#02 Andrew Lang - Reclusive Filmmaker, Videographer and Journalist

Playing The Inner Game

Introducing the most interesting man you've never heard of.
Andrew is an independent filmmaker, videographer and photojournalist. He is extremely private and a wonderfully entertaining storyteller. He recounts fascinating memories of covering the Hong Kong Protests, near death experiences in Chernobyl, his disturbing conversations with a child monk in the holiest place on earth, and a romantic encounter with a very special cactus. If you’re really pressed for time and just want to hear how I confront an old friend with hard truths, about how they need to stop self-handicapping and holding themselves back, then you can skip forward to 1:00 and join us in the deep end...
I’m grateful that he was able to share his battle with depression so openly and that he didn’t mind if it was aired in public, which unfortunately... it never will be. As a result of me failing to set my equipment properly, Andrew and I spoke for well over an hour before I even started recording. Any opportunity for men to talk publicly about mental health is vitally important, and losing this beautiful conversation will always haunt me.
Nevertheless, I still think it worth mentioning in this way before you listen to this episode, because it gives colour to everything that he has achieved and experienced since overcoming those demons. Demons that still whisper to him (that whisper to so many of us) daily.
Links:
'What a wonderful world' - https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2393556087567345
The Zone, Chernobyl & Pripyat - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDBKtSA2dZI&feature=youtu.be

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Chapters

1. #02 Andrew Lang - Reclusive Filmmaker, Videographer and Journalist (00:00:00)

2. Why he's a documentary filmmaker (00:04:36)

3. Chernobyl: Time Travel and the Fireman's wife (00:12:00)

4. Hope and grief: Filming the Hong Kong Protests (00:24:00)

5. Feeling glad for someone else's success (00:42:00)

6. Monks in the Himalayas: An ancient language (00:50:55)

7. The deep end: "You are selling yourself short" (01:03:45)

8. You have to roll the dice (01:25:36)

9. Follow your bliss (01:34:20)