Eric Wei ( @erictway ) is the Co Founder of Karat Financial, A company that helps creators and influencers with their very own credit card, taxes, and bookkeeping. The company has raised over $30M from from Union Square Ventures and Y Combinator, and previous founders/CEOs from Twitch, Twitter, and YouTube. Before Founding Karat, he worked at Instagram and Facebook, and graduated from Harvard University. In this podcast, we go over why formal education (and a perfect SAT score) doesn't translate well to the real world, how his competitiveness formed due to a lack of validation, learning to untie your self worth to external accomplishments, improving communication skills and making friends, and why he started his financial company.
David de las Morenas ( @howtobeast ) is an entrepreneur and YouTuber with over 1.2 million subscribers. He is the founder of the "EDGE" clothing line, the Beastly Fitness App, and now, GAINS CLUB fitness supplements. In this podcast, we go over his early days with Computer Science (and what that taught him), the importance of building wealth slowly, keeping your passion going even after you reach success, tips for improving on YouTube, losing relatability, the pros and cons of self improvement's new popularity, traditional Masculinity vs modern Masculinity, and much more...
Follow David here:
https://youtube.com/howtobeast
https://instagram.com/howtobeast
Amir Odom (@amirxodom) is a public speaker committed to providing objective truth, and giving people the tools they need to rationally share their opinion. He initially started to gain traction for his more conservative takes on his instagram, which eventually led to him meeting President Trump, and participating in a Prager U video on YouTube that now has over a million views, which might surprise many of you since he is both black and gay. But only a couple years ago, Amir was the complete opposite. He was a very left leaning, BLM supporter who had his world shaken up after just a few instances in his life.
Today, I talk to him about:
His upbringing and how his failed suicide attempts changed him
What made him start leaning more towards the conservative side of the political spectrum
How he has handled criticism throughout his life
Why critical thinking is dying
Why I disagree with some of his political beliefs
My New Podcast YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thehastingsharvest
Matt Vs Japan is a YouTuber and Cofounder of the Refold website, a language learning roadmap that teaches people how to make language fluency straightforward, fast and fun. His YouTube channel consists of interviews and tutorials on how to master learning any language, but specifically as his name might suggest, the japanese language. He has now achieved near native level fluency in Japanese using his teaching methods, one of which includes simply just watching anime.
In this podcast, we talk about:
Follow Matt:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MATTvsJapan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mattvsjapan
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mattvsjapan_/?hl=e
TheTalentlessWriter is an animation YouTuber with over 345,000 subscribers. He has been making animation videos for 6 years on his channel, where he makes short storytime/trending comedy related videos.
In this podcast, we talk about:
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Hamza Ahmed (@hamza97x) is a YouTuber, Entrepreneur and self-proclaimed Cult Leader who has amassed over 385,000 subscribers on his YouTube channel. His story of self improvement and getting into YouTube is strikingly similar to mine, but the way in which he conducts his teachings can be described as….polarizing.
In this podcast, we go over:
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R.C. Waldun is a writer and YouTuber with 195,000+ subscribers. In his videos, he shares insights on storytelling, creativity, reading and writing. I stumbled upon his videos one day through YouTube recommended, and decided to reach out to him to join me in a podcast episode. In this episode, we go over:
- His beef with waking up at 5am
- The disconnect between YouTubers and their audience
- Journaling tactics to improve your storytelling
- Why getting your heart broken is one of the best things you can do
Find R.C. here:
https://www.youtube.com/c/RCWaldun
https://www.instagram.com/r.c.waldun/
To get the vegan supplements I mentioned, click this link:https://bit.ly/3MCmxiU
And use code "COLE10" at checkout for 10% off
Pat McAuley is a vegan triathlete and entrepreneur based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is most commonly known for his ted talk titled “A Plant Based Diet Changed My Life”, which has been viewed over 1 million times on YouTube. He now runs an all vegan pub in Boston called "Plant Pub" which is designed around the casual, laid back vibes of a pub, but with a vegan spin (which you rarely ever see), and hosts a podcast called the “Eat Green Make Green” podcast. In this podcast, we talk about
Show notes:
Follow Pat: @eatgreenmakegreen
Best website to educate yourself on veganism: https://nutritionfacts.org/
Jordan Welch is a 23 year old entrepreneur, digital marketer, and YouTuber. He has built many dropshipping businesses over the years and now makes over $100,000 a month. Jordan also documents his dropshipping/entrepreneurial journey on his YouTube channel, where he has many helpful videos for those looking to get started with this type of business.
In this podcast, we go over:
- His first entrepreneurial ventures as a 12 year old
- Why he started his YouTube
- His daily routine
- How lifting weights relates to business (and why he’s plant based)
- The core principles of standing out in dropshipping
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Adam Kellerman is a digital artist, entrepreneur, videographer, photographer, and creative. He is someone who I met through Nick Ciavarella who has already been on this podcast. Adam owns the sneakershop the cellar in Buffalo NY and also runs his own studio called project 816 which he rents out to people looking to do videography and photography work.
In this podcast, we go over:
Follow Adam and his studio:
@akxadam
@project.816
Nikhil Pandey, also known as “Captain Sinbad” online, is an actor, YouTuber, and cinematographer. Nikhil is a man I’ve looked up to for a very long time in the self help YouTube space, and has been the source of a lot of inspiration for me. His channel boasts 400,000+ subscribers and has some of the best cinematography work not just in the self help niche, but all of YouTube. Nikhil makes both comedy skits, as well as more serious personal development videos.
In this podcast, we talk about:
Follow Nikhil here:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/captainsinbad
Instagram: https://instagram.com/nrajapandey
Website: https://captainsinbad.com
Brian Turner is a vegan bodybuilder, YouTuber, and my internet "father". He is someone I've looked up to since the very start of my content creation journey, and he's been there to support me even when my brand was very small. Finally, I was able to meet with him in person when we stayed in an Airbnb together in his hometown of San Diego, California, and it was an incredible time. This is part 1 of a two part podcast. Part 2 can only be accessed on my Patreon (https://patreon.com/colehastings), a platform where I'm putting out exclusive content that can't be found anywhere else, as well as giving 1 on 1 advice.
In part 1 of this podcast, we go over:
- Why he went vegan, what he eats and why he tends to stay away from fats
- What skinny fat people should do to build muscle and lose fat
- The optimal training split
- Social media advice for beginners
- How the law of attraction ACTUALLY works
Follow Brian:
YouTube: https://youtube.com/humerusfitness
Instagram: https://instagram.com/brianturnerofficial
It's very rare for me to be able to get the chance to talk with someone with a near death experience. On today's podcast, I was fortunate enough to do just that. Ferdinand Beck is a vegan content creator who is one of the OG's in the field. He's one of the first people I followed on Instagram when I was getting into the social media game. This podcasts features loads of valuable topics, including:
- How German vegan bodybuilders 7 years ago got him into veganism
- His completely transparent experience with Psychedelics (you'll see what I mean when you listen)
- His near death experience when he ruptured his appendix and the incredible story that took place to barely stay alive
- His current outlook on social media and "following his highest excitement"
Follow Ferdinand here: Instagram: @vegainstrength, @vegains, @vegainsfood
Today features a "two guests in one" podcast with Alexander Harold (@creativeconnect)
and Michael James (@ogmichealjames). Alexander is a videographer and photographer
who runs his own visual art business, and Michael James runs a men's fashion
brand called "organic gentlemen". They also co founded "Hike and meditate",
a brand dedicated to helping others connect with nature and recenter themselves through (as the name
suggests) hiking and meditating. This podcast includes many extremely important topics, including:
How to network and get over social anxiety
How Alexander and Michael started their brands and businesses
The power of meditation and becoming more spiritual
What white privilege looks like (and what we can do to reduce the amount of hate
in America towards African Americans).
Today features an in person podcast with a friend of mine, Austin Barker. He is a rapper/singer who is part of the hip hop group "Spacebound", which started here in Buffalo, NY. In this podcast, we talk about how his childhood and family influenced him to become a rapper, how he's developed his craft over time, how he developed a mindset that let's him achieve anything, and other topics on personal development.
Listen to Hooly:
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/hooly/1477086901
https://open.spotify.com/artist/4dfybogAIqMmJIKL3W3pzw
Today's podcast features Stefan Gerbl (@satisforest on instagram). Stefan is a content creator, entrepreneur, and naturopathy advocate who coaches people through optimizing both their body and mind. His focus on holistic and vegan practices separates him from a lot of other "fitness coaches" and his approach is very unique, which makes him one of the best.
In this podcast, we talk about his battle with lyme disease (and how he overcame it), his self help journey, and how he maintains his online business.
For more info on this episode and others: https://seasonedtofu.com/podcast
Today's episode with Miles Kasiri (aka @healthycrazycool on Instagram and YouTube) is one of the most moving and inspirational stories we've had on this podcast so far. Miles started his life as a tennis prodigy, training alongside people like Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova. He was then forced to give up tennis entirely due to a terrible shoulder injury. His whole identity was shattered. In this podcast, we go over how he got through this dark time and how he completely reinvented himself by becoming a vegan nutritionist and starting on online brand.
Today is a very special episode. Today I am joined by Daniel Bonilla, otherwise known as "Neftali" in the rap group "Freak The Miighty". Freak The Miighty is a 4-man Hip Hop/RnB group consisting of Neftali, SusKingBrad, KarmaBeads, and Namic. It was formed a couple years back in my hometown of Buffalo NY, and I've been friends with all the guys in the group for years now. In this podcast Daniel and I go over how the group was formed, their process for performing at venues, viral twitter videos, and why COVID and lockdown has been a blessing for creatives. The video version of this interview is available at https://youtube.com/colehastings .
Listen To Freak The Miighty:
https://soundcloud.com/freakthemiighty
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/freak-the-miighty/1473937820
https://open.spotify.com/artist/798AqYvMCDLqbim4TEfiTz
Follow Freak The Miighty:
Twitter and Instagram: @Freakthemiighty
