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Publisher |: Nate Wang

Media Type |: audio

Podknife tags |: Business,; Careers,; Interview,; Personal Journals,; Society & Culture

Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Careers,; Education

Life Done Different features individuals who have taken unconventional paths in life, whether in their career, lifestyle or thought process. Each episode, guests share their stories and give honest answers about the trade offs that come with their choices.

From sailing solo around the world, to living in a tiny house, to gambling for a living, Life Done Different offers an unfiltered look into roads less traveled. So get ready to challenge your assumptions and explore new perspectives each week with host Nate Wang. Music by Blue Dot Sessions.

People |: Nate Wang
Country Of Origin |: USA
Produced In |: San Francisco, CA
Premiere Date |: 2017-09-11
Related Hashtags |: #SanFrancisco
Frequency |: Weekly
Explicit |: No

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17 Available Episodes (17 Total) / Average duration: 00:50:57

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17 Available Episodes (17 Total)Average duration: 00:50:57

Dec 12, 2017

01:00:37

As I’m planning for this holiday season, I realized we’re living in incredible times. I can go online and order just about anything imaginable and have it delivered to my door in two days. It’s like magic.

But I know that there a lot of wheels in motion behind the scenes that make the magic possible and this week, I got interested in 18 of them in particular.

What I’m talking about is trucking. It’s an industry that I knew little about, and it turns out that its more than just an industry, it’s a lifestyle.

I’m joined today by Salena Lettera (@SalenaLettera). Salena and her fiancee, Ed, have been living that lifestyle together for over 10 years and today Salena shares what it’s like to live life on the road.

We cover just about everything imaginable from her favorite things to haul, to the colorful vocabulary, pet peeves of other drives and pay scale.

So i invite you to come along for the ride and enjoy this look into the trucking lifestyle with Salena Lettera.

Dec 05, 2017

00:57:53

When it comes to dream jobs, I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone in saying that I’d love to be Anthony Bourdain. Think about it. He travels the world, experiences cultures through food and shares it with us. What’s not to love?

But rather than dream about the job, our guest this week made it a reality. I’m joined by Matt Goulding (@mdgoulding). He’s half of the founding team behind roadsandkingdoms.com, an award winning travel journalism site and the publishing partner behind Explore Parts Unknown, the digital home for Bourdain’s hit CNN TV Show.

Matt is a traveler, a food-lover and one of my favorite authors on both topics. We sat down today to talk about Matt's winding path, from cooking aboard boats in Patagonia to landing a job as food editor at Men’s Health and penning the prolific Eat This, Not That book series, to ultimately where he is today, turning travel, eating, drinking and writing into a living.

Given the popularity of travel and food writing these days, I wanted to ask Matt what it is that sets Roads and Kingdoms apart and if in fact it is possible to still make money in publishing, an industry that on paper, seems to be struggling.

This hour flew by and left me hungry for more. I think you’ll feel the same. Please enjoy this conversation with Matt Goulding.

Nov 28, 2017

00:56:42

Becoming a parent may be one of the largest decisions we can make in our lives. But how do you approach that decision if you know the child isn't going to be yours?

To help us answer this question, we’re joined by Corinne Ostrich. She’s a mother of two and she’s also a surrogate mother. In fact she’s about to embark on the surrogacy journey for the third time.

Today, Corinne shares her insight into this complex topic and answers questions like, is this a profession, how do you explain being a surrogate to your own children, do you experience postpartum depression and what does your relationship with the intended family look like after the child’s birth?

So let’s dive in to hear Corinne’s answers to these questions and more, as she talks about her experience as a surrogate.

Nov 21, 2017

00:02:01

We're taking this week off from publishing a full episode in order to celebrate Thanksgiving. In the spirit of the holiday, I wanted to say that I'm incredibly thankful for all of you who are Life Done Different listeners. Sharing this podcast with you all is one of the biggest highlights of my year.

I also want to say a special thank you to everyone who has left a review in iTunes or a comment on the website, including:

- Uberwhouberwho

- seeyousunish

- adyates

- Charlie and gang

- Sarah-beau-beara

- EmpressBreezy

- Spacey_KC

- Katy

- Karen Ellis

- Dr. Alexander

Nov 14, 2017

01:05:09

From fancy tuxedos, to beautiful assistants, vanishing coins and teleporting cards - I’ve always been mesmerized by magic.

But beyond the illusions, one of the things that I find most mysterious about the world of magic, is how polarized it seems. On one side of the spectrum you’ve got magicians working birthday parties, who are often just a few years older than the crowd they’re performing for. Then on the other, you have internationally recognized superstars like David Blaine. But what happened to everyone in the middle? Is this the magic worlds greatest disappearing act, or am I just missing something here?

To help me understand what’s going on behind the scenes in the magic world, I talked with Henok Negash. He’s been a magician for over a decade and while he didn’t divulge any trade secrets, he was very forthcoming in what the life of a working magician is like. We talked about the different types of magic, how much practice goes in to perfecting an illusion, different career opportunities available to magicians and why it is that magic doesn’t get you girls.

So pull up a chair and enjoy this close up show on magic with Henok Negash.

Nov 07, 2017

01:04:36

The phone rings. You pick it up and on the other line you hear a voice that says:

“We have your wife and child. You have 24 hours to get us 5 million dollars or else they die.”

What do you do?

I can’t imagine what getting a call like that would feel like, let alone what to do. But for Chris Voss (@VossNegotiation), this would have been just another day in the office. For 24 years, Chris was an FBI hostage negotiator, during 4 of which, he actually lead the bureau as chief international hostage and kidnapping negotiator.

I struggle to think of a more high stakes, high stress job, so I wanted to talk to Chris about why he chose this route. Naturally, we talked a lot about negotiation but we also talk about the human element of being a hostage negotiator and like how do you deal with the fact that someones life is in your hands and what happens if you fail?

Aside from the heavy stuff, Chris was also kind enough to indulge me in a negotiation role play and suffice it to say that it did not go how I expected, but perhaps that was to

Knowing Chris’ background made him an intimidating guy to talk to - I was nervous the whole time and felt like he could have picked me apart at any moment had he wanted to. Nevertheless, it was super exhilarating and it changed a lot of what I think about when it comes to negotiations so please enjoy this conversation with Chris Voss.

Oct 31, 2017

00:56:35

Happy Halloween everyone! I thought we could start the show today in Planet Money style with two numbers, 4.4 and zero. I’ll give you a second to guess their significance. Alright, ready?

If you said that 4.4 is the average number of pounds that we Americans produce as waste on a daily basis, you’d be correct. Kinda scary isn’t it?

As for zero, that’s the average amount of waste that Kathryn Kellogg (@goingzerowaste) produces annually!

Kathryn is part of something called the Zero Waste Movement. It’s something that, frankly, I didn’t know was possible until very recently.

I was curious to talk with Kathryn about how she’s able to live without producing trash. Does it mean living in a hut somewhere and growing all your own food? It turns out that’s not the case.

Kathryn was able to break it down in a way that I found to be really accessible and applicable. It got me thinking differently about the things that I purchase and consume and I’ve even made some changes, (composting is the big one), that I’m really enjoying.

This conversation really shifted what I thought was possible and left me feeling more empowered as an individual. I hope you enjoy it and if you decide to make any changes of you’re own, I’d love to hear about them!

Let me know on twitter @lifedonediffrnt.

Oct 24, 2017

00:42:32

I hate it when I break things because I only have three options: 1) I can try to repair it myself, which isn’t really an option 2) I can pay for a professional to fix it, which usually costs more than the product itself or 3) I can ditch the old one and buy a new one. And this is the cycle that Peter Skinner is trying to fix.

In 2012, Peter founded the first repair cafe in the United States. Based in Palo Alto, California the repair cafe is a periodic meet up where you can bring in your broken items and have a volunteer fix them for you. Or better yet, you can work alongside the volunteer and you can learn how to fix them together. Hopefully by the time you return home, your item’s working again, and you might have a new since of confidence in your DIY skills.

Today, Peter and I talked about the repair cafe movement, where it came from and where he sees it going. Beyond the meet ups they’re doing some really cool stuff, like partnering with engineering and design students to encourage repairability as part of product design.

I found it all really inspiring and hope to bring some of my broken items to their next meeting on November 5th. Who knows, maybe I’ll cya there. In the meantime, please enjoy this talk with Peter Skinner.

Oct 17, 2017

00:55:34

It’s 1999. You decide you want to travel the world, but you’re from a small town, you don’t have a lot of connections and you don’t have a ton of cash. What do you do?

This was the question that inspired Casey Fenton (@caseyfenton) to create Couchsurfing.com. If you haven’t heard of Couchsurfing before, it’s pretty much how the name sounds. You go onto the site, create a profile and this allows you to meet other members that you can host in your home, or that you can stay with as a guest in theirs. And the unique thing about it is that it’s all free.

I’ve known people who have traveled all the way around the world on the platform so I was really looking forward to sitting down with Casey to hear the origins of the company. It turns out that it ties in heavily with his own story.

Casey comes from a small town and had limited options growing up. From an early age, he knew he wanted to change that and we talk about how he was able to use experiences as a way to create more possibilities and better choices. It’s become somewhat of a life philosophy and a driving principle around why Couchsurfing exists.

We also bounce around a lot and end up traveling to unexpected places, like discussing whether or not we’re living in a simulation, but that’s what made this interview really fun. I hope you think so too. Please enjoy this talk with Casey Fenton.

Oct 10, 2017

00:59:03

First things first, this episode is an explicit one, with adult themed content, so if you’re sensitive to that, you may want to skip this one.

Alright, for those of you who are sticking around, the topic today is porn. I’m guessing you’re familiar with it, but how familiar are you with what goes on behind the scenes and in the industry at large?

I asked myself that question and realized, not that much. Today I got a chance to change that. I sat down with international porn star, Puma Swede (@PumaSwede), to change that and we had a no holds barred conversation about her career.

It was fascinating and I got that chance to ask just about every question that I’ve ever wondered about, including what are the inroads to porn, exit routes, what’s the pay scale look like, does she think it’s degrading?

It’s a great conversation and I want to get you right to it, so please enjoy this talk with Puma Swede.

Dec 12 | 01:00:37

15. Salena Lettera - Truck Driver

Dec 05 | 00:57:53

14. Matt Goulding - Food & Travel Author

Nov 28 | 00:56:42

13. Corinne Oestreich - Surrogate Mother

Nov 21 | 00:02:01

Happy Thanksgiving!

Nov 14 | 01:05:09

12. Henok Negash - The Bowtie Magician

Nov 07 | 01:04:36

11. Christopher Voss - FBI Hostage Negotiator

Oct 31 | 00:56:35

10. Kathryn Kellogg - Trash is scary! Going Zero Waste.

Oct 24 | 00:42:32

9. Peter Skinner - Repair Cafes

Oct 17 | 00:55:34

8. Casey Fenton - Founder of Couchsurfing

Oct 10 | 00:59:03

7. Puma Swede - International Porn Star

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