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Late Nights with Trav and Los
by Travis Neilson and Carlos Montoya
Best friends, Trav & Los, talk late into the night, exploring new ideas for creative professionals. They argue over concepts, share secrets, and interview their industry heroes.
Episodes
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Do You Feel Safe? — How psychological safety makes us better creators
Do you feel safe here? Google’s PILab identified psychological safety as the biggest differentiator between highly effective and less effective teams. Psychological safety is a general term for team members’ willingness to take interpersonal risk as they work together. Members of psychologically...
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New job at Google, gets on bus to Apple...
Travis wants to go back to school so he accepts a job at Google. On his first day he ends up getting on a bus to Apple, not Google. The rest of the story is about how introspection into ones own strengths and weaknesses can lead you to companies like Google. Music produced by Morqix:...
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Unconscious Bias — The Importance of Understanding Things As They Are
Trav tells Los about the importance of recognizing your Unconscious Bias, and ways that we can overcome the negative aspects of it.
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The Three Pillars of Creation
Three Pillars of Creation = Experience + Trends + Intuition Experience There really is no substitute for experience. It is a hard-won reference for everything that we do. In fact, every new thing that we learn is born from the womb of our experience. It colors everything we know and do, and there...
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Season 3 Trav & Los Premiere: Distractions Become Your Habits
Show Links: https://www.youtube.com/littlemusicboxes https://www.losmontoya.com https://travandlos.webflow.io https://onezero.medium.com/being-indistractable-will-be-the-skill-of-the-future-a07780cf36f4 https://www.instagram.com/littlemusicboxes/ Intro: Welcome to the Late Nights with Trav and…
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The Last Episode
Hello, this is Travis. Los has been roaming around in the Utah desert for a few months, And I'm alone in a hotel room in New york, trying to force myself to edit this podcast that I've been putting off for too long. This is a particularly hard episode to make. I'm guessing you've read the title…
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How To Not Take Yourself Too Seriously
Trav and Los talk about the value of being able to doubt your assumptions and provide a little test that you can use to determine if your assumptions are based on good values. Ultimately, they conclude that if your assumptions are asking other people to change, they may not be productive...
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How to make deep connections quickly
Trav and Los talk about meeting new people and making deep connections quickly. Download the questions we used as conversation prompts when we led the first night at Epicurrence this year. See the list of questions here:...
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Los has a new job
Los recently switched employers and Travis wants to know how to make the best impression at a new job. This is actually a good episode, lol.
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Viable Minimum Product
In this episode we take a look at how the ethos of "Minimum Viable Product" has been lost in translation. We break it down, unpack it, and talk to the spirit of what once was the MVP.
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Getting Started as a Public Speaker
In this episode, we unravel a thread of an idea and watch it unravel into a fantastic walkthrough from Travis around some potential actions we could take to get started as a public speaker.
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The Fantastic Story of Oliver Blank
Trav tells Los about meeting a designer who took a stand for what he believes in.
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Tools, not Rules (live conference talk)
Trav gives a live presentation in front of a small group about lessons learned after three years of podcasting. Thank you to invisibletalks.com for putting the event together!
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Alex Tran + New Designer + Fresh
In this episode we talk to Alex Tran about being a Junior Designer and his journey into design
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Aidan Simpson – Part 2
Trav and Aidan talk about the art of podcasting and how Aiden thinks about the work he is currently involved in.
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Aidan Simpson – Part 1
Trav sits down with Aidan Simpson to talk about how his life experiences contribute to the creative work that he does today.
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Pleasure + Purpose = Happiness
Travis talks with Chas about trying to balance pleasure and purpose to find happiness
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Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns
In this episode Trav and Los talk about Craft & Launching & Balance & Dark UX Patterns Episode Sponsor: http://bit.ly/FreshBooks001
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Branding the network with a name in 30 minutes
In this episode Trav and Los brand the podcast network and give it a name in about 30 minutes. Episode Sponsor: http://bit.ly/FreshBooks001
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What are you willing to struggle with?
Trav and Los ponder the difference between struggling for something, and struggling with something. They arrive at an important realization that "it's the time in line, not the ride, that matters." Episode Sponsor: http://bit.ly/FreshBooks001
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In Defense Of The Ordinary
Travis talks to Los about what it means to really appreciate life. They realize that it's the everyday mundane that is the part that that we really need to value. Episode Sponsor: http://bit.ly/FreshBooks001
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Ready for the Late Nights podcast network?
In this episode Trav and Los talk to Lumen and Pablo about starting a podcast network and what that would look like. Episode Sponsor: http://bit.ly/FreshBooks001 Diseño Cha Cha Cha: https://www.disenochachacha.com/
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Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters
Trav and Los try and seduce two new design podcasters New Podcast!: https://www.disenochachacha.com/ Music: https://soundcloud.com/chrldltn/cumbia-sobre-el-mar-quantic
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Travis Is A Child
Travis is mad because adulthood has no map, and pre-pubescence does.
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Real Honesty (pt.2) – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel
We invite Helen Tran, Chas Barton, and Kunal Patel to gather around a table and try to answer some really difficult questions with real honesty.
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Real Honesty – Feat. Helen Tran, Chas Barton, & Kunal Patel
We invite Helen Tran, Chas Barton, and Kunal Patel to gather around a table and try to answer some really difficult questions with real honesty.
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The Stages of Group Development
Stages of Group Development The idea behind this was developed in 1965 by a man named Bruce Tuckman He identified 4 stages at first. Fifth was added later. Forming Represents a time, just coming together Anxiety and uncertainty want to be accepted conflict controversy personal opinions are…
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A Lesson To My Younger Self
If you could give your younger self one piece of advise, what would it be?
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Five Love Languages (and how to use them)
Trav tells Los about the five languages of love and how we can use this paradigm to communicate more effectively with everyone around us.
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Think To Talk (a method for collaboration and communication)
In this episode Trav talks about the way he likes to think through problems in groups and Los introduces the idea that some people are "Talk to Think" and other are "Think to Talk". A can't miss episode.
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How to get a podcast started
In this episode Los walks us through some of the ideas to keep in mind when starting a podcast. Outro music: https://soundcloud.com/dancewiththedead/around-the-world-dance-with-the-dead-remix Podcasting: Late nights get started guide How to get started Is it solo or with a friend? Interview…
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The Future of Late Nights
In this episode, Los walks us through the Future of Late Nights With Trav and Los. Intro & Outro music: Daniel Deluxe - Star Eater https://soundcloud.com/nrwrecords/daniel-deluxe-star-eater
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Undiiscovered Ep 2 — Morqix
##Morqix: https://soundcloud.com/morqix ##Desperate Measures release date March 15, 2017 on PhutureCollective: https://soundcloud.com/phuturecollective/sets Welcome to another Late Nights with Trav and Los, I’m your host Los Montoya. The episode you are listening to is the second episode of our…
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Los Is A New Man
Los talks about the major changes he's made in his life that have resulted in greater creative output and higher satisfaction.
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The Nothing Word
Trav tells Los about the word he is trying to avoid using, enabling him to have more honest and specific conversations.
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Undiiscovered Ep 1 — John Henry's Farm
Welcome to another Late Nights with Trav and Los, I’m your host Los Montoya. My other half, Trav, has been out of the country with work. In this episode, I introduce you to a new show that I’m producing and hosting. The new segment is called Undiiscovered, a show dedicated to bringing you the raw...
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Your Portfolio is Your Pitch (with Mai Tran)
Mai Tran joins Travis to talk about how to turn your portfolio into a pitch deck that wins work. Mai's instagram Mai's Medium Mai's Facebook Music by MRSJXN
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Learn To See Your Problems As Funnel Problems
Travis shares a way to look at some types of problems – think of them as a funnel! Inspired by Jack Conte's video "Everything is a funnel" Watch the Video
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Unstoppable
We play a game, then talk about being unstoppable. Music: https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie/hit-the-gas-1 https://soundcloud.com/sweaters/drop-the-game-sweater-beats-remix
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A new year catch-up and chat
After not recording in the same place for a month, we are back and have a chat. Music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/still-there https://soundcloud.com/dubdogzdownloads/heathens YOU ARE ALL AWESOME! THANKS FOR LISTENING :)
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Phone Tag – Vol.1
Los and Trav leave messages for each other over the holidays.
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Give Creatively
Trav chats with guest host John Eze about ways that we can use our creativity to give more of ourselves. About Jeremy's work > jeremycowart.com
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How To Meet New People (and make them like you)
How to meet someone new (and make them like you) Smile Be inquisitive, ask thoughtful questions body language, mirroring Be open to peoples POV What are your Goals when meeting someone new?
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Show Your Worth – How to tell the story of your value
If you want to be seen as relevant, you have to start now to collect the evidence that tells the story of the things you do, the value that you bring. You need Objective Evidence 1. Track Impact Track metrics that will allow you to show the impact you bring. (The changes you made increased...
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Episode 100: Staying relevant as a designer
In episode 100, Los is your host and talks about staying relevant as a designer. Also, he makes it a little special too :) Music by Polo & Pan : https://soundcloud.com/polo-pan
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Getting over professional complacency
Los is back as the host for the episode and he recounts a recent experience with professional complacency.
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Shea Lewis – Growing Up
We are back with Shea. We talk about how his associates are helping him to grow into his new position. We talk about the journey of self discovery; what and how someone should go about improving themselves.
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Shea Lewis – Young Gun
Entrepreneur, designer, young gun – Shea Lewis joins us at the table to talk about growing up, finding yourself and learning from others.
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Helen Tran — The Journey Part Two
In our second episode with Helen Tran, we discover and expand on her journey to becoming a professional creative. Some links: www.helentran.com https://twitter.com/tranhelen intro music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/shes-right-here outro music: https://soundcloud.com/autografmusic/team design...
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Helen Tran — Vagabond Part One
In this episode, Trav and Los venture to Moab, UT for a design conference called Epicurrence. We meet the wonderful Helen Tran and instantly knew we had to invite her onto the podcast. Some links: www.helentran.com https://twitter.com/tranhelen episode music:...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Best friends, Trav & Los, talk late into the night, exploring new ideas for creative professionals. They argue over concepts, share secrets, and interview their industry heroes.
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Travis Neilson and Carlos Montoya
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Best friends, Trav & Los, talk late into the night, exploring new ideas for creative professionals. They argue over concepts, share secrets, and interview their industry heroes.
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Late Nights with Trav and Los is created and hosted by Travis Neilson and Carlos Montoya.
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