You Are The Prize – Details, episodes & analysis

A masterclass in knowing your magic, even before the world knows what to do with it. 

Maurice Harris—founder of Bloom & Plume, artist, and creative force—joins Alex and Alexis for a conversation about creativity, confidence, and learning how to protect your energy. Maurice reflects on growing up knowing he was different, how not fitting in became a creative advantage, and what it really means when people ask for your vision. This episode is equal parts laughter and insight, and a reminder that your magic doesn’t need permission to shine.

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Maurice Harris 

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Social Media by: Maya Jones for Alt Entertainment & Sports 

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

Guest Links
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloomandplume/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@makotafanning
Website: https://www.shop.bloomandplume.com 

In this episode of You Are The Prize, Alex and Alexis sit down with Shaun Sperling, a speaker, coach, writer, and performer whose work centers on truth, joy, and self-expression.

Shaun’s path has been anything but linear. With a BA in theatre and a JD in law, his life has spanned stages and courtrooms, creativity and convention. From a teenager who knew himself so clearly that Madonna was the theme of his bar mitzvah, to an adult succeeding in a role that didn’t quite fit, Shaun’s story reflects a familiar tension between who we are and who we’re told to become.

Together, they talk about:

• How easily we drift from ourselves as we grow up and start optimizing for approval
• What it feels like to succeed at something that doesn’t actually fit
• Shaun’s path from joyful performer to practicing lawyer, and back again
• How creativity, even as a “side project,” can quietly guide us home

Shaun shares how writing, and sharing a video of himself dancing unapologetically at his bar mitzvah, reconnected him to the parts of himself he thought he’d lost, leading him back to performance, back to joy, and eventually into the work he does today as an energy coach and speaker.

The conversation is hilarious, honest, and deeply affirming. A reminder that who we really are doesn’t disappear, it just waits patiently for us to listen again.

If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to return to yourself, this episode is proof it isn’t.

You Are The Prize™
 A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Amanda Rantuccio

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Social Media by: Maya Jones for Alt Entertainment & Sports 

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

Guest Links
Instagram: @shaunsperling
Website: www.shaunsperling.com

In the very first episode of You Are The Prize, Alex and Alexis welcome Amanda Rantuccio, a longtime friend, accomplished marketer, and the original inspiration behind the show’s name. 

Amanda has spent two decades building world-class brands at Apple, Hulu, and Expedia. Her career has taken her from Los Angeles to San Francisco to London, and now she finds herself at a crossroads, deciding not just what’s next professionally, but where she actually wants to build her life. 

Together, they explore: 

• What Amanda dreamed for herself as a kid, long before job titles entered the picture 
• How “good on paper” opportunities can quietly pull us out of alignment  
• The difference between chasing momentum and choosing resonance 
• The places that feel like home, and why that question matters more than we’re taught

As the conversation unfolds, it becomes a real-time case study of the show’s central idea: what happens when we stop optimizing for external validation and start listening to what we actually want. 

So, will Amanda choose a path that sounds impressive or a place she loves? If you’ve ever stood at a crossroads between what you should want and what feels true, this conversation is for you. 

Welcome to You Are The Prize.

 You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Amanda Rantuccio

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Social Media by: Maya Jones for Alt Entertainment & Sports 

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

Guest Links 

Instagram: @amandaran
TikTok: @amandarantuccio
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-rantuccio/

You Are The Prize is a podcast about the powerful things that happen when your values and your actions are in alignment. Hosted by Alex Newson and Alexis Kay—brand and creative leaders who’ve helped shape companies like Apple, Hulu, Toyota, method, and Meta—the show features bold, brilliant humans: founders, chefs, therapists, actors, authors, and friends. Together, we explore the tools and experiences that help people live from the inside out. This is your invitation to stop chasing, start becoming, and remember: you’ve been the prize all along.

A conversation about deep house, deep healing, and the energy that changes everything.  

This week, DJ and producer Juliet Mendoza joins us for a conversation about the deeper purpose of music and what it means to gather with intention. Juliet shares her journey from survival to service, and how music and movement became a path toward healing and self-belief. We explore what happens collectively on the dance floor, why house music has always been rooted in liberation and belonging, and how intention can shape not just a night, but an entire life.

We also talk about Juliet’s label Spiritual Systems Records, The One Hundred, and her mission to create soulful experiences that feel grounded and deeply human.

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Juliet Mendoza

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

Guest Links
Instagram: @juliet_mendoza
TikTok: @youaretheprizepod

Guest Links

Instagram: @juliet__mendoza , @spiritualsystemsrecords

Self-love is a beautiful idea and a complicated practice. The secret might be making it smaller.

In this solo episode of You Are The Prize, we explore the possibility that the path toward loving yourself might actually begin with something smaller: liking yourself. It’s a conversation about integrity, relationships, friendship, self-worth, and the quiet accumulation of moments that make you trust yourself more. Less “how to love yourself.” More: what if love is built through evidence? We don’t have all the answers, but we’re working on it. 

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

It’s time to wake up, bring our whole selves to work, and start building a world where leadership starts with love. 

In this episode of You Are The Prize, conscious leadership expert Ginny Clarke joins Alex and Alexis for a conversation about Fifth Dimensional Leadership, why leadership belongs to all of us, and what becomes possible when we stop fragmenting ourselves and start showing up from a more conscious, whole, and loving place. The path to real influence starts here. 

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Ginny Clarke

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Instagram: @youaretheprize_pod
TikTok: @youaretheprizepod
Website: www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: www.studio-stab.com

Guest Links
Instagram: @ginny_clarke
TikTok: @GinnyLeads
Website: https://www.ginnyclarke.com/
Work with us: www.studio-stab.com

YouTube: YouTube | @5-DLeadership

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FifthDimensionalLeadership

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginnyclarke/

Where do our inner critics come from? Why do they sound so convincing? And what happens when the stories we learned about ourselves as kids follow us into adulthood? 

In this solo episode of You Are The Prize, Alex and Alexis get personal. Alex introduces us to what he jokingly calls his “board of directors,” while Alexis reflects on the thirteen-year-old version of herself that still occasionally grabs the microphone. The conversation moves between humor and vulnerability as they unpack the early stories they still carry and what it takes to recognize that the voice in your head isn’t always the truth.

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Instagram: @youaretheprize_pod
TikTok: @youaretheprizepod
Website: www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: www.studio-stab.com

On the powerful trifecta of serendipity, skill set, and saying yes. 

In this episode of You Are The Prize, Alex and Alexis sit down with Lauren Delp, founder of Silver Lake Socialite, to talk about reinvention. After building a career in advertising, Lauren made a bold 180 into entrepreneurship and discovered her expertise was the engine behind her next chapter. We explore the courage to say yes before you feel ready, the discipline of “chop wood, carry water,” and the belief that you can build something new at any stage of life.

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Lauren Delp

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

Guest Links
Instagram: @silverlakesocialite
TikTok: @silverlakesocialite
Website: https://www.silverlakesocialite.com

A conversation about hospitality, humanity, and making everyone feel like a regular.

Ian Asbury, co-founder of Good Clean Fun in Downtown LA, joins Alex & Alexis for a lively chat about entrepreneurship and why the best restaurants feel like home. As the official "Priest of the Pulse," Ian approaches hospitality as a felt experience, bringing the mechanics of a great dinner party into the room every single night and training his staff to cultivate empathy. We talk about why “cool” is overrated, how to hold onto what makes us human, and why wine is definitely the happiest kind of drunk.

You Are The Prize™
A Studio STAB Production
 
Hosted by: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Guest: Ian Asbury 

Executive Producers: Alexis Kay and Alex Newson

Audio & Video Production by: Jonathan Champion for The Champ Effect

Social Media by: Maya Jones for Alt Entertainment & Sports 

Original Music by: Scott Martin

© 2026 Studio STAB. All Rights Reserved. YOU ARE THE PRIZE™ is a trademark of Studio STAB. Unauthorized use prohibited.

Links
Substack: https://substack.com/@youaretheprize
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youaretheprize_pod/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@youaretheprizepod
Website: https://www.youaretheprizepod.com
Work with us: https://www.studio-stab.com/

Guest Links
Instagram: @runitbckturbo00, @gcfwines
Website: www.gcfwines.com