Hi guys,
I was just told about this thread and decided to register! What do you know. We have listeners on 28dayslater. Wow!
Firstly I just wanted to say I fully (now) understand how cheesy the name of the pod is and it might put people off. That is a shame. I was bit of a noob back then when starting it and it was one of those ideas that seemed good a the time. I hope you can swallow the name and still give us a chance.
The pod is about explorers and since the only social media platform I use is Instagram (sorry?) I tend to communicate and find explorers there. Hence, that's where my pool of explorers are coming from. I certainly would love to branch out. Don't kill me because of The Gram. I love exploring, I love hearing those stories and mainly this is what this pod is all about for me. A little therapy session if you like - since (idk if you know this) I'm based out of China now I lack those exploring friends and exploring conversations in my private life. I feel little silly telling you this but I would like you to know where I am coming from.
Secondly, I wanted to address some of the things that might provide you with some context. I absolutely love this hoppy (I hope that comes across in the pod) and I want to find out everything about it, including history. This, however is proving to be a challenging task. For example (funny enough) because of people like Doug. About Dougooooo in a moment. Behind the scenes (this is not in public yet, not released) I worked on a series called History of Urbex where I talk to (I try talking to) old-heads and when you do that - am I expected to be grateful (of course) but also suck up to everyone and just agree with everything they tell me? Specially if someone else I talked to has a different opinion?
For example after 8h spent with Silo - yes I had questions for Doug. They were about why CC split. For him is a difficult topic - of course. For me it's a topic that needs to be explore if you creating a 'History of Urbex' series. I'm currently sitting on that episode with Doug & Iso.
To summarise it's all about context. Bradley G - much loved here I suppose
told me stories and that's his take - I can certainly emphasize with what he went through. Was he correct with everything, was there even something like LCC? After talking to others I know it's his invention. When I get a chance to have those other explorers go on a record and say that I will certainly release those episodes. But it is proving to be a difficult task to talk to the old-timers about the glorious past - no one wants to talk about it.
Have I made mistakes? Of course. Let me tell you one massive one. After talking to Silo and finding him on Facebook I spammed bunch of his friends with requests and some of them were (from what I understand) guys who were the big fish. I fucked up. What can I say. Live & Learn.
Regardless of all of that I try to make this pod a pleasure to listen to, sometimes entertaining (it is entertainment after all) and learn something from others, maybe have few debates and listen to those awesome stories. I would absolutely LOVE to talk to the GODS and founders of this website. To get their insite and hear their stories would be a dream come true. To ask them about naming locations and addresses on public forum would be amazing
