All Episodes

From Starry Dreams to Space Innovation - The Journey of Dr. Roberto Albarran

Ep. 85 - Ada Polla, Alchimie Forever - Women and Ownership Mindset

Ep. 84 - Becoming Michael Bierut, Partner, Pentagram

How To Be An Artist And Stick To It. With Giampiero Alcozer, Florence, Italy

Perfume, Passion, and the Italian Perfumery Landscape with Sara Phillips Chiapetta

Art, Passion, and Resisting AI - An Intimate Conversation with Ceramicist Fausto Salvi

The Honest Field Guide Italia! With The Romanelli Family and Hotel Flora, Venic, Italy

Special Edition - Italia! The Honest Field Guide Goes Global! With Design Firm Zeta Lab - Milan, Italy

Katherine Naylor Pullman - How Busy Working Women Can Make Brand New Friends

Ep. 82 - Micah Clasper-Torch, Author, "Punch Needle Fashion"

Ep. 81 - How Did the Chicago Sky Get Started? Fueled by Great Women In Sports and Business by Michael Alter

Ep 80 - Alfie Koetter - So You Want To Work In Hollywood? Here's how one architect did it

Ep. 79 - Tracey Panek, Levi's Historian on The Power of Listening and Creating Surprising Connections For Business Growth

Ep 78 Lisou Brand - Creating Vibrant Beauty and Fashion with Textile Designer Rene Macdonald

Ep. 77 - How To Empower Yourself - Shana Stephenson, Chief Brand Officer, the WNBA's New York Liberty Shares Her Story - and She's Sticking To It!

Ep. 76 - Who Is Joe Favorito, Author, Sports Broadcaster and Consultant to “Creed?” How To Become an Entrepreneur in Sports

Ep. 75 - [Part II] Craig Bauer, Founder, Hinge Studios Conversations on Kanye (Ye), Engineering Excellence, Cultural Humbleness, AI, Business and the Relentless Pursuit of Audio Excellence

Ep. 75 - [Part I] Craig Bauer, Founder, Hinge Conversations on Kanye (Ye), Engineering, Cultural Humbleness, AI, Business and the Relentless Pursuit of Audio Excellence

Ep. 74 - Darren McKoy, Creative Director of Dr. Martens - How Sunny Optimism, Mentoring and Team Strategy Can Build an A-List Fashion Career and Transform a Legacy Brand’s Design Culture

Ep. 73 : Lenny Stern, Co-Founder of SS+K, On The Transformative Power of Self-Awareness and Hiring Diverse Leaders

Ep. 72: Kentucky Congressman Morgan McGarvey - How Entrepreneurs and Leading Women Fuel The Renewed American Dream

The Birk Creative Reset 9 - Entrepreneurship and Vice President Harris on The Honest Field Guide

Ep. 71 - The Honest "Political" Guide - Part III, feat. JinJa Birkenbeuel x Mary Nisi, Two Vibrant Entrepreneurs From Chicago

Ep. 70 - Mr. Ray Chew, A Conversation about How To Be A Music Director and Composer, Dancing With The Stars and Power 2 Inspire Foundation

Ep 69 How To Design and Create Conditions for Liberatory Joy and Not Oppression A Conversation with Dr Dori Tunstall, Author Decolonizing Design A Cultural Justice Guidebook

I am a Non Playable Character by JinJa Birkenbeuel

Ep. 68: How To Build A Thought Leadership Business Using Professional PR. A Conversation with Judy Kalvin of Kalvin Public Relations

Ep. 67 - What Do Curls Have To Do With Love, Success, Transformation and Business? Lots! A Conversation with Curly Hair Innovator Cally Raduenzel from Cally's Curls, Chicago

The Birk Creative Reset 8: Review of "All Black Errythang" A Book of Poetry by Chanel Murray

New Limited Edition Talk Show: Part II The Honest "Political" Guide, feat. Two Vibrant Entrepreneurs From Chicago [JinJa Birkenbeuel x Mary Nisi]

Ep. 66 - Live from 2024 Sundance Film Festival. A business conversation with Alex Lora Cercos, Director of the Sundance Grand Jury Award “The Masterpiece.”

The Birk Creative Reset 7: Featuring the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

The Creative Reset 6: 6 minutes of inspiration for burned-out entrepreneurs

Ep 65 - How A Small Business Owner Can Innovate With Their Own Mini Supply Chain with Michelle Covey, Vice President at GS1 USA.mp4

New Limited Edition Talk Show: The Honest "Political" Guide - Part I., feat. Two Vibrant Entrepreneurs From Chicago [JinJa Birkenbeuel x Mary Nisi]

The Creative Reset 5: 15 minutes of inspiration for entrepreneurs read by JinJa Birkenbeuel

Ep. 64 - Doreen Lorenzo on Why Attending College Still Matters for Creatives (and how to create a sustainable career as a woman in design)

Ep. 63 Every Gen Z Entrepreneur Needs To Listen Up to Matt Burzec, Sneakerhead and Founder, Kicks of Chicago

The Creative Reset 4: 15 minutes of inspiration for entrepreneurs read by JinJa Birkenbeuel

Ep. 62 - Christie Hefner: An Intimate Conversation With The Powerhouse Behind The Playboy (That Saved One Of The Most Iconic Brands In The World)

The Creative Reset 3: 10 minutes of inspiration for entrepreneurs read by JinJa Birkenbeuel from "No Idea Is Final" Published by Phaidon Books

The Creative Reset 2: 5 minutes of inspiration for entrepreneurs read by JinJa Birkenbeuel from "Taxi Driver Wisdom" written by Risa Mickenberg

Ep. 61 Candace Nelson, Sprinkles Cupcakes - How To Establish, Build, Grow and Scale a Business That You Can Sell--From Scratch!

Update from JinJa Birkenbeuel: The Creative Reset

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Winner of The Pulitzer for Fiction

Ep 60 - Jenny Wood: How To Be Extraordinary While Navigating Your Career From Within (a whale)

Ep. 59 - Bethanie Baynes: How To Navigate Your Life In America As A Bread-Winning Woman

Ep. 58 - Blackness On The Edge of Town with Lisa Beasley, Entrepreneur, Comedian and Actor

Ep. 57 - NFT Maven Michelle Reeves: The Hunter and Gatherer of the NFT Fashion Business

Ep. 56 - The Story of the $200 Digital Sticker That Converted to Six Figures, with Matt Schapiro

Ep. 55 - Traveling Down the Rabbit Hole of NFT Wonder with Futurist Artist Giovanna Sun aka dubwoman

Ep. 54 - How To Create The Sound of Curiosity with Cymatics Innovator Jacob Adlington

Ep. 53 - Dr. Akilah Cadet on How To Be An Accomplice While Dismantling White Supremacy

Ep. 52 - Rana Reeves, CEO of RanaVerse - How To Create Equity in Business

Ep. 51 - Desperately Seeking Erika Gerdes, Founder, The Art of Undoing

Ep. 50 - The Oprah Winfrey of Plants: A Growing Conversation with Nika Vaughan, Founder of Plant Salon

Repeat - Stories From The Frontlines Interview with JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO, Birk Creative

Ep. 49 - Dr. Jeffreen Hayes: A Conversation on The Whiteness of Being, with a Capital W

Ep. 48 - Forbes Contributor Cheryl Robinson: Pivoting On Purpose

Ep. 47 Coach David Stephens On How To Keep a Swim Team Thriving During a Pandemic

Ep. 46 Nicholas Whitaker The Accidental Entrepreneur's Journey To a Job at Google

Ep. 45 - Talal Raf On The Promise of Global Entrepreneurship A Young Leader Brings Change In Sri Lanka

Ep. 44 - The Creative Spirit Never Dies a Conversation with Artist Jackie Kazarian

Ep. 43 - Finding Beauty a Conversation with Dayna Isom Johnson America's Top Trend Expert from NBC's Makin' It and Etsy

Ep. 42 - The Failure To Protect: A conversation with Brittain Ladd on small business, ecommerce and supply chain disruption,

Ep. 41 - An American Narrative: A Conversation with Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Winner of The Pulitzer for Fiction

Ep. 40 - Back with more! The State of: Instagram Part II

Ep. 39 - How To Be A Great Entrepreneur at Seventeen - A Conversation with Matt Burzec, Kicks of Chicago, Class of 2020

Ep. 38 - How to Pair Quality Music with Exquisite Liquor. A conversation with Jim Powers of Minty Fresh and PARCE Rum

Ep. 37 - Virtual Learning Strategies During Crisis with Robert Runcie Superintendent of Broward County Public Schools

Ep. 36 LinkedIn-tervention! Part Two - The State of: LinkedIn for Small Business

Ep. 35 - Eric Whitaker Discusses True and False Narratives Around Black Entrepreneurship

Ep. 34 - Kate Leydon, Ruby Room Chicago Talks About How She Used Her Intuition To Build Her Business

The Honest Field Guide® (Trailer)

Ep. 33 - Simone Friend, How To Successfully Represent and Protect Commercial Artists

Ep. 32 - Cannabis Hollingsworth Farm with Joy Hollingsworth

Ep. 31 - Danny Wirtz, Chicago Blackhawks & Breakthru Beverage On How To Transform a Multigenerational Family Businesses

Ep. 30 Reggie "Mr. October" Jackson, MLB Hall of Fame Inductee Talks About His Entrepreneurship Beginnings

Ep. 29 Paul Jarvis, Author, "Company of One" Making A Case for Staying Small

Ep. 28 Joel Nickson of Wishbone Restaurant Chicago On How To Build Company Culture

Ep. 27 Matt Bercovitz of Berco's Popcorn On How To Build A Fresh Brand In A Saturated Popcorn Market

Ep. 26 Slutty Vegan Atlanta with Angel Barnwell On How To Take A Leap Into The Complete Unknown

Ep. 25 Steven Galanis of Cameo On How To Grab A Lightning Fast Idea and Scale It Into a Business Overnight

Ep. 24 William "Billy The Bull" Marovitz of The Marovitz Group On How To Create Smash Hit Businesses By Seizing Opportunity

Ep. 23 Angelina Darrisaw, CEO, C-Suite Coach, On How To Feel and Create Confidence At Work

Ep. 22 - Keila Hill-Trawick Little Fish Accounting, On How To Create A Brand Identity For Free

Ep. 21 - Francilia Wilkens Rahim On How To Qualify Business Leads as a Small Business

Ep. 20 - James E. McMillan On How To Pivot and Transform From A Mistake And Still Win

Ep. 19 - Teri Johnson Harlem Candle Company On How To Slow Down and Create Beauty In A Fast World

Ep. 18 - Facebook's Jason Trimiew on How Facebook Is Re-Socializing Supplier Diversity

Ep. 17 - Quinn Bryant Of “What Would Jay-Z Do” On How To Train Your Inner Creative

Ep. 16 - Kathy Chang On How To Scale a Business Ethically

Ep. 15 - Tena Clark, Grammy Award Winner and Author of "Southern Discomfort" On How To Go With Your Gut

Ep. 14 - I Hate Networking - Stories From The Frontline

Ep. 13 - Uh-Oh, so this just happened: Your Brand Personality, Process and Purpose on Social Media

Ep. 12 - You are STUCK! How To Disrupt Your Mindset

Ep. 11 - Google Digital Coaching and Motivation

Ep. 10 - Entrepreneurship Cautionary Tales (Part One)

Ep. 9 - Help yourself! The State of: Motivation

Ep. 8 - The State of: Twitter for Professional Services

Ep. 7 - Tales From The Frontlines: Mentor Mentality

Ep. 6 - State of Diversity: For Suppliers

Ep. 5 - Uh-oh, So This Just Happened!: The Art of the Pivot

Ep. 4 - LinkedIn-tervention! The State of: LinkedIn for Small Business

Ep. 3 - State of: Instagram for Professional Services

Ep. 2 - JinJa Birkenbeuel, Founder and CEO, The Honest Field Guide and Birk Creative

Ep. 1 - The State of: Instagram