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Casual conversations with purpose featuring interesting, inspiring, and innovative people from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and industries. Everyone has a story to share, and every story is worth sharing.

Jul 30, 2013

This week Harmonix Music Systems' Director of Communications and Brand Management, John Drake, is on the podcast. We cover John's collegiate experience at Harvard as well as his role as "fun czar". We also discuss his music background, including his record label, and why having your own record label is not fun around...


Jul 23, 2013

Fresh out of Evolution 2013, the Fighting Game Community's largest tournament, Wynton "Prog" Smith is on the podcast this week to talk all about Super Smash Bros. Melee. This game, and the Smash Bros. community had a memorable journey on its way to this tournament, from public polls, to fundraisers for breast...


Jul 16, 2013

I'm joined this week by Abbie Heppe, Community Manager for Respawn Entertainment. We discuss unusual ways to find job postings and receive job offers (in her case, in the gaming industry). I learn about the pressure of covering E3 from the media perspective as Abbie shares some of her experiences working at G4. I also...


Jul 10, 2013

Nels Anderson, Lead Designer at Klei Entertainment is my guest this week. We cover life in Wyoming, life in Canada, and life before designing video games. More specifically, we discuss Nels' journey to video game development, why his career in the industry nearly ended before it truly began, at his work at Hothead Games...


Jul 2, 2013

Adding some New England charm to the podcast, I'm joined this week by Jess Buchanan. We discuss the appeal of Vermont and the appropriate age to give a newborn a pair of hockey skates. Jess also shares the series of events that unfolded alongside her diabetes diagnosis as well as her journey to finding and...