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Be a guest

Your story.
Understood
properly.

Behind every real success is a clear shape: what you had to be, what you actually did, what you ended up with. We sit with you for 21 minutes, trace that shape together, and turn the whole thing into content built around what makes your story worth understanding.

5 minutes to apply Reply within 5 business days Your story stays yours
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GUEST PASS
Episode
Your story.
21 minutes · Be · Do · Have
Runtime
21:00 max
Recorded
Remote, Zoom
Prep
30-min intro call
Sign-off
Yours, before air
Bonus included. Custom content + select paid promotion when it fits.
Who we're looking for

People whose story deserves more than a tweet.

You don't need a company, a press kit, or a million followers. You need a story: something you had to learn, something you actually did, something you ended up with.

A great fit
  • You've achieved something real: a business, a body of work, a comeback, a record, a craft.
  • There's a story behind it: years of work, decisions, setbacks. Painful parts included.
  • You can articulate what you had to learn before you did it.
  • You're comfortable being specific: numbers, dates, names, the boring parts.
  • You have somewhere we can send people: a site, a project, a portfolio, a book.
  • You're up for a conversation, not a polished monologue.
Probably not a fit
  • You're using the episode to launch a course or coaching program.
  • Your "story" is mostly hypotheticals or advice for others.
  • You haven't done the thing you'd be talking about.
  • You need to read from a teleprompter (we keep it conversational).
  • You'd rather not name numbers or timelines, ever.
What guests get

More than a recording. A story you can keep using.

The Be · Do · Have framework gives your story a clean shape; the rest of what we make around it turns that shape into something you'll keep referencing long after the episode ships.

A real 21-minute episode.

Pre-interview, scripted preparation, professional recording and editing. No "we'll figure it out on the day."

On the platforms people already use.

Apple, Spotify, YouTube and RSS, the standard places so it's easy for you to share.

A written piece you'll be proud to share.

A 200-word Be · Do · Have summary plus pull-quotes from the conversation, polished and yours to use.

One URL pointing to your work.

Every episode and write-up ends with where you want people to go: your site, project, portfolio, or newsletter.

A polished version of your story.

The 21-minute cut becomes the canonical version of how you tell what you do, a story you can point people to forever.

Final sign-off on everything.

You see the cut, the notes, and the post copy before anything ships. We don't publish until you say yes.

THE BONUS

We don't just record you. We help people understand the work behind it.

Most stories get told as highlights. The Be · Do · Have framework forces us to slow down on the parts that actually explain you: what you had to become, what you decided to do, and what that left you holding.

A positioning write-up. Long-form summary of what you've done, what makes it distinctive, and the real experience behind it. Yours to put on your About page, your portfolio, your next pitch.
Quote cards & short cuts. Three to five social-ready clips and pull-quotes, designed in our visual system, ready for you to share across channels.
A profile piece on you. A short narrative introducing you, the person behind the work, the kind of thing a thoughtful reader wants to find before they decide to dig in.
SELECTIVE BONUSBy invitation

We may put paid promotion behind your episode.

When the fit is right and the story is sharp, we'll invest our own ad budget to get the episode and the write-up in front of the specific people who'd benefit from finding your work.

We pick the audience together on the intro call, by industry, role, or use-case, then build a small campaign aimed at your ideal customer.
How it works

Five steps. From your application to a story you can use.

STEP 01

Apply

Five minutes, in your own words. The form below is the whole application.

STEP 02

Intro call

30 minutes on Zoom to map your loop and decide together what we'll cover.

STEP 03

Record

60 minutes of conversation, ruthlessly edited down to 21.

STEP 04

Sign-off

You see the cut, the notes, and the social copy. Nothing ships without your yes.

STEP 05

Launch and share

The episode goes out when it's ready. What comes next is simple: getting it to the people who should hear it.

Apply

Tell us about your loop.

Five minutes. Your own words. We read every application personally. If it's a fit, we'll send a calendar link within five business days.

01

The basics

02

The story, in one sentence

03

The Be · Do · Have version

Two or three sentences each, the way you'd explain it to a peer over coffee. Don't polish, just be specific.

04

The bonus: let's amplify your story

Two things we can do beyond the episode itself. Both are opt-in.

05

Anything else?

We never publish anything without your final sign-off.