New Rules Podcast

Benjamin Edgar is most notably the guy who started Boxed Water, the company that started out as a way to make bottled water more efficient, and better for the environment. Jason skypes with him to learn about his midwest childhood, his early ventures into the startup world, how he started Boxed Water, and his newest venture “Th-oughts,” a peer to peer resource for putting emerging creatives in touch with their mentors directly. This podcast is brought to you by WestwoodWestwood.

Dan Hall aka Decatur Dan is a director and photographer from Atlanta, currently living in Los Angeles. He got his start directing music videos for rappers like Future & Jeezy, he now owns his own photo studio and creative agency in LA, regularly shooting for clients like Nike & Beats. Jason Stewart sat down to speak with him about his journey to where he is today, with some pro tips and advice on how to make it in this every changing world of photography.

Michael Voltaggio is a chef and restaurant owner in Los Angeles, most known for winning one of the first seasons of Top Chef, he’s gone on to make a very successful career for himself in the food world. Jason sat down with him at his restaurant INK to chat about his story to how he got to where he is today, motivation, fitness, collaboration, and so much more.

This week’s episode of New Rules was recorded live from "Little Everywhere” a podcast studio in Los Angeles with co-owner Jane Marie. She’s a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist who produced This American Life for nearly a decade before becoming an independent content creator. She's since collaborated with a wide variety of outlets including Epic Magazine, Earwolf, and PBS. She is the host of the official Tinder podcast by Gimlet Creative, DTR. As a writer, Jane served as an editor for Jezebel & The Hairpin and penned columns for various sites including The Toast & Cosmopolitan. Jason had a chat with her about how she came to be where she today, great episode both in content and sound quality :)

Aniz Ansari is the brother of Aziz Ansari, he grew up in the American South reading comics and listening to metal and rap music. Nowadays he’s a writer on Netflix's Master of None, which just released season 2, and has made everyones favorite list in short time. Jason Stewart and Zarna Surti chat with him about the odd and interesting path he took to get where he is today.

This week on New Rules we welcome Atiba Jefferson, one of the most well known and respected skate photographers of all time. Jason Stewart talks to him about his entrepreneurial side more so though, he’s an investor in quite a lot of businesses ranging anywhere from dive bars to coconut water. He explains how he’s able to juxtapose his disciplined work schedule with his equally disciplined bar hopping and nacho eating lifestyle. Brought to you by WestwoodWestwood.

This week Jason Stewart sits down for a chat with Devin Troy, an artist from Los Angeles. They chat about corn rows, growing up African American in a not so African American suburb, rap music, other podcasts, learning ballet and performing a recital(!) and dancing in general, graffiti, the benefits of going to art school, the pros and cons of dating a fellow artist, starting a holiday with Eddie Huang celebrating Asian and African American alliance, BET, and so much more. This podcast is brought to you by Westwood Westwood Radio.

Jayne Min is known for her very popular blog and internet presence under the name “Stopitrightnow.” Jason Stewart speaks with her about how different she is from her online persona, the benefits of being right on the cusp of the internet age, and how amassing fame and selling out is different than it used to be. We learned about the importance of saying now, her fringe activities, and some ASMR at the end.

This episode of New Rules is with Alex James from the very on trend clothing brand PLEASURES. Jason Stewart and him have a chat about the origin of his brand, how growing up in Jersey in the hardcore and punk scene influences his design eye, how they got so big in Korea, bootleggers, and loyal fans battling haters in the comments section.

Welcome back to New Rules! After a holiday break we're back with a new episode for 2017. Our host Jason Stewart chats with Flynn McGarry. An extremely accomplished chef in New York who is also 18 years old.

Fred & Max Guerrero have grown up working in the restaurant business with their parents in and around Los Angles for the better part of their lives. They've recently branched out with their own restaurant "Burgerlords" and their own art gallery "Slow Culture." Jason Stewart sat down with them to chat about their journey to how they got to where their are, diving deep into the restaurant business model and how that compares to an art gallery.

This week Jason Stewart sat down with Nicholas Morgenstern at his office in Little Italy, New York City. Nick is the man responsible for the extremely popular Morgenstern’s Ice Cream Shop here in New York. They chat about his origins of getting in the ice cream game, hanging with Mario Batali, swimming every morning, growing up watching bootleg copies of Iron Chef Japan, and a detailed look into the creation of his favorite ice cream flavors.

Tom Lehman is the CEO and co-founder of genius.com. Jason Stewart dropped by their Brooklyn offices to chat with him about how he got his start building the company, meditation, ceramics, plans for the future of genius.com, pivoting from a website explaining rap lyrics to annotating everything in the world, his dreams of podcasting, and new ways of experimenting with explaining the world around us.

This week Jason sits down the guys from Pizzaslime. Mysterious men from Los Angeles responsible for their own clothing line, branding and marketing, music videos, and of course some memes. We chat about their origins as a company, making the shift from leaving your day job to pursuing your own project full time, what they've got coming up next, and what they learned on the way.

Jason Stewart chats with Brad Holdgrafer. A Los Angeles based designer, art director, and with his wife, owner of the DTLA store "Formerly Yes." They cover his journey of how he got to where he is today, living on a boat, his definition of good design, the process of starting his own business after working for other companies like Apple, Media Arts Lab, and Wieden Kennedy.

This week Jason Stewart speaks with Ari Taymor. Chef, and co-owner of the Los Angeles based restaurant Alma. They discuss Ari's career journey to where he is today, how we should be eating and why, some of his easiest and hardest dishes to perfect, and so much more!

Emily Oberg is a producer, host, style icon and Canadian living in New York. Jason Stewart chats with her about her childhood, her vices, routines, travel tips, favorite candy, face masks, eyelash extensions, music, DJing, and so much more!

This week Jason Stewart sits down with Shlohmo and Nick Melons, founding members of the Los Angeles based collective "wedidit" and tell stories of their beginnings, productivity habits, travel tips, movies, and spiders.

This week Jason Stewart and Zarna Surti chat with Pia Arrobio, a fashion designer from Los Angeles who is launching her clothing line LPA as we speak! We chat with her about dating, travel tips, her family, running her business, and so much more.

This week Jason Stewart sits down with Jessica Koslow from LA’s Sqirl Restaurant at her home in Silverlake. They chat about podcast culture, how her business breaks down and what she’s learned over the last 4 years, her new restaurant, recipe testing, her morning routines and rituals, fitness, how she stays on track running her businesses, and some fun flavor combos. This podcast is brought to you by Square Cash, visit cash.me for more info.