Good Work with Barrett Brooks

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What Happens When You Stop Running From Yourself with Yung Pueblo

September 29, 2026

This week, I talk with Diego Perez—better known as Yung Pueblo—about healing, self-awareness, and what it takes to become lighter as you move through life. Yung shares how a period of drugs, alcohol, and numbing nearly cost him his life, and how learning to feel his emotions, tell himself the truth, and move his body helped him begin again. We explore how meditation reshaped his relationship with pain, what he’s learned from sitting silent retreats for up to 60 days, and why healing yourself ...

The Stories We Tell Ourselves That Keep Us Stuck with Jenny Wood

March 12, 2026

This week, I talk with Jenny Wood, who spent 18 years at Google, rising through the ranks and building global programs used by tens of thousands of employees. From the outside, Jenny had the kind of career many people aspire to—prestige, influence, and steady advancement inside one of the world’s most admired companies. But over time, she began to realize that the very habits that fueled her success—relentless drive, constant striving, and an obsession with achievement—were also taking a pers...

Capturing Wonder: Jon McCormack's Journey Through Photography and Technology

February 26, 2026

This week, I talk with Jon McCormack, the leader behind the iPhone camera at Apple—the most widely used camera in human history. But Jon’s story goes far beyond technology. He grew up on a farm in rural Australia without full-time electricity, dropped out of a PhD to chase an unexpected opportunity in tech, helped build Kindle, and founded schools in Kenya that now serve thousands of children. Along the way, he developed a body of photographic work rooted not in spectacle, but in wonder. We t...