Podcasts about Northern Peru

In this episode of Marketing MadMen, Nick Constantino and Chef Arnaldo Castillo of Tio Lucho's explore Peruvian cuisine. Chef Castillo highlights common misconceptions about Peruvian food, sharing his journey from starting in the restaurant industry at age 15 to creating the La Chingana pop-up during quarantine, and ultimately opening Tio Lucho's. They discuss the Atlanta pop-up scene and the importance of strategic planning, marketing, and understanding restaurant operations. Chef Castillo aims to create generational wealth for his family, inspired by his godparents in Northern Peru. The menu at Tio Lucho's blends contemporary and traditional Peruvian flavors, incorporating local produce. They delve into the complexities of dishes like Hamachi Tiradito, corn fritters, and slow-poached octopus, emphasizing the blend of cultural influences. They also explore Chifa cuisine, a Chinese-Peruvian fusion, and Picarones for dessert. The conversation touches on marketing strategies and the impact of winning a James Beard award. Chef Castillo offers tips for visiting Lima, recommending Chinatown, catacombs, and top restaurants. Nick shares his experiences in Lima, highlighting major attractions and exceptional dining. He enjoyed meals at Kjolle, Materia, and Primos, and explored Nikkei cuisine at Osaka. Lima's cocktail culture, especially at Carnival, was a delightful surprise. Overall, the trip was rich in culinary and cultural experiences, showcasing Lima's vibrant history, diverse influences, and exceptional food.patreon.com/TheMarketingMadMen: https://www.nick-constantino.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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For the next few weeks on the 10Adventures Podcast, our host Richard will be embarking on his own adventure across the globe, so instead of a new episode, we're revisiting one of the most memorable past episodes of the podcast. Although it originally aired some time ago, the stories and insights remain just as compelling. We hope you find it as enjoyable as ever and we look forward to sharing new content with you very soon.   Show Notes:   On this episode we dive head first into the incredible trekking regions known as the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Huayhuash in Northern Peru. If you're a lover of high altitude trekking, you don't want to miss this in depth look at the 3 most popular treks here, the Alpamayo, Santa Cruz and Huayhuash. Find out what goes into preparing for these types of high adrenaline adventures from acclimatization plans, transporting gear, and best times to travel.    Tune in as our guest Christian Valencia, owner of Juarez based adventure tour operator Go2Andes, shares his expertise on these two incredible mountain ranges and the most epic  main treks they offer.   Check out a full list of Go2Andes incredible trekking tours on 10Adventures.   About Us

CEO of Regulus Resources (OTCQX: RGLSF | TSX-V: REG) John Black explains the looming copper supply shortage and the main drivers that will see demand for the metal grow to unprecedented levels. This crunch on low supply, along with the difficulty in bringing a new mine online, means that miners are scrambling to find deposits to develop. John discusses how Regulus Resources fits into this picture, with their brownfield AntaKori copper-gold-silver project in Northern Peru.Regulus Resources Website: https://regulusresources.comFollow Regulus Resources on X: https://x.com/IncRegulusDisclaimer: Commodity Culture was compensated by Regulus Resources for producing this interview. Jesse Day is not a shareholder of Regulus Resources. Nothing contained in this video is to be construed as investment advice, do your own due diligence.Follow Jesse Day on X: https://x.com/jessebdayCommodity Culture on Youtube: https://youtube.com/c/CommodityCulture

Western Metallica Resources CEO Greg Duras joined Steve Darling from Proactive to share news about the company's recent acquisition of the Turmalina and Caña Brava Projects in Northern Peru. Duras explained to Proactive that the exploration activities at Caña Brava have included geological mapping supported by Short Wave Infra-Red (SWIR) spectrometry analysis. The objectives of these activities are comprehensive: they aim to determine the extent of alteration related to porphyry systems, understand the potential zonation both laterally and vertically, identify controlling structures and favorable host lithologies, and conduct systematic rock sampling to define geochemical anomalies and vectors that lead to mineralized centers. The preliminary data has led Western Metallica to believe that Caña Brava holds the potential for a cluster of medium-sized porphyry copper-molybdenum systems with above-average grades. Duras underscored that the promising early data, along with the company's expertise in exploration and development, and a robust financial position — approximately $3 million in capital — positions Western Metallica favorably for advancing operations into 2024. This financial readiness and the untapped prospects of the Caña Brava project present an opportunity for the company to explore and possibly develop this copper resource. #proactiveinvestors #westernmetallicaresourcescorp #tsxv #wms #mining #CopperExploration #MiningNews #PeruProjects #CEOInterview #FieldWorkUpdate #MineralExploration #ResourceDevelopment #GeologicalResults #DrillingProgram #KenyaBravaProject #MiningIndustry #NaturalResources #ExplorationSuccess #InvestmentOpportunity #MarketInsights #MineralDiscovery #MiningInnovation #MiningInvestment #ResourceManagement #GeophysicsStudy #DroneTechnology #MineralReserves #FutureOfMining #GlobalResources #invest #investing #investment #investor #stockmarket #stocks #stock #stockmarketnews

Join us in January virtually at Awaken Your Dream Life! http://jjflizanes.com/dreamlife   Interested in starting or growing a business?  http://jjsinnercirclemastermind.com   Cristhian Cadenas is a transformative shamanic energy healer and Marine Corps veteran, rooted in the profound wisdom of his ancestral lineage from Northern Peru. With a life steeped in celestial revelations and resilient transcendence through hardships, Cristhian embodies a fervent passion for holistic healing and spiritual awakening. Drawing from a rich tapestry of traditional shamanic practices and modern therapeutic techniques, Cristhian facilitates journeys through the intricate landscapes of the soul, addressing energetic imbalances and uncovering profound insights. He integrates energy clearing, chakra balancing, soul retrieval, crystal healing, and sound therapy to offer a uniquely tailored experience of profound healing and personal empowerment. Cristhian's compassionate and supportive approach creates a sanctuary where individuals can explore their inner selves, release stagnant energies, and embrace their true potential. He is deeply dedicated to helping others rediscover their authentic selves and achieve balance, joy, and fulfillment, ensuring every soul he encounters receives the most effective and transformative healing experience possible. As a dedicated guide and facilitator, Cristhian continuously expands his knowledge, immersing in advanced training and diverse healing traditions. He leads transformative expeditions and pilgrimages to Peru, connecting with places of power and the elder Q'ero shamans, enabling deeper connections to ancestral wisdom and sacred landscapes. http://www.themoderndaymedicineman.com/ For the free gifts talked about in this episode, visit http://jjflizanes.com/shaman   JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist, Creator of the Empowering Minds Network and the host of several podcasts including People's Choice Awards nominee Spirit, Purpose & Energy. As Director of Invisible Fitness Inc, JJ has written 2 previous books Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life and Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core.  Since 2018, JJ has focused all of her attention on the emotional side of wellness with her podcasts, courses and live events. JJ Flizanes works with conscious, spiritual truth seekers who want to remove emotional blocks to success. She helps people identify sabotaging patterns and transmute struggle into joy. Through a series of clarifying exercises, she is able to curate a personalized roadmap to emotional healing.  JJ is passionate about empowering people with the knowledge and awareness of how they can live the life of their dreams. http://jjflizanes.com  

Join us in January virtually at Awaken Your Dream Life! http://jjflizanes.com/dreamlife   Interested in starting or growing a business?  http://jjsinnercirclemastermind.com   Cristhian Cadenas is a transformative shamanic energy healer and Marine Corps veteran, rooted in the profound wisdom of his ancestral lineage from Northern Peru. With a life steeped in celestial revelations and resilient transcendence through hardships, Cristhian embodies a fervent passion for holistic healing and spiritual awakening. Drawing from a rich tapestry of traditional shamanic practices and modern therapeutic techniques, Cristhian facilitates journeys through the intricate landscapes of the soul, addressing energetic imbalances and uncovering profound insights. He integrates energy clearing, chakra balancing, soul retrieval, crystal healing, and sound therapy to offer a uniquely tailored experience of profound healing and personal empowerment. Cristhian's compassionate and supportive approach creates a sanctuary where individuals can explore their inner selves, release stagnant energies, and embrace their true potential. He is deeply dedicated to helping others rediscover their authentic selves and achieve balance, joy, and fulfillment, ensuring every soul he encounters receives the most effective and transformative healing experience possible. As a dedicated guide and facilitator, Cristhian continuously expands his knowledge, immersing in advanced training and diverse healing traditions. He leads transformative expeditions and pilgrimages to Peru, connecting with places of power and the elder Q'ero shamans, enabling deeper connections to ancestral wisdom and sacred landscapes. http://www.themoderndaymedicineman.com/ For the free gifts talked about in this episode, visit http://jjflizanes.com/shaman   JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist, Creator of the Empowering Minds Network and the host of several podcasts including People's Choice Awards nominee Spirit, Purpose & Energy. As Director of Invisible Fitness Inc, JJ has written 2 previous books Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life and Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core.  Since 2018, JJ has focused all of her attention on the emotional side of wellness with her podcasts, courses and live events. JJ Flizanes works with conscious, spiritual truth seekers who want to remove emotional blocks to success. She helps people identify sabotaging patterns and transmute struggle into joy. Through a series of clarifying exercises, she is able to curate a personalized roadmap to emotional healing.  JJ is passionate about empowering people with the knowledge and awareness of how they can live the life of their dreams. http://jjflizanes.com  

Join us in January virtually at Awaken Your Dream Life! http://jjflizanes.com/dreamlife   Interested in starting or growing a business?  http://jjsinnercirclemastermind.com   Cristhian Cadenas is a transformative shamanic energy healer and Marine Corps veteran, rooted in the profound wisdom of his ancestral lineage from Northern Peru. With a life steeped in celestial revelations and resilient transcendence through hardships, Cristhian embodies a fervent passion for holistic healing and spiritual awakening. Drawing from a rich tapestry of traditional shamanic practices and modern therapeutic techniques, Cristhian facilitates journeys through the intricate landscapes of the soul, addressing energetic imbalances and uncovering profound insights. He integrates energy clearing, chakra balancing, soul retrieval, crystal healing, and sound therapy to offer a uniquely tailored experience of profound healing and personal empowerment. Cristhian's compassionate and supportive approach creates a sanctuary where individuals can explore their inner selves, release stagnant energies, and embrace their true potential. He is deeply dedicated to helping others rediscover their authentic selves and achieve balance, joy, and fulfillment, ensuring every soul he encounters receives the most effective and transformative healing experience possible. As a dedicated guide and facilitator, Cristhian continuously expands his knowledge, immersing in advanced training and diverse healing traditions. He leads transformative expeditions and pilgrimages to Peru, connecting with places of power and the elder Q'ero shamans, enabling deeper connections to ancestral wisdom and sacred landscapes. http://www.themoderndaymedicineman.com/ For the free gifts talked about in this episode, visit http://jjflizanes.com/shaman   JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist, Creator of the Empowering Minds Network and the host of several podcasts including People's Choice Awards nominee Spirit, Purpose & Energy. As Director of Invisible Fitness Inc, JJ has written 2 previous books Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life and Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core.  Since 2018, JJ has focused all of her attention on the emotional side of wellness with her podcasts, courses and live events. JJ Flizanes works with conscious, spiritual truth seekers who want to remove emotional blocks to success. She helps people identify sabotaging patterns and transmute struggle into joy. Through a series of clarifying exercises, she is able to curate a personalized roadmap to emotional healing.  JJ is passionate about empowering people with the knowledge and awareness of how they can live the life of their dreams. http://jjflizanes.com  

Join us in January virtually at Awaken Your Dream Life! http://jjflizanes.com/dreamlife   Interested in starting or growing a business?  http://jjsinnercirclemastermind.com   Cristhian Cadenas is a transformative shamanic energy healer and Marine Corps veteran, rooted in the profound wisdom of his ancestral lineage from Northern Peru. With a life steeped in celestial revelations and resilient transcendence through hardships, Cristhian embodies a fervent passion for holistic healing and spiritual awakening. Drawing from a rich tapestry of traditional shamanic practices and modern therapeutic techniques, Cristhian facilitates journeys through the intricate landscapes of the soul, addressing energetic imbalances and uncovering profound insights. He integrates energy clearing, chakra balancing, soul retrieval, crystal healing, and sound therapy to offer a uniquely tailored experience of profound healing and personal empowerment. Cristhian's compassionate and supportive approach creates a sanctuary where individuals can explore their inner selves, release stagnant energies, and embrace their true potential. He is deeply dedicated to helping others rediscover their authentic selves and achieve balance, joy, and fulfillment, ensuring every soul he encounters receives the most effective and transformative healing experience possible. As a dedicated guide and facilitator, Cristhian continuously expands his knowledge, immersing in advanced training and diverse healing traditions. He leads transformative expeditions and pilgrimages to Peru, connecting with places of power and the elder Q'ero shamans, enabling deeper connections to ancestral wisdom and sacred landscapes. http://www.themoderndaymedicineman.com/ For the free gifts talked about in this episode, visit http://jjflizanes.com/shaman   JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist, Creator of the Empowering Minds Network and the host of several podcasts including People's Choice Awards nominee Spirit, Purpose & Energy. As Director of Invisible Fitness Inc, JJ has written 2 previous books Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life and Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core.  Since 2018, JJ has focused all of her attention on the emotional side of wellness with her podcasts, courses and live events. JJ Flizanes works with conscious, spiritual truth seekers who want to remove emotional blocks to success. She helps people identify sabotaging patterns and transmute struggle into joy. Through a series of clarifying exercises, she is able to curate a personalized roadmap to emotional healing.  JJ is passionate about empowering people with the knowledge and awareness of how they can live the life of their dreams. http://jjflizanes.com  

Join us in January virtually at Awaken Your Dream Life! http://jjflizanes.com/dreamlife   Interested in starting or growing a business?  http://jjsinnercirclemastermind.com   Cristhian Cadenas is a transformative shamanic energy healer and Marine Corps veteran, rooted in the profound wisdom of his ancestral lineage from Northern Peru. With a life steeped in celestial revelations and resilient transcendence through hardships, Cristhian embodies a fervent passion for holistic healing and spiritual awakening. Drawing from a rich tapestry of traditional shamanic practices and modern therapeutic techniques, Cristhian facilitates journeys through the intricate landscapes of the soul, addressing energetic imbalances and uncovering profound insights. He integrates energy clearing, chakra balancing, soul retrieval, crystal healing, and sound therapy to offer a uniquely tailored experience of profound healing and personal empowerment. Cristhian's compassionate and supportive approach creates a sanctuary where individuals can explore their inner selves, release stagnant energies, and embrace their true potential. He is deeply dedicated to helping others rediscover their authentic selves and achieve balance, joy, and fulfillment, ensuring every soul he encounters receives the most effective and transformative healing experience possible. As a dedicated guide and facilitator, Cristhian continuously expands his knowledge, immersing in advanced training and diverse healing traditions. He leads transformative expeditions and pilgrimages to Peru, connecting with places of power and the elder Q'ero shamans, enabling deeper connections to ancestral wisdom and sacred landscapes. http://www.themoderndaymedicineman.com/ For the free gifts talked about in this episode, visit http://jjflizanes.com/shaman   JJ Flizanes is an Empowerment Strategist, Creator of the Empowering Minds Network and the host of several podcasts including People's Choice Awards nominee Spirit, Purpose & Energy. As Director of Invisible Fitness Inc, JJ has written 2 previous books Fit 2 Love: How to Get Physically, Emotionally and Spiritually Fit to Attract the Love of Your Life and Knack Absolute Abs: Routines for a Fit and Firm Core.  Since 2018, JJ has focused all of her attention on the emotional side of wellness with her podcasts, courses and live events. JJ Flizanes works with conscious, spiritual truth seekers who want to remove emotional blocks to success. She helps people identify sabotaging patterns and transmute struggle into joy. Through a series of clarifying exercises, she is able to curate a personalized roadmap to emotional healing.  JJ is passionate about empowering people with the knowledge and awareness of how they can live the life of their dreams. http://jjflizanes.com  

Lucca Mesinas, Olympian, Challenger Series competitor, and the first Peruvian surfer to ever qualify for the men's Championship Tour, joins the podcast. He talks about qualifying for the tour in 2022 and making history for Peru, the experience of his first season on the CT, the challenges, the elite level of surfing, and what he learned most. He discusses his strong start to the Challenger Series season at the Gold Coast, his preparation throughout the summer at home, his increased confidence, and his goals for 2023. He looks back at the highlights from his career so far, starting off in the perfect left pointbreaks of Máncora and Northern Peru, winning the 2019 Pan American Games in El Salvador, and finishing fifth in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Lucca also touches on his motivation to qualify for the 2024 Olympics being held in Tahiti, his heat strategy book, the need for more events in South America, and the top three surf spots on his home continent.   Learn more about Lucca and follow him here. Watch him next at the GWM Sydney Surf Pro pres by Bonsoy live May 17-24 on worldsurfleague.com Visit surfranchpro.com to explore ticket options - and you can use code LINEUP10 at checkout for 10% off all ticket types, exclusively for Lineup listeners.   Join the conversation by following The Lineup podcast with Dave Prodan on Instagram and subscribing to our Youtube channel. Get the latest WSL rankings, news, and event info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This interview features Camila Victoriano, Co-Founder and Head of Partnerships at Sonoro.  We discuss how fan fiction taught her to see nerds as heroes, being in the room when Dirty John was pitched to become a podcast, her crash course to figure out the business of podcasting, becoming a first time founder during COVID, why the Mexico audio market is like the US four years ago, Sonoro's growth to a global entertainment company, and why there are no limits to Latino stories.Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of media, technology, and commerce: sign-up linkLearn more about our market research and executive advisory: RockWater websiteFollow us on LinkedIn: RockWater LinkedInEmail us: tcupod@wearerockwater.comInterview TranscriptThe interview was lightly edited for clarity.Chris Erwin:Hi, I'm Chris Erwin. Welcome to The Come Up, a podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and leaders.Camila Victoriano:So in 2017, we had a meeting with the editor in chief at the time, and he was like, let me sit you guys down and read you this out loud. And it was what would become Dirty John. That's when we realized there's something here that I think could be our first big swing in audio and in podcasting. And we got to talking and at that point we were like, I think we can do something here. And I think there's a story here to be told in audio. When it launched, it took us all by surprise with how well it did. Obviously we knew it was a good story, but I think you never know when something's going to be that much of a hit. Today, it probably has over 80 million downloads.Chris Erwin:This week's episode features Camila Victoriano, co-founder and head of partnerships at Sonoro. So Camila grew up in Miami as a self-described nerd with a passion for books and fan fiction. She then went to Harvard to study English, literature and history, which led to her early career, starting at the LA Times. While there, she became a founding member of their studios division and a “audio champion”. Then in 2020, she went on to co-found Sonoro, a global entertainment company focused on creating premium, culturally relevant content that starts in audio and comes alive in TV, film and beyond.Sonoro collaborates with leading and emerging Latinx storytellers from over a dozen countries to develop original franchises in English, Spanish, and Spanglish. Some highlights of our chat include how fan fiction taught her to see nerds as heroes being in the room when Dirty John was pitched to become a podcast, her crash course to figure out the business of podcasting, becoming a first time founder during COVID, why the Mexico audio market is like the US four years ago and why there are no limits to Latino stories. All right, let's get to it. Camila, thanks for being on the podcast.Camila Victoriano:Yeah. Thank you for having me. Excited to be here.Chris Erwin:For sure. So let's rewind a bit and I think it'd be helpful to hear about where you grew up in Miami and what your household was like. Tell us about that.Camila Victoriano:Yeah. So I grew up in Miami, Florida, very proud and loud Latino community, which I was very lucky to be a part of, in the Coral Gables Pinecrest area for those that know Miami and my household was great. My dad, he worked in shipping with South America. My mom was a stay at home mom. And so really as most kids of immigrants, I had obviously parents I loved and looked up to, but it was very different than folks that maybe have parents that grew up in America and knew the ins and outs of the job market and schools and things like that. But really great household, really always pushing me to be ambitious and to reach for the stars. So I was, yeah, just lucky to have parents always that were super supportive. Questioned a little bit, the English major, that path that I chose to go on, but we're generally really happy and really supportive with everything that I pursued.Chris Erwin:Yeah. And where did your parents immigrate from?Camila Victoriano:My mom is Peruvian and my dad was Chilean.Chris Erwin:I have been to both countries to surf. I was in Lobitos in I think Northern Peru and I was also in Pichilemu in Chile and yeah, just absolutely beautiful countries. Great food, great culture. So do you visit those countries often?Camila Victoriano:I visited Chile once, much to the chagrin of my father, but Peru, I visited so many times and yeah, they both have incredible food, incredible wine. So you can't really go wrong. I did Machu Picchu and Cusco, and that sort of trip with my mom once I graduated college, which is really great just to go back and be a tourist in our country, but they're both beautiful and yeah, I love going back.Chris Erwin:Oh, that's awesome. All right. So growing up in your household, what were some of your early passions and interests? I know yesterday we talked about that you had an early interest in storytelling, but in some more traditional forms dating back to the ‘90s, but yeah. Tell us about that. What were you into?Camila Victoriano:I was always a huge reader. It's funny because my parents read, but not super frequently. My grandparents were big readers, but I always, always gravitated towards books. I remember, like many people of my generation when I was six, I read the first Harry Potter book and that was just mind blowing for me and I think...Chris Erwin:At six years old? Because I think I learned to read at like five.Camila Victoriano:Yeah. I had help with my mom a little bit but I remember we read it together and we would just mark with a crayon every time where we ended on the page. But I remember that book was like, I think when I first really understood how detailed and how enveloping worlds could be. And I think starting from that point, I just went full on into fantasy, YA, all sorts of books. I was just reading obsessively. It also helped that I was a classic nerd in middle school and high school and all throughout childhood, really. So I think for me, books, literature stories were just a way to see the world, see people like me, a lot of times in fantasy books or in sci-fi books in particular, you have the nerds as heroes.And so I think for me, that was a big part of why I gravitated to those genres in particular. But yeah, I just read all the time and then I did light gaming. So I played the Sims, again, similar idea though. You're world building. You're living vicariously through these avatars, but that was really how I spent most of my time, I obviously played outside a little bit too, but I was a big indoor reader always.Chris Erwin:Got it. This is interesting because the last interview I just did was with Adam Reimer, the CEO of Optic Gaming, and we talked a lot, he was born in the late ‘70s. So he was like a 1980s self described internet nerd as he says, before being a nerd was cool. So he was going to web meetups at bowling alleys when he was just a young teenager. Over through line with you because he was in Fort Lauderdale and you grew up in Miami. So two Florida nerds.Camila Victoriano:Yeah. Nerds unite. I love it.Chris Erwin:Nerds unite. You also mentioned that you also got into fan fiction. Were you writing fan fiction? Were you consuming it? Was it a mix of both?Camila Victoriano:A mix of both. So that's really in middle school in particular, how I really bonded with my small group of friends. I remember my best friend and I, we connected, we were on the bus reading a Harry Potter fanfiction on at that point it was fanfiction.net. And that is also again, similarly because in person with people, it was just like, we weren't really connecting that much. And so that community online was huge for me and my friend. We read all the time, people had comments, you had editors that you worked with and we wrote them ourselves too. And I think, looking back in the retrospective for me, that's where I think I first started to realize the potential of world building really in storytelling and in media and entertainment. It's like, it didn't stop with the canon text. You could really expand beyond that.We loved telling stories about Harry Potter's parents and how they would go to Hogwarts, like super in the weeds, deep fandom. I don't know. I think for me that was just a real eye opener too, of like, oh, there's a whole online community. And I don't think at that point I was really thinking business. But I think for me, that's where I started to redirect my focus much more seriously too of, oh, this isn't just like, oh, I like books for fun. There's people all around the world that are incredibly passionate and spending hours upon hours of time, oftentimes after hours of school to just write and to really immerse themselves in these universes. And I remember writing them and reading them, just realizing how badly I wanted to be a part of creating things that caused the same feeling. And so for me, that was huge in that respect too.Chris Erwin:Well, thinking about fanfiction, literally there are now companies and platforms that are worth hundreds of millions of dollars that foster fanfiction, the communities around them. I think of Wattpad where you have film studios and TV studios, and a lot of the streamers that are now optioning IP from these fanfiction communities to make into long form premium content. Pretty incredible to see. So you go to high school and then you end up going to Harvard. I think you end up becoming an English major at Harvard. Was that always the intent from when you were in high school, it's like, yes, I'm going to go and get an English degree? What were you thinking? How did you want to spend your time in college? And then how did that evolve after you went?Camila Victoriano:I was typical good student in high school, right, but I think the older I got, the more I realized, oh no, my passion really lies in my English classes, my history classes. Obviously, I think math, once I got to calculus, I was like, all right, this might not be for me. And then science never really gravitated towards, so for me, it was always very clear that even though I tended to be a generalist in many things, my passion and my heart really was in writing and reading and stories and in history too, in the real world and how they intersected and how they affected each other. And so I remember when I was applying to schools again, my parents were like, are you sure you want to do English?Because for them, it was in Latin America, many of the schools don't have that many practical degrees like that. You pick something a bit more technical. So I remember I would tell them, oh yeah, don't worry. I'm going to do English, but I'm going to minor in economics, which never happened. Once I got there, I was like, absolutely not, but that's what I would tell them because I was like, oh no, I'm going to be an English major, but I'm going to have some business acumen to go with it. And I think at that point when I was going into college and applying to schools, what I wanted to do was go into book publishing. And I really wanted to, I remember I had seen that Sandra Bullock movie, the proposal where she's an editor and I was like, that's what I want to do. And so at that point I was talking to, we have this really awesome local bookstore in Miami called Books and Books.And I went and met with the owner, Mitchell Kaplan had a conversation with him. And I remember I told him I wanted to get into books. I wanted to get into publishing. And he's like, look, you're young, you're getting into college. I run a bookstore, but I would tell you, don't worry so much about the medium, just follow the content where the content's going. And that was a huge eye opener. Even though it seems now obvious to, sitting here saying that, I think for me at that age where I was, so it's easy to get one track mind of like, this is what I want to do, and there's nothing else, to get that advice from someone who was running a place that I loved and went to so frequently growing up.And I think that for me, gave me a bit more flexibility going into college, just saying, okay, let's see where I gravitate towards. I know I want to do something creative. I know I want to still study English, but maybe he's right and I don't have to just stick to publishing. So when I got into Harvard I still, again, focused my classes, really liberal arts, right, like film classes, history classes. But I was a bit more, when I got there, unclear of what that would actually lead to in an exciting way, I think. But that was probably a really great piece of advice that affected how I thought about what would come next after Harvard.Chris Erwin:Yeah. So following that thread, I really love that advice of, don't worry about the medium, just follow the content. Clearly I think that really influenced a later decision that you made about doubling down on audio. But before we get there, in terms of following the content, at Harvard, it seems like you dabbled in a few different things where you did an internship with the LA Times, which is maybe news and journalistic reporting. You're also a staff writer for the Harvard political review. So what did following the content look like for you when you were at school?Camila Victoriano:So Harvard can be a really overwhelming place. My mom had gone to college, my dad hadn't finished. So it was a semi first gen college experience where I was like, whoa, once I got there. It was incredibly, the first semester and a half were really, really overwhelming. And I had to get my bearings a little bit, but I think once I got there I tried to dabble in a lot of things. And I think there was literary magazine, there was the Crimson, which is a classic. And then there was a few other organizations like the Harvard Political Review at the Institute of politics. And so I sat in a few things and it's crazy. For people that don't know, once you get there, you still have to apply to these things.You haven't gotten there and then you're done and you're good to go and everything's set up. There's a pretty rigorous application process for most of these clubs, which makes it overwhelming. And so for me, what I ended up finding a home in, in terms of just the community and the way they welcomed you in when you came into the club was the Harvard Political Review. And as one does in college, you get a bit more political, you get a bit more aware of what's going on around you, world politics. And so I think I was in that head space already and wanted to flex a little bit of my writing skills outside of class. And so there I was able to really pitch anything. So I would pitch, I remember like culture pieces about the politics of hipsters, of all things, and then would later do a piece on rhinos that are going extinct.So it was really varied and it allowed me to be free with the things I wanted to write about and explore outside of class and in a super non-judgmental space that was like, yeah, pursue it. And we had all these professors that we had access to, to interview and to talk about these things. So it was just a great place to flex the muscles. But I think mainly my focus in college was building relationships with my friends, if I'm totally honest. I think as someone that's super ambitious and super driven, I was very particular and followed step by step exactly what I needed to do in high school to get into the school I wanted to get to. And then once I was there, I was like, let me enjoy this for a second. Let me meet people and have fun and intermurals and just...Chris Erwin:Wander a bit.Camila Victoriano:Wander a bit, 100%. And I think especially freshman year and sophomore year was very much like let me just wander, take random classes. I took a computer science class, which was a horrible mistake, but just giving myself the opportunity to make mistakes. And I think then by junior, senior year is when I realized, okay, no, I still like this path that I'm going on. I like the storytelling. I like literature. I like writing. Maybe I'm leaning a bit more political. Again, that's why I applied junior year for the LA Times internship because was that through line of, I still want to be in storytelling. I still want to be in media, but now in this college experience and getting into young adulthood, I'm becoming much more aware of the political and socioeconomical world around me. Let me go into media, that's maybe pushing that forward a little bit and a bit more public service.Chris Erwin:Clearly it was a positive experience because I believe that after graduation, you decided to commit to the LA Times full time.Camila Victoriano:Yes.Chris Erwin:And just to go back on a couple of points you noted just about wandering. I think, when I review resumes for people that are applying to my firm, RockWater, my first internship was right before my senior year of college. The summer before senior year. I now look at resumes where people start doing internships literally in high school, and they have six years of working experience before they graduate. It's super impressive. My little brother took a gap year before Harvard and I think that wandering around and figuring out what he likes, what he doesn't like is really valuable. And I always tell people, like my own professional career, I did some things early on that I didn't love, but I learned a lot and it helped shape to where I want to point myself later on. So I think that's really good advice for the listeners here.Camila Victoriano:Absolutely.Chris Erwin:I'm curious, so was there any kind of gap period, or did you just get to work at the LA Times right after you graduated?Camila Victoriano:I went straight into it. I took the summer after college to travel a bit. That's when I went to Cusco with my mom, I went to Columbia. So I went a little bit around Latin America, but other than that, that fall went straight into it. But I think to your point, and again, taking a step back a little bit like freshman summer, I went to study abroad in Paris for the summer. So just again, I had traveled outside the country maybe once or twice, but not a lot. And so for me, that was a really, I was like, let me utilize some of these resources that I have. And so it was, again, that wandering and then the sophomore summer I worked at a literary magazine. So again, going more deep into literature. So I did dabble in a couple things here and there before fully committing, but after graduating pretty much went straight into work.Chris Erwin:And so you get there and are you, again, working in the publisher's office?Camila Victoriano:Working more broadly, for the “business side” of the company, right. So I'm working on business development really broadly. What that started as was how do you diversify revenue streams? How do you develop new projects from the journalism? Basically, what are new ways to make money in a digital space? We pursued projects at this time, and I actually got to see through to fruition because I was there full time, an event series within what was called the festival of books. We developed a new zone focused on digital storytelling. So we brought on VR companies, audio storytelling companies, just thinking about how to expand what the company was putting forward as storytelling, which was cool to me.And also an interesting dynamic for me as someone that loved books to be like, let me throw VR into the mix and into the book festival, but it was really fulfilling, and after pursuing a few different things, developing a couple of platform pitches internally, what really stuck with our team and with me was in 2017, a year into that job, audio as a real business opportunity for the newsroom and for the media company. So in 2017, we had a meeting with the editor in chief at the time and he brought us this story and he was like, let me sit you guys down and read this aloud to you. It was very cinematic, but it was what would become Dirty John.Chris Erwin:The editor in chief read this story out loud to your team?Camila Victoriano:Yes. So just literally, it was a team of me and my boss and that was it. And he was like, let me sit you guys down and read you this out loud. And it was what then Christopher Goffard had the journalist had written as what was going to just be maybe a series online for the paper. And I think that's when we realized like, oh wait, there's something here that I think could be our first big swing in audio and in podcasting. And we got to talking and at that point, Wondery had just gotten started to another podcast company that obviously now sold to Amazon music. And so we met with [Hernan 00:17:57] and the early team there and we were like, I think we can do something here. And I think there's a story here to be told in audio.And so again, a year out of college, I'm there helping put together the production team that would create this massive story or what would become a massive story, we didn't know at the time. And what I was able to do was basically help primarily the launch strategy and help the marketing teams and the sales teams put together what's this actually going to look like when we got this out, there was the first time we had done anything like that. And so it was a pretty wild experience. And then of course when it launched, it took us all by surprise with how well it did. Obviously we knew it was a good story, but I think you never know when something's going to be that much of a hit. And I think today it probably has over 80 million downloads and it's been adapted both scripted and unscripted on Bravo and oxygen and had a season two ordered on Bravo.So it was a crazy experience. And I think for me, it was just like the ding ding ding of, oh, hey, remember what Mitchell told you in high school? Which was, follow the content, not necessarily the medium. And for me I had never really explored audio at that time. My parents were not people that listened to public radio in the car. That was not something I grew up with or that environment. So that was really my first entry point into audio and into podcasting. And as I started to dig into it more, I remember I was such a late listener to Serial and to S town. And I was like, oh my God, this is unreal and something that I've never heard of. I've never heard anything like this before. I probably never read anything like this before. And so I remember I asked my boss at the time, I was like, can I do this full time? I was like, can I just work on building out this audio division and this team? And I think at that point, luckily because Dirty John had been such a huge success, everyone was like, yeah, this is worth doing in a more serious way.Chris Erwin:Before we expand on that, this is a pretty incredible story. So you are in the room as your editor in chief is reading you the Dirty John story. So just remind me, with Dirty John, it was initially just a story. It wasn't like, oh, hey, we created this because we want to make this into an audio series or anything else. It was just, hey, Camila, you're looking at different ways to diversify revenue for the company, looking at different mediums for our content. Here seems to be a pretty incredible story. And was your editor in chief recommending that you make it into a podcast or is that something that came up in the room in real time?Camila Victoriano:No, I think he had already been thinking of it and that's to his credit. Right. And he was like, I think this might be it. And how do we get this done? And then I think Chris Goffard in particular is a great journalist. And he writes these amazing, more feature length pieces. And so his style of storytelling really lended itself to that as opposed to a breaking news reporter. And so he had already thought when he got the piece, this might be a good podcast or it might be our good first podcast. And I think he brought us in because we were the R&D crew of two that existed in the organization to really help make it happen. And so again, once we connected with the Wondery team and put the LA Times team together, it was a match made in heaven, I think. And it worked really, really well.Chris Erwin:It seems like you went right to Hernan and the Wondery team, were you like, hey, we should talk to some of the other audio and radio companies that are out there, or did you just go straight to Wondery?Camila Victoriano:We just went straight to them. And to be honest, I think that was something else our editors suggested. And I think to be honest, it did end up working really well because I think, we were coming from a very journalistic perspective and that's where I started to learn a bit more of the different ways to tell stories in audio, right. Start very character driven, really narrative as if you're making a movie. And so I think that it was a great match honestly, and I don't think we may have maybe looked at other things here and there, but it felt like a good fit right off the bat.Chris Erwin:You said you were working on the marketing strategy and the launch, right, of the series. Do you think there was any special things that you guys did? Obviously it's incredible story and it really resonated with audiences at scale, but were there any initial marketing tactics or buzz that really helped tip that into the mainstream?Camila Victoriano:I think what we decided to do, which was perhaps different than how some podcasts had been marketed before, because till then it had really been public radio driven, was I forget who said this, but it was basically like let's market this as if it was a movie or what would we do if we were launching a film? And so we really went all out in splashing our newspaper with these beautiful full page spreads. We were the LA paper, and so we had all this FYC, for your consideration advertising that would, you'd see those spreads for movies all the time. And so we were like, why don't we just make one of our own? And so it was a full team effort with the designers, the marketing team, me and my boss at the time and just putting together this plan where we really went all out.And I think that definitely caught the attention of our subscribers, which obviously were the first touch point to this story. And we did similar things online where we had, what's called a homepage takeover where basically everywhere you look online, you're seeing advertisements for Dirty John for this story. And so we had newsletters and I think a lot of that 360 approach to promoting it online, in print, although that's not as common, but on social newsletters and really just hitting all the touch points is something that definitely I have taken with me in my career. And I think is also just becoming much more common across podcasting as we launch and others launch more narrative nonfiction, fiction series, that sort of thing where they're becoming really entertainment franchises beyond just a really great maybe non-fiction or reported story. But I think absolutely the way we thought about marketing it helped to change the way that our subscribers and then the listeners that came in through more word of mouth, saw the show and understood it for, oh no, this is entertainment. It's journalism driven, but it's entertainment.Chris Erwin:It's a really good note because an increasing challenge for any content creators or content market is how do you stand out through the noise? There is more content across more mediums today than ever before. And so how do you really cut through the noise, drive mass awareness, but also be focused and really go after a niche community as well? It's not an easy formula. Sorry. I wanted to go a little bit back in time, but that was really helpful context. But then to the point where you said, okay, you're talking to your boss, your leadership. And you're like, I think there's something really big here in audio. I want to focus my efforts here full time. I also think this is interesting Camila, because when we were talking yesterday, you said that you took an atypical path in some ways where you followed the content, you followed your passions.It wasn't like, I'm going to go to school. And then I'm also going to get a dual computer science degree or economics or some quantitative math. And then I'm going to go do two years at McKinsey or an investment bank. And I think you following your heart it then puts you into these serendipitous moments, like being in the room when your editor in chief comes with Dirty John, and then you're like, hey, I've been working on these passion projects. I think there's something to do here in audio, let's go forth together. And then you just happen to be in the room at these incredible moments and then you're raising your hand for where your heart is telling you to go. And it's obviously put you on an incredible path, which we're going to talk more about. That's something that I'm just taking away here from hearing your story.Camila Victoriano:Thanks. That's a great way to put it. It's following my gut a little bit, and I think it just goes back to again, how I was raised and I think my parents were always, there's this funny saying in Spanish, [foreign language 00:25:29], which is like, if you don't cry, you don't get fed, basically. And so I took that to heart and like, yeah, I have a passion. And I think that part of me, the inclination is like, oh, if I work really hard, it'll get noticed. But sometimes it is like, no, you have to really actively say it out loud. And I think sometimes for people that are younger, like I was the youngest by like 10 years in a lot of the spaces I've been in, it's hard sometimes to do that and to raise your hand and say, I want this. But I think when I really felt that I did it and I think it's something I've just been working on in general.Chris Erwin:So you raise your hand and you say that you want to focus on what you perceive as a big audio opportunity for the LA Times. What does that look like for next steps?Camila Victoriano:Really, what that meant was I was the only person working full time on the business side, on this project, which was daunting, but also great because I got to have different touchpoints with all the teams. And so for me, it really became, how do I build essentially a mini startup within this legacy organization and how do we make something that moves quickly and can be nimble and can be experimental in an organization that, as I said earlier is nearly 140 years old at this point? So it was really exciting and really daunting. And so what I did first and foremost was figure out a good cadence to meet with my colleagues in the newsroom. And what it allowed me to do was really focus on offering them insight into the content that was really working well in the space that perhaps is maybe a bit more data driven, I would say.I was really looking at what was working well and also working with our data and product teams to see what were the types of stories that listeners or in our case, readers were gravitating towards and offering that insight to the journalist and to the editors and really working hand in hand with them to figure out based on that, what were they excited about turning into audio or what were they excited about putting resources behind? And so I was focusing a lot on content strategy in the very beginning of how do we follow up this phenomenon, which was also, I think for everyone, you have this huge hit, you want the sequel to be just as good.Chris Erwin:And to be clear. So the data that you're looking at is both in terms of the content that the LA Times is putting out. Like your articles, I'm not sure if you were also doing video as well, looking at who's consuming that, how often are they consuming it, is that type of content performing well relative to other content? In addition, looking at metrics for just podcasting overall, what genres are performing well, what do the formats look like? Is it short form or long form audio? So you are taking that for your own understanding and then educating a lot of the writers and the journalists in the newsroom. Because then when you put that information together, better ideas can start to germinate within your business. Is that right?Camila Victoriano:Absolutely. Yeah. And then what they would be able to offer me was insight sometimes into maybe investigations they were conducting, or they would be able to tell me, yeah, that is a great story, but maybe the sources aren't going to speak on audio. So it was a really wonderful collaboration between the business side and the newsroom in a way that was really organic and really respected the work that they were doing, but also offered them a bit of insight into, hey, we're exploring this new thing together. Here's how we might do it in the best way. And so I was doing a lot of that in a lot of that more high level content strategy, basically to guide the editors into figuring out what might come next. And then also just doing everything else, basically that the journalists weren't doing, right, or that they couldn't do because they were busy reporting amazing stories, which was building on an actual business model for what this might look like, which was difficult, because it was very early days and our sales team had never sold a podcast before.They had sold digital, had sold print, had sold events. And also marketing is like, how do we replicate what we did with Dirty John in a way that was sustainable and in a way that, how do we replicate that by tracking what actually worked well from that experience? Right? Because we could always splash all of our pages and flash all of our online presence with images and with links to the show, but figuring out how to basically make a report of what actually worked to drive listeners. And so it was a lot of in the very beginning, trying to digest and figure out what are the things that we could replicate and what is the “formula” that worked in Dirty John and others. Some of the stuff is hard to quantify and you can't measure, but trying to measure as much as I could to be able to build out a plan for, okay, we think we can make this many more shows and they have to hit these particular metrics. And I was doing a little bit of everything. Literally, like I said, my sales team or the sales team at the LA Times, they had never sold podcasts before. So I was literally calling podcast agencies and selling ads.Chris Erwin:You were selling ads yourself?Camila Victoriano:Yeah, I was. I remember I called ad results. We were doing a show about Bill Cosby, which is not an easy subject to pitch to sales, but I was getting on the phone, calling people and selling ads into the show. So it was really scrappy.Chris Erwin:Yeah. So essentially a one person team where you're creating the vision and the business plan and then also executing against it as well. That's a lot. Did you have a mandate from your leadership, which is like, hey Camila, we believe in your vision here, but we want within one year we expect like X amount of revenue or within three months. Come with a clear business plan and how much capital you need to grow it and then we're going to green light it. What were the expectations from your boss?Camila Victoriano:Yeah. It wasn't anything that specific to be honest, I think mainly the main mandate very broadly was like, Hey, this needs to make money after a certain point. Right. And it can't go on for so long of just, because a lot of people while making podcasts is cheaper than making a pilot, it's also very resource intensive. So while maybe it's not a lot of cash out the door, it's a lot of time from a lot of people to make something that is high touch investigative, like a year of reporting sometimes. And so I was asking a lot of the newsroom and the journalists. And so I had to work with our finance team at the time to build out a model that basically showed at least break even for year one and then started to make some profit after that or some revenue.And so it wasn't as super strict thing, but I think obviously they wanted it to be revenue generating and relied on me and my counterparts on finance department to put that model together. And again, I was an English major. I had never made a spreadsheet. I had never made a model V lookup, it was very new to me. All of that was the first time I was doing any of that. So for me, those next three years or so were an incredible crash course into all of the practical skills that perhaps I hadn't learned in the English major was those were all learned in that time period of building a business model, putting together business plans, content strategy, and then executing marketing plans and sales plans at the same time.Chris Erwin:So I have to ask, clearly your love and your passion is for storytelling, right? So now you're figuring out the business plan for how can you actually create a new sustainable business that's going to tell stories in a different way on new mediums. Did you enjoy doing some of that business work or was it more of like, eh, I don't mind doing it because it allows me to execute towards this primary goal or were you starting to see like, oh, I actually like using both sides of my brain, operating on both sides of the house. What did that feel like for you?Camila Victoriano:I think it was definitely the latter. I think I never expected to “business” as I had always thought of it. Right. I think there were certain things that I could really do without, I did not love sales calling and pitching. I was like, I could do without ever doing this again. But I think for me, what I realized during that time period and working with the folks on the finance team, our COO, our sales, I was like, these guys are all really creative and actually figuring out how this is going to work and how this is going to be sustainable is actually weirdly fun and interesting and challenges my brain. And it's funny to put it that way, but again, as an English major, as someone that didn't grow up with parents or in a community where people were doing really traditional jobs or working as high powered business executives, I had never been in that space.And so I think for me, the brainstorming of what are we going to do, what types of shows are we going to make? How is it going to make money? How are we going to make stuff that's meaningful and powerful and makes a difference, but also not go broke? That was actually really fun for me and really creative in a weird way. Business can be creative. And at the same time, I got a lot of joy from just sitting in newsroom meetings and hearing their stories that they wanted to tell and working with, call them creatives, but the journalists really.And I think that's when I realized, oh, I can be in this space. I can be in this creative space as a facilitator of all these people that maybe have the boots on the ground, making the stories. And I actually really enjoy the operational part weirdly. And I think my brain does like being in both sides where I can brainstorm stories and I can be a part of green light meetings and I can have my opinion based on obviously personal taste, but also what I understand about the market and at the same time, really enjoy putting spreadsheets together, which sounds so lame, but it was fun.Chris Erwin:Hey listeners, this is Chris Erwin, your host of The Come Up. I have a quick ask for you. If you dig what we're putting down, if you like the show, if you like our guest, it would really mean a lot if you can give us a rating wherever you listen to our show. It helps other people discover our work. And it also really supports what we do here. All right, that's it, everybody. Let's get back to the interview.I think you're hitting on a couple notes, which are important. So just one, I think I can just sense from our listeners, some tears of joy, we are calling finance professionals and the FP&A teams at these media businesses that they have creative aspects to their work. I think they really appreciate that, but I think it is true. And I think, look, I've seen this because I started after my banking career, I was very early in the YouTube MCN, digital video days. And there's all these incredible visions of how to build these new modern media businesses, but the actual business fundamentals of how do we make money? How do we have sustainable profit where we can keep doing this year over year? I feel like a lot of those big questions were not addressed. Now that's fundamentally changed 10 years later, but I think people with your mindset is there's a chance to bring great content to these new audiences that want to consume content in different ways.But we got to find a way where there's business sense here, right, where there's going to be money pouring in from partnerships and from brands or from investors or from the fans themselves. And that allows you to keep building, to keep iterating, to create something beautiful and great and different. So clearly you have a really sharp mind for this. This is a good transition to talk about how you ended up going over to Sonoro and meeting Josh and being a co-founder of that business. To tie a bow in your LA Times experience, where did you essentially eventually take the business before you decided to do something else?Camila Victoriano:By 2019 or so, we had launched about eight or nine different shows. They were true crime limited series, but also what was important to us was to have some more recurring community driven projects. We did a really wonderful show called Asian Enough with two of our reporters, Jen Yamato and Frank Shyong. And it was just about what it means to be Asian enough and how that question is something that they asked themselves a lot and other people in the community asked themselves a lot. And I think that's an in general question that I, as a Latina can relate to. So there was a lot of also really, I don't want to say public service, but really community driven projects as well that I was really proud of. And then also of course, we had Chasing Cosby men in the window, Detective Trap, all these really awesome, true crime series that were our bread and butter by the end.And luckily all of them did really well. They all would hit the top of their charts. A couple of them I believe are in development for TV. And I was just really excited to see more than anything too, that the process of brainstorming those ideas and of bringing them to life was so much smoother by the end. Our sales team was total pro that's selling podcasts by the end. Now they still have a podcast salesperson. I think what I was most proud of from year one to year three basically, was that it wasn't anymore a struggle to push these things through, it was very much LA Times studios as we called it was really embedded in the organization and podcasts were a real serious part of the business of the LA Times and still are.And we got to make some amazing shows. All of them had advertisers when they launched, which was again for us a huge success metric. We were able to sell things before they even came out because advertisers trusted us to make it successful. And I think that was a huge success point for me having been on those calls in the beginning. I feel like that's a little bit why too, again, making this jump into Sonoro, why after that point I felt good about leaving because I was like, I feel really great about what I've built and what I've helped set up here. And I feel okay that I can step away now.Chris Erwin:Okay. And so were you planning on transitioning out or did this opportunity to work with Sonoro come up and you're like, hey, this is hard to turn down?Camila Victoriano:It was a little bit of both in my head. I was itching for something bigger, a bigger challenge, how I mentioned LA Times studios was really this mini mini startup within a legacy organization. I had gotten the itch of building something from the ground up and feeling really excited about that. And so I think at that point, I had been at the LA Times total, including my internship probably for close to five years. And so it had been a really solid run. And I think I was ready to look for my next challenge and as I was in that head space, just so happens, got introduced to Josh through our mutual friend, Adam Sachs. And when I met him, I think our energies, just to jump right into it, but our energies really, really matched well. We met over zoom a couple times.Chris Erwin:And when was this Camila?Camila Victoriano:This was in early, early, early 2020. So gearing up for what was to come unbeknownst to me.Chris Erwin:It was right before COVID.Camila Victoriano:Yeah. Yeah. And so we had met a couple times and I'm a real detail oriented person. And I think what was exciting to me about working with someone like Josh was he came in and had a really inspirational vision for what he wanted to achieve. And I got very excited and felt very aligned with that vision and what I had been thinking about recently over the last few years, just being in the audio space and in media.And I thought, might as well go for it. I felt like it was the right time for me to do something from scratch, to take honestly a risk. And what seemed like a risk at the time, because I had been working in a very sort of traditional company that probably wasn't going anywhere. And in general, I think in my life had been pretty risk averse. I think I had just done everything the way I was supposed to do it. Right. And so I think that for me this was, okay, I'm going to take a risk. I feel like I've gained a lot of confidence over the last five years and a lot of skill sets and I'm ready for the challenge. So, yeah, chose to jump in it with him.Chris Erwin:Camila, what's the quick elevator pitch or overview of Sonoro?Camila Victoriano:So, Sonoro is a global entertainment company that creates audio content with the goal of developing it into TV, film, books, other audio derivatives, and our community focus is 500 million global Spanish speakers and US Latinos. So our entire shows are made by Latinos and our entire team is a hundred percent bilingual and bicultural.Chris Erwin:In terms of being inspired by the vision, were there things from the outset where you're like, hey, Josh, I love this idea, but here's what I would do a bit differently? Was there any of that in the beginning?Camila Victoriano:What I was able to offer was the experience being in the industry. Right. And so I think my eagerness really came from wanting to try shows that were outside the podcast norm "a little bit". We had done a lot of true crime at the LA Times, but I was really excited to try stuff that would resonate. For Sonoro, it's really our core consumer are the 500 million global Spanish speakers and the US Latinos. Again, I came from Miami. I'm a Latina. What was exciting to me in general about creating stories that were empowering Latino creators was let's not set a boundary about what the narrative that they have to tell is. Let's let them tell sci-fi stories, fantasy stories, horror, thrillers, that maybe don't have anything to do with being Latino, but are just feature Latino characters in it like they would any other sci-fi.And so I think for me, what was really exciting was pushing those boundaries a little bit and leaving that creative flexibility to the creators and trusting them and their experiences, knowing that if we really relied on the specifics of their experience and their story, inherently, that would have a universal impact. What we Josh and I talked a lot about in the beginning was the success of shows like Money Heist, and those that hadn't come out yet reaffirmed our point later in the year, like Squid Game and Lupin, that more and more people were consuming global content.That was, if you're a French person watching Lupin, there's probably so many inside jokes that I totally missed, but I still really enjoyed it. But they're going to enjoy it even more because it's culturally specific to them. And so I think that's what a little bit what I was really trying to push forward in the early shows that we made and still today of we can be really culturally specific, so that if we're making a show set in Mexico, Mexicans, they're like, oh yeah, this is really made for me, and I get this, and this sounds like where I'm from and who I am. But someone that is listening in the Bronx can still really enjoy it and have a sense of cultural community with the story, but it's more universal in that sense.Chris Erwin:Got it. Very well said. So, you align on visions with Josh, but you also have your distinct point of view. And then is it like, hey, within one to two months of meeting, you joined the Sonoro, and you helped co-found the company and build it to what it is today, or was there a longer [courting 00:43:24] period?Camila Victoriano:I think we literally talked on Zoom twice.Chris Erwin:And then it was like, all right, Camila's on board.Camila Victoriano:Yeah. I don't know. We just, we really got along really well and we clicked really easily. And I was like, I think this can work. I think we have a good rapport. We always joke, we're both Capricorns, so I think that that helps.Chris Erwin:What are the attributes of a Capricorn?Camila Victoriano:Very driven, very type A, very low BS. So I was like, okay, I think we can understand each other. So I don't know. It just felt right. It felt like everything was aligning. I was getting that edge to go and build something and start with... In general, I was just saying, I want to start with a really young team. That's what I wanted to do. That's as far as I had gotten in my head space about it, and then to get this connection from Adam, literally as that was happening, it just felt way too serendipitous to pass up.And also then to have honestly such an immediate connection with Josh of like, oh, okay, I think we can work well together, and I think we understand each other and how we like to do things and how we like to work, that still to this day nearly three years in is true. I think it checks so many boxes that I was like, I just have to, again, it was the first big risk I've taken, honestly; career wise or school wise, if I'm looking that far back. But it felt right, and it felt like the right time to do it. So I just went for it.Chris Erwin:Well, so it's funny that you say all this. I've known Josh for a few years now. And in terms of how you describe him of like he's very ambitious, very driven, very direct, no BS. Camila Victoriano:Yeah.Chris Erwin:And as I'm getting to know you, I get that sense as well. And literally just, I think we spoke for the first time yesterday, but I'm also seeing just how complimentary the both of you are in working together. So I think that explains a lot of the recent success that we've seen with Sonoro over the past few years, not surprised. After a couple Zoom meetings, you guys partner up and then what do you first start working on?Camila Victoriano:So the first year that we really started, and we really formally kicked things off, kid you not, March 2020. So it was weird timing. But really what we were first trying to do is test out if we could actually make things that people loved. That is all we cared about. We were like, can we make shows that people love, that people binge into the deeps in the middle of the night? And can we do it well? And can we do it at a high quality? Because I think that was important to both of us is in general when you're seeing, especially in Latin America and the US, content for Latinos, like traditional telenovelas, the production value just isn't there. And so that was really important to us. And so the first year we launched a lot of traditional bread and butter podcast, chat shows that really quickly climbed up the charts.Personal interviews, comedy, wellness, your traditional categories in Mexico specifically, and started to build out our network there really quickly, because I think a lot of the creators that were more independent there saw us as a reliable resource to help them grow their shows and to really be; for us, it was like, we want to be the partner of choice for any creator podcast or media company, executive director that wants to work and make really great content that just so happens to be created by Latinos.And so that along with let's make stuff people love were our two big mandates in the beginning, and it worked really well. Our first original scripted series launch that we did was a show called Crónicas Obscuras. It was a horror franchise that we launched in October. And that came off of a similar premise, which was Latinos over index and horror. We love horror movies, horror shows, anything. But most of the horror shows or movies that do really well are either based on European legends and European horror stories or feature zero to no Latino characters that, and if they're there, do they make it towards the end? Maybe not. And so-Chris Erwin:They get killed off early.Camila Victoriano:Yeah, definitely not the final character left. So for us, it was like, this is one genre that we know already has a huge gap in terms of how Latinos consume it and how it's being made. And so we said, this is going to be our franchise where we're going to tell Latin American legends, set in Latin America with Latin American characters. And so our first season of Crónicas was about these things called Los Nahuales, which are basically werewolves, but they also turn into other characters like snakes and things like that. And the show, we did it super high production value. We recorded with this thing called binaural audio where you literally have a mic that looks like a head and people can walk around it. And so if you're wearing headphones, the show, you can feel things coming up from behind you, but it's just because of the way that we recorded it with this special mic.And we had the voice actor who's done Homer Simpson in Mexico for 20 years. That was our big celebrity for that season star in the show. And the show ricochet up to number one podcast in general in Mexico. And it did really, really well. And that was our first success of this is an original show that Sonoro produced fully in-house, wrote, direct, production, casting, marketing. And we were able to launch it and people really, really loved it. Next few months after that, we launched a few similar series. The big one, of course, is a show called Toxicomanía, which launched in April of '21, which was, again, similarly mission driven, but always entertaining. It was based on a true story. A Mexican doctor in the 1940s that convinced the president of Mexico to legalize all drugs for six months, which no one knows happened.For six months in Mexico, all drugs were legal and you could get them in government mandated dispensaries. And it was this doctor's way of saying, hey, this is how we build a progressive society. This was an obvious one. Again, it's like the combination of our mission, which is, this is a story about Latinos, in particular Mexicans and drugs that you haven't seen before because when you think Mexico or drugs in media, you think Narcos, but this was actually something very different. But then what we did is we turned it into a really entertaining dramatic thriller. We were inspired by movies like The Big Short and things like that, where it was like it was teaching you something about history, but in a way that was really, really entertaining.And then we partnered with the actor, Luis Gerardo Mendez, who's an amazing Mexican star and really starting to come into his own in the US to executive produce and star in the project. And that show did insanely well. We launched it on 4/20. So again, it was the combination of mission, entertainment, production value, the right partner, and also a really strategic marketing launch of this is obviously a story that people are going to love and it's about drugs, so we're going to launch it on 4/20. And it did really, really well. It was number one in Mexico across Latin America. Number two in the United States in fiction, even though it was only in Spanish.And now we just announced earlier this year that it's going to be developed into a film at Paramount+. And so that to me is a perfect case study of what we really tried to do that first year is let's partner with the best creators. Let's make the best content and see if people love it. And I think we proved that to ourselves that first year, year and a half.Chris Erwin:When you entered the, call, the Mexican creator and audio landscape, was it competitive? Were there a lot of other production companies that were either Latin America based, Mexico based, or from the US that were trying to operate in that market? And two, follow up question, was there a sense of with the creators that were there, did a lot of them want to create in audio and to expand their creator ambitions, or was it something like, oh, we didn't even know that we can do this, but then after talking with you Camilla and your team, they're like, oh yeah, typically, I just create a bunch of videos on YouTube or whatever else, but I'd love to do something in a more scripted or [premium 00:50:55] or narrative form in podcasting. Let's figure out what that looks like together?Camila Victoriano:Yeah. I think in terms of the landscape, there were very few to none established. There were a lot of independent creators. So we actually are head of production; Andrés Vargas. He is this great heart of the Mexican podcast creator network. He was really a first mover there for sure. And I think we worked together really to bring on a lot of these early chat show podcasts into our network to kickstart that, but there wasn't a lot of established companies there. There weren't any. And so for us really, it was a mainly an education challenge, not so much the creators. I think there were, like I said, independent comedians or wellness experts that had already started to realize, oh, this podcasting thing is makes a lot of sense for me to expand into. And we focused on working with them, but really more so for the talent.So for our scripted projects is explaining that, hey, you don't have to have hair and makeup. You can just go into the studio for literally four hours and you make a whole series. And I think for us, that was how, especially when we were early on unknown, reaching out to these huge stars like Luis, being able to pitch it as this is still a really... And this is what I love about audio, right? Is like it's still, even though it's been around for a good chunk of time and you could argue all the way back to radio dramas and radio plays, it still feels like such a creative and experimental space. And I think that's what got a lot of the talent in particular that we were speaking to for our scripted projects excited, that they could try something different. This wasn't your traditional production, where you had to go in with a 5:00 AM call time.It was very much, especially in early COVID days. It's like you could do it from your house. We'll send you a kit. No worries. We'll do it over Zoom. But it was a lot of education really for them, for their managers, but people were excited. I think they thought this is a chance for me to play and for me to have fun and for me to do something different and which made the whole experience, especially of those early recordings, just really special.Chris Erwin:So going back to a point that we talked about with your experience at the LA Times, it was follow the content, but then figure out the business model. How do we make this sustainable? So what did that look like for you working with Josh and the team of like, okay, we found this incredible creator community. We have these shows that are becoming number one in their local markets and they're crossing international borders into the US and more. But how do we actually generate sustainable revenue for this? And what are the right revenue streams beyond what everyone just talks about for podcast ad sales, et cetera? So what was some of the initial work? What did that look like for you guys? And where does that look like going forward as you think about the medium and monetization differently?Camila Victoriano:Yeah, absolutely. I think in Mexico, in particular, again, it was all about education, education, education. And I think for us, since we focused that first year really on just launching great shows and making sure that they were hits, then our counterparts in Mexico were able to go to brands and say, hey, look, we already know this works and explain a little bit the medium and how to interact with consumers and how to write an audio ad. So it's still early days in that market, but we've been able to work with really amazing brands like McDonald's, like Netflix. A lot of CPG brands in particular are really excited about this space. And so I think we're really, the more we talk to brands every month, it gets easier. And I think where the podcast market in the US was maybe four years ago is where they're at right now.And I think we're reaching those innovators in the brand space that are excited to try something new and it's working really well for them. And we're getting a lot of people that come back, come back again because the audience for podcasting is the traditional ones that you see here in the US. They are younger, they have more disposable income typically. And so I think a lot of the brands are really excited about that. And then the US, of course, it's a totally different game. You have your direct response advertisers, which are the bread and butter of podcast advertising, but what we're really excited about is bigger brand presenting sponsorships, especially in our fiction series. That is where we're really looking to double down on in this year. For example, we had a show called Princess of South Beach, which was a 36 episode telenovela in English and in Spanish, and [Lincoln 00:55:02] came on as a presenting sponsor. And we produced this really incredible integrated piece into the content itself.So it was a funny telenovela set in Miami, and we created a chat show or a TV show basically like an Enews called Tea with Tatianna, where she was talking to people around the family that the show was about while integrating Lincoln in a really seamless way. So for us, it's always about thinking a few steps ahead of what's the market going to look like in a year or two, and how can we get ahead of that? And how can we be really, really creative about the way that we integrate brands, so that it doesn't disrupt the content; number one, but also it gives them better value and it gives them much more seamless integration with the content that we already know listeners are loving. And so that's really what we're focused on in the US in particular is those bigger integrations into, in particular, our scripted content.Chris Erwin:Camila, as a young rising leader, where you raised your hand and essentially got to be at the helm of what is the new LA Times studio division, where you're helping to tell stories in different ways. And now you're a co-founder at Sonoro. Looking back on your young career, what are some of your leadership learnings to date, upon reflecting of you as a leader earlier on, maybe a few years back to the leader you are today? What have you learned and what do you want to keep working on?Camila Victoriano:The main thing I've learned has probably been more about human interaction, how you work with people and how you build a team. I think at the LA Times in particular, newsrooms are tough, because it's the business side traditionally and over the years has never... hasn't always been super friendly. And so what I learned really well there and also building a team over Zoom these last few years is communication is critical. And over communicating and making sure everyone knows what they're supposed to be doing, why, and just offering up the opportunity to answer questions and to be there as a leader that listens to people and to listens to maybe questions they have about work, about their life. I think for me, that's always really important and something that I've valued from mentors in my life of they're there to listen and they're not going to... I was a very precocious early career person.I was always like, why is this happening, or what's going on? And I wanted to know as much as possible. And so communication, I think, is something that I always valued as a younger employee or as an early career. And so that's always what I'm trying to communicate or to convey to our employees now and to back then the newsroom is like, I want to be someone that they have a lot of FaceTime with and that communicates a lot with them about strategy and about what we're doing, what we're doing and gets them really excited.Chris Erwin:I like that. I run a lean team, but I realize, I can never overcommunicate. So things that I just assume that the team knows, the reality is that they don't. These things are in my head. And so every day it's important to just remind the team, what is our mission? What are we focused on? What were wins from yesterday? What are learnings and what are we maybe changing? That is literally a daily conversation. And I would much rather over-communicate than under-communicate. So I think that's very well said. Another point here is you now have investors. Yo

IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™... … you'll learn about shamanism, “spiritual minimalism” and how traditional healing arts connect so profoundly to the natural world. This conversation also explores distinct themes of consciousness, the soul, and deep respect for plant medicine and Ayahuasca ceremony. The guest, Shaman Jorge Hachumak, is a Peruvian of Spanish descent who's made a winding journey into shamanism as a healer. After receiving a European education, he became a practitioner of Chinese Qigong in old Lima's (Peru) China Town. After a successful career in tai chi competition, he worked with elderly patients in hospitals in Northern Peru. During this time, he was taken under the wing of native shamans, witches and herbalists who spent years teaching him the ancient healings. He learned ancient Peruvian medicine arts (not from the Incas, but from the North Coast and the Northern jungle of the Amazon).He now moves seamlessly between perspectives, having one foot firmly in the rational, scientific world and another in the spirit world.“The ancient healing arts are deep and expansive—you never stop learning, and what you learn in a lifetime will always be a small fraction of what is available to learn,” he says in his new book, “Journeying Through the Invisible: The Craft of Healing With, and Beyond, Sacred Plants, as Told by a Peruvian Medicine Man.” “I want to offer a larger picture of the Medicine Craft and to create appreciation for other important aspects that are endangered or still not well-known.”This larger picture includes influences from science, history, religion and the natural environment.Shaman Hachumak looks at consciousness as two states that lead to both deep understanding of the healing arts and deep self-reflection:Suffering Consciousness keeps us stuck in our negative waysSoul Consciousness is awakened during a ceremony or spiritual moment. Your entire being awakens, and you are shown the way to live according to the dictates of your conscience and the teachings of the spirits.He also uses his knowledge and experience to broaden people's understanding of Ayahuasca as a powerful plant medicine. He works to protect Ayahuasca and the traditional ceremony from misuse and exploitation. WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT!Probiotic Eases Stress: https://www.omnibioticlife.com/DAVE, use code DAVE20 to get 20% off Vascular System Protection:https://arterosil.com/DAVE/, save up to 45% a 3-pack to protect your blood vessels from vulnerable plaqueHydrate with Electrolytes: https://DrinkLMNT.com/DAVE, get a FREE LMNT Sample Pack with 8 single-serving packets for the cost of shipping ($5 for U.S. customers) See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Candente Copper Corp. is a Canada-based mineral exploration company, which is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties. The Company's projects include Canariaco Project, Arikepay Property and Don Gregorio Project. It is focused on the exploration and development of its Canariaco porphyry copper project, which comprises the Canariaco Norte and Canariaco Sur deposits, as well as the Quebrada Verde prospect located in Northern Peru. The Arikepay property is located in southern Peru in the Department of Arequipa, approximately 58 kilometers (km) south of the city of Arequipa and 45 km south of Freeport-McMoRan's Cerro Verde copper-molybdenum mine. The Arikepay property consists of three mineral claims totaling 1,800 hectares. The Don Gregorio Project is located in northern Peru approximately 140 km north northeast of Chiclayo in the department of Cajamarca. The Don Gregorio property consists of one mineral claim totaling 900 hectares.

Regulus Resources is a Canadian exploration company formed in December 2010 under the directorship of the former management of Antares Minerals: John E. Black, Dr. Kevin B. Heather and Mark Wayne. Regulus was created through the spin-out of the Rio Grande Cu-Au project in Argentina at the conclusion of the sale of Antares to First Quantum Minerals for approximately C$650 million, primarily for the giant Haquira Cu-Mo-Au deposit in Peru.Regulus' focus is on the AntaKori project in Northern Peru where it drilled continuously throughout 2018. The Phase I drilling program was completed by October 2018 and was utilized to calculate the updated Resource Estimate reported on March 1, 2019.  Upon conclusion of the Phase I drilling program, the Company entered directly into the Phase II drilling program. 

Arthur B. Reeve (1880 - 1936) Mansiche, the ruler of ancient Northern Peru was believed to have buried a huge treasure. But he cast a curse on, whoever, divulged the whereabouts of the treasure and those who might discover it. A Peruvian dagger is stolen from the Museum from under the nose of Prof. Allen Norton and a treasure hunter Don Luis de Mendoza is killed by it. Is it the curse of Mansiche? Will the curse next befall on his beautiful daughter Inez Mendoza, who is being wooed by Mr. Lockwood and Alfonso de Moche. Detective Kennedy steps in. Will he be able to unravel the mystery of the murder, dagger, and the curse ....... Genre(s): Detective Fiction --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/3daudiobooks0/support

On this episode we dive head first into the incredible trekking regions known as the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Huayhuash in Northern Peru. If you're a lover of high altitude trekking, you don't want to miss this in depth look at the 3 most popular treks here, the Alpamayo, Santa Cruz and Huayhuash. Find out what goes into preparing for these types of high adrenaline adventures from acclimatization plans, transporting gear, and best times to travel.  Tune in as our guest Christian Valencia, owner of Juarez based adventure tour operator Go2Andes, shares his expertise on these two incredible mountain ranges and the most epic  main treks they offer..  Check out a full list of Go2Andes incredible trekking tours on 10Adventures. Follow us out on Instagram @10Adventures

In this episode I speak with comedian Chris Griffin. Chris went on an amazing journey to the Amazon jungle in Northern Peru to go try plant medicine and psychedelic Ayahuasca for the first time. Chris tells us about why he decided to go and the process of actually getting out there. He did 3 Ayahuasca ceremonies and he goes into the full details of his journeys along with the healing and wisdom he gained. It's a must listen episode for people interested in the plant medicine Ayahuasca. Chis on Instagram - @gristopher See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Ken & Charley recount a memorable multi-day hike. Ken takes us in search of the Helmet Vanga in Madagascar and Charley, the Marvellous Spatuletail & Long-whiskered Owlet in Northern Peru. Check out a Google map of all the places mentioned in the podcast. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=15Qju-UJFYyjeyCm15q2RLXw1oF08bqi1&usp=sharing Episode Photo Gallery: https://www.ken-behrens.com/podcast-photo-gallery/naturally-adventurous---season-2---episode-2---photo-gallery If you wish to support this podcast, please visit our patreon page at: https://www.patreon.com/naturallyadventurous?fan_landing=true Feel free to contact us at: ken.behrens@gmail.com or cfchesse@gmail.com Naturally Adventurous Podcast Travel Nature Adventure Birding --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ken-behrens/message

It is the second new silo field reported to be under construction in western China in the last two months. The site could house about 110 silos, which are underground facilities used for the storing and launching of missiles. Also on the programme: France's top appeals court has upheld the conviction of the son of Equatorial Guinea's president for using public money to fund his lavish lifestyle, and we hear from an archaeologist who works at Chankillo in Northern Peru, the oldest solar observatory in the world, which has just been awarded Unesco World Heritage Status. (Picture: U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman (L) and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. Credit: U.S. Mission Geneva/Handout via REUTERS)

Make a One-time Donation via Paypal to support THIS SILVER DRAKAINA: ⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/queenofthestars Take a Journey with QUEEN in this New Series honoring the Master Plant and Fungi Teachers of our Planet, of Pachamama. Queen of the Stars is taking you to the High Jungle of Northern Peru, where I encountered the Potent Serpent Medicine of AYAHUASCA. **Opening song is a Medicine song “ICARO FOR THE HUMMINGBIRD” by Shipibo Shamans (You can find this album on Youtube and Spotify) **Midway through the episode I share the Icaro “MARIRI” by Todos Curanderos (You can find this artist on Youtube and Spotify) ***In this episode I share about my personal Experience and Understanding of The Master Plant AYAHUASCA. This is experiential and lived knowing, through my filters, so take only what resonates. Treat this episode like a journey, a window to see through my lens. I use Serpent Symbology and Language because that is truly how I experience HER (Ayahuasca Medicine). A brew from two Amazonian plants: Ayahuasca+Chakruna, She is a potent gift to humanity when taken in Sacred Ceremony/Ritual, with reverence, humility and grace. I also share about: Synchronicity, & Following the Signs (Colibrí/Hummingbird) from Guides & Ancestors. My Ceremonial Encounter with Ayahuasca (in 2 different ceremonies), while Held in Sacred Space by REYNA DE LUZ (Our Shaman Extraordinaire). Sharing the Light and Shadow experiences, the Polarity of what this Medicine can show you. Although there is Nothing to Fear because all is Divine, I felt both Ecstasy and Ultimate Connection, as well as the Depths of Darkness & Challenges, facing Demons & Adversaries in the other Realms. The Power of Medicine Music or Icaros, and Sacred Mapacho for Protection and Grounding throughout the long journey/evening. The Sacred Highlands Frequencies in San Martin, Perú, with the blessed Shambuyacu River (The Red River). The Message/Mantra that came through from Aya herself: “WE ARE THE MEDICINE”. #MasterPlants #PlantasMaestras #Amazonas #AmazonJungle #Mapacho Sources to go deeper into Plant Wisdom/Consciousness: A very beautiful Podcast Ep. from Jason Grechanik “A Brief Introduction to Ayahuasca” which is a resource for the scientific, logistical and spiritual aspects of working with this Master Plant “The Galactic Serpent” Documentary by Alberto Villoldo PhD “The Last Shaman” Documentary Film by Raz Degan “Plant Spirit Medicine: A Journey into the Healing Wisdom of Plants” by: Eliot Cowan To connect with me and explore all of my current Offerings: Booking Dragon Gridwork Sessions, Joining our Powerful Cacao Gatherings monthly, or to go on the 8Week Deep Dive within the Inner Sanctum: be sure to visit my ⁠⁠⁠⁠WEBSITE⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠PATREON⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠LIVE FROM THE HEART⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠YOUTUBE⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠PRIVATE SESSIONS⁠⁠⁠⁠ For more Serpent/Dragon Medicine & my Current Gridwork Shares, Check out IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠@dragonslovecacao⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠@silverriverofgrace⁠⁠⁠⁠ -You can find Reyna de Luz offering her magic at a Center called Ampiri Hot Springs, in Huanuco, Perú  -Check out Adam Sommer's work, and Lara Charlotte's work  

Don Moore is living many travelers' dream: writing, traveling, and discovering an old route that had been forgotten. We talk about the Moyobamba Route, how he found it, and his tips for authentic travel. His book, Following Ghosts in Northern Peru, is available on Amazon in Kindle and paperback.

We're exploring what the natural world can teach us about teamwork. We'll learn how in some of the most remote locations and harshest conditions, strength can come in numbers.In the Amazon rainforests in Northern Peru, tiny creatures have found an ingenious way to tackle the annual floods. With the help of a crew member from the landmark series, A Perfect Planet, we'll be floating alongside fire ants forming a living raft.Tens of thousands of penguins make the journey from the sea to a spot in the Antarctic to breed. For them, sticking together is crucial for surviving such harsh conditions.Finally, we'll hear about slime mould. To prevent starving, genetically different strains of slime mould come together. But within this system exist loners. What can they teach us about the evolution of social behaviours?Thank you for listening to another series of the BBC Earth podcast.As ever, we love hearing from you on social media, so do share with us your favourite episode so far or a story that amazed, surprised or moved you…To find out more about David Attenborough’s stunning natural world series, A Perfect Planet, visit the BBC Earth website: bbcearth.comWebsite: www.bbcearth.comFacebook: www.facebook.com/bbcearth/Instagram: www.instagram.com/bbcearth/Twitter: www.twitter.com/bbcearth See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Until recently, the only thing I knew of Peru was that Paddington the Curious Bear (with tattered hat, old suitcase and all) came from there. The beloved character of children's books was made famous by British author Michael Bond, describing the bear that lived in “darkest Peru” before becoming a stowaway deposited at a railway station in London. My knowledge of the South American country all changed a few years ago when my daughter Alexandra moved there after falling in love with Lima, thereafter, making her home in Lima the South American city by the sea. She met a wonderful guy and launched her business there as well. In this episode of #thedeliciousstory, you'll have a chance to meet Alex and David and learn fascinating details about their cosmopolitan adventures—all while enjoying a virtual sampling of signature dishes of Lima!THE SILVER LINING OF A PANDEMIC LOCKDOWNThe Peruvian government was an early responder in addressing the spread of COVID-19. Even before the U.S. went into lockdown, the country mandated serious restrictions on their population, including a strict quarantine lasting over 100 days. It does this mother's heart good to know that her baby lives somewhere where lives and public safety are so important. I wondered, though, how she, David, and their little Shih Tzu dog named Charlotte managed to remain sane for almost four months of confinement in their fifteenth story apartment! For months, the three weren't permitted to go anywhere except to make grocery store runs (and only one person at a time), which became a treat. Restaurants, bars, and everything else was closed.Alex and David share the experience of their daily life holed up in a city that went nearly silent. They were fortunate in many ways, and provide some interesting insights into how the normally-noisy and crowded city changed after the start of quarantine.SIGHTSEEING SPOTS OF LIMAAlex and David describe details of a few more prominent amenities, and you can sense their joy in it, because they love to give friends and family a more intimate understanding of their city. You can glean ideas of the variety of attractions in Lima, a city made up of districts (each with its particular “flavor”). The parks and green spaces are an oasis for Lima dwellers to connect with nature. For Alex and David, their favorite is the Roosevelt Park (interestingly named after the U.S. President), which is near their apartment and became a mental health lifeline during the pandemic. Another treasured and particularly beautiful park they discussed is the Bosque del Olivar. The main feature of this large area of land is the forest grove of olive trees established by Spaniard Antonio de Rivera, who brought more than one hundred olive saplings from Spain in the 1500s. It is a wonderful place to walk and think about the history these trees have seen of the city, including when Peru gained their independence in 1821. A CITY OF EXCEPTIONAL DININGAlthough Lima isn't so much a tourist destination (but, instead, a brief stop to other parts of Peru such as Cusco), it is as stunning as it is a notable dining mecca. Alex and David delve into a few of the signature dishes there, including ceviche, or fish “cooked” in citrus, and anticuchos, which are grilled kebobs of beef heart. One dish I can report is always worth eating is lomo saltado. Anywhere I've ordered this during my visits to Lima I always find it tasty. Alex provides an overview of the influences of the foods of Lima, too. Think roasted and wok-cooked meats, a variety of seasonings with an emphasis on sauces, and you'll get some idea. And I bet you'll be surprised to learn of Peru's role in the history of spuds, which today are a mainstay all over the world! Like any city, Lima is a place shaped by hundreds of years of cultural diversity. Per Culture Trip, Peru has the second-highest Japanese population in South America, for instance, which is reflected in the Japanese cuisine fusion restaurants. I recommend a favorite that Alex has taken me to twice, called Kaikan. Lima itself is also the home to the largest Chinese population in the Western hemisphere!MEMORABLE MEAL STORYBoth Alex and David have enjoyed travel and have taken several trips together since they met. We finish up the interview with a savory story of a vacation journey to Croatia where they visited the cities of Zadar, Dubrovnik and Zagreb. If you are a seeker of the perfect hamburger—yes, I said hamburger—David can tell about his experience and exactly where you can go to enjoy one. Alex describes another dish she enjoyed at Bar Despacito (which, surprisingly for them both, has a Spanish name) that will surely make your mouth water. THE PERUVIAN CONNECTIONAnd about those bears. My research on Paddington did reveal that Peru is home to the Spectacled or Andean Bear found in Northern Peru. This endangered species has the special markings of a light face that gives it the appearance of wearing a mask. Andean Bears are omnivores and the third largest mammal in South America. Their only predator is humans. Author Michael Bond may have been influenced by this species of bear, especially since he originally wanted Paddington to come from “darkest Africa” until he found out there are no bears there. Not that I put too much stock in signs from the universe, but it turns out our family has some history with Peru before Alex moved there and planted her flag, too. Our “Uncle Andrew” as we now call him (the brother of Alex's grandfather's Aunt Ta) went to Peru 100 years ago with ideas of mining for silver, and was never heard from again by the family. Could he surface if Alex were to look him up in local records? Family stories suggest that he perished, but we'll never know for sure as his letters simply stopped coming sometime during the 1920s. But you needn't worry about getting lost in Lima (unless that is your goal)! Until you visit, you can at least lose yourself in the details and food described by Alex and David in this podcast. Try to imagine a world post-pandemic. I know we all are doing just that these days! That more “normal” future might include the charms of a visit to Lima, who knows!

In this episode we had conversation with Marilu Lopez Padilla of Northern Peru-based cooperative Coopbam on the state of the harvest, her history producing coffee, the effects of the pandemic, and what women leadership looks like in Coopbam.

In this interview, Hauxita talks about her experience of healing her breast cancer with indigenous healers from South America. She aims to inform people about the path of working with sacred medicines in a sustainable way. Furthermore, she will give us an authentic perspective about her path of becoming a healer.In Part 2 of the interview, Hauxita will talk about her life in the jungle, medicine tourism and the Western approach to sacred medicines, the authentic path of indigenous medicine work and about her perspectives on which paradigms need to be challenged in the world.Disclaimer: In this episode, when we talk about "medicine" or "sacred medicine", we do not refer to western medicine but rather indigenous natural substances that are considered by indigenous people as sacred medicines. Furthermore, please do not look at this interview for conventional medical advice.About HauxitaHauxita (*1987) was born and raised in Germany. Her family's roots are in Central Asia. She lives in Peru and is preparing a community-based conservation project in the lowland-jungle of Northern Peru. Hauxita holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Theory and History of Art from Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2013 she lives and studies with a variety of indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Hauxita loves to travel the world and in doing so, she is sharing the medicine knowledge of her indigenous friends. The motivation to her commitment is first and foremost educating by sharing information as well as helping people to connect to the indigenous wisdom and sacred medicines in the most sustainable way to eventually be able to empower their very own capacity of self-healing.Feel free to contact Hauxita for questions and support on your own healing path at hola@hauxhauxhammock.comTimestamps00:01:41 - Her First Experience and Effects of Going to the Jungle for the First Time00:05:41 - What Does It Actually Mean to Go to the Jungle00:18:15 - Medicine Tourism - The Western Approach and Influence on Medicine Work00:25:42 - An Authentic Path to Medicine Work00:56:42 - Which Paradigms Need to Be Challenged01:05:40 - OutroHauxita's LinksYouTube Channel: "haux haux from the hammock"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_dADhCuAdqq83PiuBbui_iaxdQkoL6KInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hauxitaEmail: hola@hauxhauxhammock.comChallenging #ParadigmX with Xerxes Voshmgir:--I love to hear your comments. Please let me know in the comments section what you thought of the interview. And it would mean the world to me if you hit the subscribe button ;) --Website: https://xerxes.re/TEDx Talk: https://xerxes.re/TEDxPodcast: https://xerxes.re/PodcastLinkedIn: https://xerxes.re/LinkedInTwitter: https://xerxes.re/TwitterFacebook: https://xerxes.re/FacebookInstagram: https://xerxes.re/InstagramYouTube: https://xerxes.re/YouTubeNewsletter: https://xerxes.re/newsletterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)

In this interview, Hauxita talks about her experience of healing her breast cancer with indigenous healers from South America. She aims to inform people about the path of working with sacred medicines in a sustainable way. Furthermore, she will give us an authentic perspective about her path of becoming a healer.In Part 2 of the interview, Hauxita will talk about her life in the jungle, medicine tourism and the Western approach to sacred medicines, the authentic path of indigenous medicine work and about her perspectives on which paradigms need to be challenged in the world.Disclaimer: In this episode, when we talk about "medicine" or "sacred medicine", we do not refer to western medicine but rather indigenous natural substances that are considered by indigenous people as sacred medicines. Furthermore, please do not look at this interview for conventional medical advice.About HauxitaHauxita (*1987) was born and raised in Germany. Her family's roots are in Central Asia. She lives in Peru and is preparing a community-based conservation project in the lowland-jungle of Northern Peru. Hauxita holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Theory and History of Art from Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2013 she lives and studies with a variety of indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Hauxita loves to travel the world and in doing so, she is sharing the medicine knowledge of her indigenous friends. The motivation to her commitment is first and foremost educating by sharing information as well as helping people to connect to the indigenous wisdom and sacred medicines in the most sustainable way to eventually be able to empower their very own capacity of self-healing.Feel free to contact Hauxita for questions and support on your own healing path at hola@hauxhauxhammock.comTimestamps00:01:41 - Her First Experience and Effects of Going to the Jungle for the First Time00:05:41 - What Does It Actually Mean to Go to the Jungle00:18:15 - Medicine Tourism - The Western Approach and Influence on Medicine Work00:25:42 - An Authentic Path to Medicine Work00:56:42 - Which Paradigms Need to Be Challenged01:05:40 - OutroHauxita's LinksYouTube Channel: "haux haux from the hammock"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_dADhCuAdqq83PiuBbui_iaxdQkoL6KInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hauxitaEmail: hola@hauxhauxhammock.comChallenging #ParadigmX with Xerxes Voshmgir:--I love to hear your comments. Please let me know in the comments section what you thought of the interview. And it would mean the world to me if you hit the subscribe button ;) --Website: https://xerxes.re/TEDx Talk: https://xerxes.re/TEDxPodcast: https://xerxes.re/PodcastLinkedIn: https://xerxes.re/LinkedInTwitter: https://xerxes.re/TwitterFacebook: https://xerxes.re/FacebookInstagram: https://xerxes.re/InstagramYouTube: https://xerxes.re/YouTubeNewsletter: https://xerxes.re/newsletterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)

In this interview, Hauxita talks about her experience of healing her breast cancer with indigenous healers from South America. She aims to inform people about the path of working with sacred medicines like Kambo, Ayahuasca, Rapé, San Pedro/Wachuma, Bufo, etc. in a sustainable way. Furthermore, she will give us an authentic perspective about her path of becoming a healer.In Part 1 of the interview, Hauxita will talk about her perspective on shamanism, explain what Kambo is and how it affects the body and mind, describe the importance of the dieta (the proper diet) in sacred medicine work, explain what spirits are and tell us why she is doing what she does.Disclaimer: In this episode, when we talk about "medicine" or "sacred medicine", we do not refer to western medicine but rather indigenous natural substances that are considered by indigenous people as sacred medicines. Furthermore, please do not look at this interview for conventional medical advice.About HauxitaHauxita (*1987) was born and raised in Germany. Her family's roots are in Central Asia. She lives in Peru and is preparing a community-based conservation project in the lowland-jungle of Northern Peru. Hauxita holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Theory and History of Art from Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2013 she lives and studies with a variety of indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Hauxita loves to travel the world and in doing so, she is sharing the medicine knowledge of her indigenous friends. The motivation to her commitment is first and foremost educating by sharing information as well as helping people to connect to the indigenous wisdom and sacred medicines in the most sustainable way to eventually be able to empower their very own capacity of self-healing.Feel free to contact Hauxita for questions and support on your own healing path at hola@hauxhauxhammock.comTimestamps00:02:38 - Who Is Called Shaman?!00:15:18 - Explaining Sacred Medicine Kambo00:32:15 - The Dieta - The Diet for Sacred Medicine Work00:50:04 - Why She Does What She Does?00:55:01 - OutroHauxita's LinksYouTube Channel: "haux haux from the hammock"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_dADhCuAdqq83PiuBbui_iaxdQkoL6KInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hauxitaEmail: hola@hauxhauxhammock.comChallenging #ParadigmX with Xerxes Voshmgir:--I love to hear your comments. Please let me know in the comments section what you thought of the interview. And it would mean the world to me if you hit the subscribe button ;) --Xerxes has an interdisciplinary background in social sciences, easter & western psychology, mysticism as well as strategy development. As a transcultural traveller between diverse worlds, he combines different thought schools, ideas and people to inspire and create new solutions for current and future challenges. He works as a futurist and speaker.--Website: https://xerxes.re/TEDx Talk: https://xerxes.re/TEDxPodcast: https://xerxes.re/PodcastLinkedIn: https://xerxes.re/LinkedInTwitter: https://xerxes.re/TwitterFacebook: https://xerxes.re/FacebookInstagram: https://xerxes.re/InstagramYouTube: https://xerxes.re/YouTubeNewsletter: https://xerxes.re/newsletterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)

In this interview, Hauxita talks about her experience of healing her breast cancer with indigenous healers from South America. She aims to inform people about the path of working with sacred medicines like Kambo, Ayahuasca, Rapé, San Pedro/Wachuma, Bufo, etc. in a sustainable way. Furthermore, she will give us an authentic perspective about her path of becoming a healer.In Part 1 of the interview, Hauxita will talk about her perspective on shamanism, explain what Kambo is and how it affects the body and mind, describe the importance of the dieta (the proper diet) in sacred medicine work, explain what spirits are and tell us why she is doing what she does.Disclaimer: In this episode, when we talk about "medicine" or "sacred medicine", we do not refer to western medicine but rather indigenous natural substances that are considered by indigenous people as sacred medicines. Furthermore, please do not look at this interview for conventional medical advice.About HauxitaHauxita (*1987) was born and raised in Germany. Her family's roots are in Central Asia. She lives in Peru and is preparing a community-based conservation project in the lowland-jungle of Northern Peru. Hauxita holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film Theory and History of Art from Freie Universität Berlin. Since 2013 she lives and studies with a variety of indigenous people of the Amazon Rainforest in South America. Hauxita loves to travel the world and in doing so, she is sharing the medicine knowledge of her indigenous friends. The motivation to her commitment is first and foremost educating by sharing information as well as helping people to connect to the indigenous wisdom and sacred medicines in the most sustainable way to eventually be able to empower their very own capacity of self-healing.Feel free to contact Hauxita for questions and support on your own healing path at hola@hauxhauxhammock.comTimestamps00:02:38 - Who Is Called Shaman?!00:15:18 - Explaining Sacred Medicine Kambo00:32:15 - The Dieta - The Diet for Sacred Medicine Work00:50:04 - Why She Does What She Does?00:55:01 - OutroHauxita's LinksYouTube Channel: "haux haux from the hammock"https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLj_dADhCuAdqq83PiuBbui_iaxdQkoL6KInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/hauxitaEmail: hola@hauxhauxhammock.comChallenging #ParadigmX with Xerxes Voshmgir:--I love to hear your comments. Please let me know in the comments section what you thought of the interview. And it would mean the world to me if you hit the subscribe button ;) --Xerxes has an interdisciplinary background in social sciences, easter & western psychology, mysticism as well as strategy development. As a transcultural traveller between diverse worlds, he combines different thought schools, ideas and people to inspire and create new solutions for current and future challenges. He works as a futurist and speaker.--Website: https://xerxes.re/TEDx Talk: https://xerxes.re/TEDxPodcast: https://xerxes.re/PodcastLinkedIn: https://xerxes.re/LinkedInTwitter: https://xerxes.re/TwitterFacebook: https://xerxes.re/FacebookInstagram: https://xerxes.re/InstagramYouTube: https://xerxes.re/YouTubeNewsletter: https://xerxes.re/newsletterSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/xerxesre)

Sweaty hikes through the jungle, dorm-mates on cocaine, sassy llamas, and one chill as f*ck rooster: it's finally time to share the entire story of our disastrous year-long honeymoon (in multiple parts). In this episode, we cover a two-month stretch from the Caribbean coast of Colombia to the Andes of Northern Peru... and all the sh*t that went horribly wrong.More stories from our year-long honeymoon:The Whole Honeymoon Story (& how much we spent)The Border CrossingThings no one tells you about backpacking in South AmericaThings no one tells you about backpacking in ColombiaThings no one tells you about backpacking in EcuadorFind more ridiculous adventures at PracticalWanderlust.com, and follow @practicalwanderlust on Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook!Sign up for our semi-monthly newsletter!Audio production & music composition by Tyler Hafer.

Interview with Regulus Resources CEO, John Black.Regulus’ focus is on their Gold / Copper AntaKori project in Northern Peru. 1. Experienced and successful Exploration team of geologists.2. They have $10M of cash and will continue to drill in 2019.3. They will look to raise cash again end of 2019 from a strategic investor.4. Have overcome three obstacles to mining this their assets.Company page: https://www.regulusresources.comMake smarter investment decisions, subscribe here: www.cruxinvestor.comFor FREE unbiased investment information, follow us on Twitter and Linkedin:https://twitter.com/cruxinvestorwww.linkedin.com/company/crux-investor/Take advantage, hear it here first: https://www.youtube.com/CRUXinvestor

Poor mestizos in northern Peru offer a new way to theorize humanism and sentient landscapes that interact with humans in terms of environmental justice, collective ethics, and health. By defining “community” and “well-being” as humans-in-relationship-to-places-as-persons, poor mestizos resignify “nature” itself as an anchor for social justice. Ana Mariella Bacigalupo, Professor of Anthropology at the State University of New York-Buffalo, speaks on her research in northern Peru. She has worked with Mapuche shamans in Southern Chile and shamans on the north coast of Peru. Learn more about Harvard Divinity School and its mission to illuminate, engage, and serve at http://hds.harvard.edu/.

SoS25- Cultural Consonance, Health, and Migration: A Chat with Max Stein In episode 25, we talk with Dr. Max Stein, who successfully defended his dissertation, “Embeddedness, Cultural Consonance, and Health in a Dynamic Migration Network in Northern Peru” at the University of Alabama this semester. In this episode, he discusses his path to anthropology, life and research as a graduate student, navigating the job market, and next steps in the field. For more information on Dr. Stein’s work, check out his webpage: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Max_Stein4, and feel free to get in touch with him, via email at: maxjstein@gmail.com The Sausage of Science is produced by Cara Ocobock and Chris Lynn, with assistance from Junior Service Fellow Caroline Owens for the Public Relations Committee of the Human Biology Association. The song in the soundbed is “Always Lyin’” by the Morning Shakes. Contact the Sausage of Science and Human Biology Association: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/humanbiologyassociation Website:http://humbio.org/, Twitter: @HumBioAssoc Michaela Howells, Public Relations Committee Chair, Email: howellsm@uncw.edu Cara Ocobock, Website: https://sites.nd.edu/cara-ocobock/, Email:cocobock@nd.edu, Twitter:@CaraOcobock Chris Lynn, Website:http://cdlynn.people.ua.edu/, Email:cdlynn@ua.edu, Twitter:@Chris_Ly Caroline Owens, Email: cowens8@emory.edu, Twitter: @careowens

In the Lambayeque Valley in Northern Peru lies the ruins of Túcume. Founded approximately in 1100 AD, the city of was a thriving population center with thousands of inhabitants. But around 1530, it was completely abandoned. Who were these inhabitants and where did they go? 

To join the next free writing challenge, sign up here: bit.ly/junewritingchallenge On today's episode, I talk to Sheila Horrell. She has been drumming for the last 30 years, ever since being introduced to the primal magic of the drum by master percussionist Ubaka Hill.After studying percussion with various drummers here and internationally, she has been facilitating workshops and Drum Circles for many groups in Southwestern Ontario, including schools, universities, camps, nursing homes, conferences and agencies.The experience of introducing new drummers to the ease and joy of music making with the drum has been a prime motivator for Sheila's continued success.  There is nothing like witnessing someone relaxing into their own rhythm and having fun contributing to the music of the whole drumming community.As well as facilitating drumming, Sheila is also a member of percussion groups in London - including "The London Groove Collective", a group which weaves melody (sax and keyboard) with various percussion instruments to create everything from jazz fusion to ambient soundscapes.   As well she sings and plays with WomenSpiritSong choir, and Joyful Noise choir.  Sheila is a proud volunteer at My Sister's Place where weekly drumming on a Monday morning gets the week off to a fine start,  and also volunteers with the Grand Theatre, the Women's Circle at Brescia and Heart-Links, a small London NGO which walks in solidarity with a community of women and children in the desert regions of Northern Peru. For more information about Sheila: http://sheilahorrell-play.blogspot.ca/p/bio.html

When you think about traveling to Peru, you most likely think about Machu Pichu in the Andes. But today's guest, Chris Backe, wants you to think about visiting the ruins and historical sites in Northern Peru for your next "where else to go" vacation. Chris is the blogger behind One Weird Globe, which explores the world's offbeat and bizarre destinations, and is the publisher of Choose a Way books, the tap-your-own-adventure guidebooks to real-life destinations. He's been seen in Atlas Obscura, Mental Floss, the Daily Mail, and dozens of other publications. Chris and his wife, a fellow traveler from Canada, have spent time living in Peru, and he shares what we've been missing in northern Peru. Chris says that northern Peru features an array of authentic, ancient, and well-preserved ruins from both pre-Inca and Inca civilizations. Machu Picchu, for all the attention it receives, ends up putting many worthy places in a big shadow. Offerings like the Huaca de la Luna (the temple of the moon) and Chan Chan (a UNESCO World Heritage) in Trujillo make for a pleasant stay – and having a beach town in Huanchaco only 20 minutes away is a nice bonus as well. Kuelap Fortress, one of the biggest stone fortresses remaining in the world, is located near Chachapoyas and is one of the most easily approached ruins in Peru. Chris has written about some of the other historical sites in this blog post. If you're ready for something more exotic, a few towns in Peru have "witches markets", selling potions and ingredients that look like they belong in a witches potion! There's also the Guinea pig breeding tour in Puno, the Museo del Cerebro (Brain Museum) in Lima, and a spectacular museum of 100+ cars (in photo above), an easy taxi ride from Lima. Besides his blog, you'll find Chris on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram. If you’re enjoying these podcasts, please take a minute to subscribe on iTunes. And don’t forget to leave a rating (5-stars is always nice!) and/or review.

Martha Tavera of Marnella Tours, marnellatours.com, Chris, and Jerry explore the marvels of northern Peru. Basically undiscovered by tourists, this fascinating area of deserts, Andes mountains, and tropical jungles is one of the world's hidden gems. Lodges and cruises of the Amazon, ancient ruins near Trujillo and Chiclayo (older than Machu Picchu), Gocta, the world's third highest waterfalls, ways to travel, best time to visit, culture, history, and many other topics are discussed. You will not only be inspired to spend at least ten days in northern Peru, but  you will want to visit soon before it is discovered.

We have been hammering it through Northern Peru. How did we get so fit? It seems like a lifetime since we were plodding through France trying to get used to this whole cycle touring thing if you consider a life to be 10 months. Check out the map on our website howareyouwhereareyou.com to see our effort over the first 11 days of February. We talk about why we've been putting the pedal to the rubber-soled shoe if that's an acceptable use of the phrase. There's been a lot of nothing riding through the deserts of Northern Peru but it has provided us with stunning scenery and plenty of time to contemplate some of the environmental issues in this part of the world, which we talk about in this week's How Are You? Where Are You? podcast. We were also invited to a sugar-fuelled rave masquerading as a 2-year-old's birthday party and the quality of the cooking in Peru has been a big step up for this trip. The big question is why Shelley has been preferring to eat all this magnificent food with less-than-hygenic implements? Go to howareyouwhereareyou.com for photos to match this podcast.

Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Ph.D., is a visionary and a bridge builder who believes that educating the whole person (head and heart) should be at the core of a liberal arts education. She has been inspired to build these bridges because of the transformational experiences that she has had while studying with Peruvian shamans for more than 30 years. She has written about this vision and her experiences of deep personal transformation in academic venues, including Anthropology and Humanism, Anthropology of Consciousness, The International Journal of Transpersonal Studies, and in popular venues, including Shaman's Drum and Sacred Fire magazine. She has written two books about her work with Peruvian shamanism, The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru and Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life (with don Oscar Miro-Quesada).

Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamonic Wisdom for Everyday Life with Dr. Bonnie Glass-Coffin Bonnie Glass-Coffin, PhD, is a visionary and a bridge builder who believes that educating the whole person (head and heart) should be at the core of a liberal arts education.  She has been inspired to build these bridges because of the transformative experiences that she has had while studying with Peruvian shamans for more than 30 years.  She has spoken about this vision with university presidents, provosts, and deans, as well as students and her anthropology colleagues. She has developed and piloted course curricula that celebrate this "whole person" approach to learning while providing tools for inner-exploration and development.  Bonnie has written two books about her work with Peruvian shamanism, The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru and Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life (with don Oscar Miro-Quesada). For more information visit: http://bonnieglasscoffin.com/

Join Scott Cluthe on Facebook HERE  Join Scott Cluthe's Newsletter HERE  Scott Cluthe talks with Bonnie Glass-Coffin, Ph.D., tonight. Bonnis vastly expereinced in Shamanic practices of the Peruvian people, as well as author and co-author of 2 books dedicated to the subject. She co-authored Lessons in Courage with Don Carlos, who joined Scott just last month.  Bonnie Glass-Coffin, PhD, is a visionary and a bridge builder who believes that educating the whole person (head and heart) should be at the core of a liberal arts education. She has been inspired to build these bridges because of the transformative experiences that she has had while studying with Peruvian shamans for more than 30 years.  She has written about this vision and her experiences of deep personal transformation in academic venues including Anthropology and Humanism, Anthropology of Consciousness, the International Journal of Transpersonal Studies and in popular venues including Shaman’s Drum and Sacred Fire Magazine. She has written two books about her work with Peruvian shamanism, The Gift of Life: Female Spirituality and Healing in Northern Peru and Lessons in Courage: Peruvian Shamanic Wisdom for Everyday Life (with don Oscar Miro-Quesada).

We have a very special guest in Maria, from Northern Peru. Maria tells Rob and Liz about her experience as an immigrant to the UK, including the difficulties of coming to a country whose language you don't speak, finding a job, and trying to start a new life! An inspirational story, thank you very much Maria!

The Earth's magnetic field underwent hundreds of reversals during its history. But within a ~40 Myr span (84-125 Ma) during the Cretaceous no reversal happened. For comparison, the second longest chron length during the last 167 Ma is ~5 Myr. Thus, the ~40 Myr long chron is known as a superchron and is called Cretaceous Normal Superchron (CNS). Two other superchrons are now established: the Permian-Carboniferous Reversed Superchron and the Ordovician Reversed Superchron. Why do these superchrons exist? Are they an extreme chron duration of the same statistical distribution? Or, do superchrons reflect a distinct dynamo regime separate from an oft-reversing regime. Are the onset and end of superchrons triggered by changes in the physical conditions of outer core convection? For example, instabilities within the convection in the outer core are suspected to trigger reversals. A `low energy' geodynamo during the superchron could stem from less turbulent convection. But also the concept of a `high energy' geodynamo during a superchron is conceivable: stronger convection would stabilize the field and increase the field intensity. These different dynamo regimes could be be triggered by changing the temperature conditions at the core mantle boundary (CMB), for example with the eruption of deep mantle plumes or the descent of cold material such as subducted slabs. Insights into past geodynamo regimes can be learned primarily from two paleomagnetic methods: paleosecular variation (variation in field directions) and paleointensity. For the former, we collected 534 samples for a paleosecular variation study from a 1400 m-long, paleontologically well-described section in northern Peru. Thermal demagnetization isolates stable magnetization directions carried by greigite. Arguments are equivocal whether this remanence is syn-diagenetic, acquired during the Cretaceous normal superchron, or a secondary overprint, acquired during a chron of solely normal polarity in the upper Cenozoic, yet pre-Bruhnes (>800 kyr). We explore the ramifications on the S value, which quantifies paleosecular variation, that arises from directional analysis, sun compass correction, bedding correction, sampling frequency, outlying directions and different recording media. The sum of these affects can readily raise the S value by more than 20%. S values from northern Peru are indistinguishable from other S values for the Cretaceous normal superchron as well as those for the last 5 Ma. Summing over all the potential uncertainties, we come to the pessimistic conclusion that the S value is an unsuitable parameter to constrain geodynamo models. Alternatively, no statistical difference in paleosecular variation exists during much of the Cretaceous normal superchron and during the last 5 Ma. Even though the S value might be unsuitable, we wanted to understand why the S value is latitude dependent. The origin of this latitude dependency is widely attributed to a combination of time-varying dipole and non-dipole components. The slope and magnitude of S are taken as a basis to understand the geomagnetic field and its evolution. Here we show that S stems from a mathematical aberration of the conversion from directions to poles, hence directional populations better quantify local estimates of paleosecular variation. Of the various options, k is likely the best choice, and the uncertainty on k(N) was already worked out. As we came to the pessimistic conclusion that the S value might not be the best parameter to quantify the `energy state' of the geodynamo during a superchron, we also carried out a paleointensity study on 128 samples from volcanic rocks in Northern Peru and Ecuador. Oxidation of the remanence carriers was a problem. Only one site gave reliable results. Two methods of paleointensity determination were applied to these rocks. The results of both methods agree quite well with each other and also with previous studies from other sites. Our results suggest that the field intensity towards the end of the superchron seems to quite similar to today's magnetic moment. Thus, it can be concluded that the `energy state' of the geodynamo was not substantially different during the Cretaceous Normal Superchron compared to reversing times. Why do superchrons exist? One possible explanation is that paleomagnetism is not able to resolve different energy states of the geodynamo, neither with paleosecular variation nor with paleointensity. This was suggested by some dynamo simulations in which the heat flux across the core-mantle boundary was kept the same, but the resulting paleosecular variation, paleointensity and frequency of reversals differed a lot. Another possible explanation is that a superchron is an intrinsic feature of the distribution of magnetic polarity chron lengths. Thus, no changes of the convection in the outer core are needed to trigger a superchron.

This podcast covers Northern Peru, starting at Chiclayo I head out on a tour to the 1500 year old Moche ruins at Sipán. Following this, I head three hours down the coast to the town of Trujillo, where I visit the Chimu city of Chan Chan, the largest Adobe (mud) city in the World and around 1300AD home to 60,000 people. Just outside Trujillo, and near to Chan Chan are the Huacas (sacred places) of the sun and moon - Huaca de la Luna and Huaca del Sol. These structures are also Moche adobe pyramids from about 800AD, and Huaca del Sol is the largest single pre-Colombian structure in Peru - built from an estimated 140 million adobe bricks. I finish the podcast in Huanchaco, 12km north of Trujillo. Huanchaco is a fishing town of about 12,000 inhabitants, that has now become well known thanks to three things - its reed fishing boats, its lovely beach and its fabulous surfing.