Kiwi Talkz #75 - Fraser Grut Interview (10,000 Dreams, Celebrities, Depression, Freelancing, Motivation etc.)
Fraser Grut is on an ambitious mission to film 10,000 peoples dreams and isn't due to finish this task until 2044.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Instagram - frasergrut
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro/Technical Difficulties
00:54 - How 10,000 Dreams Project Started
02:25 - Fraser Has Wanted To Quit Multiple Times
04:30 - Family & Friends Forced Fraser To Keep Going
06:32 - What Fraser Does Behind The Scenes/Fraser Loves Talking To People About Dreams
07:50 - How Fraser Got Celebrities To Do It
08:44 - Guessing Emails/How Many Emails Fraser Sends A Day
12:05 - Time Of Day Fraser Sends Emails/App So You Know When People Have Checked It
13:56 - Kaley Cuoco Blocked Fraser
14:30 - Domino Effect Of Getting Celebrities
15:33 - Wording Emails Correctly/Being Turned Down Multiple Times
16:50 - How Reece Gets Guests On Kiwi Talkz
17:51 - How Reece Got The Composers Of Dragonball Z On His Podcast
20:02 - The Guests Reece Would Like To Get On Kiwi Talkz The Most
21:05 - Fraser Uses An Email Template/Name Drop
22:25 - Reece & Frasers Email Screw Ups
24:11 - Fraser Screwed Up With Jack Goodhue
25:26 - Being A Perfectionist Filming Dreams
27:51 - Doing 10,000 Dreams Took A Toll On His Relationship
29:00 - Having Deadlines Can Be A Good Thing
32:07 - How Fraser Gets Out Of A Negative State Of Mind
35:04 - Fraser Tells Story About Mark Cuban
37:19 - Dreams Randomly Appearing In His Email Inbox
38:32 - Having To Complete The Mission Of 10,000 Dreams
39:56 - Being Young And Playing The Long Game
40:56 - Doing 1 Year Was Harder Than Doing 4 Years/Making The Impossible Possible
42:29 - Fraser Got Hate For His Camera Style/Reaction To The Project
44:00 - People Giving Up On Podcasts/Advantage That Fraser Has
47:43 - People Who Dont Have A Dream
49:14 - Fraser Runs A Freelancing Film Company
50:09 - A Lot Of People Reach Out To Fraser Now/Bigger It Gets The Lesser The Chase
51:50 - Fraser Only Wants To Film One Person A Day So It Takes Longer/Being An Historian
53:44 - Covid Can Be An OpportunityAdapting To Zoom
55:42 - Took Fraser A Long Time To Realise Its About The Dream Not About The Filming/Wiggles Story
1:00:34 - Taking NZ For Granted
1:01:31 - Where To Follow 10,000 Dreams/Fraser Grut