Raechel and Ryan Lambert want to get people together.

Human beings are wired to connect with one another in real life. However, as our lives become increasingly digital, we're also getting more lonely. And today's guests, two Silicon Valley standouts who now live on the Seacoast, are on a mission to address this urgent problem.

Their solution?

River, an app that brings like minded-people together. Think Meetup, but more efficient and user-friendly, and also less weird.

From their apartment in the West End of Portsmouth, Raechel, Ryan, and I share their wild story with me. We discuss:

• How I met Raechel and Ryan (00:00 )


• Raechel and Ryan's love story (03:30 )


• The book that changed their lives (07:34 )


• Living and working in Silicon Valley (10:22 )

• Becoming digital nomads after leaving SF (19:18 )

• Why like-minded people are desperate to get together (29:08 )


• How Raechel organized podcast meetups across the world (33:11 )


• Meeting the founder of Meetup (38:05 )


• Working with Tim Ferriss (42:21 )


• Moving to Portsmouth in 2023 (52:08 )


• What is community? (54:28 )

• What's your mission? (01:00:00 )

Raechel and Ryan Lambert are the co-founders of River, an in-person meeting and event platform that's designed to get like-minded people together. The two New England natives spent most of the 2010s living in San Francisco, where the two worked together at various Silicon Valley-based startups. After leaving San Francisco, the couple spent time in New York City, Miami, Portugal, and other destinations before deciding to make Portsmouth their home last summer.

For more information on River, check out the app or visit their web site.

This podcast is hosted, written, researched, and produced by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Troy Farkas⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. FOLLOW the show on ⁠Apple⁠ or ⁠Spotify ⁠to support the show. It's free :)

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