Jan 28, 2026
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In some ways, it’s never been a better time to be a standup comedian. In previous eras, aspiring standups had to slowly make their way up through the industry by performing in open mic nights and small venues, but now a few viral video clips on Instagram or TikTok can...
Jan 27, 2026
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In today’s episode, we’re speaking to Suryansh Tibarewala, the co-founder of Essentially Sports.
EssentiallySports began in 2014 as a bootstrapped passion project started by Suryansh and his co-founders while they were college students in India. It started as a...
Jan 21, 2026
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Roca News was founded on a simple premise: so much of news now is consumed on social platforms, with fewer and fewer internet users clicking through to article pages. After launching in 2020, it gained its initial success on Instagram, where it amassed hundreds of...
Jan 19, 2026
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When Shane Greer took over the magazine Campaigns & Elections in 2011, it was in a sorry state.
Founded back in 1980, the outlet had once been the gold standard for reporting on the political operatives who help candidates and corporations influence elections.
But...