Speaker 1: You were listening to Petlife Radio dot Com.
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Speaker 8: Hello.
Speaker 2: Yes, I am awake and this is doctor Jones. I'm
Speaker 2: here and have for you today a show that is different.
Speaker 2: Welcome to a special edition of Jungle Deep. We're going
Speaker 2: to visit with not one, not two, but three guests,
Speaker 2: the three Wildlife Educators of world travelers that have been
Speaker 2: absolutely catapulted into fame and stardom as they have been
Speaker 2: voted on YouTube to become the three finalists competition to
Speaker 2: become Mutual of Omaha's next Wild Kingdom's Wild Guide. Now,
Speaker 2: what has happened is this? The well known television show
Speaker 2: Wild Kingdom is approaching its fiftieth anniversary and the show's
Speaker 2: sponsor of Mutual of Omaha has in recent weeks launched
Speaker 2: a video competition on YouTube. Over five million people five
Speaker 2: million have viewed the over two hundred video submissions and
Speaker 2: voted on their favorites. Twelve semi finalists were chosen. From that,
Speaker 2: three finalists were picked. Jungle Deep has for you this
Speaker 2: exclusive program interviewing with all three finalists Stephanie Arnie, Thiago
Speaker 2: Bahia and Regina Bussi. And in the weeks ahead, these
Speaker 2: three finalists, who have now each won three thousand dollars,
Speaker 2: will be flown to headquarters and complete a series of
Speaker 2: meetings and auditions with the TV program leadership. One will
Speaker 2: be chosen, be awarded ten thousand dollars, and will host
Speaker 2: an anniversary Internet tea TV show this fall. The winner
Speaker 2: will be announced July fifteenth. Obviously, the stakes are high,
Speaker 2: as all three finalists expect this opportunity to be life
Speaker 2: changing for them, and I, for one, will be listening
Speaker 2: to hear which one sounds best able to put their
Speaker 2: personal ego aside during this heady time and be most
Speaker 2: committed to helping our endangered planet.
Speaker 8: But that's just me. What do you think?
Speaker 2: Who would you choose? Let's find out just for fun
Speaker 2: I found some fitting music to book in each discussion,
Speaker 2: in each case, the name of the contestant is part
Speaker 2: of the name of the song. First up is Stephanie Arnie.
Speaker 2: Stephanie is our own Jungle Deep wildlife correspondent. You've been
Speaker 2: hearing regularly on our show. Do I know how to
Speaker 2: pick them?
Speaker 8: Or what?
Speaker 2: Stephanie is the outreach educator for the Honoluluzu and the
Speaker 2: opening bit of music is called what else Stephanie? By
Speaker 2: T Mickey. Stephanie Arnie is a wildlife educator with the
Speaker 2: Honolulu Zoo and a world traveler in One of our
Speaker 2: outstanding characteristics are endless enthusiasm for teaching others about animals.
Speaker 2: Stephanie is one of three finalists in the Wild Guide competition.
Speaker 8: Welcome steph to Jungle Deep.
Speaker 9: Hello.
Speaker 2: I know this has been a very exciting time for you.
Speaker 8: Lot's going on.
Speaker 2: You're doing all kinds of interviews, becoming world famous just
Speaker 2: as a semi Well, you're not a semi finalist anymore.
Speaker 2: You're a finalist. You're one of three in the Big
Speaker 2: wild Guide competition. So tell us a little bit about
Speaker 2: what what is the wild Guide to you?
Speaker 10: Oh, what is the position of Wild Guide, Like, what
Speaker 10: do you what do I think it'll take?
Speaker 8: Right? What is it? What is it you're competing for?
Speaker 10: Okay, Well, first of all, this is a contest from
Speaker 10: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. This is a show that
Speaker 10: was really popular from nineteen sixty three to nineteen eighty five.
Speaker 10: They've also produced a lot of really awesome documentaries as well,
Speaker 10: and the Wild Guides back then, you know, like Jim
Speaker 10: Fowler and Marlon Perkins. These men were brave and knowledgeable
Speaker 10: and daredevil's in my eyes. And they used to go
Speaker 10: out all over the world and teach people about African animals,
Speaker 10: and of course, in that same process would teach about
Speaker 10: how the people around in those areas coexisted with those animals.
Speaker 10: So it's just a really fascinating show. These people were
Speaker 10: opening up the world to their audience, you know, right
Speaker 10: there in the homes. So I think it's an incredible position.
Speaker 10: I found out about it because of a former coworker
Speaker 10: of mine from the Omaha Zoo. She had known that
Speaker 10: I was working towards wanting to become a Wild Guide
Speaker 10: and have my own TV show here in Hawaii, but
Speaker 10: she had overheard that Mutual of Omaha was going to
Speaker 10: have a contest to find their wild Guide and as
Speaker 10: soon as I heard that, I was like, this is it.
Speaker 10: This is for me, this is what I've been working towards.
Speaker 10: So yeah, I went for it, Ken and now I'm
Speaker 10: a finalist and it's crazy.
Speaker 2: Well what were you doing before the competition?
Speaker 10: Well, I am currently the education Outreach coordinator for the
Speaker 10: Honolulu Zoological Society here in Honolulu Houai and I have
Speaker 10: been here for about a year and my main job
Speaker 10: is to do tours and shows. I go out into
Speaker 10: the schools and organizations and businesses all around the island
Speaker 10: of Oahu and neighboring islands as well, teaching about wildlife
Speaker 10: and wildlife conservation.
Speaker 2: What were your goals before this competition? Because I know
Speaker 2: the competition like this tends to change one's focus and
Speaker 2: goals for the future, But before the competition, what were
Speaker 2: your goals at that point?
Speaker 10: I guess I thought the ultimate for me, even if
Speaker 10: we go back to four years ago, was just traveling
Speaker 10: the world and seeing animals not only in zoos and
Speaker 10: a crams and wildlife sanctuaries, but in the wild as well.
Speaker 10: So my goals and my dreams have gotten larger and
Speaker 10: larger as I move along, and after I did get
Speaker 10: to travel and see these animals, I started being able
Speaker 10: to tell that, Wow, I could actually dream even bigger
Speaker 10: than this. So by the time I got back to
Speaker 10: the US and I settled here in.
Speaker 2: Hawaii, why did you enter the contest?
Speaker 10: I entered the contest because this is a huge goal
Speaker 10: of mine. I think coming to Hawaii, I wanted to
Speaker 10: start a local TV show to expose all the amazing
Speaker 10: wildlife organizations out there that are trying to help change
Speaker 10: the world, and I wanted to help facilitate that. And
Speaker 10: then when I found out from my old coworker about
Speaker 10: this contest, I obviously had to go for it. It
Speaker 10: was like, oh, my goodness, I could have a TV
Speaker 10: show that's even bigger than a local TV show. It
Speaker 10: could be an international TV show as well, and I
Speaker 10: had to go for it. I would love to have
Speaker 10: the opportunity to reach a larger audience to really share
Speaker 10: my experience and knowledge and passion for wildlife and wildlife conservation.
Speaker 10: So it would just be silly if I didn't do it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it makes good sense. When you went into the
Speaker 2: process of entering the competition, you had to create your
Speaker 2: own video. Did you have those elements available to you?
Speaker 2: I mean, you have to create a message and visuals
Speaker 2: with video and stills, and decide on a style and
Speaker 2: story and music and the editing.
Speaker 8: Did you have all that at hand?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 10: I was really lucky because of the goal that I
Speaker 10: just mentioned that I wanted to have a local TV show,
Speaker 10: I was fortunate enough to in my networking capabilities, I
Speaker 10: was able to meet a person named Gary Sprinkle, and
Speaker 10: he is a pretty well known anchorman here who's semi retired,
Speaker 10: who's been helping me to create videos. He's been teaching
Speaker 10: me video editing. I've learned a lot about how to
Speaker 10: have a good on screen appearance. I've learned all the
Speaker 10: details of just video and film production in the last year,
Speaker 10: and I'm definitely nowhere near being a master. But I
Speaker 10: feel very happy that I've gotten exposed to it so
Speaker 10: I can respect all aspects to it. But when I
Speaker 10: found out about this contest, he was like, Oh my gosh,
Speaker 10: this is awesome. This is exactly what we been working for.
Speaker 10: So fortunately he was there to assist me and guide
Speaker 10: me in a way. But the whole concept of the
Speaker 10: video was just a vision that I had. I wanted
Speaker 10: to show the producers and I wanted to show all
Speaker 10: the fans of Wild Kingdom that that I can be
Speaker 10: a host and that I am very passionate about what
Speaker 10: I do and I'm knowledgeable and very enthusiastic about it.
Speaker 10: So when I made my video, I was like, Okay,
Speaker 10: so I want to make it look like a real
Speaker 10: TV show already, so they can just picture me in
Speaker 10: their TV show. So I was going to have you know,
Speaker 10: the beginning kind of boom boom boom, exciting adventurous music
Speaker 10: with me traveling around the world working with animals and
Speaker 10: then me you know, teaching about lemurs and then going
Speaker 10: into the rainforest with chameleons. And yeah, so that whole
Speaker 10: vision was you know, it came from this year Noggin.
Speaker 10: But fortunately enough, I did have the help of two
Speaker 10: really awesome friends of mine, Like I said, Gary Sprinkle,
Speaker 10: who helped was a cameraman and help with video production,
Speaker 10: and then another man named Telafaroh Brandon who helped me
Speaker 10: with editing as well. But I am very adamant about
Speaker 10: trying to learn all of these details on my own
Speaker 10: as well.
Speaker 2: So great, guys, that's a lot more to learn.
Speaker 8: Well, now that you're in the.
Speaker 2: Competition and there's a good chance, a good chance you
Speaker 2: could be the next wild guide for the Wild Kingdom.
Speaker 2: How's that changed your goals for the future?
Speaker 8: Have they changed?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 10: Oh, my goodness, the ceiling has been raised.
Speaker 9: You know.
Speaker 10: I think it's interesting that here, you know, growing up,
Speaker 10: you have these limitations. You're like, oh, I think the
Speaker 10: highest thing is working for me. I remember the top
Speaker 10: job of San Diego Zoo, and then it was to
Speaker 10: be able to work in on the Great Berry Reef,
Speaker 10: and then it was maybe I could have a local
Speaker 10: TV show. And now being exposed to this experience and
Speaker 10: meeting producers from around the world and talking to TV
Speaker 10: and radio stations, I'm finding that perhaps I can go
Speaker 10: even bigger than that. And of course the message, which
Speaker 10: is wildlife conservation, is always in the back of my mind.
Speaker 10: So now I think, with the exposure in the knowledge
Speaker 10: that I have now, it would be pretty awesome to
Speaker 10: start a huge movement to help protect wildlife by just
Speaker 10: educating people on how our daily actions are the things
Speaker 10: that we consume, by reducing reusing those things that we
Speaker 10: could really impact not a wildlife, but also other people
Speaker 10: all over the world as well, so that message is
Speaker 10: always there. So if I could start a maybe a
Speaker 10: nonprofit organization, if a TV show is connected to that,
Speaker 10: I don't know. There's so many endless possibilities now, Ken,
Speaker 10: and my dreams are getting bigger.
Speaker 2: I'm not surprised. You're a big dreamer to begin with.
Speaker 2: What if you don't win this competition, there is three
Speaker 2: of you. Somebody's not going to win this particular competition.
Speaker 2: How do you expect your life would be different from
Speaker 2: here on as a result?
Speaker 10: You know, I can. I'm going to keep on trucking.
Speaker 10: I feel as though what I do I was born
Speaker 10: to do this, and I love it. I'm happy every
Speaker 10: day I wake up with a smile on my face,
Speaker 10: be like, oh my gosh, today I get to teach
Speaker 10: people about animals and how to protect the planet. And
Speaker 10: nothing's cooler than that. So I'm just going to continue
Speaker 10: on doing that every single day in some capacity, whether
Speaker 10: I stay at the zoo or like I said, I
Speaker 10: start my own local TV show or an online TV
Speaker 10: show or my own nonprofit. I don't know. I'm going
Speaker 10: to continue going along Ken, pushing this message. I'll be
Speaker 10: proud of whoever does win, and I'll be definitely looking
Speaker 10: forward to watching walk Kingdom in the fall. But yeah,
Speaker 10: I'll still keep talking along Ken. Nothing's going to stop me.
Speaker 10: Passion is pretty strong.
Speaker 2: Do you have a final message for our listeners.
Speaker 10: Guess the biggest thing is if you want to follow
Speaker 10: along with my journey, you can like my Facebook fan
Speaker 10: page at Stephanie Arnie last name ar n E and
Speaker 10: you can learn I put up fun facts and videos
Speaker 10: every single day and you can watch my progress as well.
Speaker 10: I also have a website www dot Stephaniearnie dot com
Speaker 10: and you can follow my blog. You can check out
Speaker 10: other opportunities where maybe I can visit you or you
Speaker 10: could hire me for different things, as well as check
Speaker 10: out my portfolio and learn a little bit more about me.
Speaker 10: Other than that, I hope that everybody just knows that
Speaker 10: my overall message is to help everybody understand that we
Speaker 10: are all connected. It is incredible how connected we are
Speaker 10: to the insects, to the dirt, to the ocean, to
Speaker 10: the trees, to the animals, and to people all around
Speaker 10: the world. And as long as you take just be
Speaker 10: more aware of that, remember where things come from and
Speaker 10: where they go, and that every decision you make in
Speaker 10: your day can impact the planet in some way, shape
Speaker 10: or form. So do everything that you can to reduce
Speaker 10: the amount of plastics and papers and water that you use,
Speaker 10: and know that when you go to bed at night,
Speaker 10: that you're doing everything that you can to save this planet.
Speaker 2: Well that's a great message and we're out of time,
Speaker 2: but I want to wish for you on behalf of
Speaker 2: our listeners as you move forward in mutual lolhah MAHA's
Speaker 2: Wild Guide competition the very.
Speaker 8: Best for you.
Speaker 10: Thank you so much, Kenn, and thank you fans.
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Speaker 8: Now more of Jungle.
Speaker 2: Next up, his finalist, Thiago Bahia. Thiago is an advertising
Speaker 2: executive by day and an adventure and videographer in his
Speaker 2: spare time. Bahia, by the way, is the name of
Speaker 2: a famous and beautiful tiki music song. But first we
Speaker 2: will open with a bit of.
Speaker 8: Song called Thiago by Keith Oxman.
Speaker 2: Thiago Bahia is a traveler, explorer, and a fine filmmaker.
Speaker 2: One of his outstandings characteristics is the beautiful and creative
Speaker 2: craftsmanship of his videos.
Speaker 8: Thiago is one of the.
Speaker 2: Three finalists in the Wild Guide competition. Welcome, do y'all
Speaker 2: go to Jungle Deep.
Speaker 9: Doctor Jones, it is my pleasure, in my honor to
Speaker 9: be in your program.
Speaker 2: Well, I appreciate you being here too. Now, I know
Speaker 2: this is a very exciting time for you as well,
Speaker 2: because you're in this competition for the Wild Kingdom Wild
Speaker 2: Guide and you're not just in the competition, you made
Speaker 2: it through the semi finals into the finalists. You're one
Speaker 2: of three. Tell us if you would for a moment,
Speaker 2: what to you what does being a wild guide all about?
Speaker 2: What is that that's not well well asked?
Speaker 8: My grammar has.
Speaker 9: Heard very very exciting time. I am one of the finalists,
Speaker 9: as yes said, and I am super excited about this opportunity.
Speaker 9: I can wait to be in Omaha to audition and
Speaker 9: maybe be the presenter of this famous show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's uh, that would be terrific. I got to
Speaker 2: ask you, what were you doing before the competition.
Speaker 9: I was working for an ad agency here in El Paso,
Speaker 9: Texas and traveling.
Speaker 2: Though you've traveled a lot, your video reveals that tell
Speaker 2: us a little.
Speaker 8: Bit about that.
Speaker 9: Yes, every chance I get, I travel, I get out there.
Speaker 9: If it's not a one week or two weeks vacation,
Speaker 9: I try to get out every weekend that I have
Speaker 9: a chance. You know, life is short. You don't have
Speaker 9: to go across the world to be with nature to
Speaker 9: do these things. I have been doing the things that
Speaker 9: you have been seeing in my videos. I just like
Speaker 9: being out there.
Speaker 2: Do you mind sharing with us some of the places you've.
Speaker 9: Been Yes, hiking to the bottom of the Grand Canyon,
Speaker 9: which is not so far from here. I consider a
Speaker 9: ten hour or eleven hour car drive not so far.
Speaker 9: So yes, that's one of the places I've been recently.
Speaker 9: I've explored a lot in the New Mexico State and
Speaker 9: Arigdona and a little bit of the northern part of Mexico.
Speaker 9: Those are parts of the places nearby that I have
Speaker 9: explored for weekends. Now when I have more time, I
Speaker 9: tried to go further. Believe in Central America it's one
Speaker 9: of the places. Switzerland and Europe is another one of
Speaker 9: my favorites. And South Florida. I used to live in
Speaker 9: Miami and all the swamps and the crystal clear blue
Speaker 9: water really attracts me. So this is just some of
Speaker 9: the videos right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I love that beautiful blue water.
Speaker 8: Well, yeah, you've.
Speaker 2: You've done a fair amount of traveling. And before we
Speaker 2: go any further, we should explain that that beautiful accent
Speaker 2: of yours is because of what where do you come from?
Speaker 9: I say that, no, no, really, I was born and
Speaker 9: raised in Brazil in a very unique place. The city
Speaker 9: is called the Land. The land sits right in the
Speaker 9: mouth of the Amazon River, and that's the place I
Speaker 9: grew up two thirds of my life there, the first
Speaker 9: twenty years of my life over there, and a big, bustling,
Speaker 9: two million people town city. But the unique thing about
Speaker 9: it is that you drive for twenty minutes or thirty
Speaker 9: minutes away from the city and you are in the
Speaker 9: middle of nowhere in the jungle. Very very nice place
Speaker 9: to grew up.
Speaker 2: Well, it sounds great, and you're currently living in Texas,
Speaker 2: I believe.
Speaker 9: Is that right? I am. I moved here about four
Speaker 9: years ago from New York City, so I used to
Speaker 9: live also in another jungle, Manhattan.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well you have you got it covered. People listening
Speaker 2: to this podcast, might I think we're sitting in the
Speaker 2: jungle right now. I have to apologize, but my recause
Speaker 2: have decided to get really vocal this this afternoon, So
Speaker 2: that's what's going on in the background. Or you can
Speaker 2: pretend we're you know, in the Amazon. Either way, that's
Speaker 2: that's okay. Well tell us what were your goals back
Speaker 2: then before you entered the competition. Do you did you
Speaker 2: have any goals about, you know, doing things with this
Speaker 2: travel thing and the video because you'd shoot your own
Speaker 2: videos too, And that's we're going to talk about that
Speaker 2: in a minute. But what were your goals before the competition?
Speaker 9: I didn't have actually no big goals. I'm just a
Speaker 9: guy with a camera that likes to travel and film.
Speaker 9: I like to feel my adventures and I added them
Speaker 9: into short clips maybe three four minutes long, and I
Speaker 9: share it with family and friends and with people that
Speaker 9: maybe don't have the chance to go to this unique
Speaker 9: places that I visit. And that was that was my hobby.
Speaker 9: I never really thought about it as a way to
Speaker 9: make money, but now now I haven't shot at it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, how did you hear about the contest?
Speaker 9: I somebody told me to go on line and look
Speaker 9: for this for this contest because a friend of mine
Speaker 9: this he's one of my friends. He likes my video,
Speaker 9: so you know that I have an ex for this
Speaker 9: kind of stuff. So he told me, hey, child, he
Speaker 9: should be in this competition. This this for you. So
Speaker 9: he gave me the link. I looked it up and
Speaker 9: I said, yes, definitely, I will send my video.
Speaker 2: And why why did you want to enter this competition?
Speaker 14: Well?
Speaker 9: Why not? I mean I grew up watching all this
Speaker 9: Animal Planets and Discovery Channel shows and why not? Why
Speaker 9: not be the guy there in front of a camera,
Speaker 9: bringing all these adventures and this animal stories and nature
Speaker 9: to the viewers. Why not me? Everybody saying that I
Speaker 9: have the petition, so let me have my shot at it.
Speaker 9: Maybe maybe I'm their next guide.
Speaker 2: Well, did you have any concerns? As I'm sure most people,
Speaker 2: most contestants considering applying or entering this thing, they had
Speaker 2: to submit a video, So did you have any concerns
Speaker 2: about the process of creating your video?
Speaker 9: No, as soon as I read the rules, I had
Speaker 9: my video made, how edited? In my mind, all I
Speaker 9: needed was the opening shots as that you've seen it.
Speaker 9: It was in a place called White Sense, Heating, New
Speaker 9: Mexico area. It's me and the sand dunes with scuba
Speaker 9: gear diving into blue water. So there's no blue water
Speaker 9: in the desert, but I already had that shot from
Speaker 9: a diving trip in believe, so I thought my opening
Speaker 9: shot will be me sitting on the sand dune in
Speaker 9: the desert with fu on scuba gear, you know, diving
Speaker 9: into blue water, so people are not expecting blue water
Speaker 9: in the desert. So well, yeah, all shots that I
Speaker 9: had to do for this video, the video submission, I.
Speaker 8: Think, really really well that was very effective. Yes, it did.
Speaker 2: When I first saw it, I thought, Oh, he's in
Speaker 2: some exotic coastal sand dunes in South America somewhere, you know,
Speaker 2: and the ocean's just on the other side of that
Speaker 2: do And I just knew it, you know. And when
Speaker 2: I saw the diving gear there, I go. The ocean's
Speaker 2: right on the other side. He's on the coast somewhere
Speaker 2: in some exotic land, and sure enough, you dive into
Speaker 2: the ocean. I thought it was great fun. But you know,
Speaker 2: we're talking to me before you I think you have
Speaker 2: a great In fact, that's what filmmakers do. They picture
Speaker 2: these things in their minds before they even get into
Speaker 2: the editing suite, you know. And that's why you know,
Speaker 2: I say, you have a real knack for this video stuff,
Speaker 2: because it's not that simple. That's not that simple. I mean,
Speaker 2: there's a message you want to get across. You have
Speaker 2: visuals you have to be concerned about. You gotta have
Speaker 2: video segments or stills that you use. You got to
Speaker 2: decide on a style and a story and pick the music.
Speaker 8: And then do the editing.
Speaker 2: And that's right, You've been doing all this stuff already,
Speaker 2: so you just you knew how to do it.
Speaker 9: Yes, and it was a quick and simple timera trick
Speaker 9: to do. You should have seen the phase of the
Speaker 9: park ranger when you saw me lugging the scoopy gear
Speaker 9: to the top of the sand dune. Place is in
Speaker 9: the middle of New Mexico Land in the desert.
Speaker 2: Yes, what are you doing with that scuba gear?
Speaker 8: You're lucky to didn't lock you up. This guy's lost.
Speaker 2: He's been out there too long in that sun.
Speaker 8: Yeah, that's great, that's great.
Speaker 2: Well I'm moving along here. How has the competition changed
Speaker 2: your goals? Now that you find you're a finalist, you
Speaker 2: may even be you end up being the wild guide.
Speaker 2: Has this changed your goals in relation to this kind
Speaker 2: of material, this kind.
Speaker 9: Of work, Yes, definitely. Was there slack in the face,
Speaker 9: say maybe you should be doing this for a living.
Speaker 9: You know, I submitted my video and you got, you know,
Speaker 9: a very good viewership. I'm sure he got a very
Speaker 9: good amount of boats for them to have me as
Speaker 9: a finalist. And yeah, Chigo, maybe maybe you should quit
Speaker 9: your day job and just go for it with all
Speaker 9: your guts. You clearly have what it takes. So that
Speaker 9: is what this whole competition things and still in.
Speaker 2: Me, well, what effects what are you expecting if you
Speaker 2: become the mutual Omaha wil Guide. What kind of effect
Speaker 2: will that have on your daily life?
Speaker 9: I see myself as going on more trips, traveling to
Speaker 9: different places, not only in this country but abroad, and
Speaker 9: doing more and more of this videos, more in a
Speaker 9: professional setting of course, and you know, hopefully being then
Speaker 9: expertans out there.
Speaker 2: Well, what if you do not win? You know, somebody's
Speaker 2: going to not win this competition. If that happens, how
Speaker 2: do you expect your life to be different from here
Speaker 2: on in some way?
Speaker 9: No, I never give given so much thought about not winning.
Speaker 9: That's how much confidence are you having this thing? But
Speaker 9: if that is the case, it's like, do not win,
Speaker 9: of course, I will pursue all the ways to be
Speaker 9: out there, to be out there in front of the camera,
Speaker 9: bringing nature, bringing animals to viewers around the world. This
Speaker 9: this show will be on a YouTube channel, YouTube TV,
Speaker 9: so you will be broadcasted throughout the world. I will
Speaker 9: definitely pursue other ways, if not mutual format, other ways.
Speaker 2: To be able to just keep doing it. Then yes, definitely,
Speaker 2: that's great. Well, I think you have a real knack
Speaker 2: for it. So that's good news. Well, how about a
Speaker 2: final message for our listeners. Is there anything you'd like
Speaker 2: to tell them? How can they stay informed about you
Speaker 2: and what you're up to?
Speaker 9: And the people can blog in and see what's going
Speaker 9: on with the competition. Who is going to be their
Speaker 9: next guide? They can follow that on their website right now.
Speaker 9: I don't have a blog or anything. I do have
Speaker 9: a YouTube channel where most of my videos are posted
Speaker 9: there for everyone to see, and you can find that
Speaker 9: on simple YouTube search. Just type in my name Thiago.
Speaker 9: That is the hi Ago and the number and twenty
Speaker 9: nine altogether Thiago ten twenty nine.
Speaker 8: Great. Well, that's terrific.
Speaker 2: I appreciate that, and I know all of our listeners
Speaker 2: I'm sure wish you the best as you move forward
Speaker 2: in the mutual Lomaha's Wild Guide competition. Thank you for
Speaker 2: being with us today and good luck to you.
Speaker 9: Thank you very much, doctor Johnes. It has been a pleasure.
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Speaker 2: tropical rainforest destruction is invisible to most and rarely discussed. Well,
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Speaker 2: tropical rainforest conservation? Climate change is quickly becoming mankind's most
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Speaker 2: Climate change is finally getting some mentioned by our nation's
Speaker 2: leaders and increasing discussion on alternative media. However, it is
Speaker 2: not currently being discussed in some ninety plus percent of
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Speaker 2: adding to the lethargy and responding to this crisis. There
Speaker 2: is another facet to this problem that is too rarely discussed.
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Speaker 2: Our third guest is Reggie Bussy. Reggie is a professional
Speaker 2: traveler and adventure She produces her own website to encourage
Speaker 2: inform others to seek adventure, called Backpackers Wanted dot com.
Speaker 2: The opening music is called Bussy's Bounce by Henry Bussy.
Speaker 2: Reggie Bussy is an avid backpacker, traveler, and adventure and
Speaker 2: one of her outstanding characteristics is her outgoing personality and competence.
Speaker 2: Reggie is one of the three finalists of the Wild
Speaker 2: Eye competition. Welcome Reggie to Jungle d Thank you very much, Ken,
Speaker 2: glad to be here now. I know this must must
Speaker 2: be a very exciting time for you. Would you tell
Speaker 2: us a little bit about what is a wild guide?
Speaker 11: Well, I suppose in a nutshell, a wild guide is
Speaker 11: somebody who has a passion for wildlife and nature, but
Speaker 11: more so lives it out. You know, they're involved in
Speaker 11: their local communities, or they're involved overseas wherever. It is,
Speaker 11: just to make a difference in the world and make
Speaker 11: a difference in environments, habitats, and I guess communities.
Speaker 8: Well, very good.
Speaker 2: In context of this competition, what do you think it
Speaker 2: is that they're looking for as a wild guide?
Speaker 11: You know, I think they're looking for somebody who is
Speaker 11: engaging and relatable. They want somebody who's knowledgeable, but they
Speaker 11: also want somebody who can learn alongside the viewers, so
Speaker 11: you kind of feel like you're going on in adventure together.
Speaker 2: What were you doing before this competition came about?
Speaker 11: What I've been doing for the past ten years? I've
Speaker 11: been traveling.
Speaker 2: Tell us some of the places. Where have you been?
Speaker 11: Well? I just kept us what is it? Fifty different
Speaker 11: countries and most recently I was in Africa. I was
Speaker 11: there for about four months and I went through nine
Speaker 11: different countries and went on every single safari I could
Speaker 11: possibly afford, and just got involved in a few projects
Speaker 11: down there.
Speaker 2: Well, from what I've seen so far, you're not a
Speaker 2: typical tourist. You're more of a, like I said, an adventurer.
Speaker 2: You get out there in the dirt and you hoof
Speaker 2: it and you have close encounters with interesting creatures.
Speaker 8: Am I right?
Speaker 11: There's no other way to do it.
Speaker 2: So you've been traveling and backpacking and hiking around the
Speaker 2: world for ten years, I have How do you do that?
Speaker 2: I mean most people here clear hear that will go
Speaker 2: How in the world can you do that? I mean,
Speaker 2: how come I'm stuck in a job and you're out there?
Speaker 2: Have all the fun.
Speaker 8: How do you do that?
Speaker 11: Well, you know, I've taken a passion and made it
Speaker 11: my reality. I work very hard and I budget. I
Speaker 11: saved my money for my trips. So I've worked all
Speaker 11: over the world, you know, pouring pintset probably dozens of bars.
Speaker 11: I've also worked in the adventure industry in Interlock in Switzerland,
Speaker 11: and I'm also a freelance travel rid So you know,
Speaker 11: I kind of just I guess, take the risk. I
Speaker 11: just go for as long as I can on my money,
Speaker 11: and when it's time to find a job, find a job.
Speaker 2: Well. Now, so what were your goals before this competition
Speaker 2: came about?
Speaker 9: You?
Speaker 2: Probably I assume you didn't grow up thinking you were
Speaker 2: gonna be a television star doing wildlife show someday or
Speaker 2: did you were you did you have thoughts something like
Speaker 2: this might happen, or what were.
Speaker 8: Your goal now?
Speaker 11: I mean, my goal has always been to spread the
Speaker 11: joy of travel, wildlife and culture. But it wasn't until
Speaker 11: what was it seven six years ago? I was working
Speaker 11: for a company, a commercial production company, and I got
Speaker 11: a bit of the background in the industry and kind
Speaker 11: of learned the ropes and thought, hey, if I could
Speaker 11: marry my love of travel with a profession, then you
Speaker 11: know i'd be pretty pretty good. So I guess that's
Speaker 11: where the TV side of it came into play. And
Speaker 11: since then I just I take stupid videos all over
Speaker 11: the world. As you'll see in my video, it's nothing professional.
Speaker 11: It's me with a point and shoot camera and just
Speaker 11: trying to capture those moments of excitement and the nuances
Speaker 11: that come with traveling and wildlife.
Speaker 2: So how do you hear about the contest?
Speaker 11: My good friend Tiago, who is also in the top three. Yeah,
Speaker 11: Thiago and I met in Switzerland. I was working at
Speaker 11: my adventure job.
Speaker 2: I had the impression you two knew each other, but
Speaker 2: I don't know how well.
Speaker 1: You know.
Speaker 8: You say you met and.
Speaker 11: Wear and switched and fate brought us together in that
Speaker 11: way I was. I came to my desk and he
Speaker 11: was wanting to do some hang gliding or bungee jumping,
Speaker 11: and so we got chatting and ever since then we've
Speaker 11: just been in contact via email. And you know, he
Speaker 11: loves to travel too, so it's kind of those emails like,
Speaker 11: hey man, where are you at? You know, house live?
Speaker 11: And I had just got back from my last trip
Speaker 11: and had an email from him saying, you know, Rech, Hey,
Speaker 11: I think you're from Omaha. Look into this. And I
Speaker 11: looked into it and thought, gosh, this is this is
Speaker 11: a dream. You know, this is my lifestyle already, and
Speaker 11: if I can share that with other people, then again,
Speaker 11: that would be a dream come true.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 8: Yeah, so you heard about the contest from.
Speaker 11: Me and did, but you know it's Thiago and I
Speaker 11: joke around, you know, he introduced me to it, and
Speaker 11: I am forever, forever thankful. But I think the other
Speaker 11: contestants would agree. From that point on, we really had
Speaker 11: to promote ourselves, promote our videos, and promote mutual of Omaha.
Speaker 11: So I don't feel like I was handed this by
Speaker 11: any means. I feel like it's been out of the process.
Speaker 11: Oh sure, and one that I'm very thankful for him,
Speaker 11: you know, to introducing me too.
Speaker 2: Well. Sure, and it's how about that it's a great
Speaker 2: coincidence that you two just happen to be good and
Speaker 2: happen to have the winning videos for this competition and
Speaker 2: now you're racing neck to next.
Speaker 11: Well and Stephie, I haven't had a chance to chat
Speaker 11: with her yet. We exchanged phone numbers, but I really
Speaker 11: look forward to talking with her also, you know, because
Speaker 11: this whole process, you know, you don't want to necessarily
Speaker 11: consider it a competition, because at the end of the day,
Speaker 11: we're trying to promote a bigger cause, and so long
Speaker 11: as one of us is the wild guide and is
Speaker 11: able to transfer that knowledge, then you know we've already won.
Speaker 2: I think you all three already have one indeed, because
Speaker 2: you've certainly gotten a lot of exposure and you'll continue
Speaker 2: to get exposure as a result of being, you know,
Speaker 2: being a part of this. So I'm sure it's going
Speaker 2: to help all three of you in your careers. However
Speaker 2: that path goes.
Speaker 8: Well, I'm curious about something else. Now.
Speaker 2: It's one thing to be explorer and traveler and so forth,
Speaker 2: but to put together a good video requires having a
Speaker 2: good message and visuals like video segments or stills, and
Speaker 2: knowing what style you want to communicate and what story
Speaker 2: you want to tell in the music you're going to use,
Speaker 2: and then you have to edit all together. Now, did
Speaker 2: you have all these components readily available to you?
Speaker 11: Well, I had probably five terabytes of video footage, so
Speaker 11: that was difficult. But yeah, I just used iMovie and
Speaker 11: I bought a cheap track of music on some website
Speaker 11: and put it together.
Speaker 2: You're telling me you edited that video all together and
Speaker 2: shot it yourself too. I mean you didn't have a
Speaker 2: cameraman or a videographer involved at any point.
Speaker 11: No, I'm the only videographers. I would have the person
Speaker 11: I'm traveling with at any given time and handing them
Speaker 11: my camera and saying.
Speaker 2: Hey, fill me well. Thiago had the same kind of
Speaker 2: report to give me on that question, and he I'm
Speaker 2: a little surprised because they're very good. You know, the
Speaker 2: quality is very nice, and that's amazing. You both have
Speaker 2: skills in that area too. How is the competent and
Speaker 2: change your goals?
Speaker 11: Oh, it absolutely has because up until this point, when
Speaker 11: I travel, as I say, I like to find different
Speaker 11: conservation efforts to kind of synk my teeth into. And
Speaker 11: I've always been one who focuses on sustainable tourism, trying
Speaker 11: to find the local companies, people who are doing good,
Speaker 11: not just some massive corporation that's trying to sell you
Speaker 11: a tour. So I guess that was always my thought
Speaker 11: process of I'm doing good in the world, you know,
Speaker 11: by kind of spreading my knowledge of these different companies
Speaker 11: by putting them on my website or writing blogs on them.
Speaker 11: I thought I was doing a pretty good job. But
Speaker 11: what I've realized through this is how incredible social media
Speaker 11: is and to utilize that platform, and I know the
Speaker 11: other competitors would agree. We pretty much put our videos
Speaker 11: out there and ask people to support and before you
Speaker 11: know it, it blew up. And I think that's really
Speaker 11: encouraging moving forward that we do have that effect on
Speaker 11: so many people. And obviously wild Kingdom in the past,
Speaker 11: that was always the goal was a transfer of knowledge
Speaker 11: and wildlife education and awareness. So you know the fact
Speaker 11: that we could bring that into I guess modern day society,
Speaker 11: bring back that wonderful concept is my new goal. You know,
Speaker 11: I really want to be a part of something.
Speaker 2: Bigger and doing it in this new way using social media.
Speaker 11: Well yeah, oh gosh. I mean it's that whole concept
Speaker 11: of viral It really does matter. And I think, you know,
Speaker 11: wildlife education person to person is still the best way.
Speaker 11: You know, when you can actually hold an animal or
Speaker 11: see you know, their movements and their gestures, that's going
Speaker 11: to resonate. But if you want to hit a huge
Speaker 11: amount of people social media and for instance, Wild Kingdom TV.
Speaker 11: Being online is a huge help well, being.
Speaker 2: The producer of a podcast and also having done a
Speaker 2: television show online too. You know you're speaking to the
Speaker 2: choir here, but in fact, I'm sure it's no surprise
Speaker 2: to those five million viewers that have checked in at
Speaker 2: the Mutual Love Omaha website and seeing your videos there.
Speaker 2: That's pretty awesome, isn't it.
Speaker 11: Oh, it feels great.
Speaker 2: You know that many people are paying attention to this.
Speaker 2: It's just amazing. Well, what effects do you expect being
Speaker 2: the mutual of Omaha Wild Guide will have on your
Speaker 2: daily life?
Speaker 11: I'd actually, well hopefully be paid to do what I love.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, yeah, you would expect that, and that would
Speaker 2: be a change for you. Then you haven't been paid
Speaker 2: to do this.
Speaker 11: Work up to low Nope, Nope, money's just been going out.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, time to turn that around now.
Speaker 11: Well, and you know, money aside. If it doesn't go
Speaker 11: that way, no worries. It's already my life. I really
Speaker 11: don't feel like it would change me that much. It
Speaker 11: would just kind of dictate where my travels take me.
Speaker 11: So every year, I mean I kind of have my
Speaker 11: bucket list of places I want to go in projects
Speaker 11: I want to get involved with, and this would just
Speaker 11: set me in a different direction or in a specific direction.
Speaker 2: Are you expecting the wild Guide position to be a
Speaker 2: full time effort?
Speaker 11: You know, probably not. I think at the moment they're
Speaker 11: wanting to get a few episodes out and see what
Speaker 11: the following is, see what kind of interest we can generate,
Speaker 11: and from that from whoever the host is, then maybe
Speaker 11: they'd look at broadcast television. So I can't say it's
Speaker 11: a full time job by any means. It could just
Speaker 11: be a couple of webisodes.
Speaker 2: They Have they given you any clue? Have they given
Speaker 2: you any feedback as to whether they're considering redoing a
Speaker 2: TV show or just limiting.
Speaker 8: It to the web.
Speaker 11: No, they haven't. Right now, it's just web And there
Speaker 11: has been talk on some of the press releases. I've
Speaker 11: read it says possible TV. But at the moment, I'm
Speaker 11: just focusing on, Hey, a webisode is a webisode, and
Speaker 11: if we can get the cause out there and get
Speaker 11: the word out there, then it's always positive.
Speaker 2: What about if you do not win the competition? Do
Speaker 2: you expect your life to be different from here on?
Speaker 10: Oh?
Speaker 11: Well, you know, of course, be pretty bummed about it,
Speaker 11: But I'm one of those people who just rolls with
Speaker 11: the punches. I'm not going to stop doing what I love.
Speaker 11: I'm not going to stop getting involved and spreading the
Speaker 11: as I call it, the wild word, and I would
Speaker 11: just hope whoever gets it does a fantastic job, and
Speaker 11: from the looks of the other competitors, they would.
Speaker 2: Do you think that you would put more emphasis on pursuing,
Speaker 2: you know, a TV webisode kind of. I mean, you
Speaker 2: don't have webs sods up on your website, do you.
Speaker 11: I just have a YouTube channel with all my.
Speaker 2: Oh you do, Okay, I need to check that out.
Speaker 2: So you're producing your own show right now on YouTube?
Speaker 8: Is that fairness?
Speaker 11: No, not at all. So there are just like two
Speaker 11: or three minute videos of me on a safari in
Speaker 11: Kenya or I don't know, Well, do you.
Speaker 2: Think you might formalize that. I'm not trying to push
Speaker 2: you in that direction. I was just wondering if this
Speaker 2: being a part of Mutual Omaha's story might have you know,
Speaker 2: thinking a little more seriously about a formal program.
Speaker 11: You know, And that's something I have looked into. But
Speaker 11: I've always struggled when you're producing something. Unless you have
Speaker 11: a group of people willing to support you, it's very
Speaker 11: difficult to kind of formulate a script and to be
Speaker 11: able to film all of your own footage to then
Speaker 11: edit it. And especially for me, I'm on the road
Speaker 11: a lot, and when you're in the middle of Malawi,
Speaker 11: you're not going to have a good Wi Fi connection
Speaker 11: to upload a high def video for such an online show.
Speaker 11: So I have considered it, but it's very difficult for me,
Speaker 11: and I feel like sometimes I miss out on the
Speaker 11: day to day interaction, which is in essence why I'm traveling,
Speaker 11: because then I have to, you know, shut myself away
Speaker 11: to edit a show over a week, and it.
Speaker 2: Does take a lot of time. Does I've spent a
Speaker 2: ton of hours editing programs?
Speaker 11: Yeah, and being a perfectionistatist takes that much longer.
Speaker 2: That's right here, does well? What would you like to
Speaker 2: tell our listeners?
Speaker 11: The final message is just get involved. You know, I've
Speaker 11: been very blessed and very fortunate with the lifestyle I lead,
Speaker 11: But you don't have to go somewhere exotic to have
Speaker 11: these animal encounters or to feel like you're giving back
Speaker 11: to two communities and two environments go down to your
Speaker 11: local zoo see if you can volunteer or look at internships. Heck,
Speaker 11: you could go to one of the weekly classes that
Speaker 11: they have on different animals and habitats. You can donate,
Speaker 11: you know, even twenty bucks. It's not a lot of money,
Speaker 11: but it really can make a difference in some of
Speaker 11: these conservation movements. And I'd say the other thing, and
Speaker 11: I spoke about it earlier, is social media. If there's
Speaker 11: an animal that's close to your heart or a project
Speaker 11: close to your heart, put it out there. You never
Speaker 11: know what's going to go viral. And by just getting
Speaker 11: that knowledge on such a platform, it's going to blow up,
Speaker 11: I guarantee you. But we just have to get more
Speaker 11: people interested in conservation and awareness.
Speaker 2: Well, I have no doubt that people like you are
Speaker 2: going to help us do that. And I'm sure all
Speaker 2: of our listeners agree with me that we wish you
Speaker 2: the best as you move forward in Mutual OMHA's Wild
Speaker 2: Guide competition. I want to thank you for being on
Speaker 2: the show. It's been a real pleasure, Reggie, and I wish.
Speaker 11: All the best pleasures online. Thanks Ken.
Speaker 8: Leaves, He said.
Speaker 6: With me, let's just.
Speaker 8: Come out sooner.
Speaker 11: If you'd ask me.
Speaker 2: That's our show for today. Visit our website Jungledeep dot
Speaker 2: org ax that's the show notes page for this episode,
Speaker 2: where you will find additional photos, websites and Facebook addresses
Speaker 2: for all three of these fantastic wildlife adventures. And keep
Speaker 2: tuned to Jungle Deep to hear the announcement of the
Speaker 2: first place winner of the Wild Kingdom Wild Guide. We
Speaker 2: will be talking with he or she to hear all
Speaker 2: about what the final weeks of competition at the corporate
Speaker 2: headquarters were like and to find out what they have
Speaker 2: in store for us on Wild Kingdom. Send me an
Speaker 2: email at Ken at Jungledeep dot org to tell me
Speaker 2: who you would pick to host the upcoming Wild Kingdom
Speaker 2: Wildlife Show and why I want to hear from. The
Speaker 2: music in this podcast has been in the intro Jerikonda
Speaker 2: mixed by Ken Jones with Apple Music Loops and Doctor
Speaker 2: Jones mixed by Pop Royals and Aqua Stephanie by T
Speaker 2: Mickey and Arney's Army by Billy Mack, Thiago by Keith
Speaker 2: Hawksman and by Ea by Perry Como, Bussies Bounce by
Speaker 2: Henry Bussey and and Reggie Alligator by Lisa Haley, and
Speaker 2: a segment in our episode closing is by Don Tikey
Speaker 2: called Jungle Julie. Well, the show's over for today, so
Speaker 2: it's time to refill my my tie, mount my elephant,
Speaker 2: and head back into the jungle.
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