My people, welcome to Rantor Randomness. I'm your host, Lovey, J. Jones, New York Towns

best selling author, speaker, and professional troublemaker. And I'm here to share dope conversations

that will give you something to think about, help you smile, and fill in power to do what

you feel compelled to do. So let's get into it. I'm so excited for you to hear this conversation.

Today, I'm talking to the amazing Brandon Stanton. He is the creator behind the popular photo

storytelling platform, Humans of New York. After being fired from his job as a

bond trader in Chicago, Brandon moved to New York City to create a photographic census of the city.

The blog started in 2010, features portraits of people in New York City, along with conversations

of the people he photographs. In 2014, Brandon took the blog abroad, featuring stories from all over

the world, and he was invited to the Oval Office to photograph an interview president Barack Obama

in 2015. He's the author of two number one New York Towns best selling books, Humans of New York,

and Humans of New York stories, and his latest book Humans. As of this recording, Brandon is

finishing up a week of sharing tettletails from Tanguay, a series of stories and images from my

queen, Stephanie, aka Lady Tanguay. We're talking about all that series. We're talking about Brandon,

his story, how he started doing this work. And when he decided to use this platform in this way,

during our conversation, we cover what he considers a stroke of luck that really kicked off humans

of New York to be what it is now. We cover how him being lost in his early 20s actually led him to

this place. And honestly, we talk about Stephanie and what she's going through, how she's been

receiving all the love everyone's been given. Honestly, this conversation is one of my favorites that I've

ever had on this podcast. So you're in for a treat, jump in. Before we jump into the interview,

I want to make sure the Rans Fam knows that my new book, Professional Troublemaker, The Fear

Fighter Manual comes out on March 2nd, 2021, and it's available for pre-order right now. I wrote

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