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The Drive Program is a collection of conversations that are intended to motivate and inspire the listener! Every week host Tom Driver interviews a guest about a project or topic that they are passionate about.
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Blake Pastrana shares his remarkable journey from humble beginnings to achieving resounding success. In this conversation, he delves into the habits and mindset that have helped him throughout his career. This episode was recorded in early 2022 PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://thedriveprogram.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drive-program/id1504030059 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Jvfsmf48ft9KX3j1qqx3D?si=3073783906bf42b0 RSS: http://feeds....
James is Tom's younger brother. In 2019 he moved to China where he taught kids how to speak English. They discuss his experience living in China and he tells the story of how he was put in jail and then deported from the country for teaching English. He also attended military school as a teenager which they discuss as well. PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://thedriveprogram.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drive-program/id1504030059 Spotify: https://open.spot...
Cody and Tom discuss many different topics throughout this podcast episode. They discuss Cody's experience with therapy and how it has improved his life. Other topics include relationships, friendships, weight loss, rugby, and Pickleball. This was also recorded near Cody's 30th birthday so he reflects on his 20's and how he has grown in the past decade. PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://thedriveprogram.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drive-program/id1504030...
Natasha Cashman owns the Financial Planning Company: Capital Assets Planning, Inc. She helps people manage their personal finances along with offering comprehensive planning services. We also discuss how she transitioned into the sole owner and how she continues to stay organized. EPISODE LINKS: Capital Assets Planning, Inc: https://www.capdupras.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://thedriveprogram.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drive-program/id15040300...
Brenden White and Tom were in the flow club together at JMU. They discuss flow arts in general and specifically their experience spinning poi. PODCAST INFO: Podcast Website: https://thedriveprogram.com Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-drive-program/id1504030059 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7Jvfsmf48ft9KX3j1qqx3D?si=3073783906bf42b0 RSS: http://feeds.buzzsprout.com/951100.rss YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6HiQoCw7lfOmGF_waGbUjA Instagram: ...
Liam Magerr is a Nurse and Frank Marazzo is a Therapist. In this episode, we discuss the similarities and differences between their careers. Specifically, we explore how to approach difficult conversations and how to help someone through a dark time.
Live from South Beach Miami, Dan Irwin returns for his 3rd time on the podcast!! In the first half of the episode, Dan (DJ M0TTA) and Tom discuss Dan's experience as an electronic DJ in Jacksonville, Florida. Dan also explains the differences between each sub-genre of EDM such as Techno, House, Dubstep, etc. In the second half of the episode, they discuss random topics such as Religion, Aliens, Poi, History, Free Will, God, and the Multiverse. Dan and Tom have both recently read the b...
In this mini-episode, Tom announces his new job at Ionic and that he is taking a break from the podcast while he is training for this new position.
David Curry-Bryan is an Anesthesia Technician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. His goal is to one day become a doctor and is currently studying for medical school. David and Tom discuss his experience working long shifts at the hospital. David tells us what it was like working through the COVID pandemic. He also shares some wisdom about how to cultivate a healthy and balanced lifestyle. EPISODE LINKS: Instagram: @renaissance_rasta704 SPONSORS: Drive Fitness: https://www.drivefitness....
Juice Bruns is a rapper and he is a digital artist. Juice explains why he got into rap, his creative process, and some of the producers he has been collaborating with. We discuss digital art, his style, the software tools he uses, and his journey in creating both digital and non-digital art. We also discuss the NFT space and his experience building an NFT community. Juice is very dedicated to his creative pursuits and he puts out a lot of high-quality projects that you should go check o...
Coach Brown (Weezy) and Tom went to JMU together. Brown has recently started coaching soccer. So we discuss his experience coaching kids soccer and how that led to him wanting to become more of a coach in life. We discuss his life philosophy, which is the PUSH-UP mentality. He talks a lot about this philosophy, where if he catches himself watching too much TV or something, he'll do a couple of pushups, but also he abstracts that mindset. He really tries to push himself in everything he does i...
Sai Pedireddi returns for his second time on the podcast (episode #28). However, this time he has brought his uncle Sai Kalyan. Sai Kalyan is a yoga instructor. He conducts happiness, yoga, and meditation workshops, where he teaches people to overcome stress through powerful breathing techniques. Thus helping them lead a joyful, peaceful, and productive life. So we discuss meditation and yoga for the first half of the episode. We even practiced a breathing technique in the middle ...
Will Skipper is involved in mining for cryptocurrency and if you don’t know what that is, we talk all about it. We also discuss cool ideas that might be emerging in the Web 3 space. Near the end of our conversation, we discuss weight loss, cardio, eating healthy, and what it takes to make a change in your life. EPISODE LINKS: Instagram: @skipnation Twitter: @blockcaddy Blockcaddy Website: Blockcaddy.io SPONSORS: Drive Fitness: https://www.drivefitness.app/ to download the...
Hafiz Bhuyan is the Co-Founder of Drivense a company that creates virtual business cards. Tom knows Hafiz through the society of entrepreneurs at JMU. We discuss his startup, they started off wanting to create a platform for online textbooks before they pivoted to create virtual business cards. Now they do create physical business cards. They are scannable and once scanned will pull up the virtual business card. They have also developed an app for storing virtual business cards. We also...
This episode was recorded the day that Frank and Tom finished the theme song for this podcast. The first half consists of snippets from the final session where they put the finishing touches on the song. The seconds half is a reflection of the entire process from Tom's vision for the song to Frank's execution of the production. SPONSORS: Drive Fitness: https://www.drivefitness.app/ to download the app The Mod Canna https://themodcanna.com/ use code "drive" Momma Bomma: https://linktr.e...
Pat and Bernie Driver are Tom's grandparents on his dad's side. This interview took place back in August of 2021, Tom interviews them about their entire life, starting out with their childhood and going through their years as parents and then grandparents. They discuss what it was like for them growing up in the 1940s and 1950s. They talked about Tom's grandfather's career, he worked on some of the earliest computers, working on early versions of software and the computer's hardware. He also ...
This episode is all about history! Marwan and Tom discuss many different historical topics such as Ancient Rome, Greece, Babylon, Egypt, Antiquity, The Vikings, and World War II. We also discuss historic figures such as Hannibal Barca, Julius Cesar, Adolf Hitler, and Pericles. SPONSORS: Drive Fitness: https://www.drivefitness.app/ to download the app The Mod Canna https://themodcanna.com/ use code "drive" Momma Bomma: https://linktr.ee/MommaBomma EPISODE LINKS: Instagram: https://www.insta...
This is episode 31 of The Drive Program with guests, Charlie de Vocht. Charlie was the first person I knew who bought an NFT so I reached out to him for an interview and this was recorded in December 2021. We have a great conversation about different types of cryptocurrencies, his experience buying NFTs, and why he chooses to buy them on the Solana network. Specifically, we discuss a meme coin called Sammo, which he uses for yield farming. In the second half of the conversation, we tal...
Richard and Carolyn Green are Tom’s Grandparents on his mom’s side. In this conversation they tell Tom about their entire lives from growing up in the 1950’s to how they spent their retirement traveling in an RV. Richard worked on satellites at NASA for most of his career. Carolyn was a school teacher and then also worked for at NASA at the end of her career. Christianity was a big part of their life. They taught at the church and went on a mission trip to Costa Rica after they retired. In re...
Blasé is a musical artist and he is back for the second time on the podcast. Blasé has recently been working with a team to create their own music festival called “Lemon Zest Fest.” Tom and Blasé also discuss many different topics such as NFTs for music files, empathy, storytelling, religion, and fitness technology. SPONSORS: Drive Fitness: https://www.drivefitness.app/ to download the app The Mod Canna https://themodcanna.com/ use code "drive" Momma Bomma: https://linktr.ee/MommaBomma EPI...
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