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Frank King: The Mental Health Comedian with a Mission

Meet Frank King, the “Mental Health Comedian” and a 6-time TEDx speaker with a knack for turning personal pain into powerful comedy. Frank’s journey to the stage started young; by age 5, he already dreamed of becoming a comedian. After graduating from college, he pursued that dream by moving to the West Coast, launching his…

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Keeping ourselves mentally healthy while practically living on the internet / S2 Finale

This episode is the season finale of season two, which is themed around culture from the lens of technology. We had a lot of great guests for this season of the show. Our season finale episode brings the guests back with unreleased footage in a montage-type episode. We answer the question about how we keep…

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Video games and internet culture w/ Trevor Alexander

This episode is about Video Games – bang, boom, pop. Trevor Alexander is a dad, podcaster, and avid gamer. His podcast New Dad Gaming brings all three of those things together. We start with the goods – our favorite video games. Trevor’s favorite game is Starfield which is a space game by Bethesda the makers…

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Sex and porn: the other side of the internet – w/ Josh Shea

Today we are afflicted with a preponderance of media on the internet. From Youtube to TikTok, video has taken over the world wide web and it’s not going away any time soon. The other side of the coin is the porn industry. Originally relegated to VHS or DVD with big companies and professional stars supporting…

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Cultural differences that work for us w/ Rosalinda Gallegos

“As a society, we tend to forget that artists are human beings who have past traumas which if neglected will start to consume you” This can often be linked to the lack of a support system for these issues to be addressed. Having the necessary infrastructure and workforce in mental health and wellness will immensely…

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Building brands and business culture w/ Kyle Duford

It was great that Kyle Duford accepted our invitation to be a guest on Unmotive Show. Kyle is the head of an agency called “The Brand Leader” and he is also a former magazine editor who has also worked for Nike. He spent much of his career focused on e-commerce in the fashion, outdoor, and…

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Coaching & Motivation w/ Ari Gunzburg

Next up we have Ari Gunzburg. Ari is a graphic design director by day and by night he is a motivational speaker and life coach. Graphic design is just to pay the bills, but his real love is speaking. Covid-19 put a damper on his speaking engagements, but he is getting started a’new with his…

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Moving the crowd w/ DJ Jay Hill

To kick of the return of Unmotive Show I want to start with a prequel to the third season. Jay Hill is a DJ and upcoming podcaster. He was nice enough to record an episode for Unmotive Show. So far he has a few episodes recorded but not released for his show Weekly Ingance. We…

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Episode 9: Sani Momoh on Juneteenth, technology in social work and online news

In light of Juneteenth we have a special episode with Sani Momoh a social worker in the San Jose Bay Area. We the topic of social injustice with technology as a bridging topic. Not only do we talk about online news media as it relates to social injustice but we include a segment on the…

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Episode 8: Ryan Matthew, Working Remotely and The New Normal

Ryan Matthew is a partner and co-founding member of Neuron, a UX Design and strategy consultancy in San Francisco. He has been working remotely for years with Neuron and since operations have moved to fully remote because of the Covid-19 Pandemic he has great insights into the current shelter-in-place order which required many businesses to…

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