HeyJaredI'm Here Too
A podcast, hosted by Ara Tucker that explores the intersections of art, culture, commerce, careers, creativity, family, identity and all that fills the spaces in between.
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Building Out of Necessity, a conversation with Onyedika Achilike (opens the original)
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Hi everybody, welcome to this episode of I’m Here Too. Today I’m talking to Onyedika Achilike about what it means when you grow up with entrepreneurship as a way of life designed to provide necessities and not a passion project. She shares how her definition of stability has evolved over time and lessons learned (and unlearned) along the way during her time in venture capital investing and building her own businesses in a variety of industries including wellness and recruiting. Off we go, enjoy.
Creating a Connection, a conversation with Melody Chu (opens the original)
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Hi everybody, welcome to this episode of I’m Here Too. Today, I talk to Melody Chu about her journey from Princeton University and Harvard Law School to becoming an attorney and then publishing her debut novel Mathey Girls . We talk about the work of not just writing a novel, but getting it out into the world and finding the audiences that will connect with the story and share their feedback along the way. We get into a pretty spicy debate about the best food in Princeton as well as some other f
I'm Here Too Season Four Trailer: Navigating Your Next Chapter (opens the original)
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What if the next chapter is about finally living life on your own terms? In Season 4 of I’m Here Too, we explore what happens when you: • Stop waiting for the perfect moment to be yourself • Drop the corporate armor • Reclaim your priorities after a major wake-up call • Break out of the linear career mold • Realize that you are the impact Together, we explore what it looks like when you let go of old scripts, trust the unfamiliar, and step boldly into what's next.If you’ve ever found yourself as
RE-RELEASE: Do the Doing, a conversation with Jon Zweifler (opens the original)
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What would make you walk away from a Fortune 500 career to become an “old founder?” In this episode, I reconnect with my middle school buddy, Jon Zweifler. We talk about hitting a ceiling in your career and what happens when you realize there is no “next job” that will teach you something new. Jon shares his journey from the Fortune 500 to life as a tech founder who is building Reed AI from the ground up to turn real-world language into learnable moments for neurodivergent kids and how his perso
RE-RELEASE: The Dream Can Change, a conversation with Sunil Ayyagari (opens the original)
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In this episode, I reconnect with Sunil Ayyagari, someone I’ve known since we were kids, to talk about time, identity, ambition, and what it looks like to build a life that surprises you. Sunil reflects on growing up queer in the late 80s and 90s, when stigma and fear shaped what was visible, and how pop culture touchstones like Madonna and Pedro Zamora, plus early AOL chat rooms, helped him piece together a sense of self. We talk about moving to New York, working in theater, and the moment he r
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