19 episodes

To the outside observer, success can seem like an unattainable goal that only those chosen by the grace of fate can enjoy. Rarely do we get to see behind the curtain at the broken wreckage we call "failures" that the scaffolding these successes are built upon. However, I love the idea of mistakes and failures. A quick look at my life will illustrate that fact, and I want to talk about it.

On Fails, Falls, & F-Ups, I interview amazing, successful people about all the times they were amazingly unsuccessful. We probe the scabs and the scars, we fall and we fail and we pick ourselves right back up and go at it again. These aren't stories about winning, they are about how losing has shaped our ability to grow and succeed. These are tales about meeting adversity with grace, or determination, or humor... Whatever you need to get you over that hump.
On this show, we don't refuse to lose, we embrace it.

Fails, Falls, & F-Ups Bruce Nachsin

    • Comedy
    • 5.0 • 4 Ratings

To the outside observer, success can seem like an unattainable goal that only those chosen by the grace of fate can enjoy. Rarely do we get to see behind the curtain at the broken wreckage we call "failures" that the scaffolding these successes are built upon. However, I love the idea of mistakes and failures. A quick look at my life will illustrate that fact, and I want to talk about it.

On Fails, Falls, & F-Ups, I interview amazing, successful people about all the times they were amazingly unsuccessful. We probe the scabs and the scars, we fall and we fail and we pick ourselves right back up and go at it again. These aren't stories about winning, they are about how losing has shaped our ability to grow and succeed. These are tales about meeting adversity with grace, or determination, or humor... Whatever you need to get you over that hump.
On this show, we don't refuse to lose, we embrace it.

    Dammit Jim!, I'm a musician, not a doctor! With Kirk Turnbull

    Dammit Jim!, I'm a musician, not a doctor! With Kirk Turnbull

    This week, Dance Master General Kirk Turnbull of QFX sits down with Fails, Falls & F-ups to talk about opportunities not taken, career, setbacks and naked dancers getting lost in hotel lobbies. Sometimes that pulsing beat you hear in the music is Kirk hitting his head against a table and he's gonna tell you why.
    Kirk keeps spinning tunes at www.qfxmusic.com
    Catch the QFX Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Epidemicrecords1
    Get social with Kirk on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/qfxmusic/

    • 32 min
    Fight for your Musical Rights with Michele Vice-Maslin

    Fight for your Musical Rights with Michele Vice-Maslin

    Making your way in the world of the music business is never an easy thing but it is even more difficult when you are a woman making your way to becoming a top music supervisor for film and television. This week, I talk to Michele Vice-Maslin, Emmy award winning song writer, composer and music supervisor about her life and career and find out what advice she has for the up and coming artists. Michele wants to help you think about your budding musical career with the right framing.
    Find Michele at her website: http://www.sweetersongs.com/
    Michele's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sweetersongs

    • 38 min
    Chipping away at Chef Al Romano

    Chipping away at Chef Al Romano

    This week on Fails, Falls and F-Ups I talk to culinary educator and long time bad ass Chef Al Romano,definitely a man you wouldn't want to mess with when he is holding his chain saw, especially if you resemble an ice block. Chef Al Romano comes clean about what life is like in the food service trenches, opening several businesses and the emotional and physical toll that being a Chef and an Ice Carver can take on one's body. If you've ever thought about trying for the "glamorous" career of being a head chef, you'll want to hear what Chef Al has to say.
    Chef might be taking to social media like a fish to a bicycle but you can ride along with him at these links:
    Chef's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chefalromano/
    Chef's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alan.romano.73

    • 35 min
    A Failure in Every Orifice. Let's Talk Dating with Jayna Swan

    A Failure in Every Orifice. Let's Talk Dating with Jayna Swan

    This week we depart from talking about a specific person's individual failure to delve a little deeper into the failures that haunt us in the dating world. To do this feat of mercy for humanity, I am joined by intimacy expert and the host of the Happy, Healthy, Horny podcast Jayna Swan.
    In the course of the podcast, we cover topics such as masculine versus feminine energy, societal expectations, online dating, and how an improv class can really help your game. If your dating life seems like there is a failure in every orifice, then this just might be the episode to help you get over that hump.
    You can find Jayna at her website: www.jaynaswan.com

    • 53 min
    The Wonderful Wizard of Water with Mark Fuller

    The Wonderful Wizard of Water with Mark Fuller

    There are some feats of creative design that happens on a grand scale, things that are almost hard to conceive as having been built under the direction of one person. This week on Fails, Falls, and F-Ups, I get the chance to talk to a man whose creations exist at the razor's edge intersection of art design and large scale engineering. He is the Wonderful Wizard of Water, that Walt Disney of Water Fountains, his is Mark Fuller of WET Designs. Mark joins me to talk about his passion, the mistakes he has made and give a bit of advice to those looking to make their own mark.
    You can find Mark and see some more examples of his company's work at
    their website: https://wetdesign.com/
    WET has an Instagram as well: https://www.instagram.com/experiencewet

    • 32 min
    Dani Bowman on her life in animation and Finding Love on the Spectrum - Fails, Falls & F-Ups

    Dani Bowman on her life in animation and Finding Love on the Spectrum - Fails, Falls & F-Ups

    Animation maven, educator, autism activist & one of the stars of the American version of Love on the Spectrum Dani Bowman joins me to talk a little about the challenges of being a young entrepreneur with her own animation studio.
    Dani talks about how she started her animation journey, lessons learned along the way. How being on the Spectrum has affected her work drive and what it was like to attempt to find love in such an open and public manner. Love on the Spectrum can be found on Netflix right now.
    You can find Dani at her websites:
    Her personal website: https://danibowman.com/
    The Danimation website: https://danimationentertainment.com/
    Dani's Youtube Channel:
    https://www.youtube.com/c/DaniBowmanDaniMation
    Love on the Spectrum: https://www.netflix.com/title/81338328
    Dani's Socials
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaniMationEnt
    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danibowman1/
    TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@danibowman1
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-bowman/
    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dani.bowman.9

    • 28 min

Customer Reviews

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4 Ratings

RMV1414 ,

Great Podcast

Very interesting guests and great interviews!

Lizard987 ,

Truly fascinating podcast

This podcast is amazing! Bruce has great guests on and probes them to explain such a universal part of life- failure. I recommend this podcast to anyone!

Mxsandy12 ,

Inspirational gold!

Motivational and fun!

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