Better Talks with betterthanPeter

Shannon Wild is an Australian photographer based in South Africa for the past 7 years and has worked as a wildlife photographer and cinematographer for clients such as National Geographic, NatGeo Wild, United Nations as well as various wildlife NGO's and non profits.

In this episode, she talks about how she started, by marrying her passion into a career, what made her move to South Africa, starting from the bottom and building her way up and not to mention her several injuries especially the infamous 'Cheetah incident' Plenty to sink your teeth into and listen in

Additionally, she has an active Instagram page (@Shannon_wild) where she posts daily and includes apart from the majestic animals, photo tips, camera settings and behind the scenes.

In this second and final part of the conversation with Josh, he starts by talking about the infamous controversy with Singapore airlines before transitioning into more pleasant topics such as being part of a historic All Female crew aboard Kam Air, an Afghan carrier.

He also discusses being in the cockpit and having the best seat in the house and remains optimistic of travel starting to normalize back again.

Happy Listening

Welcome to first part of the two part episode series featuring Josh Cahill. Cahill is one of the most recognizable names and a leading Youtuber in the Airline Review space and has Millions of views across his various channels.

Starting of more than a decade ago, with a desire to travel and limited money, he embraced Couchsurfing and travelled to several off the beat destinations and along the way discovering different cultures and shattering stereotypes such as his visit to Iran.

Josh converted his passion into a career and he is known for his straight shooter style while giving reviews across his channels and that has sometimes landed him in controversies notably with Malaysian and Singapore Airlines and that was covered in detail across the two episodes. 

Enjoy this episode. The second of the two parts releases April 26th.

The very first MMA fighter on the Podcast is a young upcoming fighter from Malaysia, Colleen Augustin. Recording the podcast a day removed from her surgery from her hospital bed, Colleen was open and passionate about pursuing her passion for MMA and how she aims to bounce back in 2022 and be a name which people recognize. MMA is a tough sport and Colleen is as tough as it gets.

Starting at an early age, she has a background in ballet, basketball in addition to being a competitive Spartan athlete, Colleen was open about how she wanted to raise the profile of a fighter out of Malaysia who not just competes but aspires to be a World beater.

Happy Listening

Oleg Lee or the man better known as 'That Pillow Guy' is an entrepreneur who has built a successful business making customized Pillows. In this episode hear about his journey, and how it is not just a Pillow he sells but an emotional connect which keeps people from all walks of life ordering in.

Having a who's who of Clients, he talks about constant innovation, turning around an order within a day's time and some of the specific systems and processes he has built which makes his business unique and how there is a lot of work to be done.

Enjoy

Mario Henrique is an artist from Portugal who paints and his art has been listed in various private collections across Europe, America and Asia. He talks about his start, his style and how the pandemic has potentially made 'art' more accessible and broken certain stereotypes.

He has recently also forayed into the NFT (Non Fungible tokens) space and this episode covers that in detail and how there are a lot more pretenders and people in it to make a quick buck rather than 'Actual' artists. It also seems a good Crypto play and Mario is candid and forthcoming in this discussion.

Not just for art lovers, a good listen for all

A frank and interesting conversation with the Veggie Pilot, Matt Ayer who talks about his journey from being a Vegetarian to a Vegan, losing his job during the pandemic and than having a self evaluation on next steps, challenge of being authentic on Social Media, which places would he like to visit next and even a bit about Bitcoin...Happy Listening

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Chef Joe Friday wears different hats but all of them are connected to the kitchen.

In this chat, he talks about his early days, growing up in Japan, working in Hawaii, being thrown in the deep end early on in his career, working for brands that include Disney, Nobu, Hilton to name a few and his upcoming ventures that include a Burger Concept and his range of bbq sauces.

Cheers

In part 2 of the Episode, continue listening to the inspiration that sparked the making of the Donut King. Alice discusses what exactly is a "Cambodian Donut" and insights into some of behind the scenes that are even more dramatic than Hollywood itself.

BONUS - The part that didn't make the movie...the unknown story of Ted Ngoy's romantic and dramatic risk taking past prior to coming to America and marrying the most beautiful woman he ever saw.

Enjoy

In this Episode, Director Alice Gu takes us thru an incredible journey when she made 'The Donut King' which is available to view on various platforms including Amazon Prime and more recently even aboard American Air. The film has been covered in the press by publications including Wall Street Journal, Forbes, NY Times to name a few.

In the 1980s, at their peak 90% of all Donut shops in California were run by Cambodians, How you might ask? Even Dunkin Donuts didn't stand a chance

Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy builds a multi million dollar empire by baking America's favorite pastry - the donut.

But the story is much more than just that.

The story shows Ted living the American dream but behind that was escaping Genocide, being dirt poor, fighting for his love, marrying his love, sponsoring Cambodian refugees and setting them up with the Donut business and than the dark side of his gambling addiction and losing it all.

This is truly Hollywood stuff, Enjoy the first of the two part episodes where host Rohan talks with Alice