Failing Up
Episodes
Love, Loss, and the road to a purposeful life w/ John Gillen
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with John Gillen, Co-Founder of True Capital, to talk about love, grief, ambition, and endurance. We explore...
#1 NYC Podcast Studio Owner: Be For a Few, Not for Everyone - Why Niches Win
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I sat down with Matt Marlinski - Founder of The Manhattan Lab - New York's fastest-growing podcast studios. Matt has hosted politicians ...
Is gambling the solution to our broken financial system?
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I sit down with John Gillen — Partner at True Capital and host of Milk Road Macro — to break down how modern investing is shifting from long-term ...
How to get a job in the AI economy
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The U.S. job market looks strong — but beneath the surface, everything’s shifting. Previous Wall Street reporter at Business Insider and Opening B...
The FBI Agent Who Stopped a Spy Warns What’s Coming Next
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He caught one of America’s most dangerous spies, and now he’s warning the world about what’s coming next. Former FBI and cybersecurity expert ag...
How the U.S. Lost Control to China — And What It’ll Take to Get It Back | Steve LeVine
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steve LeVine, editor of The Electric and writer at The Information, joins to unpack how the U.S. became dangerously dependent on China and what it wou...
This AI Company Wants To Save Modern Dating | Dini from Sitch
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dating today is broken. In this episode, Dini, co-founder of AI matchmaking app Sitch, joins Failing Up to talk about how we got here — from OkCupid...
What Losing Faith in Politics Teaches Us About Finding Balance in Life | John Gillen
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Failing Up, John Gillen joins Claire Barthelemy for a deeply human conversation about losing faith in politics — and finding bala...
Crypto Cycles, Trolls, and the Art of Content w/ David Hoffman
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Hoffman is the Co-Founder of Bankless, one of the most influential media platforms in the crypto ecosystem. In this episode, we cover everything...
Healing Through Cooking And Content w/ Ornelle Cherazi
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ornelle Cherazi, known online as @NelNourish, joins me to share her powerful story — from modeling to culinary school to becoming one of Canada’s ...
Addiction, Desperation & Redemption: Fighting back w/ Louis Reggiero
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Louis Reggiero — founder of Nothing’s Off the Table, a podcast about overcoming addiction — lost over $100,000 in a single night in Vegas. But t...
Faith, Free Will & Financial Systems w/ John Gillen
15 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
John Gillen left BlackRock to launch his own crypto fund — but this episode goes way beyond markets.We talked about the political shift around crypt...
Leaving Mainstream Media & Going Independent | Phil Rosen on Persistence Over Talent
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I sat down with Phil Rosen, founder of Opening Bell Daily, a leading financial newslettter for a conversation about persistence, media, and how to sta...
Brett Goldstein | Is AI Shrinking Humanity? Design, Death, and Digital Companionship
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when technology moves faster than our ability to understand it?In this episode, I sat down with Brett Goldstein, founder of Micro, for on...
Internet Culture, Comedy, and Capitalism w/ Jack Kuveke
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week I sat down with Jack Kuveke, founder of Jabroni Capital. Jack Kuveke does a little bit of everything — angel investing, content, internet ...
Powering the Future: AI, Energy & Leadership | Asher Genoot (Hut 8)
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week, I sat down with Asher Genoot, the CEO of Hut 8, one of North America’s largest digital infrastructure and energy providers — powering e...
Solving Men's Mental Health Crisis w/ Max Barrett from Friday Beers
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Max Barrett, co-founder of the viral media brand Friday Beers, joins us to talk about giving up on the dream of playing in the NBA, building one of th...
Hiring Hacks & Career Moves: The Secrets of a Recruiter | Coco (Amulet)
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coco is the Founder of Amulet, an early stage recruitment firm. In this episode, she reveals the biggest mistakes people make when job hunting, how fo...
Do You Have "It"? | Ethan Ding
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ethan Ding, founder of TextQL, believes the biggest problem in startups isn’t talent—it’s talent dispersion. In this episode, he shares how he m...
Finding Authenticity w/ Jack Kuveke
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Jack Kuveke who has lived a life that most could only imagine—moving to Serbia to run an ICO, b...
Forgiveness
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Naomi, the Founder of Live in Your Beauty. We discussed her growing up in a home where her father was a...
Building A Sustainable Business In The Age Of AI
15 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Patrick Finan, Founder and CEO of Block Club, a branding agency that started in Buffalo and scaled to s...
The Failure and the Future of the American Healthcare System w/ Kian Sadeghi
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Failing Up, I sit down with Kian, the CEO and founder of Nucleus, for a deep dive into the failures of the American healthcare syst...
Finding Strength In Your “Phoenix Rising from the Ashes” Moments
27 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the latest episode of Failing Up, I host Siam, who is founder, and angel investor with a focus on immigrant founders. In the latest episode, I lear...
Ep#5 - Failure Is NOT An Option | Shahbaaz Kara-Virani
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Shahbaaz Kara-Virani is an entrepreneur, investor, and writer who previously worked at Sales Force, and then took a risk to take a company public, whi...
Ep# 4 - Tim Kotzman On Pivoting Through Life And Carrying On His Dad's Legacy
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Kotzman is a founder, entrepreneur, and host of the 'Bitcoin Treasury' podcast. In this conversation, we dive into his business failures and succe...
Ep# 3 - Saba Karim on Tackling the Loneliness Epidemic
01 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Failing up, I'm joined by Saba Karim, previously the head of pipeline at Techstars and now a founder of Favs. He talks about the ea...
Ep# 2 - Finding the Yin to your Yang as a Founder (Connor and Reed from Clik)
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Clik, Reed and Connor share the early mistakes they made as founders and what led them to coming up with the idea of Clik, along wi...
Ep#1 - How To Come Back From Rock Bottom At Any Age | Matt Marlinski
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of Failing Up, Matt Marlinski, Founder & CEO of The Manhattan Lab shares details of the challenges he's faced in his life, in...
Welcome To 'Failing Up'
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Failing Up flips the script on failure and dives deep into the journeys of founders and entrepreneurs as they share their most pivotal setbacks and th...