with Michael Carruthers
Conversations with people doing work that actually matters to them, whether that’s a side project, full-time, or something in between. Chatting about the honest reality, from getting lost to getting paid.
Dave Kang spent years trying to figure out his “one thing”. That perfect intersection of passion, skill, and purpose promised by frameworks like Ikigai. It was frustrating, and it didn’t work. So he stopped trying. Instead, he embraced life as a CEO. No, not that kind. A “Chief Exploratory Octopus”.
Karin Majoka is a photographer, YouTuber, psychologist, and psychotherapist-in-training, who somehow makes it all work without burning out. In this conversation, we explore how she balances multiple creative passions with a full-time career, why internal motivation matters more than external validation, and how treating photography as “just one language” opens…
Rick Foerster spent 12 years at a healthcare startup, from early employee to public company exec managing hundreds of people. He built the network. He accumulated the war chest. He had 100+ company ideas ready to go. He was standing at the starting line of what he thought was his…
Ari Magnússon is a fantastic photographer and writer whose newsletter ‘One Lens, Too Many Stories’ explores borders, identity, and what it means to belong. He’s lived in seven countries, holds three passports, and is now based in Berlin where he’s documenting his neighbourhood one frame at a time. In this…
What happens when you chase your entrepreneurial dream for four and a half years and then realize it’s not actually what you want? In this episode, I sit down with Jacob O’Bryant, creator of The Sample (now Yakread), to talk about his journey from quitting his job in his early…
In this episode, I sit down with Laura aka “Couch Polyglot”, a polyglot and YouTuber with over 44k subscribers who creates awesome language learning content whilst also working a day job. We explore how she balances both worlds: maintaining multiple languages as well as a growing channel without burning out. …
Elena Mostovova is a product manager and art enthusiast who writes Art for Breakfast, a weekly newsletter making art accessible and relatable to everyone. In this conversation, we explore how art can be a shortcut to understanding culture, why starting with contemporary work beats historical pieces, and Elena’s journey from…
Catt Small is a staff designer who’s figured out something most of us struggle with: how to juggle multiple creative projects without burning out. She’s written a book, runs online courses, organizes conferences, develops games, and somehow manages to be intentional about where she puts her energy even with all…
In this episode, I sit down with Paul Hughes, who’s career is far from the traditional 9-5, being that he’s worked as everything from travelling salesman, military photography, radio host, to now running AFN Europe’s radio programming across 15 stations, 8 countries, and 4 timezones. We talk about the struggle…
Dr. Rod Berger has a degree in clinical psychology, has interviewed over 4,000 people, and just wrote his first book “The Narrative Edge”, but his real expertise is in finding the human behind the talking points. In this episode, we explore what makes storytelling important, how Rod breaks through people’s…
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