About Art

41. Pete McBride


Listen Later

Pete McBride is a Native Coloradan who has spent two decades studying the world with a camera. A self-taught photographer, filmmaker, writer, and public speaker, he has traveled on assignment to over 75 countries for the National Geographic Society, Smithsonian, Google, The Nature

Conservancy, and others. After a decade documenting remote expeditions from Everest to Antarctica, McBride decided to focus his cameras closer to home on a subject closer to his heart—his backyard river, the Colorado. His latest project replaced rafting with walking—a lot of it. Over the course of a year, McBride hiked the entire length of Grand Canyon National Park — over 750 miles without a trail — to highlight development challenges facing this iconic landscape. After completing the journey, National Geographic named him and his hiking companion “Adventurers of the Year.”

He and Zuckerman discuss solitude, silence as the think tank of the soul, his decibel reading hobby, meditation as a way to control fear, a recent heart surgery, using photography to teach about health — our own and that of nature, achieving seemingly impossible things, the hooks of stories, the lessons in imperfection, and only doing things that make you nervous!

References:

Lao Tzu - “As long as you care what other people think you will always be their prisoner”

Smithsonian Mag article - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/photographs-last-quiet-places-180975765/

Gordon Hempton - https://www.soundtracker.com/about-gordon-hempton/

Oura Ring - https://ouraring.com

National Geographic - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/contributors/m/photographer-pete-mcbride/

***

This episode is brought to you by Kelly Klee private insurance . Please check out their website: Kellyklee.com/Heidi and they will make a $50

donation to Artadia, an art charity I’ve recommended, per each qualified referral.

This episode is brought to you by

Best & Co. Please visit www.BestandCoAspen.com and use discount code Heidi2020 to receive 5% off of any item on the Best & Co. website.  If you are interested in creating a custom piece please email [email protected] and mention that you heard about Best & Co. on my podcast to receive the special discount.

***

Interested in sponsoring the podcast? Please email [email protected]

***

If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests.Follow Heidi:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heidizuckerman/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/heidizuckerman

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heidi-zuckerman-a236b55/

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

About ArtBy Heidi Zuckerman

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

83 ratings


More shows like About Art

View all
The New Yorker Radio Hour by WNYC Studios and The New Yorker

The New Yorker Radio Hour

6,881 Listeners

The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker

The New Yorker: Fiction

3,330 Listeners

The Political Scene | The New Yorker by The New Yorker

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

4,113 Listeners

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood by Antrese Wood

Savvy Painter Podcast with Antrese Wood

891 Listeners

Creative Pep Talk by Andy J. Pizza

Creative Pep Talk

2,007 Listeners

Arts & Ideas by BBC Radio 4

Arts & Ideas

303 Listeners

The Week in Art by The Art Newspaper

The Week in Art

217 Listeners

Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast by David Zwirner

Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast

450 Listeners

Talk Art by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament

Talk Art

500 Listeners

The Great Women Artists by Katy Hessel

The Great Women Artists

555 Listeners

The Art Angle by Artnet News

The Art Angle

363 Listeners

A brush with... by The Art Newspaper

A brush with...

146 Listeners

The Ezra Klein Show by New York Times Opinion

The Ezra Klein Show

16,525 Listeners

The Interview by The New York Times

The Interview

1,600 Listeners

Critics at Large | The New Yorker by The New Yorker

Critics at Large | The New Yorker

663 Listeners