The Happiness Quotient Thom Pollard

Stephen Venables became the first British mountaineer to climb Mount Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen in 1988, establishing a new route on the Kangshung Face with Ed Webster, Robert Anderson and Paul Teare. 

THIS EPISODE IS ON YOUTUBE IN VIDEO FORM AT:
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Everest and Beyond - TEDxOxford: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiz3en5JLcY

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Rebecca Wood was the chef, trusted keeper, and diviner at Zac Brown’s renowned Southern Ground Nashville studio for nearly a decade. While she was intimately familiar with the ghosts and secrets of the converted church that housed the studio, her passion was cooking for the musicians recording there, curating choice down-home meals and menus from family recipes. The heart of The Studio Mama Cookbook is a collection of these menus, each created for an artist who worked
 at the studio. It’s a combo plate of music, food, people, and stories. 

More about Rebecca and how to get her awesome Studio Mama cookbook:
https://www.heartsinthemix.com/
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Just what is Manaslu and why are so many people flocking to it? Thom dives in with thoughts on the death of professional skier Hilaree Nelson on her attempted ski descent, as well as the commercialization of the mountain and just how the game has been changed since drone footage captured 'the real' summit in 2021.

LINK TO YOUTUBE VERSION:
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Jay Blakesberg, one of THE US’s most accomplished live music and pop culture photographer’s has released another self published book called RETRO BLAKESBERG: Volume One: The Film Archives (SEE THE LINK IN THE SHOW NOTES)....the book features highlights spanning the years from the 70’s into the early 2000’s when film was king, before the digital age, when a photographer WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER - from the first photograph he ever sold for $15 thru tours with Phish, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones
Tons of Grateful Dead - enough so that he’s made a couple books
Green Day,  The Flaming Lips,  Snoop Dog, Primus
If you want to purchase a copy of Jay’s amazing book or to have a look at his other published books and photo gallery, find him on Instagram at @JayBlakesberg and @RetroBlakesberg, or on his website at https://www.rockoutbooks.com/


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Thom Pollard sat down with Everest Chronicler Alan Arnette to talk about all things Everest. In this first of a several part episode with Alan, we talk about all the current state of affairs on Everest, and what the future looks like for Everest. Is climate change changing the game on 8,000 meter peaks?

Visit Thom's YouTube channel for this conversation with Alan Arnette as well as a bunch of other Everest-related material:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEk3e_XGyNnqwK2ZlxH7fEA

Alan Arnette's website: https://www.alanarnette.com/
Alan's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AlanArnetteClimbs 

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