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Season 3 of 6-to-8 Podcast is full force and running! The host Hangling sits down here, to share what makes this season incredibly personal, special, and deeply human. In celebration of the richness and grandness of human experience and stories.

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Close your eye for a moment. Imagine such an amorphous bubbles, take every form you wish, all in its fullness - vibrant colors, glistening glow in oneness - unveiling before you, just like dandelion seeds setting fly, around all different shapes and forms. That is today's guest, Alex's, 6-to-8, where his footsteps and bubbles, tread through Boston's corners, from the waterfront to the Atlantic shore, the winding Charles River nexus of the green oasis esplanade deck, to the historic streets of Cambridge MIT square. Children playing. Adults sticked to phone screen stop walking. People with picnic blanket chattering. Looking up, seeing the ways they move and touch people. The last time you played as a child? I remember over a year ago, coming across Alex beautiful bubbles by the seafront, I found myself back to childhood. The way they evoke awe and wonder, with a deep sense of possibilities. It felt like everything is possible. And you paint the canvas. The world, is like a big discovery comic wonder. In all its wonder shape and form. In this episode, our guest Alex took us back first to where it first started - the time abroad in that Spain public square, to being back like an alchemist through SoupMaker Wiki refining the recipe, to the first time making bubble at the parking lot, then debuting to the world as a bubbler. Each journey of the way, there is much to be discover. Alex find himself understanding and becoming in merging in one with the process. How it all reveals about himself, life, the big ideas and themes in between - impermanence, randomness, evanescent beauty, focal lens of discovery on what is there and what has been there, to crystal ball of present and future.

The music that saved one during one of the most difficult and vulnerable times. The fentanyl detection kit startup that saves lives, co-founded by a mother and a son, with the bond of mother-to-son, brother-to-brother. This is the thread of today's episode, with our guest Alec Leddon, a startup co-founder by day, and a music producer and DJ by his "6-to-8". In this episode, Alec Leddon unwraps the thread and dives into the stories of his world of music production. Colorado raised and NYC based, Alec is a music producer/artist with over 10 years of classical piano training and 7 years of music production experience. With the stage name Lil' Rocketman, Alec created a distinct style of music which spans across many genres. Some of these include Phonk, old school hip hop, EDM, bedroom rock, trap, bass music, and much more. There is the deep, therapeutic power of music, unleashing and transporting emotions with that artistic flow into artistry, in ways that connect and relate to others. There is also a sense of purpose—finding his voice, tapping deeper into that craft, touring in Europe and performing with his best friends in Hamburg, Paris, Barcelona and London. Alec also connects the music thread with the deep mission cause he is driving towards through meaning. About 5 years ago, Alec's younger brother passed away after unknowingly taking a street drug laced with fentanyl. Since then, his mom and he have committed themselves to creating the first ever all-in-one convenient fentanyl drug testing device so other people don't have to go through the same loss they experienced. Alec is leading and growing the startup TaeSun, a public health startup that has raised over $450K and secured a federal grant to address the fentanyl overdose crisis. Tune in to hear about Alec's "6-to-8" journey and the stories in-between the "9-to-5"! You can find out more about Alec through his personal music production and Taesun below. Instrgram: lil_rocketmanhttps://www.lilrocketmanofficial.com/ https://taesunkit.net/ https://entrepreneurship.babson.edu/sud-sprint-innovation/

I always wonder what my first episode being back would look like.I have tried doing this different times: be it in that visible change-in-season sultry afternoon of the last day of summer, or the feeling of fall with that chill in the air; be it in the room, parking lot, on my run, I find myself time and time again thinking back. But none felt like they did it justice. There is something about creating. Not until I started the podcast did I realize the line from a writing that I really liked.The author was trying to capture his beloved school as a visiting scholar, but always felt a sense of uneasiness: fear in his incapability to capture the essence of the place; fear of not doing it justice. Well, podcasting is instant, and it is dynamic. Unlike writing, you could not simply stop at a point and come back over and over again. It is a time stamp in history, forever captured. When you are recording an episode yourself, even with the same central idea, the episode yesterday could look different than the one you do today. I think this is also what draws me in with podcasting. It is a conversation, a monologue, a time stamp in time.The senses and sensibilities, all captured, at the moment.It feels like a flow. It feels like an inspiration state, that feels higher and immensely opening to yourself.The sense of vast openness, stillness, focus, and flow is very hard to describe in words. All the emotions, awe, wonder steep in, as I am surrounded by this place I always cherish dearly,The public garden, how I have seen and trod throughSpring, summer, fall, and winter,The stone bridges, the wooden deck,I have seen the tree branches with leaves bursting with the sense of green,I have seen the crab apples blooming vibrantly with that dear color of pink,I have picked up white tree stems from the ground after the rainstorm in the chill air,I have sat comfortably by the swan boat wooden deck bathed under the warm setting sun, ducks side by side greeting their way,I have laid under the lush green grasses with a sketchbook by my side,I have gone cloud gazing and befriended strangers, talking about philosophy and mindfulness,I have stumbled across fellow tree lovers investigating different trees,I have gained special friendship on that snowy day by the commons, then spent the whole day together treading, sharing stories, seeing cute dogs, ice hockey players, little birds by the snowy shrubs,I have stepped out with courage doing karaoke and gazing up at the wondrous willow tree and bridge on that sunny day,I have seen the tulips, roses, all sorts of flowers blooming in the garden,I have heard all different instruments performing - saxophones, erhu, guitar, more and more,I have witnessed many proposals, wedding pictures, gender reveals, picnics, proms, and special occasions around the common,I have also seen how beautiful at night the reflections of the sparkling city lights in the layering waves of the pond are. I have absolutely cherished this very special place in my heart,And in dedication to this special fall afternoon,Feeling that urge to carry the kit to the sun-bathed lawn on the hillside of the public garden,With the stone bridge on my right, the beautiful vibrant fall colors of the trees,Colors standing out with shades of red, green, orange, yellow, all the in-betweens,Bathing under the warm setting sun,With the gentle soft crisp wind caressing the face,Glistening ripples setting in motion by the pond,A few geese picking seedlings from the lush green grasses,People sitting in pockets,And me,Sitting there,Soaking it all in,With such a sense of respect, awe, wonder,And fountains of inspiration,This is where the beginning of this season,Captured in all the fall fullness,Evanescent beauty,Stamped in time,The feelings,All in their oneness,Wrapped.And now it is from here,To the world. Peace and love,HanglingOct 26, Sunday, 8:48 PM

[March 2023] College seniors hopping on a spontaneous episode about the lessons Pouya has learned over the four transformative years of college, chat about humanities, human nature, holding on to one’s power of imagination, and what it means to be a human :)

happy new year and hangling is back with an episode about grounding, confidence, and bird...

A catch up episode that explores the stories we told and are told by, where the raw, intimate truth may be buried deep underneath the "common" narratives.

What does music mean to you? From the lens of the composer, crafting a piece of music can convey or represent many things, such as architecting an immersive space. This is what our guest today, Carlos, turns to during both his “6-to-8” as well as “9-to-5”. Carlos Meyers is a composer and conductor from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His style is self described as neo-romantic, while often incorporating minimalist and spectralist influence. He established himself at a relatively young age as a creative and driven musician, with his pieces receiving several performances and awards in his hometown of Milwaukee, WI. Carlos is currently studying Music Composition (BM) with Concentrations in Conducting and Music Theory at the Blair School of Music at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. Check out Carlos’s work via his portfolio https://www.carlosmeyersmusic.com/ and Carlos could be reached at [email protected]

Happy 2022! Today is also the eve for Lunar New Year, which will be the year of Tiger. This is a special episode dedicated to the new year as well as an archive throwback to NYC trip during the fall break!

When was the last time that you had a popsicle? As a popslinger during the day, Chris gets to ask that question to new people of all walks of life and their stories behind these Popsicle memories every day. Whenever it is a hot summer day or a gloomy rainy day, a fresh popsicle could make the world feel so much better. Chris has always been open to new opportunities and stepped out of his comfort zone by saying yes to things. During his years as a student at Vanderbilt, he has always taken that adventurous spirit from taking the lead role for the theater production Vanderbilt Off Broadway and starting his own business in college. When he explored financial industries, ran his own insurance agency and sales, and worked for a start-up, Chris then took on a completely new step when an opportunity emerged: being the neighborhood partner for Nashville King of Pops. This has been an incredibly fulfilling journey where he gets to bring joy and happiness and witness the magic of popsicle in making people's days better. Tune in for this episode where Chris shares about his journey from college onwards and these adventures as well as the identity shift, regaining perspective and now fulfilling experiences involved with the popsicle stand. Chris could be reached at [email protected], and the King of Pops Nashville instagram @kop_nashville.

For Kevin, the job of the artist is to find things in the world that are beautiful- or have the potential to become beautiful. While many things may not initially seem - beautiful, all it takes is a change in angle, lighting, or color to bring out their true character. Something that is beautiful to him is not just something that is nice to look at, but something that fills your mind with wonder- something that  makes you stop and think. Kevin is a senior from Boston, studying biochemistry, Spanish, and studio art at Vanderbilt University. On campus he conducts colorectal cancer research in the King lab at ESB and is also a member of the SyBBURE Searle Undergraduate research program. Kevin has also been the president of the Kefi Collective, Vanderbilt's public arts organization, for two years. After graduating, he intends to attend medical school for an MSTP program. In this episode, Kevin takes us back in time to when he first fell in love with art, the transformative evolving relationships, and its delicate balance with nature, gymnastic, music and science. Let’s dive right into it!

Catch up with Hangling on this spontaneous episode as she went to a real podcast recording studio for the first time and got too excited trying on the equipments- and then here it goes... she started talking and going on and on - studio, summer realizations, junior year realities, self-love and mental wellbeing, nature, interpersonal relationships, songs and more - and this BONUS episode comes into its being :)

A native of NYC, Elizabeth had no idea about what she wanted to do for a living growing up. She has quite an unconventional path, dropping out in the middle of college and then working in the fashion industry. Then, she decided to go back to Columbia University for a bachelor's degree and found her passion roaming in the Victorian literature. After a year working in a law firm, Elizabeth moved to teaching at NYC high school through the NYC Teaching Fellows program (very similar to Teach for America). Then, Elizabeth decided to get her PhD, and finally came here to teach at Vanderbilt. In this episode, Elizabeth shares about the ups and downs along this unconventional career path journey, a variety of topics and perspectives from body image, role of community, societal expectations and individualistic pursuits, along with what got her into her “6-to-8”, doing Yoga and now Yoga instructor after 200+ hours training during the pandemic. Let’s dive right into this wonderful journey of discovery and Elizabeth’s stories!

Zoia lives in an eternal state of intellectual curiosity, driven by her desire to create impact and put a zing in the universe. Focused on the combination of people, products, and brands to create impact-driving solutions for wicked problems, Zoia is used to working amongst senior executives from the start-up world to Fortune 500’s alike. Zoia is currently working at Citi as the VP in product management on Google Pay x Citi Plex. Outside her "9-to-5," Zoia is truly a multi-hyphenate being an educator, podcaster, mentor, and founder of her own non-profit. Her passions for democratizing knowledge and intellectual endeavors have enabled her to extend her reach as an advisor and mentor to start-ups and non-profits. She is also part-time faculty at Columbia University, teaching at a graduate level. As the Global Marketing Lead at the nonprofit WIN: Women in Innovation. She launched, produced, and edited a podcast, "WIN/WIN: Women in Innovation" that has thousands of downloads and features senior women in the space. Moreover, Zoia recently launched a non-profit foundation in her father's memory: “The Kozakov Foundation.” The foundation aims to change the state of creative industries, such as theatre, arts, photography, and design, to be made up of people who want to create culturally significant work that impacts us all. In practice, this means giving the next generation of artists and designers an opportunity to pursue the arts through funding their education and giving them the tools to succeed via the Kozakov Fellowship. Tune in to hear about Zoia's "6-to-8" journey and the stories in-between a "Multi-Hyphenate"!