Dorothy Hammond is one of the funniest, friendliest people I know - and I've known her for almost 20 years! We both worked at Pepperdine and since then, she's moved on to be an HR executive on the rise - at NBC Universal, then Live Nation, and

Networking with Airwing's Dan Beldy

Aug 11th, 2020 52m 14s

Dan Beldy is an investor and venture capitalist, but began his career in the Air Force, flying F-18s off of aircraft carriers. Forget the Top Gun sequel, you got all the shirtless beach volleyball you need right here.His gutsy early career mov

Networking with Westworld's VFX Supervisor Jay Worth

Jul 21st, 2020 1h 31m

Jay Worth is an Emmy winner, and not for something small that you haven't seen. He led the visual effects for one of the most visually iconic shows ever: Westworld on HBO. And before that, Person of Interest, Fringe, Alias, Altered Carbon, and

Networking with Entrepreneur Eden Chen

Jul 16th, 2020 56m 46s

Meet Eden Chen, co-founder of creative agency Fishermen Labs and new technology startup Pragma. He's a serial founder, having started multiple projects, companies, organizations and experiments in the seven-ish years I've known him.I've not met

Networking with The Beard of McBeard Alan Beard

Jul 14th, 2020 1h 21m

"Here comes the general... the moment you've been waiting for!" Any Hamilton fan will know the reference, and it holds up here. Alan is the model of a modern major-general. He's a business-minded visionary, a deep well of knowledge, an esteemed

Networking with Screenwriter Jeremy Adams

Jul 9th, 2020 1h 19m

Every time I talk to Jeremy Adams, he has a new ridiculous TV show idea. He's been cutting his teeth on Lego's DC superhero movies and last year joined the writer's room of Supernatural, after co-writing the uber-popular "Scoobynatural" episode

Networking with Literary Agent Kate McKean

Jul 7th, 2020 1h 19m

"Our blog kinda blew up last week and we want you to represent us." This was our 2009 cold email to Kate McKean, who had shepherded other "blog-to-book" deals. I'm so grateful she replied, because it led to Random House buying and publishing Hi

A Follow-up on Race with Billy Parks

Jul 2nd, 2020 35m 34s

A follow-up to our conversation about Billy's career and creative pursuits, where we shared our views on and experience with racial inequality - and what we can do to make change. No commercials in this episode but I do mention these resources:

Networking with Creative Producer/Genius Billy Parks

Jul 2nd, 2020 1h 19m

Billy and I met in 2013, during the pre-planning stages of a branded web series that would eventually be known as Summer Break. His uncanny ability to foresee digital consumption trends is unmatched. He later was a peer at Fullscreen, after it

Networking with Disney's Jennifer Miles

Jun 30th, 2020 1h 16m

Jennifer Miles has been working in television and media for over 20 years, at ABC/Disney, then AT&T and now Disney again. I originally met her when she was at AT&T/DirecTV, helping us build creative social media campaigns in support of Fullscre

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King of Networking Trailer

Jun 12th, 2020 2m 36s

Join Alec McNayr -- yes that nerd in the podcast artwork -- as he works out his "very reasonable mid-life crisis" by interviewing people in his network: entrepreneurs, artists, creative thinkers and business titans.

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