Episode 90: Shira Lazar

Travel With Meaning

Episode 90 features a conversation with a digital trailblazer who found healing and transformation in nature.

Shira Lazar is the founder and CEO of the Emmy Nominated digital media brand What's Trending. She is the host of the afternoon drive show Let’s Go There weekdays on CHANNEL Q, an Audacy Original Station, and the award-winning LGBTQ+ Talk Radio Network.

She has also been named one of Fast Company’s Most Influential Women in Technology, Huffington Post’s “Women in Tech to follow on Twitter”, honored on the Variety Women of Impact list, and Cynopsis Top Women In Digital.

A BIG Web3 advocate, collector, and advises as well as consults with companies in the space relating to cryptocurrency, NFTs and the metaverse.

As a broadcaster, Shira uses her platforms to create content and education around Web3, bridging the gap between the industry, creators, and consumers. She hosts weekly Twitter Spaces shows, #AlphaMondays and Women in Web3 Weekly, brings viewers the top five NFT stories of the week on Instagram, and just launched Inside Web3 airing weekly as a podcast and on KNX News 91.FM in Los Angeles.

While in quarantine in April 2020, Shira co-founded PeaceInside.Live, a wellness community and platform offering virtual classes, workshops, and retreats. PIL is constantly working to break down the barriers of entry to make tools for well-being accessible for all via our community experiences and our workplace programs.

Previously, Shira hosted the weekly pop culture Facebook live show, Circa Pop Live! for Circa.com and was a West Coast contributor for HLN's "The Daily Share", where she covered all things social media and digital trends for the network. As the leading broadcaster and interviewer in the digital space, Shira has been the face of the biggest live streams on the web from awards shows to red carpet premieres including, The Oscars, The Grammys, and Tony Awards among many others. Lazar is a Webby Awards Honoree, Streamy Awards, and IAWTV Winner For Best Web Series Live Host.

Enjoy our conversation with the wonderful Shira Lazar.