The Best Podcast Conversation I’ve Heard this Year

It’s been months since my last blog. But today, listening to the most recent episode of the Joe Rogan Podcast, episode #1139, with Jordan Peterson, I felt the urge to dust off the ol’ keyboard and type some words.

Jordan Peterson is a clinical psychologist and tenured professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. His recent speaking tour has been selling out auditoriums across the United States and Canada. Given our current socio-political climate, Jordan’s long-form discussions have filled a void for intellectual discourse. While some people prefer mainstream news and bite-size information bits, there are others who want something deeper and more complex. Both the Joe Rogan Podcast (which reaches a bigger audience than CNN) and Jordan Peterson’s live discussions are examples of this trend. Jordan Peterson is on Twitter- where he occasionally tweets out “good, non-naïve news,” something that is almost completely non-existent in mainstream outlets. The conversation begins with the analogy of the internet to Guttenberg’s printing press. Peterson makes the point that while the printing press was revolutionary, it was only accessible to those who could read, whereas video and audio can be consumed by almost anyone.

A few takeaways I’ve noted in just the first hour of the podcast:

The importance of incremental self-improvement: Jordan Peterson’s explanation of its importance is spot on. Something I’ve said is that if you want to reach the summit of the mountain you have to start by taking small steps.

Question: What matters? Jordan’s answer: something that impacts how you make decisions. – I love it.

A (very) brief update on what I’ve been up to:

After returning from Europe high on life and ready for my next endeavor, I transferred to Seattle University. I took an incredibly powerful course on Business Communcation (a blog/article has been in the works on this topic) that fundamentally changed my business communication strategy from a guessing game into an evidence-based science. I became involved in the SU Filmmakers Club, and submitted a short film, titled: Leave it as it is, to the Seattle U Film Festival. During the Spring, I took a significant step in my photography business, joining a BNI (Business Networking International) group and actively launching Kyle Huber Creative Studio. Currently, I am living in San Francisco working as an Assistant on a documentary film production with Schendel Films. As I continue working with Schendel Films through the end of 2018, I will be taking on freelance real estate and lifestyle video projects, corporate promotional work, and personal/family portrait photography.

The featured photo was taken by yours truly, above Crater Lake, OR.

Also, if you want a few more great standalone podcasts to listen to, drop me a message!