We are what we are, and what we are needs no excuses! Being an artist with ADHD is one thing; having ADHD as your personal hyperfocus adds a whole new dimension to the experience. Hersh sits down with improv and sketch comedian Liz Bennett, whose filterless, in-the-moment life process is diverse and productive, including original music, professional book editing, and ongoing advancement in The Groundlings (“the one step-by-step feasible goal in my mind”). A play-by-ear pianist, Liz creates rap-style songs delivering rapid-fire lyrics courtesy of a racing mind. They range from the witty to the heavily dramatic, and are a beautiful testament to her neurodivergencies.

Will you rise to meet intense discomfort if it allows you to experience immense pleasure? Isabella Braveheart certainly hopes so, and she retraces her steps from rebel without a clue to entrepreneur with a plan for collective redemption. We are RAW these days, as it is, and uncomfortable with the world…so perhaps this is the time for some experimentation. Hersh and Isabella share notes on the relative bravery of spilling your personal intimate sh*t onto the stage in the service of healing your trauma. Isabella does it without the laughs, which in our opinion, requires a helluva lot more guts than the comedy route. And connecting through raw sensuality onstage, while transformative, requires a whole new level of engagement with the audience.

Creator of the “5-Star Success Blueprint,” Beate Chelette turned her passion for photography into a global business, licensing in 79 countries and exiting in a multimillion dollar deal selling the company to Bill Gates. In this buoyant, illuminating conversation, Beate and Truth Tastes Funny host Hersh Rephun discuss the nuts and bolts of building the perfect offer - and how the "Women's Code" can level the playing field. Beate wasn’t always one of PeopleHum’s Top 100 Global Thought Leaders, or one of Hearst’s 50 Must-Follow Women Entrepreneurs. At one point, she was $135k in debt, a single parent grieving the loss of her dad, staring eviction in the face. What saved her was persistence - and a plan.