Nora and Scott chat with Amanda Hoover, a reporter covering tech at Morning Brew, who stopped by to talk about her feature story titled: “Just like supporting a bro,” about the women NFT artists who are looking to bring equity to Web3.

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Turns Out NFTs are Not Just for Bros

Welcome to the first episode of Morning Brew's new podcast Imposters! Drinking and alcohol are well-documented in the world of tech/startup culture, and for Twitch cofounder Justin Kan it was no different. Justin tells host Alex Liberman about his unhealthy relationship with alcohol, and how after 23 years, getting sober was the best thing for him personally, as well as his career. To hear another episode of Imposters with TV's Carson Daly RIGHT NOW, click here to follow/subscribe on your favorite platform. Full transcripts for all Imposters episodes available at https://imposters.morningbrew.com

Bonus: "How Twitch Co-founder Justin Kan Got Sober" from Imposters

Nora and Scott find out why the legal marijuana market in California is on the verge of collapse with Vice News correspondent Keegan Hamilton. He talks about his piece, How Legal Weed Sparked a Boom for Outlaw Growers in California. Then, we’ll hear from Darren Story, founder of Strong Agronomy, a California cannabis farm, who shares his perspective as a local industry dealing with illegal market competition.

Why Legalizing Cannabis Strengthened the Illegal Market

Nora and Scott sit down with Bloomberg senior writer Claire Suddath who explains why childcare in the U.S. is the "rare example of an almost entirely private market in which the service offered is too expensive for both consumers and the businesses that provide it." Her investigation for Bloomberg Businessweek is called "How Child Care Became the Most Broken Business in America.”

How to Fix the Childcare Business

Nora and Scott speak with Away CMO Melissa Weiss about her strategy for the future of the travel brand and how the company is thinking about growth in the new year. 

How Away Is Preparing for the Travel Boom

Ever had a sandwich the Ocky Way? Nora and Scott chat with New York Times food reporter and author Priya Krishna about her new YouTube series "On the Job" which takes us behind the scenes to meet the people in the restaurant industry whose work we take for granted. 

Unseen Labor in the Restaurant Business with Priya Krishna

Nora and Scott sit down with the one and only Gary Vaynerchuk, serial entrepreneur, investor and friend of the pod. Topics include: The Great Resignation, NFTs and the gift of self-awareness. He also has a new book called Twelve and a Half: Leveraging the Emotional Ingredients Necessary for Business Success.

Gary Vaynerchuk Won’t Bet Against Technology

Nora and Scott chat with Ethan Brown, the founder and CEO of Beyond Meat, one of the leading companies in the plant-based meat industry, about the cultural shift around eating meat, and how to navigate the growing plant-based meat industry. Source note: Scott references this Business Insider article about “the world’s first modern vegetarians” in the quiz.

Beyond Meat CEO Ethan Brown on Navigating the Plant-Based Meat Biz

Nora and Scott are talking about whistleblowing in the tech biz with Shirin Ghaffary, a tech reporter for Recode/Vox, who published an investigation titled, Big Tech’s employees are one of the biggest checks on its power. She covers the growing internal whistleblower movement against big tech companies, reveals how it's shaping the tech business and what it means for industry regulation.

The Whistleblower Movement Shaking Up the Tech Industry

What it means to be a manager at work has fundamentally changed. Nora and Scott chat with Morning Brew’s own GM of Education Karen Hebert-Maccaro about how leadership is changing post-pandemic, in the midst of The Great Resignation.

Bringing the Human Back to Leadership

In 2020, just 3% of the $147.6 billion invested in venture capital went to Black-founded companies, according to the U.S. Census [from Forbes]. Kathryn Finney, entrepreneur, investor and author chats with Nora and Scott about her latest project called Genius Guild, which combines an incubator, venture studio and fund that supports Black entrepreneurs. Check out Kathryn Finney’s podcast Build the Damn Thing.

Investing in Diverse Founders with Genius Guild’s Kathryn Finney

Pour yourself a tall glass of celery juice and join Scott and Nora as they break down the wellness industry with Amanda Mull, a staff writer for The Atlantic. She details its history, meteoric rise, clever marketing strategies, and lack of regulation. Check out some of Amanda’s reporting on Goop and Instagram wellness fads.

The Truth About the Wellness Industry

Pia Thompson, founder and CEO of Sweet Digs, tells Scott and Nora about her path to becoming a creative entrepreneur (including the pivot from her career as an attorney), and how she runs her home/life organizing business, Sweet Digs. Plus: Tips on starting fresh, organizing and decluttering to kick off the new year.

Becoming a Creative Entrepreneur with Pia Thompson of Sweet Digs

Nora and Scott are talking about burnout and how to end it in the new year. Writer Jonathan Malesic explains why the forces driving burnout are all part of our cultural obsession with work, and why self-help books and articles aren't much help. His new book is called The End Of Burnout: Why Work Drains Us and How to Build Better Lives.

Ending Burnout Means Changing the Way We Work

Melissa Bridgeford, co-founder & CEO of Wizard Commerce, talks with Scott and Nora about her AI-driven conversational commerce startup and the future of retail. Plus: A look at the emergence of text-based and voice-based shopping, and the AI technology behind it.

How AI is Changing Shopping with Wizard CEO Melissa Bridgeford

I’m Kinsey Grant, and you probably read my last email. I'm one of the writers at Morning Brew—the same Morning Brew that’s delivering millions of you all the business news worth knowing every single morning. But what comes after the headline? Each week, I'm sitting down with your favorite thought leaders, CEOs, and high-profile experts to find out.Because after all, we know you’re talking about business news over beers with your friends and dinner with your family. And so are we. That’s why now...we’re bringing you those conversations up close and personal.This is Business Casual.

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