Podcast appearances and mentions of Patrick Lee

When the lights of the cinema dim and the hum of anticipation fills the air, something magical happens—stories come alive. And sometimes, the stories behind the storytellers are the most fascinating of all. On today's episode, we welcome Patrick Lee, a man whose quiet curiosity and geeky love for film statistics helped shape the very lens through which millions of people now view cinema. Patrick Lee is the co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes, a website that has become both a cultural barometer and a battleground for filmmakers and fans alike.Before Rotten Tomatoes became a household name, Patrick and his co-founders were merely tinkering with design and entertainment tech, creating websites for giants like Disney Channel and MTV. But like many innovative ideas, Rotten Tomatoes was born from a simple question: "What if people could see all the movie reviews—good and bad—in one place?" It was their creative director, Sen Duong, who initiated the project, running it as a side hustle until it became clear they were onto something far bigger than banner ads and online games.The journey wasn't smooth sailing. As Patrick explained, the film industry often has a conflicted relationship with Rotten Tomatoes. Studios love it when their movies are Certified Fresh but curse its very existence when the Tomato Meter goes south. “We've had studios threaten to pull ad campaigns or never advertise with us again,” Patrick revealed. It's a fine balance between journalistic integrity and business pragmatism, and it's one that Rotten Tomatoes walked with surprising grace—largely thanks to the team's belief in transparency and fairness.What's remarkable is how this digital compass evolved into a kind of cinematic moral authority. “The Tomato Meter is basically the percent chance that you'll like seeing a movie,” Patrick said. And therein lies its charm—it doesn't claim objectivity. It's not about whether a film is “good” in a vacuum. It's about consensus. It's about probability. It's about knowing whether you, dear viewer, are likely to leave the theater with a full heart or an empty wallet.Patrick also took us down a rabbit hole of changing critic landscapes. When Rotten Tomatoes began, the idea of a “professional critic” was easy to define: newspaper columnists, magazine reviewers, or syndicated television film buffs. Today, in an age of TikTok reviews and substack essays, that boundary has blurred. “Anybody can start a podcast or a YouTube channel,” he observed, echoing the democratization of media that defines our era. But for Rotten Tomatoes, quality still trumps quantity, and validation still requires rigorous standards.Perhaps one of the most unexpected parts of the conversation veered toward China, where Patrick spent nearly a decade after selling Rotten Tomatoes. There, he witnessed first-hand the explosive rise of filmgoing culture. “Even for some random movie, theaters were sold out for hours,” he noted. With state-of-the-art theaters rising from dusty streets and censorship shaping storylines, China has become both a new frontier and a mirror reflecting global shifts in entertainment priorities.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/indie-film-hustle-a-filmmaking-podcast--2664729/support.

Matthew Loranger returns to talk more about hydropeutics, and this time he's brought his friend and colleage Dr. Patrick Lee to help discuss the benefits of this wonderful treatment.

2003 herrschte auf dem Buchmarkt Umsatzflaute. Die damals 42-jährige Lektorin Sabine Dörlemann liess sich davon nicht abschrecken und gründete ihren eigenen Verlag. Mit seinem kleinen, aber feinen Programm wurde der Dörlemann-Verlag zur Institution. Nun hat ihn Sabine Dörlemann verkauft. Dörlemann-Bücher fallen durch ihre Einbände auf: keine Schutzumschläge, nur Leinen oder schönes Papier, gestaltet von Mike Bierwolf. Die Bücher sind aber nicht nur schön, sondern auch Entdeckungen. Anspruchsvolle Gegenwartsliteratur, Fundstücke, gelegentlich ein herausragendes Sachbuch – Martha Gellhorn, Iwan Bunin, Patrick Lee Fermor, aber auch der Schweizer Autor Jens Steiner machten den Dörlemann-Verlag speziell. Auch nach seinem Verkauf an den Kampa-Verlag wird er eigenständig weiterbestehen. Sabine Dörlemann gibt Auskunft zu 21 Jahren Verlegerinnen-Leben.

The banking sector is in focus as we speak to Singapore's largest foreign bank serving some 900,000 retail customers in the lion city.  Yes – we're going to talk about Standard Chartered Bank. Founded over 160 years ago, the bank currently has a presence in 53 of the world's most dynamic markets and serves clients in a further 64.   The bank opened its first branch in 1859 in Singapore, and became one of the first international banks to receive a Qualifying Full Bank licence in 1999.  Fast forward to 2022, the firm launched its digital bank venture Trust Bank in partnership with FairPrice Group, to drive digitalisation in the industry.  The firm had in late February announced an 18 per cent increase in pre-tax profit. It also laid out its expectations for the coming years, projecting income to grow 5 to 7 per cent between 2024 and 2026, down from the 10 per cent seen in 2023.  But how far is this driven by its business within ASEAN markets, and how far will its digital bank venture contribute to top and bottom line growth? And with the US Federal Reserve widely expected to cut interest rates this year, what will net interest margins look like for Standard Chartered, and how does it intend to get around lower NIMs? On Under the Radar, The Evening Runway's finance presenter Chua Tian Tian posed these questions to Patrick Lee, Cluster CEO, Singapore & ASEAN Markets, Standard Chartered Bank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy Valentine's Day! In this episode, we delve into medieval love spells, contraception, and the challenges women faced in matters of love and pregnancy. From mysterious plants and potions to debates among theologians on abortion ethics, explore the intersection of magic, societal views, and women's health in the Middle Ages. Join our discord community! Check out our Tumblr for even more! Support us on patreon! Check out our merch! The Beastiary Challenge! (

Adam and Alex start by introducing the new fellow lead for Liver Talks, Patrick Lee - a GI fellow at USC. The bulk of the episode is spent discussing a recent paper Adam published about finding your first hepatology job after fellowship. They discuss when and how to apply, what to prioritize, and negotiation tactics. Finally, Rob Wilechansky drops by to discuss a PBC clinical trial recently published in Hepatology. Jobs Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37309214/ PBC Trial: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10344437/ Hosts: Patrick Lee Adam Winters @adam_c_winters Alex Vogel @AlexSVogel Guests: Robert Wilechansky @WilechanskyMD Edited by: Taylor Gouterman Music Credits: “Tropkicks”, Broke for Free “Something Elated”, Broke for Free “Take Me Higher”, Jahzzar “RSPN,” Blank & Kytt All music furnished by https://freemusicarchive.org/ under Creative Commons licensing. http://brokeforfree.com/ https://jahzzar.bandcamp.com/ https://blankkytt.bandcamp.com/

Adhrucia Apana (@adhrucia) is a Filmmaker and a Founder of the production company Curiosity Entertainment/GP of Curiosity Media Finance. Curiosity is home to the next production from famed television creator Mark Williams (Ozark) and "Funny Girl" written by Anthony McCarten (Theory of Everything, Bohemian Rhapsody) to be directed by Nisha Ganatra (High Note, Late Night). Her creative slate for Curiosity includes projects in conjunction with the Neese Brothers (The Umbrella Academy), Kevin Fox (Law & Order SVU, Raising Kanan), and a co-production with Alcon Entertainment and Nazrin Choudhary (Fear of the Walking Dead). Adhrucia's releases include the EMMY nominated, "The Survivor" starring Ben Foster directed by Barry Levinson, "Capone" starring Tom Hardy, and "Needle in a Timestack" starring Cynthia Ervo, Leslie Odom Jr, Orlando Bloom, and Freida Pinto-directed by John Ridley which she Executive Produced. Adhrucia has worked as an Executive in Film/TV supporting over 30 film and television shows. She graduated Cum Laude from the prestigious Carl H Linder Business Scholars program and is a conservatory-trained vocalist and thespian. Adhrucia is an active member of the diversity initiative lovingly called "Stone Soup" started by Rotten Tomatoes founder Patrick Lee and Goldhouse focused on elevating Asian and South Asian voices in the Entertainment Industry and beyond, and has served or been an advocate and volunteer for Los Angeles based non-profits Young Storytellers and Project Paper Bag. She is a founding member of the Producers Guild of America's Social Impact in Entertainment (SIE) board and an Advisory Board Member to the MOVE Network NFT Platform. What Travis and Adhrucia discussed: Adhrucia knew from a young age that she wanted to be a storyteller. Growing up traveling and being exposed to different cultures, she found that books, music, and TV shows were a common language that helped her connect with people from all backgrounds. This early passion for storytelling never left her, even when she pursued business in college. To succeed in Hollywood, you have to want it more than everybody else. Adhrucia stresses that it's not about talent, connections or who you know - it's about determination. The people who make it are the ones who simply want it the most and are willing to work harder than anyone else to achieve it. Learn the business side of your creative industry. Adhrucia went back to learn the money and economics of the entertainment business, even though she was initially allergic to anything financial. This allowed her to better understand how to create and sell her work, and gave her more creative freedom. Have confidence in a backup skill. Knowing she could rely on being a good salesperson or e-commerce entrepreneur gave Adhrucia the confidence to fully commit to producing instead of playing it safe with a side hustle. Develop expertise in multiple skills to increase your confidence. Redefine what success looks like for you. Adhrucia encourages creators to see money made from art, whether on YouTube, Vimeo or elsewhere, as success - not just traditionally-defined achievements like Oscars. Reframe your definition of success within your industry. To hear Adhrucia's story and advice for succeeding in entertainment straight from her, check out the full conversation on the Travis Makes Friends podcast. She shares how she overcame setbacks, made pivotal career decisions and continues innovating in a rapidly changing industry. Don't forget to subscribe to our Youtube Channel, @travismakesfriends Follow Travis on: IG

Exciting News! Join us this Monday night at 7:30pm for a LIVE episode of the #WiseNuts Podcast featuring the incredible Patrick Lee Gipson! We'll be diving into crucial topics including homelessness, the fentanyl epidemic, the state of the sheriff's department post-Villanueva, and the latest Senate and Assembly bills. Get ready for an insightful and entertaining discussion you won't want to miss. Tune in on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube live to be part of the action! Follow the WiseNuts on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/WiseNutsPodcast/ Follow the WiseNuts on Twitter: https://twitter.com/wise_nuts Follow the WiseNuts on IG: https://www.instagram.com/wisenuts_podcast/?hl=en #PodcastGuest #MondayNightLive #TuneInNow #WiseNutsPodcast #fentanyl #drugs #sheriff #California #assembly #congress #house #vote #podcast #live #youtube #facebook #twitter --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/wisenuts/support

On Episode 326 of The No Limits Selling Podcast, we have Patrick Lee, author of The Great Small Business Plateau and How to Blast Past It! is a serial entrepreneur and Main Street business guru who believes in the power of Main Street as a leading force in the American economy.  He is the President of the Chesapeake Think Tank where he works with small business owners to achieve their loftiest dreams.  Patrick has over 20 years of experience owning and operating small businesses. He has been involved in every aspect from the start-up phase to successfully selling a business and everything in between.   He's a University of Notre Dame of Maryland graduate with a Masters of Arts in Management with concentrations in Corporate Management and Business Communications.  His entrepreneurial inspirations come when he's hiking the mountains in Western Maryland and West Virginia. Find Patrick Lee Jr.: Website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook [EDITOR'S NOTE: This podcast is sponsored by No Limits Selling. It is a fun, fast-paced podcast that delivers hard-fought business advice that you can implement today to improve your sales and performance] Interested In Our Real Estate Coaching Services? Explore Our Website: Link Feeling Not Well Today? You Can Use Our Mindset Boosters App To amp Up Your Mood: Link Find us on Social Media:   LinkedIn | Facebook community | Instagram Like what do you listen to? Subscribe to our podcast! Ready to become fearless? We can help you become fearless in 60 days so you accomplish more in your career Schedule A 15 min Call with Umar

On this episode, my guest is Nick Hunt, the author of three travel books about journeys by foot, including Outlandish: Walking Europe's Unlikely Landscapes. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Emergence, The Irish Times, New Internationalist, Resurgence & Ecologist and other publications. He works as an editor and co-director for the Dark Mountain Project. His latest book is an alternate history novel, Red Smoking Mirror.Show NotesAwe and the Great SecretOn Focus, Sight and SubjectivityThe Almost Lost Art of WalkingPilgrimage and the Half Way PointWhat if Left of Old-School Hospitality in our Times?When Borders Matter LessHospitality and PainThe Costs of InterculturalityAsking Permission: On Not Being WelcomeFriendship, Hospitality, and ExchangeHomeworkNick Hunt's Official WebsiteRed Smoking MirrorEssay: Bulls and ScarsTranscript[00:00:00] Chris Christou: Welcome Nick to the End of Tourism podcast. Thank you so very much for joining us today. [00:00:05] Nick Hunt: Very nice to be here, Chris. [00:00:07] Chris Christou: I have a feeling we're in for a very special conversation together. To begin, I'm wondering if you could offer us a glimpse into your world today, where you find yourself, and how the times seem to be rolling out in front of you, where you are.[00:00:22] Nick Hunt: Wow, that's a good, that's a good question. Geographically, I'm in Bristol, in the southwest of England, which is the city I grew up in and then moved away from and have come back to in the last five or so years. The city that I sat out the pandemic, which was quite a tough one for various reasons here and sort of for me personally and my family.But the last year really has just felt like everyone's opening out again and it feels... it's kind of good and bad. There was something about that time, I don't want to plunge straight into COVID because I'm sure everyone's sick of hearing about it, but the way it, it froze the world and froze people's personal lives and it froze all the good stuff, but it also froze a lot of the more difficult questions.So, I think in terms of kind of my wider work, which is often, focused around climate change, extinction, the state of the planet in general, the pandemic was, was oddly, you didn't have to think about the other problems for a while, even though they were still there. It dominated the airspace so much that everything else just kind of stopped.And now I find that in amongst all the joy of kind of friends emerging again and being able to travel, being able to meet people, being able to do stuff, there's also this looming feeling of like, the other problems are also waking up and we're looking at them again. [00:01:56] Chris Christou: Yeah. We have come back time to time in the last year or two in certain interviews of the pod and, and reflected a little bit on those times and considered that there was, among other things, it was a time where there was the possibility of real change. And I speak more to the places that have become tourist destinations, especially over touristed and when those people could finally leave their homes and there was nobody there that there was this sense of Okay, things could really be different [00:02:32] Nick Hunt: Yeah.As well. Yeah. I know there, there was a kind of hope wasn't there that, "oh, we can change, we can, we can act in, in a huge, unprecedented way." Maybe that will transfer to the environmental problems that we face. But sadly that didn't happen. Or it didn't happen yet. [00:02:53] Chris Christou: Well, time will tell. So Nick, I often ask my guests to begin with a bit of background on how their own travels have influenced their work, but since so much of your writing seems to revolve around your travels, I've decided to make that the major focus of our time together. And so I'd like to begin with your essay Bulls and Scars, which appears in issue number 14 of Dark Mountain entitled TERRA, and which was republished in The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century.[00:03:24] Nick Hunt: A hyperbolic, a hyperbolic title, I have to say. [00:03:29] Chris Christou: And in that exquisite essay on the theme of wanderlust, you write, and I quote, "always this sense, when traveling, will I find it here? Will the great secret reveal itself? Is it around the next corner? There is never anything around the next corner except the next corner, but sometimes I catch fragments of it.This fleeting thing I am looking for. That mountainside, that's a part of it there. The way the light falls on that wall. That old man sitting under a mulberry tree with his dog sleeping at his feet. That's a part of the secret too. If I could fit these pieces together, I would be completed. Waking on these sacks of rice, I nearly see the shape of it. The outlines of the secret loom, extraordinary and almost whole. I can almost touch it. I think. Yes, this is it. I am here. I have arrived, but I have not arrived. I am traveling too fast. The moment has already gone, the truck rolls onwards through the night, and the secret slides away.This great secret, Nick, that spurs so much of our wanderlust. I'm curious, where do you imagine it comes from personally, historically, or otherwise? [00:04:59] Nick Hunt: Wow. Wow. Thank you for reading that so beautifully. That was an attempt to express something that I think I've always, I've always felt, and I imagine everybody feels to some extent that sense of, I guess you could describe it as "awe," but this sense that I, I first experienced this when I was a kid.I was about maybe six, five or six years old, maybe seven. I can't remember. Used to spend a lot of time in North Wales where my grandparents lived and my mum would take me up there and she loved walking. So we'd go for walks and we were coming back from a walk at the end of a day. So it was mountains. It was up in Snowdonia.And I have a very vivid memory of a sunset and a sheep and a lamb and the sky being red and gold in sense that now I would describe it as awe, you know, the sublime or something like that. I had no, no words for it. I just knew it was very important that I, I stayed there for a bit and, and absorbed it.So I refused to walk on. And my mom, I'll always be grateful for this. She didn't attempt to kind of pull my hand and drag me back to the car cuz she probably had things to do. But she walked on actually and out of sight and left me just to kind of be there because she knew that this was an important thing.And for me, that's the start of, of the great secret. I think this sense of wanting to be inside the world. I've just been reading some Ursula LeGuin and there's a short story in her always coming home. I think it's called A Hole in the Air. And it's got this kind of conceit of a man stepping outside the world and he kind of goes to a parallel version of his world and it's the one in which some version of us lives.And it's the kind of, you know, sort of fucked up war-like version where everything's kind of terrible and polluted, dangerous and violent and he can't understand it. But this idea of he's gone outside the world and he can't find his way back in. And I think this is a theme in a lot of indigenous people.This idea of kind of being inside something and other cultures being outside. I think a lot, all of my writing and traveling really has been about wanting to get inside and kind of understand something. I don't know. I mean, I dunno what the secret is because it's a secret and what I was writing about in that essay was, I think in my twenties particularly, I kind of imagined that I could find this if I kept moving.The quicker the better because you're covering more ground and more chance of finding something that you're looking for, of knowing what's around the next corner, what's over the next hill. You know, even today I find it very difficult to kind of turn back on a walk before I've got to the top of a hill or some point where I can see what's coming next.It feels like something uncompleted and then I'm sure, as I imagine you did, you know, you were describing to me earlier about traveling throughout your twenties and always kind of looking for this thing and then realizing, what am I actually, you know, what am I doing? What am I actually looking for?Mm-hmm. So I still love traveling, obviously, but I don't feel this kind youthful urge just to keep moving, keep moving, keep moving, see more things, you know, experience more. And then I think you learn when you get a bit older that maybe that's not the way to find whatever it is that you are kind of restless for.Maybe that's when you turn inside a little bit more. And certainly my travels now are kind of shorter and slower than they were before, but I find that there's a better quality of focus in the landscapes or places that before I would've kind of dismissed and rushed through are now endlessly fascinating.And allowing more time to kind of stay in a place has its own value. [00:09:19] Chris Christou: Well, blessings to your mother. What's her name if I can ask? Her name's Caroline. It's the same name as my wife. So it's a source of endless entertainment for my friends. Well, thank you, Caroline, for, for that moment, for allowing it to happen.I think for better or worse, so many of us are robbed of those opportunities as children. And thinking recently about I'll have certain flashbacks to childhood and that awe and that awe-inspiring imagination that seems limitless perhaps for a young child and is slowly waned or weaned as we get older.So thank you to your mother for that. I'm sure part of the reason that we're having this conversation today. And you touched a little bit on this notion of expectation and you used the word focus as well, and I'm apt to consider more and more the the question of sight and how it dominates so much of our sense perception and our sense relationships as we move through our lives and as we move across the world.And so I'd like to bring up another little excerpt from Bulls and Scars, which I just have to say I loved so much. And in the essay you write, quote, "I know nothing about anything. It's a relief to admit this now and let myself be led. All I see is the surface of things. The elaborate hairstyle of a man, shaved to the crown and plastered down in a clay hardened bun, a woman's goat skin skirt, fringed with cowrie shelves and not the complex layers of meaning that lie beneath. I understand nothing of the ways in which these things fit together, how they collide or overlap. There are symbols I cannot read, lines I do not see."End quote. And so this, this reminded me. I have walking through a few textile shops here in Oaxaca some years ago with a friend of mine and he noted how tourists tend towards these textile styles, colors and designs, but specifically the ones that tend to fit their own aesthetics and how this can eventually alter what the local weavers produce and often in service to foreign tastes.And he said to me, he said, "most of the time we just don't know what we're looking at." And so it's not just our inability to see as a disciplined and locally formed skill that seems to betray us, but also our unwillingness to know just that that makes us tourists or foreigners in a place. My question to you is, how do you imagine we might subvert these culturally conjured ways of seeing, assuming that's even necessary? [00:12:24] Nick Hunt: Well, that's a question that comes up an awful lot as a travel writer. And it's one I've become more aware of over these three books I've written, which form a very loose trilogy about, they're all about walking in different parts of Europe.And I've only become more aware of that that challenge of the traveler. There's another line in that essay that something like " they say that traveling opens doors, but sometimes people take their doors with them." You know, it's not necessarily true, but any means that seeing the world kind of widens your perspective. A lot of people just, you know, their eyes don't change no matter where they go. And so, I know that when I'm doing these journeys, I'm going completely subjectively with my own prejudices, my own mood of the day which completely determines how I see a place and how I meet people and what I bring away from it.And also what I, what I give. And I think this is, this is kind of an unavoidable thing really. It's one of the paradoxes maybe at the heart of the kind of travel writing I do, and there's different types of travel writers. Some people are much more conscientious about when they talk to people, it's, you know, it's more like an interview.They'll record it. They'll only kind of quote exactly what they were told. But even that, there's a kind of layer of storytelling, obviously, because they are telling a story, they're telling a narrative, they're cutting certain things out of the frame, and they're including others. They're exaggerating or amplifying certain details that fit the narrative that they're following.I think an answer to your question, I, I'm not sure yet, but I'm hopefully becoming more, more aware. And I think one thing is not hiding it, is not pretending that a place as I see it, that I, by any means, can see the truth, you know, the kind of internal truth of this place. There's awareness that my view is my view and I think the best thing we can do is just not try and hide that to include it as part of the story we tell. Hmm. And I, I noticed for my first book, I did this long walk across Europe that took about seven and a half months. And there were many days when I didn't really want to be doing it.I was tired, sick, didn't want to be this kind of traveling stranger, always looking like the weirdo walking down the street with a big bag and kind of unshaved sunburnt face. And so I noticed that some villages I walked into, I would come away thinking, my God, those people were awful.They were really unfriendly. No one looked at me, no one smiled. I just felt this kind of hostility. And then I'd think, well, the common factor in this is always me. And I must have been walking into that village looking shifty, not really wanting to communicate with anyone, not making any contact, not explaining who I was.And of course they were just reflecting back what I was giving them. So I think, just kind of centering your own mood and the baggage you take with you is very important. [00:15:46] Chris Christou: Yeah. Well, I'd like to focus a little bit more deeply on that book and then those travels that you wrote about anyways, in Walking the Woods and the Water.And just a little bit of a background for our listeners. The book's description is as follows. "In 1933, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out in a pair of hobnail boots to chance and charm his way across Europe. Quote, like a tramp, a pilgrim, or a wandering scholar. From the hook of Holland to Istanbul. 78 years later, I (you) followed in his footsteps.The book recounts a seven month walk through Holland, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey on a quest to discover what remains of hospitality, kindness to strangers, freedom, wildness, adventure, and the deeper occurrence of myth and story that still flow beneath Europe's surface.Now before diving a little bit more deeply into these questions of hospitality and xenophobia or xenophilia, I'd like to ask about this pilgrimage and the others you've undertaken, especially, this possibility that seems to be so much an endangered species in our times, which is our willingness or capacity to proceed on foot as opposed to in vehicles.And so I'm curious how your choice to walk these paths affected your perception, how you experienced each new place, language, culture, and people emerging in front of you. Another way of asking the question would be, what is missed by our urge to travel in vehicles?[00:17:36] Nick Hunt: Well, that first walk, which set off the other ones, I later did. It could only have been a walk because the whole idea was to follow the footsteps of Patrick Leigh Fermor, who was a very celebrated travel writer who set out in 1933 with no ambition or kind of purpose other than he just wanted to walk to Istanbul.And it was his own kind of obsessive thing that he wanted to do. And I was deeply influenced by his book. And I was quite young and always thought I wanted to kind of try. I I was just curious to see the Europe that he saw was, you know, the last of a world that disappeared very shortly afterwards because he saw Germany as this unknown guy called Adolf Hitler, who was just emerging on the scene. He walked through these landscapes that were really feudal in character, you know, with counts living in castles and peasants working in the fields. And he, so he saw the last of this old Europe that was kind of wiped out by, well first the second World War, then communism in Eastern Europe and capitalism, in Western Europe and then everywhere.So it's just had so many very traumatic changes and I just wanted to know if there was any of what he saw left, if there was any of that slightly fairytale magic that he glimpsed. So I had to walk because it, it just wouldn't have worked doing it by any other form of transport. And I mean, initially, even though I'd made up my mind, I was going to go by foot and I knew I wasn't in a hurry. It was amazing how frustrating walking was in the first couple of weeks. It felt almost like the whole culture is, you know, geared around getting away, got to go as quickly as possible.In Holland actually I wasn't walking in remote mountains, I was walkingthrough southern industrial states and cities in which a walker feels, you feel like an outcast in places you shouldn't really be. So, it took a couple of weeks for my mind to really adjust and actually understand that slowness was the whole purpose. And then it became the pleasure.And by halfway through Germany, I hadn't gone on any other form of transport for maybe six weeks, and I stayed with someone who, he said, "I'm going to a New Year's Eve party in the next town." It was New Year's Eve. The next town was on my route. He said, "you know, I'm driving so I might as well take you there."So I said, "great," cuz it'd been a bit weird to kind of go to this town and then come back again. It was on my way. So, I got in a car and the journey took maybe half an hour and I completely panicked, moving at that speed, I was shocked by how much of the world was taken away from me, actually, because by then I'd learned to love spotting these places, you know, taking routes along, along rivers and through bits of woodland.I was able to see them coming and all of these things were flashing past me. We crossed the Rhine, which was this great river that I'd been following for weeks. And it was like a stream, you know, it was a puddle. It was kind of gone under the bridge in two seconds. Wow. And it really felt like I had this, this kind of guilt, to be honest.It was this feeling of what was in that day that I lost, you know, what didn't I see? Who didn't I meet? I've just been sitting in the passenger seat of a car, and I have no sense of direction. The thing about walking is you're completely located at all times. You walk into the center of a city and you've had to have walked through the suburbs.You've seen the outskirts, and it helps, you know, well that's north. Like, you know, I came from that direction. That's south. That's where I'm going. If you take a train or get in a car, unless you're really paying attention, you are kind of catapulted into the middle of this city without any concept of what direction you're going in next.And I didn't realize how disorienting that is because we're so used to it. We do it all the time. And this was only a kind of shadow of what was to come at the very end of my journey, cuz I got to Istanbul after seven and a half months. I was in a very weird place that I've only kind of realized since all that time walking.And I stayed a couple of weeks in Turkey and then I flew home again, partly cuz I had a very patient and tolerant and forgiving girlfriend who I couldn't kind of stretch it out any, any longer. And initially I think I'd been planning to come back on like hitchhiking or buses and trains. But in the end I was like, "you know, whatever, I'll just spend a couple days more in Turkey, then I'll get on a plane."And I think it was something like three hours flying from Istanbul and three hours crossing a continent that you spent seven and a half months walking. And I was looking down and seeing the Carpathian mountains and the Alps and these kind of shapes of these rivers, some of which I recognized as places I'd walked through.And again, this sense of what am I missing, that would've been an extraordinary journey going through that landscape. Coming back. You mentioned pilgrimage earlier, and someone told me once, who was doing lots of work around pilgrimage that, you know, in the old days when people had to walk or take a horse, if you were rich, say you started in England, your destination was Constantinople or Jerusalem or Rome, that Jerusalem or Rome wasn't the end of your journey.That was the exact halfway point, because when you got there, you had to walk back again. And on the way out, you'd go with your questions and your openness about whatever this journey meant to you. And then on the way back, you would be slowly at the pace of walking, trying to incorporate what you'd learnt and what you'd experienced into your everyday life of your village, your family, your community, you know, your land.So by the time you got back, you'd had all of that time to process what happened. So I think with that walk, you know, I, I did half the pilgrimage thinking I'd done all of it, and then was plunged back into, actually went straight back to the life I'd been living before in, in London as if nothing had ever happened.And I think for the year after that walk, my soul hadn't caught up with my body by any means. Mm-hmm. I was kind of living this strange sort of half life that felt very familiar because I recognized everything, but I felt like a very different person, to be honest and it took a long time to actually process that.But I think if I'd, even if I'd come back by, you know, public transport of some sort it would've helped just soften the blow. [00:25:04] Chris Christou: What a context to put it in, softening the blow. Hmm. It reminds me of the etymology of travel as far as I've read is that it used to mean an arduous journey.And that the arduous was the key descriptor in that movement. It reminds me of, again, so many of my travels in my twenties that were just flash flashes of movement on flights and buses. And that I got back to Canada. And the first thing was, okay, well I'm outta money, so I need to get back to work and I need to make as much money as possible.And there just wasn't enough time. And there wasn't perhaps time, period, in order to integrate what rolled out in front of me over those trips. And I'm reminded of a story that David Abram tells in his book Becoming Animal about jet lag. And perhaps a hypothesis that he has around jet lag and that we kind of flippantly use the excuse or context of time zones to explain this relative sense of being in two places at once.To what extent he discussed this, I don't remember very well, but just this understanding of when we had moved over vast distances on foot in the past, that we would've inevitably been open and apt to the emerging geographies languages, foods even cultures as we arrive in new places, and that those things would've rolled out very slowly in front of us, perhaps in the context of language heavily.But in terms of geography, I imagine very slowly, and that there would've been a kind of manner of integration, perhaps, for lack of a better word in which our bodies, our sensing bodies, would've had the ability to confront and contend with those things little by little as we moved. And it also reminds me of this book Rebecca Solnit's R iver of Shadows, where she talks about Edward Muybridge and the invention of the steam engine and the train and train travel.And how similarly to when people first got a glimpse of the big screen cinema that there was a lot of bodily issues. People sometimes would get very nauseous or pass out or have to leave the theater because their bodies weren't used to what was in front of them.And in, on the train, there were similar instances where for the first time at least, you know, as we can imagine historically people could not see the foreground looking out the train window. They could only see the background because the foreground was just flashing by so quickly.Wow, that's interesting. Interesting. And that we've become so used to this. And it's a really beautiful metaphor to, to wonder about what has it done to a people that can no longer see what's right there in front of them in terms of not just the politics, in their place, but the, their home itself, their neighbors, the geography, et cetera.And so I'm yet to read that book in mention, but I'm really looking forward to it because it's given me a lot of inspiration to consider a kind of pilgrimage to the places where my old ones are from there in, in southeastern Europe and also in Southwestern England.[00:28:44] Nick Hunt: Hmm.Yeah. That is a, so I'm still thinking about that metaphor of the train. Yeah. You don't think of that People wouldn't have had that experience of seeing the foreground disappear. And just looking at the distance, that's deeply strange and inhuman experience, isn't it? Hmm.[00:29:07] Chris Christou: Certainly. And, you know, speaking of these, these long pilgrimages and travels, my grandparents made their way from, as I mentioned, southwestern England later Eastern Africa and, and southeastern Europe to Canada in the fifties and sixties. And the peasant side of my family from what today is northern Greece, Southern Macedonia, brought a lot of their old time hospitality with them.And it's something that has always been this beautiful clue and key to these investigations around travel and exile. And so, you know, In terms of this old time hospitality, in preparing for this interview, I was reminded of a story that Ivan Illich once spoke of, or at least once, wrote about of a Jesuit monk living in China who took up a pilgrimage from Peking to Rome just before World War II, perhaps not unlike Patrick Leigh Fermor. Mm-hmm. And Illich recalled the story in his book, Rivers North of the Future as follows. He wrote, quote, "at first it was quite easy, he said (the Jesuit said,) in China, he only had to identify himself as a pilgrim, someone whose walk was oriented to a sacred place and he was given food, a handout, and a place to sleep.This changed a little bit when he entered the territory of Orthodox Christianity. There, they told him to go to the parish house where a place was free or to the priest's house. Then he got to Poland, the first Catholic country, and he found that the Polish Catholics generously gave him money to put himself up in a cheap hotel.And so the Jesuit was recalling the types of local hospitality he received along his path, which we could say diminished the further he went. Now, I'd love it if you could speak perhaps about the kinds of hospitality or, or perhaps the lack there of you experienced on your pilgrimage from the northwest of Europe to the southeast of Europe.And what, if anything, surprised you? [00:31:26] Nick Hunt: Well, that was one of my main interests really, was to see if the extraordinary hospitality that my predecessor had experienced in the 1930s where he'd been accommodated everywhere from, peasants' barns to the castles of Hungarian aristocrats and everything in between. I wanted to see if that generosity still existed. And talking about different ways of offering hospitality when he did his walk, one of the fairly reliable backstops he had was going to a police officer and saying "I'm a student. I'm a traveling student." That was the kind of equivalent to the pilgrim ticket in his day in a lot of parts of Europe. "I'm a student and I'm going from one place to the next," and he would be given a bed in the local police station. You know, they'd open up a cell, sleep there for the night, and then he'd leave in the morning. And I think it sometimes traditionally included like a mug of beer and some bread or soup or something, but even by his time in the thirties, it was a fairly well established thing to ask, I dunno how many people were doing it, but he certainly met in Germany, a student who was on the road going to university and the way he was going was walking for days or weeks.That wasn't there when I did my work. I don't think I ever asked a policeman, but in a couple of German towns, I went to the town hall. You know, the sort of local authority in Germany. They have a lot of authority and power in the community. And I asked a sort of bemused receptionist if I could claim this kind of ancient tradition of hospitality and spend the night in a police station, and they had no idea what I was talking about.Wow. And I think someone in a kind of large village said, "well, that's a nice idea, but I can't do that because we've got a tourist industry and all the guest house owners, you know, they wouldn't be happy if we started offering accommodation for free. It would put them out of business." Wow. And I didn't pay for accommodation much, but I did end up shelling out, you know, 30, 40 euros and sleeping in a, B&B.But having said that, the hospitality has taken on different forms. I started this journey in winter, which was the, when Patrick Leigh Fermor started, in December. So, I kind of wanted to start on the same date to have a similar experience, but it did mean walking through the coldest part of Europe, you know, Germany and Austria in deep snow and arriving in Bulgaria and Turkey when it was mid-summer.So I went from very cold to very hot. And partly for this reason, I was nervous about the beginning, not knowing what this experience was gonna be like. So, I used the couch surfing website, which I think Airbnb these days has probably kind of undercut a lot of it, but it was a free, very informal thing where people would provide a bed or a mattress or a place on the floor, a sofa for people passing through.And I was in the south of Germany before I ran out of couch surfing stops. But I also supplemented that with sleeping out. I slept in some ruined castles on the way. Hmm. I slept in these wooden hunting towers that no hunters were in. It wasn't the season. But they were freezing, but they were dry, you know, and they gave shelter.But I found that the language of hospitality shifted the further I went. In Holland, Germany, and Austria, people were perfectly, perfectly hospitable and perfectly nice and would put me up. But they'd say, when do you have to leave? You know, which is a perfectly reasonable question and normally it was first saying the next morning.And I noticed when I got to Eastern Europe, the question had shifted from when do you want to leave to how long can you stay? And that's when there was always in Hungary and then in Romania in particular and Bulgaria, people were kind of finding excuses to keep me longer. There would be, you know, it's my granddad's birthday, we're gonna bake him a cake and have a party, or we're going on a picnic, or we're going to the mountains, or we're going to our grandmother's house in the countryside. You should see that.And so my stays did get longer, the further southeast I got, partly cuz it was summer and everybody's in a good mood and they're doing things outdoors and they're traveling a bit more. But yeah, I mean the hospitality did shift and I got passed along as Patrick Leigh Fermor had done. So someone would say, you're going this way.They look at my map, you're going through this town. I've got a cousin, or I know a school teacher. Maybe you can sleep in the school and give a talk to the students the next day. So, all of these things happened and I kind of got accommodated in a greater variety of places, a nunnery where I was fed until I'd hardly move, by these nuns, just plain, homemade food and rakia and wine. And I stayed at a short stay in a psychiatric hospital in France, Sylvania. Talking of the changes that have happened to Europe, when Patrick Leigh Fermor stayed there it was a country house owned by a Hungarian count. His assets had since been liquidated, you know, his family dispossessed in this huge building given to the Romanian State to use as a hospital, and it was still being run that way.But the family had kind of made contact, again, having kept their heads down under communism, but realized they had no use for a huge mansion with extensive grounds. There was no way they could fill it or maintain it. And so it was continued to be used as a hospital, but they had a room where they were able to stay when they passed through.So I spent a few nights there. So everything slowed down was my experience, the further southeast I got. And going back actually to one of your first questions about, why walk? And what do you notice from walking? One of the things you really notice is the incremental changes by which, culture changes as well as landscape.You see the crossovers. You see that people in this part of Holland are a bit like this people in this part of Germany over the border. You know, borders kind of matter less because you see one culture merging into another. Languages and accents changing. And sometimes those changes are quite abrupt, but often they're all quite organic and the food changes, the beer changes, the wine changes, the local cheese or delicacies change.And so that was one of the great pleasures of it was just kind of understanding these many different cultures in Europe as part of a continuum rather than these kind of separate entities that just happen to be next door to each other. [00:38:50] Chris Christou: Right. That's so often constructed in the western imagination through borders, through state borders.[00:38:58] Nick Hunt: Just talking of borders, they've only become harder, well for everyone in the places I walk through. And I do wonder what it would be like making this journey today after Brexit. I wouldn't be able to do it just quite simply. It's no longer possible for a British person to spend more than three months in the EU, as a visitor, as a tourist.So I think I could have walked to possibly Salzburg or possibly Vienna, and then had to come back and wait three months before continuing the journey. So I was lucky, you know, I was lucky to do it in the time I did. Mm-hmm. [00:39:38] Chris Christou: Mm-hmm. I'm very much reminded through these stories and your reflections of this essay that Ivan Illich wrote towards the end of his life called "Hospitality and Pain."And you know, I highly, highly recommend it for anyone who's curious about how hospitality has changed, has been commodified and co-opted over the centuries, over the millennia. You know, he talks very briefly, but very in depth about how the church essentially took over that role for local people, that in the Abrahamic worldview that there was generally a rule that you could and should be offering three days and nights of sanctuary to the stranger for anyone who'd come passing by and in part because in the Christian world in another religious worldviews that the stranger could very well be a God in disguise, the divine coming to your doorstep. We're talking of course, about the fourth and fifth centuries.About how the church ended up saying, no, no, no, don't worry, don't worry. We got this. You, you guys, the people in the village, you don't have to do this anymore. They can come to the church and we'll give them hospitality. And of course, you know, there's the hidden cost, which is the, the attempt at conversion, I'm sure.Yeah. But that later on the church instituted hospitals, that word that comes directly from hospitality as these places where people could stay, hospitals and later hostels and hotels and in Spanish, hospedaje and that by Patrick Lee firm's time we're talking about police stations.Right. and then, you know, in your time to some degree asylums. It also reminded me of that kind of rule, for lack of a better word of the willingness or duty of people to offer three days and nights to the stranger.And that when the stranger came upon the doorstep of a local person, that the local person could not ask them what they were doing there until they had eaten and often until they had slept a full night. But it's interesting, I mean, I, I don't know how far deep we can go with this, but the rule of this notion, as you were kind of saying, how the relative degree of hospitality shifted from [00:42:01] Nick Hunt: when do you have to leave to how long how long can you stay? [00:42:05] Chris Christou: Right. Right. That Within that kind of three day structure or rule that there was also this, this notion that it wasn't just in instituted or implemented or suggested as a way of putting limits on allowing a sense of agency or autonomy for the people who are hosting, but also limiting their hospitality.Kind of putting this, this notion on the table that you might want to offer a hundred days of hospitality, but you're not allowed. Right. And what and where that would come from and why that there would be this necessity within the culture or cultures to actually limit someone's want to serve the stranger.[00:42:54] Nick Hunt: Yeah, that's very interesting. Yeah. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I wonder where that came from. I mean, three is always a bit of a magic number, isn't it? Mm-hmm. But yeah, it sounds like that maybe comes from an impulse from both sides somehow. [00:43:09] Chris Christou: Mm-hmm. Nick, I'd like to come back to this question of learning and learning with the other of, of interculturality and tourism. And I'd like to return to your essay, Bulls and Scars, momentarily with this excerpt. And it absolutely deserves the title of being one of the best travel writing pieces of the 21st century. And so in that essay you write, "if we stay within our horizons surrounded by people who are the same as us, it precludes all hope. We shut off any possibility of having our automatic beliefs, whether good or bad, right or wrong, smashed so their rubble can make new shapes. We will never be forced to understand that there are different ways to be human, different ways to be ourselves, and we desperately need that knowledge, even if we don't know it yet."Hmm. And now I don't disagree at all. I think we are desperately in need of deeper understandings of what it means to be human and what it means to be human together. The argument will continue to arise, however, at what cost? How might we measure the extent of our presence in foreign places and among foreign people, assuming that such a thing is even possible.[00:44:32] Nick Hunt: Yeah, that's a question that's at the heart of that essay, which I don't think we've said is set in the South Omo Valley in Ethiopia. And part of it is about this phenomenon of tribal safaris, you know, which is as gross as it sounds, and it's rich western people driving in fleets of four by fours to indigenous tribal villages and, you know, taking pictures and watching a dance and then going to the next village.And the examples of this that I saw when I was there, I said, when I said in the essay, you couldn't invent a better parody of tourists. It was almost unbelievable. It was all of the obnoxious stereotypes about the very worst kind of tourists behaving in the very worst possible way, seemingly just no self reflection whatsoever, which was disheartening.And that's an extreme example and it's easy to parody because it was so extreme. But I guess what maybe you're asking more is what about the other people? What about those of us who do famously think of ourselves as as travelers rather than tourists? There's always that distinction I certainly made when I was doing it in my twenties.So I'm not a tourist, I'm a traveler. It's like a rich westerner saying that they're an "expat" rather than an immigrant when they go and live in a foreign country that's normally cheaper than where they came from. Yeah, that's a question again, like the great secret, I don't think I answer in that essay.What I did discover was that, it was much more nuanced than I thought it was originally. Certainly on a surface, looking at the scenes that I saw, what I saw as people who were completely out of their depth, out of their world, out of their landscape, looking like idiots and being mocked fairly openly by these tribal people who they were, in my view, exploiting. They didn't look like they were better off in a lot of ways, even though they had the, thousand dollars cameras and all the expensive clothes and the vehicles and the money and obviously had a certain amount of power cuz they were the ones shelling out money and kind of getting what they wanted.But it wasn't as clear cut as I thought. And I know that's only a kind of anecdote. It's not anything like a study of how people going to remote communities, the damage they do and the impact they have. I've got another another example maybe, or something that I've been working on more recently, which comes from a journey that I haven't not written anything about it yet.But in March of this year, I was in Columbia and Northern Columbia. The first time for a long time that I've, gone so far. All of my work has been sort of around Europe, been taking trains. I mean, I got on a plane and left my soul behind in lots of ways, got to Columbia and there were various reasons for my going, but one of the interests I had was I had a contact who'd worked with the Kogi people who live in the Sierra Nevada des Santa Marta Mountains on the Caribbean coast.An extraordinary place, an extraordinary people who have really been isolated at their own instigation, since the Spanish came, and survived the conquest with a culture and religion and economy, really more or less intact, just by quietly retreating up the mountain and not really making a lot of fuss for hundreds of years, so effectively that until the 1960s, outsiders didn't really know they were there. And since then there has been contact made from what I learned really by the Kogi rather than the other way around. Or they realized that they couldn't remain up there isolated forever.Maybe now because people were starting to encroach upon the land and settle and cut down forests. And there was obviously decades of warfare and conflict and drug trafficking and a very dangerous world they saw outside the mountains. And this journey was very paradoxical and strange and difficult because they do not want people to visit them.You know, they're very clear about that. They made a couple of documentary films or collaborated in a couple of documentary films in the late nineties and sort of early two thousands where they sent this message to the world about telling the younger brothers as they call us, where they're going wrong, where we are going wrong, all the damage we're doing.And then after that film, it was really, that's it. "We don't wanna communicate with you anymore. We've said what we have to say, leave us alone." You know, "we're fine. We'll get on with it." But they, the contact I had I arranged to meet a sort of spokesman for this community, for this tribe in Santa Marta.Kind of like an, a sort of indigenous embassy in a way. And he was a real intermediary between these two worlds. He was dressed in traditional clothes, lived in the mountains but came down to work in this city and was as conversant with that tribal and spiritual life as he was with a smartphone and a laptop.So he was really this kind of very interesting bridge character who was maintaining a balance, which really must have been very difficult between these two entirely different worldviews and systems. And in a series of conversations with him and with his brother, who also acts as a spokesman, I was able to talk to them about the culture and about the life that was up there, or the knowledge they wanted to share with me.And when it came time for me to ask without really thinking that it would work, could I have permission to go into the Sierra any further because I know that, you know, academics and anthropologists have been welcomed there in the past. And it was, it was actually great. It was a wonderful relief to be told politely, but firmly, no.Hmm. No. Mm. You know, it's been nice meeting you. If you wanted to go further into the mountains. You could write a, a detailed proposal, and I thought this was very interesting. They said you'd need to explain what knowledge you are seeking to gain, what you're going to do with that knowledge and who you will share that knowledge with.Like, what do you want to know? And then we would consider that, the elders, the priests, the mammos would consider that up in the mountains. And you might get an answer, but it might take weeks. It could take months because everything's very, very slow, you know? and you probably wouldn't be their priority.Right. And so I didn't get to the Sierra, and I'm writing a piece now about not getting to the place where you kind of dream of going, because, to be completely honest, and I know how, how kind of naive and possibly colonial, I sound by saying this, but I think it's important to recognize part of that idea of finding the great secret.Of course, I wanted to go to this place where a few Westerners had been and meet people who are presented or present themselves as having deep, ecological, ancestral spiritual knowledge, that they know how to live in better harmony with the earth. You know, whether that's true or not, that in itself is a simplified, probably naive view, but that's the kind of main story of these people.Why wouldn't I want to meet them? You know, just the thought that not 50 miles away from this bustling, polluted city, there's a mountain range. It's one of the most biodiverse places on the planet that has people who have kept knowledge against all odds, have kept knowledge for 500 years and have not been conquered and have not been wiped out, and have not given in.You know, obviously I wanted to go there, but it was wonderful to know that I couldn't because I'm not welcome. Mm. And so I'm in the middle of writing a piece that's a, it's a kind of non-travel piece. It's an anti travel piece or a piece examining, critically examining that, that on edge within myself to know what's around the next corner.To look over the horizon to get to the top of the mountain, you know, and, and, and explore and discover all of that stuff. But recognizing that, it is teasing out which parts of that are a genuine and healthy human curiosity. And a genuine love of experiencing new things and meeting new people and learning new things and what's more of a colonial, "I want to discover this place, record what I find and take knowledge out."And that was one thing that I found very interestingly. They spoke very explicitly about seeking knowledge as a form of extraction. For hundreds of years they've had westerners extracting the obvious stuff, the coal, the gold, the oil, the timber, all the material goods. While indigenous knowledge was discounted as completely useless.And now people are going there looking for this knowledge. And so for very understandable reasons, these people are highly suspicious of these people turning up, wanting to know things. What will you do with the knowledge? Why do you want this knowledge? And they spoke about knowledge being removed in the past, unscrupulously taken from its proper owners, which is a form of theft.So, yeah, talking about is appropriate to be talking about this on the end of tourism podcast. Cause yeah, it's very much a journey that wasn't a journey not hacking away through the jungle with the machete, not getting the top of the mountain, you know, not seeing the things that no one else has seen.Wow. And that being a good thing. [00:54:59] Chris Christou: Yeah. It brings me back to that question of why would either within a culture or from some kind of authoritative part of it, why would a people place limits to protect themselves in regards to those three days of allowing people to stay?Right. And not for longer. Yes. [00:55:20] Nick Hunt: Yeah, that's very true. Mm-hmm. Because people change, the people that come do change things. They change your world in ways big and small, good and bad. [00:55:31] Chris Christou: You know, I had a maybe not a similar experience, but I was actually in the Sierra Nevadas maybe 12 years ago now, and doing a backpacking trip with an ex-girlfriend there.And the Columbian government had opened a certain part of the Sierra Nevadas for ecotourism just a few years earlier. And I'm sure it's still very much open and available in those terms. And it was more or less a a six day hike. And because this is an area as well where there were previous civilizations living there, so ruins as well.And so that that trip is a guided trek. So you would go with a local guide who is not just certified as a tour guide, but also a part of the government program. And you would hike three days and hike back three days. And there was one lunch where there was a Kogi man and his son also dressed in traditional clothing. And for our listeners, from what I understand anyways, there are certain degrees of inclusion in Kogi society. So the higher up the mountain you go, the more exclusive it is in terms of foreigners are not allowed in, in certain places.And then the lower down the mountain and you go, there are some places where there are Kogi settlements, but they are now intermingling with for example, these tourists groups. And so that lunch was an opportunity for this Kogi man to explain a little bit about his culture, the history there and of course the geography.And as we were arriving to that little lunch outpost his son was there maybe 10, 15 feet away, a few meters away. And we kind of locked eyes and I had these, very western plastic sunglasses on my head. And the Kogi boy, again, dressed in traditional clothing, he couldn't speak any English and couldn't speak any Spanish from what I could tell.And so his manner of communicating was with his hands. And he subtly but somewhat relentlessly was pointing at my sunglasses. And I didn't know what to do, of course. And he wanted my sunglasses. And there's this, this moment, and in that moment so much can come to pass.But of course afterwards there was so much reflection to be taken in regards to, if I gave him my sunglasses, what would be the consequence of that, that simple action rolling out over the course of time in that place. And does it even matter that I didn't give him my sunglasses, that I just showed up there and had this shiny object that, that perhaps also had its consequence rolling out over the course of this young man's life because, I was one of 10 or 12 people that day in that moment to pass by.But there were countless other groups. I mean, the outposts that we slept in held like a hundred people at a time. Oh, wow. And so we would, we would pass people who were coming down from the mountain and that same trek or trip and you know, so there was probably, I would say close to a hundred people per day passing there.Right. And what that consequence would look like rolling out over the course of, of his life. [00:59:11] Nick Hunt: Yeah. You could almost follow the story of a pair of plastic sunglasses as they drop into a community and have sort of unknown consequences or, or not. But you don't know, do you? Yeah. Yeah. I'm, it was fascinating knowing that you've been to the same, that same area as well. Appreciated that. What's, what's your, what's your last question? Hmm. [00:59:34] Chris Christou: Well, it has to do with with the end of tourism, surprisingly.And so one last time, coming back to your essay, Bulls and Scars, you write, " a friend of mine refuses to travel to countries poor than his own. Not because he is scared of robbery or disease, but because the inequality implicit in every human exchange induces a squirming, awkwardness and corrosive sense of guilt.For him, the power disparity overshadows everything. Every conversation, every handshake, every smile and gesture. He would rather not travel than be in that situation." And you say, "I have always argued against this view because the see all human interactions as a function of economics means accepting capitalism in its totality, denying that people are driven by forces other than power and greed, excluding the possibility of there being anything else.The grotesque display of these photographic trophy hunters makes me think of him now." Now I've received a good amount of writing and messages from people speaking of their consternation and guilt in terms of "do I travel, do I not travel? What are the consequences?" Et cetera. In one of the first episodes of the podcast with Stephen Jenkinson, he declared that we have to find a way of being in the world that isn't guilt delivered or escapist, which I think bears an affinity to what you've written.Hmm. Finally, you wrote that your friend's perspective excludes "the possibility of there being anything else." Now I relentlessly return on the pod to the understanding that we live in a time in which our imaginations, our capacity to dream the world anew, is constantly under attack, if not ignored altogether.My question, this last question for you, Nick, is what does the possibility of anything else look like for you?[01:01:44] Nick Hunt: I think in a way I come back to that idea of being told we can't give you free accommodation here because, what about the tourist industry? And I think that it's become, you know, everything has become monetized and I get the, you know, the fact that that money does rule the world in lots of ways.And I'd be a huge hypocrite if I'd said that money wasn't deeply important to me. As much as I like to think it, much as I want to wish it away, it's obviously something that dictates a very large amount of what I do with my life, what I do with my time. But that everything else, well, it's some, it's friendship and hospitality and openness I think.It's learning and it's genuine exchange, not exchange, not of money and goods and services, but an actual human interaction for the pleasure and the curiosity of it. Those sound like very simple answers and I guess they are, but that is what I feel gets excluded when everything is just seen as a byproduct of economics.And that friend who, you know, I talked about then, I understand. I've had the experience as I'm sure you have of the kind of meeting someone often in a culture or community that is a lot poorer, who is kind, friendly, hospitable, helpful, and this nagging feeling of like, When does the money question come?Mm-hmm. And sometimes it doesn't, but often it does. And sometimes it's fine that it does. But it's difficult to kind of place yourself in this, I think, because it does instantly bring up all this kind of very useless western guilt that, you know, Steven Jenkinson talked about. It's not good to go through the world feeling guilty and suspicious of people, you know. 'When am I gonna be asked for money?' Is a terrible way of interacting with anyone to have that at the back of your, your mind.And I've been in situations where I've said can I give you some money? And people have been quite offended or thought it was ridiculous or laughed at me. So, it's very hard to get right. But like I say, it's a bad way of being in the world, thinking that the worst of people in that they're always, there's always some economic motive for exchange.And it does seem to be a kind of victory of capitalism in that we do think that all the time, you know, but what does this cost? What's the price? What's the price of this friendliness that I'm receiving? The interesting thing about it, I think, it is quite corrosive on both sites because things are neither offered nor received freely.If there's always this question of what's this worth economically. But I like that framing. What was it that Steven Jenkinson said? It was guilt on one side and what was the other side of the pole? [01:05:07] Chris Christou: Yeah. Neither guilt delivered or escapist. [01:05:11] Nick Hunt: Yeah. That's really interesting. Guilt and escapism. Because that is the other side, isn't it?Is that often traveling is this escape? And I think we can both relate to it. We both experience that as a very simple, it can be a very simple form of therapy or it seems simple that you just keep going and keep traveling and you run away from things. And also that isn't a helpful way of being in the world either, although it feels great, at the time for parts of your life when you do that.But what is the space between guilt and escapism? I think it really, the main thing for me, and again, this is a kind of, it sounds like a, just a terrible cliche, but I guess there's a often things do is I do think if you go and if you travel. And also if you stay at home with as open a mind as you can it does seem to kind of shape the way the world works.It shapes the way people interact with you, the way you interact with people. And just always keeping in mind the possibility that that things encounters, exchanges, will turn out for the best rather than the worst. Mm-hmm. You develop a slight sixth sense I think when traveling where you often have to make very quick decisions about people.You know, do I trust this person? Do I not trust this person? And you're not aware you're doing it, but obviously you can get it wrong. But not allowing that to always become this kind of suspicion of "what does this person want from me?" Hmm. I feel like I've just delivered a lot of sort of platitudes and cliches at the end of this talk.Just be nice, be, be open. Try to be respectful. Do no harm, also don't be wracked with guilt every exchange, because who wants to meet you if you are walking around, ringing your hands and kind of punching yourself in the face. Another important part of being a traveler is being a good traveler.Being somebody who people want coming to their community, village, town, city and benefit from that exchange as well. It's not just about you bringing something back. There's the art of being a good guest, which Patrick Leigh Fermor, to come back to him, was a master at. He would speak three or four different languages, know classical Greek poetry, be able to talk about any subject.Dance on the table, you know, drink all night. He was that kind of guest. He was the guest that people wanted to have around and have fun with mostly, or that's the way he presented himself, certainly. In the same way, you can be a good, same way, you can be a good host, you can be a good guest, and you can be a good traveler in terms of what you, what you bring, what you give.[01:08:20] Chris Christou: Mm-hmm. Yeah. I think what it comes down to is that relationship and that hospitality that has for, at least for people in Europe and, and the UK and and Western people, descendants, culturally, is that when we look at, for example, what Illich kind of whispered towards, how these traditions have been robbed of us.And when you talk about other cliches and platitudes and this and that, that, we feel the need to not let them fall by the wayside, in part because we're so impoverished by the lack of them in our times. And so, I think, that's where we might be able to find something of an answer, is in that relationship of hospitality that, still exists in the world, thankfully in little corners.And, and those corners can also be found in the places that we live in.[01:09:21] Nick Hunt: I think it exists that desire for hospitality because it's a very deep human need. When I was a kid, I, I was always, for some reason I would hate receiving presents.There was something about the weight of expectation and I would always find it very difficult to receive presents and would rather not be given a lot of stuff to do with various complex family dynamics. But it really helped when someone said, you know, when someone gives you a present, it's not just for you, it's also for them. You know, they're doing it cuz they want to and to have a present refused is not a nice thing to do.It, it, that doesn't feel good for the person doing it. Their need is kind of being thrown back at them. And I think it's like that with hospitality as well. We kind of often frame it as the person receiving the hospitality has all the good stuff and the host is just kind of giving, giving, giving, but actually the host is, is getting a lot back. And that's often why they do it. It's like those people wanting, people to stay for three days is not just an act of kindness and selflessness. It's also, it feeds them and benefits them and improves their life. I think that's a really important thing to remember with the concept of hospitality and hosting.[01:10:49] Chris Christou: May we all be able to be fed in that way. Thank you so much, Nick, on behalf of our listeners for joining us today and I feel like we've started to unpack so much and there's so much more to consider and to wrestle with. But perhaps there'll be another opportunity someday.[01:11:06] Nick Hunt: Yeah, I hope so. Thank you, Chris. It was great speaking to you. [01:11:12] Chris Christou: Likewise, Nick. Before we finish off, I'd just like to ask, you know, on behalf of our listeners as well how might people be able to read and, and purchase your writing and your books? How might they be able to find you and follow you online?[01:11:26] Nick Hunt: So if you just look up my, my name Nick Hunt. My book should, should come up. I have a website. Nick hunt scrutiny.com. I have a, a book, a novel actually out in July next month, 6th of July called "Red Smoking Mirror."So that's the thing that I will be kind of focusing on for the next bit of time. You can also find me as Chris and I met each other through the Dark Mountain Project, which is a loose network of writers and artists and thinkers who are concerned with the times we're in and how to be human in times of crisis and collapse and change.So you can find me through any of those routes. Hmm. [01:12:17] Chris Christou: Beautiful. Well, I'll make sure that all those links are on the homework section on the end of tourism podcast when it launches. And this episode will be released after the release of your new, your book, your first novel. So, listeners will be able to find it then as well.[01:12:34] Nick Hunt: It will be in local shops. Independent bookshops are the best. [01:12:40] Chris Christou: Once again, thank you, Nick, for your time. [01:12:42] Nick Hunt: Thank you. Get full access to ⌘ Chris Christou ⌘ at chrischristou.substack.com/subscribe

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 ‘‘Tis the season for raising and the landscape is rough. As a founder, you might be steering your company through adverse times, on a tightrope between capital raising and dilution, or looking to compliment prior raised capital. In today's episode, your host, Alex Takei, chats with Patrick Lee, founder and managing partner of Top Corner Capital, about a financing vehicle often misunderstood: venture debt. What is venture debt and where did it come from (turns out, it's 20% of the venture market)? How is it different from venture capital? Who should raise it, and when? Hit play on today's episode to roll up your sleeves and do some financial forensics. And as always, if you like the episode, you can help others find us by leaving a rating or review!TLDListen?: Episode summaryWatch the episode: YouTube video Join the discussion: Naavik DiscordRead more: Naavik DigestWatch more: YouTube channelGo premium: Naavik ProFollow us: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook | WebsiteSound design by Gavin Mc Gabe.

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Steve Chen was born in Taiwan in 1978 and moved to the U.S. at age eight. After working at PayPal, he co-founded YouTube in 2005 and sold it to Google next year. Steve moved back to Taiwan in 2019 and lives here now with his wife and two sons.  Today's conversation was a part of the 2022 Taiwanese American Scholarship Fund (TASF) ceremony, a scholarship fund for Taiwanese American students from low-income families. If you are a student in need, please apply: https://tascholarshipfund.org/ Steve Chen was this year's recipient of the Visionary Leadership Award - a recognition of a Taiwanese American with extraordinary achievements. Previous recipients included Patrick Lee, co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes, Debby Soo, CEO of OpenTable, California Congressman Ted W. Lieu, and philanthropist Joseph Fan. We caught up with Steve Chen over video. We talked about fitting in, quitting school, and setting up YouTube as dating service. We asked him about leadership and teamwork, and what it means to him now to be reconnecting with Taiwan.  Support "The Taiwan Take" by donating on patreon.com/Taiwan EPISODE CREDIT Producer, Host / Emily Y. Wu @emilyywu Production Assistant / Gerald WilliamsIntern / Sophia Zuo A Ghost Island Media production / @ghostislandmewww.ghostisland.mediaSupport the show: https://patreon.com/TaiwanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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As the 2nd Amendment &  U.S. Constitution is being attacked, God Fearing leaders are needed ASAP! Congressional Candidate Guest Patrick Lee Gipson (CA30) stops by to share these topics and much more. Livestreaming on Instagram Wed. @6:30 PM (pst) Watch episode on  Rumble TV

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Monday night live on Facebook and YouTube, the #WiseNuts will be joining by Patrick Lee Gipson. Patrick is a candidate running for CA Congressional District 30 against @repadamschiff. After witnessing the ugliness of government overreach and the American citizens slowly losing their freedoms, Patrick and his wife Nuné, an immigrant from Armenia, quickly recognized the danger our country was facing in becoming another communist regime. We will be discussing multiple topics from; Homelessness, Increasing crime rate in our cities and counties, Defunding the police and putting our citizen's safety in jeopardy, Defending our constitution including our 2nd amendment rights and much more!! Follow the WiseNuts on FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/watch/WiseNutsPodcast/ Follow the WiseNuts on IG: https://www.instagram.com/wisenuts_podcast/?hl=en #usa #california #congress #shiftyschiff #fbj #letsgobrandon #termlimits #patrickforcongress

In this week's episode, host Kristin Hayes talks with Kailin Kroetz, an assistant professor at Arizona State University and university fellow at Resources for the Future. Kroetz discusses some of her research, which takes an empirical look at the scale of seafood mislabeling in the United States. Seafood is the most globally traded food commodity, with supply chains that can be particularly hard to trace, and with systematic evidence of environmental impacts from high rates of mislabeling. Kroetz discusses commonly mislabeled seafood products, identifies where more data is needed, shares ideas for mitigating some of the challenges, and explores efficient policy solutions for fisheries management. References and recommendations: “Consequences of seafood mislabeling for marine populations and fisheries management” by Kailin Kroetz, Gloria M. Luque, Jessica A. Gephart, Sunny L. Jardine, Patrick Lee, Katrina Chicojay Moore, Cassandra Cole, Andrew Steinkruger, and C. Josh Donlan; https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.2003741117 “To create sustainable seafood industries, the United States needs a better accounting of imports and exports” by Jessica Gephart, Halley E. Froehlich, and Trevor A. Branch; https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1905650116 “The characterization of seafood mislabeling: A global meta-analysis” by Gloria M. Luque and C. Josh Donlan; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320719301508 Seafood Watch from Monterey Bay Aquarium; https://www.seafoodwatch.org/recommendations/download-consumer-guides “Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know” by Alexandra Horowitz; https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Inside-of-a-Dog/Alexandra-Horowitz/9781416583431 “The Ministry for the Future” by Kim Stanley Robinson; https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/kim-stanley-robinson/the-ministry-for-the-future/9780316300162/

Today we are talking to Patrick Lee, one of the founders of Rotten Tomatoes, a review website for film and television. Eager to become an entrepreneur, Patrick didn't finish college, but instead jumped right into the startup game. It took a few tries before he helped to found a successful company. Patrick and his colleagues rode the wave through a market collapse before ultimately selling for above their valuation. Building For Me, Not For Thee Patrick attended UC Berkeley and made a bunch of friends his freshman year. By his sophomore year, Patrick was too impatient to finish school, so he convinced three friends to leave school and do a startup. The four started off selling computer systems and components, but that didn't go anywhere. They transitioned into web design for the entertainment industry, working for a lot of big names. They were doing quite well and revenue was growing quickly, but Patrick wasn't interested in being in the service industry. He didn't like building what clients wanted him to build, he wanted to build what he wanted to build. It also struck him that they weren't building anything they owned. It was about this time that the company's creative director came up with the idea for Rotten Tomatoes. They Like Us, They Really Like Us The team saw their other friends raising a lot of money, building up a business, and then selling it. Patrick knew it made more sense for them to do something that was theirs. They incubated the idea for a year before officially launching it, but when they did, it took off. Yahoo would feature them and bring in traffic, a famous film critic would include them in his article about the best movie websites, bringing in more traffic. Finally, Pixar released a Bug's Life and sent a lot of traffic to Rotten Tomatoes. Even Steve Jobs was a fan, mentioning Rotten Tomatoes in three separate keynote speeches at Apple. All this early success told the team that they had stumbled upon something great. Knowing What You Know Now, What Would You Tell Yourself Ten Years Ago? Patrick says he would tell himself to build a network. He says having connections to go to for advice can make a huge difference. He believes that had they had that network to help them gauge the market, they may have ended up in a position to sell to Google. What Patrick Is Working On Now After selling Rotten Tomatoes, Patrick went to China to work on a new startup with a friend. He says that company didn't go anywhere and that they tried two others that didn't take off either. Coming back to the US, Patrick tried his hand at creating a mobile game but found that the cost to acquire users was more than they could make off of those users, so it just didn't make sense. Feeling burnt out on startups, Patrick spent some time just doing speaking engagements. He ended up running a group for notable tech founders. Two of those founders approached Patrick about doing an investment syndicate. If you'd like to connect with Patrick, he can be found on LinkedIn or Twitter @rottendoubt. -- The Exit—Presented By Flippa: A 30-minute podcast featuring expert entrepreneurs who have been there and done it. The Exit talks to operators who have bought and sold a business. You'll learn how they did it, why they did it, and get exposure to the world of exits, a world occupied by a small few, but accessible to many. To listen to the podcast or get daily listing updates, click on flippa.com/the-exit-podcast/

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Rotten Tomatoes began as a hobby project. Senh Duong, the original creator, started posted reviews for movies he enjoyed on a small, personal website. Pretty soon after he began, lots of people started relying on those reviews in order to choose the movies they wanted to watch, and the site's traffic began growing exponentially.Unable to handle the growth by himself, Senh turned to two friends he used to enjoy watching movies with back in college -- Patrick Lee and Stephen Wang -- and, together, the three college buddies decided to turn the little move review website into a business.That business became RottenTomatoes.com, which is still one of the most popular and trusted online resources for movie reviews. You can hear the story of how all three original founders built it on this special, 75th episode of Web Masters.For a complete transcript of the episode, click here.

Web3, NFT, and Metaverse will decentralize education into learn-to-earn model, and build a creator economy, and even make movie watchers into roles they play in the movie ...  Patrick Lee, co-founder of Rotten Tomatoes, was interviewed by Joanne Z. Tan on the "Interviews of Notables and Influencers" podcast, video and blog series, where Patrick talked about these topics: The recent Theranos Elizabeth Holmes trial, "fake it till you make it", Silicon Valley culture, NFT, Web3, Metaverse, their roles in a creator economy, in a new learn to earn education model, Decentralization, blockchain, AI, AR, VR,  The future of gaming, movies and entertainment industry intersecting with Technology,... AND, what does Patrick Lee's brand stand for?...  Patrick Lee imagined the NFT, Web3 metaverse will revolutionize "learn to earn" education model, and the entertainment, movie making world. The "play to earn" gaming model can be evolved into "learn to earn" for students: "...they're actually earning a token or NFTs that can actually be converted into money. And ideally, you could get the rich people in the world to be paying the poor people to learn." A LOT of insights! Thank you Patrick Lee!   - To stay in the loop, subscribe to our Newsletter  - To read it as a blog - To watch it as a video - Visit our Websites: https://10plusbrand.com/ https://10plusprofile.com/ - Find us online by clicking or follow these hashtags: #10PlusBrand #10PlusPodcast #10PlusInterviews OR #InterviewsofNotablesandInfluencers #30SecondsofAnything #BrandDNA This is the 10 Plus Brand's Podcast channel, a/k/a 10 Plus Podcast. In addition to the popular series "Interviews of Notables & Influencers", "30 Seconds of Anything", and regular episodes on brand development and digital marketing, Joanne Z. Tan, founder and CEO of 10 Plus Brand, Inc., regularly shares insights about current events, technology, Silicon Valley, life experience, politics, culture and the arts.  10 Plus Brand Inc. is a full-service, multi-media branding and brand-marketing agency. We build, grow, and market power brands for businesses and professionals. We generously share tips, strategies, and insights about brand DNA decoding, brand strategies and structures, story telling, how to update and refresh a brand, or rebrand, to elevate your brand to a higher level.  

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On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred looks back on the Mets' weekend series against the Toronto Blue Jays, looks ahead to the series that starts tonight against the Atlanta Braves, gives praise to Pete Alonso, and has words for a Mets' starting pitcher.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On today's edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred takes a look at the Mets' last two games against the Cincinnati Reds, looks ahead to this weekend's series against the Toronto Blue Jays, and makes predictions for who the Mets will acquire and trade away ahead of next Friday's trade deadline.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On today's edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred looks at the Met's series in Pittsburgh against the Pirates, last night's crazy 5 hour extra inning game against the Reds and examines both the Mets current injuries and what they need to maintain their hold on the NL East in the second half.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred recaps Pete Alonso's Home Run Derby performance as well as his boisterous claim he made in the press conference afterward. He also looks at Taijuan Walker's performance in his first ever all star game and he gives his assesment of the Mets first half as well as looking ahead to this weekend's upcoming road series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred goes over highs and lows of the Mets first half and covers the Mets' involvement throughout this years All Star Break in Colorado!#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred examines the Mets recent injury woes, the improved play of the Washington Nationals and what it means for the division, and if it's time to hit the panic button. Plus, Alfred talks about the Met's participation in the All Star festivities and provides a minor league report.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred discusses the Mets recent weekend series against the Washington Nationals, looks ahead to The Atlanta Braves series that starts with a double header today, discusses the lack of offense over the last five games, and provides a Mets minor league report!#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred discusses The Mets current home stand against the Chicago Cubs, Jacob deGrom's injuries, and the upcoming crack down on pitchers using sticky substances.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred discusses this past weekend's San Diego Padres series, managerial mistakes that Luis Rojas made in Sunday's game, and a Met's farm system report!#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On today's edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred covers the Mets recent two game series against the Baltimore Orioles, the continued woes of David Peterson and possible solutions, Pete Alonso's comments on the pitchers' sticky substance controversy, and looking ahead to the upcoming homestand with the Padres and Cubs.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On Today's edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred discusses the Mets four game series against the Padres this past weekend, why he feels David Peterson is not a Major League caliber player, praises Jacob deGrom and much more.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee:https://rss.com/podcasts/cookingwithpatlee/

On this edition of the Metropolitan report, Alfred takes a look at the Mets current series against Arizona. He also looks at Mets roster moves as several injured players return. He also has some criticism for Luis Rojas.#LetsGoMetsCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931And look out for "The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee coming soon!

On this edition of the Metropolitan Report, Alfred covers the Mets continued winning and maintenance of first place in the NL East. Alfred also discusses the Mets growing list of injuries, discusses Khalil Lee and talks with Bryson Carver of the Carving It Up podcast later on in the program.#LETSGOMETSChcek out Bryson's podcast Carving it Up on Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbuYVxCam0wx_zKpm0hqseA/featuredCarving It Up on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/2UEj2SpCKoXScGz3Q7IuykFollow Carving it Up on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/carvingituppodcast/Check out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931And look out for "The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee coming soon!

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred discusses the Mets recent success despite having a majority of the roster on the injured list, his thoughts on Luis Rojas in the midst of all this, and his thoughts on Khalil Lee.#LETSGOMETSCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931And look out for "The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee coming soon!

Today on The Metropolitan Report, Alfred discusses the the Mets current 3 game winning streak, Jacob deGrom's Lat inflammation, Patrick Mazieka's unlikely walkoff RBI last night, and another opinion on David Peterson.#LETSGOMETSCheck out our sponsor ARJ Signature Design for all of your event planning needs:https://www.arjsignaturedesign.com/The Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931And look out for "The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee coming soon!

On this edition of The Metropolitan Report, Alfred has more praise for Jacob deGrom, gives his take on the Mets offense and their hitting coach changes, expresses more disappointment in David Peterson and much more.#LetsGoMetsThe Metropolitan Report is a proud member of The Studious Minds Podcast Network. If you enjoy this podcast, please be sure to check out some of our other offerings:The Rap Lab Podcast:https://rss.com/podcasts/raplab/The Cool Podcast with The Cool Brother:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cool-podcast-with-the-coolbrother/id1532779931And look out for "The Cast Iron Podcast" with Chef Patrick Lee coming soon!

Do the Bible, the church, and philosophers agree on what the soul is? Far from it. This week, Onsi, Colin, and Rhys ask how (if at all) we can fit together the contributions of Scripture, Aristotle, and Descartes to work out what the soul is, how much reason can know about it, and if it's immortal (before descending into metaphysical bickering).NOTE: below, for works and books discussed on the show, we link to the products on Amazon for ease. However, we would strongly encourage you to find an alternative bookseller from which to purchase any books if possible.Currently ReadingColin: Body-Self Dualism in Contemporary Ethics and Politics by Patrick Lee and Robert P. George  Onsi: Commentary on Dionysius' Mystical Theology by Albert the GreatRhys: The Temple by George HerbertTexts DiscussedMetaphysics by AristotleDe Anima by AristotleDiscourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene DescartesDavenant SpotlightPhilosophy of Law and the Natural Law Tradition - Summer Residential with Colin Redemer (June 7-11 2021)Theme Music"Midnight Stroll" by Ghostrifter. Free to use under Creative Commons. Available here.To find out more about The Davenant Institute, visit our website.

本集以全英文訪談。 「創業就像打德州撲克一樣。一開始謹慎分析市場並不停地嘗試 minimum viable product，但當你的產品符合市場需求時，一定要加碼下注！」 共同創辦人暨前執行長 Patrick 和我們一起分享身為華裔美國人從在美國洛杉磯出生、馬里蘭州長大、再到加州大學柏克萊求學的過程。從小父母便給予他和弟弟在電腦軟硬體上足夠的資源，高中時期已經是BBS的版主。大二開始朝著創業夢想前進的 Patrick，花了十年才畢業… 而爛番茄在全球的月流量數字驚人，高達兩千六百萬！ Guest | Patrick Lee, Co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes Host | Boy Chow, Jennifer Ko Production | Bijou Media Recording | SoundOn 聲浪 © 2021 Bijou Media | FB | IG

Patrick Lee is a serial entrepreneur best known for being a co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes (rottentomatoes.com), a leading entertainment website focused on movie reviews and news. He is an advisor to a number of startups including Casetify, Instaread, Kiwi Campus, Oishii, WePloy, and Zeuss Technologies; and a mentor at a number of organizations including SOSV, Berkeley SkyDeck, Blue Startups, and Founder Institute. Patrick holds a BA in Cognitive Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Patrick Lee, Co-Founder & Founding CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, vulnerably reveals his Rotten Tomatoes start-up journey & overcoming associated obstacles. Hosts Dylan Gambardella & Justin Lafazan, CoFounders & CEOs of Next Gen HQ, find alignment in the different aspects building a venture with friends. Patrick shares how Rotten Tomatoes survived the Financial Crisis with helpful insights that apply to today's challenging times. SUBSCRIBE TO MOMENTUM NEWSLETTER: ✨https://nextgenhq.com/getmomentum CONNECT WITH NEXT GEN HQ

Today we're talking real estate and investing in the age of COVID-19 with San Francisco Bay Area real estate agent and investor, Patrick Lee! Patrick Lee is not only a real estate investor and agent with eXp Realty, but he's also a Registered Nurse with SF General and has worked at Stanford Health Care, Mills Peninsula Medical Group, Kaiser, and the University of San Francisco. Patrick Lee provides services to clients who want to buy, sell, and manage properties. He understands client needs and provides details on current market conditions. With his knowledge of modern marketing, he strives to obtain the best possible outcomes for his clients. Always prepared, he anticipates any potential setbacks and works hard to close the deal. It's important to Patrick to maintain a long-term relationship with all his clients. Patrick practices real estate by providing genuine services, communicating effectively, and considering his clients' needs above all else. Reach out to Patrick Lee at Patrick@PatrickLeeRE.com.Host: Matthew MaGuest Co-Host: Susie LeeMatthew Ma is an Investor, Syndicator, Founder, Coach, and Podcast Host. He's a Broker Associate with eXp Realty and strives to help agents grow their business with proven, effective methods learned from experience. Through his podcast, The Truth About Real Estate, and Avant University, he educates buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate agents on the current state of the market, how to use innovations in technology, sales, and marketing to build a scalable business. As an investor and syndicator with Avant Asset Management, he's dedicated to client success by building wealth through investments in apartment building syndications. Reach out to Matthew Ma at Matt@MatthewMa.com.Susie Lee of eXp Realty is a local San Franciscan and a mastermind of the real estate industry who represents clients all over the Bay Area. Susie Lee has built a solid foundation of clients in this community through her professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to always putting her client's needs first. Susie started as a managing partner for international investment properties in South Korea, where she developed a deeply rooted client base that soon propelled her to become a long term investor back in her home state of California where her heart lies. Passionate about real estate, Susie continues to leverage her know-how and experience to exceed her client's expectations. Reach out to Susie Lee at Susie@SusieLeeRE.com.Systems We Use (Affiliate Links):Otter for our transcriptions! Click here to get a free 1-Month Premium Pass.StreamYard for our live events! Click here to get a free $10 credit.

Today we're talking 2020 real estate trends, investing in the U.S. versus South Korea, and moving to eXp Realty with San Francisco Bay Area real estate agent and investor, Susie Lee! Before starting her career in real estate, Susie spent 8 years in the pharmaceutical industry. She was also deeply involved in real estate investments as a managing partner in South Korea. Susie Lee of eXp Realty is a local San Franciscan and a mastermind of the real estate industry who represents clients all over the Bay Area. Susie Lee has built a solid foundation of clients in this community through her professionalism, attention to detail, and commitment to always putting her client's needs first. Susie started as a managing partner for international investment properties in South Korea, where she developed a deeply rooted client base that soon propelled her to become a long term investor back in her home state of California where her heart lies. Passionate about real estate, Susie continues to leverage her know-how and experience to exceed her client's expectations. Reach out to Susie Lee at Susie@SusieLeeRE.com.Host: Matthew MaGuest Co-Host: Patrick LeeMatthew Ma is an Investor, Syndicator, Founder, Coach, and Podcast Host. He's a Broker Associate with eXp Realty and strives to help agents grow their business with proven, effective methods learned from experience. Through his podcast, The Truth About Real Estate, and Avant University, he educates buyers, sellers, investors, and real estate agents on the current state of the market, how to use innovations in technology, sales, and marketing to build a scalable business. As an investor and syndicator with Avant Asset Management, he's dedicated to client success by building wealth through investments in apartment building syndications. Patrick Lee provides services to clients who want to buy, sell, and manage properties. He understands client needs and provides details on current market conditions. With his knowledge of modern marketing, he strives to obtain the best possible outcomes for his clients. Always prepared, he anticipates any potential setbacks and works hard to close the deal. It's important to Patrick to maintain a long-term relationship with all his clients. Patrick practices real estate by providing genuine services, communicating effectively, and considering his clients' needs above all else. Feel free to contact Patrick Lee at Patrick@PatrickLeeRE.com. Systems We Use (Affiliate Links):Otter for our transcriptions! Click here to get a free 1-Month Premium Pass.StreamYard for our live events! Click here to get a free $10 credit.

On today's show, we sit down with Patrick Lee, the co-founder and former CEO of Rotten Tomatoes, a leading entertainment website focused on movie reviews and news. It is one of the top 800 most visited sites in the world. Patrick is now heavily involved with helping early-stage companies, advising companies such as Casetify, Credder, DNArt Inc., Instaread, Kiwi Campus, Leo AR, Magnesium Film, Oishii, WePloy, and Zeuss Technologies. He is a current or former mentor at SOSV, Berkeley SkyDeck, Blue Startups, Founder Institute, Mentorbox, Berkeley LAUNCH Startup Accelerator and was the executive Producer of "The Heavenly Kings", directed by Daniel Wu (Best New Director, 2007 Hong Kong Film Awards).   In this episode, you'll learn: The story behind one of the most popular websites in the world! What it was really like to manage a startup during and after the stock market crash in 2000 What it is like when the company you built is acquired What are the features that make a great accelerator program What is the future for online streaming platforms   We would like to give a special thanks to Alan Tien for connecting us with Patrick Lee. Without Alan, this interview would not have been possible. Help us out! Help us reach new listeners by leaving us a rating and review! It takes less than 30 seconds and really helps our show grow, which allows us to bring on even better guests for you all! Thank you – we really appreciate it! Books and Resources Connect with Patrick Lee on LinkedIn More about Patrick's first company, DesignReactor Book Patrick for Speaking Engagements   CONNECT WITH SHAWN:   https://linktr.ee/ShawnflynnSV   Shawn Flynn's Twitter Account Shawn Flynn's LinkedIn Account Silicon Valley LinkedIn Group Account Shawn Flynn's Facebook Account Email Shawn@thesiliconvalleypodcast.com      

On April 30, we're launching the Silicon Valley podcast. I will be your host Shawn Flynn and I'm excited to say we've already interviewed: CEO and co founder of the unicorn company Canva Miss Melanie Perkins, Square co-founder Jim McCovey, Rotten Tomatoes co founder and first CEO Patrick Lee, and many more of the top entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and leaders in tech. And this is just the beginning. The interviews we have scheduled will excite and amaze as we will be talking about the future. What is beyond 5g technology? What is digital wins? Where are the venture capitalists looking to invest? What they're excited about and what they see lies in our futures. You're going to get to enter the minds of some of the most brilliant people and learn from their knowledge and experiences. We want you our listeners to be connected to the knowledge and resources in Silicon Valley to help you and your lifelong path to education. See how some of the top in their fields, look at problems, solve them and move on to the next challenge and overcome those as well. All this on the Silicon Valley podcast, officially launch it on April 30 2020. https://link.chtbl.com/sGEIIP9p click to find us