10,000 HOURS is an interview series about craft, creativity and putting in our time.
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell examined and popularized the theory that any given skill takes ten thousand hours to master. How accurate is that? More importantly, if there’s any truth to the theory, how does it change the way we look at doing work and putting in time?
Brought to you by entrepreneur Grant Spanier and writer Vince Koci, 10,000 HOURS is a weekly discussion about the different ways people work hard to do what they love.
Joined by guests from around the world with diverse backgrounds— topics will touch on everything from entrepreneurship, creativity, productivity, personal philosophy, living your passion, and everything in-between.
Grant and Vince chat with director and filmmaker Sean Dunne, respected documentarian and portrayer of all things human, about the ever-important topic of empathy. In a discussion about creative respo…
Grant and Vince sit down to chat with Adam Lehman, creative strategist and co-founder of The Wonder Jam, for a conversation about “spheres.” Where does the personal intersect the professional, and wh…
Grant and Vince are on the line with financial guru and creative business mind Shaun Singh, of Change and Death to Stock acclaim. Shaun is bringing creativity and artistry to the world of start-up fi…
Grant and Vince are in studio with the very awesome and always generous Su Na (AKA Alec Ness). Su Na is a musician, electronic artist and producer who is also a prolific educator, and he joins the sh…
Grant and Vince sit down in studio with singer, songwriter and integral member of Minneapolis dream-pop group Tiny Deaths. On the heels of their latest release (night flowers EP), Claire joins the sh…
Grant and Vince sit down in studio with entrepreneur and hair artist Whitney Vermeer. Creator and proprietor of The Aesthetic x Whitney Vermeer, she joins the cast to discuss the unique nature of her…
Grant and Vince are keeping it hostful this week with a discussion about mindset, philosophy and adversity. Your hosts are looking at what it takes, creatively and mentally, to not only survive chall…
Grant and Vince step up to the plate with an in-studio conversation with official photographer for the Minnesota Twins, Brace Hemmelgarn. The trio talk specialization, mastery, and excelling within c…
Grant and Vince have the rare opportunity to sit down on the guest’s home turf, talking with famed designer and artist Michael Cina in his working studio in Minneapolis. The trio discuss hard work, w…
Grant and Vince are joined all the way from tropical Panama by none other that Stuart Hooper. Photographer, filmographer, and proprietor of Asombro Media, he’s a friend and collaborator of former gue…
Grant and Vince pry open the conversation about a popular buzzword in a sit-down with author, podcaster and entrepreneur Jon Nastor. Through the lens of Nastor’s recently published Hack the Entrepren…
Grant and Vince are going back to their hostful roots with a rousing and reflective discussion about art, intention, and most specifically: appeal. When does being artistically principled become obst…
Grant and Vince sit down with creative director, branding specialist and self-proclaimed bad-ass Lalita Ballesteros. Lalita is the founder and leader of Viralalita studios and the creative mind behin…
Grant and Vince sit down in studio with writer, creative conceptualist, and all-around beloved homie Kevin Hughes. Hughes has done it all, from international pro-basketball player, to Los Angeles bar…
Grant and Vince are on the line with Dan Ward, author, consultant, and former acquisitions officer for the US Air Force, talking about a classic creative trope: simplicity. Dan brings decades of engi…
Grant and Vince mix it up with music journalist, Minnesota Public Radio personality and mercurial consumer of all things media, Andrea Swensson. Swensson is a voice for Minneapolis’ The Current, both…
Grant and Vince are sitting down with editor, composer, musician, and friend of the show, Cullen Fitzpatrick about creative will, and making great things in spite of (or because of) constraints. Half…
Grant and Vince are back to kick off Season 3 with a hot and fresh hostful. Expanding on a core tenet of 10K philosophy, your hosts examine the difference between self-awareness and self-definition, …
Vince and Grant hang up their mics after a great year spent talking to creative folks from all walks of life about how they’re putting in their time. They’ve collected their favorite moments from 201…
Grant and Vince wrap up season two with a in-studio sit-down with producer and sound genius behind Egg Music, Eric Fawcett. Former drummer of Spymob (and backing drummer for Pharrell/N.E.R.D.), Eric …