14 episodes

Stories For You focuses on unique underrepresented voices from various industries that need to be heard. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daylight-interactive/support

Stories For You Daylight Interactive

    • Society & Culture
    • 5.0 • 9 Ratings

Stories For You focuses on unique underrepresented voices from various industries that need to be heard. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/daylight-interactive/support

    Introducing Sayonara Baseball!

    Introducing Sayonara Baseball!

    Daylight Interactive and Media 3 LTD presents a new type of baseball podcast focused on storytelling and trends that's going around the league today. Follow Kazuki and Taro as they find unseen baseball gems alongside different trends, news, and motivation behind many moves around the league today. And they try to make something that seems boring about baseball...actually really awesome. This episode focuses on the topic of Japanese players entering the MLB. 


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    • 28 min
    Introducing Sayonara Baseball - Trailer

    Introducing Sayonara Baseball - Trailer

    This is the trailer to Daylight Interactive's latest podcast series: Sayonara Baseball. This is a baseball podcast where two Japanese guys (Kazuki and Taro) in media, find unseen baseball gems by analyzing them alongside different trends, news, and motivation behind many moves around the league today (from Japanese players coming to the MLB to Tanking). And they try to make something that seems boring about baseball...actually really awesome.  Sayonara Baseball premieres in May.


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    BONUS: PR Experiment with Marissa Feinberg

    BONUS: PR Experiment with Marissa Feinberg

    A Daylight Interactive update on this show and a bonus clip where Marissa and Kazuki go through a quick PR experiment. This segment did not originally air in Season 1, Episode 6 of Stories For You.





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    Mark Cheng: Mastering Your Craft and Side Hustle Into A Career

    Mark Cheng: Mastering Your Craft and Side Hustle Into A Career

    Mark is a force in the technology and media world. He has 20 years of experience in the industry and spent 13 years at Viacom's Nickelodeon network including his time as VP and GM of Noggin, Nickelodeon’s Direct to Consumer platform. And while accomplishing all of this, he collaborated with GI Joe Comic Writer, Larry Hama, on a feature film that went on to be distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.


    On this episode, Mark walks Kazuki through his journey during the early days of creating content as well as running an Emmy award-winning team in the same company they've worked in and talks about what it takes to pursue your side hustle into a career.



    Mark Cheng is an award-winning content creator, current Vice President of Content at The Specialists and former executive of Nickelodeon. For more information, please check his website here: http://www.markcheng.com



    Stories For You is hosted by Kazuki Akiba and produced by Kazuki Akiba and Reed Yurman. Additional dialogue written by Tiffany Khuu and Nicole Bernardo. It is edited by Kazuki Akiba, John Lanternier, and Nicole Bernardo. Khari Johnson and GrayLaptop mixed this episode. Music by Graylaptop.



    Special Thanks to Killa Hertz Productions for the studio recording and space in LA.




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    Kayhan Vaziri: Bringing the Change in Punk Rock

    Kayhan Vaziri: Bringing the Change in Punk Rock

    Kayhan Vaziri is an Iranian-American bassist who was in many of the popular punk rock bands of the decade, Die Young (TX) and Coliseum with their respective experimental approach to the genre. Exclaim! named Coliseum's 2010 album "House with a Curse" the No. 6 Punk Album of 2010. He toured and performed in different concert venues around the world with over 10 albums under his belt. But his journey was filled with a lot of bumps on the road, as he goes from being aspiring musician in the Southeast to being part of big musical groups with record label deals. Kayhan talks with Kazuki about the people who encouraged him down that path, and his passion and pursuit in the DIY underground music scene.


    Kayhan Vaziri is the bassist and member of Yautja. 


    For more information, please check all the websites here:

    http://coliseumsoundsystem.com 

    https://yautja.bandcamp.com/music 

    https://dieyoungtx.bandcamp.com 


    Stories For You is hosted by Kazuki Akiba and produced by Kazuki Akiba and Reed Yurman. Additional dialogue written by Tiffany Khuu and Nicole Bernardo. It is edited by Kazuki Akiba and Nicole Bernardo. Aaron Gibbs and GrayLaptop mixed this episode. Music by Graylaptop.




    Special Thanks to Aaron Gibbs for the recording in Birmingham, Alabama.




    Songs and Audio featured in this episode include:
    “Survival Instinct” by Die Young (TX)
    “Sunlight in the Snowstorm” by Coliseum
    “We Are The Water” by Coliseum




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    • 42 min
    Tim Toda: The Master of The Split Second View

    Tim Toda: The Master of The Split Second View

    Tim Toda was on his way to life in Tech as he started one of the successful YouTube Channels at the time amassing over 5MM views in 2009 alone when the film world came knocking. Tim tells Kazuki the story of what it was like to work in the world of concert photography and how the struggles led him to become one of the renowned photographers out there.



    Tim Toda is a concert photographer and cinematographer based in LA behind many works of bands including Honne, Oh Wonder, and Mister Wives. For more information, please check his website here: http://www.ttoda.com/



    Stories For You is hosted by Kazuki Akiba and produced by Kazuki Akiba and Reed Yurman. Additional dialogue written by Tiffany Khuu and Nicole Bernardo.  It is edited by Kazuki Akiba and Nicole Bernardo. Khari Johnson and GrayLaptop mixed this episode. Music by Graylaptop.

    Special Thanks to Killa Hertz Productions for the studio recording and space in LA. 


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    • 33 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

steffyv10 ,

Awesome Listen

Really enjoying this series, they cover a wide range of topics and feature a diverse a group of interviewees who provide unique insights into their world. Check it out!

KChoi0111 ,

Podcast review (Ep. 10)

Very informative and bringing good reminders on struggles that make us stronger and successful

Drewpoo12 ,

Great pod

Very interesting folks and great conversations. Can’t wait to hear more content in the future

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