Half the City

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Authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people including celebrities, veterans, entrepreneurs, athletes, politicians, and more. 8bmedia.substack.com

  1. 15| On Hitting Rock Bottom and Rising Again, "No Where To Go But Up" Host Sean Dustin (part 2)

    06/08/2020

    15| On Hitting Rock Bottom and Rising Again, "No Where To Go But Up" Host Sean Dustin (part 2)

    Sean Dustin is the writer, producer, and host of the podcast "No Where To Go But Up". In part 2 of this 2-part interview, Sean shares his wild story that begins with his time in prison for cocaine and check fraud and ends with finding himself and his path, a new man.   Show NotesFollow Sean on Instagram No Where To Go But Up Podcast Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn: [00:00:00] Hello. Hello everybody. A guest today. He had a time where he hit rock bottom like many of us, and he has turned that around and become a huge success story. We’re gonna learn about all of that and more is coming up. We’ve got the host, creator and writer of the “No Where To Go But Up” podcast with Sean Dustin, give it up for my friend Sean Dustin, my name is Brian Schoenborn. I’m an Explorer of people, places and culture. In my travels, spending over 20 countries across four continents, I’ve had the pleasure of engaging in authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories on location and unfiltered presented by 8B media. This is half the city. Sean Dustin: [00:00:51] Where are we at, man? We were riding it. Brian Schoenborn: [00:00:54] Yeah. You wrapped it up right as, um, just before he went to prison. Sean Dustin: [00:00:59] So like, Brian Schoenborn: [00:01:00] yeah, so you were, um, so you went to jail for a couple of days, you know, brought in by the SWAT team and then you came back out and then you started, you switched from the drugs into Sean Dustin: [00:01:10] fraud. Oh yeah. That was going to kill that dude because, yeah, you’re going to kill the attack. He texted me, they showed up. It was already been planned. So what ended up happening is they, they, they stopped me, uh, throw me in the car. Uh, it was about a hundred degrees, like 110 degrees in the back of that damn car, uh, middle of summer. And, uh, I, all I can remember is like, dude, I just want to go to sleep. I do. The weight was off of my shoulders. I don’t have to run anymore. I know I’m going to go where I’m sleeping tonight. You know? Uh, well I knew where I was sleeping most of the nights anyway. Um, but it was just, it was just a relief actually, you know, it’s like, f**k, finally I can get this s**t over with and I couldn’t stay awake, man. I couldn’t like, I was like this, I just kept falling asleep cause it was like, that’s all I wanted to do is just go to sleep. I’ve been up for like three days Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min
  2. 14| On Hitting Rock Bottom and Rising Again, "No Where To Go But Up" Host Sean Dustin (part 1)

    06/01/2020

    14| On Hitting Rock Bottom and Rising Again, "No Where To Go But Up" Host Sean Dustin (part 1)

    Sean Dustin is the writer, producer, and host of the podcast "No Where To Go But Up".In part 1 of this 2-part interview, Sean shares his wild story that begins with getting expelled from elementary school and ends with going to prison.  Show Notes Follow Sean on Instagram No Where To Go But Up Podcast Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn: [00:00:00] Hello. Hello everybody. A guest today. He had a time where he hit rock bottom like many of us, and he has turned that around and become a huge success story. We’re gonna learn about all of that and more, uh, is coming up. We’ve got the host, creator and writer of the “No Where To Go But Up” podcasts with Sean Dustin. Give it up for my friend Sean Dustin. So what’s up man? How you doing? Sean Dustin: [00:00:24] I’m doing well. You gave me a lot of credit. Uh, a little bit too much, cause, uh, I definitely don’t write a whole lot of anything Brian Schoenborn: [00:00:32] in writing is, it’s proverbial, right? I mean, you know, I’d be, the way I see, I’m writing a book right now about my own story, right? But I actually record it. I’m actually making a podcast version of it first. So it’s more of a docudrama narrative kind of thing. And then I take that audio and I transcribe that, and then I turn that into book form. So I’ve actually got a book agent, Sean Dustin: [00:00:52] uh, Brian Schoenborn: [00:00:53] waiting for me as she’s collecting the chapters and we’re working on, you know, negotiating, uh, Sean Dustin: [00:00:59] you Brian Schoenborn: [00:00:59] know, distributor deals, publisher deals. Sean Dustin: [00:01:01] Um, but I’m doing that basically by telling my story. Brian Schoenborn: [00:01:04] So, I mean, I guess I’m a writer too, Sean Dustin: [00:01:05] technically, but Brian Schoenborn: [00:01:06] how much f*****g writing am I actually doing? You know, it’s all coming out of my mouth. Sean Dustin: [00:01:11] I don’t know. Shoot, shoot, shoot me your agent’s contact because that’s the key. That’s the kind of book I need to write. And I got about three of them within my, within my story itself. Right. Um, there’s offshoots to all the different, like smaller subs. Set of stories that came from that crazy ass l Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 25m
  3. 13| Travel and Safety in the Time of Coronavirus, LostXpat Host Bert Diggs

    05/04/2020

    13| Travel and Safety in the Time of Coronavirus, LostXpat Host Bert Diggs

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    1h 17m
  4. 12| From Zero to One Billion: Bhavit Sheth, Co-Founder/COO of Sports Unicorn Dream11.com

    04/20/2020

    12| From Zero to One Billion: Bhavit Sheth, Co-Founder/COO of Sports Unicorn Dream11.com

    Bhavit Sheth is a co-founder and COO of one of the world’s newest unicorns, Dream11.com. This India-based tech startup, valued at over a billion dollars, has cornered the Indian market on fantasy sports, beginning with cricket’s Indian Premier League and has grown to include the NBA, NFL, EPL, La Liga, NHL, and many more to become India’s biggest fantasy sports platform. We're talking all of the plus the effect of COVID-19 on sports. Show Notes Follow Bhavit on LinkedIn Dream11.com Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn  0:01  Hello, Hello Hey everybody. Our guest today is calling in from the other side of the world. We’re all staying at home and joining us quarantine COVID-19 Coronavirus. He’s calling in from Bombay, India. He’s actually one of the co founders, one of the two co founders of one of the world’s newest unicorns. So tech startup valued at over a billion dollars. Based in India, he’s got a pretty cool story behind that. And we’ve got some similar roots as well. So before, before we get into it, give it up my friend Bob sharp. My name is Brian Shin born. I’m an explorer people, places and culture. In my travels spanning over 20 countries across four continents, I’ve had the pleasure of engaging and authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories on location and unfiltered presented by 8B Media. This is have to see.   Brian Schoenborn  1:09  What’s up, man. How you doing? I see you holding up over there.   Bhavit Sheth  1:13  Hey, thanks, Ben for that intro. Yeah, it’s a tough time. It’s your time but holding up well,   Brian Schoenborn  1:20  it’s crazy, right? I mean, I just I just, you know, I feel like I remember the beginning of the year when think when I started coming from China, I just you know, okay, who knows what it’s gonna be, but we knew it was gonna start spreading. But it feels like like it didn’t really hit at least in America until about a month ago. Like that’s when it really started taking off. And it went from like, life as usual to like every day as an eternity. Like a bit of lockdown for like a year. How’s it going over there, man? What’s going on in India with it?   Bhavit Sheth  1:54  Yes, it is if it has affected a lot, but I was actually supposed to be in China. In January, I’ll ruin Yeah. All all bookings on everything. And then, you know, my brother being a doctor obviously had some early information on the entire Coronavirus situation and something that was developing in China. So he told me that it’s best not to go there. It’s best to avoid going to China.   Brian Schoenborn  2:22  So you’re in Florida before they shut the country down then.   Bhavit Sheth  2:25  Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min
  5. 11| On Growth, Leadership, and Business: Warrior Rising Chief of Staff Ken Vennera

    03/30/2020

    11| On Growth, Leadership, and Business: Warrior Rising Chief of Staff Ken Vennera

    Ken Vennera is a man of many hats.Wharton educated, corporate lawyer, and mentor, he is also involved with Warrior Rising as Chief of Staff — a veteran nonprofit that helps veteran entrepreneurs get off the ground and positioned for success. Show Notes For more: LinkedIn | Warrior Rising | Operation Homefront | Vets2Industry Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn  0:01   Hello, hello. Hey everybody. Our guest today is a man of many hats. Wharton educated. He’s a lawyer, also involved with Warrior Rising as Chief of Staff, veteran nonprofit that helps veteran entrepreneurs get off the ground and get to where they need to be. Give it up for my friend, Ken Vennera. Brian Schoenborn  0:25   My name is Brian Schoenborn. I’m an explorer of people, places and culture. In my travels, spanning over 20 countries across four continents, I’ve had the pleasure of engaging in authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories, on location and unfiltered. Presented by 8B Media, this is Half the City. Brian Schoenborn  0:52   So what’s up, Ken, how’s it going?  Ken Vennera  0:54   Much Brian, thanks for having me on the show.  Brian Schoenborn  0:56   Yeah, no problem, man. So listeners where we’re sitting You’re on location in Philadelphia, beautiful Philadelphia Ken Vennera  1:03   City of Brotherly Love.  Brian Schoenborn  1:04   That’s right. And we are. We’re in the peak of the coronavirus madness, but we’re not going to talk about it. We’re going to give you guys something else to talk about. Ken Vennera  1:14   Thank you. Brian Schoenborn  1:14   Yes. So can tell me a little bit. Um, one of the things I like to do is kind of discuss origin stories a little bit.  Ken Vennera  1:22   Sure.  Brian Schoenborn  1:22   You know, how people that have been that have seen a lot of success and things like that, how they got to where they, where they got, so maybe you could maybe you could start with like, just a little, maybe a little bit more of an in depth intro than what I provided, what you’re up to. And then we can go back and like kind of dig in like how you got from point A to point B? Ken Vennera  1:40   Sure. Sounds good. So I as you mentioned, I have a bachelor’s degree from the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania, my undergrad, for that. I have a law degree, JD, from Widener University School of Law, which Used to be the Delaware School of Law, and also have a master’s degree in law in taxation from Villanova University.  Brian Schoenborn  2:07   Oh, wow, okay. Yeah, a lot, a lot of time in class. Ken Vennera  2:10   a lot of time in school for sure, for sure, much too much time as my grandmother would probably. I’ve been involved in a lot of veteran nonprofit space. You know, we could talk about that a little bit later, if you like, as well. But, you know, currently Chief of Staff with Warrior Rising. A super, super organization that, as you mentioned, you know, helps veterans who a Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 2m
  6. 10| On Embracing the Journey: Journalist and 6-time Beijing Boxing Champ Nick Bedard

    03/24/2020

    10| On Embracing the Journey: Journalist and 6-time Beijing Boxing Champ Nick Bedard

    Nick Bedard embraces the journey.From using guerrilla journalism tactics to get his NBA credentials, to becoming a Chinese culture reporter and 6-time Beijing city boxing champion, to returning home and attempting a start-up, he shares his stories and lessons learned along the way. Show Notes Follow Nick on Instagram | LinkedIn Basketball Buddha  Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn  0:01   Hello, hello. Hey everyone. Our guest today has embraced the journey. He’s man whose explored very many parts of the world and done some pretty incredible things, including his time since I’ve known him in Beijing as the six-time Beijing city boxing champion. He also got to start as an NBA journalist in Korea, I think he covered the Korean basketball league as well. Meanwhile, as boxing city champion six times, he moonlighted as a Chinese propagandist, or journalist or journalist with a white face. Give it up for my friend Nick the Quantum Beast Bedard. Brian Schoenborn  0:51   My name is Brian Schoenborn. I’m an explorer, people, places and culture. In my travels spreading over 20 countries across four continents, I’ve had the pleasure of engaging in authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories, on location and unfiltered. Presented by 8B Media. This is Half the City. Nick Bedard  1:18   Thanks for having me on Brian. I’m happy to be here. I’m happy to share I’m happy to share the journey. Like you said I do embrace the journey. The destination is important but the the mass emphasis of my you know, lifestyle and so on has been the journey time and time again and we’re going to talk about a few of those journeys today. So thank you very much. I hope this is going to be you know, entertaining. If not, you know, if you learn anything from it, that’s great. But I’m here to share my story because that’s what this podcast…right. Brian Schoenborn  1:56   I’m coming back off from a brief hiatus. I had to take a little bit of break due to some family emergencies. But I’m posting up in the studio right now in Hollywood. A nice little spot. And we’re doing this one remote baby. Nick’s hanging out. Where are you? Where are you at? Are you in Montreal? Or?  Nick Bedard  2:14   I’m in Toronto, Canada.  Brian Schoenborn  2:15   Toronto. Right? Okay. Right on man. So, what brings you to Toronto? What What do you mean? What are you doing back there now?  Nick Bedard  2:22   Well, this is home for me. So after almost a decade of you know, traveling and and, you know, fulfilling journeys that I’ve always wanted to fulfill, I finally come back to my home base and used all of the knowledge used all of the experience to establish the career that I’m doing now, which I’m super excited about. I don’t want to spoil it right away. I guess we could start with kind of what brought me to Asia in the first place, because that’s kind of where the journey all began.  Brian Schoenborn  2:52   And so you said you spent what, like 10 years in Asia roughly. Nick Bedard  2:56   In nearly a decade, yes. Brian Schoenborn  2:58   So how do you make a decision to go from Canada, you know, Western, Western culture, you know Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 13m
  7. 9| On Being Black, Gay, and Over the Top in America, Norman J. Liverpool IV

    03/16/2020

    9| On Being Black, Gay, and Over the Top in America, Norman J. Liverpool IV

    Norman J. Liverpool IV is an entrepreneur and speaker, with a passion for spreading awareness for the LGBTQ+ community and the issues that community faces.He's also the creator of a signature mentorship and coaching program designed for that same LGBTQ+ community called Over the Top Living. Prior to accomplishing so much not only for himself, but others as well, Norman left his home in Chicago and relocated to Las Vegas in 2007, that he began his journey to finding himself. By 2008, this journey led him to the realization that he was gay. Then identifying as a gay black man, he would spend the next several years in and out of varying versions of himself. This process has spanned for over 15 years. We're here to talk quite a bit about that. Show Notes Follow Norman on Instagram | Facebook Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn  0:01   Hello, hello. Hey everybody. Our guest today is an entrepreneur and speaker, the passion for spreading awareness for the LGBTQ plus community and the issues that community faces. He’s also the creator of a signature mentorship and coaching program designed for that same LGBTQ plus community called over the top living prior to accomplishing so much not only for himself, but others as well. Norman left his home in Chicago and relocated to Las Vegas during this time in 2007, that he began his journey to finding himself by 2008. This journey led him to the realization that he was gay. Then identifying as a gay black man, he would spend the next several years in and out of varying versions of himself. This process has spanned for over 15 years. We’re here to talk quite a bit about that. Give it up for my friend, Norman J. Liverpool, the fourth. Brian Schoenborn  0:55   My name is Brian Schoenborn. I’m an explorer of people, places and culture. In my travels spanning over 20 countries across four continents, I’ve had the pleasure of engaging in authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories on location and unfiltered presented by 8B Media. This is Half the City. Brian Schoenborn  1:21   What’s up, man? How you doing, Norman? Norman J. Liverpool IV  1:23   I’m good as another day in paradise, that’s for sure. Brian Schoenborn  1:25   Another Day in Paradise. You are absolutely right, man. Now, I gotta tell you, man, I’ve so I’ve known you for quite some time. What is like, 10? Norman J. Liverpool IV  1:33   Yeah, we met we met back in ’08. Brian Schoenborn  1:36   yeah. 2008 That’s right. You know, when I first saw you talking about what you’re up to now, I got…Well, I was really interested, of course, but I was also really, really impressed with how far you’ve come in the last, you know, 12, 12-plus years. You know, it’s really inspiring, you see, to see people growing and changing like that, you know, like, like the way I see things is everyone’s kind of a collection of our moments, right, where and how we respond to it. So everyone’s unique, you know, 8 billion people, which is why I named my company 8B Media, and everyone’s got a story and everyone’s perspectives and frameworks and everything like that are all unique to their experiences. So I’m interested, if you can kind of tell me how, how you went from Northern Liverpool, coworker, to kind of to discovering that you’re a black gay man, and then kind of coming into Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 2m
  8. 8| Superstar Recording Artist & Global Entrepreneur DJ Chozie Ma

    01/27/2020

    8| Superstar Recording Artist & Global Entrepreneur DJ Chozie Ma

    DJ Chozie Ma is the top selling EDM artist in China and Taiwan. Chozie, an Australian by birth, has spent over 22 years in Beijing, building the EDM scene from scratch, beginning with clubs and albums, as well as partnering with the man behind the music at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, to VVIP travel experiences, interactive domes, and organic skincare line Greenerways Organic. Show Notes Greenerways Organic Follow Chozie on Instagram | Facebook | WeChat "One Night in Beijing" (feat. Peyton) Video Theme music by: Ruel Morales Audio Transcript Brian Schoenborn  0:01   Hello, hello. Hey everybody. Our guest today is, he’s had a pretty epic life. Let’s put it that way. Truly a man of many hats from being the top selling electronic music DJ in both Taiwan and China, to owning some of the top clubs in Asia, as well as an expert, top of his game with vvip experiences. We’re going to get into all of that stuff, as well as some other stuff that he’s got going on. This dude’s got so much stuff happening. It’s kind of hard to wrap our arms around all of it. We’re going to dive in as much as we can. So give it up for my friend, Chozie Ma. Brian Schoenborn  0:41   My name is Brian Schoenborn. I’m an explorer of people, places and culture. In my travels, spanning over 20 countries across four continents, I’ve had the pleasure of engaging in authentic conversations with amazingly interesting people. These are their stories, on location and unfiltered. Presented by 8B Media, this is Half the City. Chozie Ma  1:09   What’s up? How you doing?  Brian Schoenborn  1:11   Good, man. How are you?  Chozie Ma  1:12   Happy to be here in LA. Brian Schoenborn  1:13   Dude, I’m so happy to see you, man. It’s been it’s been a minute, man.  Chozie Ma  1:16   Yea, totally.  Brian Schoenborn  1:17   Yeah. So guys, so first, let me take it back. We’re having a little bit of technical difficulties. We’re going mano today. We’re improvising, adapting and overcoming. My, one of my dongles for my mic broke. So we’ve got one mic instead of two. No big deal. We just f*****g roll with it. Right? So you might be hearing some background noise and stuff like that some cars going by or whatever, here and there. We’re actually on location in Venice, Venice Beach, California. We’re actually 100 yards from the beach.  Chozie Ma  1:42   You can see the beach.  Brian Schoenborn  1:43   You can see the beach.  Chozie Ma  1:44   Yeah, it’s sweet. Brian Schoenborn  1:45   We’re right here. Chozie’s in LA for business.  Chozie Ma  1:50   Business and play.  Brian Schoenborn  1:51   It just so happened that Chozie saw one of the first episodes out and I’m like, dude, I haven’t seen I haven’t talked to this guy like a year and I’m like, and he’s like, yo, f****n A. He liked it on my WeChat the Chinese social media, Chinese Facebook, whatever you wanna call it, like, dud Get full access to 8B Media at 8bmedia.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 23m
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    2019 - 2020
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