All Episodes

Ep 222: "Who Builds Great Cities? Reimagining the Hollywood Neighborhood." with Kathleen Rawson

Ep 221: " The Human Advantage: Why Great Stories Still Win” with Leslie Campisi

Ep 220: " Genius is Distributed; Why Opportunity Isn’t.” with Justis Mendez

Ep 219: " Hypergrowth to Uncertainty: Rethinking Work & Offices in 2026” with Alvaro Villar Lopez

Ep 218: "Does It Really Have to Be This Way? Breaking Precedent!” with Leah Solivan

Ep 217: "The Missing Middle: How Great Ideas Change the World" with Rohit Shukla

Ep 216: "Travel, Curiosity and Human Connection" with Sarah Dandashy

Ep 215: "The Hidden Side of AI: Do we need all these Data Centers?” with Luis Perez Galvan

Ep 214: What Six Months Of Conversations With Entrepreneurial Thinkers Taught Me Pt II

Ep 213: "What 6 Months of Conversations With Amazing Entrepreneurial Thinkers Taught Me" with Rob Ryan pt. 1

Ep 212: "Reimagining a Modern City: The Great Reset 🏙️🔥" with Jerome Chang

Ep 211: "Soccer, Stadiums and World Class Guest Experiences" with Christian Lau

Ep 210: "Modernizing Food: Deep Science is Personalizing Nutrition" with Priyanka Srinivas

Ep 209: "Keeping Sports Accessible for All Fans" with Sebastien Bellin & Diederik Bots

Ep 208: "De-Addiction; Transforming Lives & An Industry" with Jason Varughese

Ep 207: "Los Angeles’ Millennial Governance Whisperer" with Nicholas Caputo

Ep 206: "Conversation & Community: LA’s future being built IRL.” with Michelle Edgar & Ben Reiss

Ep 205: "Local journalism is not dead, and LA is leading the way!” with Michele Siqueiros

Ep 204: "America’s Greatest Latino Business Network was born at Stanford!" with Arturo Cázares

Ep 203: "The Secondary Offering is the New IPO!” with Antonia Rojas

Ep 202: "Hustle Culture is Killing Us- You Can do Better!" with Lynnette Astaire

Ep 201: "The Launch of TUYYO Foods; An Entrepreneurial Merger" with Jocelyn, Regina and Stefanie.

Ep 200: "LA; The World in One City” with Mario X. Carrasco

Ep 199: "San Diego’s Entrepreneurial Success; Hidden in Plain Sight" with Neal Bloom

Ep 198: "Can We Teach Kids to be Entrepreneurs? Indiana Can!" with Logan Herzog

Ep 197: "Data Tells Us Venture Capital’s Real Story,” with Paige Hendrix Buckner

Ep 196: "What if you owned your Ai?" with Matt Wright

Ep 195: "Catalyzing Capital; Women Investing in Women" with Jenny Flores & Grace Lee

Ep 194: "LAX, Leadership and LA’s Bright Future" with Karim Webb

Ep 193: "Is Franchising The Entrepreneurial Fast Track?" with Gregory Ugwi

Ep 192: "LA Launches a Space & Defense Tech Boom" with Roxanne Aragon

Ep 191: "Energizing Africa; EV’s, PowerPods and Personal Freedom" with Frederick Akpoghene

#72 Happy Holidays & Cheers to New Beginnings | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 190: "Can Big Corporate Law be Reimagined, by Former Lawyers?" with MANUEL DEÓ

#71 Are You You’re Own Worst Enemy Sometimes? | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 189: "Your CPA is Your Trusted Advisor!" with Richard Fleischman

#70 My Dad Said, “We’re All Salespeople” | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 188: "Los Angeles’ Favorite Local Business Lawyer Talks Growth" with Alex Bruno

#69 Is Going to the Office like Going to a Factory Job? + A little Thanksgiving Gratitude | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 187: "Could More Play, Get Us Back Into the Office?" with Stephen Hargett

#68 Becoming a Critical Ignorer | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 186: "Why We Believe What We Believe, In an Age of Hyper Misinformation" with Matthew Facciani

#67 Life’s a Sandbox | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 185: "How Do You Build A Brand That People Love?" with Lynne Door

#66 Why We Tell the Stories We Tell! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 184: "Powering the Chilean Economy, From Startups to Corporates" with Rocio Fonseca

#65 Boo! What’s on Your Mind? | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 183: "Could Life Sciences Power the Next California Boom?" with Dave Whelan

#64 It’s all about Trust! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 182: "Trust Me; We Can Build Trust back into Our Work" with Minda Harts

#63 If You Can’t Read or Write, You Can’t Tell Your Story! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 181: "Why Writing Still Matters in an AI World" with Leta McCollough Seletzky

#62 Current Events & Electrons | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 180: "Charging our Clean Energy Economy, from South LA to the World" with Kameale Terry

#61 Tension Leads to Innovative Thinking and a Better Future | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 179: "Diverse Voices Matter; In Tech, Podcasting & Life" with Marisa "Ritzy" Estrada Rivera

#60 Progress trumps Authoritarianism, Every Time! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 178: "From Inglewood to USC; LA’s Diverse Entrepreneurial Economy" with Amiah Sheppard

#59 Attention is The Currency! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 177: "A Texas Retail Giant; Innovating from the Inside Out" with Ileana Gonzalez

#58 Ai - The Jetsons Or The Terminator? | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 176: "AI in Service of the People" with Kyiana Williams

#57 Humans Never Stop Innovating! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 175: "Prosthetics & Purpose; The Massive Market for Human Augmentation" with Francisco J Valencia

#56 We’ve Lost our Way, and we Know Better! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 174: "Tijuana; Mexico’s Entrepreneurial Frontier City" with Adriana Eguia

#55 Curiosity for the Win | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 173: "Follow the Money: Why Startup Investing is Broken and How to Fix It!" with Allison Byers

#54 What is Success? | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 172: "Founder Exits; The Startup Story few tell" with Lauren Gregor

#53 An Attitude of Gratitude | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 171: "Small Business is, Really Big Business!" with Jamilah Corbitt

#52 The Pragmatic Optimist’s Journey | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 170: "Is Europe Ready to Lead our Climate Investment Future?" with Fernando Lelo de Larrea

Ep 169: "Truly Democratizing Access to Finance" with Gabriela Estrada

#51 Resilience; Keep Going | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. July 17th, 2025.

Ep 168: "Is Mexico the Blueprint for a Solar Energy Future?" with Andres Friedman

#50 Immigrant Flavors Make us Great | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. July 11 2025

Ep 167: "Can Healthy, Healing Foods become Big Food Business?" with Jocelyn Ramirez

#49 A World in Transition | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. July 4th, 2025

Ep 166: "Can this Rapper create a 21st Century Urban Disney?" with Roy Scott

#52 The Pragmatic Optimist’s Journey | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

#48 Why I am All-In on Podcast Storytelling! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. June 27 2025.

Ep 165: “A Millennial CEO, Who Found Herself Along the Way " with Olivia Leal

#47 Doing Good, While Doing Good Business | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. June 20th, 2025.

Ep 164: "Can Mexico Fix the Broken American Healthcare System?" with Bismarck Lepe

#46 Life is Complicated. Let’s be More Patient & Kind | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. Jun 13, 2025.

Ep 163: "Building a Modern City with Empathy Through Adversity" with Nithya Raman

#45 Big Things Do Get Done— They Just Take Patience | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob

Ep 162: "From Billion User Product Builder to Leadership Whisperer" with Sara Hicks

#44 Finding the Underdogs | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. May 30, 2025.

Ep 161: "A Latina Leading a New Investment Wave Across Latin America" with Jessica Bedoya

#43 Let the Ladies Lead! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. May 23, 2025.

Ep 160: "Money with a Mission: How Venture Capital Can Change Lives" with Matt Schaar

#42 Remote Work is the Way! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. May 16, 2025.

Ep 159: "Reimagining Remote Work, from Aberdeen Scotland" with Chris Herd

#41 Life’s too short to do things that suck! | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. May 9, 2025.

Ep 158: "Quitting Your Career to Save Your Life" with Goli Kalkhoran

#40 Cities and Climate Progress, No Matter What! 🌎 | Stoppage Time with Uncle Rob. May 1st, 2025.

Ep 157: "Los Angeles is leading the way to a Clean, Green Economy" with Matt Petersen