I'm an award-winning writer, editor, author, brand strategist and podder-in-chief at Upod Academy.  My bylines appear in The New York Times, Forbes, GQ, AARP, Food + Wine and many other places.

I live in Los Angeles with my wife, Ruth Kennison, a chocolatier. I graduated from Vassar and Columbia J-School. Here's my TEDx talk on pushing through fear to get things done. Need me? I’m at davidhochman@mac.com.