Mentor Buffet
by Alexi Pappas
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NYC Marathon Champion 1974 KATHRINE SWITZER shares who tried to hold…
NYC Marathon Champion 1974 KATHRINE SWITZER shares who tried to hold…
About this podcast
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.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 87 episodes
- NYC Marathon Champion 1974 KATHRINE SWITZER shares who tried to hold her back & who pushed her forward · 29 minKathrine Switzer is the 1974 champion of the New York Marathon and the first woman to finish the Boston Marathon. On this episode of Mentor Buffet, she shares the mentors she had…
- Don't let fear hold you back · 14 minAlexi answers listeners’ advice questions about what to do when they learn deal-breaking information about their fiancé, and how to deal with the feeling that disaster could be…
- Ultrarunner MAX JOLLIFFE: The quest for radical positivity · 56 minUltramarathoner Max Jolliffe joins host Alexi Pappas to share about his evolution as a person and athlete over the past few years, including how he’s formed the habit of choosing…
- How to find your passion · 19 minAlexi answers listeners' advice questions about getting in touch with your passion, how to make money if you don't want to work a 9-5, and how to choose which direction to go at…
- RICHARD LINKLATER: How to do Art and not be an asshole · 1 h 4 minRichard Linklater, the great filmmaker who made Boyhood, Before Sunrise, Dazed and Confused, and so many other movies you love, joins host Alexi Pappas on Mentor Buffet to share…
- RICHARD LINKLATER: "I’ve never done anything I didn’t want to do” · 1 h 16 minRichard Linklater, the great filmmaker who made Boyhood, Dazed and Confused, Before Sunrise, Slacker, and so many other movies you love, joins host Alexi Pappas to discuss what…
- JENNY SIMPSON: Embracing change, showing up for yourself, and finding new things to be good at · 60 minJenny Simpson, the World Champion and Olympic medalist track athlete, joins host Alexi Pappas to share about her experience with cardiac arrest, and the changes in her life that…
- AMELIA MEATH: Feel It And Make Music · 1 h 10 minAmelia Meath of Slyvan Esso joins host Alexi Pappas on Mentor Buffet to share about her Aunt Carol who showed her how to be free, what it means to means to share creative and…
- ALLIE ROWBOTTOM: On fiction being true, honest feedback, and Lovers XXX · 1 h 4 minAllie Rowbottom, the author of Aesthetica, Jell-o Girls, and now Lovers XXX joins Alexi on Mentor Buffet to share about the mentorship she’s experienced from her husband, the…
- How to help someone who doesn't want help · 15 minAlexi answers listeners' advice questions about navigating long-distance relationships with your friends and family, giving advice to somebody who doesn't accept advice easily…
- NILS AREND: No Spectators · 1 h 14 minNils Arend, the founder of The Speed Project, shares the story of designing his life, step by step, from the beginning. He traces the foundation of his principles from his…
- How can I be easier on myself? · 13 minAlexi answers listeners' advice questions about how to deal with being busy, how to be easier on yourself, and how to stay true to yourself in your creative expression. Add a…
- ADAM SKOLNICK: How do you recognize a calling? · 1 h 9 minAdam Skolnick, the lifelong writer behind the David Goggins memoir Can’t Hurt Me, countless publications in the New York Times, and the recent novel American Tiger, joins host…
- LISA THOMPSON: Not Afraid To Fall · 1 h 6 minLisa Thompson, Alexi's marathon teammate who is blind, joins us on Mentor Buffet for a beautiful conversation about growing up with a visual impairment. And she shares wisdom…
- Letting go of your old self · 16 minAlexi is joined by her friend Lisa Thompson to answer listeners' advice questions about letting go of a situation you've outgrown, feeling like you live two distinct lives, and…
- ALESSIA DE GASPERIS: We come here as souls to learn lessons · 1 h 3 minAlessia de Gasperis, the artist formerly known as Kai who you may know from the hit songs “Never Be Like You” with Flume and “Revolution” with Diplo, joins host Alexi Pappas to…
- How to know when to quit · 20 minAlexi answers listeners' advice questions about how to know whether you should take somebody's advice, how to know when to quit, and what to do if you feel like you like your…
- Documentarian ERIN LEE CARR’s Mentor Buffet · 1 h 11 minDocumentary filmmaker Erin Lee Carr, the director of Mommy Dead and Dearest about Gypsy Rose Blanchard and Britney vs. Spears on Netflix, as well as 13 other documentary films…
- NAYEEMA RAZA: Allergic to Certainty · 59 minNayeema Raza is the host of the podcast “Smart Girl, Dumb Questions” and she joins Mentor Buffet host Alexi Pappas to share about the influence her upbringing has had on her…
- How do I chase my big dream when it feels like nobody’s supporting me? · 23 minAlexi answers listeners’ advice questions about how to deal with feeling like everybody around you is less ambitious than you, how to navigate a flirtatious friendship, and the…
