Life Done Different Nate Wang

As I’m planning for this holiday season, I realized we’re living in incredible times. I can go online and order just about anything imaginable and have it delivered to my door in two days. It’s like magic. 
 
But I know that there a lot of wheels in motion behind the scenes that make the magic possible and this week, I got interested in 18 of them in particular. 
 
What I’m talking about is trucking. It’s an industry that I knew little about, and it turns out that its more than just an industry, it’s a lifestyle. 
 
I’m joined today by Salena Lettera (@SalenaLettera). Salena and her fiancee, Ed, have been living that lifestyle together for over 10 years and today Salena shares what it’s like to live life on the road. 
 
We cover just about everything imaginable from her favorite things to haul, to the colorful vocabulary, pet peeves of other drives and pay scale. 
 
So i invite you to come along for the ride and enjoy this look into the trucking lifestyle with Salena Lettera. 

When it comes to dream jobs, I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone in saying that I’d love to be Anthony Bourdain. Think about it. He travels the world, experiences cultures through food and shares it with us. What’s not to love? 
 
But rather than dream about the job, our guest this week made it a reality. I’m joined by Matt Goulding (@mdgoulding). He’s half of the founding team behind roadsandkingdoms.com, an award winning travel journalism site and the publishing partner behind Explore Parts Unknown, the digital home for Bourdain’s hit CNN TV Show. 
 
Matt is a traveler, a food-lover and one of my favorite authors on both topics. We sat down today to talk about Matt's winding path, from cooking aboard boats in Patagonia to landing a job as food editor at Men’s Health and penning the prolific Eat This, Not That book series, to ultimately where he is today, turning travel, eating, drinking and writing into a living. 
 
Given the popularity of travel and food writing these days, I wanted to ask Matt what it is that sets Roads and Kingdoms apart and if in fact it is possible to still make money in publishing, an industry that on paper, seems to be struggling. 
 
This hour flew by and left me hungry for more. I think you’ll feel the same. Please enjoy this conversation with Matt Goulding. 

Becoming a parent may be one of the largest decisions we can make in our lives. But how do you approach that decision if you know the child isn't going to be yours? 
 
To help us answer this question, we’re joined by Corinne Ostrich. She’s a mother of two and she’s also a surrogate mother. In fact she’s about to embark on the surrogacy journey for the third time. 
 
Today, Corinne shares her insight into this complex topic and answers questions like, is this a profession, how do you explain being a surrogate to your own children, do you experience postpartum depression and what does your relationship with the intended family look like after the child’s birth?
 
So let’s dive in to hear Corinne’s answers to these questions and more, as she talks about her experience as a surrogate. 

We're taking this week off from publishing a full episode in order to celebrate Thanksgiving. In the spirit of the holiday, I wanted to say that I'm incredibly thankful for all of you who are Life Done Different listeners. Sharing this podcast with you all is one of the biggest highlights of my year. 
I also want to say a special thank you to everyone who has left a review in iTunes or a comment on the website, including: 
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From fancy tuxedos, to beautiful assistants, vanishing coins and teleporting cards - I’ve always been mesmerized by magic. 
 
But beyond the illusions, one of the things that I find most mysterious about the world of magic, is how polarized it seems. On one side of the spectrum you’ve got magicians working birthday parties, who are often just a few years older than the crowd they’re performing for. Then on the other, you have internationally recognized superstars like David Blaine. But what happened to everyone in the middle? Is this the magic worlds greatest disappearing act, or am I just missing something here? 
 
To help me understand what’s going on behind the scenes in the magic world, I talked with Henok Negash. He’s been a magician for over a decade and while he didn’t divulge any trade secrets, he was very forthcoming in what the life of a working magician is like. We talked about the different types of magic, how much practice goes in to perfecting an illusion, different career opportunities available to magicians and why it is that magic doesn’t get you girls. 
 
So pull up a chair and enjoy this close up show on magic with Henok Negash. 

The phone rings. You pick it up and on the other line you hear a voice that says:
 
“We have your wife and child. You have 24 hours to get us 5 million dollars or else they die.” 
 
What do you do? 
 
I can’t imagine what getting a call like that would feel like, let alone what to do. But for Chris Voss (@VossNegotiation), this would have been just another day in the office. For 24 years, Chris was an FBI hostage negotiator, during 4 of which, he actually lead the bureau as chief international hostage and kidnapping negotiator.
 
I struggle to think of a more high stakes, high stress job, so I wanted to talk to Chris about why he chose this route. Naturally, we talked a lot about negotiation but we also talk about the human element of being a hostage negotiator and like how do you deal with the fact that someones life is in your hands and what happens if you fail? 
 
Aside from the heavy stuff, Chris was also kind enough to indulge me in a negotiation role play and suffice it to say that it did not go how I expected, but perhaps that was to 
 
Knowing Chris’ background made him an intimidating guy to talk to - I was nervous the whole time and felt like he could have picked me apart at any moment had he wanted to. Nevertheless, it was super exhilarating and it changed a lot of what I think about when it comes to negotiations so please enjoy this conversation with Chris Voss.