While debt is often (justifiably) framed in a negative light there are ways to utilize and structure it for your benefit. Today Adam and Ari dive into differentiating good debt and bad debt, and how the binary view some personalities have with debt has a beneficial message for a wide audience, but can be edited when speaking to individuals with different goals. 

Survival has always been the top priority but the goals don't stop there. Parenting through COVID has raised questions we never imagined and forced a kind of trial and error we've never experienced before. From home schooling, to daycare, to having a 2 year old co-worker sitting in on Zoom meetings-- flexibility has been key to navigating life this past year. Let's look ahead to 2021 at some of the challenges we will continue to face. 

Hello listeners we are back and better than ever now with two cohosts in Adam and Ari Goldfarb. This new format will allow us to upload podcasts more regularly in between interviews we hope you enjoy the show as we dive into a combination of business advice and nerd culture along with everything in between. You'll be surprised at how well they overlap.

Today I speak with artist Journey Allen on her work both as an artist and community leader.  Learn more about her community and non-profit efforts by visiting: www.artistjourneyallen.com find information about Camp Oya contact: 5044007224 [email protected]

Today I speak with Jamil Khoury the co-founder of Silk Road Rising, a theatre company located in downtown Chicago dedicated to presenting plays written by individuals of Asian and Middle Eastern descent. https://www.silkroadrising.org I met Jamil during community coffee at the Joan Mitchell Center in New Orleans. He’s a current artist in residence, and the only non-visual artist in residence at this time. If you’re interested in learning more about Silk Road Rising they have an upcoming event: Wednesday May 1st 7 pm Joan Mitchell Center 2275 Bayou Rd viewing of Obstacle Course a Silk Road Rising production

Althea Luehrsen is the CEO at Leadership Buffalo, Inc. About Leadership Buffalo: https://www.leadershipbuffalo.org/about-lb "Leadership Buffalo is Making Buffalo Better. Through collaborations, community awareness, and civic engagement, we are uniting leaders to take action. Our five programs are educating individuals and providing resources to make a difference. Participants explore the challenges, concepts, complexity and practice of leadership around important issues through a series of day sessions. We unite leaders from diverse backgrounds and increase their knowledge of community issues, broaden their vision and enhance their ability to lead. Through these programs, Leadership Buffalo has expanded Western New York's social capital by graduating more than 3,000 individuals."

Hey Listeners today I speak with Sally Lindsay from Big Easel Collective Big Easel Collective specializes in sets that are rooted in place. They craft permanent transformations for retail experiences, museums activations, interiors, and public spaces that will wow visitors as well as pop-up installations for conferences, festivals, and events They understand the trend of marketing is becoming focused on the experience and provide a unique service that turns anyone with a smart phone into a brand ambassador.  Instagram: @Bigeaselcollective or https://www.instagram.com/bigeaselcollective/?hl=en

I am excited to introduce Alexander Bigbie, a New Orleans transplant with a unique financial background. Once an investment banker, he fell in love with the city of New Orleans and uses his wealth of knowledge to aid the youth in our higher education system so they can properly navigate traditional financial difficulties young adults face.  More on Flyte: Flyte is a nonprofit that aims to improve the overall levels of financial literacy among young adults from low and middle income backgrounds in New Orleans. 70% of Americans are financially illiterate and have little to no access to education that can help them better understand how to budget, build credit and avoid toxic debt. Most of the mistakes that people make are in young adulthood and can be easily prevented with a small amount of education. We partner up and coordinate with retail banks in the city in order to properly deploy all of their resources across schools in the city. Flyte also offers coaching sessions to employees in the private sector as part of its broader mission to improve the city's overall financial literacy

Nicole Allen is the Director of Open Education for SPARC. In this role she leads SPARC’s work to advance openness in education, which includes a robust state and federal policy program, a broad librarian community of practice, and a leadership program for OER librarians. SPARC is a global coalition committed to making Open the default for research and education. SPARC empowers people to solve big problems and make new discoveries through the adoption of policies and practices that advance Open Access, Open Data, and Open Education. Learn more at https://sparcopen.org

Welcome back listeners! Today I interview Victoria Adams Phipps. Victoria is the Vice President of Programs at New Orleans Business Alliance and the Executive Director of 504Ward. As the Executive Director of 504Ward she has helped nurture and facilitate professional and personal growth for young professionals in the Greater New Orleans area.  About 504Ward:  "We are a nonprofit collaborative initiative, founded in 2008, with a mission to keep you, the talented young professionals of New Orleans, in our great city. Our goal is to connect you to key people, events and opportunities and ensure that New Orleans is a place for you to thrive and grow. With a pro-New Orleans witty tone and no ads policy, our twice weekly e-mails highlight opportunities for civic and social engagement and leadership development, and often include special event discounts just for young professionals." http://www.504ward.com https://www.instagram.com/504ward/  (@504Ward) https://linktr.ee/504ward