The Socratic Method

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Anousheh Ansari! Anousheh is a visionary entrepreneur, philanthropist, engineer, and space explorer. Anousheh was born in Iran and moved to the United States with her family in 1984. She attended George Mason University and later received a degree in electrical engineering from George Washington University. She then began her career in the technology industry co-founding and servin...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with a fellow Clarksburg High School alumni and fellow person with the “Alex” first name Alex Berardo! Alex is a recent University of Maryland, College Park graduate where he studied Electrical Engineering, German Studies, and International Engineering. He has spent time abroad studying in Germany while also working with hydrogen fuel cell cars, and now currently works at Northrop Grumm...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Kevin J. Rhodes, PhD. Kevin is an experienced electrified vehicle engineer with a demonstrated history of delivering results in the automotive industry. He is skilled in materials, batteries, product development, chemistry, research, and leading large teams of engineers to address complex issues. He earned his doctorate in materials science and engineering (electrochemical material...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Chris Faranetta the Vice President & Co-Founder of NearStar Fusion a nuclear fusion energy company located in Chantilly, Virginia. Chris Faranetta has a great deal of knowledge and experience within the aerospace and clean tech industry most directly focused on commercializing deep technology, and for the last decade he has now been focused on the business development within pl...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak to a fellow Clarksburg High School Alumni Caroline Ta! Caroline is the owner and founder of Sweets by Caroline where she brings her customers delicious customizable gluten-free french macarons, cakes, and other desserts, all made from scratch. She offers simple and unique flavors that will leave your taste buds coming back for more. I am not a big desert person but I will most definitel...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with a fellow St. Mary’s College of Maryland (SMCM) alumni Antonio Mastromanolis. Antonio is a very hardworking human and currently works at Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI), additionally he is a former college athlete playing Lacrosse while at SMCM, and is a great content creator producing and generating content on various social media platforms related to loans, mortgages, fin...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with my good friend & brother Alfie Moore. Alfie is a very talented photographer and videographer within the travel and automotive space, he has worked with dozens of brands creating creative and high quality content, and this past year he created a short film titled “Memories That Made Us” where he interviews three people asking them the ultimate question “Are You Happy?” and the o...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Coleman Ayers. He is the founder of By Any Means, where his mission is to change the world with a basketball. He started the company in 2015 with his #AttentionToDetail series while also training local hoopers. Today by any means has grown into a global movement with an audience of over 400,000. Coleman's training philosophy revolves around using science and research-backed me...

John Canan is the founder and operator of Mountains and Rivers Media, which is a media arts production business that creates thoughtful and profound communications media components for conservation and place-focused organizations. Their mission is Rewilding the human imagination™ through the creation and distribution of immersive photography and visual communication media directly through their clients communications and editorial ...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Matthew Choi who wears many very cool hats (literally & figuratively). Matt is a Quince Orchard High School Alumni which is local to my alma mater Clarksburg High School, he is a former Division 1 student-athlete playing football at Monmouth University, a personal trainer and owner of the sports performance training company The Athletes’ Marathon, a sub 3 hour marathon runner &...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Marcus Lannie the Founder of Marcus’ Morning Minute, Product Manager at A-Laser, Chairman of the Board with the American Society of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University Alumni (Class of 2022), current engineering graduate student at University of California Berkeley, a well known and well respected Public Speaker, and recently named ASME #1 Global Student Leader. Marcus has bu...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with Chris Faranetta the Vice President & Co-Founder of NearStar Fusion a nuclear fusion energy company located in Chantilly, Virginia. Chris Faranetta has a great deal of knowledge and experience within the aerospace and clean tech industry most directly focused on commercializing deep technology, and for the last decade he has now been focused on the business development within pl...

Within this episode I had the chance to speak with some good friends from my college basketball team Ahmed Milton, Jordan “Foodie” Goodwin, and Franklin “Frank” Nitty AKA The Gold Guys (except the group is a little bigger, you will get the chance to meet all of them in another episode soon!). Going into the episode we did not plan anything to talk about really, and we thought we would just wing it. The episode was AMAZING and was f...

Within this episode we debated Socialism VS Capitalism. This was not strictly structured or organized and none of us are experts. Spencer Woehrle is a recent college graduate majoring in Anthropology with minors in History and Museum Studies, currently he is a Museum Educator at the Riversdale House Museum located in Riversdale Park, Prince George's County, MD. Spencer says that there is of course no perfect system to explain ...

Bhavik Dhanak is the Founder and CEO of Aesthetic Imprints which is a custom apparel printing company specializing in screen printing and embroidery. Baav serves most of his time growing the print shop that he started all out of his parents basement. Baav was always addicted to the grind and hustle of growing a business from the ground up. He started Aesthetic Imprints in his senior year of high school and has been grinding all day...

Agathiya Tharun “Aggy” is a rising Junior at Purdue University studying mechanical engineering. He is an undergraduate researcher and aspiring astronaut interested in the development of new technology within the space industry. During his time in College he has been able to do research within the RETHi which is the Resilient Extraterrestrial Habitats Institute at Purdue, co-host and co-director for the American Society of Mechanica...