
SXSW 2025: Mike White — Founder of Lively and Audience 101
After a whole weekend of great conversations, we finally got the man behind the madness behind the mic. Mike helped bring everyone — including us — together at The Lively Grit Daily House for SXSW 202...
31 Mar 202528min

SXSW 2025: Haley Grace — Actor
Haley is an actor who uses her background in foreign affairs to inform her work on screen and stage. We chatted about reconnecting with old friends at SXSW, being influenced by different perspectives ...
28 Mar 202529min

SXSW 2025: Larry Combs — Founding CEO @ WLTHYWISE
A recent Austin transplant, Larry was at The Lively Grit Daily House spreading the word about WLTHYWISE, his personal finance app that helps students realize the financial potential through personal f...
27 Mar 202521min

SXSW 2025: Nikita Fernandes — Psychotherapist at Blue Canary Therapy
A licensed psychotherapist and sex therapist, Nikita Fernandes was invited to speak at SXSW’s Lively Grit Daily House about the perils of burnout culture. We sat down with her after her presentation t...
26 Mar 202523min

SXSW 2025: Harley Jennette — Founder @ Lively Local Markets
Event producer, brand activation savant, and music festival curator Harley Jennette joined us in the recording booth at SXSW 2025’s Lively Grit Daily House to talk about music journalism, meeting peop...
25 Mar 202526min

SXSW 2025: Jessica Sophia Wong — Founder of Yorkseed
Jessica stopped by The Lively Grit Daily House with members of Yorkseed, her startup collective. She also brought her infamous wearable QR code. We chatted about her SXSW origin story, how Instagram i...
24 Mar 202518min

SXSW 2025: Chris Ritter — Freelance Creative Director
A returning guest of the pod, Chris joined us during his yearly pilgrimage to Austin to chat about deep fakes, ask why we all think sunglasses are cool, talk Chicago style hot dogs, being unique, why ...
21 Mar 202524min



















