top of page
EVERY EPISODE
The full archive.
New episodes every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 AM EST.


Halloween Icon Sandy Johnson on the One Conversation That Can Change Everything
I met Sandy Johnson at GalaxyCon Nightmare Weekend in Chicago. She played Annie's friend Judith Myers in the original Halloween back in 1978. That scene is one of the most famous openings in horror history, and she is still working, still showing up, still sharpening her craft almost fifty years later. That is the first thing that stood out to me. I expected a nostalgia interview. I got a working actress who is in the middle of filming four projects right now and still hires

David Shaft
Apr 172 min read


Self Taught Cosplayer to Convention Judge | How Astra Void Communicates Her Value at 24
Astra Void started cosplaying at 12 years old with zero formal training and no roadmap for where it would go. At 24, she holds a contract with GalaxyCon, judges competitions, and co-hosts the Heroes of Cosplay Sanctuary podcast. That trajectory did not happen by accident. It happened because she learned how to communicate her value at every stage of the journey. This episode, recorded live at GalaxyCon Nightmare Weekend in Chicago, is one of the sharpest conversations on pers

David Shaft
Jul 2, 20253 min read


A 20-Year-Old Songwriter on Fear, Selling Yourself, and Knowing When to Be Quiet | Savanna Smith
Savanna Smith returned for a second conversation, and this one went somewhere I didn't expect. We started talking about her music career and ended up in a conversation about identity, fear, and the communication skill of knowing how to introduce yourself in a way that tells the truth about who you actually are. At 20, she's figured out something that takes most people a decade longer to work out. If you heard Episode 2, you know Savanna as a model who books clients by being

David Shaft
Aug 14, 20234 min read
FREE READ
Want the playbook?
10 frameworks. 36 pages. $0.
bottom of page