Interesting Lives of Normal People

The Interesting Lives of Normal People

• 09 - Humiliated at a Potbelly (and other cheerful stories of learning humility on the path to living one’s life purpose) February 15, 2022
  Episode OverviewAs a child, Segun Olagunju prayed for wisdom, which is the only thing that can explain a 20-something recognizing that if he’s going to make a difference in the world (Nigeria, in particular), he’s going to work backwards from being a 50-something changemaker in 2035. Setting out on a 30-year journey to learn business, leadership, […]
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• 08 - An Accidental Rant on Christianity With A Kind, Patient, Open-minded Pastor Who Took it Well December 14, 2021
  Most of the time on the Interesting Lives of Normal People, we try to dig into the stories of our guests to find out what they’re all about, what’s been on their mind, and what they ‘just need to get out into the world.’ This podcast turned out to be a bit of the reverse.In […]
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• 07 - “Do What You Love, Love What You Do!” And Other Hot Life Tips From The Fashion Queen of Denver September 7, 2021
  If you’ve ever seen a music video from the band OK Go, that’s basically what it’s like hanging out with Brandi Shigley. Over there is the flamethrower, in this corner is a family of ferrets dressed in matching outfits, in walks a mailman with a green mohawk who is also her tattoo artist, and here […]
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• 06 - Time is Limited For Us All But Some Are More Aware of It Than Others July 19, 2021
  Here’s a classic Would You Rather: “Would you rather be blind your whole life or go blind gradually?” For Lindsey Blankenship (Siegel), she didn’t get to choose, but she has a rare eye disease that is slowly making her blind. As a teenager, she skied regularly; as a 41-year old mom, she has to look carefully […]
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• 05 - Take Long Walks. And Other Mindblowing Creativity Tips from Normals in the Advertising World. May 25, 2021
  Here’s something of a truth: ‘normal’ people don’t make commercials for a living. They don’t write 30-second spots featuring Muppets talking on a Facebook Portal, they don’t have their words read by Arnold Schwarzeneggar, they don’t direct actors in Romania over Zoom, and they definitely don’t have their work seen by millions of people watching […]
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• 04 - What Happens When You Examine The Life You Live vs. The Life You Want to Live April 30, 2021
  In the Summer of 2008, Tory Leggat took the leap to move from Seattle to NYC with no job and no real friends, but all the optimism and pluck of a 22-year old ready to live out a dream of a year in the Big Apple. But when the (financial) world crumbled within days of […]
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• 03 - Life as a Fun-loving Disco Ball Inside of a Kaleidoscope March 22, 2021
  Stephanie LaFlora is a disco ball inside of a kaleidoscope.On one hand, she’s a mom and a wife, she’s got a house in the burbs and a 9-5pm. She’s admittedly scattered, prone to quitting when things get painful and encounters impostor syndrome. She’s even got a 401k.On the other hand, Stephanie is black female in […]
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• 02 - How to Use Your Amazing Brain in the Quest for Meaning March 14, 2021
  In our second episode, we talk to Dr. Jessica Stern, a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She has spent many hours sitting with people, helping them sort through what is true in their life, and guiding them as they name what they want to be true. We asked Dr. Stern to help us discuss passion and the […]
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• 01 - The Happy Journey of Listening, Learning, and Creating Something That Matters March 4, 2021
  OverviewHow do you start a podcast that’s about making a podcast? For us (Jake, Ryan and Fin), we ‘start’ this podcast almost a year into a what-should-we-make-a-podcast-about? journey. This “episode 1” is actually episode 14, recorded only once we found our proverbial North Star and were able to articulate--for ourselves and listeners--what this show was going […]
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• Trailer February 13, 2021
  Welcome to The Interesting Lives of Normal People. A podcast experiment in finding passion, self-exploration, valuing others, asking good questions, and listening. Find out what it's all about in this short trailer.“I think you guys should start a podcast with Jake.”The podcast started with a group text from Maggie, Jake’s wife.  A few months later, […]
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