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Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Kal Penn on having two careers

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

LinkedIn

Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re bringing back our 2021 conversation with Kal Penn. Kal has had a unique journey, balancing his work as an actor with his time as a White House staffer. In this episode he shared how he approached such different experiences. Follow Kal Penn on LinkedIn. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir, now in paperback. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us this week on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. To continue the conversation this week and every week, join our free LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners.

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0:00.0

From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.

0:06.2

Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.

0:11.8

Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:17.4

I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.

0:20.6

If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune into my podcast, building one.

0:26.7

I speak with some of the best product builders out there.

0:29.2

I've always been inspired by frustration.

0:31.9

It came back to my own personal pinpoint.

0:34.0

So we had to go out to farmers and convince them.

0:37.2

Following that curiosity is a superpower.

0:39.9

You have to be obsessed with the human condition. Listen to Building One on Apple Podcasts or wherever

0:44.8

you get your podcasts.

0:48.0

LinkedIn News.

1:03.4

Hey, it's Jesse. It's a holiday Monday here in the United States, and so we bring you one of our favorite episodes from our archives.

1:10.3

This week, we're bringing a good one back. We've got a conversation with Cal Penn, the actor.

1:13.9

You know, a while ago he had this memoir, You Can't Be Serious,

1:17.7

and it was just as funny as the title will make it sound,

1:21.2

but it was also packed with all of these career lessons.

1:27.9

You see, Cal has had a really unique, even eclectic career path.

1:29.6

He has worked in Hollywood.

1:31.1

Maybe you know his work.

1:34.4

But he has also worked at the White House.

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