Two ex-special operations guys armed with MBAs seek out people leading lives less ordinary, in order to find out how they fill their ‘unforgiving minutes’, and what helps them go, always, a little further. Like intellectual bowerbirds, we collect shiny little objects of knowledge that will help build better humans. Co-hosted by Ben Pronk and Tim Curtis.
Episodes
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
Thursday Oct 29, 2020
We’ve been a little slack with the RVs this year – we’re blaming it on the fact that we’ve had a whole heap of outstanding guests, however have found a break in the battle this week to reflect on some of those conversations. During this episode, we’ve grouped a few of the recent interviews into the topic of parenting and childhood. Over the past few weeks, we’ve learnt a lot from Steve Biddulph, Rick Pedley-Smith, David Gillespie and Marc Mexsom on what right (and wrong) looks like when it comes to raising children and in this RV, we look back at some of the big take-aways.
As always, please let us know what you think! Good, bad or indifferent, we’d love to hear from you – please email debrief@unforgiving60.com.
Intelligence Summary (INTSUM)
00:59 What’s an RV? (It’s been so long since we did one that we’d forgotten…)
02:05 Reflections on our discussion with Steve Biddulph
03:10 Ben’s attempts to incorporate some Steve Biddulph – and David Gillespie – advice into the Pronk household
08:10 Rick Pedley-Smith’s Rite of Passage program
12:24 Reflections on our discussion with David Gillespie, author of Teen Brain
12:50 Ben tries to describe the neurochemistry of a teenager’s brain. It is unlikely to be very accurate….
16:45 Remembering back to our chat with Dr Linda Monshizadeh and her discussion of selfie dysmorphia
17:30 Comparisons with the Netflix documentary Social Dilemma
20:15 Reflections on our chat with Marc Mexsom, founder of Community Courage
23:20 Listener feedback and questions
24:30 Feedback from Adam, the founder of Boys to the Bush – doing great work in a similar vein to Rick Pedley-Smith
25:30 Nick Kalimeris – Rite of Passage graduate and emerging musician. Links to Nik’s work below!
Music
All music on this episode is from the incredibly talented Nik Kali, musician and alumni from Rick Pedley-Smith’s Rite of Passage program. Check out Nik and his work on the links below:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nikkali_/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/nik-kali-666320786
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2vGpmYNitxP9qA6HZ3uKfk?si=DmPHcJY3TjabUCvWl91vMA