Podcasts by Red Bull: Risk Made Me Do It
Red Bull’s first ever podcast, Risk Made Me Do It, talks to top performers in the worlds of adventure, culture, tech and innovation. In a one on one conversation, we discuss the hurdles they had to overcome on their path to mastery, and the tips and tricks that made them better. What risks are shared by the endurance mountain biker and the food truck chef? What struggles do the start-up entrepreneur and the big wave surfer have in common? And what can we learn from their diverse paths to success? Featuring characters from the world of Red Bull and beyond.
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How to Live a Life Off the Grid from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former pro snowboarder Mike Basich has become a pioneer in the off the grid movement. He's built a self-sustaining 300 square foot home on 40 acres in Tahoe, guided by the philosophy that any creat...
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The Rebound Queen from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Assia Grazioli-Venier overcame not one, but two major medical setbacks and used them as fuel to transition her career into new areas. We talk to the venture capitalist, high level digital strategis...
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REBBL With a Cause from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The idea of the fastest-growing organic drinks company in the US was the brainchild of 50 of the most influential minds in Silicon Valley, an idea they conceived of in 24 hours. Now that company is...
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The Lazy Millionaire from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Entrepreneur Tom Bilyeu used his family problem with obesity as the fuel to start a billion-dollar company. He’s since transitioned into a new line of work, querying entrepreneurs and empowering li...
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Surfing's Humanitarian from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When former happy-go-lucky pro surfer Jon Rose hit the skids in his personal life, a trip to Indonesia transformed him. We talk to the founder of the water filter nonprofit Waves4W...
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Why Memory is Important from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
In this episode we talk to Nelson Dellis, a 4x Memory Champion, adventurist, Alzheimer's Disease Activist and Keynote Speaker. Listen to learn the importance of memory, tricks to help fine tune you...
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Launching A $5M Fund While Homeless from 2017-10-24T10:00
Seeing Janet Jackson as a child in Houston changed everything for Arlan Hamilton. The music star looked like her and exuded confidence, and Hamilton came away believing that nothing was impossible....
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The Crusader Making Silicon Valley Diverse from 2017-10-17T10:00
Less than 2 percent of the companies funded by venture capital companies are run by African Americans, and the number of women founders has plateaued at 17 percent for the last four years. Next wee...
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Swimming With Sharks from 2017-10-10T10:00
A fall down the stairs at the age of 30 changed Kimberley Chambers' life forever. We talk to the open-water swimmer and first ever woman to swim the treacherous passage from the Farallone Islands t...
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Almost Dying for the Ocean's Seven from 2017-10-03T10:00
Even as jellyfish tormented her, open-water swimmer Kim Chambers accomplished one of the rarest feats in extreme endurance sports when she completed the Ocean's Seven. Ahead of next week's full int...
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The Most Epic Selfie. Ever. from 2017-09-19T10:00
Snowboarder Mike Basich was taking action selfies before GoPro was even an idea. On this week's preview podcast we talk to him about his most epic one ever; a jaw-dropping 120ft jump from a helicop...
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Risk Made Me Do It from 2017-09-13T19:00
A quick heads up to all friends of the pod that we've changed the name but are still bringing you the same tips, tricks and nuggets of inspiration from top performers from the worlds of adventure, ...
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The CobraSnake's Second Act from 2017-09-05T10:00
Photographer Mark "Cobrasnake" Hunter built his first career as the world's premier nightlife photographer through his willingess to talk his way past velvet rope and connect with his subjects on t...
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NSFW Party Photos from 2017-08-29T10:00
Before Instagram, nightlife photography was ruled by Lastnights arty and Cobrasnake. Ahead of next week's guest, we take a trip down memory lane and gawk at the wool hats, wild patterned shirts, Pa...
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Doing the Most with a Chance Encounter from 2017-08-15T10:00
Ahead of next week's podcast interview, we look at how our guest's chance in encounter with a man on a train ended up with her becoming the youngest member of the board of global soccer powerhouse ...
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An Adventurer for the Social Media Age from 2017-08-08T10:00
A freak fire accident in Thailand left Colin O'Brady believing that he'd never walk again. Last year, he became the youngest person ever to scale the highest peaks on all seven continents and re...
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Tackling the Explorer's Grand Slam from 2017-08-01T10:00
No, it's not a Menu item at some far-flung Dennys, but the pinnacle of the adventure profession: Climbing all seven summits, and reach both the north and the south pole. Only 45 people have done it...
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The Man Who Doesn't Feel Failure from 2017-07-25T10:00
David Batstone thinks career narratives are bullshit. He's pivoted more times than he's gone the straight and narrow. And it's gotten him to a radical new mission: upending the way major corporatio...
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Sam Parr Wants You To Listen to This from 2017-07-11T10:00
Street-meat slanger, online moonshine salesman, startup founder, Sam Parr has worn many hats in his ridicuously young career. But none has fit as perfectly as The Hustle. His young tech and busines...
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How to Hustle from 2017-07-04T10:00
Ahead of next week's podcast guest, we dive into The Hustle, a newsletter for startup founders and entrepreneurs that has exploded in popularity in the last few years. We fly up to San Francisco to...
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Just Shut Up and Plant Sh*t from 2017-06-27T10:00
Ron Finley planted some vegetables and fruits in the cracked sidewalks outside his South Central Los Angeles home and started a green movement. But first he got hit with an arrest warrant. We talk ...
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The Speed Demon from 2017-06-20T10:00
Carlin Isles recognized early on the gift he had. And a difficult childhood in foster homes with his sister only increased his resolve to take advantage of it. Today, Isles is the fastest man in on...
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The Other Football from 2017-06-13T10:00
Rugby vs. Football for American market domination has thus far only had one clear winner. But with the rise of brain injuries in football and the increase in the popularity of kids' rugby programs,...
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A Music Festival Maestro from 2017-06-06T10:00
Pasquale Rotella's love affair with electronic music began in an underground club. His fascination with spectacle had its roots in a youth spent on the Venice Beach boardwalk. As founder and CEO of...
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More Carnival than Music Festival from 2017-05-30T10:00
How the premiere event for dance music in the US, the Electric Daisy Carnival, got its start in underground raves in warehouses in dangerous, and far-flung, corners of Los Angeles. Ahead of next we...
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The Windcatcher from 2017-05-23T10:00
Overcoming crippling dyslexia, Don Montague has become one of the chief innovators in the action sports space. A pioneering windsurfer and kitesurfer, his bizarre idea for a kite-powered sailbo...
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Silicon Valley's Obsession with Kitesurfing from 2017-05-16T10:00
Sure, there are the personal gurus and the private jets, but the ultimate status symbol of the Silicon Valley elite might just be a kite and a surfboard. We look at the Valley's peculiar obsession ...
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The Queen of Pain Reflects from 2017-05-09T10:00
Rebecca Rusch has won nearly every extreme challenge she's tackled. But her evolution into the "Queen of Pain" began with a childhood struggle with her body. We speak to the top endurance athlete a...
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The Race to Save a Town from 2017-05-02T10:00
The Leadville Trail 100 is one of the most difficult biking races in the world. And yet it regularly attracts the top names in the mountain biking community and local heroes alike. Ahead of next we...
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The Voice of Action Sports from 2017-04-25T10:00
Surfer, musician, on-camera talent, Sal Masekela has worn a number of hats in his two-decade (and counting) career. From commentating on the X Games to producing the VICE World of Sports, he talks ...
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The Neon Games from 2017-04-21T02:30
The first ever X Games featured competitive bungee jumping, kite skiers flying way off course and so, so much neon. We look back at the adrenaline-soaked birth of an industry.
Inside the Magic Castle from 2017-03-28T10:00
All of LA looks like a movie set at times. Even more so when you're standing in front of the Magic Castle. Ahead of next week's interview with magician Adam Trent we dive into the wild, weird histo...
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Time Ticking Down on The Water Crisis from 2017-03-14T10:00
Inside the Mind of a Cliff Diver from 2017-03-07T11:00
Mr. Acapulco and the Rise of Cliff Diving from 2017-02-28T11:00
Ahead of next week's podcast with cliff diver David Colturi, we rewind the clock to a man named Teddy Stauffer. The Swiss-born big band leader fled the Nazis and created a nightlife paradise in the...
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The 100-Mile Racer from 2017-02-21T11:00
When Dylan Bowman laces up his shoes to prepare for another 100-mile race, he's not chasing competitors, or split times, but silence. The ultra-runner is one of the bright young lights in the painf...
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Ultrarunning's Crazy Godfather from 2017-02-14T11:00
For a sport as odd as ultrarunning, it's somehow fitting that the first man to complete a 100-mile race is Gordy Ainsleigh. In 1974, the Vietnam-war protesting, free-love-having Northern California...
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The Failed Film Composer from 2017-02-07T11:00
A multi-instrumentalist at a young age, Tom Holkenborg never met a music genre he didn't like. He went from a Dutch new wave band to producer of the international mega-hit "A Little Less Conversati...
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Beginning of Film Music from 2017-01-31T14:00
In this age of Hollywood blockbusters, the star actors and merchandising possibilities often outshine the music. That was the case in 1933 as well, until a child prodigy rescued one of the potentia...
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Art's Very Own Hell-Raiser from 2017-01-24T14:00
A hell-raiser at a young age—when he got into knife fights and raced around in the hotrod scene—Robert Williams grew to become the leader of a rebel art movement. A painter of pornographic, eye-pop...
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Hot Rods, Hells Angels and Ed "Big Daddy" Roth from 2017-01-18T00:45
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth was the most creative builder in the booming hotrod scene of the 1950s and 60s—and the cartoons he drew captivated wannabe bad boys across the country. Things were cruising unti...
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Music's Game-Changers from 2017-01-10T14:00
More than a festival or eye-popping art and fashion extravaganza, Afropunk is a cultural movement. For black folks who feel mis-cast as Hip-hop and R&B enthusiasts, for members of the LGBTQ communi...
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The Origins Of Afropunk from 2017-01-03T14:00
Ahead of next week's podcast with Afropunk - we look into the origins of the music, arts, culture and fashion festival, and how it all began when a 21-year-old party promoter felt disconnected from...
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Why Fencing Will Go Mainstream from 2016-12-27T17:00
Miles Chamley-Watson is unlike any fencer you’ve ever seen. The lean, tatted-up, fast-talking 6’4” athlete is America's best hope for a historic first gold medal in men’s fencing. He reminds us of ...
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Year in Adventure Sports from 2016-12-20T18:00
There have been some remarkable achievements in the world of mainstream sports this year, but this episode isn't about those. We look back on a record-breaking year from a wingsuit pilot, an ultra-...
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Surviving An Avalanche from 2016-12-13T17:00
Travis Rice is the man behind the biggest snowboarding films of all time. But the top snowboarder remains an enigma of sorts. In his new film, The Fourth Phase, his relentless drive, and the conseq...
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Risking it all for a wave from 2016-12-06T17:00
As a kid on Maui's north shore, Ian Walsh would often hitchhike to nearby beach and reef breaks to surf. He'd ride anything, but when he first tackled a wave over 20 feet, as a teenager, he could i...
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Big Wave Rescues from 2016-11-29T14:00
The visibility of big wave surfing has grown exponentially in the digital age, with the feats of the small, global tribe of surfers taking on 5-story waves available on every social media feed. But...
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The Limits of Human Flight from 2016-11-22T17:19:33
Jon DeVore's first attempt at flight involved a tarp and climbing to the top of his parents' garage in Alaska. It didn't go smoothly. The adventurer has since become one of the top skydivers and wi...
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The History of Wing Suits from 2016-11-16T01:12:29
Ahead of our conversation on the limits of human flight with the top wingsuit pilot Jon DeVore, we delve into the tragicomic, weird, and thrill-seeking history of the wingsuit. That's squirrel suit...
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A Prince Among Techies from 2016-11-10T20:15
Turns out being one of the founding members of West Coast rap legends N.W.A. was only the Arabian Prince’s first chapter. Since leaving the group, he’s become a successful producer, tech hardware e...
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Why Pro Gaming Is A Real Thing Now from 2016-11-01T15:30
Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis may be the best Zengief player in the world of Street Fighter, but for someone as competitive as Lewis, best isn’t good enough. Which is why he traveled to Japan, where mo...
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Electronic Music Almost Killed me from 2016-10-27T21:00:39
In this episode we’ll talk to a pioneering personality in the Electronic Digital Music (EDM) landscape, Tommie Sunshine. He’ll tell his interesting stories about the emergence of house music in the...
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A Fitness Phenomenon from 2016-10-25T02:26:36
As a child, there wasn’t a sport Camille LeBlanc-Bazinet wasn’t into. Actually, that statement holds well into her college years, when she joined nine different athletic teams after a promising gym...
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Roy Choi's Food Revolution from 2016-10-18T02:54:19
Everyone who’s ever ordered from a food truck has Roy Choi to thank. The Korean-American Angeleno transition the mobile food movement from “roach coaches” to fusion cuisine. His Kogi truck blended ...
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Biking's Biggest Daredevil from 2016-10-14T13:43:34
Cam Zink is basically Evel Knievel on a mountain bike. And Red Bull Rampage is his biggest stage. Ahead of the annual heart-stopping, jaw-dropping extreme downhill mountain biking event taking plac...
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