193 episodes

A weekly podcast of conversations with folks doing stuff you don't always hear about, featuring entrepreneurs, musicians, writers, and other good people. Learn something new and have a great time doing it! Good People, Cool Things is published weekly on Sounder, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.

Good People, Cool Things Joey Held

    • Arts
    • 5.0 • 33 Ratings

A weekly podcast of conversations with folks doing stuff you don't always hear about, featuring entrepreneurs, musicians, writers, and other good people. Learn something new and have a great time doing it! Good People, Cool Things is published weekly on Sounder, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and Stitcher.

    192: Listen to This Before You Go For a Swim

    192: Listen to This Before You Go For a Swim

    Cori Myka is the founder of Calm Within Adult Swim, teaching adults not only how to swim but also how to develop habits and mindsets to overcome fear and build confidence. Those are great skills to have in any walk of life.
    We’re discussing where the idea for an online swim instruction business came from, what Cori has learned from helping people transform their lives, and whether it’s better to jump into a body of water or walk in slowly and steadily.

    • 26 min
    191: Listen to This While Packing for a Trip

    191: Listen to This While Packing for a Trip

    Carlos Baker moved to Northern Germany without much of a plan. He just knew he and his family needed a change. Since then, he’s released multiple albums with his C.K. Baker Band, written a book, and had a lot of fun along the way.
    We’re chatting about the albums that have most impacted Carlos’s songwriting, his worst gig, and why discipline is crucial for his mental health.

    • 42 min
    190: Listen to This While Searching on Google

    190: Listen to This While Searching on Google

    Many of us dream of making money by doing creative things that we love to do. And the most successful creatives are making income in several different ways, consistently opening up doors to new opportunities.    
    This episode’s guest realized a lot of creatives DON’T know that these different income streams are not only critical but also doable for anyone. Tonya Lawson is making it her goal to educate musicians, artists, writers, and more on building their financial empires, using SEO as a trusty tool.
    We’re talking about how creatives can earn passive income without paying a ton of money upfront, what Tonya has focused on with her websites, and the time she got to “clap back” at a student that was acting out of turn.

    • 27 min
    189: Listen to This While Channeling Your Inner Child

    189: Listen to This While Channeling Your Inner Child

    Media may not fundamentally change our behavior, but it can shape what we believe. That's why sharing messages of togetherness, unity, and genuine interactions is so important.
    Modello Brown is the founder of Hip Hop Littles, which is bringing cultures together through books, music, fashion, art, and much more. We’re chatting about how he creates the Hip Hop Littles characters, something that’s surprised him about marketing the brand, and his top three 90s cartoons. 

    • 26 min
    188: Listen to This While You Hiss Your Sibilants

    188: Listen to This While You Hiss Your Sibilants

    Rachel Hanson is Editor-in-Chief of the digital magazine Sound Sorceresses, highlighting women who are doing incredible work in audio storytelling. There aren’t a ton of spaces out there in this realm, which needs to change, because there are a LOT of cool women in podcasting and audio storytelling.
    We're talking about how Rachel got the idea for Sound Sorceresses, one of her favorite stories from the publication, and her foray into public office.

    • 35 min
    187: Listen to This When You're Feeling Like an Underdog

    187: Listen to This When You're Feeling Like an Underdog

    Welcome back to Good People, Cool Things! Bananas to think we're kicking off the SEVENTH season of this show. We're starting this season off in style with a true underdog story — or, more accurately, many underdog stories!
    After being cut from his 7th-grade baseball team, Tyler O’Shea has always found inspiration in athletes who have succeeded against the odds. That drive led to both a collegiate career on the diamond and the founding of Joker Mag, a digital media platform dedicated to inspiring underdog stories in sports.
    We’re chatting about how niching down has helped Tyler grow Joker Mag, why he’s found tremendous value in hearing from his audience, and his favorite recent underdog stories.
    Special shout-out to One Hit No Wonder for supporting the show! If you dig this podcast, you'll enjoy that one, too.

    • 30 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
33 Ratings

33 Ratings

Mom not in the middle ,

Fantastic Show!

Such a great show to tune into to listen to really cool conversations of how people get to do what they do. This gives you insights for so many things! Nice break from using Google to find the answers, you get to hear people's stories too! Love it!

MP - TAWE ,

Great show!

Joey has such an interesting show, and brings so much variety to it. He gets great guests, and I look forward to every episode.

Shellyg83 ,

Really cool people doing really cool things fr 💯✅

I very much enjoy this podcast always have the best conversations with the coolest down to earth people Joey is awesome. Asks the best questions and has knowledge in many different topics! This one was quite interesting especially as a man we know nothing about the perfect engagement ring 😂 taught me something thank you 🙏

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