1 - Ram and Ben Would Like to Talk

The season finale blowout extravaganza! We close out the first season the same way we opened it, by sitting down and talking shop. We absolutely throw every guest we’ve had on this season under the bus and reveal all their secrets. We also dig into secret Adobe work trips, H&M cleverly “borrowing” Ben’s work, Ram’s Twitter beef with Chris Do, weird AI, the robots taking our jobs, cloning voices, Ram is a spy, Succession fandom, hopeful season 2 guests, horoscopes, co-star, summer trips, and more! Thanks so much for tuning into our first season of Why Do. Huge thanks to all our amazing guests. Huge thanks to @computrnerd for our music. And finally, of course, thanks to all of you for listening, we love you so much. Give us a shout at @whydopod and tell us all about who you wanna see on Season 2, we're already working on it!

This week Ben and Ram sit down with Leila Mae Thompson (@lmtweet), an incredible artist and rug-maker to talk about her creative journey, the double edge of going viral, how to weigh a frog, the ecosystems of the Florida Everglades, secret projects, switching gears, burnout, the letter “I”, fulfilling a million orders, shipping, carving your own educational path, terrible DM intros, influential teachers along the way, designing for print, and more! As always, our theme music is brought to you by the great @computrnerd. Please rate and subscribe if you get a second we appreciate you very big time much!

This week we chat with Amy Hood of Hoodzpah Design (@hoodzpahdesign) who not only runs an absolutely killer design studio but also literally WROTE THE BOOK on being a freelance creative. We talk California, starting your own studio, oversharing on the internet, does fast food make you live longer, adding secrets to your work TikTok jail, being a twin, running a business with a twin, going to school or teaching yourself, surrounding yourself with good people, landing your first client, the project that launches you, writing a book, sharing knowledge, helping within your capacity, abandoning Twitter, service industry jobs as a kid, and a whole lot more! As always, our theme music is brought to you by the great @computrnerd. Please rate and subscribe if you get a second we appreciate you very big time much!

Nelson (@madebynelson) is an Illustrator based in Perth, Australia and this week Ram and Ben sit down with him to get into snakes, juggling freelance and full-time work, artists on twitter, reposting old work, inspiration, making art for yourself or for your audience, pressure to create for the internet, finding out what works, dreams vs reality, having your work stolen, picking fonts, Australian snacks, spiders, Canadian stereotypes, getting found by clients, sharing knowledge, and more! As always, our theme music is brought to you by the great @computrnerd. Please rate and subscribe if you get a second we appreciate you very big time much!

Ben and Ram sit down with graphic designer and musician Piper Ferrari about juggling a band and a design job at the same time, worrying about making the wrong choices early on, the point of record labels, touring, finding a niche, making art for your local music scene, living in Las Vegas, making connections, doing work you don’t wanna do, working for yourself, working for others, stage dives gone wrong, productivity vs. expression, when is a piece of art finished, bad social media advice, instagram extortion, and every single thing in between! As always, our theme music is brought to you by the great @computrnerd. Please rate and subscribe if you get a second we appreciate you very big time much!

This week on the Why Do Podcast, Ben and Ram sit down with Elijah, also known as @toastedbyeli, a Toronto-based graphic designer who's been making hundreds and hundreds of posters as a means of self-growth, healing, and spreading a positive message. We talk about Geocities, internet forums, astrology, making art every day for a year, making art to help yourself and those around you, finding inspiration in therapy, not caving to the demands of social media, and more! As always, our theme music is brought to you by the great @computrnerd. Please rate and subscribe if you get a second we appreciate you very big time much!

Kicking things off for Season 1 of the Why Do Podcast, your hosts, Ram Reyes (⁠Oversettext⁠) and Ben Courtice (⁠Boring Friends⁠) sit down and get acquainted. We talk all about what to expect on this first season of Why Do, graphic design, our own personal creative journeys that lead us here to this moment, clients ghosting, backup plans, Ram's addiction to "likes", ads that have tricked us into buying stupid things, 15-minute cities, listening to the same song over and over, finding your flow state, hyperfocus, working only when inspired vs. working as a habit, helpful books, and more! Theme song by the one and only computrnerd Give us a follow for all show updates and more on our Instagram Get in touch at [email protected]