About this episode

Kelly Cardenas goes live on his podcast to randomly call friends, capturing authentic and unfiltered conversations.

You Have to Meet My Friends I had an idea recently that felt either incredibly brilliant… or like the beginning of a mild public humiliation.Honestly, the jury is still out.So here’s what I started doing:I go live on my podcast, scroll through my phone, randomly call my friends, and they have absolutely NO idea they’re about to be on a podcast.No warning.No prep.No “Hey, do you have a few minutes?” text.Just me out here risking lifelong friendships for content 😅The series is called *You Have to Meet My Friends* and somehow it has turned into one of my favorite things we’ve ever done.Now let me be clear… sometimes this thing goes sideways FAST.Sometimes nobody answers.And there is truly nothing more humbling than staring into a camera while your phone rings six times and goes straight to voicemail. It’s basically a live-action reminder that everybody’s “brother” until they’re in a Costco parking lot ignoring your call.But then…Somebody picks up.And that’s when the magic happens.Because what comes out of these conversations is real life. No polished interview voice. No rehearsed answers. No “personal brand” version of people. Just honest moments with incredible humans caught…

People in this episode

Host: Kelly Cardenas

Topics covered

• friendship
• live podcasting
• authentic conversations
• humor
• risk-taking

Keywords

• live podcast
• friends
• authenticity
• conversations
• humor

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