Detour Podcast: Recent Episodes
Gary Phan
Welcome to the Detour Podcast! I’m your host Gary Phan, a community college alumni with aspirations of becoming a world changing business owner. The Detour Podcast was made to shed light on the various perspectives of life and normalize the differences of experiences.
Within the sixth episode of the second season, Yamato and Glenn talk about their unconventional paths in starting a noodle business "Bool Street Noods" which became the new hot commodity at Cornell University. Tune in to learn about their journey of gaining inspiration to becoming an aspiration to others!
Within the fifth episode of the second season, Julian talks about his unconventional path in dropping out of high school to transferring and graduating from an Ivy League university to working as an investment banker. Find out what draws Julian to want to pave the way for future generations!
Within the fourth episode of the second season, Hudson talks about his unconventional path in starting up his vintage apparel storefront in Ithaca. Additionally he talks about the direction of fashion and sustainability the perspective that people should take a look at when purchasing their clothes.
Within the third episode of the second season, Armaan talks about his unconventional path of growing up in India and coming to Cornell to pursue his passions and dreams of becoming a world changing impact investor. In addition to that, he talks about his success throughout landing a job at one of the top consulting firms in the world.
Within the second episode of the second season, Alethia talks about her unconventional path that she took when first arriving to Cornell and finding her way towards pursuing business. Alethia will be graduating as a strategy consultant for Deloitte and a full bright scholar teaching children in rural Taiwan. This episode highlights a discussion on how social impact will shape the future of business and what businesses will look like in the near future.
Within the first episode of the second season, Lance and Sebastian talks about their unconventional path that they took in pursuing media which has led them to working with famous celebrities such as Charlie D'Amelio, Lil Huddy, Brent Rivera, and other influencers. Their unique insight provides a raw perspective on the realities of working in media, and a 'detour' from the unconventional career paths you grew up learning about.
Within the final episode of the first season, Danny talks about his experience talking courses from 3 colleges to transfer. Danny also talks about the tradeoffs of seeking higher education, and post graduation as a software engineer for Amazon.
Within the ninth episode of the podcast, Tuyen talks about her unconventional success with transferring to UCLA from UCR and becoming Tiktok Famous through her account @lifewithtuyen. Tuyen also discusses following trends and the difficulties behind mitigating controversy with Tiktok as a content creator as well.
Within the eighth episode of the podcast, Bryson talks about his unconventional success with dropping out of school to pursue his entrepreneurial ventures of creating an application that uses artificial intelligence to plan dates for couples. He hopes to ease the transition of awkwardness from dating apps into relationships through Twiine.
Within the seventh episode of the podcast, Linda Talks about her unconventional success and ambiguity as a community college transfer student transferring to USC. Additionally, Linda sheds light onto how it is on the other side after transferring. She also goes into detail about the social opportunities, greek life, and future career opportunities as a USC first generation female.
Within the sixth episode of the podcast, Brian talks about his unconventional experience with taking a detour towards becoming a national guard, and finding his love for music from losing it. Brian also speaks about the educational system within the United States how they stray away from the main goal of “learning.”
Within the fifth episode of the podcast, Daniela Gonzalez talks about her success as an international Mexican American student transferring from community college to Columbia University. Daniela talks about the struggles of coming to America not knowing the language, and the difference of being smart versus working hard.
The After Hours Series is a continuation of conversation from the episode prior with no cuts, filters, editing, and fancy microphones. Within this first After Hours Series, we continue speaking about the fight against commonality, and dive into the meaning of the Detour Podcast.
Within the fourth episode of the podcast, Jonathan Le talks about his route of dropping out of community college to focus on self identity and entrepreneurship. Jonathan focuses his successes on being able to adapt and change his mindset to see the world in a different perspective which helps him strive through unconventional success.
Within the third episode of the podcast, Ami talks about her unconventional experience as an "international" student and the struggles that she faced transferring over to the United States. Ami also talks about her experience with disliking her culture at first and then coming around to appreciate her uniqueness.
Within the second episode of the podcast, Jordan talks about the unconventional path of attending a California State School first before dropping out and pursuing his education at a community college. Jordan provides a unique perspective on switching majors during college and the mental constraints and criticism that one might face while pursuing something abnormal.
Within the first episode of the podcast, Kevin talks about the competitiveness of nursing school and his mindset on staying focus while finding creative freedom to explore new hobbies and interest. Kevin sheds light on the benefits of taking a gap semester, and brings a unique experience to the transfer experience.