web02.fireside.fm Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:38:32 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) The Creative Dad Pod - Episodes Tagged with “Adrian Huerta” https://thecreativedadpod.fireside.fm/tags/adrian%20huerta Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:45:00 -0700 It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod for the creative dad bod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta. Thecreativedadpod.com Facebook The Creative Dad Pod Instagram: @thecreativedadpod TikTok: @thecreativedadpod Email: thecreativedadbod@gmail.com en-us episodic It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. Adrian Huerta It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod for the creative dad bod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta. Thecreativedadpod.com Facebook The Creative Dad Pod Instagram: @thecreativedadpod TikTok: @thecreativedadpod Email: thecreativedadbod@gmail.com yes Adrian Huerta ahuerta84@gmail.com Episode 6.2 - Artos Saucedo - Co-owner of Open Gallery https://thecreativedadpod.fireside.fm/6-2 9d73a245-f12b-408f-b832-c755c08f7445 Tue, 19 Aug 2025 15:45:00 -0700 Adrian Huerta full Adrian Huerta We’re back with part two of my conversation with Artos Saucedo, co-owner of Open Gallery in Long Beach. A dad who’s grown creatively alongside his son, Artos opens up about the often-lonely side of fatherhood, the joy of seeing art come alive on his gallery walls, and what it’s like to watch his teenage son begin chasing his own creative dreams. 33:58 yes <p>Welcome to part 2 of my sit-down with Artos Saucedo, co-owner and co-creator of Open Gallery in Long Beach, CA. Artos is a journeyman that’s shared almost half of his creative development with his son. We’re continuing some topics from the last episode and starting new ones including the lonely side of fatherhood, enjoying the sweet art put on the Open Gallery walls, and what it’s like watching his teenage son chase creative dreams of his own. Please enjoy the continuation of our Creative Dad Pod interview with Artos Saucedo.<br> •••••••<br> It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/drianhuerta/" rel="nofollow noopener">@drianhuerta</a>)(<a href="https://www.instagram.com/drianhuerta/)" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/drianhuerta/)</a>). Available now on @spotify, @apple #podcasts, and more! <br> •••••••<br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thecreativedadpod/" rel="nofollow noopener">Thecreativedadpod.com</a><br> Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thecreativedadpod/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Creative Dad Pod</a><br> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecreativedadpod/" rel="nofollow noopener">@thecreativedadpod</a><br> TikTok: @thecreativedadpod </p> The Creative Dad Pod, Adrian Huerta, Creative dads, Millennial dads, Fatherhood podcast, Parenting for creatives, Dad life stories, Modern fatherhood, Creative parenting, Millennial fatherhood, Creative journey, Artist dad, Entrepreneur dad, Work-life balance, Creative career advice, Building a creative business, Fatherhood and creativity, Balancing family and art, Parenting challenges, Dad inspiration, Fatherhood community, Real dad stories, Mental health for dads, Imposter syndrome and dads, Parenting balance, Fatherhood struggles & wins, Creative dads in Los Angeles, Long Beach art scene, Parenting in LA, Community for creative parents Welcome to part 2 of my sit-down with Artos Saucedo, co-owner and co-creator of Open Gallery in Long Beach, CA. Artos is a journeyman that’s shared almost half of his creative development with his son. We’re continuing some topics from the last episode and starting new ones including the lonely side of fatherhood, enjoying the sweet art put on the Open Gallery walls, and what it’s like watching his teenage son chase creative dreams of his own. Please enjoy the continuation of our Creative Dad Pod interview with Artos Saucedo.
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]]> Episode 4: Art Meza - Photographer https://thecreativedadpod.fireside.fm/4 3980e282-087a-4388-8d6a-80472e708de1 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:00:00 -0700 Adrian Huerta full Adrian Huerta Adrian Huerta sits with photographer, artist, dad, and grandfather Art Meza. Better known as @ChicanoSoul, Art shares his creative process in photography, being on the wait list for a new kidney, and much more. The Creative Dad Pod available wherever you get your podcasts. 1:10:13 yes <p>On this episode of The Creative Dad Pod we welcome published photographer, artist, and archivist, Art Meza. The lowrider enthusiast lends his craft to the lowrider culture, as well as the gente that comes with it. His experience seems young but the accomplishments are up there with vets. We’re talking the City of LA archive, celebrity commissions, multiple art exhibits around the country, movies and book publications. Chicano Soul thrusted himself into the fire of art and business with his collaboration on the 10 year old cultura classic, Lowriting. His art is helping define a culture that is “as American as apple pie.” With outside efforts to keep our books, photos, art and culture suppressed to extinction, Chicano Soul prospers as an activist creating for the sake of a genuine history. And on top of all of that, he’s a daddy and co-parent. Father to 3, and grandfather to 1, please welcome to the pod, the man with a chicano soul, Art Meza. </p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/chicano_soul/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.instagram.com/chicano_soul/</a><br> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/chicano_soul" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/chicano_soul</a><br> Website: <a href="https://www.chicanosoul.net/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.chicanosoul.net/</a></p> <p>•••••••</p> <p>Available now on @spotify, @apple, @youtube, @audecy and everywhere else you get your podcasts!</p> <p>The Creative Dad Pod<br> Hosted by Adrian Huerta<br> Thecreativedadpod.com<br> Facebook: The Creative Dad Pod<br> Instagram: @thecreativedadpod<br> TikTok: @thecreativedadpod</p> <p>It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta (@drianhuerta).</p> dad, daddy, parenting, creative, artist, photographer, creative dad, podcast, podcast trailer, podcast preview, Adrian Huerta, The Creative Dad Pod On this episode of The Creative Dad Pod we welcome published photographer, artist, and archivist, Art Meza. The lowrider enthusiast lends his craft to the lowrider culture, as well as the gente that comes with it. His experience seems young but the accomplishments are up there with vets. We’re talking the City of LA archive, celebrity commissions, multiple art exhibits around the country, movies and book publications. Chicano Soul thrusted himself into the fire of art and business with his collaboration on the 10 year old cultura classic, Lowriting. His art is helping define a culture that is “as American as apple pie.” With outside efforts to keep our books, photos, art and culture suppressed to extinction, Chicano Soul prospers as an activist creating for the sake of a genuine history. And on top of all of that, he’s a daddy and co-parent. Father to 3, and grandfather to 1, please welcome to the pod, the man with a chicano soul, Art Meza.

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Website: https://www.chicanosoul.net/

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It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta (@drianhuerta).

]]> On this episode of The Creative Dad Pod we welcome published photographer, artist, and archivist, Art Meza. The lowrider enthusiast lends his craft to the lowrider culture, as well as the gente that comes with it. His experience seems young but the accomplishments are up there with vets. We’re talking the City of LA archive, celebrity commissions, multiple art exhibits around the country, movies and book publications. Chicano Soul thrusted himself into the fire of art and business with his collaboration on the 10 year old cultura classic, Lowriting. His art is helping define a culture that is “as American as apple pie.” With outside efforts to keep our books, photos, art and culture suppressed to extinction, Chicano Soul prospers as an activist creating for the sake of a genuine history. And on top of all of that, he’s a daddy and co-parent. Father to 3, and grandfather to 1, please welcome to the pod, the man with a chicano soul, Art Meza.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chicano_soul/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/chicano_soul
Website: https://www.chicanosoul.net/

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It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta (@drianhuerta).

]]> Episode 2: Joshua Sandoval - Art Director at Born in June Creative https://thecreativedadpod.fireside.fm/2 caf6e2b2-0d3b-48e3-b58b-38edc2dd0552 Fri, 21 Apr 2023 06:00:00 -0700 Adrian Huerta full Adrian Huerta Creative dad, Joshua Sandoval, talks about the obstacles that come with raising a kid with autism, some insight into running a creative studio with his wife, and more. 1:02:49 yes <p>Published illustrator, art direct, graphic designer and small business owner, Joshua Sandoval is not only life partner with Betsey Cardenas but he’s also co-partner of the Born in June Creative Studio with her. This creative dad has two wonderful kids, Mia who is 17 and James who is 9. Even though Joshua works in a unique situation, he is not alone. His son James has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or autism. Autism meaning a variety of developmental differences in social interactions, communication and behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention it has been estimated that 1 in 44 children has been identified to have ASD. The care of a child on the spectrum is vital and this present dad is here for all of it. Please welcome to the pod, Joshua Sandoval. </p> <p><strong>The Creative Dad Pod</strong><br> Hosted by Adrian Huerta</p> <p>Thecreativedadpod.com<br> Facebook The Creative Dad Pod<br> Instagram: @thecreativedadpod<br> TikTok: @thecreativedadpod</p> <p>It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod for the creative dad bod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta.</p> dad, daddy, parenting, creative, artist, chef, creative dad, brown fatherhood, latino dad, chicano dad, chicano fatherhood, Published illustrator, art direct, graphic designer and small business owner, Joshua Sandoval is not only life partner with Betsey Cardenas but he’s also co-partner of the Born in June Creative Studio with her. This creative dad has two wonderful kids, Mia who is 17 and James who is 9. Even though Joshua works in a unique situation, he is not alone. His son James has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or autism. Autism meaning a variety of developmental differences in social interactions, communication and behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention it has been estimated that 1 in 44 children has been identified to have ASD. The care of a child on the spectrum is vital and this present dad is here for all of it. Please welcome to the pod, Joshua Sandoval.

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]]> Published illustrator, art direct, graphic designer and small business owner, Joshua Sandoval is not only life partner with Betsey Cardenas but he’s also co-partner of the Born in June Creative Studio with her. This creative dad has two wonderful kids, Mia who is 17 and James who is 9. Even though Joshua works in a unique situation, he is not alone. His son James has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or autism. Autism meaning a variety of developmental differences in social interactions, communication and behavior. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention it has been estimated that 1 in 44 children has been identified to have ASD. The care of a child on the spectrum is vital and this present dad is here for all of it. Please welcome to the pod, Joshua Sandoval.

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]]> The Creative Dad Pod trailer https://thecreativedadpod.fireside.fm/trailer cc57b335-1f39-49ec-8db8-ee18f9c166a6 Sat, 11 Feb 2023 21:00:00 -0800 Adrian Huerta full Adrian Huerta It's The Creative Dad Pod trailer, the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. We get into it with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. 1:00 yes <p>It's The Creative Dad Pod, the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. We get into it with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta.</p> <p>The Creative Dad Pod</p> creativedad #TCDP <p>Thecreativedadpod.com<br> Facebook The Creative Dad Pod<br> Instagram: @thecreativedadpod<br> TikTok: @thecreativedadpod </p> dad, daddy, parenting, creative, artist, chef, creative dad, podcast, podcast trailer, podcast preview It's The Creative Dad Pod, the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. We get into it with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta.

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]]> Ivan Trejo - Chef and owner of Mastica https://thecreativedadpod.fireside.fm/1 ec557bf6-83e2-43eb-8b46-29d698128ba6 Sat, 11 Feb 2023 21:00:00 -0800 Adrian Huerta full Adrian Huerta Ivan Trejo, owner and Chef at Mastica visits The Creative Dad Pod to talk substitutes for creative sacrifices, the pain of birth during The Pandemic, how his son Mateo and Susana have influences the experience at his new restaurant, Mastica. 1:02:09 yes <p>Our guest on this episode of The Creative Dad Pod is multifaceted daddy, Ivan Trejo. Owner and operator of the pop-up experience turned restaurant experience, Mastica. His new reataurant is creating food with flavors as diverse and fused together as Southern California. Or as Ivan best describes it, "A world chew"</p> <p>The graphic art, photography, and videography are all done along with the food execution by him. <br> Much like everyone on the food come up with little to no budget for marketing, Ivan was implementing his creative background in visual art into his business. Join us as we talk to this creative dad about keeping up with Mateo and Susana while opening up a restaurant, his dad going through cancer, approaching fatherhood making him run towards Mastica instead of away from it, and the loneliness of helping deliver a child during a pandemic. </p> <p>Ivan Terjo<br> Chef, owner of Mastica<br> IG: @masticacalifornia &amp; @eyevantrejo</p> <hr> <p><strong>The Creative Dad Pod</strong><br> Hosted by Adrian Huerta</p> <p>Thecreativedadpod.com<br> Facebook The Creative Dad Pod<br> Instagram: @thecreativedadpod<br> TikTok: @thecreativedadpod</p> <p>It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties &amp; creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod for the creative dad bod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta.</p> Mastica, Ivan Trejo, Adrian Huerta, dad pod, creative, artist, chef, daddy, creative dad, parenting, parenthood, fatherhood Our guest on this episode of The Creative Dad Pod is multifaceted daddy, Ivan Trejo. Owner and operator of the pop-up experience turned restaurant experience, Mastica. His new reataurant is creating food with flavors as diverse and fused together as Southern California. Or as Ivan best describes it, "A world chew"

The graphic art, photography, and videography are all done along with the food execution by him.
Much like everyone on the food come up with little to no budget for marketing, Ivan was implementing his creative background in visual art into his business. Join us as we talk to this creative dad about keeping up with Mateo and Susana while opening up a restaurant, his dad going through cancer, approaching fatherhood making him run towards Mastica instead of away from it, and the loneliness of helping deliver a child during a pandemic.

Ivan Terjo
Chef, owner of Mastica
IG: @masticacalifornia & @eyevantrejo

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It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod for the creative dad bod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta.

]]> Our guest on this episode of The Creative Dad Pod is multifaceted daddy, Ivan Trejo. Owner and operator of the pop-up experience turned restaurant experience, Mastica. His new reataurant is creating food with flavors as diverse and fused together as Southern California. Or as Ivan best describes it, "A world chew"

The graphic art, photography, and videography are all done along with the food execution by him.
Much like everyone on the food come up with little to no budget for marketing, Ivan was implementing his creative background in visual art into his business. Join us as we talk to this creative dad about keeping up with Mateo and Susana while opening up a restaurant, his dad going through cancer, approaching fatherhood making him run towards Mastica instead of away from it, and the loneliness of helping deliver a child during a pandemic.

Ivan Terjo
Chef, owner of Mastica
IG: @masticacalifornia & @eyevantrejo

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Hosted by Adrian Huerta

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It’s the potty-mouth safe space for balancing daddy duties & creative careers. Let’s get into with artists, creatives and business pros that have similar hardships and victories in fatherhood. It's The Creative Dad Pod for the creative dad bod. Hosted by 5 time Emmy winning videographer/documentarian, and 1 time daddy, Adrian Huerta.

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