Alan — aka LOA — and I used to close shifts together, order Ming House Chinese at midnight, and record tracks in my apartment with half-broken cords and mics peaking at zero. That was the Via era. Then life happened.

Now he's in Fort Lauderdale teaching Pilates and yoga at 6AM, training an 83-year-old client and a 12-year-old kid, freestyling with his daughter in the living room, and painting Basquiat-inspired portraits on five canvases in a month because a videographer gave him a deadline.

He's also got a mentor, a plan, and an easel in the background — and he still won't tell me what LOA stands for.

We got into it all: going plant-based, tearing his ACL in a bar fight and healing it through Bikram yoga, the environmental cost of AI, doom scrolling, Mac Miller, Nas's new stuff, building a treehouse, and what it means to finally invest in yourself.

Oh — and we made some music together back in the day. You'll hear about that too.

⏱ CHAPTERS:
00:00 Reconnecting Over Ming House & Old Times
05:33 Memories of Via & The Restaurant Years
11:04 Going Plant-Based (Mostly)
21:45 Tearing His ACL in a Bar Fight & Healing Through Yoga
27:25 Getting Flexible: The Bikram Journey
30:26 Teaching Pilates & Finding a New Lane
35:08 Still Rapping — Freestyling With His Daughter
40:32 Painting Basquiat, One Month Deadline
45:06 What Style Is He Building Toward?
51:26 Landing in Fort Lauderdale
58:46 Training Clients of All Ages
01:01:23 Investing in Yourself
01:06:30 Building Connections and Networking
01:14:53 Setting Goals for the Podcast
01:25:50 Rap Right Now — Nas, Nav, Mac Miller
01:30:07 What Does LOA Stand For?
01:34:03 The Environmental Cost of AI
01:37:34 Disconnecting from Tech
01:39:10 Collages, Magazines & Creative Therapy
01:41:11 Building a Treehouse, Living Through the Kids

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