#48 - Jim DiOrio
Jim DiOrio is a Former FBI Interrogation Expert, Military Veteran, Undercover Operative, and Savage.
A member of West Point’s Class of 1986 (along with his roommate and former Secretary of State/Director of The CIA, Mike Pompeo), Jim served overseas as an Army Ranger in the late 80’s and early 90’s before leaving the military and joining the FBI. He went on to spend 10 years as one of the most successful undercover agents in the Bureau’s history––and another 15 as a ferocious Special Agent In-Charge and heralded FBI interrogator around the world. Basically, he was the guy who told Captain Phillips he could have his boat back.
Currently, Jim is the CEO of J3 Global, an international crisis/security firm (or as he explains it: “I’m Ray Donovan with more experience”). In his spare time, he also owns a Jersey Mike’s because why not.
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#47 - Tobi “Mus” Mustafa
Tobi “Mus” Mustafa is a political/social commentator & podcaster. He currently Co-Hosts the “Faces of The Future” Podcast.
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#46 - Jordan Erard Coupé
Jordan Erard Coupé is a football commentator and podcaster. Currently, she hosts an NFL show on YouTube called “SportyJordy”––and co-hosts an NFL podcast, “Onside Chicks,” with Kaylee Chicoski.
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#45 - Ashtin Larold
Ashtin Larold is a singer, rapper, songwriter, and recording artist. He initially rose to prominence in September 2015–after his YouTube video, "White Kid Kills it in High School Rap Battle," went viral. Today, his original music has millions of streams across Apple & Spotify.
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#44 - Gavin Adin
Gavin Adin is an Internationally-Top-Ranked Powerlifter who competes in the 93 kg (205 lbs) division. He recently squatted 716 lbs.
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#43 - Mak Kemenosh
Mak Kemenosh is a Venture Capital / Private Equity Talent Evaluator, Startup Founder, Surfer, and longtime Bitcoin Maximalist. Mak originally began investing in Bitcoin back in 2015 and currently keeps 99% of his financial assets in BTC. He has lived coast-to-coast over the past decade and his extensive startup experience has included companies in the logistics, aviation, and financial services industries.
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#42 - Myles Matthews
Myles Matthews is a marketer, manager, entrepreneur, and podcaster. Currently he is the Founder of NBT (Next Big Thing), a media, marketing, and talent management agency. He also Co-Hosts the Faces of The Future Podcast.
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#41 - Anthony D’Apolito
Anthony D’Apolito is the Head of Content for TruckBux, an Austin, Texas-based startup whose app allows customers to order pickup or delivery from nearby food trucks. Anthony is also the Founder of Dream Big & Co.––a media company that creates content to build brands and share inspiring stories.
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#40 - Chaz Cervino
Chaz Cervino is an athlete/influencer manager, businessman, marketer, and investor. Currently, Chaz is the founder of Cervino Co., a management and consulting firm that works with companies and high-profile individuals. Previously, Chaz co-founded Today’s Business & Today’s Athletes. TB & TA offered services that included marketing, digital media, athlete/influencer management, and consulting. In 2021, Chaz exited both companies and founded Cervino Co.
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#39 - Mike Spear
Mike Spear is a trial attorney and conservative scholar. Currently, he is an active member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and a strong supporter of the Fraternal Order of Police. Previously, he played Division-1 College Football.
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#38 - Grant Wiley
Grant Wiley is a former NCAA Football All-American, actor, & tech entrepreneur. Currently Grant––along with NFL Veteran, Najee Good, and Jonathan Ohliger––is the Co-Founder of Veepio, a mobile, direct-to-consumer, interactive Ecommerce tool. Grant is also an actor who has appeared both on screen and on stage. Previously, he was an NCAA All-American Linebacker at the University of West Virginia and went on to play in the NFL with the Minnesota Vikings for 2 years, before retiring due to injuries.
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#37 - Nick Gurol
Nick Gurol was an early investor in NBA Top Shot NFTs. Dapper Labs, in partnership with the NBA & NBAPA, launched Top Shot in July 2019––and the market has seen a major influx of participants and capital in 2021. Gurol is also known for his 2017 national public feud with Brooklyn Nets All-Star Guard, Kyrie Iriving, over Irving’s claims that the earth is flat
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#36 - Jackson Hollowell
Jackson Hollowell is a Film & TV Show Critic. He and his fiancee, Alex Mohr, run the Instagram blog, Flicks & Flix (@flicksandflix), where they post reviews of all the latest Movies and TV Shows, weekly watchlists, and news about the film industry.
You can follow their page here: https://www.instagram.com/flicksandflix/
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#35 - John Rondi (AKA “Johnny Drinks”)
John Rondi is a TikTok Influencer, Technologist, Alcohol Connoisseur, & Tech Entrepreneur. He is known for his TikTok Page, “Johnny Drinks,” (@johnrondi) and his app, Stunited.
John and his dad are behind the JD TikTok account, where they make extravagant cocktails, answer questions from fans about different drinks/alcohol, and promote fellow brands in the space. They also have their own line of bourbon called “Burning Chair Bourbon –– The Johnny Drinks Edition.”
Back in 2017, John founded the Stunited app as a platform for college students to barter each other’s skills “under-the-table.” The app has had unprecedented active user growth over the past 6 months.
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#34 - Giovanni Gussen
Giovanni Gussen is a Venture Capitalist & Startup Founder. Currently, he is a partner & the head of International Business Development at MoonShot Guru, a Venture Capital Studio headquartered in Singapore and India. MoonShot Guru helps late-stage tech startups (Series B or later) scale their businesses in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. Prior to working with MSG, Giovanni founded a live-streaming startup geared towards high school athletes.
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#33 - Brady Burkett
Brady Burkett is a Fintech expert and podcaster. Currently, he is a consultant at Currencycloud, a Visa & World Bank Group-backed late-stage startup with proprietary APIs that facilitate cross-border money transfers. Additionally, Brady serves as a Co-Host of the Payments Innovation Podcast.
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#32 - Dr. John Schneider, PhD
Dr. John Schneider, PhD is a healthcare expert, consultant, and businessman. Currently, he is the CEO & Founder of Avalon Health Economics. Prior to Avalon, he was a founding partner of the Health Economics Consulting Group (HECG)––and later joined Oxford Outcomes following their merger with HECG. Additionally, Dr. Schneider earned his PhD in Health Services & Policy Analysis from UC-Berkeley and serves as an Adjunct Professor at NYU.
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#31 - Kevin Gallagher
Kevin Gallagher is a maritime attorney based in Miami, Florida. In addition to the law, he is also an expert in rap music and in the study of cocaine submarines used to facilitate the illegal drug trade internationally.
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#30 - Anthony Fenu
Anthony Fenu is the Co-Founder & CEO of Soar, a spatial technology company that specializes in AR/VR and compression innovation. The company’s mission is to make volumetric technology (like holograms) a central part of our everyday lives.
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#29 - Cole Kennelly
Cole Kennelly is a Decentralized Finance/Cryptocurrency writer, executive, consultant, and entrepreneur. Currently, he is the founder of Volmex.Finance, a protocol for volatility indices and non-custodial trading built on the Ethereum blockchain. Additionally, Cole is also the founder/coordinator of DeFi-NYC as well as an executive with Staked.
Follow Cole on Twitter for his insights on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and everything DeFi: https://twitter.com/ColeGotTweets
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#28 - Anthony Baccare
Anthony Baccare is a bookie and a contractor. At no point has he ever knowingly been associated with or a member of the Italian-American Mafia.
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#27 - Michael Sahagian
Michael Sahagian is a sales expert, executive, and podcaster. Currently, he is a senior member of the SDR team at Stella Connect in New York City. He also Co-Host’s State of Sales, a podcast rethinking sales culture in the modern day business environment.
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#26 - Luke Cervino
Luke Cervino is an athlete/celebrity manager, marketer, and business consultant. Cervino, in partnership with one of his clients, (media personality and former NBA player, Kendrick Perkins), is also an avid investor in sports trending cards.
You can find Luke on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/lukecervino/
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#25 - Mike Lacsy
Mike “Lacsy” Lacsamana is a solutions engineer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. Currently, he works with Fortune 500 companies to re-engineer their software in emergency events. In addition to that, he is also the Co-Founder of Aeronaut Skincare—and a Co-Host of the company’s podcast, Project Aeronaut.
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#24 - Adam Herman
Adam Herman is a member of the US Peace Corps. From 2018 - 2020, he lived in the Koba-Tatema Village of Guinea, West Africa—where he taught 7th - 10th grade Guinean students and designed, organized, and brought to life the first school computer lab across the entire sub-prefecture.
For more information on the Peace Corps and its history, visit this page: https://www.peacecorps.gov/about/history/
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#22 - Ty Martin
Ty Martin is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and athlete. Currently, he is the Co-Founder & CEO of Athletes United, a lacrosse training & performance company that works with blue chip lacrosse prospects from middle school to college. In addition to Athletes United, Ty is also a long time expert in real estate and has hosted two podcasts over the past half decade.
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#21 - Bill Facciolo
Bill Facciolo is a Developer, Computer Scientist, and an amateur meteorologist.
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#20 - James Corbett
James Corbett is the Co-Founder of Project Refit, a Non-Profit Organization that works to combat isolation and reduce depression/suicide rates within the veteran and first responder communities.
To learn more about Project Refit, visit their website: https://www.projectrefit.us/
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#18 - Alex Horowitz (Part 2) - On The Election
This is the second podcast from The Bunker with Alex Horowitz. Alex is the Chief of Staff at Eight Sleep, a technology company in New York City that specializes in developing & manufacturing smart mattresses. Previously he was a debt underwriter at Goldman Sachs, where he worked with some of the world’s largest tech companies.
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#17 - Alex Horowitz (Part 1)
Alex Horowitz is the Chief of Staff at Eight Sleep, a technology company in New York City that specializes in developing & manufacturing smart mattresses. Previously he was a debt underwriter at Goldman Sachs, where he worked with some of the world’s largest tech companies.
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#16 - Mitch Lacsamana
Mitch Lacsamana is a streaming engineer, entrepreneur, and podcaster. Currently, he works with the world’s largest companies to create and produce their content streaming platforms. He is also the Co-Founder of Aeronaut Skincare—and a Co-Host of the company’s podcast, Project Aeronaut.
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#15 - Why I Left My Finance Career Behind—And What’s Going On Here
SOLO POD - Many of you have asked for a podcast episode that talks a bit about my backstory and what my plan is for the show over the long term.
So here it is.
#14 - All The Money in the World, Inflation And—Yes—Bitcoin
SOLO POD - When the Covid-19 Pandemic rocked the world in March 2020, governments and banks everywhere responded to the economic crisis that followed in the same way they always do: they printed money. As history repeatedly tells us, this is how fiat currencies die. Yet here we are once again.
Inflation events like this place cryptocurrency and digital currency front and center. In this episode, Julian ties it all together as he puts the global supply of money into perspective, breaks down exactly what the Fed did in response to the pandemic (as well as what they’ve done in past crises), talks about why crypto has had some branding/marketing problems early on—and, once and for all, explains how Bitcoin *actually* works.
TRENDIFIER #13 - Influencers Part 3: THE “I AM YOU” THEORY (Charlie Rocket)
SOLO POD - In the third and final part of our conversation about influencers, Julian takes us through some examples of the influencers fighting back against the negative stereotypes within the industry, the Gen-Z trends that may point towards a different influencer of the future, and the influencers coming up who actually aren’t really influencers at all.
Then, in the second half of the episode, Julian discusses a little known influencer theory, introduced back in 2019 by music executive and Nike athlete, Charlie “Rocket” Jabaley, called, The “I AM YOU” Theory. Charlie’s premise with The “I AM YOU” Theory isn’t just about influencers either. It’s about all of us.
TRENDIFIER #12 - Influencers Part 2: CLOUT CHASING
SOLO POD - Fyre Festival may have been the straw that broke the camel’s back—but even long before Billy McFarland’s Caribbean symphony, the influencer industry had seen clout chasing imposters invade its marketplace. These “fake influencers,” as we’ve come to know them, have undoubtedly damaged the influencer brand.
In Part 2 of our 3-Part series on influencer culture, Julian discusses the “clout chasers” in-depth—and breaks down the negative stereotypes that they’ve brought upon the influencer market in the process. While some of it’s sad to see, the many stories and examples of these “fakers” are certainly laugh out loud funny.
TRENDIFIER #11 - Influencers Part 1: COMPARISON CULTURE
SOLO POD - Becoming an influencer quickly became a modern-day gold rush over the past decade. The earliest adopters had success and then everyone else wanted a piece. Platforms like YouTube & Facebook got the party started—but Instagram quickly became influencer marketing’s main focus.
In Part 1 of a 3-Part series on influencer culture, Julian discusses the early origins and evolution of social platforms, the gigantic influencer industry they created, and our "comparison culture" that enabled them.
TRENDIFIER #10 - Terence Jones
Terence Jones is an activist, law student, community organizer, and long-time advocate for Civil Rights/Social Justice organizations including the NAACP & Black Lives Matter (BLM).
Currently, he serves as a Program Facilitator with the Alternatives to Violence Project—where he works with prison inmates to foster anti-aggressive behaviors.
TRENDIFIER #8 - Nuance, Discourse…And Why We’ve Lost Them
SOLO POD - Why are we so polarized on everything—from politics to pop culture? When did having nuance in our opinions become a problem? The internet is an obvious culprit. But older generations also like to pin the blame on Millennials and Gen-Z—claiming that the younger generations “never experienced struggle.”
They’re wrong. On both counts.
TRENDIFIER #7 - Sydney Di Bernardo
Sydney DiBernardo is a singer, songwriter, and musician.
TRENDIFIER #6 - Innovators & Levitators
SOLO POD - Prominent venture capitalist, Kai-Fu Lee, estimates that automation and AI will bring about at least 25% NET job losses over the next two decades. While predicting *exactly* how this would translate across job types in the future is next to impossible—might there be a “mindset” we can all adopt to approach it?
In this episode, Julian turns to an unlikely source for inspiration…
TRENDIFIER #4 - REAL Always Wins (Authenticity in Culture)
SOLO POD - What do LeBron James, Jeff Bezos, Domino’s Pizza, Jon Bellion, Bitcoin, and Elon Musk have in common? If this sounds ridiculous, it’s not. Each of them (and others discussed in this episode) are all examples of stars/brands/ideas who have either completely—or at least in some way—opened up their inner-worlds to build “real” relationships and trust with their followers.
TRENDIFIER #3 - College Part 3: WHAT HAPPENED
SOLO POD - Consider this discussion a reckoning for the college system. Despite the astronomical costs and sickening student debt—schools and universities, continue to enroll millions of new students every year. But even though the student population has remained consistent, the underlying anger at a system that’s failed far too many is growing.
To close off our 3-part conversation on the state of US colleges—Julian explores how the system built its cultural power, the “business” it has become, trends that threaten it moving forward, and why—despite all its problems that must be fixed--higher education needs to *remain* a critical institution in America.
TRENDIFIER #2 - College Part 3: STUDENT DEBT
SOLO POD - You’re a 17 or 18-year-old kid. All you want to do is get out of your parents’ house and live it up at college. And it’s not just a get-away either. It’s where you’re supposed to go. After all, you’ve been told over-and-over again—since you could walk and talk—that “you have to get a degree.” So you sign the dotted line on a paper handed to you by some guy in a suit. Terms like “interest rate” and “payment period” don’t mean anything to you at all. And that student debt price tag? $30,000? $50,000? $100,000? You’ll figure that out later...right?
The student loans system is flawed to say the least—and it’s not getting any better. In this discussion, Julian deconstructs the problem piece-by-piece. And the results are sobering.
TRENDIFIER #1 - College Part 1: COST
SOLO POD - College costs are out-of-control. We know this. But when did the system and its prices start to go wrong? And why did it happen?
Enough with the empty one-liners from politicians and social media posts alike. Let’s give it some real context.