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Send us a textRecorded in Panama on a sailboat in a stunning saltwater bay illuminated at night with bioluminescence, this podcast goes into the adventure, technicalities and beauty of spearfishing for yellowfin tuna and reef species 7° north of the equator. Anthony Dooley from Life Below the Surface has guided spearfishing for three decades and he makes the short list of people I'd trust with my life in situations like this where the potential for things to go wrong is ever present. Cliff Gray of Pursuit with Cliff is a lifelong spearfisherman, guide, and a great friend. Enjoy the show.
Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing Alexandra Monir. Alexandra is an Iranian-American author and recording artist who has published six popular young adult novels. Her internationally-bestselling debut, Timeless was a Barnes & Noble Bestseller and Amazon.com “Best Books of the Month.” In 2018 she published the hit sci-fi novel The Final Six and Sony Pictures optioned the film rights in a major pre-empt deal. More recently, she has followed up with a sequel—The Life Below—which was published earlier this year. Alexandra was chosen as part of a group of global bestselling authors to write for the New York Times-bestselling DC ICONS series. Her book is Black Canary: Breaking Silence, the first-ever YA novel about that DC Comics superhero. Next up, Alexandra is writing a historical fantasy YA for Disney based on Princess Jasmine. In this episode Alexandra and I discuss: How she honors her grandmother in her career, especially in her latest book. Her method for creating a complex cast of villains for Black Canary. Why she incorporated original music into the release of her book. Plus, her #1 tip for writers. For more info and show notes: diymfa.com/338
Collin drinks from a can, poorlyBrandon gets weird youtube adsFuture challenge - buy something “as seen on TV”Explain the infomercialUse itDid it work?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BzxdeIGE9o&feature=youtu.beBrandon is watching Oak IslandAaron is watching the Mandalorian and the WitcherBrandon and Aaron spend a long time saying words about the WitcherCollin is watching Life Below 0.Almost all original Nintendo games were impossibleChocobo theme songBrandon hates chocobohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrOE-m7sX9Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bwZPIzuug
Collin drinks from a can, poorlyBrandon gets weird youtube adsFuture challenge - buy something “as seen on TV”Explain the infomercialUse itDid it work?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BzxdeIGE9o&feature=youtu.beBrandon is watching Oak IslandAaron is watching the Mandalorian and the WitcherBrandon and Aaron spend a long time saying words about the WitcherCollin is watching Life Below 0.Almost all original Nintendo games were impossibleChocobo theme songBrandon hates chocobohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrOE-m7sX9Ehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8bwZPIzuug
XOXO, it's (finally!) time for the SSR Gossip Girl episode!On Episode 86, Alli and guest Alexandra Monir discuss the elements of the Gossip Girl universe that don't hold up so well in 2020, both in terms of technology and teen behavior. They consider parental objections to the book's racy content and look at multiple sides of the argument for “light reading” versus no reading at all. They also talk about the depictions of friendship in Gossip Girl and answer the age-old question: Team Blair or Team Serena? Alexandra is the author of The Final Six, The Life Below, Timeless, and three other YA novels. Follow her on Instagram (@alexandramonir) and Twitter (@TimelessAlex).
Explore deep space with Alexandra! We talk about her books The Final Six and the new release, The Life Below! Let's follow Naomi and Leo to Europa and see what they find. Will everyone make it? This episode is SPOILER FREE, so you'll have to read the book to find out. We also have a giveaway for this episode's release. Listen for the details on how to enter.
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Today’s author interview guest is Alexandra Monir, author of The Life Below. Perfect for fans of The Illuminae Files and The 100, in this heart-racing sequel to The Final Six the teen astronauts must figure out the truth about Europa before it’s too […]
Host Cyrus Webb welcomes back bestselling author Alexandra Monir to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss her amazing literary career and the new book THE LIFE BELOW.
Lectionary texts, illuminated by art, for the Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Year C - October 20, 2019.Rev. Dr. Matthew Russell, Sr. Associate Pastor, preached in the 9:45 am. service.“Responding to Life”Below is a recording of the sermon from the 9:45 service
Mitch Harper is straight-up one of the most interesting people I know. He's a multifaceted dude who has had a big impact behind the scenes in Durban. You might know him as the vocalist for hardcore band Life Below, or you might have known him when he was a journalist for IOL, but the work that Mitch made the most impact with was helping put together the Durban International Film Festival, Poetry Africa, Jomba and Time of the Writer with the Center for Creative Arts. He's currently freelancing and has found himself working on film festivals around the country, which gives him a unique perspective on the South African film scene. Few people have spent as much time behind the scenes of SA film festivals as Mitch has over the last few years. That being said, we spent most of this podcast talking about punching Nazis, the early days of Durban HxC, and Sunday nights at Joe Kools. https://almostperfect.co.za/ep-13-mitch-harper/
Kelsey Albina is currently the Communications Manager for Seakeeper, Inc. Seakeeper is the global leader in marine stabilization. Seakeeper’s innovative technology changes the boating experience by eliminating up to 95% of all boat roll, the rocking motion that causes seasickness, fatigue and anxiety. Kelsey is responsible for all internal and external communications for Seakeeper including: Public Relations, social media, email, their ambassador program, corporate communications, and corporate responsibility. Prior to Seakeeper, Kelsey worked at Bonnier as the Marketing Manager of the Fishing Group. Kelsey grew up on and around the water and always knew she wanted to find a career that harnesses that passion. In fact, she has enjoyed boating trips with three generations of family members aboard so she never really had much of a choice! Kelsey’s mother grew up boating in the Bahamas and passed that passion right down. Kelsey was racing sailboats with her mother at a young age, became scuba certified and still enjoys big diving trips. She currently has a boat of her own with her fiancé, and truly lives the boating lifestyle. We discussed her days spent on the water as a child, great boating and diving trips she’s had, the incredible innovations happening at Seakeeper that are allowing more people to enjoy boating, and more! Enjoy! Growing up Boating..... I’ve been on the water longer than I can actually remember. The first thing that really comes to mind was when I was five years old and my mom had a Hobie 16 and we were going camping off one of the little islands where I grew up. This was Easter weekend and I was devastated that the Easter bunny wasn’t going to be able to find me. She assured me that the Easter bunny has a canoe and I have nothing to worry about and of course I woke up that morning and the Easter bunny had found me on the island and the basket was waiting for me! Learning Boating Skills..... My mom has a passion for boating as well, she grew up in the Bahamas so it’s been something that’s been a part of my life for my entire life. I did sailing lessons when I was little. We’ve always had boats. We started out in sailing then became traitors and got into power boats. She’s the one who taught me everything pretty much. We became this well-oiled machine of me crewing for her on our own boats. By the time I got old enough to do it myself, I knew what I was doing. Boating in the Bahamas..... We went to Freeport, Nassau, and Eleuthera growing up and more recently she took me to the Abacos and we rented a boat over there and did some snorkeling and saw the Green Turtle Club. It’s a big boating and fishing club on Green Turtle Quay. Her mom and dad ran it for over a year. Life Below the Water..... My favorite thing is scuba diving. I now have my advanced open water certification and try to plan a trip every year. This past year my fiance and I went to Belize to do the Great Blue Hole which is just about the depths of recreational diving limits. It’s this big sink hole where when you get down to the right depth there’s these big stalagtites that hang down and stalagmites and you can swing among them and then maybe 20 feet below you there’s sharks circling this giant black pit. It was a little bit scary but exhilarating. There's something called the Wreck Trek which you can do in the keys. You go from the upper keys to the lower keys and they stop at all the different wrecks on the reefs there. Favorite Places to Boat and Dive..... Diving it would be Belize, there's just so so much life there. My favorite place to boat is in my home waters. Somewhere where you know what the weather has done to the landscape, and you can predict when a storm is coming through and you just know the area. That’s the easiest and most comfortable place for me to boat so just being home on my boat is my favorite place. Current Boating Lifestyle..... We have a 15’ Boston Whaler. We adopted it from my mom. She upgraded from the Whaler and has a 25’ Rosborough which is a more Northern Trawler style boat so she can spend the weekends on the boats. I think the people who live on their boats are so, so awesome. Having the ability to just go out whenever you want and all your stuff fits in this compact place. I think that lifestyle, even if it is just for a short period of time, would be such a challenge and you learn so much about boating and yourself, I think it sounds awesome. Seakeeper's Role in the Boating Experience..... Seakeeper is the global leader in marine stabilization. It takes all the side to side roll out of your boating trip at rest or under way. It is a gyroscopic stabilizer so it has no external appendages. We can stabilize boats as small as 27 feet up to over 200 feet. It has an active computer control so it can automatically detect the sea conditions and react instantaneously, there’s nothing you have to set. Seakeeper's Growth..... The growth is booming. It’s hard to keep up with how fast we are growing. In February we launched the Seakeeper 2 and that’s our smallest Seakeeper to date for boats 27-32 feet. We launched the Seakeeper 5HD which is our heavy duty model mostly for commercial and military applications in July. We expanded the factory and added twelve new assembly lines. We opened an office in Italy and grew out of our headquarters in Maryland and got a larger office there. And have had a couple of OEM manufacturers that have standardized Seakeeper. Bertram standardized across their entire fleet and Scout standardized on some of their models as well. Our goal is to get down to about 21 feet. We want to make the water accessible for as many people as possible and make Seakeeper a reality for the average boater. We even have somebody on the Keys who is going to be one of our Ambassadors this year. He has a 23 foot Sailfish and he has a Seakeeper on it. The lengths are a guideline but if you have the space that thing will work on a smaller boat. Seakeeper's Corporate Responsibility..... We’re going to have two different areas that we want to give back to. One of them will be the more environmental organizations that are making sure that our waterways are around for future generations so that everyone can continue to enjoy them. The second factor will be focusing on the ways that we can give access to everybody and making sure that their time is enjoyable on the water. How to Join the Lifestyle..... For a lot of people, and I speak from a woman’s perspective - just start small. You don’t have to go out and buy a brand new 27 ft center console and launch it by yourself the first day. There are so many ways you can start small. Whether that’s getting a kayak or canoe or something you can manage yourself, or something like joining a boating club where you have help and assistance and somebody to do some of the work so you can get used to being on the water. Inevitably when you start small, you’re going to want to get bigger and bigger as you learn more. You’re going to want to go farther and stay out later and break those boundaries and that’s when you get the confidence to take the next step.
Updates on: Life Below, Peasant, Hellcats, Made For Broadway, Dirty Moonshine & many more. Background music courtesy of Savage Lucy & outro courtesy of Peasant's 'Bullets', taken from IV: Peak Fear which follows III: No Love Support the show & get some benefits by becoming a patron here: https://www.patreon.com/sludgeunderground
Tune into our 2nd installment as we FALL OFF A BICYCLE IN FRONT OF MR PRICE with Life Below, a Sludge first! We also chat more about NoiseFix, highs & lows of being in a full time band in the scene, New music in the works, MORE SHOUT-OUTS, so many shout-outs you, your cousin & your aunt's names might be flung around in this episode & the previous one!!
In an episode so jam-packed with scene knowledge and a plethora of shout-outs that we had to split it into two parts, Marcel & Nasiphi are taken to school by scene veterans & all round kickass band members of Durban based Hardcore band, Life Below! We discuss the band's history, past projects, side projects, connections, the scene & a whole lot more epic shit in the first installment of this interview!
Sherry interviews Corey Miller, founder of iThemes, about depression, divorce, and some real life mental health issues that affect entrepreneurs. The post Episode 97: Life Below the Surface with Cory Miller appeared first on ZenFounder.