The Impossible Network

Guest overview Robert Marchetti is an Australian born celebrity chef and now New York based restaurateur and co-founder of Gran Tivoli and Peppi’s Cellar. As founder and CEO of Marchettico, his hospitality lifestyle company, he delivers creative solutions that include Interior Design, Architectural, Food & Beverage, Concept Creation and Design.Listen to Part One here. In Part Two Robert discusses his vision for his NYC restaurant Gran Tivoli and why he is self funded. He reflects on the economic impact of Covid19 on New York restaurants and bars, the business environment, supporting his staff and how as humans we can use this period as a time to grow stronger and sharpen our tools. He discusses why vulnerability is a strength and how he has learned to thrive through failure and his perspective on organic food and the industrial food supply chain. The hard decision he had to make when he was at the top of his game. Robert discusses his love of history books, the imperative to solve homelessness and the rest of his quick-fire questions.  I hope you enjoy the honesty, passion, curiosity Robert Marchetti.Social Links Instagram Gran TivoliRoberts Instagram Gran Tivoli Website Facebook Show Links The Surrender experiment Jason Scott Danny Myers and ShakeShack David Thomson Thai CookWalkers Tavern 9/11Elon Musk Andrew Cuomo Bill Gates Change Please Animals AustraliaBosch Sweet Child of Mine The Gift of Fear  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest overview Robert Marchetti is an Australian born celebrity chef and now New York based restaurateur and co-founder of Gran Tivoli and Peppi’s Cellar. As founder and CEO of Marchettico, his hospitality lifestyle company, he delivers creative solutions that include Interior Design, Architectural, Food & Beverage, Concept Creation and Design.In Part One of this wide ranging discussion Robert tells the story of his upbringing in Australia to an Italian father and German mother, how his youthful persistence led him to his first experience of the restaurant industry age thirteen, being hired at fifteen by his older brother in his iconic Italian restaurant, and honing his skills on his journey through the dysfunctional high pressured restaurant kitchen environments of the 80’s and 90’s and navigating a path through a culture of abuse and staff reliance on drugs and alcohol. Robert also discusses how he developed his leadership style, being self taught, mentoring and the importance of lifelong learning.Social Links Instagram Gran TivoliRoberts Instagram Gran Tivoli Website Facebook Show Links The Surrender experiment Jason Scott Danny Myers and ShakeShack David Thomson Thai CookWalkers Tavern  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewNita Baum is an entrepreneur, co-creator, facilitator, mentor-coach, and community-builder. She is also board lead for Solar responders - the NGO from previous guest Hunter Johansson - so thanks to Hunter for making this happen.Born in New York to an inspiring cancer scientist mother and a philosophical pharmacist father, her parents’ influenced her curiosity, appreciation for creation, and her right brain - left brain development.In Part One of this two-parter we cover Nita’s early story.In Part Two we discuss her perspectives on the broader impact of Covid19cover what led Nita to form her business Bfree to partners with organizations to help them to activate individual, team, and organizational potential. Nita questions purpose role of work in light of the crisis and our growing realization of what can be achieved so easily and quicklyWe discuss the transformative moment of now and how people are reacting and the opportunity for consciousness-raising, the reorientation of human capital and the transformative capacity in all of us.I hope you are inspired by the vision, values and life philosophy of Nita BaumWhat we discuss:Nita's mother's wonder and awe and love of scienceHer father’s broad expansive thinking and his concern for what it means to be human and our collective interdependence.How Nita grew up to understand about food as a healing agentHer Mother’s respect for scienceA growing appreciation for art and science, and the process of creationNita's memories of her conversations with her father about MLK and JFK and her rebellious sideShe discusses her sister's influence and their relationshipPlaying games of the imaginationThe love of school and the challenges she facedHer love of reading and art and literatureNita's growing social and political consciousness of local and global eventsBeing drawn to EducationStudying art history and east Asian studiesTraveling to China, Japan and Korea and becoming interested in the philosophy and spiritualityStudying in Japan after college.The combination of abundance and scarcity and how her parents taught them about value and gratitude.Witnessing the social inequity in educationThe exposure to black culture by being invited to a gifted child's education programHer emotional maturityThe realization that power of systems and her misalignmentIn Part two The impact of Covid19Humanities interdependency and being wired for survivalWhat might emerge from Covid19What is the purpose of workOur realization of what can be achieved so easily and quicklyThe transformative moment of nowHow people are reacting and the opportunity for consciousness-raisingWe discuss Bfree and its visionThe transformative power of leaving the workforceThe philosophy of BfreeThe reorientation of Human CapitalThe transformative capacity in all of usThe potential of self, teams, and our larger human collectiveProcessing our grief through institutionalized fear vs building from lovePrinciples - Presume we all come free. Gifted, equal in power and grounded.Nita's impossible adviceLinks to SocialWebsiteLinkedInTwitter Solar RespondersYak Collective Links in showJiro Dreams of SushiAmericorpGeorge Washington UniversityNetImpact Black National AnthemThe Tail EndRosa ParksI Will Survive Book When Things Fall Apart FocusMates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest OverviewNita Baum is an entrepreneur, co-creator, facilitator, mentor-coach, and community-builder. She is also board lead for Solar responders - the NGO from previous Guest Hunter Johansson - so thanks to Hunter for making this happen. Born in New York to an inspiring cancer scientist mother and a philosophical pharmacist father, her parents’ influenced her curiosity, appreciation for creation and her right brain - left brain development. In part one of this two parter we cover Nita’s early influences, her love of school and education, sisters' influence, playing games of the imagination and growing up in an environment of scarcity and abundance.  Nita discusses experiencing the social inequity in education, developing a social and political consciousness of local and global events, traveling to China, Japan and Korea and becoming interested in the philosophy and spirituality. In Part Two we discuss her perspectives on the broader impact of Covid19 and cover what led Nita to form her business Bfree to partners with organizations to help them to activate individual, team and organizational potential. Nita questions purpose role of work in light of the crisis and our growing realization of what can be achieved so easily and quicklyWe discuss the transformative moment of now and how people are reacting and the opportunity for consciousness raising, the reorientation of human capital and the transformative capacity in all of us.  I hope you are inspired by the vision, values and life philosophy of Nita Baum What we discuss:Nita's mother's wonder and awe and love of science Her father’s broad expansive thinking and his concern for what it means to be human and our collective interdependence. How Nita grew up to understand about food as a healing agent Her Mother’s respect for science A growing appreciation for art and science, and the process of creationNita's memories of her conversations with her father about MLK and JFK and her rebellious side She discusses her sisters influence and their relationshipPlaying games of the imagination The love of school and the challenges she faced Her love of reading and art and literature Nita's growing social and political consciousness of local and global eventsBeing drawn to Education Studying art history and east asian studies Traveling to China, Japan and Korea and becoming interested in the philosophy and spiritualityStudying in Japan after college.The combination of abundance and scarcity and how her parents taught them about value and gratitude.Witnessing the social inequity in educationThe exposure to black culture by being invited to a gifted child's education programHer emotional maturityRealization that power of systems and her misalignment In Part two The impact of Covid19 Humanities interdependency and being wired for survivalWhat might emerge from Covid19What is the purpose of workOur realization of what can be achieved so easily and quicklyThe transformative moment of nowHow people are reacting and the opportunity for consciousness raisingWe discuss Bfree and its visionThe transformative power of leaving the workforceThe philosophy of BFreeThe reorientation of Human Capital The transformative capacity in all of us The potential of self, teams, and our larger human collectiveProcessing our grief through institutionalized fear vs building from love Principles - Presume we all come free. Gifted, equal in power and grounded. Nita's impossible advice Links to SocialWebsiteLinkedInTwitter Solar RespondersYak Collective Links in showJiro Dreams of SushiAmericorpGeorge Washington UniversityNetImpact Black National AnthemThe Tail EndRosa ParksI Will Survive Book When Things Fall Apart FocusMates Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest overviewsThis is a special Covid19 episode. Recorded over Zoom, I interview Nasser Jaber, the co-founder of The Migrant Kitchen who’s team is currently delivering 50 thousand free meals a day in NY and NJ to feed the families of those impacted by the Covid-19 crisis, including local healthcare workers on the front line in and around the city. Joining us is Israa Nasir - a clinically trained psychotherapist with experience of working with minority communities in NYC and treating their cultural and immigration-based challenges, anxiety issues, traumas, and the stresses people are suffering as this crisis unfolds. We cover the amazing work Nas is doing, the logistical challenges they face daily, in this disaster relief program, the complexity of sourcing, preparing, cooking, and delivering under CDC guidance and social distancing standards, and his go fund me campaign,We also cover the issues facing the food insecure communities, and the social injustice of the current food supply chain and the broader social issues this virus has exposed and his personal experience of dealing with and overcoming his own mental health challenges growing up in occupied Palestine.  Israa discusses the work she is doing to confront the stigma in Asian communities and some of the mental health challenges they face, how the virus has equalized the calls for help, and the impact on frontline workers. She also expands upon cultural and generational taboos around mental health and anxiety and the changes underway.  We also discuss the mental health issues facing people working in restaurants and kitchens and the exploitation of people of color, undocumented workers and gender-based biasDue to some connection issues at around the halfway, there are some sound glitches for a minute or two but we have left them in as the sound returns to normal just after.  I hope you are inspired and moved to support the great work of Nas Jaber and Israa Nasir. They discuss the positive changes in mental health literacy and changing attitudes resulting from the Virus,  Social Links Migrant KitchenNasJab83Instagram - The Migrant Kitchen Facebook Instagram Well.guide Israa’s Linkedin Links In the ShowThe Migrant Kitchen GofundmeWorld Central Kitchen Jean George Door Dash Chelsea Rental NYU IC Crisis Textline Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest Overview Maria Dantos was born to a gregarious Greek immigrant father and ‘Mayflower compact’ mother. She grew up in her family-run haunted hotel in Vermont, with safety and freedom to play and explore her imagination. Immersed in abundant love she developed a world view of social justice and the importance of removing the inequity in education. Maria is an educator to her core; with 15 years of teaching, administration and educational reform experience. She has worked with people of diverse backgrounds and to advocate for justice in education as a means of upward social mobility for minority, female or otherwise less advantaged people. Her work reflects the importance of lifelong education and encouraging curiosity.She founded, and led multiple daycare and pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) education programs and schools of up to 100 students. Driven by her conviction that every child deserves to have access to quality education led her to launch her non-profit organization, Philox to provide humanitarian relief and education to underserved at-risk children in humanitarian areas of concern. Maria is also seeking to collaborate with educators, healthcare workers, community organizers and artists to provide solutions for at-risk children in this time of crisis. Applying her organizational, management and creative skills together Maria has worked as producer for several live events, short films, documentaries and one feature length film. She has also collaborated with members of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Lincoln Center, and with Bank Street College at Columbia University.In Part two we cover her work in educational development and perspectives on the future impact of Covid19 on education and child development. I hope you enjoy the caring compassion and commitment of Maria Dantos. What we discuss Growing up in a playful outdoor environment she discusses her making her own adventures. Maria reflects on the influence of her Greek roots, and her curiosity about ‘otherness’ in a non greek community. We discuss the abundance of love but changing material scarcity. Maria explains how her education piqued her curiosity and broadened her worldview and led her to winning a scholarship to Japan aged fourteen and learning what was an alien culture but forged lifelong connections. Maria explains how serendipity set her on a path to a career in education as a result of 9/11 that led her to signing up to a Masters program at University of Pennsylvania.She discusses the impact of living with the Navajo Nation and the influence of living with a Navajo Indian elder and revolutionary Catherine Smith and how this opened her eyes to systematic social injustice, poverty, addiction, malnutrition, lack of human rights and dignity .  We cover her first experience in teaching in New York working between two economically diverse schools Maria tells the story of the serendipity of one set of parents who decided to fund her school start up. Maria discusses early childhood education curriculum strategies and her hope for the future of education and the relationships and discussions she is having to address the changes we need in education. We cover behavioral and neural changes in children due to the impact of technology and the lack of human interaction that is affecting child and interpersonal developments.  We dive into the importance of quality content for children. Maria describes her collaborations with Columbia and Yo Yo Ma create new educational experiencesI ask Maria to describe her educational NGO Philox and how its creating access to education to children and the community and protection. We discuss this in relation to Covid 19 and where the education system will change and how she hopes that more value will be focused on education.She names her principles of justice and Integrity Social LinksLinkedinInstagramV... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest Overview Maria Dantos was born to a gregarious Greek immigrant father and ‘Mayflower compact’ mother. She grew up in her family-run haunted hotel in Vermont, with safety and freedom to play and explore her imagination. Immersed in abundant love she developed a world view of social justice and the importance of removing the inequity in education. Maria is an educator to her core; with 15 years of teaching, administration and educational reform experience. She has worked with people of diverse backgrounds and to advocate for justice in education as a means of upward social mobility for minority, female or otherwise less advantaged people. Her work reflects the importance of lifelong education and encouraging curiosity.She founded, and led multiple daycare and pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) education programs and schools of up to 100 students. Driven by her conviction that every child deserves to have access to quality education led her to launch her non-profit organization, Philox to provide humanitarian relief and education to underserved at-risk children in humanitarian areas of concern. Maria is also seeking to collaborate with educators, healthcare workers, community organizers and artists to provide solutions for at-risk children in this time of crisis. Applying her organizational, management and creative skills together Maria has worked as producer for several live events, short films, documentaries and one feature length film. She has also collaborated with members of Yo Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble, Lincoln Center, and with Bank Street College at Columbia University.In Part One we cover Maria’s early years. In Part two we cover her work in educational development and perspectives on the future impact of Covid19 on education and child development. I hope you enjoy the caring compassion and commitment of Maria Dantos. What we discuss Growing up in a playful outdoor environment she discusses her making her own adventures. Maria reflects on the influence of her Greek roots, and her curiosity about ‘otherness’ in a non greek community. We discuss the abundance of love but changing material scarcity. Maria explains how her education piqued her curiosity and broadened her worldview and led her to winning a scholarship to Japan aged fourteen and learning what was an alien culture but forged lifelong connections. Maria explains how serendipity set her on a path to a career in education as a result of 9/11 that led her to signing up to a Masters program at University of Pennsylvania.She discusses the impact of living with the Navajo Nation and the influence of living with a Navajo Indian elder and revolutionary Catherine Smith and how this opened her eyes to systematic social injustice, poverty, addiction, malnutrition, lack of human rights and dignity .  We cover her first experience in teaching in New York working between two economically diverse schools Maria tells the story of the serendipity of one set of parents who decided to fund her school start up. Maria discusses early childhood education curriculum strategies and her hope for the future of education and the relationships and discussions she is having to address the changes we need in education. We cover behavioral and neural changes in children due to the impact of technology and the lack of human interaction that is affecting child and interpersonal developments.  We dive into the importance of quality content for children. Maria describes her collaborations with Columbia and Yo Yo Ma create new educational experiencesI ask Maria to describe her educational NGO Philox and how its creating access to education to children and the community and protection. We discuss this in relation to Covid 19 and where the education system will change and how she hopes that more value will be focused on education.She names her principles of justice and ... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We just interviewed our past guest Nick Fitz on his team's amazing Cancel Corona initiative.Nick explains how he and his team have quickly pivoted to build out the web app to enable anyone or any brand to use the platform to generate purposeful Covid donations based on what people are not spending during Covid19.'Millions are losing work, kids are going hungry, and coronavirus cases are rising. At the same time, we’re collectively spending billions less by not commuting, not eating out, and not going to bars and canceled events. Let’s put that extra cash to work.See how much you’re saving, then easily donate to help those most affected by Corona.'Link to Cancel Corona Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tori Chickering O'Connell was born in New Jersey to parents that cultivated a loving, safe, and creative home environment where comedy, music, and dance were a central part of the daily furniture of growing up.There is no question that this nurturing environment set her on a path to a creative career of being a journalist, producer, documentary filmmaker, comedy writer and published author of two books Nookie Town and Twisted Family Values.In this vibrant two-parter, we cover Tori's upbringing and the influence of her parents, infusing the importance of having fun and not giving a damn.Tori's discusses the importance of gratitude, having a 'why not me' attitude, and how in her early career, this attitude landed her a job at MTV, as she applied her creativity and embraced life's uncertainty and ambiguity with gusto. Tori reflects on using this attitude in the time of Covid19, and we discuss how new models are emerging in comedy, music and the arts during the lockdown.We cover her extraordinary experience of making a documentary of some of today's most lauded comedians 20 years ago before they were famous.And we dive deep into how the serendipitous personal experience of becoming a divorcee in Jersey led to the idea for her first novel, NookieTown, and covers her second book, Twisted Family Values.I hope you enjoy the fun and freedom of not giving a damn with Tori O'Connell. What We DiscussTori's parental impactGlitter balls and dancing on SaturdaysThe experience of her youthArt TherapyThe importance of funThe impact of her grandparentsLiving in a household of loveFreedom and life force of not give a damnBeing outspoken and out there and the bullying that resultedThe importance of Halloween costumesThe connection of dis-ease to diseaseHer 'let's do it' attitudeAn early love of song and danceHaving a sellout show at the Edinburgh festival with New York, Sex, Killing and ShoppingHaving start over attitudeYou Can Do it attitudeGreat Day in HarlemThe evolution of NookieTownThe idea behind Twisted Family ValuesHer upcoming novelFun, accountability and social riskSocial Links VC Chickering - author's site (with loads of fun links to buy books and procrastinate)@vcchickering - author's InstagramTori Erstwhile & The Montys - author's band's YouTube channelLinks in the Show Nookie TownTwisted Family Values Tori Erstwhile and the MontysSt Martin's Press Rocky Horror Picture ShowMike Birbiglia Tip Your Wait staffMahler Chamber Orchestra  International Opera Choir Nabucco Opera Hamilton on ZoomStuck in the Middle Fallon CBGB's Bust Joan Jet Hurricane Sandy Great Day in HarlemVEEPFlight of the ConchordsSex Education  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tori Chickering O'Connell was born in New Jersey to parents that cultivated a loving, safe, and creative home environment where comedy, music, and dance were a central part of the daily furniture of growing up. There is no question that this nurturing environment set her on a path to a creative career of being a journalist, producer, documentary filmmaker, comedy writer and published author of two books Nookie Town and Twisted Family Values. In this vibrant two-parter, we cover Tori's upbringing and the influence of her parents, infusing the importance of having fun and not giving a damn. Tori's discusses the importance of gratitude, having a 'why not me' attitude, and how in her early career, this attitude landed her a job at MTV, as she applied her creativity and embraced life's uncertainty and ambiguity with gusto. Tori reflects on using this attitude in the time of Covid19, and we discuss how new models are emerging in comedy, music and the arts during the lockdown.We cover her extraordinary experience of making a documentary of some of today's most lauded comedians 20 years ago before they were famous.And we dive deep into how the serendipitous personal experience of becoming a divorcee in Jersey led to the idea for her first novel, NookieTown, and covers her second book, Twisted Family Values. I hope you enjoy the fun and freedom of not giving a damn with Tori O'Connell. What We DiscussTori's parental impact Glitter balls and dancing on SaturdaysThe experience of her youthArt TherapyThe importance of funThe impact of her grandparentsLiving in a household of love Freedom and life force of not give a damn Being outspoken and out there and the bullying that resulted The importance of Halloween costumes The connection of dis-ease to disease Her 'lets do it' attitude An early love of song and dance Having a sellout show at the Edinburgh festival with New York, Sex, Killing and ShoppingHaving start over attitude You Can Do it attitudeGreat Day in Harlem The evolution of NookieTownThe idea behind Twisted Family ValuesHer upcoming novelFun, accountability and social riskSocial Links VC Chickering - author's site (with loads of fun links to buy books and procrastinate)@vcchickering - author's InstagramTori Erstwhile & The Montys - author's band's YouTube channelLinks in the Show Nookie TownTwisted Family Values Tori Erstwhile and the MontysSt Martin's Press Rocky Horror Picture ShowMike Birbiglia Tip Your Wait staffMahler Chamber Orchestra  International Opera Choir Nabucco Opera Hamilton on ZoomStuck in the Middle Fallon CBGB's Bust Joan Jet Hurricane Sandy Great Day in HarlemVEEPFlight of the ConchordsSex Education  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.