Alex Berg left a stable marketing career to bet on graphic design, right as AI is flipping the creative world upside down. In this episode, Alex breaks down what a career pivot actually takes, what she’d do differently, and why our podcast logo is total garbage.

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Alex Berg is a Bay Area graphic designer, illustrator, and improviser. After years in social media marketing, she pivoted into design, building a freelance client base while earning graphic design and illustration certificates at City College of San Francisco. She works across brand identity, logo systems, and layout-driven design, and performs improv with Secret Improv Society and Required Taste at EndGames Improv.

In this convo we cover:

- The real-world version of career pivoting (money, timing, and “fake it till you make it”)

- Graphic design vs. illustration (and why you don’t need to be a great drawer to design)

- Why AI logos are risky (scaling, vectors vs. pixels, and copyright issues)

- Clients, creative differences, and the #1 word that makes designers cringe: “just”

- Fonts/typefaces, analog design trends, and how culture changes what looks “modern”

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Title Song is ‘Island’ by Super Cassette. More Super Cassette: https://linktr.ee/supercassette

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This week we chat about what news is making waves across the Bay Area, including an insane swim from a coyote to Alcatraz, the energy around SF Sketchfest, and a new payphone that allows you to call a Republican (which we think is a bad way to spend your day).

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Bay Area sketch comedy group Children of Divorce (Emily Nodal & Sam Zahn) pulled up to Bay Waves and we immediately lost control of the conversation (in the best way). In this absolutely hilarious interview, we hear about their writing process, what sketch comedy looks like in the Bay Area right now, and we get some of the best Trump impressions you'll ever hear.

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Title Song is ‘Island’ by Super Cassette. More Super Cassette: https://linktr.ee/supercassette

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