job – a job he had held for over 5 years. On the eve of his losing his job – he released a podcast episode where he shared his anger and frustration of feeling stuck going into the new year. Justin discusses how he coped with the initial shock of losing his job. No longer in a position of stability and control, he was forced to reset his perspective and recover quickly. He made the decision to walk in his purpose and live in his truth. Join the guys and their guest, Justin, as they continue the discussion th

So, it’s March of 2018. Turg and Randy have been on hiatus since late in 2017. This is the anti-climactic way in which we kick off the 3rd Season of Talk Thirty To Me. In this episode, they discuss how they broke into 2018 with somewhat of a new year funk. A lot has happened since our listeners last heard from their faithful hosts and a lot of those happenings have contributed to the funkiness plaguing your beloved hosts. Randy has still been struggling to find a house to buy. It's not that he can't, but it almost seems as the world is actively working to thwart his home buying efforts. Turg, on the other hand, doesn't know where his funk stems from. He tried hitting the ground running in 2018 and failed miserably to gain any sort of traction to help propel him through the first three months of the year. Have you ever hit a wall even though you had set yourself up for nothing but success? Turg discusses his 2017 goal setting approach and how he maximized his execution during one of the most challenging years

Join Turg and Randy Z as they sit down with the controversial Producer of Talk Thirty To Me - Jonathan "Sankeyz" Sanchez and discuss the coming of age story that will bring a once unheard and arguably fresh perspective into the fray that will forever change the way that the guys discuss anything ever again on the show. The one who doesn't speak, now speaks. Hear what he has to say and... Sankeyz goes to Colombia to explore his roots Journey with us as we dive into the Sankeyz saga and his exploits in Colombia for his 30th birthday. In order to celebrate and discover what he wants to do with his life moving forward, he wanted to explore what makes him unique. The primary goal of his journey was to discover 'What do I do?' We think this is such an important question in the Journey Through Thirty and how to overcome these pitfalls that bog down most people when transitioning from their 20s to their 30s. How do we derive inspiration throughout our journey? Sankeyz and Turg get into a debate regarding how to fin

Join Turg and Randy Z as they walk down memory lane and recap the past two years of the Talk Thirty To Me podcast - the high's and the low's, the positives and the negatives, the hidden motifs, ideas that didn't quite make the show, some behind the scenes banter, and all of the in-between moments that weren't really transparent throughout the entire run of the show and... Turg and Randy talk lessons learned from Guadalajara Randy traveled to Guadalajara and talks about the growth that came with his first trip to the mainland of Mexico. He touches on how the trip really challenged his notion of normal. Turg dropped Randy a small note about 'relating to the reality of nostalgia' and he did just that. Connecting your childhood to your roots is an underlying theme of a lot of personal growth for your beloved protagonists. While Turg has yet to travel down this path, Randy took the bull by the horns and embraced this connection between his childhood and his journey through thirty. Have you ever lived your childh

Join Turg and Randy Z as they prepare for colder weather, hot cocoa, and - of course - the holiday season and discuss the significance of coping with the changing attitudes toward the holidays that comes with getting further along in their 30s and the dynamics of food, family, football and "fun" and... How has the perception of the holidays changed now that age factors into mindset? Turg discusses how the holidays are no longer just about family and good times - they're all about Star Wars. Constantly redefining how we view the holidays is a major part of getting older - especially for the Millennial generation. Learning to see things from different perspectives, might help realign the traditional mindset behind the so-called "Holiday Spirit", however it might not help identify why someone stops celebrating all together. If someone doesn't participate in the holidays, are they seen as anti-communal? The flip side of the coin is that the holidays could provide more of an impact on someone with a newfound mea

Join Turg and Randy Z as they dissect the importance of mental health in our 30s since being 30 comes with the increased focus on career success, the shifting priorities that include new family obligations and substantial changes in schedules and overall aspirations Is taking a break from the normalcy of life necessary? Turg gets selfish and talks about his recent vacation and what it felt like to truly step away and disconnect. He feels that this helped him recharge and connect with his wife and gave him a renewed appreciation for the things in his life. Randy talks about how he still gets awesome paid vacations - just like back in college. These are the kinds of opportunities that keep us refreshed and drive our optimal performance throughout every aspect of our lives. Step back and take a breath; Turg talks about the contrast between ambitions and relaxation and how they cannot co-exist in the world in which we live. Randy identifies this reality, but doesn't observe this mindset as it is not a viable wa

Join Turg and Randy Z as they talk about the constant need to be defined as something - or someone - by society and the lack of self-identification that comes with being 30 in a world that never seemed ready to accept things as they came; a society that helped create a problem, but offer no ways on how to fix it...and... What helps identify a good parent versus a bad parent? Turg talks about his recent trip abroad and leaving his kids behind to have some time with the wife. Turg explains how they missed their daughters first birthday to take an extended vacation and how it was difficult for his wife to accept. Randy mentions how some reasons for missing a birthday might be acceptable, Turg thinks it really wouldn't make a difference and that it's difficult for him to identify as a parent, which made the decision easier for him to make. Being a parent doesn't always have to define you. Is it OK to leave the kids behind when going on vacation? Vacations take a lot of time and planning in order to execute. Whe

Join Turg and Randy Z as they sit down with their guest – Markus Allen, life hacker extraordinaire – and crack open the secrets of how to master financial success, wage war against a credit system that is waged against us and as they dismiss some of the major myth of the antiquated credit system and... Why are the fiscal habits we develop in our 20s carry over to our 30s? Turg continues the discussion from the last episode – Millennials suck at finances. After discussing life events and how they impact finances, the time has come to discuss more long term financial setbacks. Millennials aren’t nearly as proactive with finances as other generations. Turg says that building financial goals helps bridge the gap here, but Millennials just don’t seem to care. Is a financial planner necessary to master financial freedom in our 30s? Randy mentions how he really doesn’t show much concern about his finances. Why would we trust someone else to manage our finances when we don’t even know how to manage our finances on

Join Turg and Randy Z as they discuss the importance of knowing how to properly manage finances at 30 and the many shortcomings of the Millennial generation in properly executing well-managed finances and... Really, why do Millennials suck at managing finances? Turg discusses how the American higher-education system has been failing generations for decades, yet nothing gets done. The biggest impact - now with more possibilities for a poor financial decision to ruin everything - is to the Millennial generation that suffers ignorance at the hands of institutional learning. Randy continues this thought by focusing on schooling doesn't present real world practicality, yet the pressure is real. No one teaches you how to balance a checkbook, build credit, get out of debt, or to plan for a successful financial future. When you hit a low, what do you do? We all hit troubled times in our lives where finances just don't seem to work out. How do we find a way out? Turg shares his experiences with going off the deep end

Join Turg and Randy Z as they dive into the first in a series of shows dedicated to talking about the dynamics of finances and making the right financial decisions, how to manage your expectations for the big moments that matter, why these moments shape the rest of our 30s and... Are we too caught up with finances at 30? Turg and Randy discuss the impact of financial decisions in their lives while discussing Turgs recent Hamilton ticket purchase. How do these big buys really hurt us financially? What things must we consider before taking the hit on a milestone life purchase? Turg talks about the value of buying what we want and what makes us happy - focusing primarily on experiences. He argues that experiences last a lifetime, while a tangible buy might lose its allure after a few uses. He justifies his Hamilton ticket purchase as more of a life event and a coming of age of sorts as before he could never even dream of being able to afford something like this. Randy talks about a missed experience that paralle

Join Turg and Randy Z as they share stories about the experiences in our lives that are often unexpected and can sometimes catch us off guard, focusing on the experiences we set out to explore and how sometimes they fail to materialize into anything close to what we anticipated and... Did you catch that moment? If you didn't catch the moment full of laughter at around the 6 minute mark of this episode, it gave us a little glimpse into the true nature of why the guys decided to premier this episode. Life is sometimes unpredictable. What sometimes feels natural to say or do might not always fall in line with what was originally intended. The beginning of the episode - as Randy alluded to - was supposed to start off with a completely different anecdote and yet the more natural progression threw Randy for a loop. When is it a good time to start planning what you'd want to do for the rest of your life? Randy discusses how certain plans he made when in his late teens didn't really end up coming true. He goes on to

Join Turg and Randy Z as they recap and rundown their year talking about what they have (and haven't done) almost three-quarters through the year while trying to set themselves up to have a successful year-end and killer 2018 for the podcast and their personal goals. What has 2017 looked like this far? Randy talks about the huge successes he has had for the year despite his falling short on certain personal goals. When expectations are met with success, it serves to motivate and drive progress in other aspects of our lives. Turg talks about how he thought 2017 was going to be a shit year with all that was going on in the world around us. Fortunately for him, he was wrong. For both Turg and Randy, getting a lot accomplished came down to being organized and holding themselves accountable. So how do you hold yourself accountable at 30? Making lists and doing nothing with them is absolutely useless. If you find that holding yourself accountable at this point in your life is tough, it's time for some TRL (Turg and

Join Turg and Randy Z as they take the discussion in a different direction and discuss probably the most mysterious aspect of living - dying - and how they view death through the lens of members of the Millennial generation and...  Would you rather be burred or cremated? Randy shares some staggering statistics about the US viewpoint on how death is processed. Have you considered what is going to happen to you after you die? Do you care? According to Randy's research, burials are the most popular form of processing death in the US in comparison with other nations that believe in cremation. Turg thinks as a society, we have this obsession with latching onto the past. It's something we don't always think about, but it's very important because this decision - a decision we make while living - can affect those we love in many different ways. Getting a grip on death that happens around us Tragedy can strike at any time throughout our lives. The guys spend some time discussing the loss they have encountered in their