#286 - Patrick O'Dell

Patrick O’Dell discusses growing up in St. Louis, moving to San Francisco, getting a job at Thrasher Magazine, starting his blog called Epicly Later’d, how he came up with the name Epicly Later’d, going on his first tour with Baker, working for VBS.tv, writing into his contract that he cannot be fired from his own show, why some people got mad about their Epicly Later’d episode, the end of his Epicly Later’d show & Vice going bankrupt, going down the Mississippi in a boat with Heath Kirchart, directing the Big Brother documentary "Dumb”, 25th anniversary for Nixon watches Documentary and much more!

Timestamps

00:00:00 Patrick O'Dell

00:02:10 Getting his start in skateboarding

00:04:11 Going to college to study photography in San Francisco

00:05:46 Getting a job at Thrasher Magazine

00:08:11 The history of Epicly Later'd

00:15:19 Going on his first tour with Baker

00:22:54 The John Cardiel Epicly Later'd episode

00:31:43 Our Sponsor: Athletic Greens

00:33:18 When Epicly Later'd got on TV

00:34:44 Meeting Spike Jonze for the first time

00:39:59 Getting paid more now that Epicly Later'd was on TV

00:40:44 Job security (not being able to be fired from his own show)

00:43:45 Vice going bankrupt

00:46:54 Episodes of Epicly Later'd that never came out

00:50:34 People getting mad about their episode

00:53:01 Patricks personal favorite episode of Epicly Later'd

00:55:03 The Ali Boulala Epicly Later'd episode

01:00:45 The Antwuan Dixon Epicly Later'd episode

01:08:10 Feeling the love (and hate) for Epicly Later'd

01:16:57 The end of Epicly Later'd

01:22:08 Working with Heath Kirchart

01:25:59 Going down the Mississippi in a boat with Heath Kirchart

01:33:07 Patrick's new book "Big River"

01:36:29 The Epicly Later'd episode that got away

01:37:27 Directing the Big Brother documentary "Dumb"

01:40:56 How Patrick felt when Epicly Later'd ended

01:40:56 Working for Vans

01:50:26 Directing music videos

01:54:42 25th anniversary for Nixon watches

02:05:40 what's Patrick up to now

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