Version 1 podcast

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Laura Lorena Barbosa is an accomplished TV/film producer with over 12 years of experience at networks such as NBC News, Telemundo, CNN, and Al Jazeera. As the founder of The Creative Power Agency, Laura inspires others to reclaim their creative potential, crafting narratives that foster inclusivity and illuminate the beauty of humanity. We discuss hustling through journalism school at Penn State, how her background being an immigrant from Colombia influenced her love of storytelling, how important her support system is to her mental health, and starting her own creative agency. Follow Laura on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lauraalorenna/ Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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Rachel of Rachel Off Duty on finding fulfillment, working while traveling, and changing corporate culture 1:09:34

8 days ago1:09:34

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Rachel is a career & travel expert, and the founder of Rachel Off Duty – a website for ambitious women seeking more adventurous lives. Based in Los Angeles but often workcationing around the globe, Rachel also works as a Travel Storytelling Consultant in the advertising space. We talk about finding fulfillment outside of corporate America, creating your own metrics for success, changing corporate culture, where she is most productive and creative while traveling, and how she manages working full-time, having her business on the side, AND traveling a lot. Follow Rachel Off Duty on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/racheloffduty/ Visit Rachel Off Duty’s website: https://racheloffduty.com/ Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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Eva Reign on career highs and lows, learning on set, and blending acting and journalism 1:17:16

15 days ago1:17:16

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Eva Reign is a Peabody and GLAAD Award-winning Brooklyn-based actress, writer and artist from St. Louis, Missouri. She is the star of Billy Porter’s directorial debut Anything’s Possible from Amazon Studios and MGM’s Orion Pictures. Her writing has appeared in Vogue, Vice, Them, The Cut, Byrdie, PAPER and Highsnobiety. On this episode, we chat about Eva’s creative process in getting ready for her role of Kelsa in Anything’s Possible, her experience with The Artist’s Way, getting over imposter syndrome on set, and how to navigate slower times in your career. Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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Alice Lemee on writer's block, making changes in her career, and creator gravity 1:15:56

22 days ago1:15:56

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Alice Lemee is a self-taught writer who left her budding career in the music industry to pursue writing full time. She’s a writing coach and newsletter ghostwriter for seven-figure business owners, award-winning YouTubers, and TV anchors. We talk about making changes to be happier – whether that’s changing careers or changing services within her writing career, the advantages of being self-taught, how she gets past writer’s block, and what creator gravity is. Subscribe to Alice’s Substack: internetly.substack.com Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show!: https://buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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Ryan Herrera on creative writing, balancing time, and beating writer's block 1:18:39

29 days ago1:18:39

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Ryan Herrera is a creative writer who is pursuing his Masters in Writing at Johns Hopkins, and works in ad tech for his 9-5. He has experience writing across a wide variety of genres including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, humor writing, and journalism. He hopes to start writing his first novel upon graduating in 2026. We talk about how he makes time for creative writing while working full-time in advertising, how his identities play a role in his work, how he gets ideas, and much more. Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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Patrick Thomas on creativity in business journalism, why running leads to the best ideas, and writing a book 1:01:54

5 weeks ago1:01:54

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Patrick Thomas writes about agriculture and the food industry for The Wall Street Journal. He covers meatpacking companies, supermarkets and how American food is grown. He joined the Journal in 2018 writing about corporate breaking news and is a native of Omaha, Nebraska. He joins this episode of Version 1 to talk about what makes business journalism creative, how running leads to breakthroughs and how he takes hundreds of pages of notes and distills it down to an article. Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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Eva Recinos on navigating rejection, creative nonfiction, and building a freelance career 1:02:53

6 weeks ago1:02:53

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Eva Recinos (@evaiswriting) is an arts and culture journalist and creative non-fiction writer based in Los Angeles. She is the creator of Notes from Eva, a free monthly newsletter featuring opportunities for creatives. In this week’s episode, we talk about how she got her start freelance writing, how her career took a turn when she was rejected from a fiction workshop, and what structures help keep her creative and accountable. Subscribe to Version 1's substack: version1podcast.substack.com/ Follow Version 1 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/version1podcast/ Support the show: buymeacoffee.com/waverlycolville…

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John Guilyard on failure as part of the process, finding confidence, and life as a fine artist 1:12:55

7 weeks ago1:12:55