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Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Sunday Apr 10, 2022
Paul Spaur is the CEO of Spaur Group, an aerial mapping, 3D scanning (Digital Twins), and Uncrewed Aerial Systems (drone) business consultation company. The company is also pioneering new ways using Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) to interact with the data. He is also the CEO of METAGEO, a 3D GIS platform that brings data from these sensors into the digital world and connects it with the metaverse. His work earned him an Emmy nomination for 3D scanning several Olympic mountain venues in Switzerland, and allowing the audience to use their phones to put the mountains in their living room, and follow the athletes in AR/VR, for the 2020 Youth Olympics.
Join us in this fascinating episode where we talk about everything from Paul's companies, to WEB3, the Metaverse, AI, search and rescue technology and much more!
SHOW NOTES:
Spaur Group: https://www.spaurgroup.com/
METAGEO: https://www.metageo.io/
METAGEO Introduction Video - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvpC2e5aGVI
Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympics AR Video - Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/386612946
Twitter: @pixelrescue
Books we talked about:
Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson (2000) - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Snow-Crash-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0553380958
Ready Player One: Ernest Cline (2011): https://www.amazon.com/Ready-Player-One-Ernest-Cline/dp/0307887448
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Ken Kramer is a photographer, a traveler, wanderer of the American countryside, and a Navy Vet. He's a film buff, a foodie, a phenomenal cook, and an amateur interior decorator with an insatiable curiosity of life. Ken is also a survivor. He is 30 years HIV positive and healthy. In 2021, a routine MRI revealed a tumor in his brain, called an Acoustic Neuroma. In December of the same year, Ken underwent surgery. Join us in this inspiring, "In the Company of Friends" talk!
SHOW NOTES:
8 Mid-Century Modern Décor & Style Ideas | Architectural Digest: https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/midcentury-modern-decor-basics-that-every-beginner-should-know
Mount Cristo Rey: http://mtcristorey.com/
Christ the Redeemer (statue) | Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue) Correction: This statue cannot be seen from space. However, it is considered one of the "new" 7 Wonders of the World.
HIV/AID - Symptoms and Causes | Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hiv-aids/symptoms-causes/syc-20373524
Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma) | John Hopkins Medicine: https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/brain-tumor/vestibular-schwannoma
FILMS WE TALKED ABOUT:
Taxi Driver, 1976 | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUxD4-dEzn0
2001: A Space Odyssey (HD), 1968 | Stanley Kubrick - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2UWOeBcsJI
Citizen Kane (Original Theatrical Trailer), 1941 | Warner Bros. - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg0j--Kxf0I
North by Northwest (Original Theatrical Trailer), 1959 | Warner Bros. - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ek7T9Gyl_J4
SHOWS WE TALKED ABOUT:
The Bionic Woman, 1976 - 1978 (TV-PG) | IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073965/
Charlie's Angels, 1976 - 1981 (TV-PG) | IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073972/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3
Star Trek: Voyager, 1995 - 2001 (TV-PG) | IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112178/
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Monday Mar 21, 2022
Another "Lists with Sofia" with a film-heavy bent. We explore forming the best Zombie-fighting team and come to a realization that women will win the apocalypse. We talk favorite films, acceptable music volumes, fictional places and times we'd like to visit, books we love, textbooks we'd write, and bats... not the kind that turn into vampires. Foul language warning.
SHOW NOTES:
Because there are so many films that were mentioned, I will link them last.
Tenochtitlan - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenochtitlan
How a Trickle of Water is Breathing Life into the Parched Colorado River Delta - AZ Central: https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2020/04/19/how-mexicos-dry-colorado-river-delta-being-restored-piece-by-piece/5082051002/
White Nose Syndrome - White Nose Syndrome Response Team: https://www.whitenosesyndrome.org/static-page/what-is-white-nose-syndrome
Flying Fox - Brittanica: https://www.britannica.com/animal/flying-fox
MUSIC & PODCAST THAT WE TALKED ABOUT:
Rain, In Your Black Eyes by Ezio Bosso I Ezio Bosso - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkiVWpf_tW4
Sam's Town by The Killers I The Killers Music - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQzDG-tILbo
Tim Ferris interview with Michael Schur, Creator of, The Good Place - Tim Blog: https://tim.blog/2022/01/19/michael-schur/
BOOKS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT:
A Tale for the Time Being, by Ruth Ozeki - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Tale-Time-Being-Novel/dp/0143124870
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins - Suzanne Collins Books: https://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/the_hunger_games_69765.htm
Maximum Ride, by James Patterson - James Patterson: https://www.jamespatterson.com/landing-page/james-patterson-books-maximum-ride/
100 Cupboards, by N. D. Wilson - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/100-Cupboards-4-Book-Set/dp/B07V7FSVGF/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2HMK7BRPFYPBO&keywords=100+cupboards+series&qid=1647815505&s=books&sprefix=100+cupboards%2Cstripbooks%2C337&sr=1-2
The Perfect Storm, by Sebastian Junger - Sebastian Junger: http://www.sebastianjunger.com/the-perfect-storm
The Dark Tower, by Stephen King - Stephen King: https://stephenking.com/darktower/
The Martian, by Andy Weir - Andy Weir Author: https://www.andyweirauthor.com/books/the-martian-tr
Outliers: The Story of Success, by Malcolm Gladwell - Little, Brown and Company: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/outliers/9780316040341/
Angela's Ashes, by Frank McCourt - Amazon: https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/malcolm-gladwell/outliers/9780316040341/
The Wind in the Willows, by Kenneth Grahame - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wind-Willows-Sterling-Illustrated-Classics/dp/1402782837/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=1402782837&psc=1
FILMS & SHOWS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT:
The Lobster (Official Trailer #1), 2016 | Movieclips Trailers - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU29VfayDMw&t=5s
Lara Croft, 2001| Hanuman Films - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cnNBqNb3taw&t=3s
Hellboy, 2004 | Trailers Playground HD - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA9vtXbbhVs
The Chronicles of Riddick (Official Trailer #1), 2004 | Movieclips Classic Trailers- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCrDo3eCXkw&t=2s
Birds of Prey (Official Trailer #1), 2019 | Warner Bros. - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGM4uYZzfu0
Supernatural (S1 Trailer), 2008 I Blue Blender Films - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-775JyzDTk
World War Z (Official Trailer #1), 2013 I Movieclips Classics- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md6Dvxdr0AQ&t=1s
Zombieland (Official Trailer #1), 2009 | Sony Pictures Entertainment - YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m9EVP8X7N8&t=1s
Deadpool 2 (Official Trailer), 2019 20th Century Studios - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D86RtevtfrA
6 Underground (Official Trailer), 2019 I Netflix - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLE85olJjp8&t=2s
The Old Guard (Official Trailer), 2020 | Netflix - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK-X2d0lJ_s&t=2s
Marvel Studio's Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, 2022 | Marvel Studios - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWzlQ2N6qqg&t=3s
Triple X (XxX) Trailer, 2010 | J.S. Live Shows - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQS0r5lHDz4&t=2s
The Batman (Main Trailer), 2021 | Warner Bros. - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqqft2x_Aa4&t=1s
Finding Nemo Trailer #1, 2003 - | Movieclips Classics Studio - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oQ628Seb9w&t=1s
Romeo and Juliet Trailer, 2009 I John Leguizamo - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VBsi0VxiLg
Secondhand Lions (Official Trailer), 2003 | Movieclips Classic Trailers - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebkrm7u44UI
The Boys S3 Official Teaser Trailer, 2022 | Prime Video - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUPPHdYZgtY
The Good Place Trailer, 2016 | Flicks Clips - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QxRbzFk3zk
Upload (Official Trailer), 2020 | Prime Video - YouTube: https://www.youtube.chttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZfZj2bn_xg&t=2s
How I Met Your Father Trailer, 2021 | Hulu - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrN4YoKxfdc
Bel-Air (Official Trailer), 2022 | Will Smith - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ1uG91Bbls
Last Holiday Trailer, 2006 | Movieclips Classic Trailers - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO0NSRPcPFs
Walking With Dinosaurs, 1999 | Rexy Montero - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpzbf07aKzI
Merlin Series 1 Trailer, 2008 | The Merlin Archive - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDFOpCfEbgQ
Limitless, 2013 | Movieclips Classic Trailers - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLppsfzQH8
Star Trek, The Next Generation Trailer (Remastered) | JTVFX - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAR-nFC4zi8
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Anthony Hromadka is an artist, photographer, former Assistant Park Ranger, gardener, nature enthusiast and a survivor of both a triple bypass surgery and ankle amputation in the past 12 months. We talk about Rustic Canyon and the former Nazi compound that was there, stewardship, and the major surgeries that he experienced this past year, overcoming depression and getting his health back, plus the new prosthesis that will allow him to walk again.
SHOW NOTES:
Rustic Canyon - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rustic_Canyon,_Los_Angeles
Exploring the Abandoned Murphy Ranch in Rustic Canyon | Oddity Odesseys - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODThe9LTC-k
A Trailblazing Black Architect Who Helped Shape LA - NPR: https://www.npr.org/2012/06/22/155442524/a-trailblazing-black-architect-who-helped-shape-l-a
Paul Revere Williams: American Architect - Los Angeles International Airport - Paul R. Williams Project: https://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/gallery/1960s-transportation/
Randy Young's Historical Walk About Tours - Pacific Palisades Historical Society: https://www.pacificpalisadeshistory.org/randy-youngs-walkabout-index
Mauthausen Concentration Camp: 1938 - 1945 | Mauthausen Memorial : https://www.mauthausen-memorial.org/en/History/The-Mauthausen-Concentration-Camp-19381945
Hitler's Eagle's Nest: The History of Kehlsteinhaus | Uncommon Travel Germany: https://www.uncommon-travel-germany.com/hitlers-eagles-nest.html
Backbone Trail - National Park Service: https://www.nps.gov/samo/planyourvisit/backbonetrail.htm
It Was P-22! LA's Famous Mountain Lion was Indeed Spotted Roaming Silver Lake - Los Angeles Times: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-03-09/p-22-mountain-lion-spotted-roaming-silver-lake
Books Mentioned:
Pacific Palisades: Where the Mountains Meet the Sea, by Betty Lou Young - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pacific-Palisades-Where-mountains-meet/dp/0970640919/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1G0VIJNF6DYA9&keywords=pacific+palisades+book&qid=1647230802&s=books&sprefix=pacific+palisades+book%2Cstripbooks%2C142&sr=1-2
Of Wolves and Men, by Barry Lopez - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Wolves-Men-Barry-Holstun-Lopez/dp/0684163225
Songs Mentioned:
One Foot | Airways - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xggQeoa_Otw
Videos Mentioned:
The Biggest Little Farm - Official Trailer - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfDTM4JxHl8
Monday Feb 21, 2022
Monday Feb 21, 2022
An "In the Company of Friends" talk with Edd "Catfish" Kray on his role in decommissioning the Rocky Flats Plant which fabricated plutonium pits. We get "sciencey". The cleanup opened up the establishment of the Rocky Flats Wildlife Refuge. He is also an accomplished musician, having founded the Catfish Kray Blues Band. There's lots of environmental talk and music talk in this episode that you don't want to miss!
SHOW NOTES:
The Catfish Kray Blues Band - ReverbNation: https://www.reverbnation.com/catfishkrayband
The Rocky Flats Plant - Wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Flats_Plant
The Rock Flats Wildlife Refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/rocky_flats/
Cancer Statistics - NIH National Cancer Institute: https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/understanding/statistics
Chernobyl Disaster - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster
Plutonium - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plutonium
Bionerd23 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC966ccV08PVAmZRhcC0SU8Q
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: https://www.cabrillomarineaquarium.org/
Killifish - The Spruce Pets: https://www.thesprucepets.com/killifishes-or-egg-laying-tooth-carps-4107831
Music that we talked about:
"Sunshine" Sonny Payne & King Biscuit - Encyclopedia of Arkansas: https://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/sunshine-sonny-payne-4297/
BB King: https://www.bbking.com/
Muddy Waters - Rolling Stone Magazine: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muddy-waters-1915-1983-112658/
Sonny Boy Williamson - UDiscoverMusic: https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/mystery-sonny-boy-williamson/
Robert Lockwood, Jr. - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Lockwood_Jr.
Albert Collins - Guitar World: https://www.guitarworld.com/features/albert-collins-master-of-the-telecaster
Corrections:
The half life of Plutonium is 24,000 years, not 240 years as stated.
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Monday Jan 24, 2022
Sofia and I review a list of things unique to Los Angeles. I also talk about oranges and more. Stay through the end notes to the bloopers at the end. I also pay a brief homage to the great peace activist and Zen Master, Thich Nacht Hanh who passed away on Friday, January 21st.
Show Notes:
Secret Los Angeles, "40 Things That Are Considered Totally Normal In Los Angeles...But Nowhere Else".
https://secretlosangeles.com/normal-in-la-nowhere-else/
The Marginalian/Maria Popova, "Thich Nhat Hanh on the Art of Deep Listening and the 3 Buddhist Steps to Repairing a Relationship".
https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/10/10/thich-nhat-hanh-listening-love/
Learn more about Thich Nhat Hanh at: https://plumvillage.org/about/thich-nhat-hanh/
Notable music we talked about:
So Young So High by Dada Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyF6xfzHMA
Notable films we mentioned:
Kill Bill, Vol. 1: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/
The Fifth Element: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119116/