COFFEE CULTURE with Holly Shannon Holly Shannon

Company culture was a hot topic in 2020 due to the worldwide work from home the pandemic imposed on us. My show was born into that conversation. Enter Seth Godin and his book, ‘This is Marketing’. He said one line that shifted the axis of my show from conversations about company culture from the C suite to emerging leaders. 
What was that line? Culture is strategy. 
Since entire companies conducted business in their kitchens, the rise of no b******t work life balance was not just important, but critical. This impacted the growing mental health issues that piggybacked the pandemic. Now we find ourselves with many conversations from quiet quitting to what  leadership can be. Can we shift more than the narrative and create the best job you ever had? 
Seth Godin is the author of 21 international bestsellers that have changed the way people think about work. His latest book, and soon to be his 22nd bestseller, is The Song of Significance. 
Godin writes one of the most popular marketing blogs in the world, and two of his TED talks are among the most popular of all time. He is the founder of the altMBA, the social media pioneer with Squidoo, and Yoyodyne, one of the first internet companies.
At this critical juncture in business and culture, I'm excited to have THE Seth Godin on my show.  Join me, as he ushers in powerful lessons for business in The Song of Significance. 

Gregory Lay is an Actor, Writer, Producer and Small Business Owner. He was raised in a New Jersey suburb right outside of New York City. He attended Boston University Film School and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in NYC. He’s appeared in numerous TV shows such as Law and Order SVU and Person of Interest and worked in feature films alongside Matt Damon and Richard Masur. He has written a dozen commercials and two feature films, Lonely Boys and Hudson currently available everywhere. He writes, produces and stars in his own TV show Greg in LA which has been in development across social media platforms. He also owns one of the most successful up and coming cheesecake companies, East Side Cheesecakes which he started in 2020 when the world shut down. He works and lives in Los Angeles, CA

Sean Daniel Cunningham is an award winning writer and director of commercials and films. A New York native living in Los Angeles, his work is defined by its subtle comedy and huge heart.
Sean was nominated for a Young Director Award at Cannes Lions. His short film, This is When We Met, was featured on tastemakers Short of the Week and the Oscar-qualifying Festival, Hollyshorts.
Sean’s feature film Hudson, a dramedy starring Richard Masur, is streaming on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.
He's currently working on a dramedy series, Greg in LA, which recently caught some attention after going viral on social media.

Little fact: Sean is a singer songwriter too. @Lonesomemotel on Instagram. It has a Lumineers or Mumford & Son vibe. Go listen!

Do you continue to submit your music to commercials or movies?
Your music is in Hudson, will you try to feature your music in all of your movies?

How did you start in film?

Let's talk about Greg in LA, my new favorite bingeable series. I had Gregory on my show. You and he have an incredible chemistry working together. You shoot spontaneously, sometimes several episodes at a time. You start with an idea that he finishes and vice versa. That's rare in the business wouldn't you say?

What would be a dream project you could create?

Season 3 is coming soon. How is Greg evolving in this one?

Will we ever meet Beth or will she forever be a figment of our imagination?

Coco Nelson is a Trauma Therapist & Somatic Healer. She is the founder of The Evolved Therapist and the movement into transformational therapeutic experiences. Coco is passionate about changing the process of healing and being “the other option.” Disrupting the traditional therapy model and redesigning the healing process with more emphasis on in person experiential transformation & modalities that use the body to heal the mind. By transitioning into the healing field Coco has been able to teach, speak and lead others using her podcast, creating masterclasses, self led healing courses, retreats, and healing groups that support you in the moment versus just in one hour every week.
Whether it's through her “What's the missing link: how your shadow is secretly controlling your life” quiz which can transform the way you look at your most frustrating behaviors or whether it’s leading an international retreat with a group of women here to connect, heal and finally release; Coco is shifting the way we heal.

Topics:
1. Our innate need for connection, tribal times , now and post pandemic.
2. Fitting in versus belonging
3. Comparison
4. Toxic Friendships
5. Why we shouldn't keep up with the Kardashians
6. Raising the next generation

Hiromi Okuyama was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She is a Content Creator, Martial Artist (5th Degree Black Belt, teaching Karate for 30 years) and Actress. She was also the CLUBHOUSE (Social Audio App) ICON from December to February 2023.

Hiromi is passionate about short form video content creation. As an actress since her teens, she has primarily worked on commercials and has been featured in many large company advertisements such as Walmart, Scotiabank, Pizza Hut, Nortel, McDonalds, Tim Hortons, Future Shop and much more. Working in commercials has helped her know how to be effective in Short Form Videos. Her main social media platform is TikTok, where she has over 200k supporters and her branded hashtag is at over 40 million views. She creates fun “Mom Acting Challenges” and has followers from around the world, who do her acting scenes.

Hiromi frequently Hosts and Moderates panels on CLUBHOUSE, the popular Social Audio App and is an early adopter (volunteer) as well as a Beta Tester (volunteer) for their new features.

In 2021, Hiromi started her own online e-commerce store hiromiokuyama.com with Merch inspired by her supporters and also featuring her Father’s famous calligraphy, continuing a legacy of her cultural heritages.

1. Coffee meetup on Clubhouse, starting merely as avatars!
2. Short-term video on TikTok and Instagram
3. Community based Houses in the Clubhouse App
4. Knowing your audience to understand how the help them find you
5. Owning your audience with email and using profile pics for branding
6. Martial arts, her father is a high ranking karate master
7. Being a teacher and empowering kids through the martial arts
8. Respecting boundaries
9. Store with merchandise and shifting to use the famous calligraphy from her father
10. How we are raised, the differences between Gen Z and Gen X
11. Pivoting and shifting to grow
12. Mental health and periods
13. Social barometer
14. Learning from our mistakes
15. Imposter syndrome, narcissist, having a therapist
16. Choosing how to promote yourself and with whom

During the past decade Jeff Gordinier has covered the world of food — as a reporter for The New York Times from 2011 to 2016, and as the food & drinks editor of Esquire magazine from 2016 until 2021.
Over the years he has also covered movies, music, poetry, and politics — and has contributed to publications such as Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Outside, Elle, Fast Company, Details, Travel + Leisure, Departures, Breathe, Real Simple, Air Mail, the Los Angeles Times, and the website of the Poetry Foundation.
Jeff is the author, most recently, of the 2019 book Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World, a portrait of chef René Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen.
He has appeared in the Jeong Kwan episode of the Netflix series Chef’s Table — an episode that won a James Beard Foundation award in 2018 — and in Phil Rosenthal's Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil. 
Jeff has taught food writing at Drexel University in Philadelphia, has curated culinary and literary events for the Kaatsbaan cultural center in New York's Hudson Valley, has published (with co-editor Marc Weingarten) a collection of essays about women in music (2015's Here She Comes Now), and is currently developing projects for television. 

He lives close to the Hudson River with his wife, Lauren Fonda, and his four children. 

1. Cooking, music and Spotify playlists
2. Reading on phones vs real books, is tech creating addicts?
3. Writer's block, creative processes and connection
4. Sober curious
5. Noma's non-alcoholic drinks
6. Recommendations from an Esquire Magazine critic
7. Roma is closing!
8. Seemingly impossible pop-up in Mexico
9. Quit while you're ahead
10. Anxiety with travel for a travel writer!
11. No one is hungry forever
12. Co-creator of Billions and Ocean's 13, Brian Koppelman, book clubs, and trying to read the classics! Catch is hot list below.

Jeff's list of books for you!
fiction:
Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro
The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon
Suzanne & Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nichols
Less by Andrew Sean Greer
Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong
Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
True Grit by Charles Portis
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead
No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte

nonfiction:
Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux
Stay True by Hua Hsu
How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith

poetry:
Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros
Skeletons by Deborah Landau
Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove
What Is This Thing Called Love by Kim Addonizio
Song of Songs by Sylvie Baumgartel
The Dream of Reason by Jenny George
Beyond Belief by John Koethe