Life in Parallel with Matt Marr and Kenneth Suarez
On Life in Parallel, we introduce our bubbles to your bubbles. Get to know extraordinary people who follow their passions and make an impact, just outside your social media zip code. Join Matt Marr and Kenneth Suarez as they interview these "do-lovers" through two radically diverse lenses, bridging divides through shared stories. New episodes weekly. Let's break the algorithm.
Episodes
At 28, Dr. James Q Simmons walked away from a six-figure job at PepsiCo to become a nurse. His dad's first question was about the pension.
Matt's longtime friend grew up in Omaha, survived a hate campaign in college and went viral in 2014 answering the health questions everyone Googles at 2 a.m. Now he's a nurse practitioner. We get into the one free thing that will improve your health tonight.
This episode includes discussion of hom...
Is there one perfect person out there for you? Damona Hoffman has been married for 19 years, hosted a dating podcast for 13, and wrote F the Fairy Tale. Her answer: no. "The one" is a unicorn. (Matt is still processing.)
Damona was a Northwestern theater kid who didn't get the callback, then an NBC and Syfy executive. We talk about straightening her curls for TV, and the morning she stopped. Why your dating profile is a headshot and...
Austria. Not Australia. (There are no kangaroos. Please look at a map.)
Astrid LaMarche grew up in her parents' café, bakery, and grocery store in Upper Austria. Then a stranger said hello on the San Diego harbor. Yep, she married him.
Today she runs Austrian Cravings, where hundreds of thousands watch her stretch strudel dough. We talk about:
- overthinking her first Instagram post for six months (it was a loaf of bread)
- why America...
We can't wait to share this labor of love with you! Be sure to subscribe. The first three episodes drop TOMORROW, 10/22. And then a new episode every Wednesday.
Know a do-lover? Someone building an extraordinary life just outside your social media zip code? Nominating yourself counts. Email us at hello@lifeinparallelpod.com.
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