But That 1%Podcast PodcastSubscribeA video podcast hosted by Sona Oganesyan
Most people stop when the odds are 99% against them.The guests on this show are the ones who think, “But That 1%…”
Candid conversations with actors, founders, and musicians who bet on the one percent chance.
Cameo Co-Founder Martin Blencowe
Cameo Co-Founder Martin Blencowe: How One Video Sparked a $1B Company
Episodes
All episodes on YouTube ↗40 of 40 episodes
FeaturedAug 20251:00 hrSerj TankianThe Untold Stories of System of a Down, Activism, and Artistic Integrity
FeaturedAug 20252:04 hrEva Pepaj & Javier GabrielBillions of Views: How They Built a Viral Empire
FeaturedAug 20251:41 hrBrooks WackermanFrom Bad Religion to Avenged Sevenfold and Beyond
FeaturedSep 20251:29 hrSona MovsesianHow Sona Movsesian's “Bad Joke” Helped Her Land the Job With Conan O'Brien
Oct 20261:23 hrCameo Co-Founder Martin BlencoweCameo Co-Founder Martin Blencowe: How One Video Sparked a $1B Company
Oct 20262:11 hrEx-Mob Boss Michael FranzeseEx-Mob Boss Michael Franzese: I Made $10 Million a Week - Here's Why I Left the Mafia.
Sep 20261:03 hrKatherine SarafianThe Pivot Steve Jobs Saw Before She Did: Pixar's Oscar-Winning SVP of Production
Sep 20261:19 hrCameron Van Hoy“When You Burn Your Hand, You Learn Really Well.”
Aug 20261:36 hrChef Ara ZadaFrom a Life-Changing Diagnosis to Viral Stardom and a Food Network Dream Come True
Aug 20261:26 hrSeamus DeverHollywood Changed Forever: On Self-Tapes, Rejection, Resilience, & Castle
Jul 20261:58 hrJack TopalianHe Didn't Start Acting Until His 40s — Now He's in Euphoria, Sugar & More
Jun 20261:52 hrIbrahim MaaloufBorn in War, Saved by Music
Jun 20262:14 hrLouis LombardiFrom a Life of Crime to The Sopranos, 24, and Entourage
Jun 20261:20 hrTequila MandalaEntrepreneurial Lessons From the CEO Who Rescued and Scaled Tequila Mandala
Jun 20261:06 hrSamvel HakobyanGary Vee Predicted This Wine Brand Could Hit $1 Billion
May 20261:40 hrTimothy V. MurphyIs Hollywood Success 80% Luck? From Cult Favorites Sons of Anarchy & Westworld
May 20261:39 hrAdam Rodriguez & Sneaker SteveHow We're Disrupting a Billion-Dollar Industry
May 20261:39 hrRon HofmannHow a PR Pro Works With Apple, Hulu, Amazon, FOX & More
May 20261:25 hrBill PhelpsHow Bill Phelps Built Billion-Dollar Brands (Dave's Hot Chicken, Wetzel's Pretzels, Blaze Pizza)
Apr 20261:36 hrJack Jr.How Rock Bottom Created a Comedian
Apr 20261:27 hrJoe Manganiello“The Worst Hell You Can Possibly Imagine…”
Apr 20261:10 hrFAST FoundationCan a Small Post-Soviet Nation Become the Next AI Superpower?
Apr 20261:21 hrRonald Bruner Jr.From Compton to Stevie Wonder & Prince + Viral TMZ Controversy
Apr 20261:21 hrBetty PortoHow a Cuban Immigrant Built a Bakery Empire | Porto's Bakery
Mar 20261:22 hrRobert Ri'chardEveryone Needs a Chip On Their Shoulder
Mar 20261:25 hrMadeline SharafianThe Rocky Road to the Oscars
Mar 20261:00 hrAustyn BiggersPitching Shows to Networks & Navigating Hollywood's Shifts
Mar 20261:17 hrDavid WeintraubFake It Till You Make It Has Become a Mega F*in Business
Feb 20261:39 hrRosa LinnFrom 20th Place to 1 Billion Streams
Feb 20261:57 hrElliot MintzWhat Do Salvador Dali, John Lennon, and Paris Hilton Have in Common?
Feb 20261:34 hrScott WilliamsHow to Write a Hit Show (NCIS), Manage Self-Doubt, and Leave a Mark Beyond Hollywood
Jan 20260:48 hrSev Ohanian & Omar Benson MillerOn Sinners & Beyond: Why Everyone Said It Was Impossible
Dec 20252:15 hrPaulette HowellA CIA Secret, 50+ Year Friendship With the Iconic Cher & Their Mission to Armenia
Nov 20251:30 hrDave OHow “The Hollywood Connector” Turned Solving Problems for A-Listers Into a New Career
Nov 20251:19 hrMarie Lou PapazianIf Your Child Hates School, THIS Is the Solution | TUMO
Oct 20251:25 hrHeidi LavonFrom Viral to Marvel — Here's How I Built My Personal Brand
Sep 20251:02 hrSebu SimonianCoca-Cola Passed on 'Safe and Sound' — It Became a Global Hit and Launched Capital Cities
Aug 20251:50 hrMishoFan Q&A — Special Edition Armenian Episode
Jul 20251:18 hrJohn DolmayanHow System of a Down is Bigger Than Ever
Jun 20251:21 hrArman OganesyanFrom $900 to a Billion-Dollar Deal: How Dave's Hot Chicken Became the Fastest Growing Food ChainEvery conversation looks at what the mindset, attitude, approach, and execution of betting on the one percent chance look like up close.
Mindset
What they believed before anyone else did.
Attitude
How they carried rejection without letting it decide.
Approach
The unglamorous systems behind the highlight reel.
Execution
What they actually did, in order, when it mattered.
Founder & host
Sona
Oganesyan

Sona Oganesyan is a founder, producer, and on-air personality whose career has included work with FOX, The Travel Channel, BiteSizeTV, and Larry King.
She is the creator and host of the independent video podcast But That 1%, where she has candid conversations with world-renowned leaders, founders, entertainers, and changemakers about the mindset, risks, and decisions behind extraordinary success.
Her guests have included actor Joe Manganiello, Avenged Sevenfold drummer Brooks Wackerman, System of a Down's Serj Tankian and John Dolmayan, entrepreneur Betty Porto, and serial entrepreneur Bill Phelps (Wetzel's Pretzels, Blaze Pizza, Dave's Hot Chicken), among many others.
Her episodes have been featured by Rolling Stone, Yahoo, The Hollywood Reporter, and other major media outlets. Her content has generated millions of views across platforms with no formal marketing and has earned industry recognition, with influential leaders, entertainers, and creators sharing and engaging with her work.
Sona has also developed a creative sponsorship model that transforms advertisers into long-term network partners. Rather than relying on traditional advertising, she creates collaborations that deliver lasting value for both brands and audiences while helping sponsors become recognizable brands.
That mission is now culminating in the creation of a new studio and streaming network designed to give a home to the leaders, creators, entertainers, sponsors, and changemakers she has brought together — soon to be announced.
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The show features people who took the improbable path — and partners who want to reach the audience that studies how they did it.