Feisworld Podcast

Today on Feisworld, I’m joined by palliative care doctor, speaker and educator Dr. Jessica Zitter. Dr. Zitter is a national advocate for transforming the way people die in America and is the author of the newly released book Extreme Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life. Her work is also featured in the Academy and Emmy-nominated short documentary “Extremis,” available on Netflix. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Tammy Gooler Loeb is a Career and Executive Coach. We’ve had a few seasoned coaches on the show so far, but they are all quite different in terms of their backgrounds, the profiles of their customers, and generally how they go about running their business. Tammy isn’t just a coach, she’s also part of a thriving podcaster community with me called altPodcasters, started by Feisworld since October 2014. I’m thrilled to see her launching her show as of December 2018 called Work from the Inside Out. This episode is for you if you are: Dissatisfied with your role or level Frustrated with your job search Challenged to think objectively or create a career plan Restricted by a manager or company that impede your growth Interested in changing career or industry As a Career Coach, Tammy is able to speak to these pain points many people are experiencing today across different industries. For show notes, favorite quotes, tools and resources, please visit www.feisworld.com/blog/tammy-gooler-loeb --- Send in

About Our Guest In his own words: “For more than thirty years, I’ve been trying to turn on lights, inspire people and teach them how to level up.” His blog has been appearing daily for more than a decade. I’ve spent most of his professional life as a writer and published 19 bestselling books. More than 60,000 people have taken his online courses (including me). Over the past 15 years, I had many ups and downs in my life and the one guru I kept turning to without ever meeting in person was Seth Godin. As soon as I’m blocked, having serious doubts, I will pick up a book by Seth Godin, and it almost didn’t matter which one I chose.  Years after I discovered Seth and his work, I found myself joining his altMBA (session #8) in early 2017, which was quite early on and friended people I still speak with every single week. In many ways, Seth is a teacher who’ll always be incomparable and irreplaceable. Turns out, it’s the case with most people who follow his work. In 2018, I decided to make Feisworld’s first doc

Show notes, tools and resources: www.feisworld.com/blog/ben-smith Ben Smith is a writer, producer and director. His most recent project is the popular HBO TV Show called Barry, for which he worked as a writer and co-producer. Prior to that, he wrote for Trophy Wife on ABC, Benched on USA, Other Space on the Yahoo streaming platform, Santa Clarita Diet on Netflix with Drew Barrymore. Plus his own projects - Gentleman Lobsters and Meet Cute. Born and raised in Lexington, MA - Ben’s mom is Chinese so we were able to chat about what it means to grow up multi-cultural. Since most writers in Hollywood still are mostly white male, Ben talks about diversity and how it’s important in the writer’s room. Still in his 20s, you may be wondering how Ben got his first job and survive the competitive landscape of not only being a writer, but talented and lucky enough to work his way up. He’s incredibly humble and shared his own experience since college. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Supp

Chinwe Esimai is a Nigerian-born, Harvard-trained lawyer who is passionate about inspiring generations of immigrant women leaders. Along with her mother, three brothers, and sister, she relocated to the United States in 1995, right before college. Chinwe graduated from the City College of New York with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and received her JD from Harvard Law School. Today, she works for Citi as the Managing Director - Chief Anti-Bribery & Corruption Officer. With a husband, three children and a demanding executive job, Chinwe talks to me about the challenge and excitement of being a woman - or more specifically - an immigrant woman in the modern world. Together we are trying to redefine our roles as women in society. What are the roles we have today? How can we kinder to ourselves? How do we better support each other? Chinwe created her website to inspire immigrant women on their leadership journeys. These women leaders have come to the United States from all around the world. Chinwe

  About Our Guest Jacob Lacourse is the founder of Adapt the World Labs., where a husband and wife team “see the benefit of using technology to help people with extra needs, and we aim to leverage technology to solve challenges and enhance the lives of the most vulnerable among us.” As an element of their main mission, Jake and Beth Lacourse bring awareness and fund raising to a specific rare disease known as Usher syndrome. “We are the parents of two beautiful children, one of which is two years old and has Usher Syndrome which is the leading cause of deaf-blindness. When we learned of our daughter’s disease, we immediately began thinking of ways to adapt the world to her needs to ultimately make it more accessible.” Jake found me while I was on my documentary journey. Immediately after I finished the interview with Mick Ebeling, founder of Not Impossible, I received an email from Jake, Winner of the 2018 Not Impossible Limitless award. He is the director of engineering at Onset Computer with a background i

About Our Guest Melissa Smith is a Virtual Assistant Matchmaker, VA Trainer, Remote Work Consultant & Author featured in CareerBuilder, Spark Hire, The Muse, Thinkific, & Woman's World. I met her at Dorie Clark’s Writing Workshop in Boston. After learning more about her business, I knew instantly that her knowledge will add tremendous value to our listeners on Feisworld Podcast. In this episode, you’ll learn how to: Overcome your fear (Melissa feared flying her whole life until…) Deal with grief and the loss of loved ones Reinventing your career and business Build a business where you can work anytime, anywhere For show notes, tools and resources, please visit: feisworld.com/blog/melissa-smith  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Ed Gregory, founder of Photos in Color on YouTube, is a master photographer in Lightroom, Photoshop and photography tutorials. Ed is the second successful YouTube we’ve interviewed on the show (first guest was Bob from FlavCity). With nearly 300K subscriber on Youtube, over 15 million page viewers, Ed is quite a celebrity among the people who follow his work. (A side note on how YouTubers make money: it actually has nothing to do with the number of subscribers but individual video viewership and how much of the ad someone watches. In addition, many YouTubers get paid through sponsorships and collaborations, which he will speak to as well as part of this episode!) Ed also runs PhotosInColor.com is a place for creative photographers, videographers and artists to come and be inspired. Visit www.feisworld.com for show notes, tools and other awesome resources!  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Two years ago, my beloved mentor Dorie Clark and I had coffee near the financial district in New York City. I told her how my podcast was the trigger for my business, Feisworld. I left my full-time job in advertising and began freelancing as a digital producer for companies and people. Many of them met me through the podcast as guests, friends of guests, and even listeners. She urged me to write a blog post, and I came up with a name I was quite proud of called “How to Make a Living Without Counting the Downloads”. Within months, Dorie interviewed me and captured the essence of my story and published it in Entrepreneurial You, her best-selling book on Amazon, and an article where many people found me and learned about my work on Harvard Business Review.   Shortly after my encounter with Dorie, I realized that I couldn't possibly be the only lucky, independent, under the radar podcaster who’s benefited from having her own show. I decided to write this blog post, record it as a podcast episode and share with th

Malaika Haaning is a sustainable fashion designer and founder of Malaika New York. “Malaika branded garments using a technique that minimizes waste. The apparel industry is one of the biggest waste-producing industries. Much of the excess materials created in the apparel industry end up in landfills. By implementing Zero Waste Patterns, we are able to strategically drape the fabric in such a way so little to no materials are wasted.” Malaika is originally from Denmark. After working in logistics for a number of years in the U.S., she was ready for a career change.  To her surprise, she was admitted into Parsons in her late 20s. Upon graduation and with various internship experience, she founded Malaika. This is her story.  For more tools and resources created for creators who are just starting out, visit feisworld.com  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

On February 5th, 2019, we celebrated the Chinese New Year, also known as the year of the pig! This is going to be a colorful and dare I say, delicious episode! Nearly 200 episodes of the Feisworld Podcast have been released, and we’ve spent a good amount of time talking about China, where I grew up, but we’ve yet covered any topics on traditions, myths, taboos, superstitions. Instead of going right back to the Docuseries minis and regular interview episodes, I thought it’s an opportunity for us to have a quick chat about the Chinese New Year. Happy New Year! 新年快乐！ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Sophia Skiles is a theater performer and theater educator. She has performed in work directed by many including Anne Bogart, Richard Foreman, Mary Zimmerman with strong ties to Ma-Yi Theater and National Asian American Theater Company. With over 20 years of experience in acting and teaching, Sophia taught in public schools through out NYC, pre-college students at Northwestern. “Shakespeare as a dramatist is someone who invites radical remaking of power. He gives language to women, who were considered less than powerful. And gives them a go at power. And sometimes they fail, but you get these moments on stage, where they had claimed the power.” - Sophia Skiles     --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Who helped you make this film? For a while (and still today), people ask me this question all the time. Knowing that I didn’t come from a filmmaking background, I clearly didn’t do this on my own. Nobody can shoot a docuseries by himself. Well, not the type of docuseries we are going after anyway. I heard the smallest successful team can be just two people. You can find their stories on YouTube, pretty amazing actually. Our story is kinda memorable too. Of the three people I traveled with, two of them worked for the Blue Man Group, and the third person is a Mrs. Blue Man :)  If you are an entrepreneur like me running a small company or creating a video series, hiring is inevitable. It’s a lot of work, but if you are lucky, the right people perhaps are already present in your life who are eager to jump on a project with you. Otherwise, follow some of my learnings to create your dream team!  Visit us on feisworld.com for more Docuseries mini episodes https://www.feisworld.com/for-docuseries-filmmakers/   ---

Scarlet Parke is a singer and songwriter. Originally from Seattle, WA., Scarlet was introduced to me through my audio producer, docuseries editor German Ceballos. Immediately after listening to her songs on Spotify, I knew I wanted her on the Feisworld Podcast. Why? Scarlet approaches music as not only as a musician, but as a business woman, making music a sustainable career. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Every year, I reinvent a little bit more of myself and my business. So will Feisworld be different in 2019 than 2018, 2017? I say, hell yeah. Today, I find myself spending nearly all my spare time with people who are insatiably curious about other cultures and creating new things on their own. Their skin colors, the language they speak, the gods they pray to, don’t matter.  There is a significant portion of the people whom I’m close to and seek inspirations from are first-generation immigrants (The term "first-immigrant" refers to the very first immigrants or to the children of such an immigrant.). Many of my immigrant friends are also minorities in America (Asian, Hispanic, African American, and the LGBTQ community)  Although I’m just one person who is an immigrant and a minority, I often feel empowered and enlighten by the stories I learn from this very community.  What are the immigrant stories you’d like to hear? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: htt

This episode is created for the ladies who’re planning on traveling for an extended period of time for their projects. By extended, we mean beyond 7 days, because that’s when it gets tricky! Another layer of complexity on top of being away from home is that you want to look good for your film.  In this episode, I want to share the things I learned before/during/after the trip. Please share what you've found as well.  Visit our blog to learn more: www.feisworld.com/blog/105 ---  More docuseries minis can be found on our website: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast-docuseries-minis  Have you listened to this episode once or twice? Consider subscribing to our podcast to stay in touch.    --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

No music, no intro. Just me talking into the mic for a short episode on some of my recent reflections traveling and making new (old) friends.  Much love, Fei --- I'd LOVE to keep in touch with you in 2019.  This is an invitation to add you to my friends and family email list.   Modern day social media is tough and I can't keep up. I do much better with emails. I promise I'll keep them interesting and infrequent. Plus, you can unsubscribe at anytime.  No bad feelings, I promise. I respect your privacy. Your email is never shared. Sign up:  https://pages.convertkit.com/5d1e91eb14/bcbfc043b4  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

As I’m traveling in multiple cities in China, it made sense to report live from the East!  At the time of this recording, I was on a train from Shanghai to Beijing, preparing for another mini-episode seemed like the perfect way to reflect. Traveling is exciting but the up and down time in between cities make me feel unsettled at times.  In this episode, I want to talk about how to market your docuseries before post-production is done. Marketing is required, not optional. More docuseries minis can be found on our website: https://www.feisworld.com/podcast-docuseries-minis  Have you listened to this episode once or twice? Consider subscribing to our podcast to stay in touch.    --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Do you believe in magic?  For the first time ever, we welcomed a professional magician, David Williamson, to the Feisworld Podcast. David is currently touring in the US in a circus called Circus 1903,  a brand new show from the producers of The Illusionists and the puppeteers of War Horse. It's a fun celebration of the golden age of circus. Their most recent stop was in Boston, MA. (Feisworld HQ!) I fell in love with David's performance instantly. The audience was naturally and completely captivated by his words, his humor, and his incredible talent of improvising with children ages 5-9 on stage. "THE CLOSEUP MAGICIAN IS THE SUPREME APPLIED PSYCHOLOGIST." Read more: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/david-williamson  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support

Jesse Macht (@jessemachtmusic) is a singer songwriter. His melodies are an abundance of stories overflowing with passion, vulnerability, empathy and honesty. In 2014, he released his sophomore album called Suitcase Heart after a scary health event and an unexpected breakup. In July 2016, Jesse successfully signed with Whattaguy Record and has been producing his junior album, to be released in Spring 2017. If you think this description fits a generic musician's story you’ve heard of before, think again. Jesse caught my attention with his grassroots growth in the music world. He’s smart, entrepreneurial and incredibly authentic. He started his journey connecting with his 1,000 true fans Read more: https://www.feisworld.com/blog/jesse-macht  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/feisworld/support