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In this week’s episode, Danielle and Jac interview musician, composer and producer, David Long, who discusses his philosophy about being fluid with project engagements and rolling through criticism. David’s career has spanned over 40 years and seen him work on numerous projects to commercial and critical acclaim. He has created over 20 film scores including for the BBC drama The Luminaries, and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings, He has composed scores for over twenty feature films including McLaren for which he won the APRA Silver Scroll award for Best Original Music, The Ground We Won, Gardening with Soul, Beyond the Edge, and additional score for Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, as well as the “Misty Mountain” song heard in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. He wrote music and created musical sound design for Peter Jackson’s the Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong (with Plan 9 Music). David was a founding member of the seminal New Zealand band The Mutton Birds with whom he made 3 albums over 7 years. David has also had a long association with contemporary dance. He has written many pieces for New Zealand’s pre-eminent choreographer Douglas Wright. This episode was made possible by our Producer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram  and TikTok @paths2purposepod

Mark de Rond, Professor of Organisational Ethnography and Fellow of Darwin College at the University of Cambridge, discusses the value of deep immersive learning from his experiences earning the Guinness World Record for the first unsupported row of the entire length of the Amazon River, documenting the lives of doctors and nurses at war in Afghanistan, and narrating the work of paedophile hunters. This episode was made possible by our Producer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod.

This week Danielle is joined by podcast Audio Engineer, Jac, to chat with New Zealand-Greek composer John Psathas. Psathas has composed music for a variety projects including the 2004 Olympic Games, a classical chart-topping album with Serj Tankian, numerous commissions for the world’s top percussion players, and was also a former faculty member at New Zealand School of Music for 25 years before leaving in 2019 to compose full-time.  In this episode, Psathas discusses his immigrant upbringing, working at the fish & chip shop in his youth and how that spurred his love for music, the university music experience, common questions from other students he has mentored, and how his optimistic outlook on failure and life’s uncertainties has led to his success. This episode was made possible by our Audio Engineer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod. John Psathas' website: www.johnpsathas.com

This week, Alan and Danielle discuss one of the fundamental steps of finding a career rooted in purpose: building trust networks. They share tangible steps for how to reach out to new contacts if you hate small talk, and reaching out to someone out of your network via LinkedIn.  This episode was made possible by our Audio Engineer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod.

This week we are joined by Dr. Lauren Britton-Steele, an Assistant Professor of Television and Digital Media Production and Emerging Media in the Park School of Communications at Ithaca College. Dr. B discusses how she found her purpose, from creating the first library makerspace to studying the intersection between human computer interaction and social theory.  This episode was made possible by our Audio Engineer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod.

This week, we chat with Brianna Goodlin, the CEO and Founder of investED, an investment platform that facilitates direct donations to students in need. Brianna shares how navigating her early struggles through poverty helped inspire investED, and how a supportive community can play a big part in helping others reach their goals.  This episode was made possible by our Audio Engineer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod.

In this episode, we chat with Shirah Mansaray, the Co-Founder and CEO of I am Somebody's Child Soldier, and Amnesty International Board Member. Shirah shares how a moment where she stood up against injustice at a very young age catalyzed her path to support humanitarian need.  This episode was made possible by our Audio Engineer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod.

Paths to Purpose returns for season two! After an unexpected hiatus from podcasting, Danielle and Alan are back discussing how to find purpose filled careers, with the help of two new teammates, Jac and Mikey. In this episode, they revisit their very first episode, and discuss why this purpose-filled careers are needed now more than ever. This episode was made possible by our Audio Engineer, Jac Boothe, and our Brand Strategist, Mikey Lullo. For more resources to help find your purpose, follow us on Instagram and TikTok @paths2purposepod

This week, Alan shares details about his non-standard path to becoming a U.S. Air Force pilot and his subsequent pivot to becoming a business school professor. Alan narrates some critical life lessons he internalized from serendipitous encounters with influential people he met along his journey. Follow us on Instagram @paths2purposepod, Twitter @paths2purpose, TikTok @paths2purposepod, or contact us at [email protected].

This week we are joined by Taylor Lifka who is an english teacher at Roma High School in Roma, Texas, and is an alumni of Teach for America. In 2020, Taylor was placed temporarily on administrative leave after she refused to take down posters in her virtual classroom that supported underrepresented students. Taylor discusses how she drew from her internal sense of purpose to support her choices when facing adversity. Follow us on Instagram @paths2purposepod, Twitter @paths2purpose, TikTok @paths2purposepod, or contact us at [email protected].

This week we are joined by Abby Falik, who is the Founder & CEO of Global Citizen Year — a nonprofit that enables the power of global immersion to unlock curiosity, conviction, and courage in next generation leaders. Abby discusses why charting your own path is critically important, and why taking a gap year before college can help you discover your purpose. Follow us on Instagram @paths2purposepod, Twitter @paths2purpose, TikTok @paths2purposepod, or contact us at [email protected].  

This week we are joined by Jes Wolfe. Jes is the CEO Rebel Girls, the girl-driven edutainment company that brings inspiring stories of global women leaders to books, podcasts, toys, and digital media, Jes has prior experience as an Angel investor and startup advisor, Chief Operating Officer of a technology media company, strategic consultant, and investment finance and banking analyst. Jes discusses how she approaches risk taking and uses risk to identify which projects to invest in.  Follow us on Instagram @paths2purposepod, Twitter @paths2purpose, or contact us at [email protected].