Journey of The Unordinary | 平凡​​的人

About Journey of The Unordinary | 平凡​​的人

Dive into the fascinating journeys of the unordinary people to find a piece of yourself in their stories, and let their adventures inspire your own. Join us as we carry out an intimate conversation with our guests and celebrate the shared tapestry of life together.

Publisher

Journey of The Unordinary

Category

society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

13 Sept 2023

Latest episode

17 May 2024

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   17 May 2024

   #s2ep1 Isaac: from chemical engineering to product management at Zora

   #podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Isaac's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/zaak (https://warpcast.com/zaak) | Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/isaaccynhttps://twitter.com/isaaccyn (https://twitter.com/isaaccyn) Chuxin's Warpcastl: https://warpcast.com/chuxin (https://warpcast.com/chuxin) | Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h (https://twitter.com/chuxin_h ) Jackie's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/agaperste- (https://warpcast.com/agaperste-) | Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/agaperste (https://twitter.com/agaperste)📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary (https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary) Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ (https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/) RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss (https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ (https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/) Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney (https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney) Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/unordi-journey (https://warpcast.com/unordi-journey)👉 Action Item Comment on your preferred platform: What are your ideas around building a better, more regenerative world in the future? Join our Warpcast Channel for further discussion: https://warpcast.com/~/channel/unordi-journey (https://warpcast.com/~/channel/unordi-journey )👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:40) Welcome Isaac! (04:05) The journey before crypto (10:12) Moving from Australia to NYC (13:29) Bringing liberal arts onchain (17:29) Evolving cultural trends onchain (21:39) Bridging crypto and creatives (27:38) Developing personal fashion style (31:03) What makes you happy? (34:44) How to balance your life? (37:38) Closing (39:56) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

2. 

   22 Nov 2023

   #s1ep10 Meghan Heintz: From environmental resourcing to AI lead at Dune

   👾 EPISODE LINKS: Meghans's social: https://medium.com/@meghanheintz Chuxin's social: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's social: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment on your preferred platform: What are your ideas around building a better, more regenerative world in the future? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Welcome Meghan! (02:44) Where Meghan grew up (03:28) Childhood dream to become an astronaut (04:10) How moving around has shaped Meghan (05:47) Aspects younger Meghan found exceptionally easy (07:14) Reject to be rejected (10:27) Maintaining and establishing friendships (15:28) Professional journey from college to data science/AI\ (19:21) How Meghan discovered about crypto (20:33) Meghan's love story (25:00) Work life balance as a working mom (29:33) How to allocate energy and care towards the right direction at work (33:30) Where AI is leading us (38:55) How Meghan is different outside of work (39:56) Goal in life (40:58) Being a mom (42:49) Meghan's superpower (46:53) How romance novels and sci-fi are related to AI work (49:40) Is the world a better place (55:14) What people get wrong about Meghan (56:04) Mental framework to approach life (59:14) Closing (1:00:29) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

3. 

   15 Nov 2023

   #s1ep9 Hannah Curtis: from training to be ballerina to running product at Dune

   👾 EPISODE LINKS: Hannah's social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahcurtis/ Chuxin's social: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's social: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment on your preferred platform: What are your ideas around building a better, more regenerative world in the future? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (1:05) Welcome Hannah! (2:33) The move from Atlanta to New York City (5:33) From childhood dream of being a ballet dancer to studying economics and becoming a PM and data person (10:30) The gradual transition from wanting to be a dancer to going into the corporate world (12:04) Advice to someone who might be looking for a huge transition and change (15:00) Things Hannah rejected growing up (17:15) Having a big family growing up (20:33) Hannah’s career journey (28:30) Leading a Product team vs. being a PM (31:19) Journey to become a manager and a leader (34:18) Journey from she/her/hers to they/them/theirs (42:27) Creative hobbies for Hannah nowadays (43:25) What do people get wrong about Hannah (44:46) What does Hannah wish people know about them (46:27) Building and living an enriched and nourishing life (54:52) Is our world better than 100 years ago and what is the future world Hannah wants to build towards (59:47) Closing (1:01:38) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

4. 

   9 Nov 2023

   #s1ep8 0xBoxer(Florian): from almost non-existent university life to crypto data community manager

   👾 EPISODE LINKS: Boxer's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/0xboxer Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (0:56) Welcome Boxer (Florian)! (1:51) What did young Boxer want to be when growing up (2:37) If the younger self would be surprised about the current job (6:19) Living an easy life and how this backfired in adulthood (12:37) (Almost) non-existent university life, backpacking, internship, and discovery of crypto and Dune (48:16) Embodying the Dune spirit (50:40) What people get wrong about Boxer (54:14) Things that give Boxer energy (1:01:01) If the world is heading to a better place (1:09:17) What makes Boxer happy and having a fulfilled life (1:11:59) Has people taken advantage you? (1:13:49) What is the German part of Boxer (1:18:06) Closing (1:20:24) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

5. 

   1 Nov 2023

   #s1ep7 - David Kell: From counting sheep in Wales to realizing his Call of Character is love for data

   👾 EPISODE LINKS: David' Website: https://davidkell.io/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (1:29) Welcome David! (2:13) TLDR of David's journey to where he is today (6:49) How are data scenes different in web2 vs. web3, scientific community vs. SaaS product setting (11:27) Getting data is harder and more important to focus on than analyzing data (16:49) Can machines figure out what is good quality and useful data to feed into itself? (22:34) Why did David become a founder and start Gyana (27:51) Commonalities and differences between being a scientist and an entrepreneur (31:19) Journey from academia to starting a software company then back to being a scientist (36:47) Downside of being a boss (39:19) How to live a fulfilled life (43:04) How to balance adulthood responsibility and childhood joy (44:46) What is David’s “Call of Character” and how has it evolved (50:08) How is David different at work and outside of work? (57:34) How do you know you are making a rational decision (1:02:59) Closing (Reach out to David about how to use data!) (1:07:44) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

6. 

   26 Oct 2023

   #s1ep6 Paul Tune: from childhood dream of astrophysics to machine learning

   👾 EPISODE LINKS: Paul's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/ptuls Paul's Website: https://paultune.com/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Latest Episode: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journey-of-the-unordinary/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:58) Welcome Paul (4:06) Paul's venture into singing (7:23) A brief journey from Malaysia to Australia (10:50) Growing up as a different kid (13:14) What it means for someone interested in math (15:17) Things that you refused to do as a kid (17:01) PhD studies in Australia (23:19) Transition from academia to the industry (28:15) What it feels like working at Canva in the early days v.s. now (31:31) Evolution of job responsibility (36:51) Misconception of machine learning (38:50) How to keep up to date (42:10) Using AI in daily life (45:57) Will AI make our world a better place (54:00) What's a meaningful life (55:08) What people get wrong about Paul (56:19) Parent's influence and life decisions (1:00:10) Closing (1:01:44) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

7. 

   18 Oct 2023

   #s1ep5 Pifafu (Kathy): From loving to doodle to being the head of product design & loving life

   #podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Pif's website: https://www.pifafu.com/ Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1ep4-danning-from-playing-djembe-to-being-crypto-data/id1707108414?i=1000631024704 Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ePRc4juyPDb RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Welcome Kathy! (09:00) Where did Kathy get the name Pifafu? (11:15) What was Kathy curious about & good at as a child? (14:35) Can you turn your interest or hobby into a job or career? (21:55) Kathy's designer journey from being an intern to leading the product design team (30:53) Creating luck for yourself so you are ready when the opportunity comes (34:09) What differentiates someone between a junior and principal designer (38:14) What is a designer (42:27) Kathy's journey from IC (individual contributor) to a manager (48:01) What excites Kathy outside of work (53:31) How to avoid burnout and achieve that balance in life (58:26) What does Kathy value in life and what makes her feel happy and achieved (1:11:58) Closing (1:13:43) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

8. 

   11 Oct 2023

   #s1ep4 - Danning: from playing Djembe to being crypto data rebel

   #podcast 👾 EPISODE LINKS: Dannig's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/sui414 Dannig's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/sui414 Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s1ep4-danning-from-playing-djembe-to-being-crypto-data/id1707108414?i=1000631024704 Spotify: https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ePRc4juyPDb RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: TODO Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Welcome Danning! (02:31) Hometown and Journey to the US (05:20) Parent's influence on major and career decisions (07:48) Childhood dreams (09:54) Danning's niche hobby of playing djembe, and other activities (16:50) How Danning's childhood makes her more rebellious (20:02) Where Danning wants to stay in the near future (21:12) What attracts Danning into crypto (23:20) Debate on surveillance, privacy, and trust (30:34) What Danning misses the most from her hometown (31:40) Moving from NYC to SF (38:40) MEV and PBS research (43:55) Difference inside and outside of work; work-life balance approach (50:47) Value of life and source of energy (56:06) Danning's superpower of connecting with people (58:05) Closing (1:00:46) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

9. 

   4 Oct 2023

   #s1ep3 - Kofi: From shiny toy syndrome to creating luck for yourself

   👾 EPISODE LINKS: Kofi's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/0xKofi Kofi's current project: 🧸 https://www.bundlebear.xyz Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (00:00) Intro (00:56) Welcome Kofi! (02:00) From UK to Ghana back to the UK (05:20) What do people get wrong about Ghana (07:45) Having a multicultural background (15:00) From civil engineering degree to transport planning to VC to doing crypto data full-time (32:16) Having a superpower to learn super fast? (42:11) Having a mentality to explore things and not be afraid of failure (47:20) Qualities when looking for a life partner (49:15) Priorities in Kofi’s life (50:40) How is Kofi different IRL vs. online (53:00) Why did Kofi leave VC and what is Kofi doing nowadays (1:03:27) Closing (1:04:54) Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

10. 

    27 Sept 2023

    #s1ep2 - Binji: a mission to end "socio-economic martyrdom"

    👾 EPISODE LINKS: Binji's Warpcast: https://warpcast.com/binji Binji's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/binji_x Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney 👉 Action Item Comment or DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: (0:00) - Intro (0:57) - Welcome Binji! (3:07) - Ice Breaker (5:04) - Moving from Nepal to Costa Rica for High School (9:58) - Moments that felt different being at home vs. in a foreign country (13:11) - About staying connected with friends and Binji's "pod castle" (14:46) - Growing up in Nepal (16:49) - "I like New York the most when I leave it" (19:50) - Where Binji gets his energy from (23:00) - "I didn't speak for 10 or 11 years in my life, and I'm making up for it now" (27:08) - Experiences that led Binji to doing what he does today (29:48) - "Talent is not scarce, opportunity is" (34:36) - Elaboration on ending "socio-economic martyrdom" (39:15) - Unlocking borders via DAO (46:30) - How's Binji different at work and outside of work (47:57) - "Everyone single in crypto should go on a date for the sake of the industry" (52:02) - Being chronically online (55:14) - Binji's superpower (1:03:06) - A really out-there dream (1:06:20) - Closing (1:08:41) - Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematicIntro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

11. 

    20 Sept 2023

    #s1ep1 - Andrew Hong: from teaching Go to teaching web3 data

    👾 EPISODE LINKS: Andrew's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/andrewhong5297 (https://twitter.com/andrewhong5297) Chuxin's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/chuxin_h (https://twitter.com/chuxin_h) Jackie's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/agaperste (https://twitter.com/agaperste) 📝 PODCAST INFO: Our Linktree: https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary (https://linktr.ee/journeyoftheunordinary) Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414 (https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1707108414) Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG (https://open.spotify.com/show/5W1X87gT0Tzj9zTRqIQ1wG) RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss (https://anchor.fm/s/e85f9af4/podcast/rss) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/ (https://www.instagram.com/journeyoftheunordinary/) Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney (https://twitter.com/UnordiJourney) 👉 Action Item: DM or post on your preferred platform: how did the topics in this episode resonate with you? What resonated and what didn't? 👣 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Intro 1:08 - Welcome Andrew! 2:27 - "Journey to where you are now" 5:01 - From no-Asian environment to all-Asian environmen 6:49 - Why Andrew moved to New York 8:38 - What was Andrew like when he was in middle school or high school 10:52 - How do you know what you like vs. not like (interest vs. validation) 13:36 - What did Andrew want to do as a kid 15:28 - Would today's Andrew surprise Andrew 10 years ago 17:20 - From consulting, to banking, to blockchain and teaching web3 data 21:52 - When did Andrew start teaching? 24:42 - No to engineering but yay to tech, how does this make sense? 27:00 - Going broad vs. going deep in career paths 28:43 - Planning for the future, or rather, not planning 32:10 - Things Andrew gave up doing 37:51 - Andrew's life philosophy 56:06 - Closing 58:04 - Outro Outro music by @virgozillabeatz - Stargaze via @hellothematic Intro music by @mysmvibes - New Life via @hellothematic

12. 

    13 Sept 2023

    Season 1: Origin Episode -- Why, Who, and What

    In this origin episode, cohosts Chuxin and Jackie talk about what this podcast is about, why they wanted to start the podcast, who should listen to the podcast what you can expect out of the podcast.

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