Jordan Hayes

Jordan Hayes spent eight years as a radio journalist, filing stories from city council meetings, county fairs and, once, the inside of a grain silo. He learned early that the best tape comes from the second question, not the first.

After radio he co-founded two startups. The first, a local events marketplace, burned through its seed round in fourteen months and closed with a long, honest email to customers that Jordan still re-reads. The second, a scheduling tool for independent clinics, grew slowly, stayed profitable and was acquired by a larger healthcare software company in 2022.

Why he started the show

Somewhere between those two companies Jordan realised that the most useful advice he had ever received came from long, unhurried conversations — not from keynote talks or threads. Podcast is his attempt to record those conversations and share them with anyone who needs them.

Behind the mic

Jordan produces every episode, from guest research to the final mix. He is the one who insists on recording locally on both ends, and the one who cuts his own questions shorter in the edit.

Off the mic, he runs early, cooks badly and is slowly working through every book a guest has ever recommended on the show.