Full episode notes: http://www.occasionallyinteresting.com/episode-5-brando/
We speak with Brando Yelavich A.K.A. Wildboy about being a professional adventurer, how he set the world record as the first person to walk the perimeter of New Zealand, Drug Addiction, Compassion for ostracized members of society, the origins of racism, and the nature of happiness.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Brando was the first person to walk around all of New Zealand
• How he went from drug addiction to world record breaker
• Stopped taking ritalin and Met a new person (himself) in solitude
• Have you seen the light? Brando can spot you. 
• “All you need to do to find yourself is to do what makes you happy” 
• HIS BOOKS! 
• Getting addicted to social media 
• How he met his partner while walking around New Zealand and she began joining him on his adventures
• Dealing with the desire to pursue adventure at all costs while being respectful to a partner
• Can we have compassion for pedophiles and rapists
• Prison normalizes deviant behaviors 
• Safe space and Generation Z ruining free speech 
• The perfect human is not allowed on this podcast 
• Trevor’s orca whale impression / Brando’s knowledge about orcas
• The origins of racism
• Needing to kill animals in order to survive has informed Brando's life perspective
• Finding the balance between being open and being willing to ask for help, and not living a life revolving around complaints and viewing things from a negative perspective
• People being so caught up in their own perspectives that their minds are closed
• Brando is a meat eater but does not believe in the idea of animals being raised to be eaten