Hustling with Harges

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Hustling with Harges is a twice-monthly podcast where creativity, pop culture, and sibling banter collide. Hosted by real-life siblings Courtney Harge (theater maker, systems strategist) and Tyrone Harge (animator, motion designer), each episode blends thoughtful commentary, hilarious hot takes, and behind-the-scenes insights on building a creative life. 🎮 Reacting to iconic and obscure video games 🎬 Reviewing action movies like they’re sacred texts ⚙️ Breaking down the systems and strategies behind the creative hustle 👯‍♀️ Featuring lovingly petty sibling debates and nerdy deep dives Whether you’re a creative entrepreneur, pop culture fan, or someone who loves a good rant with a side of inspiration—Hustling with Harges is your new favorite podcast. Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM 🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges 📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes: Instagram: @hustlingwithharges TikTok: @hustlingwithharges YouTube: @hustlingwithharges 💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!! 📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment! Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments! #HustlingWithHarges 🔮🩷⚡

Episodes

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

We Done Did the Good Cookie

Tuesday Dec 02, 2025

A little late? Yes.

Worth the wait? Also yes.

Did we finish the whole season anyway? WE DONE DID THE GOOD COOKIE...IT'S TIME TO GO HOME!

[If you don't know that reference, here's a treat: https://youtu.be/CMkYw4dp_NI?si=M6JUJworsoJlvFVz]

In our Season 1 finale, we’re talking endings: the emotional kind, the creative kind, and the kind where your sibling forces you to finish what you started out of sheer principle. We look back at the wild highlights of the season, the lessons we didn’t know we were learning, and the clips that absolutely must go in the montage.

We also ask each other:
✨ What do you hope folks understand about you now?
✨ What do you want to bring into Season 2?

If you’ve been rocking with us through all 12 episodes—thank you. For real. Let us know what you want in Season 2, what you loved, and what should never, ever see the light of day again.

Find us everywhere @hustlingwithharges or email us at hustlingwithharges@gmail.com.

And remember: if we disappear for a minute… just wait. There might be dragons.

Listen to Hustling with Harges on your favorite podcast platform:
Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podbean | iHeartRadio | PlayerFM

🔗 http://bio.site/hustlingwithharges

📱 Follow us for more creative chaos, sibling banter, and cultural hot takes:
Instagram: @hustlingwithharges
TikTok: @hustlingwithharges
YouTube: @hustlingwithharges
💥 Subscribe for full episodes + clips!!

📩 Stay in the loop: Hit that like, subscribe, and/or follow so you don’t miss a moment!
Email: hustlingwithharges@gmail.com with questions or comments!

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Monday Nov 03, 2025

We Outside (But With Purpose)

Monday Nov 03, 2025

In this episode, Courtney and Tyrone dive deep into what it really means to build and sustain community — not the hashtag version, but the daily practice of showing up, supporting, and staying human together.

You unpack the difference between being in proximity and being in relationship — the slow, intentional work of building circles that feed your creativity, your sanity, and your purpose. There’s laughter, side-eye, some light chaos from Matcha the dog 🐾, and honest talk about what community costs and why it’s still worth it.

You talk about how community isn’t a moment, it’s a muscle — one that needs to be stretched, rested, and used with care. From creative accountability to emotional boundaries, from shared projects to shared meals, this episode becomes a love letter to the people and spaces that make the work possible.

By the end, the episode lands on a powerful truth: community isn’t what you have — it’s what you build, again and again.

Monday Oct 06, 2025

Disappointment is Not Fatal

Monday Oct 06, 2025

Disappointment hurts, but it doesn’t have to take you out. In this episode of Hustling with Harges, Courtney and Tyrone unpack the sting of disappointment—creative, professional, and personal—and how they keep showing up anyway.

They talk about missed opportunities, projects that didn’t land, and the lessons that only show up when things fall apart. From laughing through the L’s to redefining success on their own terms, the siblings remind us that disappointment is part of the creative process—not a sign to quit.

This one’s full of humor, honesty, and that signature Harge mix of insight and side-eye.

Monday Sep 22, 2025

We Learned Good: On Creative Training and Education

Monday Sep 22, 2025

In this episode of Hustling with Harges, we dive into the messy, magical, and sometimes maddening world of creative education. Tyrone shares what it meant to come up through for-profit art schools—finding brilliant collaborators while navigating institutions that cared more about tuition than students. Courtney reflects on her own journey through higher education, where honing her craft went hand-in-hand with confronting racism, building organizations, and finding community in the margins.

Together, we ask: What is the real value of a creative education? How do you make meaning out of exploitative systems, gatekeeping, and debt while still honoring the skills, relationships, and resilience they helped you develop? And what do we wish we’d learned sooner about sustaining an artistic life?

We also shout out a couple of podcasts that remind us we’re not alone in wrestling with these questions:
🎧 Lemme Fix It-Episode About Courtney's Acting School Experience
🎧 Work Shouldn't Suck: Courtney's Appearance

Pull up a seat in the creative living room—we’re talking lessons learned, tuition paid (literally and figuratively), and the teachers who shaped us along the way.

Monday Sep 08, 2025

Humility is for Suckaz

Monday Sep 08, 2025

Courtney and Tyrone set modesty aside to imagine what life looks like when the basics are covered and there’s more than enough to go around. They get into the details of what they’d actually do with abundance—what they’d buy, how they’d live, and which over-the-top choices feel the most tempting.

Along the way, they talk about the TV shows, movies, and cultural moments that shaped their ideas of luxury, while calling out the humor and contradictions in how we dream about money. It’s a conversation that swings from practical to ridiculous the only way we know how: the Harge way.

Timestamps

09:48 Sibling Shout Out

23:16 Acknowledging Dr. Vivian Ayers Allen

25:15 The Main Moment

01:09:58 Sibling Superlatives

01:29:30 Work Harge/Play Harge

Monday Aug 25, 2025

Hurry Up & Wait: Patience as Part of the Process

Monday Aug 25, 2025

In this episode, Courtney and Tyrone dive into the often-overlooked skill of waiting—those stretches of time after you’ve done your part and the next move is out of your hands. They frame waiting as a natural, sometimes frustrating, but essential part of creative work and entrepreneurship.

They explore:

Productive vs. stagnant waiting – when patience is a healthy pause versus when it slips into avoidance.
Creative parallels – Tyrone compares waiting to “rendering” in 3D animation, while Courtney connects it to auditions, knitting projects, and nonprofit deadlines.
Emotional management – how waiting feels in the body and strategies to care for yourself in the in-between.
Tactics for the meantime – small actions, joyful distractions, or maintenance work that keep momentum alive even when external progress is paused.
Work Harge / Play Harge – concrete practices for transforming downtime into preparation, rest, or play, reframing patience as part of the process rather than lost time.

The episode blends humor, sibling banter, and pop culture references (from sitcom siblings to anti-capitalist takes) while offering listeners strategies to sit with uncertainty without losing joy. At its heart, the conversation insists that waiting isn’t wasted—it’s work in disguise.

Monday Aug 11, 2025

What Would Elle Woods Do?

Monday Aug 11, 2025

Halfway through our first season, we’re reflecting on life paths, detours, and the myth of “doing it right.” Using Legally Blonde as our unofficial guide, we unpack the pressure to follow the “best” path and why so-called “wrong” turns can lead you exactly where you’re meant to be. From pink MacBooks to personal joy, we talk about making the scenic route your own.

We also hand out sibling flowers—celebrating Venus and Serena Williams, cartoon icons like Dexter and Dee Dee, and our ever-growing list of dream guests. We also share ideas for the next phase of the podcast: deeper dives into our creative practices, interviews with fellow makers, and more ways to pull listeners into the conversation. Equal parts deep dive, laugh fest, and pep talk, this episode is a reminder that your hustle is valid—even if it takes the long way around.

Monday Jul 28, 2025

Mama, We Made It! On Success and Preparation

Monday Jul 28, 2025

What does it actually mean to “make it”? And what happens when you get there and still feel like you’re waiting for the real moment to arrive? In this episode, Courtney and Tyrone pull back the curtain on their creative lives and get into the real work of success—the emotional prep, the messy middle, and the behind-the-scenes spreadsheets that nobody claps for.

They unpack the trap of worthiness—how too many of us delay asking for support until we feel we’ve "earned" it—and offer a better way: move with integrity, name your needs, and know that people spend money on nonsense all the time... so it might as well be your nonsense (done well).

Also in this episode:

Courtney explains her vendetta against Tom Brady
Tyrone officially joins the Disney Princess Cinematic Universe
The siblings share what would make them join (or start) a cult