It is not perfect

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Attempt #019 - Rhea Keller

2018-09-0501:06:32

Rhea, born and raised in North Carolina. After going to college for art history and being a badass sorority girl, she ended up moving to New York and eventually working for the French artist JR. Finally getting the job and appartement she always wanted she decides to leave New York and take a break. We catch her at the end of this almost 3 year long hiatus.

Attempt #018 - Virginia Salas Kastilio

2018-07-2601:09:33

Virginia has been living the life of a true nomad since kindergarden. However this didn't stop her to get her first job at Apple and later make the switch to Oracle. Since she left the corperate world she is venturing the world on her own consulting and building business after business. Her story got her features on Inc & Forbes and now my podcast.

Attempt #017 - Kim Hu aka Hu Dat

2018-07-2601:01:24

Meet Kim Hu beter known by her alias Hu Dat. Born and raised in California went to an ivy league school to start career in the hotel industry. In the end she left all of that behind to become a DJ in New York.

Attempt #016 - Kristof Claes aka Goldfox [DUTCH]

2018-07-1901:02:49

Another episode in Dutch, with DJ and local night life legend Kristof Claes. He has played every festival, club and basement in Belgium. Has his own show on national radio and has been booking stages on Tomorrowland for years. In contrast with a lot of other of my podcast guest, he didn't aim for world domination but instead succesfully went with a hyper local strategy.

Attempt #015 - Toon Carpentier

2018-07-1501:22:42

This is a special kind of episode where I switch seats, and become the one being interviewed. My long time friend Cedric takes over the role of host. He had full creative control over you might notice his background in psychology. For those who speak Dutch, you can also listen to Cedrics story in attempt #5.

Attempt #014 - Etienne Maurice

2018-07-0801:08:49

It was a while back that I ran into Etienne for the first time, we reconnected two years later in a garden in LA. I have been following him online and was always impressed with his focus and hustle. This is the story of young man on the verge of a break through in his carreer. If you ever wonder what goes on before it all happens, listen to this story.

Attempt #013 - William Spencer

2018-07-0801:30:03

The best way to introduce William is to link you to one of his many Youtube videos. He grew up skateboarding in colorado and moved to LA to make it as a stunt double. His very unique style of skateboarding got him a gig as stunt double for Andrew Garfield in two Spiderman movies. He is a testament to what it means to be a true creative. This is story about happens if you put your creative integrity before everything else. Be inspired.

Attempt #012 - Nele Moens

2018-07-0801:08:51

I recorded this podcast with Nele in her appartment in LA. However when I met her for the first time she was a store owner in Antwerp. She is the living embodiment of self made, in short exact the kind of stories I like to hear. Listen to this podcast to hear more about her journey.

Attempt #011 - Nev Todorović

2018-06-2901:08:02

Nev grew up in Toronto were she co-founded The Young Astronauts with Tyler Savery. TYA has clients like Nike, NBA and many A list artists. As creative director she has won a VMA for a music video for Ariana Grande and a Clio for work with Drake. Most importantly though she has a lot of hustle.

Attempt #010 - Philipp Rupprecht

2018-05-3048:05

The guest on this episode is Philipp Rupprecht a young photographer based in Munich, Germany. What was interesting to me about his story that he combined his passions for photography & cars. Together with a whole lot determination it lead to him photographing the most high end car brands in the world.

Attempt #009 - Henry Busby

2018-05-1301:21:53

This episode with New York based director, Henry Busby, is my favorite attempt so far. There seems to be no apparant structure or topic for this converstation, or is there ...

Attempt #008 - Alan Winslow

2018-05-1345:26

A podcast with photographer and adventurer Alan Winslow. Alan traveled the world by bike for 4 years while working on his art project. We talk about living on the road and his creative process.

Attempt #007 - Ben Van Alboom

2018-05-1254:42

I was a little nervous to do this one because as a veteran journalist Ben Van Alboom knows what a podcast is supposed to be about, and I still don't. We take a dive into his long and very diverse career.

Attempt #006 - Nick De Mey

2018-04-0455:24

For this podcast I talked to Nick De Mey Co-founder of Board of Innovation, a Belgian based innovation consulting agency. Even starting out with just the two of them they managed to position them as an international entity, now many years later living up that with almost 30 employees and clients all over the globe.

Attempt #005 - Cedric Vanaken [DUTCH]

2018-04-0456:36

Another attempt in Dutch talking to one of my long time friends about the burn out he is strugglin with. Cedrics opens up about how it came to be and how is dealing with it.

Attempt #004 - Nick Looijmans

2018-03-1249:36

My next guest Nick and I grew up in the same province in Belgium. About 5 years ago he moved to Ottawa work at Shopify as UX designer. We talk about the impact of leaving home behind and his transition from designer to a manager.

Attempt #003 - Julia Lipton

2018-03-0159:15

Julia is a San Fransisco based tech entrepreneur and is one of my inspirations to take a year long sabbatical. We talk about why she did one, what she did and how this affects her in the long run.

Attempt #002 - Bert Schols [DUTCH]

2018-03-0150:22

A conversation with one of my long term friends and collaborator Bert Schols. Breaking my own golden rule of consistency we did this podcast is in Dutch. The overal topic is growing up in life and business.

Attempt #001 - Justin Bettman

2018-02-2324:44

My first ever attempt at creating a podcast and my first victim is Justin Bettman. A very talented NYC based photographer and also one of my best friends. This is where I realise that I still have a lot to learn about making podcasts. Luckily Justin his story is interesting enough on it's own.

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