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Speaker 1: Welcome to episode three of Hurdle. Today's episode is brought

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Speaker 1: my name is Emily Abadi, your lovely host. I am

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Speaker 1: a certified trainer, a run coach, also a writer, editor

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Speaker 1: and now podcaster living here in New York City. Feel

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Speaker 1: That's Abbate. Now a little bit about Hurdle, which you

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Speaker 1: can find also on social media at Hurdle Podcast. Hurdle

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Speaker 1: is a bye podcast that showcases people who got to

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Speaker 1: a tough time in their life, a hurdle of sorts,

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Speaker 1: and leaned into wellness to get over it. In this

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Speaker 1: modern world we live in, filled with anxiety and pressure

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Speaker 1: and obscene amounts of competition. Wellness in all of its forms,

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Speaker 1: is an outlet, and that can look like a lot

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Speaker 1: of things right. It can maybe mean starting a new

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Speaker 1: fitness routine, trying running or yoga. Maybe it's adopting a

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Speaker 1: new way of eating and becoming plant based mindfulness and meditations, crystals,

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Speaker 1: the list goes on.

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Speaker 2: You get the gist.

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Speaker 1: Hurdle brings you their stories, the lessons they learned, and

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Speaker 1: hopefully gives you the push you need to live a healthier, happier,

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Speaker 1: more motivated life. On Hurdle, we have Fred Santarpia, the

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Speaker 1: Chief Digital Officer of Conde Nast. Brad has been a

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Speaker 1: good friend of mine for a few years now. Really

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Speaker 1: excited to have him sitting across this table from me

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Speaker 1: and to bring you a little bit of his story. So,

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Speaker 1: without further ado, I could speak to all of your accolades,

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Speaker 1: but why don't you go ahead and introduce yourself.

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Speaker 3: Sure, So, my name is Fred Santarpia. I'm the chief

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Speaker 3: Digital Officer of Conye Nast and I've been in the

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Speaker 3: digital media space now for probably about fifteen years in

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Speaker 3: various parts of the industry. Joined Conde in twenty twelve

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Speaker 3: to launch the video division of the company, which I

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Speaker 3: did for about two years, and then took over all

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Speaker 3: of digital for Conde in twenty fourteen, basically driving the

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Speaker 3: digital strategy for all of our brands like Vogue, Vanity, Fair,

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Speaker 3: GQ wired the New Yorker about twenty brands in all.

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Speaker 3: And before I is that counting ast, I helped watch

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Speaker 3: a company named Vivo, which is the leading company in

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Speaker 3: up in the music industry. Spent about ten years in

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Speaker 3: for that industry. And prior to that, graduated from Villanova,

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Speaker 3: started out actually in finance and accounting, which is its

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Speaker 3: own story for a different podcast. And I'm just happy

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Speaker 3: to be here today.

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Speaker 2: You know, we have this rivalry.

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Speaker 3: Which rivalry is that this u.

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Speaker 2: Khon University of Connecticut Husky's rivalry.

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Speaker 3: About a real rivalry. I don't know if you've noticed,

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Speaker 3: but Villanovo's number one in the country right now.

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Speaker 1: I am well aware. Impressive resume you have to your friend.

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Speaker 1: Thank you, But obviously what we're here to talk about

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Speaker 1: might have come a little before this. The first question

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Speaker 1: I started out with, talk to me a little bit

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Speaker 3: So, you know, my hurdle moment goes back a really

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Speaker 3: really long way. When I was a kid, I suffered

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Speaker 3: I mean you it was like out of a movie.

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Speaker 3: And that was really like, that was really my hurdle

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Speaker 2: No one wants that.

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Speaker 3: So that was my hurdle moment.

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Speaker 1: So you say that, to get kind of over this hurdle,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I got really into I got really into exercise

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Speaker 3: and you're very consistent about it and immediately notice a change.

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Speaker 3: Not just I had noticed less of a change in

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Speaker 3: how others began to engage me, which became very talented, right,

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Speaker 3: And that became something that when I felt that, I

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Speaker 2: Right.

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Speaker 1: So you say you leaned in, And so do you

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Speaker 1: think that obviously with this change in your physique a

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Speaker 3: Not really, I could say I'm still very I have

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Speaker 3: I certainly get didn't get like more aggressive in like

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Speaker 3: if anything, like you know, the interesting thing about exercise,

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Speaker 1: You start working out, you feel a little bit better

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Speaker 2: You're still introverted, yeah, pretty much.

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Speaker 1: But you're kind of coming up age where you're into

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Speaker 3: I mean this, it translates on so many different so

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Speaker 3: other thing I would say that kind of hit me, right, away,

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Speaker 1: What do you think I think at first, aside from aesthetics,

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Speaker 2: What kept you going after it? Were you enjoying it?

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Speaker 3: That's something that I have striven for, you know, physically, emotionally, right,

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Speaker 3: certainly professionally and in my career I've looked for you know,

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Speaker 3: And that's one thing that I think, you know, I

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Speaker 4: My brother, for sure, I mean my brother. I have

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Speaker 3: So certainly, my brother and I've just got a great family.

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Speaker 3: I'm blessed that I've got an excellent foundation in life,

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Speaker 3: and I can always return to that foundation. And as

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Speaker 3: and foundation. And you know, when you don't have that,

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Speaker 3: to it forces you to to kind of go alone

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Speaker 1: In order to get over any hurdle in life, you

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Speaker 1: you want and envision some sort of path. What do

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Speaker 2: How do they set those initial goals?

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Speaker 1: Do they keep in mind when they're thinking about the

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Speaker 3: I think, don't don't you know? It's good to have

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Speaker 3: plans and ten year plans. I'm a bit more simplistic

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Speaker 3: long you're going to get. This is my philosophy. So

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Speaker 3: you know, what can you do today right? And how

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Speaker 3: can you be better than you were yesterday? And it's

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Speaker 3: it's very simple, right, like you're living for the moment,

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Speaker 3: and you know, yes, long term health is really important

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Speaker 3: to me, and I think it will always be part

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Speaker 3: three months from now. You know, to me, it's about

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Speaker 3: I just want to be a little bit healthier. Do

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Speaker 3: you want to try and be a little bit healthier

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Speaker 3: than I was yesterday? And it's you know, it's kind

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Speaker 3: of as simple as that. And I'm a big believer

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Speaker 3: I would say, don't make it so overwhelming for yourself.

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Speaker 3: Have the vision, but also be comfortable and breaking it

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Speaker 3: down into those kind of bite size pieces.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: I love bite size makes it makes it easier, bite

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Speaker 1: size candy. We all love bite bite sized tips. I

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Speaker 1: think for good Fred, thanks so much, Thank you for

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Speaker 1: having me. If you're still listening, please take a moment

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Speaker 1: to leave a quick review of what's happening here by

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Speaker 1: clicking the link with the description to this episode. We

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Speaker 1: all face multiple hurdles in life. We heard about Fred's,

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Speaker 1: you've heard about mine. I want to hear about yours.

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Speaker 1: Please reach out to me at Emily at hurdle dot us,

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Speaker 1: connect with me on Instagram and Twitter at Hurdle Podcast,

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Speaker 1: and of course feel free to stock us both a

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Speaker 1: little bit too on the interwebs. Fred, what's your social handle?

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Speaker 3: Just F Santarpia.

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Speaker 1: That's all we look for. Yep, I'm at Emily a body.

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Speaker 1: I'm excited to keep learning and growing with all of

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Speaker 1: you and other hurdle conquered See you guys next time.

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Speaker 2: Mm hmmm