Welcome to the first ever episode of the #NEXTUP series that explores the best thinkers, leaders, and doers that GenZ has to offer. This is a conversation with Truitt Flink, a rising freshman at Stanford. Truitt’s resume consists of creating and hosting the curiositeen podcast, founding and growing a large youtube channel, living a year abroad in spain, and much much more. Truitt and I talked about the pressure on kids nowadays to specialize, vulnerability as a teenager, finding curiosity, and balancing our lives. This interview is a bunch of firsts for me. It’s the first in-person conversation I have had on this podcast, it’s the first young adult I’ve interviewed, and its the first episode on the #NEXTUP series. I really hope you enjoy and take as much away from this conversation as I did. Without further adieu, here is Truitt Flink.