only reason i'm able to do this full time it would be near impossible to have conversations on the topics of consciousness and loop quantum gravity and so on with such depth if not for the sponsors and the patrons so thank you that link again is URL_TOKEN with regard to sponsors there are two the first sponsor is algo algo is an end-to-end supply chain optimization software company with software that helps business users optimize sales and operations planning to avoid stockouts reduce return and inventory write downs while reducing inventory investment it's a supply chain ai that drives smart roi headed by a bright individual by the name of amjad hussein who's been a huge supporter of this podcast since near its inception additionally amdad has a podcast on artificial intelligence and consciousness so if you'd like to support this channel that is theories of everything then do visit his channel which is in the description and subscribe to him as doing so helps this the second sponsor is brilliant brilliant illuminates the soul of mathematics science and engineering through bite-sized interactive learning experiences now brilliance courses explore the laws that shape our world elevating math and science from something to be feared to a delightful experience of guided discovery you can even learn group theory which is what's being referenced when you hear that the standard model is based upon or has local symmetries of uNUMBER_TOKEN su-NUMBER_TOKEN and su-NUMBER_TOKEN visit URL_TOKEN toe that is t-o-e for NUMBER_TOKEN off the annual subscription and i would recommend that you don't stop before four lessons give it at least four lessons and i think you'll be greatly surprised at the ease at which you can comprehend subjects you previously had a difficult time rocking thank you and enjoy this digressive conversation with les stroud do you mind giving the audience an overview of your survivorman series and then how it led up to the bigfoot series yeah years old i mean if you think about it survivorman started uh so here's the here's the overview i guess that survivorman started for me in the year NUMBER_TOKEN even NUMBER_TOKEN because that's when i pitched it and NUMBER_TOKEN is when i did the first um pilot version for it and then NUMBER_TOKEN i did the second pilot in NUMBER_TOKEN uh two or three is when i launched it into a full series called survivorman so it predated all of the sort i mean basically it it was the zeitgeist for um the genre known as survival tv and i know that sounds like a horrible boast to make myself but historic history would bear me out on that um without survivor man you don't get naked and afraid you don't get a loan you don't get mad versus well you don't get any of these other shows without survivor man having sort of been there first and i can also say that you know uh case in point is that uh nobody wanted survived men when i first tried to pitch it or not nobody uh it took a while before i found somebody who gave me the opportunity in fact i was told on one occasion no one this is from a nic this is a quote from a network executive no one will ever want to watch people surviving on television that was a quote right so and i said no i think you're wrong and of course now look what we have you know um and so really survivorman
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN with regard to sponsors there are two the first sponsor is algo algo is an end-to-end supply chain optimization software company with software that helps business users optimize sales and operations planning to avoid stockouts reduce return and inventory write downs while reducing inventory investment it's a supply chain ai that drives smart roi headed by a bright individual by the name of amjad hussein who's been a huge supporter of this podcast since near its inception additionally amdad has a podcast on artificial intelligence and consciousness so if you'd like to support this channel that is theories of everything then do visit his channel which is in the description and subscribe to him as doing so helps this the second sponsor is brilliant brilliant illuminates the soul of mathematics science and engineering through bite-sized interactive learning experiences now brilliance courses explore the laws that shape our world elevating math and science from something to be feared to a delightful experience of guided discovery you can even learn group theory which is what's being referenced when you hear that the standard model is based upon or has local symmetries of uNUMBER_TOKEN su-NUMBER_TOKEN and su-NUMBER_TOKEN visit URL_TOKEN toe that is t-o-e for NUMBER_TOKEN off the annual subscription and i would recommend that you don't stop before four lessons give it at least four lessons and i think you'll be greatly surprised at the ease at which you can comprehend subjects you previously had a difficult time rocking thank you and enjoy this digressive conversation with les stroud do you mind END_SPONSOR_TOKEN