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Black Box
by Ahmed & Jon
Welcome to Black Box. Hosts Jon Palmieri and Ahmed Shata dive into some commonly spoken-about topics in our social environment and try to understand why things happen the way they do. Black Box topics may be complex or mysterious, but we’ll bring a unique perspective using statistics and stories each episode. Episodes can cover a range of topics from social media trends, relationships and investing. Tune in to listen to two guys in their twenties talk about life.
Episodes
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Goodbye For Now...
This is going to be the last episode of The Black Box Podcast, more of a goodbye than a full episode. The podcast has achieved what it was set out to do. Provide content to anyone, but especially the younger audience via stories and experiences from successful investors, business owners,...
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TikTok Visits Congress
Today on Black Box, we are talking with a previous guest, Juan Tomayo, JD. Last time we spoke about his journey to becoming a lawyer and being in the profession. Now we’re bringing him on to help us discuss the legal aspects of the recent Tik Tok Congress Hearing we’ve all been seeing online. I…
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Adapting to Adulthood During Covid - In Review
Today on Black Box, we sit down with our boy Alberto Monges, an Accountant/Business Analyst. We do cover a bit about the job and work in general but it’s more in regards to adjustment. We talk about the struggles some can go through when adjusting to the adult world, especially during the period...
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2x TEDx?
Today on Black Box, we sit down with Ryan Brady, 2x TEDx speaker who brings a surprising amount of experience to the table for his age. Ryan is Head of Sales @digitalprodigee but his story starts long before that when he was still in high school. A car accident that left him in a coma due to a…
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Spacebar Presser
Today on Black Box, we sit down with a previous Black Box guest from way back, and a great friend, Luca Abatemarco. Don’t worry Luca is on to talk about something entirely different this time! Luca has changed his career path pretty drastically over the past year or so, going from process...
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Corporate Espionage?
Today on Black Box, we sit down with Robert Kerbeck, author of Ruse: Lying the American Dream from Hollywood to Wall Street, which is a detailed memoir about his experience as a corporate spy. Robert started his career as an actor, initially doing stage performances on Broadway, but then moving…
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Have You Actually Experienced a Great Life?
Today on Black Box, we sit down with Scott Smith, Founder of Royal Legal Solutions. Scott has extensive experience an an aggressive litigator prior to starting up his own firm. Royal Legal Solutions specializes in protecting clients’ Real Estate assets throughout the US and Canada. Scott uses his...
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GoldBack
Today on Black Box, we sit down with Jeremy Cordon, Founder of Goldback, which is the world’s first physical, interchangeable, gold money where the value of the mint is in the bill itself. Both Investors and Collectors buy Goldbacks because they are spendable, physical 24k gold bills, each with...
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SEO Optimizers!
Today on Black Box, we chat with an SEO professional that has over 14 years experience in digital marketing and SEO, Brandon Leibowitz. Thanks again for coming on Brandon! Brandon is the Founder & CEO of SEO Optimizers which focuses on helping small and medium-sized businesses get more online...
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WoodallWealthManagement
Today on Black Box, we chat with James Woodall CFP, Founder & CEO of Woodall Wealth Management. James has 10+ years experience in Financial Analysis and Wealth Management, working for Fidelity and other prestigious firms. In 2022 James decided to embark on his own journey, providing Wealth...
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LinkedIn Magic
Today on Black Box, we have Daniel Alfon, a specialist in understating LinkedIn and specifically how to leverage the tool in order to acquire the most impactful connections. During the episode, Daniel shows us a bit of his process when he inspects and offers some improvements to Jon and Ahmed's...
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House Hacker Jack Allweil
Today on Black Box, we have Jack Allweil, a many of many talents to say the least. In this episode we cover a few different topics, but mostly real estate investing as it pertains to the common person trying to invest while still working a day job. Jack is an Actuary by profession, but also a…
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Financial Engineering with J-Town
Today on Black Box, we have on a good friend from college who also happens to be a financial engineer for environmental modeling, Jordan Rothstein. We catch up and discuss how the future of the environment plays into financial engineering, as well as it's future potential in large portfolios. Be...
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Reaching Your Highest Potential
Today on Black Box, we chat with Mark Herschberg about his work educating about reaching your highest potenital in your career. Mark has extensive experience as a Tech/Startup CTO with an education from MIT. From this experience, Mark started sharing how he was able to grow, improve and excel at...
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MasterTalk with Brenden Kumarasamy
Today on Black Box, we chat with Brendan Kumarasamy, an accounting major working at IBM turned career coach and content creator on YouTube. Brenden is the founder of MasterTalk, where he coaches some of the top performers and executives at major companies worldwide on mastering public speaking…
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Alternate Investments with Quest Education
Today on Black Box, we chat with Daniel Blue, owner of Quest Education. Quest Education helps its clients access and make alternative investments to make the most out of their retirement savings. Often, people are restricted to what funds their retirement account provider offers, which consists…
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Infinite Banking and Bananas
Today on Black Box, we chat with Brandon Neely, an entrepreneur and infinite banking enthusiast. Brandon is a podcast host, business advisor/coach and successful entrepreneur that leveraged infinite banking to create cash flow! This is definitely a great episode for anyone who wants to create…
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What Does a Leadership Coach Do?
Today on Black Box, we got to chat with Jerry Fu, a Pharmacist/Manager turned leadership coach who also happens to be a stand up individual. Jerry opens up about his story and really talks us through what was going on in his mind as he was experiencing some turbulence in his career. Fast forward…
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Hivemind
Today on Black Box, we chat with Daniel Martinez, the Founder of Hivemind CRM and the Host of The Hive With Us Podcast Network. We discuss Daniels path to entrepreneurship, which started in Trucking when he went from an employee to a business owner. Daniel then transitioned to Real Estate and...
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D1 Soccer @ Stony Brook University
Today on Black Box, we sit down with Rondell Payne, a member of Stony Brook's Division 1 Soccer team to discuss his journey thus far and hopes of making it to the professional level. Rondell grew up in Trinidad and Tobago, so we also discuss the recruitment process and moving to the United States...
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Process Engineering -> Software Development
Today on Black Box, we chat with a fellow Stony Brook alumni Brian Clark about his career transition. Brian went to Stony Brook for Mechanical Engineering, but after graduating and working as a Process Engineer for some time the career trajectory didn't align with his long term goals. After some...
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Little Kings & Queens
Today on Black Box, we discuss Little Kings & Queens Entertainment with Walter King, Westchester New York native. Walter has family history of business owners, so he always gravitated towards the entrepreneur lifestyle/being his own boss. After college, this started with his gaming truck…
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SW Dev @ Amazon?
Today on Black Box, we bring on a good friend and mentor to Jon and Ahmed, Jerry Li. Jerry is also a graduate from SBU where he wrapped up his masters back in May 2019. Since then, Jerry has been growing as a Software Developer... starting his career @ Trip Advisor and currently @ Amazon in...
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Rockey Real Capital
Today on Black Box, we discuss Joe Rockey's journey in Real Estate. Joe is the Founder of Rockey Real Capital which operated rentals, flips properties and offers ren-to-own rental options. Joe is also host of two podcasts, Father and Joe as well as Local Football Flavor. Big thanks to Joe for...
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Same Company
Today on Black Box, we chat with our buddy from college Tyler Caffery about his career in Product Management and his passion for music. Tyler graduated from Stony Brook with Ahmed and Jon in May of 2022 with a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering. Tyler has spent his entire life surrounded by…
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Radio and TV Monitoring, Entrepreneurship, and more!
Today on Black Box, we chat with Jon's neighbor and our friend Hans Vredeling about his endeavors throughout his illustrious career. Hans applied his learnings from university and his early career in the Netherlands to the companies he has built in the United States. To explain the visual/audio...
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The Prolific Investor
Today on Black Box, we invite our friend Chris Odegard aka the Prolific Investor to discuss how he turned a tough time in his life into a turning point towards something better. Chris will explain his financial journey and how it brought him to alternative investments. Tune in to learn more! Be...
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The Winner's Paradigm
Today on Black Box, we interview our friend Alundas Havens about his journey that led him to serve in the U.S. armed services and how the spent the years following his time trying different jobs and feeling restricted. Alundas shares the story of founding Alpha Influence Media and hosting The...
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The Host of "Stony Brook Hot Ones"
Today on Black Box, our boy A.T. Bianco discusses his music career including producing and creating content through his brand Loud Music Only. As the title suggests, we'll touch on the brief period that A.T. hosted "Stony Brook Hot Ones," which was Stony Brook's rendition of the popular YouTube...
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Run & Hide Taproom Grand Opening
Today on Black Box, we have our friend Tim Shanley tell us about his experiences building his own brewing brand. Also, we are so excited to announce that Tim’s Run & Hide Taproom had its grand opening last week! Be sure to check out Blvck Ice for any jewelry needs. • Email us at...
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The Big Mind Guy: Dr. Victor Manzo Jr.
Today on Black Box, we chat with Dr. Victor Manzo Jr. about his career shift from chiropractic care to a mindfulness and business mindset coach. This episode had us thinking about our own lives and we hope it inspire all of you. A very fun one ahead! • Email us at [email protected] •...
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Blayne Macauley: Day Trading, FinTwit and more
Today on Black Box, our very special guest is Blayne Macauley! Blayne is an acid day trader, artist, podcast host (be sure to check out the Penny Lane Podcast) and a mom. Tune in to hear from the mom of FinTwit and an absolutely inspiring individual. • Email us at [email protected] •...
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Pro-Athlete Turned Financial Advisor
Today on Black Box, we chat with our friend Taylor Nussbaum about his story through playing D1 basketball at Penn State, playing professionally in Israel, and his evolving career at Northwestern Mutual. Tune in for a great conversation as Taylor notes the challenges he faced along the way that...
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Section 8 Housing
Today on Black Box, we chat with Nate Phillips of Peake Homes LLC about his real estate investing specifically in the Section 8 rental programs. Tune in to hear about the pros and cons of navigating these rental properties and situations. Check out Peake Homes LLC on Instagram to learn more!...
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Coaching College Basketball
Today on Black Box, our guest is Sean McGee who shares his experiences being a college basketball coach. Sean explains what it takes to set up a team for success and to maintain a culture of strong mental health. Tune in for a great conversation about the challenges and nuances associated with…
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Multi-family Real-estate -> Financial Freedom
Today on Black Box, our guest is Maurice Philogene who after a career in various field has found his financial freedom with multi-family real-estate and his partial ownership of Quattro Capital. Tune in for a fun and educational episode (especially if you're into real-estate)! • Email us at...
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Post-college Choices
Today on Black Box, we have our boys Henry Takizawa and Gabriel McGuire on the pod to talk about the moves they've made since graduating college in May 2020. Though this is a bit of a selfish episode for us to catch up with our friends, a great conversation here. Tune in to hear about how Gabe…
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DodgysDD Trading
Today on Black Box, we chat with Ryan Wilson about his journey with day trading. Ryan is an up-and-coming day trader, college athlete and technical analysis educator. Tune in to hear about Ryan's platform, DodgysDD Trading, and how he's able to manage this, while keeping himself busy as a college...
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Tera Luna Death Spiral & UST Depeg
Today on Black Box, we discuss the recent "death spiral" of Tera Luna and how this happened. This exposes the risks associated with cryptocurrencies, and we aim to uncover the red flags to avoid. What does the US government have to do with this? Tune in to find out. • Email us at...
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The Job Search and Big Announcements
Today on Black Box, Jon and Ahmed discuss the job search process that they each completed in the past six months. We'll discuss the competitive nature of the job market and the many failure/disappointments we faced before landing our new roles. Tune in to hear about Ahmed's new job starting in...
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Grind. Sell. Elevate.
Today on Black Box, our guest is Tyzer Evans, a serial entrepreneur/seasoned sales professional from humble beginnings. From waking up at 4:30AM every day to starting a craft beer company and a fly fishing company, Tyzer has experienced the ups and downs of this life. Tyzer is now working his…
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Does Corporate America Suck?
Today on Black Box, we sit down with Jon's old coworker and our friend, Joe Seeman to discuss the realities of our workplaces. As a mechanical engineering manager, Joe shares his perspectives on people management and the shortcomings of many offices across the country. Tune in for an informative...
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CrossFit to the MAX
Today on Black Box, we chat with our friend Phil Toon, who is a professional CrossFit athlete. Phil tells us about the intensity and lifestyle choices needed to succeed in the sport, as well as the mental obstacles that he had to overcome. Due to the nature of CrossFit, Phil has really become a...
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Technology Humans and Taste and the Metaverse
Today on Black Box, our guest is Nathan Phillips. Nathan speaks to his experience creating audio, visual, and augmented reality marketing experiences with his organization, Technology Humans and Taste. Tune in to hear Nathan explain the Metaverse to Jon and Ahmed and the conversations that pivot...
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Funeral Homes and The Love Always Project
Today on Black Box, our guest is Dean Lambert. Dean has worked with funeral professionals for nearly 30 years to help them connect and serve the families facing one of the most challenging moments of their lives: the loss of a loved one. As a father who has himself experienced the loss of a…
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Investment Banking: Behind the Scene Look
Today on Black Box, we chat with our friend (who has elected to remain anonymous) about his experience working in IB as an analyst. Tune in to hear about the benefits and, unfortunate, drawbacks of working in this highly competitive field. We shed light on the work culture and crazy hours that…
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Landscaping: The Ups and Downs
Today on Black Box, we have Jon's old boss and our good friend Vincent Ziccolella discusses his entrepreneurial journey to create his company Eight4Five Services operating in the Putnam County area. Vincent's story, learnings, and experience are truly inspiring for anyone looking to turn their...
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Better Call Juan: The Path to Law
Today on Black Box, we host our good friend Juan Tamayo to discuss his journey through law school and everything he has experienced since. Juan shares what it's like to work with attorneys and the importance of networking in his field. Of course, we'll ramble on about some great college memories…
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Time Management and Boys Talk
Today on Black Box, our guests are Jon's old coworkers Reuben, Taz, and Luke. We'll discuss crypto, time management, the work force, investing and a little bit of Marvel. Somewhat guided, somewhat off-topic as is everything with Black Box. Hope you enjoy! Email us at [email protected]…
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NFL Draft Candidate: Kobe Miranda
Today on Black Box, we chop it up with Jon's travel basketball teammate from back in the day and a current NFL Draft Candidate: Kobe Miranda. Tune in for the great story of a collegiate athlete working his way to the top. Of course, we'll be talking about football AND basketball this week! Email…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Black Box. Hosts Jon Palmieri and Ahmed Shata dive into some commonly spoken-about topics in our social environment and try to understand why things happen the way they do. Black Box topics may be complex or mysterious, but we’ll bring a unique perspective using statistics and stories each episode. Episodes can cover a range of topics from social media trends, relationships and investing. Tune in to listen to two guys in their twenties talk about life.
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Welcome to Black Box. Hosts Jon Palmieri and Ahmed Shata dive into some commonly spoken-about topics in our social environment and try to understand why things happen the way they do. Black Box topics may be complex or mysterious, but we’ll bring a unique perspective using statistics and stories...
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