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Unmotive ShowExploring Recovery and Resilience with Eric McCoyThe conversation covers topics such as holistic methods for anxiety, the stigma surrounding substance use and mental health, the role of environment in substance use, and the importance of sharing personal stories to reduce stigma. The guest, Eric McCoy, discusses his experience as a substance abuse counselor and his passion for helping others. He also talks about his books, podcasts, and radio show that aim to educate and inspire people in recovery.
2024-07-0942 min
Unmotive ShowFrank King: The Mental Health Comedian with a MissionMeet Frank King, the “Mental Health Comedian” and a 6-time TEDx speaker with a knack for turning personal pain into powerful comedy. Frank's journey to the stage started young; by age 5, he already dreamed of becoming a comedian. After graduating from college, he pursued that dream by moving to the West Coast, launching his career in comedy. Frank spent seven exciting years touring the country, opening for comedy legends like Rosie O’Donnell, Ellen DeGeneres, Steve Harvey, and Adam Sandler. His career took a turn toward corporate comedy, where he found a lucrative niche performing for business audien...
2024-06-1532 min
Unmotive ShowSimplifying Recovery from Trauma w/ Gillian O'Shea BrownJoin us as we talk through Complex Trauma recovery with Gillian O'Shea Brown. The idea that trauma is hard for most people to deal with is not agreed upon. It can depend on the nature of the trauma or the person's mental state when the trauma occurred. That said, some people can work through trauma on their own, but some people come to a point in their lives where they need to address their trauma with a guide like Gillian. The goal of her work is to address the trauma with the patient, help them communicate their feelings surrounding...
2024-05-2742 min
Unmotive ShowS2F2 - Adding the Wellbeing to be WellWelcome to the last episode in this season’s content about culture from the lens of technology. We talked with coaches, entrepreneurial-minded folks, and a few people whose profession gave them good insight into the matter. There is an overlap between mental health and culture. Changes in society have started a larger discussion about mental health. In today's episode, we’ll discuss struggles with mental health and some ways anyone can get involved in their well-being. I also want to add a disclaimer: If you are struggling with mental health problems, it’s best to seek help from a traine...
2024-03-2823 min
Unmotive ShowS2F1 - Keeping ourselves mentally healthy while practically living on the internetWhat's up and welcome to the season 2 finale, episode one. This episode will be about things that don’t quite add up in the digital world. Computers and the internet are layered into our lives like a cake. So the question we’ll pose today is about spending a lot of time on the internet while staying mentally and physically healthy. How do we keep our mental wellbeing in good standing? You’ve heard we all spend too much time on our phones. There are features built into phones now like OnePlus Zen mode that lock the phone...
2024-02-1525 min
Unmotive ShowVideo games and internet culture w/ Trevor AlexanderThis episode is about Video Games - bang, boom, pop. Trevor Alexander is a dad, podcaster, and avid gamer. His podcast New Dad Gaming brings all three of those things together. We start with the goods - our favorite video games. Trevor’s favorite game is Starfield which is a space game by Bethesda the makers of Fallout (a new television series coming soon) and Elder Scrolls. Starfield has looting, RPG elements, mythic elements, FPS elements, and Base-building elements. It’s a huge game! and he still isn’t through it yet. Trevor just started streaming on Twitch, and he’s s...
2023-12-2938 min
Unmotive ShowThe Video Marketing Biz: Passion to Business w/ Joe MarottaWe’re wrapping up the third season soon, with only two more episodes left till the season finale. In this episode, we’re speaking with Joe Marotta who is a cinematographer and video marketing business owner. He runs Ascended Entertainment, a direct marketing company that does film production, video production, ad marketing, and some casting services. Direct Response Marketing are videos that compel customers to buy a product. For example, YouTube video ads are direct response marketing. This is because the customers usually don’t know the brand completely, so his job is to make videos that scream: here’s the pr...
2023-11-3037 min
Unmotive ShowSex and porn: the other side of the internet - w/ Josh SheaOn the podcast we talked about the various methods of delivery of porn to the populace. We gloss over the various mediums like Only Fans and the fact that during the pandemic many people who worked in industries that were upset moved to Only Fans to make money. People like waiters, hostesses, and waiters - both male and female - turned to Only Fans and other mediums of porn on the internet. Some would call it dangerous to have such access to porn readily available and some people are more susceptible to becoming a porn addict. So, we talk...
2023-11-0234 min
Unmotive ShowCultural differences that work for us w/ Rosalinda GallegosIt is pivotal for couples to have conversations regarding finances without anyone feeling offended and that is one of the subjects we discuss. Beyond this, having a conversation with ourselves about our own expenses also plays a significant role in deciding on which expenses are necessities, before having the conversation with our partner. All in all this is an episode about being prepared to have tough discussions about finances, mental health and being more present day to day for the people in our lives.
2023-09-0757 min
Unmotive ShowBuilding brands and business culture w/ Kyle DufordKyle is the head of an agency called "The Brand Leader" and he is also a former magazine editor who has also worked for Nike. He spent much of his career focused on e-commerce in the fashion, outdoor, and sports industries, which are perfect examples of culture as lifestyle brands. We talk about this idea of brands in culture in this episode. Kyle's company "The Brand Leader" has worked with the likes of Lulu Lemon, and Power Bar. So we talk about what business culture is, and how lifestyle brands build a culture internally and externally. In addition, we...
2023-08-0235 min
Unmotive ShowCoaching & Motivation w/ Ari GunzburgAri is a graphic design director by day and by night he is a motivational speaker and life coach. Graphic design is just to pay the bills, but his real love is speaking. Covid-19 put a damper on his speaking engagements, but he is getting started a’new with his passion. We even do an impromptu coaching session live during this episode’s podcast.
2023-07-1534 min
Unmotive ShowMoving the crowd and making moves w/ DJ Jay HillWelcome back to Unmotive Show. To kick of the return of Unmotive Show I want to start with a prequel to the third season. Jay Hill is a DJ and upcoming podcaster. He was nice enough to record an episode for Unmotive Show. We talk about mental health a little bit during the episode. How music can be a mode of therapy.
2023-07-1535 min
Unmotive ShowThe Connected Experience from Brian Krawitz, healing minds with the digi-verseIn this episode of Unmotive Show, we talk with Brian Krawitz talks more about his project "The Connected Experience" (T.C.E). He has been presenting the idea to many high-profile business contacts from corporations nationwide. To learn more about T.C.E visit the website or listen to the discussion in episode three of this podcast. Brian shares his views on culture, art, and science as a point of connection bringing people together in one space.
2022-01-0744 min
Unmotive ShowRandall Libero on podcasting, streaming and Marilyn MonroeThis episode we have Randall Libero whose introduction speaks for itself. For starters, he is an Executive Producer at VoiceAmerica. We met on LinkedIn and he was super interested in my content, I had a few consultations with him and took it to the road. Later I invited him to be a guest on the show because the information he gave me was smack dab in the vein of the second season's topic of culture from the lens of technology.
2021-08-261h 09
Unmotive ShowVisiting workplace and community questions that were answered for usDEI isn’t a new thing, but it is in its trial period. Tied to culture season 2 episode 4 brings us a guest who was looking for a new way to look at the topic if DEI and found it in the sub-group of white affinity. Depending on your ethnic or cultural upbringing there may be a difference in opinion from the extreme path of the recent past. We now have the luxury move forward with positive outlooks. The episode will take all the serious elements of DEI that could be laid bare but are heightened here in a very specific way.
2021-07-3033 min
Unmotive ShowUnpacking two software creators independent attitudes / S2EP3Presenting a special episode of Unmotive Show. Season 2 Episode 3 on culture from the lens of technology has us visiting with Brian Krawitz - creator of The Connected Experience, and Tulley Rafferty - creator of Splinter, an indie game available on steam. Both these self-starters are professionals with years of experience in software and media and as luck would have it, they are aware of the community and culture that has grown around Burning Man and Twitch, respectively.
2021-07-121h 17
Unmotive ShowCommunity shaped by a faith-based coworking space in Palo AltoIn season two episode two, we talk with Jake Duckworth in the heart of the Silicon Valley. A pastor from Crossroads Community Church in Palo Alto is a musician and presiding pastor at the church and the technology-based community coworking space that is hosted on church grounds. This episode is about the different ways that the community has grown with it. Jake does talk about Christianity like how he interacts with the people at the coworking space. In addition, we talk about how music is used at Crossroads Community Church.
2021-05-151h 00
Unmotive ShowDIY Music for the post-modern generationRay Stevens III joins us to talk about his music career and many years in the skateboarding industry. Both music and skateboarding are part of modern culture. Ray is a punk-rock musician who has a superbly-refreshing take on music. I don't think I have met someone as easy to get along with as Ray in quite a long time. Perhaps that is why he has so many high-level friends like Steve Cabellero, Tony Alva and Steve Alba who are also skateboarders and musicians. He's played in too many bands to name over the years. His current focus is on...
2021-04-281h 20
Unmotive ShowHow does culture influence technology?Many people have avatars or persona's they adopt on different platforms. There are terabytes of content that is made up of media from large organizations, friends to employee's. The trouble with having such a wide array of content is that it may appear there is no connection from one platform to the next. In this episode we will explore the idea of culture and answer the question "how is the internet a representation of our culture and why is it that internet users have been able to make these changes happen?"
2021-01-3121 min
Unmotive ShowWhat does it take to be a good programmer and designer?Season One was about UX Design, Entrepreneurship and Engineering. We had interviews with people like Chris Marciano, Miguel Coder and Greg Morawietz who are experts in their respective fields of UX Design, programming and security. This season finale episode we answer the question: It has been said that to become an expert at something it can take 10,000 hours of practice. What about when someone seeks to be a good designer and a good programmer, what would make this possible for them?
2020-11-1826 min
Unmotive ShowHow Technical people can do better as managersIt is well known that once technical employee's have years of experience in their fields they get promoted to a management position. Some of the skills these new managers need to succeed is the advanced knowledge to oversee an engineering or design department. While other skills that are common to all managers, they may need to work on developing. Arlyne Diamond is a consultant who has helped high level managers and organizations at large increase their management efficiency and operations through a people first approach.
2020-09-2750 min
Unmotive ShowThe Importance of Failure Analysis and Quality AssuranceKash Momodu is a Failure Analysis and Quality Assurance Engineer who worked at FitBit and Square. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering from San Francisco State. While the hype is all about Software Engineering and Programming the products we use today would not be possible without a solid Quality Assurance approach. Even the best engineering teams need to have their products tested both before release and after to ensure that there is consistent functioning of all the parts that make up an engineered product.
2020-08-2726 min
Unmotive ShowFrom MVP to Minimum Lovable Product with Ed IpserEd Ipser is the founder of IpserLab and Coactify. He holds a PhD in Computer Science and has been an an entrepreneur since right out of college. Learning from these founding experiences he has been applying his experience but has also found that building a successful business based on technology often involves elements of market fit that don't solely rely on engineering. He brings up topics revolving around lean startup methodology, Minimum Viable Product, Minimum Lovable Product and design.
2020-07-3025 min
Unmotive ShowSani Momoh on Juneteenth, Technology in Social Work and Online NewsIn light of Juneteenth we have a special episode with Sani Momoh a social worker in the San Jose Bay Area. We the topic of social injustice with technology as a bridging topic. Not only do we talk about online news media as it relates to social injustice but we include a segment on the micro issues in equality for black people. Sani also answers an interesting question: How would he allocate funds matching the $100,000 million dollar commitment Apple made to the cause to support #blacklivesmatter
2020-06-2827 min
Unmotive ShowRyan Matthew, Working Remotely and The New NormalRyan Matthew is a partner and co-founding member of Neuron, a UX Design and strategy consultancy in San Francisco. He has been working remotely for years with Neuron and since operations have moved to fully remote because of the Covid-19 Pandemic he has great insights into the current shelter-in-place order which required many businesses to move employee's to remote work.
2020-06-0122 min
Unmotive ShowAndrew Jarecki on working remotely in UX Design during COVID-19UX Designer Andrew Jarecki is a UX designer with over 8 years of experience. Currently, he is a contractor at Visa and we also talk about some career and resume tips to get job seekers going in their search for a UX design position. We skim over some topics in UX design such as design principles and how to apply them. More substantially for todays current events with COVID-19 we conclude with a discussion on remote working during this pandemic.
2020-05-1045 min
Unmotive ShowTed Holladay on Design, the Future and a Digital NowCreative Director Ted Holladay speaks from his years in the industry as a designer and running his studio. We talk about some things every designer should know about working with clients. Later on we get into a section on bridging the gap between computer users who didn't grow up on tech and the generation that did grow up with it, like his two 15 and 16 year old kids. We also have a short discussion about the future of technology as it relates to design.
2020-02-2642 min
Unmotive ShowEntrepreneur Danny Mclane Talks Tech and MotivationDanny Mclane is the owner and operator of JamiiTech, a web and application development agency in San Jose, California. He gives mentoring to youth groups, creates technology strategies for businesses and speaks on career growth in tech. He is a leader and visionary. As someone well positioned in the Silicon Valley to give insight into technology we are pleased to speak with him on The Unmotive Show.
2020-02-0430 min
Unmotive ShowAn Artists Take on Digital Life with Judy GittelsohnJudy has been creating art and selling her art using both online and traditional methods. She is a avid reader and has a lot to say about web trends from the perspective of someone who didn't grow up with technology. The Unmotive Show seeks to bridge the gap between casual technology users and professionals and as part of that goal we want to explore how our society has changed because of technology.
2020-02-0443 min
Unmotive ShowApple Design Patterns with Miguel CoderWe get to talk about Apple and more so working at Apple as a programmer with Miguel Coder. We also talk about his take on why programming is so fun and rewarding for so many people.
2020-02-0432 minUnmotive ShowGreg Morawietz on Web Security and Big DataWe will be sitting down with Greg Morawietz the owner of Single Point of Contact(SPOC) a web security company in Palo Alto, CA. We talk about big data, privacy concerns and how regular users can secure their computers.
2020-01-1835 min
Unmotive ShowChris Marciano - 10x with UX DesignUser Experience design is the missing link between Users and the Business models that separate them. This show is meant for casual technology users and also those in the field already. UX Design is a great way to kick off a discussion about how the web industry is adapting to its popularity and overwhelming success as a platform for people to connect.
2020-01-1831 min
Unmotive ShowHost Rotimi introduces the Unmotive ShowEmoji's the perfect symbol for this show. We take the new technological capacity of the internet to be a communication medium for users. In fact, this podcast is taking advantage of one of these new communication mediums. Welcome, to the first season on Design, Programming and Tech Trends.
2020-01-1708 min