“I’m The Points Guy.”
Brian Kelly has been known to the world as The Points Guy since launching his blog in 2011, but he started slinging credit card reward points long bef...
Weird Work
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Join host Sam Balter each week as he talks with people who make a living in really, really weird ways. Because we’re not all fit for the 9-5. But we all are a bit weird at heart.
“I preserve vintage TV art.”
Chi-Tien Lui is known the world over as one of the last people who can repair and preserve TV art. Because the video art by the likes of Andy Warhol a...
“I teach kids to be YouTube stars.”
Summer camp usually brings to mind outdoor sports, campfire songs, and terrible food. But the idea of camp that so many people have come to know has e...
“I’m a pet influencer agent.”
Colleen Wilson was a top private mortgage banker in New York City. She was also the youngest. No small feat. But after rescuing a deaf pooch named Cha...
"I'm a dream analyst."
Jane Teresa Anderson knows how to get inside someone’s head. And her work as a dream analyst has helped countless people better understand their wakin...
“I’m a conlanger.”
David J. Peterson is a creator of languages -- otherwise known as a conlanger. And he’s behind some of the most iconic languages ever heard on televis...
“I’m a podcast librarian.”
Ma'ayan Plaut is the podcast librarian at RadioPublic. But she’s not like the typical master of the Dewey Decimal System you know from your local publ...
“I’m a surf therapy dog.”
Ricochet might be a champion surf dog, who’s ridden giants with the likes of Rob Machado, and even starred in films like Superpower Dogs. But it’s her...
“I’m an Elvis impersonator and wedding official.”
Brendan Paul grew up as a young punk living in LA. But after one fateful haircut and a handful of paying impersonation gigs around town, he found hims...
“I’m an international pizza consultant.”
Anthony Falco is the reigning pizza czar of New York. And he’s taken his expertise around the world to help others realize their own dreams of opening...