{"id":1777,"date":"2010-09-17T13:53:16","date_gmt":"2010-09-17T18:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/?p=1777"},"modified":"2010-09-17T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2010-09-17T18:53:16","slug":"in-praise-of-the-nerdist-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.christophergronlund.com\/blog\/tjw\/2010\/09\/17\/in-praise-of-the-nerdist-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"In Praise of the Nerdist Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I stumbled upon The Nerdist Podcast<\/a> the week the second episode<\/a> came out. Since then, it’s one of my favorite things to listen to while working out or going for a walk.<\/p>\n

The Nerdist Podcast is a weekly interview with creative famous people: musicians, comedians, actors and actresses, and even a writer<\/a>. (I’d go as far as saying the linked interview with Scott Sigler is a must listen for anybody <\/em>wanting to not only write, but do anything <\/em>online.)<\/p>\n

Writers often look for interviews with other writers for inspiration. I’m no different — my iPhone usually has a handful of author interviews on it at any given moment. But I find myself even more fired up and thinking differently after listening to the Nerdist Podcast.<\/p>\n

Even if you’re not a fan of Rob Zombie’s music, listening to his interview<\/a> — how all his life he was told he couldn’t be a writer, a filmmaker, or a musician (let alone all three at once), and what he did to get there (lived for what he loved and worked his ass off) — you come away with a renewed desire to make the mistakes necessary to figure out your way to better things.<\/p>\n

I’m not particularly a fan of Ozzy Osbourne, but his interview<\/a> is so full of genuine love for his fans that it’s no wonder he’s such a success. Hard work and integrity go a long way.<\/p>\n

Listening to any interview of the Nerdist Podcast is a reminder that every successful person — even if they had a bit of a head start — got there through working hard doing what they love.<\/p>\n

I often hear people say, “Yeah, but those people are just lucky — success like that can’t happen for the rest of us.”<\/p>\n

Listen to these interviews and you’ll hear stories about people who started with nothing more than a dream and made it real.<\/p>\n

I think that’s an important thing for writers to hear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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