Rainy Day Diaries

Eps. 54 - Brad Montague, Kid President & why we should all be children at heart!

Episode Notes

Brad Montague is on the podcast today!! Not only is Brad the super coolest, kindest fellow you'll ever meet, but he's a New York Times bestselling author, amazing illustrator and the CREATOR OF KID PRESIDENT!! (whaaaa!)

Yep! Brad is the creator of ‘Kid President’, the popular web series featured on Rainn Wilson’s Soulpancake YouTube channel, and his work has garnered more than 700 million views!!!

In this episode we talk about:

• His LOVE for disgusting gas station treats. (ew!)
• Why it's his mission to inspire children around the world.
• What it was like collaborating with Sesame Street! (ah!)
• How Kid President came to be.
• Why sometimes we need a kick in the pants to start creating.

Brad is also the force behind ‘Socktober’ the worldwide annual drive connecting people to their local homeless shelters!!

His newest book ‘Better Grownups’ will release from Penguin RandomHouse in the spring of 2020. (yay!!) (link in the show notes!) www.jenipherlyn.com/blog/54