About the show
A show about the messy middle.
Second Draft started in a Brooklyn apartment in 2022 with two microphones and one question: what actually happens between quitting and finding the next thing?
Why we started
Most career stories skip the hard part. You hear about the leap and the happy ending, and nothing about the months of doubt in between.
We wanted a show about that part. Every week we sit down with one person for an hour or more, no scripts and no PR, and ask them what it really cost to start over.
Meet the hosts
Co-host · Filmmaker
Maya Cohen
Maya practiced corporate law for nine years before leaving to make documentaries. Her first film premiered at Tribeca in 2021.
Co-host · Two-time founder
Daniel Osei
Daniel shut down his first startup in 2018, drove a cab for a year, then built a logistics company that now employs 60 people.
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