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33 - Patrick Ryan II Professional Fitness Trainer w/ Aware.Training Jan 21, 2019

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APOB podcast episode #33 w/ Patrick Ryan II a Fitness Professional

Step inside the mind of modern physical fitness with one of its greatest teachers. Patrick is a career Fitness professional working to create a fluid personal training system with Aware training his online and in person training business. This man brings the passion and spirituality to wellness. We cover everything from exercise regimen, diet, habits, being present and taking stock of your relationships and personal circles and mainstream diet fads and sports. Pat changed what I thought I knew about working to achieve the best me spiritually and physically. Make sure to take notes and if so inclined reach out to my man at his site: http://aware.training/.

Links to the Cast:

iTunes https://apple.co/2sE169s

Google Podcasts https://bit.ly/2DmPi1l

Spotify https://spoti.fi/2IWfgwm

YouTube https://bit.ly/2CJlV8f

- 02:00 Origins getting into fitness

- 08:00 Culture

- 15:00 An investment in myself

- 20:00 Pats style of fitness

- 26:00 Mindfulness and Habits

- 31:00 Aware training

- 40:00 Be able to pivot

- 45:00 Tangible elements in training

- 55:00 Diet and its habits

- 56:00 Your five closest friends

- 1:03 Take a self assessment, distractions

- 1:10 Cutting the distractions

- 1:20 Pills and powders

- 1:30 Diets, steroids and understanding

- 1:35 Crossfit and similar for life

- 1:40 How to contact

http://aware.training/

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32 - Brent Allen Hagel Voice Actor w/ Voice Trailer Artists Dec 10, 2018

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Brent Allen Hagel is a self made mostly self taught voice over artist with humble origins and a warriors work ethic. This dude created a business out of literally nothing in a town that is notorious for eating would be artists and dream seekers. The 'Bruce Willis' of Voice Acting as I like to call him joins me on the cast to talk all things voice acting technical side, industry side, and the passion that you have to have to work in in such a niche industry and be able to survive. Brent recently acquired international and best in the business representation using his signature sound and plethora of success's he has built on for the last 10 years in voice acting. You can find Brent on his site: BrentAllenHagel.com and the amazing collaborative business he created with some of the best in the business at voicetrailerartists.com. Get cozy with us and hear the exciting story of a man truly pursuing greatness!

-1:00 Origins -4:00 ADR -8:00 Character Work -13:00 Early Work -15:00 Hard Work -19:00 Trailer Voice Artists -24:00 Representation -30:00 Royalties -34:00 Modern voice over -36:00 Building Voice Trailer Artists -40:00 Rising Together -44:00 Entrepeneurial Drive -47:00 Working to perfect the craft -50:00 Mel Blanc -54:00 What it takes, never giving up -56:00 Nothing comes easy -59:00 Where to find and contact Brent

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31 - Bob Myers W/ The International Rattlesnake Museum Oct 22, 2018

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31 - A Perch of Birds - Bob Myers W/ The International Rattlesnake Museum

Rattlesnakes, their mythos, their reality and their beauty. We sit down with the amazing Bob Meyers with the Rattlesnake Museum in Albuquerque's famous Old town district. Bob's ran a beautiful, educational and very eclectic museum to showcase, entertain and educate the masses of the world. We talk about the ins and outs of rattlesnake's their husbandry, behavior, and even their misleading legends that we attempt to debunk and set straight in the podcast. We are on location at the beautiful Rattlesnake Museum itself sitting amongst 30+ rattlesnakes that Bob expertly cares for alongside many amazing exhibits like a full size Hippo skull, a shrine to the great Crocodile Hunter himself, and even a wall of Rattlesnake or reptile themed beverages and much much more. Show Notes: - 02:00 Where is this place? (Spoiler alert: Old Town Albuquerque) - 05:00 Largest rattlesnakes.

08:00 If bitten?

13:00 Which type is more potent?

16:30 Antivenin.

24:00 Don't mess with the Crotalus.

26:00 Dry Bites.

28:00 What to do in the event of a bite.

33:30 Do Rattlesnakes have live babies?

36:00 Rattlesnake diet?

40:30 Snake Husbandry.

43:00 What types of Rattlers do we have in New Mexico and where?

48:00 Where do rattlesnakes live?

52:00 Between the eyes?!

56:00 Conservation.

1:00 Jeff Corwin.

1:02 Herpetological Society.

1:06 Why does a Rattlesnake have a rattler?

1:15 Who can you contact if you find a rattlesnake?

1:24 Rumba? A Quiver?

1:26 Bobs other conservation efforts out of the museum.

30 - Loe Vale Conscious Hip-Hop Artist and entrepeneur Oct 08, 2018

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Interviews with People Pursuing Greatness - A Perch of Birds Presents Podcast Episode #29 with Loe Vale Conscious Hip-Hop Artist

Loe Vale is a Florida based Hip-Hop artist bringing conscious rap - a unique blend of reality - hip-hop roots and faith in being you and believing in your faith whatever it is. Loe's got a special treat dropped in the podcast, Loe shared a fresh track he built for an upcoming project so make sure you look out for that somewhere in the cast!

How to find the man on the inter-webs:

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4JEdYCHccEoRNno4XU0g22

Loe's Facebook page at:

https://www.facebook.com/loe.vale/

And his instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/loeislike/

Loe did an amazing rendition of Ole Ole for the 2018 world cup you can check out that video and all his other works on his Youtube channel make sure you check that out and subscribe

https://www.youtube.com/user/iitsMeLoe

Show Notes -

- 5:00 Conscious hip-hop

- 10:00 Mumble rap

- 13:00 The studio in the castle

- 18:00 The Glasshouse

- 24:00 The value of an album

- 25:00 Whats next for Loe Vale

- 30:00 Haters gonna hate

- 34:00 Omnigod

- 36:00 **EXCLUSIVE NEW Low Vale track 'The Don't Know' you heard first on APOB!**

- 41:00 Health, diet and wellness in a hectic world

- 44:00 The reality of Social Media

29 - Ryan Little Award winning Hollywood director and cinematographer Sep 24, 2018

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Ryan joins us on the perch from Los Angeles, he's a multi-award winning director who has worked his way from low budget films to working with some household name actors including the legendary Donald Glover, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke and even Lord of The Rings Alumni. How often do you get to look inside the mind of a working Director that's created touching and dramatic films like Forever Strong to bad-ass action films that highlight the brotherhood, triumph and tragedy of World War 2 like his Saints and Soldiers trilogy. Make sure you catch this inspiring conversation and be ready for more top shelf work from this succesful dude, thank you for coming on again Ryan and cheers to your future! . Ryan's site - ryanlittledirector.com . Instagram where you can see constant updates from the man and his various projects: @ryanlittle_director . Ryans IMDB page listing all his works: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514662/ . Show Notes:

1:00 - Ryans first gig in the 80's when Hollywood came to Canada 4:00 - Director that had a huge impact on Ryan 9:00 - Commendations from real WW2 veterans 18:00 - No potatoes in Utah? 21:00 - Actors and budgets in regard to success 27:00 - being a hired gun 31:00 - Movie set freak outs 37:00 - Actors feeling safe and ready to act 41:00 - Directing TV shows compared to Movies 44:00 - What tv shows is Ryan watching? 47:00 - Favorite Movies? 52:00 - Does the camera brand matter? 58:00 - Health and nutrition on set ** Sleep is imperative!** 01:03 - Family life on set and as a whole 01:10 - Behold, the future! . If you like what you heard please leave us a review on iTunes! . Our website: aperchofbirds.com . Keep Pursuing Greatness Humans

28 - Bearded Villains New Mexico w/ Mike T. Charity Officer Sep 10, 2018

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Mike T. is our guest today with the Bearded Villains New Mexico Chapter. These guys take pride in their beards and in their charitable works all over the world with multiple chapters and an all inclusive attitude no matter race, creed, or origin. Yes they do have women in the club as BV Queens and Villanettes, and anyone can join them at their official BV website at BeardedVillains.com. Shout out to DubayBeards.com and Satellite Coffee for helping out both Mike and I in our endeavors and of course all you beautiful folks downloading listening and sharing our stuff!

Show notes:

- 2:00 What is Bearded Villains - 3:00 Santa Claus - 5:00 Beard essentials company Mikes involved with - 6:30 ABC's of BV (What if I burn my beard off?)

A beard club with charitable tendancies

- 9:30 For the ladies Villanettes & Bearded Villains Queens - 14:00 Where to find and support BV on the web - 24:40 How to donate to help out - 26:00 Are beards protected by law? - 33:00 The biting bike - 34:00 How one rises through the ranks - 36:00 Dollar beard club yay or nay? - 42:00 How to contact the BV New Mexico chapter

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27 - Jonathan Sims w/ No Reservations - New Mexico Filmmaker - Community Leader Aug 13, 2018

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A Perch Of Birds Podcast Episode #27

A New Mexico Media Creator with Pueblo roots. Listen as we talk about the current state of affairs in media in New Mexico and media in its many beautiful pueblo nations. Jonathans a veteran film maker, leader, father and teacher.

Show Notes:

- Edited on the first final cut & media 100

- Created No Reservations Media production company

- Some goings on behind the scenes in newsrooms

- Acoma Pueblo Native one of the oldest inhabited communities in the world

- We talk about the dichotomy of his career and his heritage

- 24:00 Some light shed on the origins of the Zia symbol New Mexico uses for its state flag.

- 27:00 Outsiders not respecting cultural boundaries

- 34:00 First Nation differences and opportunities

-36:30 A nod to Mr. Anthony Bourdain

- 39:00 Synyster Vale Video a true piece of art

- 50:00 Working as a full time film-maker

- 52:00 Shooting stills for the first lady and event photography

- 56:00 Using a masters to to take his stories to the big screen

- 1:06:00 Pueblo communities warming up to media and Jonathans film festivals

- 1:14:00 Looking to the future a Zia symbol film project Jonathan is building

Jonathans Site: norespro.com - indianpuebloculturalcenter.org - aperchofbirds.com

26 - Ryan Halpin - Earthship Creator Sustainable Living Advocate Jul 30, 2018

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Ryan Halpin known as Earthshippie on Instagram and on his website earthshippie.com . Ryan is an inspiring Earth Ship Builder which is basically a recycled material constructed home that exists off grid and sustainably.

- We talk taking small steps everyday to help the world and our communities

- What is an Earth Ship? Its Origins?

- Free air conditioning from planet earth?

- Public misconceptions about sugar and fat

- Ways that you can change your impact on the world

- Cities that are taking the war on trash in their own hands

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25 - The Anchor Denver Metal Core Band Jul 13, 2018

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The Anchor is a five piece Metal-Core band from Denver Colorado. Linzey Rae on vocals, Ryan and Corey on guitar, Keenan on bass and Corey on Drums. These dudes met on Craigslist and have been destroying the metal scene ever since. They released their first album in 2013 and are just released their second album Make it Last after signing with their new label Manic Cat records. I have been dying to meet these guys and was not disappointed, we are on location at Legends bar and Grill in Colorado Springs Colorado after driving 6 hours from New Mexico. What an epic cast! come out and see these guys on their summer"kids in America" tour on their site:

theanchor-band.com - facebook.com/theanchorband - aperchofbirds.com - facebook.com/apobmedia

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24 - Santa Fe Brewing Company w/ Brian Lock Burt Boyce Jun 30, 2018

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New Mexico brewery which is the "Original New Mexico brewery" is on APOB podcast on location at The Brake Room the newest taproom in downtown Santa Fe.

We sit down with Brian Lock President of Santa Fe Brew Company and his right hand man Mr. Bert Boyce. These guys take us through the ins and outs of what it takes to bring amazing New Mexico beers like Happy Camper and Chicken Killer. - We cover the connoisseur way of tasting tasty brew - The chemicals that give you a hangover - What makes for smart brew business - The origins of this iconic New Mexican Brand.

- santafebrewing.com/

- facebook.com/SantaFeBrewing

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