What Really Matters Interviews
Extraordinary artists, adventurers, consultants and others share their most essential lessons from work, life and play.
What are the big takeaways extraordinary people experience? That’s what I explore in my interviews with my guests in What Really Matters Interviews.
WRM017: Jayme Moye – Wisdom & Lessons from an Award-Winning Adventure-Travel Writer
What would it take to leave a cush tech job to embark on a crazy career path in adventure travel writing – a competitive profession only a few succeed at? Even more, what would it take to thrive in that
WRM016: Betsy Chasse – Author & Producer of “What the Bleep Do We Know?!”
Betsy Chasse is most known as the author & producer of “What the Bleep Do We Know?!” But a better description is the way she describes herself: “What I really am is a person—a woman, a mom, a human being
WRM015: Ned Tibbits – Finding Purpose & Passion in the Great Outdoors for 50 Years
Ned Tibbits has a passion for the lifestyle that’s lasted over a half century. He is the founder and head of Mountain Education, an organization dedicated to helping others learn how to survive & thrive in the outdoors. But his
WRM014: Carla King – Author, Explorer and “Missadventuring” Motorcyclist
Imagine being a blond woman traveling through remote China in the late 90s. Where few Westerners had ever gone. On a rickety motorcycle. Alone. That’s just one of Carl King’s many adventures. She’s also ridden motorcycles all over the world. And
WRM013: Darcy Gaechter – 1st Woman to Kayak Amazon River from Source to Sea
There are adventurers … and then there are adventurers. In this podcast I interview Darcy Gaechter, the first (and only) woman to kayak the entire length of the Amazon River. 148 days. 4300 miles. Class V whitewater. Narcos. River tribes
WRM012: Theresa Byrne on Turning Trauma into Transformation
Theresa Byrne was at the top of her game as the most decorated female martial arts practitioner in her style. She had a 4th-degree black belt and her own dojo teaching others the art of self-defense. She was focused, determined
WRM011: Ellie Briggs on Climbing All of Colorado’s 14,000-foot Peaks with Her Husky
Visualize being close to 14,000 feet on a challenging peak in Colorado. You’re looking at a knife ridge on Capitol Peak that separates you from the summit. It falls off so deeply on both sides that if you fall …
WRM010: Why We Need Wild Places – Interview with Ed Cannady
From a kid trying to escape Oklahoma to spending winters alone in Alaska to being a ranger in Idaho to cancer survivor to becoming a voice for the wilderness … Ed Cannady has led a rich and full life. In
WRM009: Lessons from the Front Lines of War – Interview with General Robert Hipwell
What’s it like to be dropped deep into the jungle in enemy territory where anybody you see probably wants to kill you? What’s it like to be in charge of the lives of thousands of men? In this interview, General
WRM008: From Juggling to TED Talks – Interview with Barry Friedman
Barry Friedman juggles balls. Really, really well. In fact back in the 80s he was a world-champion juggler. He appeared on the Johnny Carson Show, and toured with Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. He even leveraged that into doing corporate