Jonathan Ady

What is a hobby? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it’s an activity done regularly in one’s leisure time for pleasure. I’ve been thinking deeply and carefully on this for quite some time now, as I’ve struggled with the idea that I don’t have anything I call a hobby. 

Then I realized what I truly enjoy is conversation. A mostly empty dive bar… a hotel lounge… the window seat on a quick domestic flight… my passion has been and always will be, peeling back the layers of people to find and hear their stories. Because everyone has one! 

So, 2026 is going to be a lot of fun because I have locked in this channel where I plan to do just this: organic, raw and unedited conversations with people on location. On the beaches, in bars, in an artist's studio, on the street -- all to bring others' stories to life. If you’d like to be a guest or know someone who has a great story, let’s talk!