Enter My Shoes Podcast

Enter My Shoes Podcast

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Enter My Shoes Podcast episodes

  • S1 E9: Mom (feat. My Mom)
    In this episode I bring on a very special guest... my mom! She is a teacher and someone I would consider very religious. Listen as we cover the psychology of learning, meaning of life and the controversies of religion.
    37 min
  • S1 E7: Motivation (feat. Andrew Weiss)
    Andrew Weiss has been a good friend of mine since college. We met through a film production group on the University of Oregon campus called Duck TV. Why should you care about Andrew? Well, he is a guy who is outgoing, likes to try new things all the time and is an all around inspiration. This podcast is filled with humor, stories and life tips.
    Andrew has recently published some blog post articles [link below] and also wrote a book filled with puns called "Toucan Play This Game" which can be found on Amazon [link below].
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Toucan-Play-This-Game-Story/dp/0692933794
    Medium: https://medium.com/@andrewweiss_13411
    Twitter: @Aweiss1234
    38 min
  • E7: Motivational Beers (feat. Andrew Weiss)
    Andrew Weiss has been a good friend of mine since college. We met through a film production group on the University of Oregon campus called Duck TV. Why should you care about Andrew? Well, he is a guy who is outgoing, likes to try new things all the time and is an all around inspiration. This podcast is filled with humor, stories and life tips.
    Andrew has recently published some blog post articles [link below] and also wrote a book filled with puns called "Toucan Play This Game" which can be found on Amazon [link below].
    Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Toucan-Play-This-Game-Story/dp/0692933794
    Medium: https://medium.com/@andrewweiss_13411
    Twitter: @Aweiss1234
    39 min
  • S1 E6: Travel (feat. Austin Starr)
    Austin is my friend from highschool who has many talents such as comedy, guitar playing, slack-lining as well many others. Today we talk about a song we put together in highschool and what it means to travel as he talks about his experience in Amsterdam.
    25 min
  • S1 E5: Hardship

    Hardship is necessity for success - it's the defining characteristic. In today's episode I discuss why things that are worth accomplishing usually take some bit of sacrifice.

    Doing spiritual work lately

    - accept life is challenging + always have problems. - Not good or bad, just is
    - Once accept this, then you can change your mindset, problem solving rather than dwelling

    Reminds me a couple months ago was dealing with depression, can only diagnosis this after the fact. But wasn't as motivate and felt helpless.

    1. Change environment, toxic people experiences - get out and do something away from there
    2. Journaling - better than a consultant, able to see patterns and gift to self
    3. Change how you look at problem - become what think about most

    Meaning:

    - Per Aspera Ad Astera - Through Hardship to the stars
    - To Kill a mocking bird - through mud to the stars
    - Thought at one point wanted to do tattoo with astronaut

    Happiness comes from suffering - greater appreciation for good times - have to die to yourself, sacrifice - personally productivity makes me feel happiest

    - cold showers

    - fasting
    - working out

    Only good things come with work

    Used to having things come relatively easy.

    Didn't realize that adult life is a grind, really small progress every single day.

    - right after college working 9-5 couldn't get anything done after work - want to watch tv or video games. Still in a similar boat... but have solution.

    - Miracle morning, wake up early and have the energy to tackle some of my bigger projects. Less drained and fewer distractions from email, texts, Emily isn't up yet. It's nice. Flies by, but that's my magic bullet

    How? A little bit of going to bed earlier, but more reliant on app Sleepy Time.

    - Like making this podcast - consists of me waking up at 5am and editing

    This advice goes to you as the viewer as much for myself: try to see the silver lining.

    - Nothing is by accident
    - What is life trying to teach me in this moment
    - 90% of life is how you react to the things happening to you - always going to have challenges - how you think about it is the key. Find that attitude can make all the difference.

    Summary:

    - Meaning
    - Value of work - payoff of sacrifice
    - CTA: What is something that you would like to work harder at? Or what have you worked hard at in the past? - doing exercise/thinking about will move you in a better direction

    24 min
  • S1 E4: The Art of Immortality

    Learn about my journey to becoming a videographer. - What it was like in the beginning - What keeps me going - Challenges - Advice to aspiring videographers

    The Art of immortality - what does that mean? Why title?

    • being able to capture things forever 

      • How is this applicable to the audience?

      • Social media, cell phones
      • We can all be creators - that is what instagram and snapchat are urging us towards

        • 4 tools for to telling a story (written, audio, pictures/drawings or video)

        Consumer:  Movies, instagram, tv shows, YouTube videos
        Producer:  pull out cell phone - film your dog or take video of cooking food, maybe class in highschool
        My job or profession: Videographer

        • Working in house
        • Pros: consistent client and work
        • Cons: less variety and freedom

          • My why:

          • Creative outlet and empowerment (shooting and editing)
          • Evokes emotion and makes you feel something
          • Transcends time and space, doesn't depreciate
          • Can be sent out to many people very easily - make art to be seen

            • How I got started in it:

            • videos of friends - friend with messed up feet took him to get pedicure, trampoline, soccer highlights

              • The Process

              • 2 minute video think 2 hours, actually 20+ hours
              • Idea/concept (planning) 1-2
                • Evergreen content/popular
                • Scripting
                • Scheduling
                • Filming (Director) - 2-4
                  • Meet with talent before to build rapport and answer questions
                  • Set up room (40mins), briefly talk about audio, lighting
                  • Film, multiple takes
                  • Editing (magic) 5 - 10
                    • Software: Premiere Pro, Final cut pro, avid, Sony Vegas, iMovie, windows movie maker and more!
                    • On iPhone: iMovie (stock), Videoshop, or Splice (Go Pro)
                    • Color correction
                    • Audio levels
                    • Exporting
                    • Review - 1 hr
                      • Feedback, new edits
                      • Good videographer review own work (all artists should do)
                      • Publish/Distribution - 1 hr
                        • Social media (Facebook, YouTube/Vimeo, LinkedIn, Instagram)
                        • Website
                        • Oldschool: DVD's and thumb drives

                          • Pet Peeves with the industry

                        • Like mentioned: undervalue of time takes to create work (all art)
                          • Hard to quantify - not all videos are the same, nuances
                          • Rules - getting ruined by school - be creative

                            • The Eeriness of field/Why the Art of Immortality

                            • Captured people and animals that have all passed away
                              • Want touch through screen
                              • Picture worth 1,000 words
                              • Hone craft, refine my own style
                              • My hope is that my videos live long after me - seen by grandchildren


                                • Stan Lee Quote on Creating: "I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re able to entertain people, you’re doing a good thing."


                                Two of my early videos:

                                Backflip Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DF4tpqwIUA&t=60s

                                Skiing with my Dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAd2gAxPHY

                                20 min
                              • S1 E3: My Roommate Phil (feat. Phillip Hart)
                                Meet Phillip, we both played soccer for over 10 years together. Very knowledgable about all things sports. We met in second grade in bible school, both of us have changed a lot since then.... Follow us as we talk about war, civilization, sociology, sports and steroids.
                                12 min
                              • S1 E2: The Craziest Thing

                                My grandfather's video: https://youtu.be/h_FSHwdsaXM


                                Will Smith video on skydiving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpd61o6TvXM 


                                Live Like You Were Dying - Tim McGraw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxDkWBvxHEI 


                                Semester at Sea: https://www.semesteratsea.org/ 


                                Video I made on the ship: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrlANwlswjU 


                                Video of my experience in France: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wru5ykuQJeg


                                In this episode I talk about my experience with tackling the craziest things I've ever done in my life as well as reflect on my Grandfather who was a POW surviver of WWII. - His story of father dying at early age, worked through childhood, fought in WW2 was a POW, broke off engagement, had 5 successful kids and tons of grandchildren, phone ringing all the time. Lived to be 95. - Stand on shoulders of giants - "Asked him craziest and wildest things he has done." Getting engaged and going off to war. - 3 Craziest things I've done so far in life: 1. Doing marathon - no training - Hood to coast, felt great - big believer of just signing up - Talk about training - mile 14 wondering what I had signed up for - rainy day, slowly slogged my way through it in over 5 hours, nothing to write home about, but did it 2. Skydiving - Explain experience getting there riding up (farm, small plane, enough for 3 people) - Falling through a cloud - Not like a rollar coaster - Landing wanting to just hold on to the ground - layed on ground for at least a couple minutes - look to the sky and think that is not supposed to happen, but it did! 3 Traveling the world on Semester at Sea - Forever changed - forget about day-to-day, but great to be able to reflect on those moments - meet people, push your comfort zone - realize that not everyone does things like the US - cultural days, norms, best practices, food, music - Memories everywhere from Russia to the Bahamas, but some of my favorite places were Ireland Morocco - Ireland like Oregon, beer, music, nice people - Morocco - culture shock, camels in the Sahara Reflection: What's the craziest thing you've ever done? Next episode: An interview with my room mate.

                                29 min
                              • S1 E1: ...In The Beginning
                                Thanks for checking out my podcast channel. I appreciate you taking time out of your day to hear some of my thoughts and get to know me better. It's my promise to you to deliver some kind of value and entertainment. Welcome to the journey!
                                My five reasons for doing a podcast:
                                1. Fun/creative outlet
                                2. Enjoy interviewing people
                                3. My legacy/digital footprint
                                4. Simplify concepts and stories
                                5. Share knowledge with the world - give insights to my life
                                Welcome to the place where the stories smell, but they don't stink.
                                16 min

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