Best Nate Maynard Podcasts (2024)

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BRAD COLE- Well Paid and Organized Kindergarten (Phil Collins, Supertramp, Gino Vannelli) 1:34:56

3M ago1:34:56

1:34:56

Keyboardist, Brad Cole talks about his 30 years touring with pop icon, Phil Collins. He remembers moving to Los Angeles in the late seventies and entering the session scene. He recalls the lessons he’s learned working with all different types of musical artists and reveals his secrets to working with complicated creatives. www.thecolemine.com www.d…

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NATE MORTON- Five Year Old Neanderthal (The Voice, Cher, Natalie Cole) 1:47:18

4M ago1:47:18

1:47:18

Drummer, Nate Morton, talks about his experience being on the hit NBC show, The Voice. He reminisces about his time at Berklee College of Music and explains how it’s helped him throughout his career. He recalls some of his best musical advice he’s gotten over the years and how important moving to L.A. has been for his music career. www.natemorton.c…

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69. Finale: Our last episode (for now) 1:04:53

4M ago1:04:53

1:04:53

One fine day in December 2018, Nate Maynard and Emily Y. Wu met over a coffee in downtown Taipei. The two talked about podcasting and sustainability. By Christmas, Nate, Emily, and Emily (Pearson) had recorded the first episodes of “Waste Not Why Not”. “Waste Not Why Not” - a sustainability podcast - was the first original show from Ghost Island Me…

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KATIE BOECK- Now I Understand The Assignment (Spring Awakening) 1:17:09

5M ago1:17:09

1:17:09

Singer/Songwriter, Katie Boeck, discusses the struggle to find and protect her artistic voice in a music business that tends toward exploitation. She talks about the making of her album, Calico, and the life events that went into the writing. She pays tribute to her first producer Bobby Williams and explains the lessons she learned from him. Katie …

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TONY OBROHTA- Cracking Codes (Chicago, LeAnn Rimes) 1:27:08

6M ago1:27:08

1:27:08

Nashville based guitar player, Tony Obrohta, tells his story of getting his current gig as guitar player for the iconic band Chicago. He talks about his struggle to get to music school and then moving to Nashville in the 90s. He explains the tricks to working for artists who don’t agree with you politically and discusses the struggles of working at…

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68. Live from COP28, Part 3 36:21

8M ago36:21

36:21

For this final part of our COP28 mini-series, Nature N8 attends his last day at COP28. He chats with Tanmatra Bhanti, Manager of Policy & Partnerships at Rare, and Alfredo M Coro II, Municipal Mayor of the Municipality of Del Carmen, Siargao Islands in the Philippines. Nature N8 gives his final thoughts at COP. What is it for, who is it for, what's…

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67. Live from COP28, Part 2 31:13

8M ago31:13

31:13

Nature N8 spends another day at COP28 in Dubai where he continues to go behind the scenes giving his thoughts, explaining some of the cool exhibits, and speaking with participants from Taiwan. This episode includes interviews from: Katie Liu, New Taipei City representative Chia Wei Chao, Research Director at the Taiwan Climate Action Network Cammie…

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66. Live from COP28, Part 1 7:40

9M ago7:40

7:40

Skip to 4:00 minutes for Nate live from Dubai! Go behind the scenes at COP28 with Nate where he gives his thoughts, what he hopes to see, and what cool stories he can find. Nature Nate is back! He jump-starts this new season by going to COP 28, what might be the most important climate negotiations ever…or not. Also, listen in to hear some updates a…

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RODNEY WIRTZ- Entertaining The Dead (John Legend, Elton John) 1:27:38

11M ago1:27:38

1:27:38

Los Angeles based viola player, Rodney Wirtz, talks about his early troubles with the law and how he used the viola to right his path. He reveals some secrets of playing high pressure movie sessions in L.A. and talks about his multiple income streams. He recalls getting the call to tour with John Legend and the struggles of juggling parenthood and …

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ERIC BAINES- The Humanness Of It All (Chicago, Dwight Yoakam, Keiko Matsui) 1:22:28

1+ y ago1:22:28

1:22:28

Guest host Gary Grantham, interviews host, Eric Baines. Eric talks about what it’s like to play with the legendary band, Chicago. He discusses his first time playing on stage with them and how it has progressed after a year. He reveals the challenges of the launch of this podcast during the pandemic and where he hopes the show will go in the future…

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65. Regrowing Hope with Tony Rinaudo, the “Forest Maker” 37:40

1+ y ago37:40

37:40

Tony Rinaudo is an Australian agronomist widely known as the “forest maker”. He's lived and worked in Africa for decades where he put into a forest restoration practice called Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR). FMNR has restored 6,000,000 hectares of land and over 200 million trees in Niger, vastly improving the livelihood of millions. Tod…

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LILLIANA DE LOS REYES- That’s My Ticket (George Benson, Brian Auger) 1:13:39

1+ y ago1:13:39

1:13:39

Vocalist/percussionist, Lilliana De Los Reyes, recalls getting her first touring gig with the legendary, George Benson, when she was still in college and how she learned to play percussion in 3 weeks to do the audition. She talks about growing up with two parents in the music industry and how that’s helped guide her career. She discusses what it’s …

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KEIKO MATSUI- Capturing Sparkle 56:00

1+ y ago56:00

56:00

Contemporary jazz pianist, Keiko Matsui, introduces her brand new recording entitled, “Euphoria”. She talks about her extremely unique writing process and her approach to recording her songs. She recalls working with the great, Lalah Hathaway, on a vocal song for the album, something Keiko hasn’t done in years. She remembers some crazy years tourin…

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64. A Vegan Story (by students at Minerva University) 15:53

1+ y ago15:53

15:53

Today’s piece is guest-produced by students at Minerva University - a four-year, US accredited college where the students are on semester-abroads all the time. In Fall 2022, more than a hundred Minerva students spent time in Taiwan. Nate was a mentor to four students who wanted to make a podcast on sustainability. And here’s the result! A VEGAN STO…

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JAMISON HOLLISTER- Clawing to Compose (Dwight Yoakam, Lisa Marie Presley, American Idol) 1:18:06

1+ y ago1:18:06

1:18:06

Multi-instrumentalist, Jamison Hollister, talks about his time spent playing with Lisa Marie Presley, her incredible wedding gift to him and his wife, and what it was like to make music with rock royalty. He tells us the secret to learning so many instruments and how he got the gig on the original run of American Idol after just moving to Los Angel…

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63. Lunar New Year updates from Ghost Island Media 3:27

1+ y ago3:27

3:27

Happy lunar new year from all of us at Ghost Island Media! At time of this new years greetings recording, we didn't know yet of the mass shooting in Monterey Park in California that took the lives of 10 people on new years eve, Saturday, January 21, 2023. Our deepest condolences to families affected by the horrific tragedy. Our hearts are with our …

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JAMIE HOVORKA- 95% Boredom and 5% Terror (Eagles, Paul McCartney, Maynard Ferguson) 1:33:03

1+ y ago1:33:03

1:33:03

Trumpet player, Jamie Hovorka, talks about taking on the pressure of lead chair in the University of North Texas 1 O’clock Lab Band and how that compares to the Los Angeles music scene. He tells the story of working on horn parts with Paul McCartney and the first time he played with the iconic band, Eagles. He talks about working with Danny Seraphi…

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TODD MCCOOL- Better Yeses (Mad T Party, Members Only Yacht Club, Faultlines) 1:27:41

1+ y ago1:27:41

1:27:41

Guitarist/vocalist, Todd McCool, explains his journey from Indiana to Los Angeles and how he pieced together his chops on guitar. He reflects on his time working at Disney’s California Adventure in the Mad T Party show and how that lead to many other gigs. He talks about overcoming shyness and meeting his heroes. www.toddmccool.com https://open.spo…

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62. Combating Climate Anxiety with Ocean Mindfulness (Joshua Sam Miller, Sounds Of the Ocean) 30:08

1+ y ago30:08

30:08

Joshua Sam Miller is a musician, a filmmaker, a conservationist, a yogi, and a collector of ocean sounds and peoples. He’s performed at COP as well as at Burning Man. Today, N8 talks to Joshua about mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, the healing power of ocean sounds, and how something silly now, may end up being something you do for a living lat…

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61. Dispatch from Energy Taiwan 6:25

2y ago6:25

6:25

Last month, Taiwan’s largest green energy event took place in Taipei connecting the domestic renewable energy industries with their international counterparts. So obviously, Nature N8 had to go. This year, Energy Taiwan had 5 categories: solar, wind, smart storage, emerging power and net zero Taiwan. This year, N8 saw bigger booths, plenty of renew…

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NOMAD- Get Up, Dress Up, Show Up (Babyface, The Career Musician) 1:32:21

2y ago1:32:21

1:32:21

Guitarist, Michael Ripoll aka Nomad, talks about his 12 years as musical director and guitarist for singer/songwriter/producer, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. He tells his story of auditioning for the artist and how it was to work for him. He discusses his decision to move to Los Angeles and his recording on many movie soundtracks. Nomad also introduces…

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Ramon Yslas- Treat People The Way You Want To Be Treated (Chicago, Christina Aguilera, Lopez Tonight) 1:43:51

2y ago1:43:51

1:43:51

Percussionist, Ramon Yslas, tells his story of joining the band Chicago. He talks about the balance between career and family when you’re a road musician. He goes deep into his songwriting style and how he got a song on the new Chicago record released this summer. Host, Eric Baines, talks about his new job as bass player/vocalist for the band Chica…

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60. N8 Take: Everything on Fire Everywhere (But we still have books) 13:28

2y ago13:28

13:28

The climate crisis came into full view this summer as countries across Europe experienced record-high temperatures in July. In the UK, a train track caught on fire, and an airport runway melted. In France, they called it a “heat apocalypse.” But while Europe is trying to deal with 40-47 degree celsius weather, we need to remember that things have b…

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59. A Game Show! Circular Economy with Double Dribble, REnato Lab, AIT 39:20

2y ago39:20

39:20

Double Dribble is a fashion & accessories brand that upcycles basketballs. The founders come from product design, but they’re now trying to design a new system for upcycling sports waste. Today, we bring you “The Incinerator” - a game show where a circular economy startup goes in front of a panel and gets their ideas burned and turned into better i…

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58. Coral Resilience: Shashank Keshavmurthy (Academia Sinica) 22:32

2y ago22:32

22:32

The ocean temperature is rising, and that’s killing corals. But scientists are finding out that some corals can resist climate change. So if we wanted to make sure that at least some corals survive in the future, which species should we save? We are at a coral lab to speak to Shashank Keshavmurthy at the Biodiversity Research Center at Academia Sin…

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57. Why care about corals (Ep 3) 22:33

2+ y ago22:33

22:33

A new, knowledge-filled, episode on corals is coming your way, but to prepare you for it, we bring you an old episode to catch you up to speed. Happy World’s Ocean Day! Corals are dying. By 2050 we probably won’t have any corals left in our oceans. So scientists around the world are trying to figure out how to regrow coral reefs, and some have even…

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56. Solar Energy Investment 101 with Mark Oei (Kellogg) and Calvin Cheng (PGE Taiwan) 46:07

2+ y ago46:07

46:07

Solar is - in some places in the world - the cheapest energy, even cheaper than coal and oil with fossil fuel subsidies. Solar is inexpensive, inoffensive, inexpensive. But it wasn’t always this easy. Investing in solar used to be risky business. What happened? Welcome to class SEI101: Solar Energy Investment. Today, we speak to Mark Oei, an invest…

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55. EV dirt bikes, supercars, space: Azizi Tucker (Graft EV) 45:31

2+ y ago45:31

45:31

From building dirt bikes to supercars, to something that may or may not be on Mars right now, Azizi Tucker has done it all. Being environmentally conscious has been a theme of his career, but his real focus? It’s been about making better products. But his products have a side effect of massively reducing pollution. Azizi Tucker is a tinkerer, racer…

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54. Green Buildings with Vivian Loftness (CMU), Lee Carnell (AIT) 36:34

2+ y ago36:34

36:34

What does “good” look like? And what does “wonderful” look like? What does a “wonderful green building” look like? How do they make us happier? We call up Professor Vivian Loftness, former head of the School of Architecture at Carnegie Mellon University, National Board of the US. Green Buildings Council, the American Institute of Architects, and In…

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53. One more week 9:07

2+ y ago9:07

9:07

Taiwan's seeing an uptick of COVID the past two weeks. And while that's happening, our new season launch is pushed to May 3. In today's home recording, Nate reflects the past 3 years of the podcast and of his own work. For our sister shows in our network, search Ghost Island Media. Support “Waste Not Why Not” on Patreon https://patreon.com/wastenot…

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New season coming on April 22 1:00

2+ y ago1:00

1:00

As promised, we’ve new episodes coming to you, starting April 22, Earth Day, aka our third anniversary! Get ready for a 5-part mini series with the American Institute in Taiwan. It’s a really fun mini series. The Waste Not Why Not team visited a green building. I got to test drive an electric dirt bike. We saw a coral being stress tested in a lab. …

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52. Circular Economy 101 by Angela (Mandarin episode 循環經濟) 26:56

2+ y ago26:56

26:56

Angela Chao was a rising senior at National Taiwan Univ (NTU) when she made this episode for “In Training 小鬼登島” - a Ghost Island Media program for and by emerging creators / interns. Angela worked on Waste Not Why Not, cares a lot about the environment, and wanted to explain to her friends #circulareconomy. This episode was nominated for a Sustaina…

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BRAD COLE- Well Paid and Organized Kindergarten (Phil Collins, Supertramp, Gino Vannelli) 1:34:56

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NATE MORTON- Five Year Old Neanderthal (The Voice, Cher, Natalie Cole) 1:47:18

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69. Finale: Our last episode (for now) 1:04:53

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KATIE BOECK- Now I Understand The Assignment (Spring Awakening) 1:17:09

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TONY OBROHTA- Cracking Codes (Chicago, LeAnn Rimes) 1:27:08

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68. Live from COP28, Part 3 36:21

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67. Live from COP28, Part 2 31:13

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66. Live from COP28, Part 1 7:40

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RODNEY WIRTZ- Entertaining The Dead (John Legend, Elton John) 1:27:38

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ERIC BAINES- The Humanness Of It All (Chicago, Dwight Yoakam, Keiko Matsui) 1:22:28

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65. Regrowing Hope with Tony Rinaudo, the “Forest Maker” 37:40

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LILLIANA DE LOS REYES- That’s My Ticket (George Benson, Brian Auger) 1:13:39

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KEIKO MATSUI- Capturing Sparkle 56:00

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64. A Vegan Story (by students at Minerva University) 15:53

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JAMISON HOLLISTER- Clawing to Compose (Dwight Yoakam, Lisa Marie Presley, American Idol) 1:18:06

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63. Lunar New Year updates from Ghost Island Media 3:27

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JAMIE HOVORKA- 95% Boredom and 5% Terror (Eagles, Paul McCartney, Maynard Ferguson) 1:33:03

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TODD MCCOOL- Better Yeses (Mad T Party, Members Only Yacht Club, Faultlines) 1:27:41

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62. Combating Climate Anxiety with Ocean Mindfulness (Joshua Sam Miller, Sounds Of the Ocean) 30:08

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61. Dispatch from Energy Taiwan 6:25

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NOMAD- Get Up, Dress Up, Show Up (Babyface, The Career Musician) 1:32:21

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Ramon Yslas- Treat People The Way You Want To Be Treated (Chicago, Christina Aguilera, Lopez Tonight) 1:43:51

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60. N8 Take: Everything on Fire Everywhere (But we still have books) 13:28

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59. A Game Show! Circular Economy with Double Dribble, REnato Lab, AIT 39:20

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58. Coral Resilience: Shashank Keshavmurthy (Academia Sinica) 22:32

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57. Why care about corals (Ep 3) 22:33

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56. Solar Energy Investment 101 with Mark Oei (Kellogg) and Calvin Cheng (PGE Taiwan) 46:07

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55. EV dirt bikes, supercars, space: Azizi Tucker (Graft EV) 45:31

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54. Green Buildings with Vivian Loftness (CMU), Lee Carnell (AIT) 36:34

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53. One more week 9:07

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New season coming on April 22 1:00

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52. Circular Economy 101 by Angela (Mandarin episode 循環經濟) 26:56

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