In this week's episode, the gang welcomes special guest, active business consultant / retired breaking news journalist Mariko. First, Kevin and Mariko share how they linked up (2:00) then…-| Guest Spotlight |-Mariko shares her origin story (5:45), her experience jumping between the worlds of Japan and the US (8:40), how she got her start in Journalism (12:40), getting called into Reuters for an interview (15:10), the experience of working at Reuters as a breaking news journalist (20:00), winding down from a high intensity job (23:20), working with Vice on a piece in India (26:00), maintaining ethics in journalism (30:16), transitioning from a career in journalism (34:50), supporting small businesses in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo ~ Bunkado & Uprisers (37:00), her last transition from Japan to the US (42:00), meeting Edmund Kim & practicing Ju Jutsu (51:00), challenges in journalism and in business (58:00), processing emotion and practicing detachment (1:04:10), Mariko’s current projects and things shes’s looking forward to like the Uprisers Family Drive & community engagement (1:12:00), Mariko shares here perspective on experiencing time (1:14:15), shares opinions on thoughts & mistrust in how information is currently disseminated (1:21:00), and shares final words of advice. (1:25:30)

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