WanderLearn Podcast

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At SCI, I interviewed Garry Roone, a digital artist. 

He's been doing art for 30 years.

Over 15 minutes, I ask him:

• How did Roone start doing art?
• How does Roone deal with the lack of inspiration?
• What does he think of crypto kitties and blockchain art? 
• How does he deal with the piracy of digital art?
• Where will he take his art in 10 years?

Background on Garry

- Since 1986, Garry has been working as a professional illustration artist in the apparel industry.

- In 2013, Garry formed Still Water Design Solutions and from that point to the present, is working as a free agent illustrator.

- Garry has become known for a signature style of artwork that is hand-drawn and organic, and also for being a specialist in the apparel industry.

- For a nationally televised NASCAR event in October 2019, Garry's illustrations were used to completely wrap a car owned by Rick Ware Racing.

- In January 2019, Garry began implementing the addition of new equipment and software to create art assets for virtual reality.

- Garry's skills are multi-faceted including illustration, concept design, brand development, and painting. Additionally, new skills are being acquired through the development of VR asset creation and exploring the potential of creating art by hand in VR.

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Gary Arndt has a new podcast called Everything Everywhere Daily.

I highly recommend subscribing to it. 

I talk with Gary about:

• How does he come up with topics to discuss
• Why he doesn't do 3-minute podcasts (but he usually keeps it under 10 minutes)
• Where does Nike's "Just Do It" slogan come from
• Which are his most popular podcasts?
• How GPS works
• What are his 2021 travel plans

Listen to my two other podcasts with Gary:

1. Living Among the Riots in Minneapolis
2. How to Become an A-list Travel Blogger

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Kyle and Leanne Huebner did what few large families dare to do: embark on a one-year world tour.

COVID-19 cut their journey short by three months, but they still walked away with plenty of experiences and lessons.

They share much on their detailed blog, Global Teen Adventures. 

We discuss the key questions you may have:

• How did they pick the 43 countries they ended up going to?
• How did they manage to book flights for 7 when the max is usually 6?
• What lessons did they learn?
• What did they pack?
• How did their packing strategy evolve?
• How did COVID-19 impact them?
• Where do they plan to go next?

Sponsor: Sawyer

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Jaco Oosthuizen attended the Safari Club International show 22 years in a row. 

In 2020, he was named The Hunter of the Year.

I ask Jaco Oosthuizen:

• How have things have changed for hunters since the previous century?
• Does hunting have a place in the 21st century or is it outdated?
• Why do poachers poach?
• What does he do that other hunters don't do?
• Why do hunters only target old males? Why not hunt old females too?
• Why can't we convert all the hunting zones into photographic safari zones?
• Will hunting still exist in the next 50 years?

Hear his answers in this 30-minute interview:

Here are my other hunting-related podcasts.

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About six months ago, Underknown's What If channel hired me to interview two prominent NASA astrophysicists. They wanted to find out what would happen if Earth became one of Jupiter's moons.

I'm unsure why they wanted to know that since Underknown had already produced a video that answered that topic, but I adore astronomy, so I was happy to visit my old stomping ground: the NASA Ames Research Center.

Underknown said that this was urgent, so I did everything I could to interview two top astrophysicists with almost no warning. 

Unfortunately, six months later, they still haven't released the video I shot. I knew they would only use a snippet of what I filmed, but still. Nada. 

And it's not because I shot a crappy video. Underknown hired me a couple of months later for another project, so I couldn't have screwed things up too badly the first time.

I feel terrible that these two astrophysicists complied with my last second request and I haven't had anything to show them. 

Six months ago, I shared the audio and video podcast with my Patrons. It's an exclusive group, so I figured that Underknown wouldn't notice or care.

I never planned to share it on the WanderLearn podcast. 

However, now that Underknown has done nothing with the content for 6 months, I think it's time that the general public enjoys this conversation.

I'm doing this as a public service. I'm not taking any ads for this episode. 

My voice wasn't supposed to appear in the final cut, so that's why my voice rarely appears, and, when it does, it's distant. 

You should watch this video by Underknown:

In this episode, you'll hear from the world-renowned NASA astrophysicist Jack Lissauer. 

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