The Green Dragon Podcast

In this podcast we are joined by our special guests Blaine and Mel who live in Lander Wyoming, who are starting a magazine based around Outdoor Adventures in the western United States. Blaine is a Indiana native who grew up a rock climbing enthusiast. He has traveled around the world to climb some of the best rock in the world. Mel is a Montana native who is a downhill ski enthusiast. They share their stories that have inspired their magazine including Blaine’s time living in a cave to rock climb in Yosemite. Raised in the West Magazine ⁠https://www.raisedinthewest.com/⁠

In this podcast we are joined by our special guests Blaine and Mel who live in Lander Wyoming, who are starting a magazine based around Outdoor Adventures in the western United States. Blaine is a Indiana native who grew up a rock climbing enthusiast. He has traveled around the world to climb some of the best rock in the world. Mel is a Montana native who is a downhill ski enthusiast. They share their stories that have inspired their magazine including Blaine’s time living in a cave to rock climb in Yosemite. Raised in the West Magazine ⁠https://www.raisedinthewest.com/⁠

In this podcast we are joined by friend of the podcast Maddie. Maddie is a political science major, lifelong theater enthusiast, and fellow podcaster. She joins us in discussing theater, current events in Palestine and Israel and Tom's future in theater.

In this podcast we are joined by friend of the podcast Maddie. Maddie is a political science major, lifelong theater enthusiast, and fellow podcaster. She joins us in discussing theater, current events in Palestine and Israel and Tom's future in theater.

We are joined this week by Nathan Licciardi, friend of the podcast. Nathan shares his experiences growing up in a military family, moving around the US, meeting Michelle Obama and getting a private tour of Air force one.

We are joined this week by Nathan Licciardi, friend of the podcast. Nathan shares his experiences growing up in a military family, moving around the US, meeting Michelle Obama and getting a private tour of Air force one.

First and foremost we just want to say thank you to all of our subscribers, listeners and guests that have made this first year of the Green Dragon Podcast a success. While we might not have done Joe Rogan numbers this year we are very proud of how far this podcast and its community has grown. Join us to reminisce about our favorite memories from this past year. We can’t wait to see what the following year has to bring. Sincerely, The Green Dragon Podcast Outline: 16:00 1 Year Metrics breakdown 16:30 Guest of the year 18:15 Jack= baller 19:30 Flash from the past 23:00 Embarrassing moments 36:00 Favorite moments 38:00 Going into space from how much caffeine 38:45: France sucks 41:00 Reasons to dislike the French 43:00 What happened to Indiana? 45:00 Jewish Space Lasers 52:00 Breakdown of content structure 54:00 Success

American Cuisine is often thought of as just fast food and BBQ, but it is so much more than these American staples. In this podcast we explore deeper American cuisine with two food gurus Kevin Milligan-Chef/ Restaurant Owner and John Gassner - Small Business Owner. As always thanks for tuning in, leave us a review, comment and follow us for weekly content. Outline: 2:45 American made French food better 3:30 French American Fusion 6:15 Kevin’s journey to food through hospitality 9:00 Business plans for the future 14:00: What is American cuisine? 15:00 John’s answer to what is American food 15:30 American pioneer spirit influences the style of food 17:30 The scale of the United States in shear size that influences the forms of food 18:45 What is the fusion of American and other culture’s food? And what is Americanized 19:45 American has the best pizza 21:00 Hot Take - Italian pizza is not good 22:00 Where does American cuisine start? 24:30 The Pig: The greatest animal 26:00 Different style of BBQ – Texas verses SouthEastern BBQ 27:00 The slaves began the whole hog roasting 28:30 How American lifestyle influences the food 29:00 Jefferson introducing Palenta 29:30 Del Monaco in 1830: Multi-course fast food 30:30 Westward expansion led to faster ways to make food 31:15 The combination of northern and southern east coast food at his and John’s 10 course dinner 32:30 Fast food idea: Always been around - closely linked to our identity 33:30 To forge something out of what we have 34:45 Mexican American food - ingenuity of the Mexican roofers 36:00 The American burger - who invented it? Lots of contention 37:30 French fries, mac and cheese, and tomatoes – all from Jefferson bringing them to America 37:45 The amazing mac and cheese 42:30 J Big immigration of the 1800’s - Dutch, Germans, Irish, and other Eastern Europeans coming over 43:10 1920’s to 1950’s - home cooking to mass produced food 44:00: James Beard, Helen Brown, Fannie Farmer – characters that have formed American food. This is when American food feels officially established. 45:10 James Beard spearheaded American fusion of foods. Broke down snobbery of the expectation of American food – very approachable and comfortable 46:00 The comfort of American food - a coping mechanism 48:00 Hospitality and association with memory of food – connecting food to good memories 51:45 Food from primary fuel to taste as a larger factor for what you want to eat 53:00 The rebellion of people are wanting to eat more and be mingling more 53:00 The growth of restaurants after the shut-downs 54:30 The shift from family meals? 55:30 Industrialization of food lead to the a degradation of food 56:30 TV will dictate how you will eat 58:45 The introduction of the celebrity chef in America – about the chef and their personality 59:45 Madison 11 – known for their hospitality 1:00:30 What’s your short answer of what is American Cuisine? 1:02:00 J John’s answer - food has meaning because it being tied to the American Dream – for you family, your clan 1:03:15: Convenience, diversity, and integrity - fast, not messing around, diverse, integrity in that it’s good American food, not French snobs 1:05:00: Americans should have more pride in their food – we have amazing food in our country. 1:06:10: We’re American 1:07:30 Our grocery stores are the best

American Cuisine is often thought of as just fast food and BBQ, but it is so much more than these American staples. In this podcast we explore deeper American cuisine with two food gurus Kevin Milligan-Chef/ Restaurant Owner and John Gassner - Small Business Owner. As always thanks for tuning in, leave us a review, comment and follow us for weekly content. Outline: 2:45 American made French food better 3:30 French American Fusion 6:15 Kevin’s journey to food through hospitality 9:00 Business plans for the future 14:00: What is American cuisine? 15:00 John’s answer to what is American food 15:30 American pioneer spirit influences the style of food 17:30 The scale of the United States in shear size that influences the forms of food 18:45 What is the fusion of American and other culture’s food? And what is Americanized 19:45 American has the best pizza 21:00 Hot Take - Italian pizza is not good 22:00 Where does American cuisine start? 24:30 The Pig: The greatest animal 26:00 Different style of BBQ – Texas verses SouthEastern BBQ 27:00 The slaves began the whole hog roasting 28:30 How American lifestyle influences the food 29:00 Jefferson introducing Palenta 29:30 Del Monaco in 1830: Multi-course fast food 30:30 Westward expansion led to faster ways to make food 31:15 The combination of northern and southern east coast food at his and John’s 10 course dinner 32:30 Fast food idea: Always been around - closely linked to our identity 33:30 To forge something out of what we have 34:45 Mexican American food - ingenuity of the Mexican roofers 36:00 The American burger - who invented it? Lots of contention 37:30 French fries, mac and cheese, and tomatoes – all from Jefferson bringing them to America 37:45 The amazing mac and cheese 42:30 J Big immigration of the 1800’s - Dutch, Germans, Irish, and other Eastern Europeans coming over 43:10 1920’s to 1950’s - home cooking to mass produced food 44:00: James Beard, Helen Brown, Fannie Farmer – characters that have formed American food. This is when American food feels officially established. 45:10 James Beard spearheaded American fusion of foods. Broke down snobbery of the expectation of American food – very approachable and comfortable 46:00 The comfort of American food - a coping mechanism 48:00 Hospitality and association with memory of food – connecting food to good memories 51:45 Food from primary fuel to taste as a larger factor for what you want to eat 53:00 The rebellion of people are wanting to eat more and be mingling more 53:00 The growth of restaurants after the shut-downs 54:30 The shift from family meals? 55:30 Industrialization of food lead to the a degradation of food 56:30 TV will dictate how you will eat 58:45 The introduction of the celebrity chef in America – about the chef and their personality 59:45 Madison 11 – known for their hospitality 1:00:30 What’s your short answer of what is American Cuisine? 1:02:00 J John’s answer - food has meaning because it being tied to the American Dream – for you family, your clan 1:03:15: Convenience, diversity, and integrity - fast, not messing around, diverse, integrity in that it’s good American food, not French snobs 1:05:00: Americans should have more pride in their food – we have amazing food in our country. 1:06:10: We’re American 1:07:30 Our grocery stores are the best

We are joined by friend of the podcast Rinju Chenet. On this podcast we discuss young men going to war in the modern world, Ruinu’s experiences with living in different cultures, his personal experience with the Tate brothers and his battle with social media and technology. 1:00- 5:30 Rinu’s introduction 7:30 Joining a religious cult 9:00 living without a phone for the majority of his life 13:00 social media zombies 15:30 russian collusion facebook in the 2016 election 17:00 Men are built for war 22:00 experience getting rid of social media 25:00-27:00 Social media as a weapon 39:00 Social media is like a weapon 40:00 social media and AI is inherently bad 47:00 balance of social media 52:00 Cracked out on caffeine 53:00 nicotine 56:00 men love danger 58:00 Antifragile fitness 1:08 smelling salts 1:10 Missionary work in the Guana 1:15 Interacting with the Tate brothers 1:19 Thoughts on tate brothers

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