Best wcolville64 Podcasts (2025)

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Emily Roemer on design, finding inspiration everywhere, and overcoming imposter syndrome at Amazon and The New Yorker 58:15

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Emily Roemer is a graphic designer whose work has been on the pages of magazines, totebags, food trucks, umbrellas, matchboxes, posters, and much more. She’s currently the design lead of lookbooks at Amazon, and previously was the senior designer at The New Yorker. She has a BFA in graphic design from Louisana State Univeristy and an MFA in design …

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Jack McGuire on songwriting, performing, and overcoming challenges while at Juilliard 1:08:16

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Jack McGuire is a songwriter, composer, and sound designer who produces music under the names Wet Hands, Ranch Hands, and FCTRYDRM. He is a graduate of the Juilliard School of Music (2018) and is originally from Ohio. Jack has worked on many different interdisciplinary projects ranging from live scoring new dance pieces, film scores, and immersive …

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Claire Akkan on creative writing about NYC, staying disciplined, and designing vintage bags 1:12:30

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Claire Akkan (@claire.akkan) is a writer and designer based in New York. Claire has a background as a venture capital chief of staff and brand strategist. She is a Fulbright scholar and graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Russian & Eastern European Studies and a B.A. in Humanities. She writes the Substack award-winning newsletter Cappuc…

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Anjali Sundaram on creativity in cooking, experimenting with flavors, and food writing 1:14:15

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Anjali Sundaram (@cooking.4.1) is an NYC-based food writer and recipe developer, focusing on tips and methods for the solo chef. She loves to discover new flavor combinations and push the boundaries of home cooking, using her years of writing and videography experience to inspire people to love cooking for themselves. In this episode, we dig into h…

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Emmanuel Dzotsi on his love of storytelling, finding inspiration, and embracing challenges 1:20:30

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Emmanuel Dzotsi (@newsmanual_) is an award-winning journalist, podcast host, and producer for This American Life. He’s reported stories on everything from backroom deals for political power, the strange phenomenon of white people sending Black folks venmo payments as reparations, to vast money-making phone scams hidden in plain sight. He co-hosted …

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Miles of The Tea Stand on growing community, building connections, and serving free tea around NYC 1:18:01

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Miles is the founder of The Tea Stand, a community project which serves free tea at public parks, food distributions, and local events around Brooklyn. With The Tea Stand, Miles seeks to create spaces for folks to connect with themselves, one another, and the natural world. On this episode, we discuss switching careers to be more in alignment with …

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Laura Lorena Barbosa on navigating the media industry, mental health, and powerful storytelling 1:21:41

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Laura Lorena Barbosa is an accomplished TV/film producer with over 12 years of experience at networks such as NBC News, Telemundo, CNN, and Al Jazeera. As the founder of The Creative Power Agency, Laura inspires others to reclaim their creative potential, crafting narratives that foster inclusivity and illuminate the beauty of humanity. We discuss …

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Rachel of Rachel Off Duty on finding fulfillment, working while traveling, and changing corporate culture 1:09:34

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Rachel is a career & travel expert, and the founder of Rachel Off Duty – a website for ambitious women seeking more adventurous lives. Based in Los Angeles but often workcationing around the globe, Rachel also works as a Travel Storytelling Consultant in the advertising space. We talk about finding fulfillment outside of corporate America, creating…

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Eva Reign on career highs and lows, learning on set, and blending acting and journalism 1:17:16

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Eva Reign is a Peabody and GLAAD Award-winning Brooklyn-based actress, writer and artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She is the star of Billy Porter’s directorial debut Anything’s Possible from Amazon Studios and MGM’s Orion Pictures. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, Vice, Them, The Cut, Byrdie, PAPER and Highsnobiety. On this episode, we chat abou…

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Alice Lemee on writer's block, making changes in her career, and creator gravity 1:15:56

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Alice Lemee is a self-taught writer who left her budding career in the music industry to pursue writing full time. She’s a writing coach and newsletter ghostwriter for seven-figure business owners, award-winning YouTubers, and TV anchors. We talk about making changes to be happier – whether that’s changing careers or changing services within her wr…

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Ryan Herrera on creative writing, balancing time, and beating writer's block 1:18:39

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Ryan Herrera is a creative writer who is pursuing his Masters in Writing at Johns Hopkins, and works in ad tech for his 9-5. He has experience writing across a wide variety of genres including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, humor writing, and journalism. He hopes to start writing his first novel upon graduating in 2026. We tal…

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Patrick Thomas on creativity in business journalism, why running leads to the best ideas, and writing a book 1:01:54

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Patrick Thomas writes about agriculture and the food industry for The Wall Street Journal. He covers meatpacking companies, supermarkets and how American food is grown. He joined the Journal in 2018 writing about corporate breaking news and is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. He joins this episode of Version 1 to talk about what makes business journali…

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Eva Recinos on navigating rejection, creative nonfiction, and building a freelance career 1:02:53

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Eva Recinos (@evaiswriting) is an arts and culture journalist and creative non-fiction writer based in Los Angeles. She is the creator of Notes from Eva, a free monthly newsletter featuring opportunities for creatives. In this week’s episode, we talk about how she got her start freelance writing, how her career took a turn when she was rejected fro…

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John Guilyard on failure as part of the process, finding confidence, and life as a fine artist 1:12:55

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John Guilyard (@mynameisgilly) is a multitalented artist and UX designer at Google. He shares how failure plays a role in his creative process, not getting into his university’s art program, imposter syndrome, and the role of AI in art. Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.insta…

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Emily Roemer on design, finding inspiration everywhere, and overcoming imposter syndrome at Amazon and The New Yorker 58:15

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Jack McGuire on songwriting, performing, and overcoming challenges while at Juilliard 1:08:16

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Claire Akkan on creative writing about NYC, staying disciplined, and designing vintage bags 1:12:30

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Anjali Sundaram on creativity in cooking, experimenting with flavors, and food writing 1:14:15

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Emmanuel Dzotsi on his love of storytelling, finding inspiration, and embracing challenges 1:20:30

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Miles of The Tea Stand on growing community, building connections, and serving free tea around NYC 1:18:01

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Laura Lorena Barbosa on navigating the media industry, mental health, and powerful storytelling 1:21:41

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Rachel of Rachel Off Duty on finding fulfillment, working while traveling, and changing corporate culture 1:09:34

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Eva Reign on career highs and lows, learning on set, and blending acting and journalism 1:17:16

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Alice Lemee on writer's block, making changes in her career, and creator gravity 1:15:56

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Ryan Herrera on creative writing, balancing time, and beating writer's block 1:18:39

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Patrick Thomas on creativity in business journalism, why running leads to the best ideas, and writing a book 1:01:54

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Eva Recinos on navigating rejection, creative nonfiction, and building a freelance career 1:02:53

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John Guilyard on failure as part of the process, finding confidence, and life as a fine artist 1:12:55