Instagram Episodes
297
March 17, 2026
#297: Joy Sullivan — How She Built A Living As A Writer On Instagram and Substack
Joy Sullivan is a poet and the author of Instructions For Traveling West
Guest: Joy Sullivan
288
Jan. 6, 2026
#288: He gained 190K Instagram followers in 508 days…but wouldn’t do it again | Yoni Smolyar
Are Instagram followers overrated?
Guest: Yoni Smolyar
275
Sept. 23, 2025
#275: From ignoring short-form video to 3.5 billion views | Pat Flynn’s Pokémon juggernaut (Part 1)
Pat Flynn is the creator of Deep Pocket Monster and Short Pocket Monster
Guest: Pat Flynn
243
Feb. 18, 2025
#243: Brock Johnson – How to grow on Instagram in 2025
Brock Johnson is an Instagram growth coach with nearly 1,000,000 followers.
Guest: Brock Johnson
229
Dec. 3, 2024
#229: Natasha Willis – $70M from automated Instagram DMs
Natasha Willis is the founder of School of Bots, a conversational marketing firm.
Guest: Natasha Willis
136
Feb. 7, 2023
#136: Kevin Parry – How he goes viral on EVERY platform
Kevin Parry is a stop-motion animator and video wizard who creates fun animation and mind-bending illusions!
Guest: Kevin Parry
132
Jan. 3, 2023
#132: Natalie Ellis of bossbabe – Attracting 3.5 million followers on Instagram (and what's working today)
bossbabe is a community of female entrepreneurs – and it started on Instagram. Today, the bossbabe instagram account has more than 3.5 million followers.
Guest: Natalie Ellis
114
Aug. 23, 2022
#114: Kat Norton aka Miss Excel – Engineering virality and earning more than $100,000 in a single day
Kat Norton energetically teaches Microsoft Excel to individuals, businesses, and educational institutions.
Guest: Kat Norton
105
May 31, 2022
#105: Daphne Gomez – Leaning into rapid growth and finding rapid growth on Instagram
Daphne Gomez is the creator of Teacher Career Coach. She is a former teacher turned instructional designer, podcaster, and career coach.
Guest: Daphne Gomez
88
Jan. 18, 2022
#88: Tori Dunlap – Building an audience of millions on TikTok with Her First $100K
After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K to fight financial inequality by giving women actionable resources to better their money.
Guest: Tori Dunlap
80
Nov. 16, 2021
#80: Lauren Hom – How turning your work into play turns into my clients and more opportunities
Lauren is known for her bright color palettes and playful letterforms. She has created work for clients like Starbucks, Google, AT&T, YouTube and TIME Magazine. Her work has been recognized by Communication Arts, the Type Directors Club, and the Webby Awards.
Guest: Lauren Hom
66
July 27, 2021
#66: Chris Sutherland – How a Physics professor built an audience of 2M+ followers on TikTok (in less than two years!)
Chris Sutherland is a former collegiate Physics professor turned full-time content creator. Chris began posting videos to TikTok in January 2020, quickly going viral and building an audience of more than 2 million followers.
Guest: Chris Sutherland
50
March 30, 2021
#50: Nick DenBoer aka Smearballs – From construction to early YouTube remixing, working on Conan, and selling NFTs
Nick DenBoer (also known as Smearballs) a director, animator, editor, music producer, remix artist and self-proclaimed "all around great guy."
Guest: Nick DenBoer
47
March 2, 2021
#47: Lalese Stamps – How a 100 day project can change your life and career
Lalese Stamps is a ceramicist and the founder of Lolly Lolly Ceramics, a small-scale ceramics production and design studio.
Guest: Lalese Stamps
46
Feb. 23, 2021
#46: Sarah McAllister of GoCleanCo – Building a Cleaning Army of nearly 2M Instagram followers
Sarah McAllister is the Founder, Director and CEO of GoCleanCo, a widely sought after cleaning company in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Guest: Sarah McAllister
40
Jan. 12, 2021
#40: Matty Benedetto of Unnecessary Inventions
The evil genius of Unnecessary Inventions creates products no one is asking for
Guest: Matty Benedetto
24
Sept. 8, 2020
#24: Tiffany Aliche, The Budgetnista – Paying off debt, saving for retirement, weathering a recession, and building wealth
Tiffany "The Budgetnista" Aliche is an author, speaker, and founder of the Live Richer Academy.
Guest: Tiffany Aliche
15
July 7, 2020
#15: Natalie Franke – Starting a photography business, competition, entrepreneurial loneliness, and the role of community
Natalie Franke is the Head of Community at HoneyBook and co-founder of the Rising Tide.
Guest: Natalie Franke
13
June 23, 2020
#13: Cat Coquillette – Leaving the agency world, selling art online, art licensing, and being a digital nomad
Cat Coquillette (CatCoq) is a location-independent artist and designer.
Guest: Cat Coquillette
3
April 7, 2020
#3: Danielle Evans – The creator of food typography on earning a living, competition, and changing creative directions
Danielle Evans is an art director and designer that uses real life objects to create pause in a fast paced, digital world.
Guest: Danielle Evans