The Voyages of Tim Vetter

From October 2016 to November 2019 Mary Latham drove her mother's old Subaru (in her honor) 43,000 miles across America to collect stories of acts of human kindness. She hit all 50 states and now plans to compile the stories into a book to donate to hospital waiting rooms. We talked about her journey across America, the future of More Good, the interesting stories she compiled, and much more. Chec...

Captain Phil Walters is a gator trapper and hunter living in Tampa, Florida. His business has three facets: nuisance trapping, gator hunting experiences, and selling the leather that comes from gator hides. We recorded this episode from an air boat in Phil's backyard, and he told me about all things gator hunting. Check out Phil: www.gatorguides.com Support TVTV on Patreon: www.patreon.com/thevoya...

Marc Castelli is a painter and artist living on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Marc is well known for many of his paintings that depict the watermen of the Chesapeake Bay. For years Marc has painted these hard-working men and he has worked alongside them on their boats. We talked about Marc's lifetime of artistry, his travels around the world, his unique upbringing and much more. Check out Marc Castell...

Shinobu Kato is the head brewer and founder of Kato Sake Works in Brooklyn, New York. Shinobu is one of a very small number of sake brewers in the United States. Born in Tokyo, Shinobu began brewing sake when he realized that there was a lack of quality sake in the States. We talked about his journey and all things sake in this episode. Check out Shinobu and Kato Sake Works: https://www.katosakewo...

Dr. Bill Schindler returns to The Voyages of Tim Vetter Podcast! Dr. Schindler's book, Eat Like a Human, was released this week, so he joined TVTV to talk about the book's contents. Bill and Tim caught up on his recent travel and research, the growth of The Modern Stone Age Kitchen, what eating like a human actually looks like, and much more. Check out Dr. Bill Schindler: https://modernstoneagekit...

Lucien Zayan is the artistic director at The Invisible Dog, a performance space and art exhibition center in Brooklyn, New York. Lucien is also the chef behind the dinner experience at Salle A Manger. We spoke about Lucien's early life, his travels to Japan, all things The Invisible Dog, and much more. Check out Lucien Zayan: https://www.theinvisibledog.org/ https://www.instagram.com/theinvisibled...

Jonathan Wright is a hunter who runs the Pocono Browns deer camp in Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania. Jonathan is helping to promote the hunting lifestyle to people of color, who have often been excluded from the craft. I met Jonathan at Pocono Browns and we discussed his history with hunting, the various wild animals in the Poconos, his historic bear kill, what an experience is like at his camp, and m...

Chloe Chan and Anna Huang are the Mott Street Girls. The duo host walking tour's of New York City's Chinatown. The tours provide an education about the history of Chinese-American's experiences in New York City. Chloe and Anna also curate a list of Chinatown's best restaurants on their Instagram account. We spoke about their personal histories, The Chinese Exclusion Act, the gangs of Chinatown, an...

Scott Chaskey is a farmer, poet, writer, educator, and a pioneer in the community farming movement. His work focuses on finding alternatives to conventional agricultural techniques in order to preserve Earth's ecological balance. Scott's book This Common Ground is a highly influential text in the farming community. I met with Scott at his home in Sag Harbor. We recorded outside in the elements, an...

Amanda M. Fairbanks is a journalist and the author of The Lost Boys of Montauk. The book tells the true story of four commercial fishermen who were lost at sea in 1984 and the lives of the friends and loved ones that they left behind. I drove out to Sag Harbor to talk with Amanda. We covered all my thoughts and questions on the book, her life in Sag Harbor, her upcoming project and more. Check out...

Anna Maria Bounds is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Queens College. She holds a Ph. D. in Urban and Public Policy from The New School. Her new book, Bracing for the Apocalypse: An Ethnographic Study of New York’s ‘Prepper’ Subculture, is a rich ethnography that explores the rise of urban preppers in her city. Her research interests focus on city subcultures, city tourism, and public spaces...

Chris Hamilton is a life-long fisherman and photographer from Greenport, New York. Chris grew up in a fishing family on Long Island's North Fork. He began taking photos on his father's fishing vessel and has developed an incredible skill for ocean photography. I first came across his work from a series of photos that Chris took of his father at sea. We spoke about his life, photography, and the wo...

Verona Peñalba is a painter and artist from Nicaragua. Her art has taken her around the world as she has studied and worked in Italy, Costa Rica, The Dominican Republic, and to her current home in Greenport, New York. I met Verona at her beautiful studio in Greenport where we sat down and talked about her life, work, and philosophy. Check out Verona: https://www.instagram.com/veronapenalba https:/...

Becca and Dan are the world travelers, writers, and content producers behind HalfHalfTravel. The duo writes incredibly useful travel information and guides that are helpful to first timer travelers and veteran travelers alike. We talked about their early travels, their adventures together, their brand, and much more. Check out Becca and Dan: https://www.halfhalftravel.com/ https://www.instagram.co...

Nick Christophers is a writer who specializes in stories about the mob. He was the editor of the popular magazine Mob Candy. Nick's books include the fictional novel Destinies, which is being turned into a movie, as well as the nonfiction books Mafia Ties - The Greek Syndicates, and Prison Rules, which he wrote with former mobster John Alite. Nick discusses all of this and more in our conversation...

Friðgeir Helgason is a chef and photographer originally from Iceland. He currently spends his summers working at Hotel Flatey's restaurant on the small, remote island of Flatey near Iceland's West Fjords. Friðgeir has lived a fascinating and eventful life, and we cover all of it in this episode. Check out Friðgeir Helgason: https://fridgeirhelgasonchef.com/ https://www.instagram.com/amerikugeiri/...

Greetings from Iceland! This episode starts out with a recap of stories from Stykkisholmur and the Snaefellsnes Peninsula. Then, Tim chats with Kristjan Hildibrandsson whose family has been curing/fermenting Greenland Sharks for generations. We met at the Bjarnarhöfn Shark Museum to talk about his family's business and the process for making the shark meat. Check out Kristjan and the Shark Museum:...

Suse Lowenstein was born in Germany, but made her way to New York after also living for a year in Colombia. Her work has spanned multiple mediums including painting, textiles, and sculpture. On December 21, 1988 while coming home for the holidays her oldest son Alexander was murdered along with 258 others aboard Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. We spoke about all of this and more in our...

Viking Voyager is a recent memoir written by Sverrir Sigurdsson and Veronica Li. The memoir tells the tale of Sverrir's work and travels around the world. Born in Iceland, Sverrir's schooling and work in architecture took him to Finland, Malawi, Swaziland, Kuwait, and many other places throughout the globe. We spoke about his travels and his story on this podcast. Check out Viking Voyager: https:/...

Luke Johnson was born and raised in Roatan, Honduras. His brother Daniel started a sloth, monkey, and macaw sanctuary in French Key, Roatan. Luke is a wealth of information about the animals, and he took us to meet them at the Hangout. We spoke about Luke's life and experiences growing up in Roatan and about the amazing sloths and monkeys that he works with. Daniel Johnson Sloth and Monkey Hangout...

Nic Bach is the Marine Infrastructure Coordinator for Roatan Marine Park in Roatan, Honduras. RMP is a community based, non for-profit organization dedicated to the conservation of Honduras’ marine and coastal ecosystems. Nic is incredibly knowledgeable about Roatan's ecosystem and the dangers that it faces. We spoke about sharks, lionfish, pollution, poachers, and much more. Check out Nic Bach an...

Vidal Villela is the owner of Roatan Chocolate Factory. The company is a local, small-scale chocolate company in Roatan, Honduras, founded in 2010. Their primary mission is to create the finest chocolate in Central America while also giving back to the local indigenous communities and protect the rainforest where our cacao comes from. We spoke about all things related to cacao, the Miskito Coast i...

Grain Surfboards build sustainable, handmade surfboards out of wood. They have a mission to reduce waste, promote sustainable building methods, and teach surfers how to build their own boards. Brian Schopfer runs the day-to-day operations at the Long Island shop in Amagansett, New York. We talked about the company's history, Brian's personal stories of surfing and life at sea, sustainable products...

Dr. Bill Schindler is an internationally known archaeologist, primitive technologist, and chef. He founded and directs the Eastern Shore Food Lab in Chestertown, Maryland. Bill's food research has taken him around the world, studying ancestral foodways and cooking techniques in Kenya, Mexico, Thailand, and beyond. Bill is the author of, Eat Like a Human, which comes out later this year. We talked...

Jason Crook runs Bohemia Apiary. He practices sustainable bee keeping techniques in order to grow his apiaries in both a traditional yet unconventional approach to the craft. Jason has an incredible wealth of knowledge about beekeeping and all things bee related. He shared that knowledge on this episode of TVTV. Check out Jason Crook and Bohemia Bees: https://www.instagram.com/bohemiabees/ https:/...