Starting Artists

Humanity & Hope with Mandy Dollar

Mandy and Tony were colleagues during the Public Media phase of their careers. Join a warm, winding, and nostalgic conversation between two old friends catching up and talking about places where they've been able to find hope and humanity. The impressive titles Mandy has held include Director of Membership and Development at PBS39, Director of Marketing and Community Relations for the Women’s Humane Society, and Director of Membership at Natural Lands. But she had ups and downs along the way before landing at Drexel University and advancing to the position of Director of Corporate Relations for The Solutions Institute. Now, she's leaning into Found and Styled, her "veteran thrifter and personal style cheerleader" social media account that you really should check out and share! There are many through-lines in her career journey, but at the heart is a commitment to creating and nurturing lasting relationships with community members and partner organizations. Innovation and problem solving. And, if you’ve ever seen anyone plan and execute an event of any size first-hand, nerves of steel and the adaptability under pressure are absolutely necessary. Helping people and supporting education and other people-focused initiatives to build communities up are definitely in Mandy’s wheelhouse, and she is more than able to jump in and make things happen!

Ice Cream is the Key to Happiness

Why has it taken so long to get another episode finished? Why am I suddenly dropping new shows after such a long hiatus? How does ice cream inspire me outside of wanting to eat it and what does it have to do with the meaning of life? The answer to these questions and more await. Be warned: There's some serious soul-searching going on. Are you ready to go down a road that ends with questioning your life choices on your death bed? Of course you are. Hit play. Let's do this!

Perspective & Gratitude with Jonathan Banchs

Jonathan Banchs is Senior Director of Content & Experience for Momentum Events. He was born in Costa Rica and has lived in Nicaragua for 20 years. He has an interesting life and career story to share and is also a voice of positivity and gratitude. His warmth is contagious. You don't know Jonathan yet, but he may be just the person you need to hear from at this moment! Valuable wisdom and perspective await in the conversation that officially kicks off season 2 of Starting Artists.

Popping Up

Your host and podcast pal Tony Sadowski pops up with a between-season life and career update. What's been going on during the show hiatus? And, more importantly, what does "creativity" mean to you? Does art stop belonging to the creator when it is interpreted by an observer and a new story begins? We're catching up and getting philosophical in this bonus episode. Season 2 is still very much going to happen. Life got in the way, and the show needed a little fine-tuning anyway. Thanks for listening and subscribing if you do. If you don't, follow Starting Artists wherever you podcast, and catch up on the open and inspiring conversations in Season 1!

Cassandra M. Bailey, CEO & Author

Cassandra M. Bailey is the Founder and CEO of Slice Communications, a marketing and communications company in Philadelphia. She is also founder and current chairwoman of Social Media Day, Inc.Entrepreneur, author, thought leader, speaker, organizer, volunteer, mom—Cass is a creative force, an attention-getter, and someone Tony greatly admires.In this season one finale, the two discuss marketing philosophy, leadership styles, work-life balance, working through difficult times, what we learned from our grandparents, the cartoon anarchy of the 1990's, and how much our jobs have changed over the past 20 years.