Failing Up
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 5 years ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsLife is a journey that’s filled with ups and downs, but it is how we respond to our failures that truly define us. Conan O’Brien was on The Howard Stern Show and said, "Thirty-five things have to go wrong for the best thing to happen in your career." "Failing Up" is the podcast that takes its listeners through the failures in our guest’s lives that “had to happen” in order for them to find true success. Hosted by long-time podcasters Guy Opochinski and comedian Eden Dranger, Failing Up attempts to find that magical moment from our guest that educates and inspires the listeners. Every show also incorporates listener and the hosts' own stories. At the end of every show. we donate money to our guest's favorite charity.
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Josh Mankiewicz
November 11, 2015 15:54 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBThis week, we start the show with a little bit of audio issues that recover eventually. But that doesn't take away from Dateline NBC's Josh Mankiewicz's appearance. Josh talks to us about his success and how a failure at his "dream job" changed his life forever. Josh also shares stories about his dad working with Robert Kennedy and what Kennedy he is still in touch with. Also, he shares a great story about his mom's time with the NAACP. Don't miss it. Donate to Josh's favorite charity her...
Dustin Penner
October 14, 2015 19:15 - 1 hour - 63 MBDustin Penner is an amazing story of someone who triumphed over adversity. After being cut by his home team three times, Dustin's chances of realizing his dream of being in the NHL seemed slim. Dustin never let adversity slow him down, proving himself through unusual means to get a chance to live his dream. After arriving in the NHL, Dustin promptly won the Stanley Cup and then went on to a wonderful career where he picked up a second one. Then one day, Dustin realized that hockey wasn't in...
Zeb Newman
September 30, 2015 14:53 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBZeb Newman is a true story of someone who triumphed in the face of adversity. As an actor studying at Juilliard, Zeb fell for the trappings of drugs, that eventually took control of his whole life. After seeing some success with acting in his twenties, Zeb's life went downhill. By his late twenties, he was on the street, literally living in LA's Skid Row. Shortly after that, Zeb had a stroke that temporarily paralyzed half of his body. And what did Zeb do when he recovered? He got high again...
Elan Gale
September 09, 2015 15:11 - 1 hour - 69.5 MBElan Gale is a creative man who lives to get reactions from people, from his blind date that he live tweeted, to his now infamous Thanksgiving plane ride row with a fictional young lady named Diane in 7A, Elan is no stranger from controversy. Elan also runs the hit Instagram accounts @textsfromyourex, @unspirational and @tindernightmares, entertaining millions of people daily. Through all of his success in the cyber world, and even in real life as a Producer for The Bachelor, Elan was strug...
Neal Brennan
September 02, 2015 14:41 - 1 hour - 59.8 MBNeal Brennan helped create one of the greatest TV sketch shows in history. But the co-creator co Chappelle's Show wasn't always successful. Neal began his career as a doorman at a comedy club in NYC. When he got up on stage for the first time as a comedian, the experience was so traumatic, he didn't go up again for years. His first movie, Half Baked, although a cult classic, was not exactly a hit when it first came out. Neal walks us through his successes, his failures and how he deals with ...
Alec Sulkin
August 26, 2015 14:49 - 1 hour - 56.4 MBAlec Sulkin has seen wild success as a writer and Executive Producer and the voice of Jesus (and many other characters)for Family Guy, a writer of the movie Ted and Ted 2, and has even written for The Oscars. Things aren't always fun and easy for Alec though, he has seen his share of failure. His controversial tweet about a Japanese earthquake in 2011 caused an uproar online. Some of the shows he has written, including Dads and A Million Ways To Die in the West didn't have the same commercia...
Cameron's Story Is Saving Lives
August 12, 2015 15:02 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBIn our second episode, we meet Holly Wagner who shares her tragic story. Holly was just a "regular" mom of two young boys when a horrific accident changed their lives forever. Holly's older son was injured and her youngest son, Cameron ultimately ultimately passed away due to being improperly strapped in to his car seat. Now, Holly is on a crusade to teach parents the proper way to align their car seats and buckle in their children. Through this horrific incident, Holly has become a spokespe...
Andy Lassner
August 05, 2015 15:07 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBAndy Lassner grew up as an orthodox Jewish kid from New York and when he got in to NYU, his whole life changed. Andy discovered girls, alcohol and drugs, and a whole world he never expected to ever know. Of course everyone who knows Andy knows that he's now a super successful, multiple Emmy award winner for his work on shows with Rosie O'Donnel and of course, his current boss Ellen Degeneres. It wasn't always easy for Andy, he truly took himself from rock bottom all the way to the top. Andy ...