834: Johnny Harris: Creator and Host of Borders on Vox.com

So Money with Farnoosh Torabi

Farnoosh Torabi

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 14 January 2019

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Our guest Johnny Harris is a filmmaker and journalist and known for his super famous Vox series "Borders." He and his wife Lizzie gave birth to their first child around the time they were graduating from college. With about $1,300 in the bank, they moved to Washington DC to pursue their careers. The rest...you'll learn on this episode. Johnny is currently still based in Washington DC where he makes web videos for Vox.com. He reports on interesting trends and stories, both domestically and around the world. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. He has a BA in international relations from Brigham Young University and a master's in international peace and conflict resolution from American University. He brings all of that background, as well as his filmmaking skills and journalism skills to his new series called Borders, which follows Johnny to 11 countries; from the North Pole to the northern shore of Africa to the Himalayas of Nepal, Johnny travels to these borders to tell their origin story, the human stories behind the lines on a map. Johnny shares candidly the beginnings of his career, how that $1,300 made do, the mistakes he made, the jobs he held and where he's headed next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So Money episode 834 Johnny Harris filmmaker and journalist creator of the Vox series Borders
0:07.0	You're listening to So Money with award-winning money guru Farnoosh Tarabi each day get a 30-minute dose of
0:15.2	financial inspiration from the world's top business minds, authors, influencers,
0:19.7	and from Farnuish herself. Looking for ways to save on gas or double your double coupons?
0:26.0	Sorry, you're in the wrong place.
0:28.0	Seeking profound ways to live a richer, happier life.
0:32.0	Welcome to so money.
0:36.4	Impetuous is like the best way to put it.
0:38.8	We were just kind of reckless kids who like were, didn't really know what we're getting ourselves into but it kind of goes
0:46.3	into a broader philosophy that that kick-started this whole thing for me which was
0:49.9	taking risks and then making those risks feel your desire to to fulfill and and so we
0:59.0	graduated we moved to DC I didn't have a job lined up, and I just knew that I had to figure something out because there was no other option.
1:08.0	I had a child and a wife who was recovering from birth, and there was that sense of urgency because I'd gotten myself into a
1:16.0	position where not doing anything or not having success wasn't really an option I
1:21.8	had to figure something out.
1:24.9	Imagine the week you're graduating from college is the week that you become a parent.
1:30.3	Welcome back to So Money, everyone. You just listened to Johnny Harris, who was a filmmaker and journalist, and known for his super famous Vox series Borders.
1:40.0	He and his wife, Lizzy, gave birth to their first child.
1:42.8	Around the time they were graduating from college, they graduated with about $1,300 in the bank,
1:48.8	moved to Washington, D.C. to pursue their careers,
1:52.4	and well, the rest you'll learn on this episode. It worked
1:55.8	out Johnny today currently still based in Washington DC where he makes web
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