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Podcast with various Video Game developers as well as other people involved in entertainment such as TV/Film
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May 15, 2021 • 1h 8min
#93 - Garry Schyman Interview (Bioshock, Shadow Of Mordor, Film, Composing, Voice Acting, University Of Southern California (USC) etc.)
Garry Schyman is a multi award winning video game composer. He is most well known for his scores to Destroy All Humans, The Bioshock Trilogy and Middle Earth games Shadow Of Mordor and Shadow Of War. He is also a lecturer at the University Of Southern California
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - www.garryschyman.com
FACEBOOK - Garry Schyman
#bioshock #destroyallhumans #shadowof war
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - How Garry Got Started In The Film/Video Game Industry
05:04 - Garry Was Somewhat Aware Of The Advancement Of Games When He Started Composing Destroy All Humans
05:50 - Involving Himself In Games
07:06 - Playing Bioshock/ Playing Games While Composing/Finding Time To Play Games
08:49 - Composing For Games That Aren’t Pick Up And Play/Garry Getting Destroyed Online
09:58 - Destroy All Humans Always Had A 1950s Music Direction
11:50 - Garry Was Hired Specifically For His 1950s Sound
12:37 - Destroy All Humans Got Garry Job On Bioshock
13:13 - Developers Of Bioshock/Bioshock 2
13:44 - Garry Mostly Worked Remotely On Bioshock From L.A.
14:59 - Garry Is Working On A Japanese Game Without A Translator/Translations
16:40 - Garry Was Unaware Of Licensed Music While Scoring Bioshock
17:24 - Cowens Masterpiece/Playing Piano
19:37 - How Garry Ended Up Teaching At University Of South California
21:41 - Gaming Industry Is Less Stressful Than Film & Television
23:45 - Garry Prefers Scoring For Games
24:29 - Gaming You Have To Much Free Time With Scoring Compared To Film/Television
25:48 - How Garry Composes
28:04 - Walking Away From Music And Coming Back To It Later
29:43 - Finding Bioshock’s Distinctive Sound
31:37 - Pressure Of Composing Bioshock Infinite
32:37 - Television Is More Ambient These Days/Garry Composing More Unique Stuff In Games
35:35 - Garry Wouldn’t Know What To Do If He Wasn’t Composing
36:58 - Garry Was Specifically Advised To Not Reference LOTR Film Score In Shadow Of Mordor
37:20 - Garry Hasn’t Watched LOTR So Music Wasn’t Tainted By Film Scores
38:53 - Garry Didn’t Have Much Direction With Shadow Of Mordor & War Scores
39:53 - Garry Had To Get Clearance From Tolkien Estate
41:09 - Garry Would Like To Work With Peter Jackson
41:40 - Tolkien Estates Approval Process
43:30 - Various Opportunities Came Up From Bioshock/Bioshock Imitation
45:35 - Working On First Person Shooters
46:01 - Garry Would Like To Work On A Western Game Or Something Creative
48:27 - Garry Still Chases Projects And Gets Shotdown/Getting What You Need Not What You Want
49:55 - Garry’s View On Voice Acting
53:23 - Garry’s Wife Is A Therapist/Actors Working In Video Games
55:20 - Video Games Continues To Grow/Hypocrisy Of People Saying Video Games Are Violent
56:57 - Younger Film/Television Directors Approach Garry Based On His Video Game Scores
57:40 - A lot Of Students At University Of Southern California Are More Interested In Scoring Video Games Than Television & Film
58:50 - Garry’s Advice For Young & Upcoming Composers
1:04:11 - Where To Follow Garry Schyman
1:05:33 - Garry Bought A Car Off Facebook/Pros & Cons Of Social Media

May 8, 2021 • 57min
#92 - Claire Chitham Interview (Acting, Falling Inn Love, Shortland Street, Crohn's Disease, Health etc.)
Claire Chitham is a well known NZ Actor who has been in well known NZ Shows such as Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune and in films like Netflix's 2019 Film Falling Inn Love. She has recently released a book called Good For You which details her battle with Crohn's disease and contains tips on health.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook - @Claire Chitham
Twitter - @clairechitham
Instagram - @clairechitham
#shortlandstreet #outrageousfortune #fallinginnlove
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:48 - How Falling Inn Love Film Got Off The Ground/Auditioning For Falling Inn Love
02:00 - Working On Falling Inn Love
03:43 - Working With Christina Milian
05:07 - Recognising The Difference Between The Australian And NZ Accents
06:01 - Differences Between Acting In Television And Film
09:18 - Not Knowing A Characters Arc/How Television Funding Works In NZ Vs America
13:59 - How Shortland Street Is Filmed
17:20 - Memorising Lines
20:41 - Getting Sore Facial Muscles/Claire Tells Shortland Street Fiji Story
22:01 - Jacinda’s Facial Muscles
22:55 - Outrageous Fortune House Being Demolished
24:33 - Working With John Rhys Davies On Fresh Eggs
30:00 - Gut Inflammation/Claire’s Battle With Crohn’s Disease
32:19 - Ignoring Pain & People Ignoring Health
34:20 - Inflammation Is Number 1 Cause Of Disease In The Body/Claire Loves Learning About The Body Now
35:54 - Claire Speaks On Good For You Book
36:28 - Tips On Cutting Back On Bad Food
37:51 - Food Diary/Food Alternatives
40:55 - Turmeric/How To Cook Turmeric To Get The Most Out Of Its Anti-Inflammatory Properties
42:29 - Pros And Cons Of Spices/Talking About Poo/Eastern Diets
43:53 - The Food We Consume Doesn’t Match Our Lifestyle
44:36 - Everybody’s Gut Bacteria Is Different/Food Produce
46:28 - Meal Preparation/How Claire Monitors Food While On Set
48:28 - Avoiding Sugar/Stevia
50:25 - We Are Not A Tube That Food Just Passes Through
52:10 - Claire Looking So Young/Smiling
52:51 - Projects Claire Is Working On Currently
54:30 - Small Things Can Turn Into Big Diseases

May 2, 2021 • 50min
#91 - Inon Zur Interview (Fallout, Dragon Age:Origins, LOTR, Royalties, Bethesda, Film, Mixing etc.)
Inon Zur is a video game composer who is most known for composing a majority of the Fallout series as well franchises like Dragon Age, Prince Of Persia, Lord Of The Rings and more...
SOCIAL MEDIA
Website - www.inonzur.com
Twitter - @Inon Zur
Youtube - @Inon Zur
Instagram - @inonzurofficial
#fallout #dragonageorigins #princeofpersia
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - What Inon Zur’s Name Means In Hebrew
01:25 - How Inon Kept The Fallout Franchise Music Cohesive
03:40 - The Fallout Theme Songs Are Always Written First
04:38 - Direction Inon Will Be Given From Bethesda/Development Process
06:20 - Inon Started Writing Fallout Music From Early Development
07:17 - Adjustments In Music As Visuals Change
08:25 - Inon Can Compose Fast & Maintain Quality Because Training In Film/Television
09:35 - Why Video Game Scores Are Different To Television/Film
11:07 - Inon Is Open To Returning To Film/Television
11:51 - Microsoft Acquiring Bethesda Has Not Changed How Bethesdas Operations
12:34 - Inon Has A Great Relationship With Bethesda
13:03 - Inon Does Chase Some Projects/Working With Different Studios
14:12 - How Inon Got Job To Work On Dragon Age: Origins/Title Theme Process
15:59 - When Inon Will Work With Orchestra Vs Synthesisers
17:35 - Creating A Language For Dragon Age: Origins Title Theme
20:29 - Writer’s Block/Getting Inspiration
21:36 - Revisiting Music That You Feel Are Terrible
22:59 - Lord Of The Rings: War Of North/Warner Bros’ Originally Wanted To Use Film Score
26:17 - Inon Avoided Referencing Howard Shore’s LOTR Score But Was Inspired By It
28:03 - Inon Likes To Engage In New Musical Ideas
30:02 - Tapping Into His Israel Upbringing For Ideas For Prince Of Persia
31:05 - Researching Musical Genres/Japanese Music
32:16 - Inon Would Like To Work On James Bond/Jazz Music
33:28 - Ambient Music/Minimalism
35:38 - Royalties/Royalty System & How It Works
39:00 - Forgetting About Royalties And Then Happiness From Receiving A Payment
41:03 - Working On Multiple Scores At Once
42:18 - How Inon Composes
44:04 - Different Mixes Of Music In The Game/Music Cues
45:02 - Audio Director Implements Musical Score/Implementation Process
47:33 - Implementing Music For Looping

Apr 26, 2021 • 1h 7min
#90 - Sam Dillard Interview (Metroid, Zelda, ,Chrono Trigger, Martial Arts, Animation, Texas etc.)
Sam Dillard is the founder of Samos Studios and is known for turning video game soundtracks into cinematic scores he gained huge attention for his Metroid Cinematica project as well as his Zelda and Chrono Trigger Cinematica projects.
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - https://samo-studios.com
TWITTER - @SamoStudios
YOUTUBE - @SamoStudios
FACEBOOK - SamosStudios
#samostudios #metroidcinematica #zeldacinematica
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Sam Being Buff
01:06 - Martial Arts
01:49 - How Sam Got Into Martial Arts
03:38 - Sam Is More Interested In Health & Self Defence/Martial Arts History
07:10 - Sam Critiques Martial Arts Films
08:55 - Applying Disciplines From Martial Arts To Music/Feeling
11:10 - Sam Created His Own Sample Library
13:19 - Sam Thought Obsessing Over Sample Realism Was Normal
17:25 - How Metroid Cinematica Came Together
21:34 - Making Metroid Cinematica A Cohesive Package/Plot Outline
25:25 - Chrono Trigger/ Chrono Cinematica
29:42 - Zelda Cinematica
36:46 - 3D Animation/Beyond The Glass Animation
39:13 - Being A Perfectionist/Time It Takes To Make One Song
41:19 - Sam Doesn’t Have Much Of A Social Life/Trial & Error For Work Ethic
43:40 - Sam Originally Learned Game Development
47:24 - Indie Games Blew Up Just As He Moved Away From Game Development
48:04 - Game Remixes Have A Built In Audience
49:12 - Building On Each Music Project
50:34 - How Sam Was Affected By Covid-19/Texas
53:25 - Benefits Of Zoom/Martial Arts Through Zoom
55:37 - Post Covid/Remote Working
58:20 - Why Sam Loves Texas
1:00:27 - Sam Does Take Holidays/Nice Things To Do In Texas
1:02:52 - Where To Follow Sam Dillard/Samos Studios
1:04:25 - Sam Plays Zelda On His Keyboard/Shows Off Keyboard

Apr 18, 2021 • 52min
#89 - Shai Navot Interview (Housing, Public Transport, UBI, Crime, Health, Media, Poverty etc.)
Shai Navot is the interim leader of NZ political party The Opportunities Party (TOP).
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - www.top.org.nz
FACEBOOK - facebook.com/topnz
TWITTER - @top_nz
INSTAGRAM - @top.nz
YOUTUBE - @The Opportunities Party
#nzpolitics #politics #housing
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - Shai’s Views On Governments New Housing Policy/Problems With The Policy
04:13 - Rent Caps/Supply Issues
05:36 - No Silver Bullet To Solve Housing
06:24 - Distortion Of The Tax System/Infrastructure Funding
08:33 - Allocating Resources To The Right Place/Infrastructure Commission
11:10 - Northern Express Should Be The Standard For Public Transport
12:10 - New Zealand Is Decades Behind Due To Governance Short Term Thinking
13:38 - NZ Didn’t Build Up Instead Build Out
15:52 - Examples Of Mistakes In Infrastructure
17:45 - NZTA & Kiwirail
18:45 - Media Are Gatekeepers Of Democracy
20:01 - Media Weren’t Giving TOP A Voice
21:51 - Polls/Wasted Vote Argument
24:01 - Labour & National Are Similar
24:25 - Reason TOP Was Excluded From 2020 Election Debates
24:54 - 2020 Election Debates Were Stupid
27:19 - Media Prefer Celebrity Leaders/Next Leader Of TOP/Marketing Strategy
29:59 - What UBI Is, How It Works And Who It Benefits
33:58 - UBI Trial Showed Lowered Rates Of Depression
34:38 - How UBI Would Be Funded/Effects Of UBI
37:10 - Why Wealthy People Would Receive UBI
38:49 - Minimum Wage Wouldn’t Be Abolished From UBI
40:11 - Crime Is Caused Is Interlinked With Housing & Poverty
41:03 - Reece Tells Story Of Customer Walking Out Of Grocery Store With Groceries And Not Paying
43:10 - Theft Is Usually A Result Of Societal Problems
44:59 - Reoffending Statistics And What Causes It
46:44 - Nutritional Food Being Out Of Reach For Some People/Junk Food Tax And What It Would Fund
49:07 - Removing GST From Fruits And Vegetables
50:28 - Lack Of Competition In NZ Is A Problem
50:34 - TOP Social Media

Apr 11, 2021 • 1h 5min
#88 - Ken Lampl Interview (Film Scores, 2067, John Williams, Mixing, Pokemon, Australia, ANU, School Of Music etc.)
Ken Lampl is a long time film composer who was trained under John Williams and recently got international attention for his score for Australian film 2067. He has composed for over 90 films as well as other forms of media such as television and commercials. He is currently a lecturer at the Australia National University School Of Music.
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - www.kenlampl.com
Twitter - @KennethLampl
Youtube - @KenLampl
#schoolofmusic #2067 #filmscores
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:26 - Ken Lampl Being Underrated
01:17 - Doing Music Scores For Terrible Films
05:07 - Australia Workforce Is Used For Filming Hollywood Productions Not Composers
06:02 - Australian Film Makers/Seth Lardi
08:38 - How Ken Got Music Job For 2067
11:05 - Australian National University/School Of Music Programme
14:46 - Balancing University Teaching With Film Scoring/Scoring Music Quickly
17:40 - Australian Films Aren’t As Rushed As American Films
19:30 - How Ken Records Choral Music/Choir Work
20:50 - 2067 Choir Was Synthesised/ Sample Libraries
22:01 - Ken Learned How To Get The Best Out Of What You Have
23:12 - Midi Guitaring/Software Plugins
24:12 - Film Scores Combining Orchestra & Sample Libraries/Alan Myerson/Hans Zimmer
26:20 - Ken Lampl Feels He Has The Skillset To Do A Blockbuster
28:02 - 2067 Is Kens Breakout Project
29:30 - How Hans Zimmer Got Discovered
31:06 - It Took 40 Films Before John Williams Got Discovered/George Lucas Originally Didn’t Want A Score For Star Wars
32:25 - Early Space Movies/Ken Being Influenced By John Williams/Star Wars
34:10 - How Ken Got To Study Under John Williams
36:18 - John Williams Speaks About Music In Psychological & Philosophical Terms
38:28 - John Williams Is Far Greater Than People Think He Is
42:09 - Doing Music For Pokemon Films
46:33 - Collaborating With Mick Gordon
48:10 - Mixing Different Genres/Mix With The Masters
51:25 - Ken Teaches Mixing At School Of Music
53:33 - Never Stop Learning/How Ken Up Skills
56:08 - Differences Between Australia & America/Tall Poppy Syndrome
1:00:11 - Ken Has More Opportunities In Australia
1:01:30 - Ken Loves Australia
1:03:25 - Where To Follow Ken Lampl

Apr 1, 2021 • 49min
#87 - Dilz Interview w/Ricky (Hip-Hop, Promoting, Battle Rap, Side Hustles, Tom Francis etc.)
Dilz is a well known NZ rapper who has worked with other well known local acts such as Ty, Sid Diamond and J Williams. He got national attention for his court case with Tom Francis.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Facebook - Dilzmusic
Instagram - @DilzMusic
Youtube - @DilzMusic
Tiktok - @DilzMusic
Snapchat - dilzmusic
#dilz #isnap #metamorphosis
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Hamilton Event
01:24 - Dealing With Difficult Promoters
02:59 - How Ricky Became Dilz Hypeman
04:58 - How Covid Affected Dilz & Tours
06:30 - How Dilz Style Has Changed In The Last Year
07:33 - Knowing What Songs Are Better For LIVE
09:04 - Dilz Is Still The Same Person/Ricky Mistaken As Dilz
10:55 - Auckland Gig Drama
14:15 - Promoters Reach Out To Dilz/How Auckland Gig Came About
15:02 - How Long A Gig Takes To Organise
15:46 - Creatively Getting Burned Out/Dilz Working 24/7
16:45 - Well Known Rappers Still Working Full Time Jobs
17:37 - Rapping Will Never Be A Full Time Job For Dilz
18:02 - You Can’t Make Money In Music In NZ Doing It Full Time/Side Hustles
19:41 - Ricky Is At Every Single Dilz Gig
20:54 - Dilz Wants To Go Back To Australia
22:56 - Dilz Doesn’t Want To Battle Rap & Views On It
24:06 - Tom Francis Court Settlement
25:27 - Reece Doesn’t Want Tom Francis On The Show
26:29 - Sexual Allegations Possibly By Tom Francis
28:06 - Dilz Does F*** Tom Francis At His Shows
29:11 - Tiktok/Facebook/Snapchat
31:00 - Trying To Find New Stuff To Write About/Dilz Is Always Writing
33:22 - Dilz Feels He’s Always Improving
35:45 - New Music Sucks/Marketing
38:23 - Dilz Struggles To Sleep
39:42 - Dilz Tore His Pec/MRI Scan
41:27 - Googling And Youtubing Injuries Is A Bad Idea
42:15 - Dilz Tried To Avoid Seeing A Doctor
43:15 - Dilz Future Projects
45:39 - Where To Follow Dilz & Ricky
46:30 - Dilz & Ricky Perform ISnap

Mar 25, 2021 • 1h 2min
#86 - Suzy Cato Interview (Children's Television, Parenting, Dancing With The Stars, Kids Books etc)
Suzy Cato is New Zealand's most well known Children's Television Presenter who came into prominence with shows like You & Me, Suzy's World and 3pm.
SOCIAL MEDIA
WEBSITE - suzy.co.nz
Instagram - @suzy_cato
Twitter - @suzy_cato
Facebook - Suzy Cato
Tiktok - @suzy_cato
Youtube - @TreehutTV
#youandme #kidstv #suzy'sworld
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Had To Record It’s Our Time Song Every Episode/Recording Episodes
02:00 - Suzy Did Most Episodes In One Take/Structure Of Every Episode Of You And Me
03:57 - Pauses During Questions
04:49 - How Suzy Got The You And Me Job
08:30 - How Suzy Prepared For Being In Front Of The Camera
10:20 - How Suzy’s World Came About
12:13 - Suzy Was Heavily Involved In Behind The Scenes For Suzy’s World
13:10 - Suzy Learned Roles Well Doing The Job/Can Do Attitude For Childrens Programmes
15:10 - Avoiding Being Typecast/Writing For Women Magazine
16:21 - Other Projects Suzy Did
19:07 - How Dancing With The Stars Happened/Dance Training
20:50 - Work Post Lockdown/Doing Home Film Work
23:23 - Suzy Says Yes To Things Then Learns It After/Suzy’s Research For Dancing With The Stars
24:33 - Memorising Dance Moves/Working Within Limitations
25:59 - Suzy Isn’t Competitive/Sense Of Family In Dancing With The Stars
28:02 - How Suzy Protects Her Children In The Age Of Technology & Social Media
30:30 - Suzy’s World Website Often Created Problems For Parents & Kids
31:12 - Educate And Communicate With Your Kids
32:52 - Netsafe/Protecting Kids From Explicit Content
34:54 - Cyber Bullying/Talk With Your Kids
36:33 - Be On The Same Social Media Platforms As Your Kids/Connect Four
38:19 - Feeling Old/Kids Keep Yon On Trends
39:26 - Suzy Has To Be On Social Media For Work Reasons/Analytics/Youtube
40:17 - Lockdown Bedtime Stories
42:05 - YouTube Analytics/Social Media Demographics
43:16 - Suzy Cato Doing Her Own Marketing
44:10 - Taking Time Out To Spend With Kids/Balancing Work & Kids
46:11 - Aucklands Traffic/Downsides Of Working From Home
49:43 - Suzy Has Had A Home Office For A Long Time
50:49 - Suzy’s World Production & Home Sets
51:53 - Suzy’s Books & Future Projects
53:41 - Writing Songs That Leads To Books/Suzy’s Book Stories
57:28 - Suzy Has A Vault Of Ideas
1:00:00 - Where To Follow Suzy Cato

Mar 19, 2021 • 1h 6min
#85 - Synamax Interview (Metroid Prime Samples, Sound Design, Kenji Yamamoto, Retro Studios etc.)
Synamax is a composer who is best known for obtaining the drums and music sample for the Metroid Prime Trilogy and has used his Youtube channel to recreate tracks from the trilogy, other Metroid games as well as breakdown the specific samples.
SOCIAL MEDIA
Youtube - @SynaMax
Facebook - Synamax
Twitter - @Synamax
Instagram - @Synamax
#metroidprime #metroid #samples
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - How Synamax Started The Path Of Finding Metroid Prime Trilogy Music Samples
03:38 - UNCIVILISED GROOVES Samples Are The Percussion For Metroid Prime Trilogy
04:50 - Drum Samples For Parasite Queen Track Is Played
05:35 - Very Little Editing Was Done To Original Percussion Samples For MPT
09:29 - Even Great Composers Use Samples
10:40 - Synamax Changed His Music Approach After Learning How MPT Music Crafted
13:23 - Synamax Loves Sound Design
15:14 - Synamax Reverse Engineered The MPT File Format/HEX Editing
19:34 - Writing Music In HEX Is A Massive Skill/
22:10 - How Synamax Found The Specific Metroid Prime Music Samples
23:53 - Synamax Plays Metroid Prime Music Samples
24:40 - Agon Wastes Pad Was Slightly Modulated From Original Sample
25:35 - Working Out How A MPT Sample Is Changed Is Guess Work
27:34 - Orbit 3 Sampler Is Very Rare/Samplers Kenji Yamamoto Used
30:40 - Would Be Difficult For Synamax To Recreate The Whole MPT Soundtrack With A Day Job
33:11 - Synamax Initially Hated Being The Metroid Guy/Crowdfunding
34:01 - Worries Of Legal Ramifications With Nintendo Of Recreating MPT OST
35:00 - Approaching Retro Studios
36:19 - Tallon Overworld & Torvus Bog Use Similar Presets
39:09 - Synamax Feels Some Good Stuff On A Horizon
39:29 - Reece Relays Advice Mick Gordon Gave Him To Synamax
40:19 - Synamax’s Dream Is To Do Game Composing/Synamax’s Revelation
42:26 - Covid-19 Hasn’t Affected Synamax Work/Music Wise
44:18 - Synamax Plays Agon Wastes Theme
45:04 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Escape Bells/Shows Different Octaves Of Sample
46:51 - Synamax Plays Frigate Orpheon Melody/Torvus Bog Chords/Phendrana Pirate Labs
47:56 - Synamax Plays Phendrana Drifts Intro/Drone Ambience
49:06 - Metroid Prime Title Theme Background Melody/Ambience
50:32 - Korg MS2000/Phendrana Drifts Ice Theme
52:09 - Synwave/Whistle Sounds
54:09 - Phazon Mines Drum Track/Strings
55:46 - Synamax Found It Hard To Recreate Phazon Mines Due To The Drums/Being A Perfectionist
57:10 - Game Designers Seeing All The Flaws In There Games/Trial By Fire With New Developers
58:38 - Metroid Prime 2 Facts/Metroid Prime A Fusion Of East & West Design
1:00:46 - Metroid Is Nintendo’s Black Sheep
1:01:52 - Gamers Can Be Hyper Critical
1:02:56 - Retro Will Do Metroid Prime 4 Justice
1:03:28 - Synamax Would Love To Work On Metroid Prime 4 And Under Kenji Yamamoto
1:04:34 - Where To Find Synamax Social Media And Metroid Prime Work

Mar 13, 2021 • 46min
#84 - Arun Jacob Interview (AJV Global, Immigration, Entrepreneurs, India, Assimilation, Food, Culture etc.)
Arun Jacob is the CEO and founder of AJV Global a immigration consulting company which helps people migrate to various countries around the world from New Zealand, Canada, UK etc..
SOCIAL MEDIA
YOUTUBE - @AJV Global @Arun Jacob
FACEBOOK - AJV Global
INSTAGRAM - @AJV Global
LINKEDIN - @AJV Global
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intro
00:37 - How Arun Became An Immigration Adviser
03:00 - Why Arun Moved To NZ
04:04 - Coming From India Where Its Very Cut Throat
04:45 - How Arun Founded AJV/Moving To Hamilton
06:59 - Common Questions Immigrants Ask Before Moving To NZ
09:10 - LOTR Shaped Migration In NZ
11:02 - Migration Differences Between Different Countries/Skill Shortages
13:42 - Helping Migrants Deciding Which Country To Migrate To
14:35 - Migrants Having Unrealistic Expectations
16:00 - Migrants Trying To Cut Corners
17:00 - Migrants Not Researching Enough
19:43 - Qualities Entrepreneurs Need/How Arun Became An Entrepreneur
22:30 - Teaching Young People To Be Fearless/Ray Kroc
25:06 - Adversity Is Always Around The Corner
25:51 - Arun Stays Motivated From ‘The Pale Blue Dot’
28:07 - Covid’s Affect On Migration To Other Countries
29:02 - Prioritisation
30:16 - Thinking Ahead When Living In Uncertain Times
31:42 - Reasons Arun Hasn’t Dropped Any Of His Team
32:44 - Different Between Mission & Vision Statement/Foresight
34:08 - Indians Who Don’t Leave Their Shell Even After Migrating
34:57 - Arun Can Speak Te Reo Maori/Stepping Out Of Your Bubble
36:29 - Learning To Speak English Is Vital/Research The Country You’re Moving on
39:02 - Adjusting From Indian Culture To NZ Culture/Assimilation
41:41 - Arun’s Words To Indians Who Complain About Food In NZ
42:46 - Benefits Of Indian Food In NZ
44:42 - Where To Follow Arun & AJV


