What if being called crazy was proof you were onto something?

This week Shawn sits down with 4Ocean CEO Alex Schulze to unpack how two surfers with a crazy idea, a stack of $1 bills, and almost no roadmap built a company that has now removed nearly 55 million pounds of trash from oceans and waterways.

Alex goes back to the surfing trip that changed everything, the staggering amount of plastic entering our oceans every day, and the early days when 4Ocean had to be scrappy, resourceful, and willing to figure it out later. Shawn and Alex talk about pressure creating authenticity, how to turn an overwhelming problem into one small action, and why you should learn to love the “field days.”

They also get into planned obsolescence, sustainable storytelling, how Alex’s health battles almost derailed 4Ocean’s mission, and the unexpected way one of Shawn’s toughest moments led him to buy a boat.

The lesson: You don’t need the whole plan. You just need the guts to start.

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What if the life you worked so hard to build isn’t actually the life you want anymore? And what if that nagging feeling that “something is missing” isn’t a crisis, it’s a signal?

This Shawn sits down with entrepreneur, author, coach, and creator of The Midlife Male, Greg Scheinman, to tackle “We Aren’t Building a Piano” and why progress, not perfection, is the real game.

They get into the uncomfortable truth that sometimes the problem with success isn’t your drive… it’s the goal you’re driving toward. Greg explains why your calendar may reveal your priorities better than you do, how falling out of sync with your own “operating system” can quietly derail your life, and why midlife might be the perfect time to stop, reassess, and reinvent.

Maybe reinventing yourself doesn’t require blowing up your life. Maybe it means making better choices, getting back to the basics, and realizing something Shawn and Greg both know pretty well: we aren’t building a piano.

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What if a three-word text sign-off between friends became a $35 million business, and a movement millions of dads now call their own?

This week, Shawn sits down with Grant Eastey, co-founder of Dad Gang, for a conversation about putting your passion into the world, staying relentlessly authentic, and why sometimes the thing you almost don't send is the thing that changes everything. Grant shares how a simple text thread became a business, why staying “un-corporatized” helped Dad Gang grow, and how they built an organic safe space for dads at a time when so many men are struggling to find real community.

Shawn and Grant also get into the modern dad crisis: why new fathers often lack meaningful support, why men can struggle to ask for help, how changing expectations are reshaping fatherhood, and why dads need to stay connected when life gets hard. Plus, they get into the surprisingly simple trick to becoming more visible: ask for advice.

Because your art can't impact anyone if you never put it out there. Let them see you.

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