Alexi Pappas's Mentor Buffet is a podcast about mentorship: Who influenced the people who influence us? Who helped them along their journey?
Alexi is an Olympi...
The Olympic 1500-meter champion Cole Hocker joins Alexi to recap his gold medal race in Paris. The two Oregon duck alums also discuss managing self-doubt, accessing your alter ego for peak athletic performance, and what makes a good coach. Cole also talks about his athletic style icons, Mike Tyson and former American Olympic 1500-meter champion Matthew Centrowitz.
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HARRY HUDSON: Purpose Is A Practice
The popstar and philanthropist Harry Hudson drops by Mentor Buffet to share his story and the lessons he’s learned from a handful of unexpected friends he’s made along the way—A Swedish music producer he met the day he dropped out of music school showed him what hard work really looks like, an elderly woman he met in chemotherapy guided him to find his purpose, and Jaden Smith helped him understand what real friendship is. There are so many lessons from Harry’s conversation with Alexi, but the main one is this: You’re always in the dream while you’re chasing it.
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DUFF GOLDMAN: Believe Yourself
The chef Duff Goldman joins host Alexi Pappas on Mentor Buffet to discuss mentorship in the food world. Duff shares about how his stubbornness has made him resistant to accepting mentorship his whole life. Duff also shares his tips for how to trust yourself, how to harness the power of your subconscious mind, and how to cultivate a lasting state of optimism. Duff and Alexi also talk about Disneyland, “weirdo” status, and the secret to life.
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DAVID CHANG: Not Afraid To Fail
The restauranteur and media icon David Chang joins host Alexi Pappas to talk about how to level yourself up by failing within boundaries. They talk about checking in with your actual priorities, the importance of being around people who are better than you, and what it really means to grow up. David also talks about the mentorship he received early in his career in the restaurant business and explains his worldview through the myth of Sisyphus.
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CAT COHEN: The Point Of Life
Cat Cohen, the comedian, writer, and actress joins host Alexi Pappas to talk about her legendary age gap friendship with a woman named Marla who originally was her voiceover acting coach but then became a friend who taught her a bunch of life lessons she still cherishes today. Cat also shares about some of her peers in comedy who she’s learned from. The girls also discuss the movie they acted in together, the excruciating conditions that are sometimes necessary for creativity, and how to tell if your jokes are funny.
Alexi Pappas's Mentor Buffet is a podcast about mentorship: Who influenced the people who influence us? Who helped them along their journey?
Alexi is an Olympian, filmmaker, actress, and bestselling author, and she's leaned on mentors to help her level up faster than she could on her own. After losing her mom to suicide when she was four, she needed to find other people to lean on. Now, it's Alexi's turn to peel back the curtain on mentorship. In each episode of Mentor Buffet Alexi sits down with people who inspire her—athletes, entrepreneurs, creatives, and beyond—to have conversations about chasing dreams and befriending pain, through the lens of those who have shaped them into who they are today.
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