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idk about you.Imagine Global Education With Students at the Center (with Alliyah Logan)In this episode, Kyle sits down with education advocate and global changemaker Alliyah Logan for a conversation about evolving, making mistakes, and growing into the person you were always becoming.Alliyah shares what it was like to enter activism as a teen, the importance of being taken seriously in youth spaces, and how she’s thinking about legacy, investment, and reimagining education systems worldwide. From working with UNICEF to founding her own org, Alliyah reflects on what keeps her grounded—and what still gives her hope.What You’ll Hear:📣 What it r...2025-05-2056 minidk about you.Building Your Four Capitals: Self, Finance, Social, and Skills (with Vanessa Pan)In this episode, Kyle sits down with the deeply thoughtful and wildly curious Vanessa, a fractional COO/CRO, lifelong learner, and intentional community dreamer. From growing up in Palo Alto to living in France, Ireland, China, Mexico, and Maui, Vanessa shares what it means to live a life led by values—especially the value of connection.Whether you’re exploring your twenties or reevaluating what success looks like in your thirties, this episode is a warm, reflective guide to doing it with intention.What You’ll Hear:🌎 Living abroad to deepen yo...2025-05-131h 01idk about you.Taking on Big Tech & Advocating for Youth Mental Health (with Arielle Geismar)This week, I sat down with Arielle Geismar, a youth advocate and digital wellness organizer who’s been making waves since she was 16. From leading one of NYC’s biggest student walkouts to now co-chairing Design It For Us, Arielle has been on the front lines of gun violence prevention, mental health advocacy, and tech ethics—often all at once.We talk about what it’s really like to grow up in advocacy work, how she’s built community both online and off, and the internal growth that comes with pushing for external change. Arielle’s perspective is raw, refl...2025-05-0647 minidk about you.How A Breakup Helped Me Rediscover Myself (with Roni Ruzicka)In this episode, Kyle sits down with artist Roni Ruzicka for a deeply honest conversation about identity, growth, and walking away from a relationship that spanned most of her twenties.Roni opens up about the years she spent in an all-consuming relationship that blurred the lines between love, work, and family. She shares how she slowly began to lose herself—minimizing her personality, doubting her intuition, and putting her goals on hold. But this isn't just a story about heartbreak—it's a story about reclaiming power.From navigating a breakup tied up in work and comm...2025-04-2953 minidk about you.Climate Action Starts with Self-Care (with Wyatt Williams)In this episode of idk about you, Kyle chats with Wyatt Williams — a sustainability professional working at the New York Climate Exchange. Wyatt shares his journey from growing up on a farm in rural Jamaica to navigating private school in DC, and how those contrasting experiences shaped his passion for sustainability and environmental justice.What You'll Hear:🌍 How Wyatt turned his background in chemistry and environmental engineering into a career centered around impact🔋 His work on battery circularity, climate tech, and interdisciplinary collaboration in NYC💡 Why he believes experimentation is key — in careers and life — and how failure fuels growth✨ Grad sc...2025-04-2244 minidk about you.Finding Your Voice and Building Community (with Silvia Li Sam)In this episode of idk about you, I sit down with Silvia Li Sam — CEO and founder of Slam Media Lab — to talk about her journey from immigrating to the U.S. to building a successful marketing agency from scratch during the pandemic. Silvia shares how she found confidence through writing on Medium, navigated loneliness post-pandemic, and how she built a new community through everything from hosting "friend dating" parties to pickleball.What You’ll Learn:✏️ How Silvia turned writing into a career-launching superpower📦 The reality of starting over — from moving countries...2025-04-1549 minidk about you.The Path Through Entrepreneurship Isn't Straight (with Ashley Wen)In this episode of idk about you, Ashley Wen — founder of RADICAL, a company reshaping the bra industry with custom-fit technology. Ashley opens up about her journey from edtech to entrepreneurship, the personal struggles that fueled her mission, and the emotional experience behind RADICAL's bra fittings. She also reflects on RADICAL’s next chapter, lessons in burnout, and why giving yourself grace is essential — whether you’re a founder, creator, or just figuring things out.What You’ll Hear:🎯 Ashley’s early career in edtech and what inspired RADICAL🔥 How an uncomfortable b...2025-04-0850 minidk about you.Midwest to NYC: Landing a Dream Job at TODAY/NBC Universal (with Sierra Hoeger)In this episode of idk about you, Kyle catches up with longtime friend Sierra Hoeger, who shares her journey from the midwest, to working at NBC’s Today Show in New York City. Sierra talks about navigating adult life in a new city, embracing change, and finding balance between her type-A planning tendencies and learning to go with the flow.What you'll hear:✨ How Sierra went from Iowa State to NBC’s Today Show👯♀️ Building a sense of community in NYC📝 The surprising lessons from working in media — from local crime rep...2025-04-0154 minidk about you.College & Career as a Weekend Warrior (with Hannah Ruzicka)Welcome to the first interview episode of idk about you. We’re chatting with Hannah Ruzicka this week — a 25 year old in Oceanside, CA early on in her career in project management who serves in the Army National Guard. We dive into pressures Gen Z faces around education, careers, and identity, and how Hannah found her way through it all.What You'll Hear:🎯 Why Hannah joined the National Guard at 17 — and how she convinced herself before a recruiter even had to.🔥 Her experience helping California during the LA wildfires.🎓 The reality of college, student debt, a...2025-03-2559 minidk about you.This is idk about you.Welcome to the first episode of idk about you! I’m Kyle Kazimour, your host, and I’m so excited to (re)start this podcast — now with a fresh focus on life, careers, creativity, and the future.In this episode, I’m sharing my journey: from dropping out of community college to pursuing a creative career, moving to California, freelancing, building a web and design agency, and navigating the highs and lows of my 20s. I’ll dive into why I’m relaunching this podcast and what you can expect from future episodes....2025-03-2505 min
Disrupt Education#100 Mission: Unleash Human PotentialIowa Big is a game changer when it comes to high school. The school is build around one mission... to unleash student potential. We meet with Co-founder Trace Pickering and Media Intern and Iowa Big Graduate Kyle Kazimour and talk about this monumental paradigm shift in education. Learn more at www.iowabig.org
Hello, my name is Peter Hostrawser and I am the host of a podcast called Disrupt Education.
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