White Water is new podcast about creative urgency and the crazy things that happen when we ‘ride the wave’ of life.
Hosted by Panakin’s Founder, Maya Guice, each episode features candid stories of tenacity and grit from individuals leading creative ventures that span industries, mediums, and borders. If you’ve got an idea and don’t know where to start, come hang out with us in the white water.
It’s cold and tumultuous…but if you don’t get in, you may never catch a wave, baby!
What is White Water?
In business, creativity, and personal growth, White Water is that critical transition phase where we leave our comfort zone and ride the wave toward our dreams. It’s a period marked by creative urgency, where the pressure to innovate fuels rapid change and unexpected breakthroughs.
I start the podcast with a four-part breakdown to bring the metaphor to life.
Read the blog on Medium.
TRAILER
ENTER THE WHITE WATER:
The Ocean Doesn’t Come to Us
WHITE WATER — PT I
The Edge of Action:
Answering White Water’s Call
Waiting for Wind:
White Water, Weather, and the Conditions for the Right Waves
WHITE WATER — PT II
WHITE WATER — PT III
Effort is Part of the Elegance: Ride the Wave Like You Mean It
The Detour is the Destination: Where the
White Water Meets the Road
WHITE WATER — PT IV
EP 001
VICTORIA CASSINOVA
Visual artist Victoria Cassinova survived a five-story fall—and turned that life-altering moment into a masterclass in creative alchemy. In this episode, we talk about what it means to be in the White Water: that turbulent stretch between who you were and who you’re becoming. From learning to walk again to redefining her path as an artist, Victoria shares how she turns pain into purpose and why manifesting your dreams requires us to slow down so we can speed up.
Coming soon…
EP 002
ALTADENA
After the fires: Can imagination help solve a housing crisis?
In this episode, I join Kacy Keyes—one of LA’s most influential women in real estate—and my mom, a lifelong Altadena resident, for a drive through a neighborhood still healing post fire. As we take in what was lost and what remains, Kacy and I talk about what happens after the fire: the slow rebuild, the policy gridlock, and the deeper housing crisis it exposes. Listen in as we explore how imagination becomes a tool for recovery, how local politics have stalled development across LA, and what it might look like to reimagine housing from the ground up—not just in Altadena or the Palisades, but citywide.
Coming soon…