Unconventional Lifestyles

Lily is an artist who frequently embeds in research expeditions to remote environments. Her immersive large-scale paintings of bizarre environments and animals aim to transport viewers to these far flung worlds and expose them to new discoveries. Simonson spent three months scuba diving and camping in Antarctica as the 2014-15 National Science Foundation Antarctic Artists and Writers Awardee. She has also served as the resident artist aboard ocean-o-graphic expeditions on the Research Vessels Atlantis and Melville, and the Exploration Vessel Nautilus. ---- iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unconventional-lifestyles/id1144743750?mt=2 Website: UnconventionalLifestyles.com ---- Andrew Thurber - Discovered kiwa puravita, a species of Yeti Crab in 2010. NSF Antarctic Program grantee for deep sea exploration and Antarctic Research Paul Dayton - During a 35-year career at Scripps, Dayton has researched coastal Antarctic habitats and the rocky shore habitats of Washington in order to better understand marine ecosystems. He has also documented the environmental impacts of overfishing, and phenomena such as El Niño on coastal ecology. Antarctic Researcher and diver Dave Checkley - Scripps Institution of Oceanography Diana Wall - Dr. Diana Wall, University Distinguished Professor at Colorado State University was appointed as the Founding Director of the School of Global Environmental Sustainability in 2008. A professor in the Department of Biology and Senior Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Diana is responsible for helping faculty and students contribute to progress towards a sustainable future. Bob Ballard - a retired United States Navy officer and a professor of oceanography at the University of Rhode Island who is most noted for his work in underwater archaeology: maritime archaeology and archaeology of shipwrecks. He is most known for the discoveries of the wrecks of the RMS Titanic in 1985, the battleship Bismarck in 1989, and the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in 1998. He discovered the wreck of John F. Kennedy's PT-109 in 2002 and visited Biuku Gasa and Eroni Kumana, who saved its crew. He leads ocean exploration on E/V Nautilus. Maria Sibylla Merian - was one of the only successful female artists and scientists in the 17th Century. She funded her expeditions through the sale of her artwork and, most notably, discovered the process of metamorphosis. John James Audubon - was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species. Gretchen Hofmann - is professor of ecological physiology of marine organisms at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She holds a B.S. from the University of Wyoming, and an M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Colorado at Boulder in Environmental, Population and Organismal Biology. Rob Robbins - Over 2,100 dives in antarctica. Steve Rupp - Veteran Antarctic Diver Rebecca Rutstein - Philadelphia-based artist Rebecca Rutstein – whose work spans painting, installation, sculpture and public art – explores geometric abstraction with a vision inspired by science. Rutstein has been an artist in residence in geologically dynamic locations including Iceland, Hawaii, the Canadian Rockies and Vermont. Most recently, she completed two artist-at-sea residencies aboard research ships where she collaborated with scientists mapping out never-before-seen ocean floor topography from the Galápagos Islands to California and exploring uncharted territory from Vietnam to Guam. Phil Kyle - Has spent 4 decades working in Antarctica

We catch up with Kelly McCord as she roads-trips through west Africa. Kelly has been to 90+ countries and has been traveling pretty hardcore for the last 13 years. She scuba dived all over the world, has been medically evacuated out of a very rural island on a Russian cargo plane where no on aboard spoke any of the same languages as her, she has also hike up to Everest base camp in Nepal at 17 thousand feet. We also talk about how she funds her adventures and much much more.

In this episode, we talk about everything from evergreen values to spiritual mindfulness, to his best-selling children’s book series, Zen Pig to his newly developed brand for adults, The Inner Space Program. --- On iTunes:https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unconventional-lifestyles/id1144743750?mt=2 Website: UnconventionalLifestyles.com --- Show Notes: Tara Brach - A leading western teacher of mindful meditation, emotional healing and spiritual awakening. On iTunes ---- Authors Mark Keeps Around Tony Robbins - American businessman, author, and philanthropist. He became well known from his infomercials and self-help books: Unlimited Power, Unleash the Power Within and Awaken the Giant Within. Eckhart Tolle - German-born resident of Canada, best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose. In 2011, he was listed by Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world. Tick Naught Han - Thích Nhất Hạnh is a Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist. He lives in Plum Village in the Dordogne region in the south of France, travelling internationally to give retreats and talks. Stephen Covey - Stephen Richards Covey was an American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker. His most popular book was The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Carl Sagan - Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences. ---- Zen Pig - Mindfulness children’s book series, by bestselling author, Mark Brown. Critically acclaimed children's book character Zen Pig. Every copy sold provides 10 people access to clean water for 1 year! Website: ZenPigBook.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Zen-Pig-1-Issue/dp/0692428488/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1431950113&sr=8-1&keywords=zen%20pig Trash Hero - The Trash Hero mission is to create sustainable, community-based projects that remove existing waste, and reduce future waste by inspiring long-term behaviour change Website: trashhero.org The Inner Space Program - Mindfulness for adults Website: theinnerspaceprogram.com ---- Find mark online Instargram: markofthecosmos Youtube: Mark Brown - The Inner Space Program https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg36XYH-G6MbdhKccCcS7aw Twitter: @ZenPigBook Website: ZenPigBook.com Patreon.com/theinnerspaceprogram

Jared was involved in a special operation in Antarctica where he and a small team delivered hundreds of thousands of gallons of fuel to the South Pole station.

Greg is an Alaskan Bush pilot and owner/operator of Kantishna Air Taxi which is located deep inside Denali National Park. Greg spends his summers flying tourist around Denali and his winters traveling to warmer climates such as Kauai. Greg built his operation from the ground up and is now truly living the dream. Get ready to be jealous!

Larry is a professional vagabond and a sponsored traveling photographer who recently summited Denali in the summer of 2016. Larry and I met in Denali National Park where we both worked as grounds crewmen for a small air taxi service known as Kantishna Air Taxi.

Ryan is a helicopter pilot that I met in Antarctica. We played in a band together on The Ice and became great friends last summer. In this episode we talk about Ryan’s background as a pilot and why he transitioned from fixed wing aircraft to helicopters. We also talk about what it’s like flying in harsh environments such as Antarctica and how the helicopters are transported to The Ice... and what maintenance is required for such extreme environments. Ryan recently appeared on Discovery Channel’s new docu-series, Everest Rescue where his efforts rescuing climbers in Nepal on Mt. Everest were documented. The series will be airing later this month and you should definitely check it out. He also talks about what that experience was like and how vastly different it is than flying scientist around in Antarctica. We also dive into the physics of how to safely land a helicopter if the engine loses power. This is a fascinating maneuver known as Auto Rotation and is a very dangerous, last resort maneuver that every helicopter pilot practices continually. Ryan also tells us what dinosaur he would choose to be if in fact he could choose to be any dinosaur, what he would do if he were the last person on earth, and the one person he would have drinks with if he could have drinks with anyone dead or alive.

This is a bit of a different episode because Lenny and I have never met before and this is our first conversation that we have ever had but the correlations in our lives are paramount. Lenny current lives on the side of a volcano in El Salvador. I have lived on the side of a volcano in antarctica. Lenny has spent time in Antartica as well on an expedition climbing one of the highest peaks on the continent. Lenny had an “ah ha” moment in Baja Mexico, and he soon after landed his photography dream job with United Airlines. This is interesting to me because it is very close to the place that I am going to inhabit for the first part of 2017. Lenny has experience in the aviation sector as a pilot, while I am not a pilot I have spent the last several years around aviation from military grade operations to small air taxi services and beyond. Although Lenny and I have a lot in common, I have barely breached the surface of what he has accomplished in his short time on this earth. Lenny runs a very successful live events company based in the Bay Area all while running a coffee farm, and soon to be hostel, in El Salvador. Get ready to be inspired!

This is a bit of a different podcast than normal episodes, yet it still rings true to people living unconventional lifestyles. Danny jose Is our guest today and outside of the great things he continues to do for the crossfit effort in antarctica, he’s changing the fitness mindset of athletes in america and around the world. In this episode we dive into: The misconceptions of crossfit and high intensity workouts. And how and why you don’t need to spend countless hours in a gym everyday to see results We also dive into Danny’s online business, Ufitness which allows him to tailor personal workouts to your lifestyle and gets the results which you aim to accomplish. His programming is individualized based off of what you are trying to achieve and what accommodations you have readily available to see your desired results. We also dive into my personal walk with Ufitness and the results that I have obtained and the obstacles that i have overcome. We talk about how important it is to have accountability, not only in your fitness efforts but in your life goals, and why showing up is more than half of the battle. We talk about morning routines, health in general and why hitting the snooze button is worthless.

We cover what it is to be a Certified free diver instructor Free-diving and what it actually is Trash Hero, a phenomenal organization helping clean the planet How they built a free school for the children in the Philippines out of "Up-cycled" resources. And how you can help along the way!

In this episode we talk about everything Scuba diving! Under the water and on the reef in South East Asia, where we met.

Conducted 10,000 miles a part, Josiah shares... -what it's like in Antarctica during the winter -how he got his face ripped off by a 1 ton beast -when tragedy struck while on the ice -what behind the scenes of reality tv is really like -why he chose to build a resort in the Philippines

Jake is a Digital Nomad that’s living abroad. Jake is also a Serial Entrepreneur, Author, Sales Guru, World Traveler, and has a fantastic Podcast about working remotely that is rightfully entitled, "Working Without Pants". Jake is also the founder and CEO of the company that I am currently working with, Outbound Creative. In this episode we dive into many topics such as: -Transitioning from the traditional 9-5 to working remotely -Living abroad, making money remotely, and how he became successful at it -Complete freedom and opportunities that are afforded to you by this type of lifestyle -Benefits of being a digital nomad -The dream job is the job that allows you to live the lifestyle in the way you want to live -“The Focused Creator”Jake’s book, and how productivity drastically effects your life -Goal setting and how it’s the most important part of getting things done -Morning routines, productivity, power of meditation, journaling, and daily affirmations -On bad advise and how failures shape your future successes -Jake’s favorite dinosaur

In this episode, we will discuss the mission of Unconventional Lifestyle as well as dig into the background of your host, Whit Aldridge. The purpose of this episode is to prep you for future shows to come, give you some context about what you will be learning and a brief introduction to my story.