The Unplugged Debate
Season 1
Chris Mckleroy
Daniel Lynn
Lizzie McGhee
Abbie Barnes
Akarsh Vinod
Lorna McDowall
Kellee Kryba
Daniel Corrigan
Teekay Rezeau-Merah
Tony Rupert
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by Craig Gavigan
On today’s episode, we have Chris Mckleroy. Chris is a keen outdoor sportsman; He has been skiing and mountain biking among other sports since a young age. As he has got older, he has moved into slower adventure starting to become more interested in birdwatching, and more wildlife watching while out on his adventures. This leads to the business that he set up in 2019 called Nos which has redesigned binoculars to make higher-powered binos more affordable and with a sleeker look than the other binoculars on the market. With his company, he is looking to encourage minority groups to get out into nature and get the well-documented benefits that humans can have from being in nature. It was great speaking to Chris and the ideas that he has have been very refreshing. Please have a look at their page @n_o_c_s on Instagram.
On todays episode, we have Daniel Lynn. Daniel lives in Florida and is currently studying business management with a specialist view of HR management. Daniel has a varied and interesting background in nature. From learning to swim to running around in the forests when he was younger. He has had to develop his knowledge in the digital world. With his degree and his new project of running a podcast called the opposition theory podcast. Which I was lucky enough to be a guest on so please go and take a look at his podcast. But thanks for listening.
On today’s episode, we have Lizzie McGhee. Lizzie is a yoga teacher working in Edinburgh at the moment and is moving to Canada to pursue a new adventure in her life. She has developed an off-grid yoga retreat that incorporates the benefits of being digitally detoxed, yoga, and reconnection with nature. In this episode, she explains that her connection with the outdoors has been a relatively new one as she graduated with a degree in music and was on the road to being a music teacher before the pandemic hit, and her youth was a mix of being indoors and outdoors. But is now keen on developing something that promotes well-being and connection away from our digital devices.
On today’s episode, we have Abbie Barns. Abbie Is a filmmaker, presenter, and adventurer. She has a production company that works to provide education about issues around the environment and the connection with nature. This is what her company ‘Spend more time in the wild’ is promoting, the engagement in nature and promoting fitness and mental health benefits. Abbie is very open about her own mental health issues that she has had and the connection with nature helping throughout her life. She talks about her technology usage through her work and within her personal life, and gives an insight into how she embraces technology and the boundaries she has with it.
On today’s episode, we have Akarsh Vinod, he is a young aspiring entrepreneur, designing and launching an innovative set of connective home speakers in his spare time. While working full-time in a tech company in Silicon Valley. However, he grew up in several different places from Qatar and the UAE to the USA. Getting a huge amount of life experience moving around. he does like to hike and rock climb and has done the experience of spearfishing. As a person that lives and breathes tech, he has some refreshing views on our tech use and the activities outdoors. So sit back and enjoy.
On today’s episode, we are pleased to introduce Lorna. Lorna was born in Scotland and grow up in and around Glasgow. Lorna however would spend a lot of her free time while growing up in the highlands areas around Loch Tay. Lorna has taken part in many different outdoor ultra events, from organised walking events to marathons. All in aid of charities and causes. When entering the working world she moved into Human Resources and has spent the last 20 years working in the area. In that time, she moved to Singapore and continued her Human Resources work. Developing an in-depth knowledge of organisations, employees, and employers. To which she has use that knowledge and set up her own company on helping to promote wellbeing within organisations.
On today’s episode, we have Kellee. Kellee is from Edmonton Alberta. She has had a diverse interaction with the natural world from a young age through to the present. A lot of her interaction with nature in her early years was driven by her mother, who works within the provincial environment agency. Which gives her a firm knowledge of the natural world around her, and this also led Kellee on to becoming a junior ranger. Which offered her the chance to go and speak with the environmental minister of the Canadian parliament at the time. However, like a lot of young Canadians, she also has a fair amount of experience in snow and working through arctic-style winter life. Kellee’s introduction to digital technology was limited going through school and accelerated when she went to university to get her degree in teaching. Which has swung around to being more reliant on technology while living in China. Kellee moves away from Canada to different parts of the world to teach, and she aspires to combine her love for teaching, nature, and travel around the world. Giving her the opportunity to share her life experiences with the pupils that she teaches.
On today’s episode, we have Daniel. Daniel is a musician performing, teaching, and collaborating out of Montreal, with his primary instrument being the bass guitar and upright bass guitar. He has a vase knowledge of music development throughout his lifetime. However, he has an interesting relationship with the outdoors, being a snowboard instructor teaching others in the Canadian wintertime. He explains that it is his outlet and allows him to reset and gives him his balance for his musical life and outdoor life balance. Really enjoyed talking to Daniel, it was a really chilled out chat.
On today’s episode, we have Teekay. Teekay is from Brooklyn on the east coast of the United States. He has a wide variety of outdoor sports that he took part in while he was younger and has continued to the present day. Some of these were Motocross, mountain biking, and all the way through to canoeing in the present day. In contrast, Teekay runs his own digital marketing company where he shares his tips and tricks from developing his own social media following when he was younger. His view on technology has changed a large amount as his life has changed, and he is divining into minimalistic living and running a small project to refurbish a van to see where that adventure takes him. I really enjoyed recording this podcast, so enjoy.
On today’s episode, we have Tony. Tony has a rich and vibrant past in the outdoors, with being home schooled from a young age spent a large amount of time walking and interacting with nature. Learning applied knowledge about the flora and fauna throughout his education at home. He moved into mainstream school later in his education career. Once leaving school, he joined the United States Air Force as a Cyber operator. When leaving the military, he has headed into IT in the private sector. Within that period of leaving, he achieved his degree in History, with that achievement he is planning to complete his master’s in history. Linked with his background in history, he has started a podcast on YouTube called ‘The Pop Historian’ which talks about various historical topics. These topics start from the history of computers games to the history of the space force.