Career Wanderlust

By Jolie Downs

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How do you successfully navigate your evolving career? Career Wanderlust connects with industry leaders to discuss and highlight their best career tips, whether that’s finding and landing a new job or rising within some organizations’ ranks. We highlight unique experiences while sharing pearls of wisdom that could positively impact any listener. 

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Episode Date
Why Managing Your Energy - Not Your Time - Is the Real Master Skill and more Career Lessons from Firebrand CEO & PRSA Agency of the Year Winner Morgan McLintic
Mar 20, 2026
500 Doctor Visits, 21 ER Trips, and a Business Born From Illness: Melissa Baker on Turning Life's Worst Moments Into Your Most Powerful Purpose
Feb 10, 2026
From Corporate Leadership to Modest Fashion Founder: How Amina Salami Bet on Herself, Navigated Workplace Bias, and Built a Business Rooted in Faith and Purpose
Jan 21, 2026
Employee Experience Pioneer Cat Collela-Graham talks Making Change Stick, Successful Team Management Skills, and Reclaiming Your Superpower
Jan 06, 2026
Setbacks Are Just Launchpads: How to Transform Career Challenges Into Your Biggest Breakthroughs and Take Back Control of Your Professional Destiny with Keith Willis
Oct 28, 2025
What If the Secret to Career Success Was Found on a Baseball Diamond? Adam Cormier on Authentic Leadership, Continuous Learning, and Performing Under Pressure
Aug 22, 2025
Never Work for Free: Alan Dunton, a PR Veteran's Rules for Knowing Your Worth, Building Influence, and Using AI to Stay Ahead in Communications
Aug 08, 2025
The Authenticity Advantage with Jeff Koo: How Coming Out, Embracing Feedback, and Following Your Geeky Passion Can Transform Your Career
Jun 12, 2025
What 25 Years at PR Agencies Taught Me Before I Finally Launched My Own: Noah Dye on Embracing Uncertainty, Setbacks as Stepping Stones, and the Leap That Changed Everything
May 22, 2025
The Only Thing Certain in Your Career Is Change: Sylvie Tongco on Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, Getting That Six-Figure Salary Conversation, and Why Boundaries Are Non-Negotiable
May 08, 2025
How to Make a Scary Career Pivot and Land on Your Feet: Trisha Nicolas on Leaving TV News for Snapchat, the Power of the Generalist, and Moving Through Life With Integrity
Apr 03, 2025
How to Build a Career Across Cisco, HubSpot, SAP, and IBM: Robert Collins on 20 Years of B2B Tech Marketing, Authentic Storytelling, and What Senior Communicators Know That Junior Ones Don't
Mar 20, 2025
Being Unapologetically Human at Work: How Authenticity, Vulnerability, and Owning Your Mistakes Became the Ultimate Professional Superpower with Blair Broussard
Feb 27, 2025
How Childhood Chatter Became a VP Superpower: Alex Ebanks of Microsoft on Authentic Networking, Strategic Volunteering, and Building Teams That Actually Thrive
Feb 13, 2025
From Profit to Purpose: A 30-Year PR Veteran Mark Beal on what Gen Z Is Teaching Corporate America, Winning New Business, and Why Research Always Beats the Competition
Jan 30, 2025
From Communications to Talent Leadership with Isobel Petersen: Finding power in saying yes, asking questions, emotional intelligence, and breaking the ‘always-on’ myth
Jan 09, 2025
From Disney to Daytime TV to 450 Episodes: How Alan Locher Built a Career by Speaking His Dreams Out Loud and Saying Yes to Every Unexpected Opportunity
Dec 12, 2024
How to Ace Your Job Interview: A Recruiter Reveals the Secrets to Getting Hired and Landing Your Dream Job
Nov 30, 2024
How a Toxic Workplace Became the Blueprint for a Better Agency: Danielle Wiley on Psychological Safety, Unexpected Mentorship, and Building Teams Where People Actually Thrive
Nov 14, 2024
How a Media Veteran Uses Humor to Survive Crisis, Cancel Culture, and 30 Years in PR: Jeremy Murphy on Authenticity, Risk-Taking, and Why Laughter Is a Leadership Strategy
Oct 25, 2024
From Red Carpet to White Coats: Alex Moresco talks pivoting with purpose, mastering executive presence, rewriting your identity, and the power of resilience
Oct 10, 2024
How to Thrive in PR Without Burning Out: Natalee Gibson on Toxic Workplaces, Impossible Deadlines, and Building an Agency Built on Partnership Not Vendorship
Sep 26, 2024
How to Break Into Corporate Communications With No Corporate Experience: Arik Hesseldahl, Former Forbes and Bloomberg Journalist on Asking Better Questions, Career Pivots and Trusting Your Instincts
Sep 12, 2024
What a 30-Year HR Veteran Wishes She'd Known Sooner: Taking More Risks, Building Allies, Busting the 'Not Ready' Myth, and How to Handle a Termination the Right Way with Janet Parker
Jul 25, 2024
Leadership Secrets Unveiled: Chris Pienkowski’s Insights for High-Impact Influence and the Attributes of Top Leaders (What To Do and What To Avoid)
Jul 11, 2024
Career Jungle Gyms vs. Career Ladders: Why Slowing Down, Mastering Feedback, and Choosing Purposeful Work Leads to Faster Long-Term Success with Christine Nyirjesy Bragale
Jun 27, 2024
From Google Chief of Staff to Executive Coach: How to Navigate Career Inflection Points, Redefine Success, and Become a More Conscious Leader with Eric Nehrlich
Jun 13, 2024
How to Navigate Career Changes Without Losing the Relationships That Matter: April Conyers on Strategic Storytelling, Career Pivots, and What 15 Years in Comms Really Teaches You with April Conyers
May 30, 2024
Secrets to Career Acceleration with Natalie Maguire: Mastering adaptability, career-changing questions, and a solutions oriented mindset
May 16, 2024
Career Wisdom with Angela Griffo: Secrets to Rapid Career Growth, Mastering the Art of Difficult Conversations, and Unlocking Your Team’s Potential
May 02, 2024
From PR Agency to Bitcoin VC Fund: How Dorothy Chang Used Curiosity, Manifestation, and Communications Skills to Build a Career Nobody Could Have Predicted
Apr 18, 2024
Building Impactful Relationships and High-Performing Teams with Mission North's President, Nicole Messier
Apr 04, 2024
How to Speak Your Career Dreams Into Existence: Julia Lechner on Following Curiosity, Winning the Moth Grand Slam, and Building a Career Across Journalism, Entertainment, and Tech
Mar 28, 2024
How to Write a Resume That Actually Gets You Hired: A Career Coach Reveals the Secrets Most Applicants Never Know About ATS, Keywords, and Standing Out with Matt Warzel
Mar 21, 2024
30 Years of Tech PR Lessons in One Conversation: Fred Bateman on Serial Entrepreneurship, Strategic Communications, and Why Every Challenge is a Career-Defining Opportunity
Mar 14, 2024
From Journalist to AI Marketing Leader: Alex Plant on B2B Marketing, Storytelling, Building Successful Teams, and What It Really Takes to Cut Through the Noise
Mar 07, 2024
The Four Career Secrets a 25-Year Storytelling Veteran Lives By: Passion, Mission, Curiosity, and Why Finding a Mentor Is Worth Its Weight in Gold with Tim Donovan
Feb 29, 2024
How to Beat Burnout Before It Breaks You: Kendall Sadler, Remitly's Director of Communications on Setting Boundaries, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, and Hiring People Smarter Than Yourself
Feb 22, 2024
What Happened When My Workplace Language Graphic Went Viral (and the Backlash That Followed): Anna Taylor on Inclusivity, Curiosity, and Leading Through Controversy
Feb 15, 2024
The Power of Saying Yes: How Compassionate Leadership, Overcoming Imposter Syndrome, and Embracing Discomfort Create Extraordinary Career Breakthroughs with Janel Steinberg
Feb 08, 2024
How to Read a Room and Build a Career on Authentic Networking: Lessons from a Wells Fargo VP on Emotional Intelligence, Failure, and What Really Opens Doors with Wunmi Bamiduro
Jan 31, 2024
The Last Time I Interviewed Was 2011: How Relationships, Kindness, and a Non-Linear Career Path Built a Decade of Opportunities Without a Single Resume with Kara Silverman
Jan 24, 2024
How to Stop Chasing Someone Else's Career and Start Building Your Own: Lisa Picasso on Authenticity, Brand Strategy, and Making Pivots That Actually Align With Who You Are
Jan 16, 2024
How a Single Letter Led to a 7-Year Partnership with a Billionaire Philanthropist: Allen Shapard on Authentic Relationships, Career Pivots, and the Power of Asking the Right Questions with Allen Shapard
Jan 10, 2024
How to Pitch Ideas You Actually Believe In: Weaponizing Anxiety for Success, Empathy in PR, and the Creative Superpower Behind Award-Winning Campaigns with Kristina King
Dec 18, 2023
How to Work Remotely and Travel Full Time: One Communications Pro's Journey to Living in an Airstream, Embracing Rejection, and Designing a Life You Love with Jessi Adler
Dec 04, 2023
Be a Sponge: How Absorbing Everything Around You Early in Your Career Sets You Up for Long-Term Success, Work-Life Balance, and Entrepreneurship with Suzanne Block
Dec 04, 2023
Stop Comparing Your Career to Everyone Else's: Self-Awareness, Critical Thinking, and What Hiring Managers Actually Look for in Top Candidates with Rachel Esterline Perkins
Nov 27, 2023
Why You Can't Fake Believing in Your Work: Authenticity, Values Alignment, and How to Find a Company Whose Mission You Actually Stand Behind with Kevin Petschow
Nov 20, 2023
How to Start an Agency After 9/11 with a One-Year-Old: Sandra Fathi's Blueprint for Building a Career Through Crisis, Leadership, and PR Mastery with Sandra Fathi
Nov 06, 2023
How to Leave a Job That's Making You Miserable: Financial Planning for Career Change, Gut Instincts, and Finding Work That Actually Fits Your Values with Jacqueline Boas
Nov 03, 2023
Crisis Communication Secrets from the Supply Chain Frontlines: How to Build Resilience, Protect Your Brand, and Navigate the Worst Days of Your Career with Mike Bush
Oct 27, 2023
B2B Tech PR Secrets: How to Tell a Compelling Tech Story, Build Authentic Relationships, and Use Radical Honesty to Save Your Brand with Travis Murdock
Oct 20, 2023
How to Find Your Career Sweet Spot: Resilience, Open-Mindedness, and the Cultural Fit Secret That Changes Everything with Alisa Granz
Oct 11, 2023
Why Job Hopping Saved My Career: A PR Agency CEO on Breaking Career Rules, Seizing Opportunities Others Miss, and Building a Culture of Open Communication with David Barkoe
Oct 04, 2023
The Leadership Integrity Test: How to Lead with Purpose, Build Award-Winning Teams, and Pass the Look-in-the-Mirror Moment That Defines Real Leaders with Katie Huang Shin
Sep 27, 2023
Brand Storytelling Secrets: How a Former Actor Built One of Hospitality's Most Creative Agencies and What Every Marketer Can Learn From It with Andrew Freeman
Sep 20, 2023
How to Give Feedback That Doesn't Destroy Morale: Building a Feedback Culture, Psychological Safety, and Leading High-Performing Teams with Jenni McDonough
Sep 20, 2023
How to Network Your Way Into Every Job: Career Pivots, Talent Acquisition Secrets, and Why Relationships Are Your Greatest Career Asset with Jennifer Toole
Sep 20, 2023