This episode is with Sky King, the founder of Modern Stoa, a podcast advertising company for podcasters. His path is fascinating - he grew up in Hawaii, rarely wore shoes, was heavily influenced by Asian culture, had a father who was retired, and somehow ended up in a massive corporation right after college. In 2016. he became fascinated by how the media was shaping the 2016 US election and decided it was time to act. From a cold email to Ryan Holiday to helping build Aubrey Marcus' podcast, Sky was on his way. His long-term vision is to build an alternative to traditional advertising in audio.

We talk about this and a lot more including:

Why he quit a good job to work at a smoothie bar
How a cold email to Ryan Holiday changed his life
Growing up in Hawaii
Serendipitous events that lend to him moving to Austin
The future of Audio

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Timestamps

1:41: Intro to Sky and where his name came from
5:03: Sky's influences growing up
11:34 Why he went to the corporate world
17:12 Cold emailing Ryan Holiday & vision for
19:47 Sky's "quake moment"
25:15 Moving to Austin and working for Aubrey Marcus
30:44 Sky's desire to help people
32:55 Growing up in Hawaii
36:10 Going to China at 10
39:30 Everything anywhere all at once reflections
44:40 The "true default path"
47:30 Hiring someone & responsibility
48:30 "what are you uniquely positioned to do?"
49:20 Advertising Subsidy & Media incentives
57:20 Meme farming & future of audio
1:01:30 Bucky Fuller & specialization

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