The Ryan Pyle Podcast

Jesston Williams of Tangelic on bringing solar power to rural Ghana, and reforms to tackle homelessness.

As the Executive Director of Tangelic, Jesston Williams spearheads the organization's strategic initiatives to advance sustainable energy solutions for underserved communities in Ghana and beyond. Under his leadership, the Tangelic Initiative has made significant strides in extending solar power to rural communities across Ghana.

In addition to his work in sustainable energy, Jesston has championed transformative reforms to support the unhoused, advocating for policy changes that address systemic homelessness. His efforts focus on integrating affordable housing, mental health services, and workforce reintegration to create long-term solutions that enhance economic resilience and break cycles of generational poverty.

To learn more about Jesston: https://tangeliclife.org/team

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Jesston Williams
2:32 NIL and college athletes
5:06 Studying political science
7:30 A father at General Motors in Metro Detroit
10:03 Mobile X-rays and ultrasounds at home
12:32 Selling phones for seniors
15:06 Stem cell treatment abroad
17:32 Friends since just after college
20:05 A court precedent that sparked an idea
22:31 Veterans the system does not help
25:04 How governments use each other's problems
27:36 Shelters with no capacity
30:01 Meetings with the UN and a team of 12
32:31 Light and clean cooking without fossil fuels
35:01 Rural Ghana and the reach of the grid
37:32 Everyone thinks Americans are rich
40:00 Seeing it come to fruition
42:34 Empowering people, not just energy
45:01 Friends in Ghana
47:35 Big energy companies and change
50:01 Ryan on solar in China and storing energy
52:34 Solar for farming and food
55:03 A quiet, people-pleasing kid
57:30 Living with fear as a child
1:00:05 Bringing his kids to Ghana
1:02:36 The fundraising team
1:05:05 Carbon credits in Ghana
1:07:30 A Harvard and Oxford trained partner
1:10:08 Getting serious after 2020
1:12:30 Sport as an escape
1:15:00 A life-changing trip for young people
1:17:31 Teaching his kids about impact
1:20:01 Travel and self-awareness
1:22:36 Finding his why
1:25:02 Sunrise Spectrum and Tangelic's projects

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Former LAFD firefighter and paramedic Bryan Howard on 31 years with the department, the Northridge earthquake, and his fire defence business.

Bryan Howard was born in Wisconsin and lived in Chicago and Minnesota as a kid and moved to California in the 70's. After growing up in Woodland Hills and went to Taft High School and then the University of Kansas on a football scholarship. Bryan signed as a free agent with a couple NFL teams and after his football career ended, he became a firefighter in 1992. His first big incident was responding to the Northridge earthquake in 1994. Bryan also got his paramedic certification to be cross-trained so that he could work as both a firefighter and a paramedic. During his 31 year career he has been stationed everywhere in the City of Los Angeles, and his last 13 years he was stationed in Brentwood at Fire Station 19. Bryan now dedicates his time to his new business named Lock Down Fire Defense Systems, helping people stay more ready for potential fires, and also assisting with various tools to protect your home during a fire and fire cleanup.

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Bryan Howard
2:38 When the fires broke out
5:03 Ryan on missing the team after basketball
7:33 Ten thousand people trying out
10:07 From accidents to natural disasters and protests
12:34 Kicking down a door
15:06 Helicopter crews, pilots and camp crews
17:31 A dual-function department with its own ambulances
20:04 Density and how this fire spread
22:36 Arsonists and fire freaks
25:00 3,500 firefighters for 3.8 million people
27:36 The overtime nobody sees
30:01 Firefighting planes and where they are based
32:36 You cannot win against 90 mph winds
35:06 Santa Anas and 80 degrees on Christmas Day
37:30 Would 10,000 firefighters have made a difference?
40:03 Brush clearance notices and compliance
42:31 The Palisades and Altadena
45:00 Hills versus the flat village
47:32 Is there anything left to burn?
50:05 Copycats
52:36 Ryan on hearing from a firefighter, not a reporter
55:01 A fire that shook him to his core
57:37 Short-handed but still there
1:00:00 Firefighting as a team sport
1:02:32 The Pacific Ocean is the biggest firefighter
1:05:03 What insurance companies have done
1:07:30 Fire-resistant building and the next neighbourhood
1:10:06 Getting out of the way
1:12:38 The old fire shelter
1:15:05 Three shoulder surgeries
1:17:30 Days in the same clothes
1:20:04 Modelling, real estate and Fox Sports
1:22:34 Budgets for fire stations
1:25:05 A 31-year perspective
1:27:36 A coating that stops wood burning

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

David Butow returns to talk about photographing the Los Angeles wildfires.

This is my third podcast with David. If you would like to learn all about David, his background and his amazing career, then please listen to Episode 10 and in Episode 68. Today's podcast is all about David's recent photographic assignment covering the Los Angeles WildFires.

David Butow is a Photographer who has spent decades traveling the world on assignment for some of the world's most influential magazines. We met in China over 15 years ago and it was great to catch up and discuss his new book "Brink" looking at the events leading up to Donald Trump becoming the President of the United States, and also the breach of the Capitol Building on January 6th 2021. As always, you can listen to this podcast wherever you get your podcasts.

To learn more about David: https://www.davidbutow.com

Chapters
0:00 Welcome back David Butow
2:31 Starting where Sunset meets the PCH
5:00 Santa Ana winds near hurricane force
7:32 Sunset Boulevard from downtown to the coast
10:04 Covering fires as a newspaper photographer
12:32 Wind and fire in the Santa Monica Mountains
15:03 One spark and the whole house goes
17:32 Ten minutes with a family
20:04 Why it does not feel as scary as it looks
22:32 Building a longer narrative
25:00 Trees melting in front of you
27:34 Impossible to show the scale
30:06 A neighbourhood with no fire crews
32:30 A man who did not know if his house survived
35:02 Smoke, masks and limited visibility
37:33 A house that would be a total loss
40:07 Holding the line at Mandeville Canyon
42:33 Like a war zone
45:06 Residents trying to save their homes
47:33 Looting and Pam Shriver
50:07 House prices in LA
52:33 Helping a homeowner search the rubble
55:07 Altadena
57:32 Cities rebuilt after war
1:00:02 Shooting for his agency and CNN
1:02:35 The images that describe it best
1:05:03 Beachfront homes toward Malibu
1:07:36 About a hundred structures gone
1:10:06 How the week unfolded
1:12:33 Watching it unfold in your backyard
1:15:02 How could this happen?
1:17:36 People without insurance
1:20:06 LA's tough four or five years
1:22:37 A woman who lost her cat
1:25:05 Smoke and destruction in the news

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Vietnam veteran and actor Brian Delate on working with Al Pacino, his film Guardian Angels, and helping end military suicides.

Brian is a combat veteran of the Vietnam War (1969-70). Since then, he has had a diverse and rewarding film, theatre, and TV career. Brian worked on the big screen with luminaries like Al Pacino, Jim Carrey, Jodie Foster, Laura Linney, Ed Harris, Tim Robbins, and many others and he was prominently featured in five episodes with Lisa Kudrow in HBO's The Comeback. He has appeared on stages from Broadway to London, Greece, and Vietnam and worked closely with Al Pacino in Oscar Wilde's Salome on Broadway.

Guardian Angels explores the fantastical and life-changing event Brian experienced while in college, which marked a spiritual or psychological upheaval directly connected to his experience as a combat veteran. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation. To learn more about Brian: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0216507

Lastly, Brian works closely with The Mission of Trauma and Resiliency Resources (TRR) is to end military suicides. We do this by focusing on Military Moral Injury© – a term we have coined to describe the wounding to the heart and soul of our warfighters. TRR saves the lives of military veterans and also improves and changes their lives. We do this through our Warrior Camp® program. TRR's focus is not simply the prevention of veteran suicide, but on improving the day to day lives of our nations combat veterans and the people closest to them.

If you are interested in learning more: https://trrhelp.charityproud.org/Donate/?cid=10897

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Brian Delate
2:38 A life-changing event
7:31 Classified 1A and working at a record store
12:34 Committing to the army
17:33 The draft lottery and fear
22:34 Cheered on one day, called a dog the next
25:06 A veteran who runs 200 miles at weekends
30:02 Training at Fort Bragg
35:01 A great drill sergeant and a misread name
40:07 Leadership at 19
45:08 Stock control and accounting
50:01 Good at it and thinking of staying
52:33 Community college and the GI years
1:02:31 Bucks County Community College
1:07:31 Sappers at night
1:10:03 Returning to Vietnam and a waiter's eyes
1:15:02 Shaking on the way to the flight line
1:20:01 A teacher who saw something in him
1:25:02 First lines in a Tennessee Williams one act
1:30:07 From The Doors and Cream to classical
1:35:07 An otherworldly encounter
1:42:33 The biggest mystery
1:50:00 The distance from head to heart
1:55:00 Equine therapy, EMDR and Native American healing
2:00:03 Memorial Day and fantastical elements
2:05:00 Ellen Burstyn
2:15:07 A life-affirming experience
2:20:00 Guardian Angels, the one-man show
2:22:32 Telling the story through art
2:32:38 An upturned sense of self
2:35:04 Advice to a frightened friend

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Adam Brawer returns to talk about the Los Angeles real estate market and the projects he is working on.

This is my second podcast conversation with Adam and today we discuss real estate in Los Angeles and some of the projects he is working on. Adam's first podcast conversation with me went much deeper into his background and his early days, if you are interested in listening to that, please go to Podcast #39. An East Coast transplant Adam arrived in LA looking to make his way in the entertainment representation business, and after a stint with a major agency decided to move into producing, storytelling, and content creation but that just didn't feed his soul enough; and now he is one of the top luxury real estate agents in Los Angeles.

To learn more about Adam: www.adambrawerestates.com

Chapters
0:00 Welcome back Adam Brawer
2:31 A private island for sale
5:04 Why would anyone buy an island?
7:31 Cap rate and an income-producing island
10:05 Property tax on a Malibu starter home
12:38 Fire risk in LA
15:04 A built-in couch that wows buyers
17:35 What would you do with $20 million?
20:07 Ryan on building a home in the middle of nowhere
22:35 Ryan on missing Lost while in China
25:06 The main metric in real estate
27:32 Parking for 20 in the hills of Beverly Hills
30:04 Property tax on a $50 million home
32:37 The Property Brothers and real estate TV
35:01 Body language at the first meeting
37:32 Listing appointments with the seller
40:06 When buyers and sellers talk politics
42:34 Will LA real estate hold its value?
45:00 Lifestyle as a driver
47:34 Renters, tenant law and cash for keys
50:07 Eight months without rent
52:32 How landlords qualify tenants
55:01 Crypto buyers, Dubai and Monaco
57:35 Hibiscus tea
1:00:04 A retreat in Costa Rica
1:02:30 A home with an outstanding deck
1:05:06 What he looks for in a home
1:07:37 Living in the canyon
1:10:04 Hippies, musicians and artists
1:12:37 Permit expediters
1:15:07 Red tape in LA
1:17:35 Standing out for big listings
1:20:05 A deal that looked like a scam
1:22:34 Escrow scams
1:25:00 Why scammers target big deals
1:27:36 Words you cannot use in a listing
1:30:03 Would he help regulate the industry?
1:32:36 Real estate coaches
1:35:05 Clearing a home of stagnant energy
1:37:37 Intuition in a home
1:40:05 A mould removal expert
1:42:32 Managing buyers' expectations
1:45:05 The government decides the size of your pool
1:47:34 Handling issues found in inspection
1:50:00 Karma and self-exploration
1:52:34 A stoic and structured mentor
1:55:02 Wrapping up

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Family law attorney Padideh Jafari on high-conflict divorce, custody cases, and her podcast on narcissist abuse recovery.

Padideh Jafari is the founder and CEO of Jafari Law & Mediation Office in LA. Mrs. Jafari was admitted to the California Bar and the United States District Court for the Central District of California in 2003 and for the past 22 years, she has represented clients with complex Family Law issues, including business valuation, cash-flow analysis, high-asset property division totaling in the hundreds of millions and high stakes custody litigation. Renowned in both the Los Angeles and Orange County legal communities, she is recognized as a highly skilled and respected Family Law litigator. In addition to dealing with these types of high-conflict cases while representing clients in Family Law, Mrs. Jafari co-hosts a weekly Podcast called, The Narcissist Abuse Recovery Channel (NARC) to help the community understand the pitfalls of divorcing a Narcissist and regularly has guest appearances and interviews on television, YouTube, podcasts and other media outlets. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation.

To learn more about Padideh: https://www.jafarilegal.com

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Padideh Jafari
2:33 Between family tradition and assimilating
5:06 A mother who was a school teacher
7:37 Choosing what news to tune into
10:09 Giving the innocent spouse a voice
15:03 Help for people who cannot afford a retainer
17:35 Told not to go to law school
20:00 Southwestern Law School and a hiring freeze
22:33 No plan B
25:06 Lawyer and entrepreneur
27:33 A father's pride
30:05 A doctor of law in Iran
32:38 Standing out among LA lawyers
37:30 50/50 custody in California and Michigan
40:03 Collaborative divorce without court
42:35 When reality sets in
45:01 Not everyone needs to get married
47:32 Tax filing and marriage
50:00 The biggest reasons for divorce in LA
52:36 Do you need to file it right away?
55:07 Expectations from your background
57:38 Communication versus comprehension
1:00:07 Talking about prenups
1:02:34 Healing after divorce
1:05:01 What a no-fault state means
1:07:37 Pausing before you get engaged
1:12:30 What schools should teach about money and relationships
1:15:01 Dealing with childhood trauma before marriage
1:17:37 What narcissism really means
1:20:01 Listeners who did not know what they were going through
1:22:36 Narcissists hire narcissistic attorneys
1:25:00 Putting yourself second
1:27:30 A guest's ayahuasca experience
1:30:02 Social media and narcissism
1:32:36 Posting from Dubai, Paris and London
1:35:01 High-conflict family law and parentage cases
1:37:31 Frivolous and repeat filings
1:40:02 When a client replaces a bad attorney
1:42:37 Divorce during Covid
1:45:01 Covid and time at home
1:47:35 Where to find Padideh
1:50:03 Wrapping up

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Director and producer Dana Lustig on serving in the Israeli army, studying at the American Film Institute, and five features as director.

Dana Lustig was born in Israel and served in the Israeli army, after that she moved to Los Angeles to study at the American Film Institute, where, for the past 14 years, she has been a faculty member. Dana has directed five feature films and produced over twenty-five independent features and two TV series. Dana is a member of DGC, SAG, and PGA. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation.

To learn more about Dana: https://www.danalustig.com

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Dana Lustig
2:32 Yossi Ghinsberg and the Bolivian jungle
5:07 Basketball before the three-point line
7:31 Rebelling when you are young
10:08 A puppet theatre in the backyard
12:35 Walking past a movie set on the way to ice skating
15:02 Israeli formats like In Treatment
17:31 Serving in the army
20:07 Learning acting and production at the same time
22:31 Why AFI
25:03 Looking for movies that inspire, not perfect ones
27:36 From arrival to starting school in months
30:00 Leaving the film academy in Israel
32:31 First on campus every day
35:01 Why she stayed in LA
37:30 Sitting in on writing and directing classes at AFI
40:07 Shooting on short ends
42:37 Debbie Reynolds and casting Wedding Bell Blues
45:06 How John Corbett was cast
47:36 Where to start a true story
50:08 A Thanksgiving without snow
52:30 Zika on set
55:00 Rafts on the rivers of Colombia
57:32 Rigid schedules in TV and film
1:00:07 Shooting a scene in two hours instead of half a day
1:02:33 Buying the rights to a book
1:05:04 Finding a writer at Shabbat dinner
1:07:37 Shooting the jungle above Brisbane
1:10:03 Rock and Roll Nanny
1:12:31 Waiting for the reviews of Wedding Bell Blues
1:15:05 Ryan on rewatching old movies
1:17:31 Ryan on raising money independently
1:20:01 Ryan on pitching season five
1:22:32 Ryan on more than 30 events planned
1:25:04 Ryan on 46 minutes per hour
1:27:36 Timing a stunt with the tide
1:30:05 Ryan on documentary versus reality TV
1:32:35 Ryan on filming Extreme Treks for BBC
1:35:08 Cruise ships
1:37:32 Lecturing at AFI, New York Film Academy and Sundance
1:40:02 Everyone has had their heart broken
1:42:31 Ideas from movies watched in the jungle
1:45:03 Facts and anecdotes in her book
1:47:33 People will join your journey

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Photographer Jason Edwards on three decades with a camera, bearing witness to nature and the human condition, and an archive of a million images.

For more than three decades Jason Edwards has roamed the world with a camera in hand, bearing witness to the raw beauty of nature and the complexities of the human condition. Jason's images all come from stories larger than the individual frame. One consistent element in Jason's photography is diversity. Jason has built up a photographic archive of over 1,000,000 award winning images. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation.

To learn more about Jason: https://www.jasonedwards.co

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Jason Edwards
2:35 What would you do with Bond money?
5:05 Snakes and dragons in the backyard
7:34 Seeing the world a little differently
10:04 A two-hour walk to school and an epiphany
12:31 Teaching himself exposure on film
15:01 How things fit together in nature
17:34 One entrance exam and 200 places
20:05 On time once and hired as a zookeeper
22:34 A hard and violent sport
25:02 Self-awareness in a solitary craft
27:30 Holding on to the job
30:02 No photo books for years to find his own style
32:35 Twelve years honing his craft
35:07 The photographer you are on film
40:01 A very good side hustle
42:37 Newsweek covers around the world
45:03 Coming home to an empty flat
47:33 Pentax lenses
50:01 The cost of underwater housings
52:33 Photography is work
55:06 Single-minded at the expense of everything
1:00:01 People pictures at World Heritage sites
1:02:37 A new species of sea snake for Australian Geographic
1:05:03 Relationships and life on the road
1:07:32 Friends who said do it better next time
1:10:07 Workplaces where everyone knew everyone
1:12:31 Buying back his contract
1:15:04 Owning his work and taking the risk
1:17:30 A body that has been rebuilt
1:20:06 Smashing a lens on a rock
1:22:35 Moisture in the world's oldest desert
1:25:04 Journals as a detox
1:27:30 Australia's state by state lockdowns
1:30:03 Melbourne's long lockdowns
1:32:32 Working in Antarctica with family
1:35:01 Working for the right people
1:37:30 150 frames shown 44 times in 10 days
1:40:01 A record first-round edit at National Geographic
1:42:35 Owning everything through a stock agency
1:45:00 Photography banned during Covid in Victoria
1:47:37 A call from National Geographic Channel
1:52:30 Icebergs to Iguanas
1:55:07 Picking 16 stories from 40
1:57:37 Images from 1992 to 2020
2:00:06 Planning volume three
2:05:00 Shutter speed, aperture and ISO
2:07:32 Hanging a frame in a cafe
2:10:06 Bureaucracy and money for local people
2:12:31 Where to find Jason
2:15:03 Describe the scene with adjectives
2:17:35 Rebooting his photography scholarship
2:20:01 A picture does not have to be exotic

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Actor, writer and singer Joyce Fidler on her book Evolution of a Baby Boomer, from rock band singer in the Bible Belt to a new life in LA.

Joyce Fidler is an actor, writer and singer. Her book "Evolution of a Baby Boomer" takes us on her journey as a record store owner and rock band singer who begins her adult years in the Bible belt where sex, drugs and rock & roll dominate her life. As she relocates to Los Angeles in her forties, she invites readers to witness her unexpected transformation to a fruitful, productive citizen. The how and why of this metamorphosis includes a divorce from a polyamorous marriage, separation from her teenaged children, with an eventual surrender to recovery from marijuana and alcohol addiction. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation.

To learn more about Joyce: https://joycefidler.com

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Joyce Fidler
2:30 A trip to Tasmania
5:00 An amicable divorce
7:30 Married in the middle of the semester
10:00 Not telling people she was born in Alabama
12:35 Drones overhead
15:00 Ready to live abroad again
17:30 Moving every two or three years as a child
20:05 How people see an older actor
22:30 No apartments for families with children
25:00 A play ahead of its time
27:32 New reps and the biggest auditions of her life
30:07 The end of a marriage and the move west
32:37 Playing Eve in The Serpent
35:00 Owning a record store in college
37:31 Commercials and the Indiana Repertory Theatre
40:04 Record Warehouse
42:36 A lease that was refused
45:00 From record store to head shop
47:31 Lessons from high school
50:07 Opening for the Go-Go's and Meat Loaf
52:31 The Basement Tapes with Frank Zappa and Martha Quinn
55:01 A $10,000 music video for a class
57:32 Licensing vintage songs for TV and film
1:00:05 A star at home by the fireplace
1:02:38 Awake for eye surgery
1:05:01 Radio, television and counselling degrees
1:07:36 Leaving the Midwest
1:10:01 Moving to LA alone at 40
1:12:35 What record shops used to sell
1:15:03 Starting over with no support
1:17:32 Substitute teaching in special education
1:20:00 A stable job in an expensive city
1:22:31 Playing Dr Bob's wife and the founding of Al-Anon
1:25:06 Evolution of a Pisces Baby Boomer
1:27:31 Revisiting the old store
1:30:00 Band recordings inside the audiobook
1:32:37 Getting out of Dodge
1:35:02 Teaching high schoolers who could not read
1:37:35 Losing a student to a drive-by shooting
1:40:00 Families where the women outlive the men
1:42:31 Wrapping up

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com

Trainer Conrad Sanchez on leaving basketball and finance for health coaching, and using EMS training with clients.

Conrad Sanchez hails from Spain and after a brief stint in Basketball and Finance he spent years developing his education on the intricacies of the human body. His continuous professional development, experience as a trainer and educator, and his has specialized in dealing with clients that have a variety of issues including chronic diseases. Conrad's coaching and empowering individuals to build fulfilling and sustainable, healthy lifestyles, using the latest industry standards including EMS (Electro Muscle Stimulation) Training. Tune in for a wide-ranging conversation.

To learn more about Conrad: https://www.linkedin.com/in/conradsanchez

Chapters
0:00 Welcome Conrad Sanchez
2:30 Spain in the wrong season
5:03 A father who played basketball in Spain
7:32 How his parents met on a train
10:02 A basketball super league
12:33 Ryan on Stephon Marbury in China
15:05 A job offer in London
17:32 Working for a billionaire
20:03 A job with no ceiling on learning
22:30 Clients who appreciated the help
25:04 Training clients without a gym
27:32 Ryan on the Tian Shan when the world closed
30:02 Ryan on the Covid years and production
32:31 Sunshine every day in LA
35:03 What electrical muscle stimulation is
37:30 The first whole-body EMS suit
40:03 Why people do not exercise
42:34 Building the puzzle and solving it
45:03 FDA clearance in the US
47:35 Bringing the technology to people's homes
50:04 How the suit is set up
52:32 Twenty minutes and ideal for travel
55:04 What a session looks like
57:30 On and off cycles and conditioning
1:00:00 Half the weight, double the workout
1:02:30 EMS in physical therapy
1:05:05 Expertise behind the tool
1:07:31 Deeper stimulation for aches
1:10:05 Training at the office without sneakers
1:12:36 EMS for recovery and yoga
1:15:06 How many EMS trainers in LA
1:17:30 Only a handful in the country
1:20:02 Choosing a suit
1:22:32 Warm-up, conditioning, strength and recovery
1:25:04 Should LA be the capital of EMS training?
1:27:31 Bringing EMS into gyms
1:30:04 Contraindications and regulation
1:32:34 Seizures and other risks
1:35:04 Turnover in the fitness industry
1:37:31 Ryan on Magic, the Lakers and the Celtics
1:40:04 Ryan on Cooper Flagg's first home game at Duke
1:42:31 Wrapping up

The Ryan Pyle Podcast is ad-free by choice. If you enjoy these conversations, you can buy me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/ryanpyle

Ryan's TV series are streaming around the world.

Follow the Podcast
X: https://x.com/RyanPylePodcast
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpylepodcast

Follow Ryan Pyle
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@ryanjpyle
Instagram: https://instagram.com/ryanpyle
X: https://x.com/RyanPyle
Facebook: https://facebook.com/ryanpyle

https://www.ryanpyle.com