Journey of The Unordinary | 平凡&#8203

#podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Isaac's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/zaak | Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/isaaccynhttps://twitter.com/isaaccyn Chuxin's Warpcastl: https://warpcast.com/chuxin | Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/agaperste- | Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/agaperste📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/unordi-journey👉 Action Item Comment on your preferred platform: What are your ideas around building a better, more regenerative world in the future? Join our Warpcast Channel for further discussion: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/unordi-journey👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:40) Welcome Isaac! (04:05) The journey before crypto (10:12) Moving from Australia to NYC (13:29) Bringing liberal arts onchain (17:29) Evolving cultural trends onchain (21:39) Bridging crypto and creatives (27:38) Developing personal fashion style (31:03) What makes you happy? (34:44) How to balance your life? (37:38) Closing (39:56) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: Meghans's social: https://medium.com/@meghanheintz Chuxin's social: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's social: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment on your preferred platform: What are your ideas around building a better, more regenerative world in the future? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Welcome Meghan! (02:44) Where Meghan grew up (03:28) Childhood dream to become an astronaut (04:10) How moving around has shaped Meghan (05:47) Aspects younger Meghan found exceptionally easy (07:14) Reject to be rejected (10:27) Maintaining and establishing friendships (15:28) Professional journey from college to data science/AI (19:21) How Meghan discovered about crypto (20:33) Meghan's love story (25:00) Work life balance as a working mom (29:33) How to allocate energy and care towards the right direction at work (33:30) Where AI is leading us (38:55) How Meghan is different outside of work (39:56) Goal in life (40:58) Being a mom (42:49) Meghan's superpower (46:53) How romance novels and sci-fi are related to AI work (49:40) Is the world a better place (55:14) What people get wrong about Meghan (56:04) Mental framework to approach life (59:14) Closing (1:00:29) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: Hannah's social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahcurtis/ Chuxin's social: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's social: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment on your preferred platform: What are your ideas around building a better, more regenerative world in the future? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (1:05) Welcome Hannah! (2:33) The move from Atlanta to New York City (5:33) From childhood dream of being a ballet dancer to studying economics and becoming a PM and data person (10:30) The gradual transition from wanting to be a dancer to going into the corporate world (12:04) Advice to someone who might be looking for a huge transition and change (15:00) Things Hannah rejected growing up (17:15) Having a big family growing up (20:33) Hannah’s career journey (28:30) Leading a Product team vs. being a PM (31:19) Journey to become a manager and a leader (34:18) Journey from she/her/hers to they/them/theirs (42:27) Creative hobbies for Hannah nowadays (43:25) What do people get wrong about Hannah (44:46) What does Hannah wish people know about them (46:27) Building and living an enriched and nourishing life (54:52) Is our world better than 100 years ago and what is the future world Hannah wants to build towards (59:47) Closing (1:01:38) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: Boxer's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/0xboxer Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (0:56) Welcome Boxer (Florian)! (1:51) What did young Boxer want to be when growing up (2:37) If the younger self would be surprised about the current job (6:19) Living an easy life and how this backfired in adulthood (12:37) (Almost) non-existent university life, backpacking, internship, and discovery of crypto and Dune (48:16) Embodying the Dune spirit (50:40) What people get wrong about Boxer (54:14) Things that give Boxer energy (1:01:01) If the world is heading to a better place (1:09:17) What makes Boxer happy and having a fulfilled life (1:11:59) Has people taken advantage you? (1:13:49) What is the German part of Boxer (1:18:06) Closing (1:20:24) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: David' Website: https://davidkell.io/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (1:29) Welcome David! (2:13) TLDR of David's journey to where he is today (6:49) How are data scenes different in web2 vs. web3, scientific community vs. SaaS product setting (11:27) Getting data is harder and more important to focus on than analyzing data (16:49) Can machines figure out what is good quality and useful data to feed into itself? (22:34) Why did David become a founder and start Gyana (27:51) Commonalities and differences between being a scientist and an entrepreneur (31:19) Journey from academia to starting a software company then back to being a scientist (36:47) Downside of being a boss (39:19) How to live a fulfilled life (43:04) How to balance adulthood responsibility and childhood joy (44:46) What is David’s “Call of Character” and how has it evolved (50:08) How is David different at work and outside of work? (57:34) How do you know you are making a rational decision (1:02:59) Closing (Reach out to David about how to use data!) (1:07:44) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

#podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Paul's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ptuls Paul's Website: https://paultune.com/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:58) Welcome Paul (4:06) Paul's venture into singing (7:23) A brief journey from Malaysia to Australia (10:50) Growing up as a different kid (13:14) What it means for someone interested in math (15:17) Things that you refused to do as a kid (17:01) PhD studies in Australia (23:19) Transition from academia to the industry (28:15) What it feels like working at Canva in the early days v.s. now (31:31) Evolution of job responsibility (36:51) Misconception of machine learning (38:50) How to keep up to date (42:10) Using AI in daily life (45:57) Will AI make our world a better place (54:00) What's a meaningful life (55:08) What people get wrong about Paul (56:19) Parent's influence and life decisions (1:00:10) Closing (1:01:44) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

#podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Paul's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ptuls Paul's Website: https://paultune.com/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:58) Welcome Paul (4:06) Paul's venture into singing (7:23) A brief journey from Malaysia to Australia (10:50) Growing up as a different kid (13:14) What it means for someone interested in math (15:17) Things that you refused to do as a kid (17:01) PhD studies in Australia (23:19) Transition from academia to the industry (28:15) What it feels like working at Canva in the early days v.s. now (31:31) Evolution of job responsibility (36:51) Misconception of machine learning (38:50) How to keep up to date (42:10) Using AI in daily life (45:57) Will AI make our world a better place (54:00) What's a meaningful life (55:08) What people get wrong about Paul (56:19) Parent's influence and life decisions (1:00:10) Closing (1:01:44) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

#podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Pif's website: https://www.pifafu.com/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1ep4-danning-from-playing-djembe-to-being-crypto-data/id1707108414?i=1000631024704 Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ePRc4juyPDb RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Welcome Kathy! (09:00) Where did Kathy get the name Pifafu? (11:15) What was Kathy curious about & good at as a child? (14:35) Can you turn your interest or hobby into a job or career? (21:55) Kathy's designer journey from being an intern to leading the product design team (30:53) Creating luck for yourself so you are ready when the opportunity comes (34:09) What differentiates someone between a junior and principal designer (38:14) What is a designer (42:27) Kathy's journey from IC (individual contributor) to a manager (48:01) What excites Kathy outside of work (53:31) How to avoid burnout and achieve that balance in life (58:26) What does Kathy value in life and what makes her feel happy and achieved (1:11:58) Closing (1:13:43) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

#podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Dannig's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sui414 Dannig's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/sui414 Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1ep4-danning-from-playing-djembe-to-being-crypto-data/id1707108414?i=1000631024704 Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ePRc4juyPDb RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: TODO Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Welcome Danning! 02:31 Hometown and Journey to the US 05:20 Parent's influence on major and career decisions 07:48 Childhood dreams 09:54 Danning's niche hobby of playing djembe, and other activities 16:50 How Danning's childhood makes her more rebellious 20:02 Where Danning wants to stay in the near future 21:12 What attracts Danning into crypto 23:20 Debate on surveillance, privacy and trust 30:34 What Danning misses the most from her hometown 31:40 Moving from NYC to SF 38:40 MEV and PBS research 43:55 Difference inside and outside of work; work life balance approach 50:47 Value of life and source of energy 56:06 Danning's superpower of connecting with people 58:05 Closing 1:00:46 Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: Kofi's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/0xKofi Kofi's current project: 🧸 https://www.bundlebear.xyz Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: 00:00 Intro 00:56 Welcome Kofi! 02:00 From UK to Ghana back to the UK 05:20 What do people get wrong about Ghana 07:45 Having a multicultural background 15:00 From civil engineering degree to transport planning to VC to doing crypto data full-time 00:32:16 Having a superpower to learn super fast? 00:42:11 Having a mentality to explore things and not be afraid of failure 00:47:20 Qualities when looking for a life partner 00:49:15 Priorities in Kofi’s life 00:50:40 How is Kofi different IRL vs. online 00:53 Why did Kofi leave VC and what is Kofi doing nowadays 1:03:27 Closing 1:04:54 Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: Binji's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/binji Binji's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/binji_x Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Intro 0:57 - Welcome Binji! 3:07 - Icre Breaker 5:04 - Moving from Nepal to Costa Rica for High School 9:58 - Moments that felt different being at home v.s. in a foreign country 13:11 - About staying connected with friends and Binji's "pod castle" 14:46 - Growing up in Nepal 16:49 - "I like New York the most when I leave it" 19:50 - Where Binji gets his energy from 23:00 - "I didn't speak for 10 or 11 years in my life, and I'm making up for it now" 27:08 - Experiences that led Binji doing what he does today 29:48 - "Talent is not scarce, opportunity is" 34:36 - Elaboration on ending "socio-economic martyrdom" 39:15 - Unlocking borders via DAO 46:30 - How's Binji different at work and outside of work 47:57 - "Everyone single in crypto should go on date for the sake of the industry" 52:02 - Being chronically online 55:14 - Binji's superpower 1:03:06 - A really out there dream 1:06:20 - Closing 1:08:41- Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematicIntro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

👾 EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andrewhong5297 Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item: DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Welcome Andrew! 2:27 - "Journey to where you are now" 5:01 - From no-Asian environment to all-Asian environmen 6:49 - Why Andrew moved to New York 8:38 - What was Andrew like when he was in middle school or high school 10:52 - How do you know what you like vs. not like (interest vs. validation) 13:36 - What did Andrew want to do as a kid 15:28 - Would today's Andrew surprise Andrew 10 years ago 17:20 - From consulting, to banking, to blockchain and teaching web3 data 21:52 - When did Andrew start teaching? 24:42 - No to engineering but yay to tech, how does this make sense? 27:00 - Going broad vs. going deep in career paths 28:43 - Planning for the future, or rather, not planning 32:10 - Things Andrew gave up doing 37:51 - Andrew's life philosophy 56:06 - Closing 58:04 - Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

In this origin episode, cohosts Chuxin and Jackie talk about what this podcast is about, why they wanted to start the podcast, who should listen to the podcast what you can expect out of the podcast.