Creator of Shanghai Observed, Alex Greenberg, discusses the road to success and how to enjoy that process with a new guest every week.
Kristian Hansen is the CEO of Push Media and is based between Shanghai and Norway. He is from Norway. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 14th, 2020
John Sawchak works at Burton and is based in Beijing but is from New Jersey. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 1st, 2020
Gustav Nyman is an engineer who is based in Sweden but is currently in Taiwan. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 17th, 2020
Almira Mucic is a social media manager who is based in Shanghai but is from Montenegro. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 20th, 2020
Jara Jhoel works in the field of physiology and is based in Peru. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 12th, 2020
Donnie AKA The Wonton Don is the Asia barstool correspondent who is based in Shanghai but is currently in South Carolina. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 24th, 2020
Kevin Lynch works with the marketing team at Shanghai American School in Shanghai but from America. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 8th, 2020
Andrea Colzani is a consultant for sustainability who is based in Shanghai but from Italy. He is also a damn good skater. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 5th, 2020
Tommaso Adami mainly works as an English teacher and a translator and loves collaborating with a few online football blogs. Tommaso is based in Italy. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 5th, 2020
Ben Mullinkosson creates videos for fun and for money. He is currently based in Chengdu China but is from America. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 2nd, 2020
Malcolm Bristow works in design, branding, and advertising. He is currently based in Shanghai but is from Canada. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: April 14, 2020
Gregor Mcauslan is used to be based in Beijing but was forced to come back to his home country of Scottland. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: March 25th, 2020
Camden Hauge runs several restaurants and is based in Shanghai but is from America. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: March 30th, 2020
Hey guys, I am working on a new style of episodes for the podcast. Short stories whenever I’m inspired to share. This one is pretty emotional and I feel super vulnerable sharing but I’m sure some people will be able to relate or find the story interesting. If you enjoyed this style please let me know. I hope to make more. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/
Maria Larkin is an American currently based in Cyprus. Maria is finishing her last semester of film studies at a local private university. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: March 28th, 2020
Johnny Tang is a skater who is based in Shanghai but is from Canada. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: March 23th 2020
Elina Kim is a medical student who is based in Shanghai but from Kazakstan. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/ Record Date: March 26th 2020
Vicky Yang is based in Fuzhou China. If you find this podcast valuable, please consider becoming a monthly supporter. You can subscribe here on my website: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/
Patrick O’dell. Patrick is a documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He focuses primarily on skateboarding and is best known for his series with Vice called Epicl'y Laterd where he profiles individuals within the skate world. Show Notes: https://observingtheprocess.com/39-observing-the-process-with-patrick-odell/ Subscribe to this podcast: https://observingtheprocess.com/subscribe/
Forest Morrow is a big wave surfer who I met down in Mexico at the biggest wave I have ever seen in my life. There are some photos on the show notes page of this episode hit the link below. Forest also works in construction and is in the process of building his own house. We talked about some innovation in how he is making a more sustainable home and where surfing has taken him. On this episode I also had my good friend Connor sit in and join in for some of the conversation. Show Notes: https://shanghaiobserved.com/38-observing-the-process-with-forest-morrow/ Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Susan Allott is the is Director of Preventive Services in Essex County of New York. Show Notes: https://shanghaiobserved.com/corona-stories-3-susan-allott/ Record Date: March 28th, 2020
Lisa Muszynski is an international business student based in Beijing but from Montreal. Show Notes: https://shanghaiobserved.com/corona-stories-2-lisa-muszynski/ Record Date: March 26, 2020
Corona Stories Episode #1: Fulden Dehneli is an industrial designer who is based in Shanghai but is from Turkey. Show Notes: https://shanghaiobserved.com/corona-stories-1-fulden-dehneli/ Record Date: March 20, 2020
We are living in unprecedented times. Every day, it seems there is a new development that escalates the situation revolving around the Corona Virus. I'm taking this opportunity to call my friends, family and even some volunteers from the Shanghai Observed community to ask them some questions and give them an opportunity to share their stories. As we live through this new reality I'll be recording mostly short but some long conversations and turning them into podcasts. My goal is to look at how different cultures are handling this pandemic, gather thoughts on how the media is handling the situation and to document a general time capsule of the moment. Welcome to Corona stories from Observing The Process. I am your host Alex Greenberg. If you are interested in being a part of this project feel free to email me at Shanghaiobserved@gmail.com Everyone has a story.
Ashleigh Parker is a freelance consultant working in digital, film and production. Ashleigh and I caught up on life in LA, working in the creative industry, what's going on with the evolution of social media and more. Check out the show notes below for more. https://shanghaiobserved.com/37-observing-the-process-with-ashleigh-parker/ Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Marque Cox AKA Shrimp Daddy is a video editor based in Los Angeles. We caught up on what life in LA is like, where he gets his inspiration for his edits and more. Before you listen to this episode go to his Instagram @ShrimpDaddy to get a feel for his edits. https://shanghaiobserved.com/35-observing-the-process-with-marque-cox-aka-shrimp-daddy/ Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Andy Aledort happens to actually be the father of my good childhood friend Wyatt so it was really funny to go back to Wyatt's house to record the episode. Andy is an extremely accomplished guitarist. He has taught many great guitar players including Joe Perry of Aerosmith and others. We talked about how Andy got into music, some of his accomplishments and his Recently released book Texas Flood: the inside story of Stevie Ray Vaughan. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Rick McGuire is the creator of the popular Instagram account: Subway Creatures. We talked about why he started the Instagram account, working with Asa Akira and the similarities of what we face running Instagram accounts in 2020. Please consider supporting this podcast by buying something from the shop: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
John Skvarla is a long time BMX rider and trail builder. We both share the same home town of Sea Cliff and John is about 15 years older than me so it was fun to talk about the differences and similarities 15 years can have on a town. If you follow trail riding at all you would know about the infamous Keyko trails which John takes a lot of pride in building and maintaining. It was really cool to learn about the culture of trail riding and its history. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Donnie AKA the WonTon Don is the Asia Barstool Correspondent and creates some great YouTube videos. We talked about his latest documentary focusing on the mole people who live below the las vegas strip, social media and what living in China has been like. Please give it up for Donnie AKA the WonTon Don. Mole People Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRrxFX1wfFg&t=133s
Cha Cha is a musician from Guizhou and the first-ever Chinese artist to be selected for the annual Red Bull Music Academy. We talked about her first impressions of music, the evolution of her career and what it means to be original.
Tim Sedo is from Canada but has spent a lot of his life in Asia or studying China. We talked about his time as a professor, going back and forth to Asia and the history of skateboarding in China. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Isabel Huynh is a DJ who I met in Shanghai but is now based in New York. We met up to talk about skateboarding, life as a creative and how to build an audience. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Arthur King has his own podcast called the Bing King Podcast. Before I started podcasting Arthur actually had me on his show and I had such a good time it was one of the reasons I start my own show. Today we talked about our experiences in Shanghai and our goals. Check out Arthurs podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-bingking-podcast/id1313152669
Lexie Comstock is the creator of Strictly Cookies and I can say they are by the far the best cookies I have ever had. We talked about going to Harvard and her road to Shanghai. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Marc Ressang is a filmmaker and photographer based around Asia. We talk a lot about the video production industry in China and a bunch of his travel stories… We also talk about his experience filming a documentary about Mount Everest. The documentary is called Too High To Fall and Marc was a DP for this project. It's an incredible story and I’m very grateful he shared his experience on the show. Check out the blog post for this episode to see photos we discussed during the show: https://shanghaiobserved.com/26-observing-the-process-with-marc-ressang/ Feel free to buy something from the shop on my website to support this show.
On this episode of the podcast, I answered some questions from a fan from @shanghaiobserved I mostly talk about the evolution of Shanghai Observed and a little bit about my career in Shanghai. If you enjoyed this podcast send me a message with more ideas for solo podcast's Support This Podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
John Sawchak is a good friend who is actually the man responsible for inviting me out to China. He moved to Beijing recently so we caught up to see how things are going up there with his new job. Check out this episode's blog post to follow along with the photos we talk about. Also, feel free to support the show by purchasing anything from the shop: https://shanghaiobserved.com/25-observing-the-process-with-john-sawchak/
Charlie Lanceplaine is a director who has been in Shanghai for over 10 years now and is finally calling it quits. He’s moving to Amsterdam. On this episode, we caught up and shared some stories we missed the first time he was on the show. We're gonna miss ya bud. Find all the photos discussed during this podcast on the blog post: https://shanghaiobserved.com/24-observing-the-process-with-charlie-lanceplaine
Eric Alexander is a comedian based in Shanghai. We talk about how Eric found his way into stand up and our relationships with skateboarding. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Jay Meador is a skater from Michigan who ended up spending most of his adult life here in China. We talk about his interest in language and his skate career. Early on when he got to China he became close with some local skaters which adds to how unique his story is. Just a heads up if you are listening with young children, this episode is quite explicit. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Johnny Tang is a skater. He has helped develop the skate scene in China more than most. Beyond skating, he is an avid fisherman. Johnny shares stories of coming to China and skating in developing cities all across China. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Juhani Salo is a Finish skater who has been in and out of China for the past 10 years. We talk about him growing up in Finland and how Juhani learned how to shape his own boards as a kid because they were so expensive to buy. He shares his story about how he came to china and we talk about cars. He’s working on rebuilding a Ferrari back in Finland and after all this time he’s actually moving back. We're gonna miss ya bud. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/shop/
Guan Mu is a Chinese skater who runs the most popular skate blog in China, Kickerclub.com We discuss the history of skateboarding in China and the future of skateboarding in China. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/observing-the-process/
Benoit Florecon is a photographer who focuses on design and space. Benoit and talk about our connection to the apartment 1101 which was my apartment in Shanghai. Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/observing-the-process/
Today I am trying out something new. I am doing a solo episode where I share an essay I wrote 1 year into living in Shanghai. You can check out that essay here: http://aconstantchange.com/the-road-to-shanghai/
Camilo Koch is a filmmaker working on a project making a film every day for 1000 days. We talked about Camilo’s life leading up to where he is now and the meaning behind his films. Follow his 1000 days video journey on YouTube.com/camilokoch and instagram.com/caig Support this podcast: https://shanghaiobserved.com/observing-the-process/
Andy Curtian is a Comedian who has been living in Shanghai for the past 10 years. He has worked with many of the greats such as Jim Gaffigan and Aziz Ansari. After a decade in Shanghai, he’s moving out to Hong Kong to open up a new comedy club there. https://shanghaiobserved.com/observing-the-process/
Archie Hamilton first came to Shanghai in 2005 where he pretty much started the festival industry here in China. We talk a lot about his life before shanghai and what led him to a pretty wild ride here in China. Support this podcast on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/alexgreenberg
Dan Agha-Rafei was one of the first homies I met in the video production industry here in Shanghai. We talked about life in China, how it has changed, the video production world and what it will be like to move back to London. Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/alexgreenberg
Ben Weldon is the CEO and Creative Director of Thread design. Ben is an avid traveler and board member for the Entrepreneurs Organisation. He runs triathlons and has plenty to share about his experiences in China starting a company that has withheld the test of time. Support this podcast: https://www.patreon.com/alexgreenberg
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