Best Tandon Productions Podcasts (2025)

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#334: April Wachtel – Cheeky Cocktails, Mixer Mixologist 45:55

2d ago45:55

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April Wachtel, the Founder & CEO of Cheeky Cocktails, joins the show to share her journey from bartender to creating the bar-quality line of cocktail mixers. Hear the lessons she learned bartending, how to deconstruct your brand, the surprising things you can learn from your customers, how to find inspiration as an entrepreneur, and the Cocktail Ed…

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⚡🌅Stop Shrinking: Break Free from ‘Fine’ & Build a Life That Lights You Up w/ Jennifer Pastiloff 56:43

3d ago56:43

56:43

Have you ever told yourself you're "fine" when deep down you felt like you were disappearing? Like your life force was gone and you were just going through the motions? This conversation is for you. In this episode, I talk with bestselling author, speaker, and teacher, Jen Pastiloff. She is also the author of the brand new book, Proof of Life, whic…

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🖋️🕊️Creative Grief, Identity Shifts & the Return of My Inner Artist 35:04

10d ago35:04

35:04

Hi Creative Cutie.!This week I’m sharing something really personal with you. I recorded this episode right from my bed, no video, no script, just me and my heart. I’ve been going through a season of deep creative grief, and I wanted to take you inside what that actually looks and feels like. It’s raw, it’s real, and honestly… It was also super heal…

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#333: Eric Johnson – SurveyMonkey CEO, Music Entrepreneur 43:59

10d ago43:59

43:59

Eric Johnson, the CEO of SurveyMonkey, joins the show to share his journey from building businesses in the music industry to leading the world’s most popular platform for surveys and forms. Hear how SurveyMonkey has evolved over the years, how to focus on your core product while innovating, how often to test products & features, how to de-stress as…

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🐦‍🔥✨Resilience: She Lost Her Job Then Found Creative Purpose-Here's How You Can Too w/ Amanda Oleander 1:04:35

17d ago1:04:35

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In this special re-release, I’m sharing one of my absolute favorite conversations from the early days of Unleash Your Inner Creative…an episode so dear to me, it feels like a time capsule. You’ll even hear how my voice has changed, because I recorded this over six years ago, basically as a creative fetus. LOLz. This powerful episode features the in…

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#332: Kenny Dunn – Eating Europe Founder, Food Tour Trailblazer 46:09

17d ago46:09

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Kenny Dunn, the Founder & CEO of Eating Europe, joins the show to share his journey from buying a round-the-world plane ticket to creating the best food tour company in Europe. Hear how to start a business in a new industry, how to expand your business to multiple countries & cities, what makes a great tour guide, how to perfect your customer exper…

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❤️‍🔥Reignite Your Fire: Shannon Watts on Desire, Purpose, Power & Being Seen 53:40

24d ago53:40

53:40

What if the life you really want isn’t lost—it’s just buried under expectations? Today’s guest is activist, author, and founder of Moms Demand Action, Shannon Watts. On the pod, she shares what it takes to reclaim your voice, reconnect with your purpose, and live a life lit by your own desire. We talk about identity, burnout, blowback, and what it …

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#331: Charlotte Wenham – Baby Shusher, Wild Adventurer 30:55

24d ago30:55

30:55

Charlotte Wenham, the Executive Officer of Shusher & Baby Shusher, joins the show to share her journey moving from New Zealand to Texas and selling millions of baby sound machines. Hear how to turn an idea into a sellable product, how they record the Baby Shusher sound, how to keep your product simple & functional, whether there’s constant shushing…

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#330: Victoria Vaynberg – Nanit CMO & Chief Customer Officer 38:20

1M ago38:20

38:20

Victoria Vaynberg, the Chief Marketing & Customer Officer of Nanit, joins the show to share her journey from ESPN, Anheuser-Busch, Resy, and Zola to leading marketing for the smart baby monitor & parenting app. Hear what you can learn working on your dream brands, how to win the trust of parents as a baby brand, how to come up with new product feat…

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💇‍♀️🥹How Literally Pulling Out My Own Hair Led to My Creative Breakthrough 28:00

1M ago28:00

28:00

Are you hyper-independent? Do you struggle to ask for help, but deep down yearn for community, creative partners, and support? In this solo episode, I’m sharing the (honestly hilarious and kind of painful) story of how I finally learned the power of collaboration--and why trying to do everything alone was costing me my creativity, my energy, and ye…

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🧗 💪Don’t Quit: Music, Beating Cancer & the Power of Being a Late Bloomer w/ Monty Criswell 1:03:57

1M ago1:03:57

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Have you ever felt like giving up on your dream? Like it’s taking too long, or like maybe you missed your shot? Today’s guest is a Grammy-nominated hit songwriter and public speaker, Monty Criswell. He got his first big break at age 39, after more than a decade of rejection. He’s also a colon cancer survivor whose story is a masterclass in persever…

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#329: Shraysi Tandon – Kidsy Founder, Discounted Baby & Kids Gear 47:37

1M ago47:37

47:37

Shraysi Tandon, the Founder & CEO of Kidsy, joins the show to share her journey from filmmaker & TV reporter to creating the TJ Maxx of baby & kids gear. Hear how to turn your idea into a real business, how to build relationships with suppliers, how to find your niche as a brand, how to make babies & children stop crying, and how to get comfortable…

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😴🥰How to Rest Without Guilt: 6 Steps to Actually Let It In & Heal Burnout 21:33

1M ago21:33

21:33

Do you ever take a break, but still feel anxious, guilty, or like you should be doing more? In this solo episode, I share a personal story about what happened when I tried to rest over Memorial Day weekend...and couldn’t stop mentally working. This experience led me to a major realization: I’ve learned how to take time off—but I haven’t learned how…

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🦋Creative Coaching: Find Your Hidden Dream, Balance Passions & Be Authentically You w/ Caroline Stokes 57:34

2M ago57:34

57:34

Hello Creative Cutie! Today, in honor of our THREE Webby Wins, I am back with our third and last episode in a trip down unleash memory lane. This one is very special to me, because it's a coaching session. I really came into myself as a coach during this episode and discovered how much I can trust myself and how my intuition is a big part of how I…

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🙏🧎‍♀️Leaving Mormonism: Finding Yourself, Community & Faith After Religious Trauma w/ Sadie Blasucci 1:07:40

2M ago1:07:40

1:07:40

This week we continue to take a tour down memory lane with one of the best and most-listened to Unleash episodes of all time! It is with Sadie Blasucci--she shares her journey of making an extremely creative decision: leaving the religion that your parents and community have told you is the "right" one. For her, that was Mormonism. We need to use o…

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#328: Ken Gavranovic – Growing Your Business, Product Genius 40:47

2M ago40:47

40:47

Ken Gavranovic, the Serial Entrepreneur and Board Member of Product Genius, joins the show to share his journey from growing up poor to leading several exits. Hear the 80’s movie that rocked his world, how to lead your company toward IPO, how to best spend your time as an entrepreneur, how to start a business in the AI space, and how improv helps y…

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✨🐦‍🔥Creativity Has No Age Limit: How to Reclaim Your Dream at Any Age | Chandrika Tandon 57:14

2M ago57:14

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Okay creative cutie, we did it again—Unleash just won our third Webby Award (!!), and it's all thanks to YOU. To celebrate, I’m resharing one of my absolute fave episodes with the wildly inspiring Chandrika Tandon. She didn’t pursue music until her 50s, and now, in her 70s, she’s officially a Grammy winner. She just won this year! Her story is livi…

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#327: Dori Yona – Closing Your Business, SimpleClosure Co-Founder 39:26

2M ago39:26

39:26

Dori Yona, the Co-Founder & CEO of SimpleClosure, joins the show to share his journey from captaining battleships to making it easy to shut down your business. Hear how to start a unique business, when it makes sense to close your business, how to shut down your business, how to keep going when you're ready to quit, and The Mexico Whiteboard Story.…

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🎓💗The Art of Letting Go: Lessons on Mentorship, Growth & New Beginnings w/ Unleash Producer Rachel Fulton 51:57

2M ago51:57

51:57

What does it mean to truly let go? How do you know when it’s time to move on, trust the journey, and step into a new chapter of your creative life? In this special episode, longtime Unleash producer, mentee, Emmy Award Winning journalist and dear friend, Rachel Fulton joins me to reflect on our three-year creative partnership as she graduates and m…

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#326: Sidney Collin – NexStride for Parkinson’s, De Oro Devices Co-Founder 40:04

2M ago40:04

40:04

Sidney Collin, the Co-Founder & President of De Oro Devices, joins the show to share her journey from studying the brain to creating NexStride to help people with Parkinson’s and other mobility disorders walk safely. Hear how the brain works, how Parkinson’s disease affects the brain & mobility, what you can learn from a failed pitch, how to pivot …

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🔥✨Feeling Creative Burnout? Try Changing Your How, Not Your What 16:09

3M ago16:09

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Is there an area of your creativity that feels draining, stuck, or even overwhelming right now even though you deeply love it? Maybe you started with passion and excitement, but lately, it's felt exhausting. You might even be questioning whether it’s worth continuing at all. If so, you’re not alone. In this solo episode, I share the pivotal moment …

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#325: Scott Marshall – Semester at Sea, Institute for Shipboard Education 42:21

3M ago42:21

42:21

Scott Marshall, the President & CEO of Semester at Sea and the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE), joins the show to share his journey from studying abroad in Japan to leading study abroad on a giant ship around the world. Hear the behind-the-scenes of Semester at Sea, how they manage the cost of a cruise ship, the favorite ports, the best Sem…

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🛠️✨ The Power of Creative Discipline: How Writing 100 Songs in a Year Set Her Free | Monelise 53:31

3M ago53:31

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What happens when you challenge yourself to write 100 songs in one year? How can structure, within creativity, free you? In this episode, artist and longtime Unleash listener, Maria (aka her stage name, Monelise), shares how her year-long songwriting experiment helped her reconnect with her creative essence, release perfectionism, and merge her ons…

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#324: Nikki Seaman – Olive Reimaginer, Freestyle Snacks Founder 29:56

3M ago29:56

29:56

Nikki Seaman, the Founder & CEO of Freestyle Snacks, joins the show to share her journey from avoiding olives to reimagining olives in delicious snack form. Hear why olives are so polarizing, how to get customer feedback early on, how to differentiate your food brand, The Brineusual of fun facts about olives, and olive the puns. Connect with Nikki …

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✨🔥What’s Missing From Your Creative Life? Here’s How to Reignite It 17:14

3M ago17:14

17:14

Is there a part of your creative life you’ve put on ice? Maybe it got too painful, maybe life got too busy, maybe you felt like you failed or maybe you never even started…But when you think of your creativity and the fact that this piece isn’t in it, you know it’s not right. In this solo episode, I’m opening up about a powerful healing session that…

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#323: Emily Cho – Prison Teacher, Juvie for STEM Founder 31:05

3M ago31:05

31:05

Emily Cho, the Founder of Juvie for STEM aka JSTEM, joins the show to share her journey from volunteering in prisons to creating the largest youth-led education technology nonprofit. Hear what makes prison so fascinating, what you can learn from teaching in prison, how to structure your business, how to run a business with limited time, and Emily’s…

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🧍‍♀️❤️‍🩹Healing Body Grief: Make Peace with Your Body & Rebuild Self-Love | Jayne Mattingly 49:33

3M ago49:33

49:33

Have you ever felt disconnected from your body—or grieved the version of it you used to know? I have. And in this episode of Unleash Your Inner Creative, I’m talking with disability advocate and author Jayne Mattingly about something we don’t hear enough about: body grief, and how it can quietly block our creativity and self-love. Here’s what I’ve …

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#322: Len Kretchman – Uncrustables Creator, Bread Kneads Co-Founder 32:13

3M ago32:13

32:13

Len Kretchman, the Creator of Uncrustables and Co-Founder of Bread Kneads, joins the show to share his journey from college football star to creating the crustless PB&J sandwich that became a billion-dollar brand. Hear how his wife Emily came up with the idea for Uncrustables, the insights that made them possible to produce, the moment they knew it…

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🇮🇹 My Sicilian Soul Journey: Uncover Ancestral Secrets, Creative Sparks & Family Healing (BEST OF) 1:15:14

4M ago1:15:14

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Hi Creative. As you may have seen, last week was a very scary week for me. My Dad, who I am extremely close to, was in the ICU for a subdural hematoma. At some point, I will tell the full story, but for today, I am sharing just a little behind the scenes of what has been going on, as well as resharing one of my favorite episodes in honor of my Dad.…

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🔐🚀Stuck Between Two Choices? My #1 Trick to Instantly Know What to Do 12:47

4M ago12:47

12:47

Are you feeling stuck, torn between two (or more) options, and unsure which path to take? Whether it’s a major life decision or something as simple as choosing what to eat for dinner, I’ve got you. In today’s solo episode, I’m sharing my foolproof, go-to decision-making trick that has never led me astray. This simple yet powerful tool helps you tun…

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❤️‍🩹🗣️Healing After Trauma: The Creative Path No One Talks About | Marlee Liss 1:04:28

4M ago1:04:28

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What if healing after trauma wasn’t just about survival—but about creativity, reclamation, and transformation? Today’s guest, Marlee Liss, is living proof that healing can look radically different than what we’ve been taught. After experiencing sexual violence, she was thrown into the justice system and quickly realized something: the traditional p…

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🕊️❤️‍🩹Codependent No More: Remembering Melody Beattie & Her Healing Legacy 58:15

4M ago58:15

58:15

Hi, creative cutie, as you know, I've been very open and honest about my journey with codependency on the show: my struggles with it, my healing from it, my trying to understand it...In 2022, I was lucky enough to have Melody Beattie author of Codependent No More on the podcast. A couple days ago, Melody's daughter Nichole Beattie posted on her soc…

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👻✨Creative Purgatory: Why Your Best Ideas Might Already Exist 14:02

5M ago14:02

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BOO! I’m the ghost of your creative past, and I have one question for you: Do you have unfinished projects haunting you in creative purgatory? What if I told you they're the KEY to getting Unstuck? Have you ever abandoned a creative project, only to forget it existed? What if your best idea is already sitting in your notes, voice memos, or sketchbo…

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🌏❤️‍🔥Climate Change Threatened My Home—Here’s What I Learned & How We Can Fight Back Creatively w/ Patrick Murphy 1:03:14

5M ago1:03:14

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What would you do if climate change threatened your home? That’s the reality I faced during the devastating California wildfires—an experience that changed my entire perspective on the climate crisis and our role in it. I realized that climate change isn’t just about the environment—it’s about our safety, our homes, our families, and our future. It…

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🔐✨How to Unlock Hidden Creativity (Even When You Feel Empty) 12:49

5M ago12:49

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Have you ever felt creatively empty—like your spark is just gone? What if I told you that you actually have way more creativity inside you than you realize, but you just haven’t tapped into it yet? In this episode, I had an unexpected moment of inspiration (let’s just say it involved water… and a mess 😅). That moment made me realize something huge …

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🧘‍♀️❤️‍🩹How to Reset Your Nervous System & Escape Burnout w/ Nahid de Belgeonne 55:53

5M ago55:53

55:53

Are you constantly stressed, overwhelmed, or running on empty? In today’s episode, I sit down with Nahid de Belgeonne, a renowned somatic movement and nervous system expert, to uncover why we’re all stuck in survival mode—and how to break free. If you’re feeling wired but tired, creatively blocked, or stuck in the cycle of hustle culture, this epis…

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✨🌪️Creating Through Crisis: Tools to Keep Creativity Alive When Life Falls Apart 33:50

5M ago33:50

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When life feels chaotic, how do you hold onto your creativity? After living through the LA fires, I’ve been reflecting on how to keep creating during difficult times—and today, I’m sharing the exact tools that have helped me navigate fear, uncertainty, and emotional exhaustion. In this deeply personal episode of Unleash Your Inner Creative, I break…

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