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See One Beautiful SoulHow Can I Be My Most Beautifully Expressed Self? Meir Kay Ep 70Join Barbara Heller and Meir Kay as we discuss what it means to come from a place of both curiosity and respect. Meir opens up about his own journey of forgiving his parents and how we was raised in his own childhood and beyond. He shares about what brought him to becoming a Breathwork Instructor and how Creativity is how he finds the balance between love and fear darkness and light. We are each being called out to see “what is it that’s before me? And what is my life right now individually and collectively?” "My job is to Rem...
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Listening to UnderstandFinding Individual Beliefs and Values on the Journey of Spirituality, Religion and Judaism (Meir Kay)Meir Kay joins us to explore themes of spirituality, self-discovery, and the human experience within the complexities of faith, identity, and personal growth, while navigating life's uncertainties. He discusses the importance of embracing change, overcoming fear, and finding meaning in life's most difficult moments and reflects on the role of religion and tradition in shaping individual beliefs and values. Despite the tension between spiritual orthodoxy and personal autonomy, it is important to question and evolve one's faith in pursuit of authenticity and fulfillment while still staying focusing on the power of love, compassion, and connection in transcending b...
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BrainStorm with Sony PerlmanLife After Growth: With Meir KaySend us a textMeir Kay is a breathwork facilitator, Co-founder of Ahdama and creator of the Kids Show “Mak and Friendz” He’s on a mission to connect people back to their hearts through creative mediums such as his viral videos, men’s retreats and breathwork workshops. He’s the children’s book author of “ A Kid’s Book About Optimism” which made it on Oprah’s Favorite List. Meir's life has been illuminated and transformed through the power of breath and since then has facilitated hundreds of people through deep, meaningful experiences that allow themselves to find inner peace...
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Chapter X with Michael KayREPLAY: Lessons in Hindsight with Meir StatmanWelcome to a special rerun episode that holds a special place in my heart. Today, we're revisiting a profound conversation that delves into life's transitions and the invaluable lessons they offer. Looking back at our lives often reveals the defining moments that shaped our paths. But how do we take those lessons and apply them to our next chapter? That’s the theme of today’s conversation. It’s truly an honor to reintroduce our guest, Meir Statman. He is a professor of finance at Santa Clara University and has authored two of m...
2023-12-2745 min
The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayExploring Spirituality and Growth with Rav DovBer Pinson - Episode 95Hello dear friends, and welcome to the Great Day podcast. I am your friend and host Meir Kay and I am very excited that you are here with me and we are about to go out into the realm of spirituality and growth with the one and only Rav DovBer Pinson. Rav Pinson is an internationally known rabbi, scholar, author, teacher, and spiritual mentor. For many, a master of both the revealed and hidden aspects of the Torah. Through his books, lectures, and seminars, he has touched and inspired the lives of thousands around the world, including myself, and...
2023-02-1356 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayKevin Vance: A Journey from Navy SEAL to Actor and Advocate - Episode 94Today my guest is, Kevin Vance. Kevin is a US military veteran, surrounded by artists in his youth, who went on to become a Navy SEAL and later a writer and actor. Known for his works in End of Watch and Fury.Kevin began his career in the Navy in the US Spec Ops community as a Navy SEAL deploying to various parts of the globe. After leaving his Navy command, he ventured into foreign affairs as a consultant for 8 years where he deployed to combat zones and unstable regions. With a diverse background as a...
2023-02-0656 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayUnlock Your True Potential with Danny Morel - Episode 93Danny Morrel. He is a world-renowned business strategist and entrepreneur turned life coach and spiritual guide. Danny began as a real estate mogul, building his business up to $1.1 billion in annual sales before finding his true calling. And since then, Danny he has helped thousands of people from around the world to unlock their true potential through coaching programs, live seminars, and podcast episodes. Countless people have enjoyed the guidance, connection, and transformational power of Danny's teachings. I, for one, am one of those people who came across Danny's podcasts and his clips on social media, and I found...
2023-01-3041 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Mordecai Finley - How jiu-jitsu, marines, Kabbalah are all connected - Episode 92Rabbi Finley was born and raised in Southern California. After high school, he served three years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was discharged with the rank of Sergeant in 1976. He then spent a year in Israel on a kibbutz. After his stay in Israel, he attended the School of Religion at USC and completed his BA in 1980. Rabbi Finley went to rabbinical school at the Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. He completed his MA in Hebrew Letters in 1983. From there, he took a break from his rabbinic studies to work on h...
2022-12-051h 02The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJordan Candlish - Living with Integrity, Showing Up to Life, and Today's Healthy Man -Episode 91 Jordan Candlish is a former semi-pro athlete, speaker, and performance coach. He is the founder of State Shifters, a brand dedicated to helping people unify mind, body, and soul so they live lives of meaning and purpose. Jordan left his corporate Corporate Accounting Job in 2017, to move to Toronto Canada to work as a meditation teacher, corporate mindfulness consultant, and trainer guiding busy overachievers out of their heads and back into their hearts. Jordan now works with teams and individuals who are ready to go to the next level of performance & become purpose-driven through the use of deep embodiment...
2022-11-2844 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayEli Schwebel - The Importance of Being Present and Showing Empathy - Episode 90Eli Schwebel is a Brooklyn Based Recording Artist & Producer with Jewish Music running through his Veins. Eli spearheaded the renaissance of Jewish Acappella music, as well as creating a vocally rich, pop-rock sound that transformed the definition of traditional Jewish music. He launched his solo career with his album, “Hearts Mind”, which has been called "groundbreaking" in its genre.Eli has performed at Avery Fisher Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto, The Jerusalem Theater, Universal Studios in Hollywood, Joe's Pub, and David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. He has co-headlined with Mordechai Ben...
2022-11-211h 38The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayAvremi Gourarie - Learning From Life's Greatest Teacher, Pain - Episode 89***TRIGGER WARNING - This episode contains conversations about mental health and suicide.***Avremi Gourarie is a prolific music publisher behind so much of the Jewish world's music. In this episode, we discuss with him the life of his daughter Yocheved, her struggle with an eating disorder, depression, and her heartbreaking recent death.On December 22, 2020, Avremi's daughter Yocheved took her own life. Yocheved was a kind and thoughtful person. She was a top student and was in the process of applying to Ph.D. nursing programs. Posthumously, the family learned that she was accepted...
2022-11-1456 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayBryan Reeves - 'Men's Work' and Ways To Create Deeper Connections - Episode 88Bryan Reeves is a former US Air Force Captain and "dark night of the soul" survivor turned author, blogger, life/relationship coach, and workshop facilitator.Bryan's eclectic professional background has seen him rocket satellites into space at Cape Canaveral, tour North America with a spiritual pop music band, and talk mind-body science with Oprah Winfrey. Bryan served on the Executive Committee of the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment in Los Angeles and has worked on projects featuring world-renowned luminaries like Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Rev Michael Beckwith, Don Miguel Ruiz, and many o...
2022-11-071h 00The Great Day Podcast with Meir KaySara Kuburic (@Millennial.Therapist ) - Therapy, Social Media, and Authentic Living - Episode 87Friends welcome to the Great Day Podcast. I'm your friend and host Meir Kay. I'm so grateful to be able to host this podcast for you and with some amazing people. And today that awesome is, Sarah Kubric. A.k.a. "The Millennial Therapist", on social media with over 1.4 million followers on Instagram where she shares all about the human condition. Within the last year, Sara has been featured in various media sources, such as Oprah Daily, Grazia, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Conde Nast Travel, Women’s Health, The Guardian, Tatler, Buzzfeed, YahooNews, WELT, ABC News (USA), an...
2022-10-3148 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayFally Klein - Plant Medicine, Breathwork and Other Healing Modalities - Episode 86After walking through a diagnosis and recovering from cancer as a teenager Fally Klein was introduced to the concept of energy and the power of the subconscious. Fally learned to navigate the emotions and stigma that came from having cancer at such a young age and what she learned from it as a result. Fally experienced a miraculous healing that she believes set her on a path that she was destined to travel.I had so much fun recording this podcast because it went to places I didn't expect and surprised me with new insights and p...
2022-10-241h 24The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJudah Mischel - A Path Toward Greater Self-Actualization - Episode 85Judah Mischel is the Executive Director of Camp HASC, the Jewish community’s premier summer program for individuals with special needs, and is the newly appointed Mashpiah of OU-NCSY.Prior to assuming a full-time role at Camp HASC, Rav Judah was a Maggid Shiur & Director of Programing at Yeshivat Reishit in Beit Shemesh. A talmid of Yeshivat Shaalvim, he received Semicha from the Jerusalem Rabbinate, a BA in History from Yeshiva University, an MA in Education from YU’s Azrieli Graduate School, and was a Graduate Fellow at the CUNY Center for Coexistence at the School for Public...
2022-09-1955 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayAbie Rotenberg - Creative Process, Exclusive Content, and Using your Gifts for Good - Episode 84Abie Rotenberg is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer, and singer. He's been producing music since the mid-1970s. Abie grew up in Queens, New York, surrounded by other up-and-coming religious Jewish musicians. He studied the piano and even taught himself guitar at a young age. Known for his folk-inspired music Abie has collaborated with other Jewish musicians including Mordechai ben David, Avraham Fried, Yehuda Schechter, Yaakov Shwekey, Baruch Levine, Moshe Yess, and Shlomo Simcha with whom he co-starred in Israel National Radio's Miracles 18 concert.I recently was able to produce and direct, "Journey At Sea" a song fro...
2022-09-1243 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Chaim Miller - Innovating Within Tradition - Episode 83Rabbi Chaim Miller was educated at the Haberdashers’ Aske’s School in London, England, and studied Medical Science at Leeds University. At the age of twenty-one, he first began to explore his Jewish roots in full-time Torah study. Less than a decade later, he published the best-selling Kol Menachem Chumash—Gutnick Edition, which made over a thousand complex discourses of the late Lubavitcher Rebbe easily accessible to the layman. His 2011 compilation, the Lifestyle Books Torah, Five Books of Moses—Slager Edition was distributed to thousands of servicemen and women in the U.S. Army. In 2013, he was chosen by the Jewi...
2022-09-051h 00BrainStorm with Sony PerlmanWith Meir KaySend us a textJoin me as I sit down with my good friend Meir Kay. Meir Kay is a filmmaker, public speaker and a social good activist best known for his social media content which has amassed over a billion views and impacting millions of people around the world. He is the author of a new children’s book called- A kids book about Optimism and is the host of The Great Day podcast - a podcasted devoted to breaking down stigmas. inspiration, motivation and mental health.The Great Day Podcast: https://open.spotify.com...
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The Koren PodcastProfessionally Happy with Meir Kay
Hodesh tov!
As we move into the month of Adar Bet and approach Purim, what better topic of this week's episode of The Koren Podcast than happiness?
We were joined by the inimitable Meir Kay who describes himself as 'professionally happy' to get a sense of what it means to live your life b'simha - in happiness.
Through his production of some of the greatest Jewish music videos of all time, to his viral projects and charity campaigns, Meir has dedicated himself to just trying to make the world a better plac...
2022-03-0239 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayLazer Brody - Beyond The Brain - Episode 82Rabbi Lazer Brody was born in Washington, D.C. in 1949. After receiving his bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Maryland in 1970, he moved to Israel and joined the Israel Defense Forces regular army, and served in one of the elite special-forces units. He is a decorated combat veteran of two wars and dozens of counter-insurgency and anti-terrorist missions on both sides of Israel's borders. After surviving a near-suicidal mission to Beirut during the Israel-Lebanon conflict of 1982, Brody could no longer ignore the hand of G-d in his life. He became a baal-tshuva and left his mountaintop farm...
2022-02-2856 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayStefanos Sifandos - Relationships Are Our Biggest Teachers - Episode 81With over 15 years of experience in the personal development space, Stefanos Sifandoa is a trained educator, behavioral scientist, and relationships expert with an extensive background in psychology, philosophy, and ecology. He is passionate about and committed to leading people closer to their highest potential and to each other. Stefanos’ philosophy merges the best of Eastern and Western methodologies to promote spiritual balance and empower people in life and love. He helps men and women escape negative patterns and cultivate a positive sense of self as well as restructuring and re-framing their relationships with themselves and their loved ones.
2022-02-1443 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayTara Schuster - A No BS Approach to Self Love - Episode 80Tara Schuster is a best-selling author, playwright, and accomplished entertainment executive. She served as Vice President of Talent and Development at Comedy Central where she was the Executive in Charge of the Emmy® and Peabody Award-winning Key & Peele, the Emmy® Award-winning @Midnight, and Lights Out with David Spade. She developed and oversaw a diverse slate of programming including Another Period, Detroiters, and Hood Adjacent. For her work on Key & Peele, Jordan Peele remarked that Schuster is “ahead of her time...she sees the future a little bit.”Her book, Buy Yourself The F*cking Lilies, debuted as the #1 New Release...
2022-01-3143 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMoshe Gersht - Your Presence is Your Power - Episode 79After spending a decade and a half studying the depths of Torah, Kaballah, Chasidus, and Spirituality, Moshe Gersht has gifted us with a new lens on life. With his spiritual guide, It's All The Same To Me, Moshe Gersht inspires readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived in the deep connection of "sameness." Moshe introduces the powerful kabbalistic idea of Hishtavus to explain how getting beyond our ego is not only essential to your happiness but is also the key to loving the life you experience. Moshe makes the most esoteric concepts seem like an e...
2022-01-1755 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRoman Buchatsky - Make Your Dreams A Reality - Episode 78Roman Buchatsky is an Israeli director, artistic designer, producer, and video editor. He gained popularity and became widely acclaimed for his video productions for Israeli artists, and for his impact on the Israeli music video industry. Romans's most outstanding web works is the "I'm Jewish and You Know It" music video, which was released in 2011 and is a parody of the song "I'm Sexy and I Know It" by the rappers duo LMFAO. The clip reached over 16,000,000 views on YouTube. Some of the prominent artists who collaborate with Roman are: Static and Ben-El Tavori, Ivri Lider, EZand Eliad Nahum....
2021-12-131h 02The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMODI - The Man Behind The Laughs - Episode 77Today I have someone who I really wanted to have on the podcast for some time now, and we finally made it happen. Let me introduce Modi. Modi's been voted one of the top ten comedians in New York City by The Hollywood Reporter. Modi is one of the comedy circuit's most sought-after performers. Modi has been featured on HBO, CBS, NBC, ABC, Comedy Central, Howard Stern Entertainment. The list goes on and on. Born in Israel, MODI moved to the United States at the age of seven. After attending college at Boston...
2021-11-2944 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayKristen Schwartz - The Beautiful World of Highly Sensitive People and Empaths - Episode 75Kristen Schwartz, is an author, entrepreneur, attuned empathic healer, and trauma-informed mental health professional. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Counseling. In 2016 fueled by passion and recognizing the need for Empaths and Highly Sensitive People to realize their potential, Kristen became the founder of Realized Empath. Within this wellness community, Empaths unite for support, inspiration, and healing. The Healed Empath is essential reading for empaths and caring, sensitive people who are looking for a self-compassionate path to well-being. Kristen Schwartz presents a nuanced perspective by shining a light on h...
2021-11-1549 min
The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayElon Gold - More Comedy with Elon Gold (Part 2) - Episode 75Welcome, welcome back to the Great Day Podcast! Today we have part two. Of Elon Gold. That's right, it's actually my first time doing a part two episode of any kind. The first episode was, incredible and the feedback from everyone was tremendous, so if you haven't check out the first episode linked here. We cover the little spots that we didn't get to hit on in our first episode.For those of you who don't know, Elon is a comedian and actor who has starred in FOX's 'Stacked' and NBC's 'In-Laws'. He has made ten...
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The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMichal Oshman - What Would You Do If You Weren’t Afraid? - Episode 74Michal Oshman is Head of Company Culture, Diversity, and Inclusion at TikTok Europe, and was formerly responsible for international leadership and team development at Facebook. She has held other impressive positions, trained hundreds of tech leaders, and holds three degrees from prestigious universities. She has three university degrees in psychodynamic and systemic thinking, sociology, and anthropology. Michal lives with her husband and their four children in London, UK.As a mentor for leaders in top global companies, Michal created a unique personal growth methodology based on the life-changing principles of Jewish wisdom. It is easy to...
2021-10-1159 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Rav Katz - The Future of Self-Development is Ancient - Episode 73Rav Doniel Katz is a visionary educator and internationally sought-after lecturer, whose open and compassionate teachings have transformed the lives of thousands around the world.A former award-winning filmmaker and theater director from Australia, he relocated to Jerusalem in 2,000 and has spent the last 17 years learning in some of its best-known yeshivas and from some of its greatest Rabbis and spiritual masters. By nature, an integrator and systems thinker, Rav Doniel is a deep spiritual seeker who awakens that same desire in so many he contacts, both religious and secular alike. Confronting our perceptions about ourselves...
2021-09-051h 57The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayGad Elbaz - Music is The Pen of The Soul - Episode 72Gad is an Israeli Superstar who is currently the most recognized name and face in Jewish music worldwide. With millions of hits on his YouTube music videos, Gad is one of the top recording artist, whose songs are played and covered around the globe. Through his soulful and contemporary sound, Gad has brought Jewish music to a new level and continues to serve as a role model to his many fans.Gad is reaching audiences around the world as his music and message of unity are being embraced by Jewish communities worldwide. In 2009, he began a...
2021-08-2945 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayGedale Fenster - Faith Makes Things Grow in Your Life - Episode 71Gedale Fenster, a Miami-based entrepreneur, and motivational speaker is the founder and CEO of the People’s Insurance Claim Center and Evolutions Treatment Center. He has also established the Breslov Center, where he teaches. He hosts a series of daily and weekly online lectures.This guy creates systems, businesses, and not just that, places of Torah, the Breslov Center. This is where he teaches and hosts a series of daily and weekly online lectures. And I've come to get to know him. I was just scrolling through Instagram and I saw this video on my discovery pag...
2021-06-2259 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayVanessa Van Edwards - Helping You Get to Your Goals Faster - Episode 70Vanessa is the Lead Investigator at Science of People. She is the bestselling author of Captivate: The Science of Succeeding with People. Her book has been translated into 15 different languages and more than 30 million people watch her on YouTube.Vanessa shares tangible skills to improve interpersonal communication and leadership, including her insights on how people work. She’s developed a science-based framework for understanding different personalities to improve our EQ and help us communicate with colleagues, clients, and customers.Vanessa works with entrepreneurs, growing businesses, and trillion-dollar companies; and has been featured on CNN, BBC...
2021-06-0730 min
Faith Thru MusicUnity Thru Creativity - Meir KayMeir Kay is an internet personality, video director, musician, podcast host, and jack of all trades. His videos have brought joy and inspiration to millions of people. We touched on many topics including: the power to connect thru music and dance, how its ok to not always be positive, his song Great Day and the music he hopes to release in the future, his focus on mental health advocacy, Meir’s creative process, and so much more...
Playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Jcd7Na7gk4mTqqu2ucmI4?si=eb4a6...
2021-06-0136 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayElon Gold - The Comedy Episode Part 1 - Episode 67Welcome, welcome back to the Great Day Podcast! Today I am joined by Elon Gold. Elon is a comedian and actor who has starred in FOX's 'Stacked' and NBC's 'In-Laws'. He has made ten appearances on 'The Tonight Show and had a recurring role on the hit show, 'Bones'. Elon was a writer/performer on ABC's 'The Dana Carvey Show' and has guest-starred on 'Frasier', 'The Mentalist', 'Chappelle's Show' among others. His 1hour stand-up special on Netflix received wide acclaim from audiences and peers alike and is now available on Amazon Prime. He...
2021-05-1052 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi YY Jacobson - A Tale of Your Soul - Episode 63One of America’s premier Jewish scholars in Torah and Jewish mysticism, Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak (YY) Jacobson is one of the most sought after speakers in the Jewish world today, lecturing to Jewish and non-Jewish audiences on six continents and in forty states, and serving as teacher and mentor to thousands across the globe. He is considered to be one of the most successful, passionate, and mesmerizing communicators of Judaism today, culling his ideas from the entire spectrum of Jewish thought and making them relevant to contemporary audiences.Rabbi YY Jacobson was the first rabbi ever to...
2021-02-231h 25The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJerry Colonna - Mindfully Attend to the Process - Episode 62Jerry Colonna is the founder and CEO of Reboot.IO, Inc. Jerry is a certified professional coach, who draws on his wide variety of experiences to help clients design a more conscious life and make needed changes to their career to improve their performance and satisfaction. He established his coaching practice in 2007. Prior to this work, Jerry was a venture capitalist focused on investing in early stage technology-related startups.I had the honor of sitting down with Jerry for about an hour and I had so many angles of how to go about this conversation, having...
2021-02-1549 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayNeshama Carlebach - Create Your Own Future - Episode 61Neshama Carlebach is an award-winning singer, songwriter, and educator who has performed and taught in cities around the world. A six-time entrant in the Grammy Awards and a winner and four-time nominee in the Independent Music Awards for her most current release, Believe, Neshama has sold over one million records, making her one of today’s best-selling Jewish artists in the world. She collaborates with musicians of different faiths, and partners with organizations, synagogues, and churches. Neshama has been a cornerstone of major Jewish music festivals across the U.S. and globally, performing in front of thousands at an...
2021-02-101h 03The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayAvraham Fried - Keep Climbing - Episode 60Avraham has been inspiring audiences around the world with his unique blend of Chassidic, contemporary music for over thirty-five years.He has released more than twenty-five CDs. From NYC’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to London’s Wembley Hall and Tel Aviv’s Heichal Hatarbut, Avraham has performed in front of sold-out audiences. Avraham's music is colorful. It is a delightful mix served in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English. There's upbeat music that will make you want to dance, and inspiring, heartfelt ballads that will make you want to pray and connect to something hig...
2021-02-011h 01The Great Day Podcast with Meir KaySaul Blinkoff - What Disney Characters Can Teach You About Life - Episode 59Saul Blinkoff is an animator, director, producer who worked for and with major companies and brands that you know of, like Disney, Netflix. And currently, he is working on a project with DreamWorks. Saul began his career as an animator for the WALT DISNEY STUDIOS working on the hit films Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, & Tarzan. He made his directorial debut with the hip action-adventure series Spy Groove for MTV. Shortly thereafter, he re-joined DISNEY, directing the films Winnie the Pooh: Springtime with Roo, Kronk's New Groove, Tinkerbell, Fox, and The Hound II, Brother Bear II, Cinderella I...
2021-01-251h 06The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayErik Conover - Manifest the Life You Want For Yourself - Episode 58Erik Conover is an American YouTuber, Real Estate Agent, and adventure filmmaker living in New York City with his fiancé Hanna Coleman and Golden Retriever, Theodore. Erik creates travel series featuring incredible destinations around the World, along with his million-dollar luxury listings series giving viewers exclusive access to some of the most beautiful luxury homes on the market. I met Eric years ago when we both were just starting out building our own YouTube channels. I met him, of places in the elevator going up to the YouTube studios in New York City. I knew this g...
2021-01-1855 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayEli Beer - A Committed Resolve to Selfless Endeavors - Episode 57Eli Beer was born in Israel. When he was seven he witnessed his first terror attack. This traumatic experience, coupled with his desire to help save people, encouraged him to become a volunteer medic. Eli has been involved in emergency medical first response in Israel since 1988. With 25 years of life-saving experience, he has responded to some of the worst civil, wartime, and terror-related incidents. Eli currently serves as Founder and President of United Hatzalah; lecturer to health organizations worldwide on the importance of receiving medical care within the first few minutes of an incident through a...
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Eli Goldsmith Inspired Flow!Meir Kay - Soulful Unity & Emuna Class Q/A hosted by Rav Shalom Arush # 22!For United Souls #inspired new 6 part course with PulveREDU - United Souls for a Divisive Generation! Every other Tuesday at 8:30 AM (Eastern) 6 classes - take one or more! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu2023-united-souls-for-a-divisive-generation-tickets-135695301299 - #unitybookings - UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com!
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2021-01-1150 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMeilech Kohn - The Journey To Self - Episode 56Meilech Kohn was born in 1969 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y. he was raised in a Chassidish community in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, N.Y.Meilech grew up surrounded by music, from experimenting with a Keyboard at home as a child to listening to a variety of different genres within the world of Jewish music, be it Records, 8-Tracks, and Cassettes. Meilech is a giant of a man with a tremendous heart and a deep, deep soul. On today's podcast, Meilech and I talk about how his music has evidence of well almost every kind of genre...
2021-01-041h 02The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMiriam Israeli - The Woman Behind the Lyrics - Episode 54Today, I am very excited to be having on the podcast someone who I've worked with indirectly in some incredible music videos. This is a woman who is behind the biggest hits in the Jewish world from Yesh Tikvah, Ivri Anochi, working with singers like Benny Friedman, Ari Goldwag, Yaakov Shwekey, and Mordechai Shapiro.Our conversation is filled with unheard of behind the scenes stories of your favorite songs, tips on pursuing what you love most, and powerful lessons in trusting the journey and most of all, the one above. So without further ado, please sit b...
2020-11-301h 05The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayCharlie Harary - Unlocking Greatness - Episode 53Today we have Charlie Harary on the podcast. Charlie Harary is driven by the belief that the potential for greatness resides in each and every one of us. By integrating wisdom found in science, psychology and spirituality, he believes each person can live a more fulfilling life and in turn, impact the world. Charlie co-founded E3 and Company, a multimillion dollar venture capital and advisory firm. Previously, he was the first vice president and legal counsel at our X-Rite Realty, a billion dollar real estate firm in New York. Charlie is a lawyer, sought after motivational...
2020-11-2350 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayAdam Rose - That Guy from That Thing You’ve Seen - Episode 52I am very excited to be sharing this podcast with you with the one and only Adam Rose. Adam is many things, he was born as the son of a would-be Rabbinical cantor and an opera singer. He's an actor, appearing on the hit series The Sopranos and the Comedy Central movie The Hebrew Hammer, He's a writer, an awesome human being with a wicked sense of humor. Most recently, he's become a Tik Tok sensation. He's received so much attention during the intense lockdown that took place in early twenty twenty. And since then he's garnered a large amo...
2020-11-111h 04The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJames Sebastiano Jr. - Reconnecting with our Trueselves - Episode 51After struggling with addictions and mental health issues, James decided to make a change. "Chasing The Present", (his film) documents the process, a journey of self-discovery that gave him the opportunity to question the nature of his suffering and ways to break free from his addictive patterns. Within the film, there are some incredible deep points about mindfulness and removing, "The I", the ego, and identifying where our pain comes from and how to release it from our lives. In this podcast we talk and we chat about healing practical tips on how to become more...
2020-11-0255 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayDr. Edith Eva Eger - A Holocaust Survivor's Wisdom To Healing and Personal Freedom - Episode 50Dr. Edith Eva Eger, is a native of Hungary, and when she was just a teenager in 1944 when she experienced one of the worst evils the human race has ever known. As a Jew living in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, she and her family were sent to Auschwitz. Her parents were sent to the gas chambers but Edith’s bravery kept her and her sister alive. Toward the end of the war Edith and other prisoners had been moved to Austria. On May 4, 1945 a young American soldier noticed her hand moving slightly amongst a number of dead bodies. He quickly sum...
2020-10-261h 02The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayYoni Z - The Price For Success - Episode 49Yoni Z is a Jewish-American recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actor, and an entertainer from Brooklyn, New York. He has been working as a musician since he was 15 years old. Experience gained from performing at weddings and other events for over a decade enabled him to begin touring in 2012. A Jewish music performer who has toured worldwide, Yoni’s versatility has since earned him the reputation among fans and critics as “the walking jukebox,” and his YouTube channel has amassed over 5.1 million views. On July 26, 2018, Yoni released his self-titled debut album, consisting of 14 original songs. He was involv...
2020-10-2250 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayBrandon Farbstein - Being Seen for Who You Truly Are - Episode 48Brandon Farbstein inspires millions of people across the globe with his universal message of living life on your own terms and building the framework for personal growth. At just 20 years old, he is a renowned empowerment speaker, Gen Z activist and author. Brandon was diagnosed with a rare form of dwarfism at the age of 2, and has turned his life experience of suffering, isolation, and victimhood into empowerment, impact and influence. After a severe battle with cyberbullying in high school, Brandon decided to share his story – to both offer hope and to enact change. ...
2020-10-201h 08The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMark Metry - Live the Life you Were Meant to Live - Episode 47Mark Metry is an author, key note speaker and podcaster. In August, 2017 Mark created the Humans 2.0 Podcast, a mental-health focused Global Top 100 Show for entrepreneurs about the modern technological context of our world. Which I had the privilege of being a guest on. The show provides anyone with the full tools they need to develop themselves on a regular basis. Mark's story has been featured in 3 books, including Ditch the Act by McGraw Hill, Standing O! alongside Billionaires and other mavericks, and We're All Marketers. Mark is the author of the upcoming book Screw Being Shy: How to E...
2020-10-131h 00The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayShalom Auslander - What Does G-D Have To Do With It? - Episode 46I am really excited to bring you to today's guests actually since the moment I picked up his book, Foreskin Lament, last summer, I was stricken by this man's way of storytelling, his personal journey. As I began to learn more about him I found out there was a lot of which I related to him. We did grew up in similar backgrounds in Orthodox homes. And though his journey and specifics are very different from mine, there was a lot that I connected with and the way he expressed his feelings and his emotions. Shalom...
2020-10-051h 25The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayDr. Sam Bakhtiar - Success Without Fulfillment is the Ultimate Failure - Episode 45Sam Bakhtiar is a doctor, CEO, author, world-class bodybuilder, and multi-millionaire entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder of Camp Transformation Center that has impacted thousands of lives and grown to many locations with a vision of becoming a household name globally.Sam immigrated from Iran to Pennsylvania, America after a series of bombings and fearing for their lives, his mother decided it was best to leave the country for a better life. Sam graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor’s degree in sports science and life science and a doctorate from Los Ange...
2020-09-0735 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJeremy Slate - The Podcast Guru - Episode 44Jeremy Slate is the founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world. He studied literature at Oxford University, Specializes in using podcasting and new media to create celebrity and was ranked #1 in iTunes New and #78 in the iTunes top 100. He was named the #1 Podcast to Listen to by INC Magazine in 2019, as well as being named a Top Influencer by Forbes.After his success in podcasting, Jeremy Slate and his wife, Brielle Slate, founded Command Your Brand to help entrepreneurs get their message out by appearing as guests o...
2020-08-2440 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMatthew Silver - What it Means to Love Yourself - Episode 43Matthew Silver is a performance artist in New York City who plays a "village idiot" character, acting as a "clown" and "trickster" in order to parody social norms. He has been in several viral videos in which he performs his antics. Matthews YouTube channel and the content he shares is about shifting the entire planet to love consciousness with sacred clowning. Matthew is a weird psychedelic sacred clown. He is known for his street performing art in New York City at Union Square, Washington Square Park, Astor Cube and Time Square. His two biggest videos are "Words of Wisdom b...
2020-08-1745 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayIzzy Eidelman - Low and Slow is The Way to Go! - Episode 42Today we hang out with Izzy from Izzy Barbecue, THE KING of BBQ. No literally, he actually won first place in the Bristo King competition.Izzy's is an award-winning smokehouse in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Izzy is the pit master and he brings a local twist to a Southern tradition, combining simple ingredients with quality meats to create a unique and laid-back dining experience for the BBQ lover. He's a restaurant entrepreneur. He opened up three restaurants and under four years, this guy is the best and it's I many a time h...
2020-08-1142 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayBerel Solomon - Showing Up to Benefit You and Your Business - Episode 41Berel Solomon has been a professional salesperson for 15 years and he has built multiple 7 figure companies. He has coached thousands of people and businesses on how to become great sales professionals. He is in the top 100 list of most influential business leaders on LinkedIn. For the first time, you can take his course in the comfort of your own home, and become one of the greatest salespeople in your industry. When Berel was 18 years old he started his first business, More To Life Entertainment, that brought celebrities to nightclubs in Montreal. When he was...
2020-08-031h 10The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayPeter Tuchman - Wall Street's Most Photographed Broker - Episode 40 "Most photographed trader on Wall Street" "Most famous stock trader on Wall Street" "NYSE's most iconic stockbroker""The most photographed person at the NYSE" "Wall Street's most photographed broker""Most recognizable broker on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange"Peter Tuchman is a stock trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). He's known as the "most photographed trader on Wall Street". Peter trades at Quattro Securities, and has worked as a trader for 35 years. He found fame on the trading ro...
2020-07-301h 01The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Mendel Kalmenson - Generating Positive Bias - Episode 39Rabbi Mendel Kalmenson is the rabbi of Beit Baruch and executive director of Chabad of Belgravia, London, where he lives with his wife, Chana, and their children. Mendel was an editor at the Judaism Website, Chabad.org, and is also the author of the popular books Seeds of Wisdom, A Time to Heal, and Positivity Bias. In his book, Positivity Bias, Rabbi Mendel pushes that life is essentially good; and positive perception is applicable and accessible to all. During these interesting times of the pandemic and socio-economic strife around the world, I couldn't think of bringing a be...
2020-07-271h 08The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJelani Cobb - The Complexity of Race in America - Episode 38Howard University graduated, former director of the Africana Studies Institute at the University of Connecticut, staff writer for The New Yorker since 2015, teacher at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, and award winning journalist is quite the resume.Jelani Cobb is a Queens native and has been writing and reporting on race, politics, history, and culture for more than three decades. He is the author of The Substance of Hope: Barack Obama and the Paradox of Progress as well as To the Break of Dawn: A Freestyle on the Hip Hop Aesthetic. His articles and es...
2020-07-231h 03The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Manis Friedman - Solving Modern Problems with Ancient Wisdom - Episode 37World-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, Rabbi Manis Friedman combines ancient Torah wisdom with modern wit to captivate audiences around the world.Rabbi Friedman’s first book, Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore?, was widely praised by the media. Rabbi Manis has been featured internationally in over 200 print articles, and interviewed on more than 50 television and radio talk shows. He has appeared on CNN, A&E Reviews, PBS, and BBC Worldwide, and has been the subject of articles in the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Seventeen, Guideposts, Insight, Publisher’s Weekly and others. His latest book, The Joy of...
2020-07-201h 10The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayZelda Volkov - Wearing Wigs on Your Own Terms - Episode 36Zelda Volkov, a Crown Heights native, used to wear a traditional sheitel. Zelda decision to start selling wigs was inspired by her own personal, traumatic experience with a short, bristly sheitel as a teenaged bride. Her transformation began with a trip to her mother’s sheitel-macher, or, “wig lady.” She walked into the shop as a woman with long, blonde hair, and walked out wearing the standard model: a dark bob with bangs. However a backlash against the natural wig movement has been growing in the past 15 years. Stricter Orthodox camps worry that these lush, shiny hairpieces...
2020-07-1343 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayBecca Siegel and Dan Gold - Half & Half Travel - Episode 35Becca Siegel and Dan Gold are a couple who often adventure apart. To stay close even when they're not side by side, they launched the project Half Half Travel, a series in which the pair stitch two of their pictures into a charming hybrid. They created Half Half Travel to share some of the knowledge and experience that they have around travel and photography.They first met in the winter of 2015 but just a few months after meeting, Gold received a job opportunity he just couldn't turn down. But it involved traveling 12 months out of the year...
2020-07-0646 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRob Lawless - How to Create (10,000) Friendships - Episode 34A mission to spend 1 hour 1 on 1 with 10,000 different people to learn about their lives and to see what comes from opening doors for no specific reason.It's not easy to make new friends. But Rob Lawless is somewhat of an expert at it. He's on a mission to make 10000 friends. It'll take him over 10 years, but he's already made over 2500. Find out why he's so curious about human connections and what inspired him to make this his full time pursuit.Rob Lawless is originally from Norristown, PA and graduated Penn State University with 2013...
2020-06-2948 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Simcha Scholar - Fighting Illness with Love - Episode 33Since 1987, Chai Lifeline’s mission has been to restore the light of childhood to children whose innocence ended when cancer, life-threatening, or lifelong illness was diagnosed.Through free programs that address the emotional, social, and financial needs of seriously ill children, their families, and communities, Chai Lifeline restores normalcy to family life, and better enables families to withstand the crises and challenges of serious pediatric illness.My guest today, Rabbi Simcha Scholar is the vice president of Chai Lifeline. I had the privilege of being a counselor and Division Head in Camp Simcha, wh...
2020-06-2536 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayChloé Valdary - What is Theory of Enchantment - Episode 32Chloé Valdary developed The Theory of Enchantment, an innovative framework for social emotional learning (SEL), character development, and interpersonal growth that uses pop culture as an educational tool in the classroom and beyond. Chloé has trained around the world, including in South Africa, The Netherlands, Germany, and Israel. Her clients have included high school and college students, government agencies, business teams, and many more. She has also lectured in universities across America, including Harvard and Georgetown. Her work has been covered in Psychology Today Magazine and her writings have appeared in the New York...
2020-06-2348 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayNachum Segal - The Story of a Radio Host who Became a Living Legend - Episode 31Nachum Segal is an American radio DJ. He has hosted the program Jewish Moments in the Morning (commonly abbreviated as JM in the AM) since September 1983. Segal also serves as the President of the Nachum Segal Network, the Jewish world’s premier English-language internet radio network. NSN is committed to providing quality Jewish programming that appeals to its sophisticated and informed international audience on a daily basis. NSN proudly features insightful, inspiring, and timely content that is rooted in family values and that encourages a life committed to spiritual growth and the love of Israel.Home to ‘JM in...
2020-06-1854 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRyan Hudson-Peralta - Don't Pull the Breaks on Your Life - Episode 30Ryan Hudson-Peralta, the founder of “Look Mom No Hands” has been spreading the word of positive thinking for over 30+ years. Ryan speaks all over the world at schools, and organizations sharing his story and inspiring others to live their dreams. Ryan is a father, husband, designer, comedian, and motivational speaker that has spoken at events for the US Army, Quicken Loans and many Fortune 500 companies.“No matter what happens in life, it could always be worse,” Ryan says. “I’m just doing what everybody else should be doing. My motto is, ‘If you can’t fix it, forget it’ –...
2020-06-1535 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMendy Pellin - If Life is a Movie, Let it Be a Comedy - Episode 29Mendy Pellin is a writer and actor, known for We Are a Miracle, Jewbellish: The Show, and a web-based satirical news show called The Mendy Report. Mendy's unique style of blending Jewish spirituality and out-of-the-box humor has won him wide critical acclaim. He has worked closely with A-list celebrities and has performed his comedy around the globe appearing on the likes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Conan O’Brian. He’s also garnered millions of YouTube views with his unique viral videos. Mendy lives with his family in Los Angeles, CA.In the midst of get...
2020-06-111h 16The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMelissa Urban - Changing your Habits Around Food - Episode 28Melissa Urban is the co-founder and CEO of the Whole30 program, and a six-time New York Times bestselling author. She has been featured by the New York Times, People, the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Dr. Oz, and Good Morning America, and ranked #19 on Greatest Top 100 Most Influential People in Health and Fitness. Melissa has presented more than 150 health and nutrition seminars worldwide, and is a prominent keynote speaker on social media and branding, health trends, and entrepreneurship. She lives in Salt Lake City, UT.Whole30 program has been changing lives since 2009, when Melissa Urban blogged about...
2020-06-0836 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayNissim Black - Rapping bars to Wrapping Teffillin: A Spiritual Journey from Gangsta to Hassid. - Episode 27Nissim Black has been a gangsta rapper, a gang member, and a faith seeker. But it is his current incarnation that is here to stay: an African American Hasidic Jew who brings sharp beats and hooked-filled rhymes to the masses. Originally performing under the name D. Black, he released two albums, The Cause and Effect (2006) and Ali'yah (2009). He retired in 2011 to focus on his conversion to Orthodox Judaism, but returned in 2012 under his Hebrew name, Nissim, and began writing from a more religious standpoint. In 2013, his debut album, under his Hebrew name, self-titled Nissim.
2020-06-041h 15The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk - Love Runs Thicker than Blood - Episode 26Rabbi Chaim Shaul Bruk, is a young and charismatic Hasidic rabbi from Crown Heights, Brooklyn, who moved to Bozeman, Montana, to bring his Orthodox Judaism to the American West. To celebrate his love for his adopted state, Chaim is on a mission to place a Mezuzah, an encased prayer offering, on the doorpost of every Montana Jew. That’s 1300 Jews in a state 14 times larger than Israel.With his Hasidic family--a wife and four adopted children--Chaim finds himself accepted, a local celebrity, in the cowboy land of “live and let live.” But he meets resistance from other...
2020-06-0155 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMoishe Chanin - Using Authenticity and Discipline to Walk the Talk - Episode 25Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Moishe Chanin is an internationally certified Professional Life Coach, a trained and certified Addiction Recovery Coach, and Board member at Neshamos - an organization dedicated to creating a healthy inner life for youth in the community. After spending 10 years working in finance and management, Moishe began to pursue his passion and found his purpose in coaching. His experiences, which span the spectrum from his own recovery journey through supporting addiction clients to guiding individuals on their passionate career pathway, have given him a deep, hand...
2020-06-0142 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayShulem Lemmer - Facing The Unknown - Episode 24Shulem Lemmer is the most recent rising star of the Jewish musical tradition that has been intertwined in the life, faith, and culture of the Jewish people throughout their history. Whether it's prayers, psalms, or contemporary classics, Shulem's music touches people of diverse faiths and backgrounds.Marking the first time that a singer from the orthodox Hasidic community has been signed to major label, Shulem’s debut album, The Perfect Dream, was released on Decca Gold, an imprint of Universal Music Group’s. The messages within that album; unity, love, connection, respect are traits that Shulem embo...
2020-05-2548 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayDr. Daniel Rubinshtein - Getting Creative in The Smile Business - Episode 23Daniel Rubinshtein is a dentist but he's not an ordinary dentist, Daniel Rubinshtein is a dentist who has successfully bridged the gap between social media, business and dentistry. Daniels has used social media to build a massive social media following and by bringing followers into their offices and operating rooms with smart phones. What's his mission? His mission is to change the way you perceive dentistry. No more of that fearful smell that you associate with the dentists off and definitely no more boring uninformative tutorials on how to floss. Dr. Rubinshtein is changing the dentistry game and he's...
2020-05-2148 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayZvi Gluck - Where There is No Leader, Be The Leader - Episode 22This podcast and the work that Amudim is raw and real. These are some of the issues not just facing jewish communities but communities everywhere. Please, please click the links the below to learn more about Amudim and Zvi, enjoy this Great Day Podcast!Zvi Gluck was born to help others. At the age of 15, Zvi saw a need that was not being met. Children who had lost parents to cancer were not receiving the bereavement services they desperately needed. So, Zvi founded the National Cancer Bereavement Foundation to ensure that those vital services would be...
2020-05-181h 00The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayOshry Moyal - When you can't Walk, Fly! - Episode 21Ladies and gentlemen, boy do I have a special guest for you! I am joined by one of the most infectious human beings I know. He's a writer, poet, motivational speaker and although he is has muscular dystrophy, he has found a way not to just inspire me but people from all around the world with his energy and motivational speaking.While on lockdown Oshry shares some of his difficult and trying experiences. I gain so much strength and inspiration from Oshry, and I'm lucky to call him my friend. Through it all Osh continues to...
2020-05-1458 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Shais Taub - Enriching Spiritual Principles - Episode 20Shais Taub is an American Hasidic rabbi and author. He writes about Jewish mysticism and is also known for his work in the field of addiction recovery. Rabbi Shais Taub is a noted speaker, author, and columnist, who serves as scholar-in-residence of Chabad of the Five Towns.Rabbi Taub is most known for is book, "God of Our Understanding: Jewish Spirituality and Recovery from Addiction" a frank and penetrating look at the underlying spiritual dynamics of addiction and its treatment through Twelve-Step programs. Rabbi Shais Taub, is a world renown expert in Jewish mysticism as well as a...
2020-05-111h 12The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayBeatie Deutsch - Running on Faith - Episode 19After having birthed 4 children in 6 years Beatie Deutsch thought she would pick up running in order to get in shape. She was inspired by her husband who recently rode a 180-miles on a bicycle for charity, so she decided she would run a marathon. She trained four days a week for four months and placed SIXITH in the Tel Aviv Marathon! After such success in one race she decided to run again and now has competed in hundreds of races all around the world. Shes even raced at 7 months pregnant and finished 4 hours and 8 minutes and r...
2020-05-0739 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMichelle Poler - Say Goodbye to Comfort and Hello to Fear - Episode 18Michelle Poler is the Founder of Hello Fears, a social movement that has reached over 70 million people worldwide and has empowered thousands to step outside of the comfort zone and tap into their full potential. She has been invited to speak at places such as TEDx, Google, Yum Brands, Facebook, Wells Fargo, ESPN, Netflix, Procter and Gamble, Microsoft, and Toyota."Our fears reveal what we care about the most, so each and every challenge is an opportunity to grow, hustle, and be your authentic self — unapologetically."Michelle's new book, Hello, Fears, is a gro...
2020-05-041h 04The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMake Noise, Break Walls - Yaniv Hoffman aka Jeryko - Episode 17Authenticity is a rare quality to find in the music world. Most mainstream labels prefer a polished and easy-to-sell artist to an honest and genuine one. This is especially true in Jewish music, where songs about uncomfortable truths and human frailties are often passed over in favor of bland, comforting platitudes.Yaniv, (Jeryko), is a 28-year-old vocalist and guitarist performs an intimate, emotionally direct, autobiographical kind of folk rock that incorporates elements of soul, hip-hop and electronic dance music. His new, six-song EP, Human, traces his transition from single into married life with earnest dedication, including s...
2020-04-301h 15The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRadha Agrawal and Eli Clark-Davis - How to Build Your Own Community with Love and Mischief - Episode 16"What if we could dance in the morning before going to work, without substances, and create an inclusive environment to connect, self-express and move our bodies with reckless abandon? What if we could make New York City, arguably one of the world's loneliest cities, a place of community and belonging?"Radha Agrawal (Co-Founder Daybreaker)Radha is a community force. She is the co-Founder, CEO and Chief Community Architect of Daybreaker, the early morning dance and wellness move-ment that currently holds events in 25 cities and over a dozen college campuses around the world with a comm...
2020-04-271h 07The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJoe De Sena - What it Takes to be a Spartan - Episode 15Joe De Sena is the founder and CEO of Spartan Race, Inc. De Sena has been an entrepreneur since his pre-teens. From selling fireworks at age 8, to starting a t-shirt business in high school, to building a multimillion-dollar pool business in college, to creating a Wall Street trading firm, De Sena is a living definition of "entrepreneur." De Sena is the New York Times bestselling author of SPARTAN UP! A Take-No-Prisoners Guide to Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Peak Performance in Life and SPARTAN FIT! 30 Days. Transform Your Mind. Transform Your Body. Commit to Grit. He is also the host of the S...
2020-04-2057 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRabbi Simon Jacobson - Living a Meaningful Life - Episode 14Rabbi Simon Jacobson is the author of the best-selling book Toward a Meaningful Life, a William Morrow publication that has sold over 400,000 copies to date and has been translated into Hebrew, French, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Italian, Russian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Czech and Georgian.Rabbi Jacobson heads The Meaningful Life Center, which bridges the secular and the spiritual, through a wide variety of live and on-line programming. The Meaningful Life Center presents to people of all backgrounds the universal teachings of Torah as a blueprint for life. MLC, called a “Spiritual Starbucks” by the New York Times, is an o...
2020-04-1357 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayLaurie Szenicer - Finding G-D, Judaism, and Emunah - Episode 13Laurie Szenicer is the CEO of Emunah of America, An organization that has homes for children of abuse in Israel. Laurie has enabled Emunah of America to significantly increase its support of the more than 10,000 children and families in Israel. While living in Canada, Laurie developed a deep passion for Emunah’s work and has been involved in both volunteer and professional capacities since 1996. For the past five years Laurie has been a senior member of the Development team at OHEL Children’s Home and Family.Laurie has had an incredible journey to where she has gott...
2020-04-0656 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJamie Geller - The Queen of Kosher Cooking - Episode 12Jamie Geller is the #1 kosher food and recipe website in the world featuring Jamie Geller, cookbook authors, bloggers and chefs. Featuring the best of kosher, over 10,000 creative and curated kosher recipes, menus, articles and videos plus fresh content added daily, JamieGeller.com is the ultimate and singular destination for all things kosher.One of the most sough-after food and lifestyle experts worldwide, Jamie is changing the face of traditional Jewish cuisine by putting a healthy, family-friendly spin on all the classics. She also shares the Modern Israeli way to cook-healthy meals that incorporate fresh vegetables and fru...
2020-03-3051 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayZusha - Be Yourself, No One Else Can - Episode 11In their own words, their music is meant to inspire each and every person to: Be yourself, no one else can.Zusha is an American Hasidic folk/soul band from Manhattan, New York. They formed in 2013 with lead singer Shlomo Gaisin and guitarist Zachariah Goldschmiedt. The band, combines traditional Hasidic niggunim with secular styles of jazz, folk, and reggae. Their self-titled debut EP, released on October 28, 2014, reached No. 9 on Billboard's World Albums chart, while their debut full-length album, Kavana (2016), reached No. 2.I am super excited to host my good friends Shlomo and Zach...
2020-03-2359 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KaySteve Uria - How To Get Your Mind and Body in Shape - Episode 10Steve Uria is a fitness industry visionary and pioneer, former Military Special Forces PTI and Founder of Switch PlaygroundOver the past three decades, Steve’s innovative classes and programs have revolutionized the fitness industry, including the very first Bootcamp.His roots in South Africa’s Special Forces Military training provided him the foundation to push beyond preconceived limits, and pursue personal empowerment – a philosophy he continually practices and a passion he inspires in others.Whether training the many beginners who come to his class, or the professional athletes he has worked...
2019-11-141h 00The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayDavid Yarus - Human Connection, Millennial Empowerment, and All Things Future - Episode 9Imagine being the reason that your friend meets his wife or her husband. That would make you feel incredible right? You might be a best man or even a maid of honor. Now Imagine that you have been the reason that tens of thousands of people have gotten married and most of them have never met you. Meet, David Yarus, the founder of JSwipe, the largest Jewish dating app with more than a million users worldwide, which has successfully led to thousands of Jewish marriages and a whole lot of millennial Jewish love. He has recently s...
2019-11-071h 05The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMary Ellen Kramer - Never Too Busy to Be a Leader - Episode 8Mary Ellen Kramer recognized as a visionary, entrepreneurial executive, passionate deal-maker and inspiring leader with highly-developed ability to identify and expand value for all stakeholders and create the future. Her background includes 30 years of experience in business and financial systems consulting, technology start-ups, international business development and implementation of performance objectives. She has raised of $40 million in private placements for public and private companies.She is a serial technology entrepreneur and business consultant. She has consulted hundreds of men and women to develop their leadership. Her dedication to executives experiencing dramatic breakthroughs in leadership has resulted...
2019-09-1654 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayDanny Finkelman - Life is a Movie and You're The Director - Episode 7Danny Finkelman is a producer, directer and founder of Sparks Next, a boutique production house, that produces, shoots and edits every project from start to finish and has worked with virtually every major artist in the Jewish music industry.Sparks’ list of credits is long and varied and includes the ensemble video Unity for Justice, and The Japan Song. Sparks Next has also produced documentaries, commercials and numerous video presentations for non-profit organizations including RCCS, The Friendship Circle and many others. Finkelman is currently producing a global music video called WeR1, set to premiere in summer of...
2019-09-091h 16The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayYosel Tiefenbrun - Setting the Standard for New York Tailoring - Episode 6Yosel Tiefenbrun was raised in London and comes from a long line of tailors, fabric merchants and artists. The love of fine clothes, design and exquisite workmanship runs in his blood and has been his passion from a young age. In Singapore he also began to pursue his love of design and clothing, studying design at NAFA while interning at Harpars Bazaar Magazine.At the age of 21, Yosel moved to London to study at the Savile Row Academy, where he spent two years training in both cutting and tailoring. Yosel moved to New Y...
2019-09-051h 08The Great Day Podcast with Meir KayMordechai Shapiro - For The Love of Music - Episode 5In just under two years he has become one of the most famous, successful and likable singers in the whole Jewish world. He's got the moves, the voice and smile. He's the full package. Mordechai Shapiro is best known for Machar, Schar Mitzvah, Kdei Lehodos, Friends and most recently, Hakol MishamayimThis past summer, we went on a road trip together with a few of his friends and we shot the music video for his new song, "Friends"Watch the music videoMordechai discusses his start in the music world...
2019-09-0339 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayJeffrey Gurian - Why Comedy Matters - Episode 4Did you ever wonder if all comedians wrote their own material? If you thought they couldn't have come up with any of that material themselves who writes it? Meet Jeffrey Gurian. Jeffrey has been writing jokes for comedians for over 3 decades. He got his start from the people at Saturday Night Live, and saw his jokes performed on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, and was written up in a cover story in the NY Times for having multiple careers. He's written and collaborated with some of the biggest legends in the industry; Rodney Dangerfield, Joan R...
2019-08-2937 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KaySimcha Weinstein - Brooklyn's Hippest Rabbi - Episode 3Rabbi Simcha Weinstein is an internationally known, best-selling author. His first book “Up, Up and Oy Vey!,” received the Benjamin Franklin Award for the best book of 2007. He has appeared on CNN Showbiz Tonight and NPR, and has been profiled in leading publications, including The New YorkTimes, The Miami Herald and The London Guardian. He is a contributor to The Jerusalem Post and The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA), The Royal Shakespeare Company, Condé Nast and other publications and chairs the Religious Affairs Committee at the renowned New York art school, Pratt Institute. Rabbi Weinstein resides in Brooklyn, NY.
2019-08-2656 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayRosh Lowe - How To Reclaim Your Voice - Episode 2Rosh Lowe has starred in numerous Broadway shows, starting from the age of nine. His decade’s long experience in the theatre has taught him secrets of connecting with an audience and performance skills that not many other “experts” have access to. Rosh was also a television news reporter for Fox in Miami for fifteen years. Named the Miami New Times “Reporter-of-the-year” in 2013, Rosh job involved speaking to an audience of tens of thousands every day. The most valued skills in his professions are skills that he used to craft the MicDrop Method.Rosh Lowe has created a...
2019-08-2234 minThe Great Day Podcast with Meir KayBenny Friedman - Inspiring The World with Music - Episode 1Benny Friedman was born in Minneapolis, MN. Benny’s musical career began at age thirteen when he began performing at small local events and audiences were mesmerized by his voice. Passionate about both singing and the ability to inspire people through music, Benny has recorded 4 studio albums and countless singles.I've had the opportunity to work with the talented Benny Friedman when we made the highest viewed Jewish Music Video EVER!Watch Ivri AnochiBenny is truly inspiring and I always walk away from our connversations a bit wiser.
2019-08-151h 05
The Goodness ChickRidiculous Awesomeness with Meir Kay: Getting our Goodness On!Meir Kay was a catalyst for myself in taking the step to beginGoodness Chick's Podcast. Meir has been called the viralambassador of joy making videos and vlogs on the powerof kindness, goodness and giving back.We talk about the necessity of giving of ourselves, steppingout of our comfort zone and letting go of control to allowlife to happen as it were intended (not necessarily as weintended).Kindness has a fluid ripple effect that can evoke joy and changelives. Rocking out a mindset of giving...
2019-07-2229 min
Hipsid with Rabbi SimchaMeir Kay, Have A Nice DayMeir Kay is a 21st-century badran, a hasid-turned-jester who is a master of the medium social media. An American internet personality best known for his Vlogs on YouTube, which has amassed over 350 million views and his social media presence with upwards of one million followers. In the episode we explore whether is the era of the influencer age is nigh and just how many times can one like a filtered açaí bowl. Listen as Meir Kay made OUR day!
2018-08-0734 min
Yisroel AryeSession 03 - Kosha Dillz & Meir Kay - Hustle BeachKosha Dillz & Meir Kay drop by the Sound Heights Records Studio to record, the sit down to schmooze a bit about how to achieve success with a career in creativity. The secret: hard work and consistently (aka Hustle Beach).
Kosha Dillz is a man who knows no boundaries. Born Rami Matan Even-Esh to Israeli Parents, he led a life of crime and addiction after a life of sports and competition, only to return to his craft of hip hop as an artist who was proud to represent who he truly is. Best described as a mix of influences from the...
2017-11-2431 min