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“The happiest guys on the internet” celebrate creativity for people wondering what's next. Yo Munir! is a weekly conversation between two brothers about the creative forces shaping business, culture, and the future of work. Especially in the age of AI. We’re here for the people who feel the speed of change and want to stay human bringing more joy, better taste, sharper trend fluency, and a wider lens on what it all means. Expect conversations about storytelling, brand, marketing, social platforms, art/music, and the inner game of making (fear, momentum, mistakes, reinvention).

  1. 1d ago

    World-building Will Be The Future of Storytelling | Ex-InStyle art director Elsa Mehary | Yo Munir Ep 60

    Elsa Mehary spent two decades art-directing magazines like InStyle, Essence and Harper’s Bazaar. Now she helps founders make complex identities clear, and she has strong opinions about what AI can and can’t replace. In this episode she talks about growing up between Ethiopia and Buffalo, deciding at 13 that she’d live in New York, and the lost art of shared culture. She also introduces her Family Legacy System, an organizing toolkit for the “business of family.” Rob explains why he drove a suitcase of his father’s slides to Munir’s house. We close with three songs each that make the complicated clear. Listen to the playlist from this episode. Find Elsa: elsamehary.com/familyarchive | Instagram @elsalovesyouYo Munir Instagram @yo.munir . Follow Yo Munir on Spotify to catch every episode.

  2. Oct 26

    Data Ain't Destiny and Lessons In Creative Perseverance | Yo Munir Ep 59

    Creative director Warren Lam started his career by missing the last bus to Jersey and walking past a graveyard at 1 a.m. with his portfolio case. Thirty years later he’s edited Deadliest Catch, built a sci-fi universe called Moto Nostra, and gone all in on AI filmmaking. In Episode 59, Munir and Rob Haddad talk with Warren about defiance, the dad who wouldn’t buy him a camera, the Leo Burnett lesson on curiosity, why he’ll be damned if he lets AI think of his ideas, and his three tips for young creatives. Then it’s the mixtape: three songs each that prove Data Is Not Destiny, including one with about 19,000 streams that Rob insists you go fix. If you like the show, hit Follow on Spotify so new episodes find you. It’s the single best thing you can do for us.

  3. Oct 19

    He Babysat His Way Into the Phillies | Yo Munir Ep. 58 Danny Field

    Danny Field got his first Phillies job by babysitting. Twenty years later, he’s the producer big leaguers trust with a camera. In Ep. 58, Rob and Munir talk with the Emmy-winning producer and director about drawing his way through ADHD, a Miami airport movie with a fight scene, 30 ballparks in one summer, a 2009 road trip chasing a 15-year-old Max Kepler, why trust takes time (even with AI around), and Roger Angell’s idea that “the caring is what matters.” Plus the mixtape: Sade, Lauryn Hill, Frankie Beverly & Maze, Weezer and Cat Stevens. Yo Munir celebrates practice and creativity, every week. Tap Follow so new episodes land in your feed. 📱 Yo Munir on Instagram👔 Find Munir on LinkedIn👔 Find Robert on LinkedIn 🎵 Yo Munir on TikTok 🎧 Mixtape

  4. Oct 12

    He Biked 74,000 km Alone. The Hardest Part Wasn't the Biking. | Samer Abouhamad on Yo Munir Ep 57

    Samer Abouhamad has taken the path less traveled. He left his expected path of a real estate career in New York, went to Beirut after the 2020 port explosion, and pedaled out of his parents' driveway in Brookline, MA. Three and a half years later he had ridden 74,000+ km across six continents and 60+ countries, solo and self supported, sleeping wherever strangers would let him.In Episode 57, Rob and Munir speak with Samer about why starting is harder than any mountain pass, what he learned about strangers, why you should be comfortable along, and how to keep going when you're back home and the road is pedicab in Boston. We also get into family games (Catan, Spit, Werewolf), his mom (and past Yo Munir guest) Rania Matar's photography, packing everything for 61 countries, and a mixtape of songs for the open road, including ones that could get you through Indiana. Follow Samer at samerbikes.com and @samer.bikes on Instagram.

  5. Oct 5

    Dave "Money" Check: From Michael Jordan to 9/11, and Why "Work Smarter, Not Harder" Is Wrong

    Four decades of sports and original programming: NBA Entertainment in the Jordan era, 12 years running MLB Productions, and now ABC's 9/11: United We Stand 25 Years Later. Dave Check joins Rob, his former mentee, and Munir for a conversation about passion, relationships, and building teams that win. Dave talks about his bookie uncle whose candy store had no candy, his first day on the job at the 1998 home run chase, and the call he made to his daughter the day MLB Productions ended. Dave's creativity advice: be curious, be open, be prepared, and leave your hubris at the door. Catch our mixtape of songs that remind us of NYC in the '80s and '90s. Dedicated to the memory of Jeff Scott. If you like the show, follow on Spotify and watch full episodes on YouTube.

  6. Sep 28

    Cars, Coffee, and a Funeral Home Parking Lot | YM Ep 55 with Nick Vorderman

    He broke his first car doing donuts in a funeral home parking lot on his 16th birthday, right after he got the keys.Twenty years later, Nick's obsession with cars and cooking became his café and lifestyle brand, Sunday Motor Co.Nick Vorderman grew up in a car-dealership family in Indiana and Michigan. He pursued acting and directing in New York City and paid his rent bartending and working back of house through the City's vibrant hospitality scene. Then, sitting backstage, in full makeup, before an off-Broadway run, it hit him, "I don't wanna do this." He pivoted to photography, then hospitality marketing, then alongside his wife and business partner, Renee, an interior designer, he combined every chapter of his life into Sunday Motor Co., a car-culture café that survived a seven-week COVID shutdown three months after opening and has since expanded to West Palm Beach. Rob reads Ray Oldenburg's definition of a "third place" to Nick, describing a space where showing up is always welcome and never required, and thanks Nick for building exactly that for him.Munir trades off-Broadway stories of his own. And Rob shares a moment from his own life: being told by his father that becoming a doctor wasn't the practical path he thought it was. Which was a family head fake that Nick's own detour between the family dealership and a creative life. Most people treat their passions like a fork in the road, pick one, leave the other behind. Nick's story is what happens when you refuse to choose. What's the moment you realized you didn't want to do something anymore? And what did you build instead? Covered in the show:🏎️ Cafe & car culture: Sunday Motor Co. https://sundaymotorco.com/☕ Third place philosophy: Ray Oldenburg's The Great Good Place - https://greatgoodplace.org/🎭 Creative process: Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way - https://juliacameronlive.com/🎬 Nick's first lead role in Heaven Can Wait🍸 NYC hospitality roots: Employees Only - https://www.employeesonlynyc.com/🍸 Golden Age Hospitality and John Nydick, including Acme NYC - https://www.goldenagehospitality.com/👕 New York or Nowhere: https://newyorkornowhere.com/🏁 Vintage racing: Lime Rock Park - https://limerock.com/🚗 The restoration project: Porsche 912 - https://www.porsche.com/stories/mobility/what-is-the-porsche-912/00:00:00 Cold open: Nick confesses to doing donuts in a parking lot00:01:30 Rob and Munir open the show and introduce Nick00:04:30 A day in the life of young Nick, growing up around the family dealership00:07:30 Rob shares their dad's handwritten letters from Beirut with drawn pictures00:14:45 Nick's mom forces him into his first audition — and he wins the lead00:23:00 The backstage moment Nick realized acting wasn't for him00:32:15 Getting the story straight: what to actually call Sunday Motor Co.00:40:15 Rob reads Ray Oldenburg's definition of a 'third place' to Nick00:44:00 Nick's creativity principles: travel, solitude, and necessity00:51:15 Transition into the music segment00:55:45 Rob kicks off his cafe playlist with Sade's 'Mr. Wrong'📺 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yFb_jTqo4sXoTxJ1-YpTw📱 Yo Munir on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yo.munir/🎵 Yo Munir on TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@yomunir👔 Find Munir on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/munirhaddad/👔 Find Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-haddad-88670/📼 Mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0QmAyteX3M9UVbycIQwAw3?si=1f64d0d0dd6e44c5🛍️ Support us — Yo Munir Merch: https://www.yomunir.com/yo-store

  7. Sep 21

    Who Are You When the Dance Ends? | Daria Fisher Page Ep 54

    A childhood music teacher once told Daria Fisher Page she was tone deaf — hopeless, not worth the effort to fix. It's the kind of verdict a lot of us get handed young, in one form or another, and Daria's spent her life proving what happens when you don't believe it. She trained for nearly a decade at the School of American Ballet, commuting into New York City starting in fourth grade, eventually switching to the Professional Children's School to make room for a schedule built entirely around dance. She fully expected it to be her life. Then a shattered ankle that never quite healed right forced a decision her senior year of high school — and she walked away. Munir brings in Annie Duke's book "Quit" here, and the two of them land somewhere important: sometimes quitting isn't failure, it's the mature move. From there it's a string of doors that seemed to close — organic chemistry ending a dream of art conservation at Yale's Beinecke Rare Book Library, her mother's genuine dismay when she chose law school instead. But Daria found her real subject in international refugee and asylum law, drawn to the storytelling buried inside every case, and spent nearly a decade practicing immigration and human rights law before moving into teaching. Now she directs the Community Empowerment Law Project at Iowa Law, where she pushes her students to communicate like humans instead of legal documents — a board game that humanizes mass incarceration, dirt-pudding cups that somehow make classmates care about soil-quality law. It's the same lesson Munir applies to advertising every day: "I don't like it" isn't feedback. You need the because. The episode closes with Rob and Munir's mixtape segment, where Daria — self-proclaimed tone deaf — picks three songs anyway, including Florence + The Machine's "Dog Days Are Over", which she plays in her own class as a listening exercise. This one's for you if you've ever been told what you're not good at, and you're still deciding whether to believe it. Stay in Touch: 📺 Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9yFb_jTqo4sXoTxJ1-YpTw 📱 Yo Munir on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yo.munir/ 👔 Find Munir on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/munirhaddad/ 👔 Find Robert on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-haddad-88670/ 🎧 Yo Daria Mixtape 🛍️ Support us — Yo Munir Merch: https://www.yomunir.com/yo-store

  8. Sep 14

    Rania Matar: Turning a Camera Into a Conversation | Yo Munir Ep. 53

    Photographer Rania Matar turns a camera into a conversation. Her portraits of women and girls hang in the MFA Boston, LACMA, and museums around the world. This week on Yo Munir! she opens up about growing up during the Lebanese Civil War, the family photo shoot that accidentally launched her career, and the moment she realized just how much of that history she was still carrying. We dig into her series A Girl in Her Room, her new book Where Do I Go? (five years in the making, born out of the 2020 Beirut port explosion), and close things out with a mixtape running from Fairuz to Freddie Mercury. A conversation about identity, resilience, and making the personal universal. 📖 More on Rania and her new book: https://raniamatar.com/books/where-do-i-go/

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“The happiest guys on the internet” celebrate creativity for people wondering what's next. Yo Munir! is a weekly conversation between two brothers about the creative forces shaping business, culture, and the future of work. Especially in the age of AI. We’re here for the people who feel the speed of change and want to stay human bringing more joy, better taste, sharper trend fluency, and a wider lens on what it all means. Expect conversations about storytelling, brand, marketing, social platforms, art/music, and the inner game of making (fear, momentum, mistakes, reinvention).

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  • Creator
    Yo Enterprises
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    38
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