{"id":45848,"date":"2019-04-08T05:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=45848"},"modified":"2019-04-08T13:37:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T20:37:24","slug":"adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci","title":{"rendered":"Adventure Storytelling with Steve Bramucci"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\"><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9267434\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/5d4d96\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/transcript-adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I\u2019ve been an avid reader since I was a kid and gravitate towards books about adventure. Growing up, I devoured everything by Dr. Seuss and books like Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Reading books like these captured my imagination for adventure, which is why I was excited to interview kid\u2019s adventure author, storyteller and travel writer, Steve Bramucci.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Growing up in Oregon, Steve had an active imagination and a deep love of the outdoors and books, but struggled with\u00a0his attention span. The times he was able to focus most was while reading a book or playing outside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, Steve\u2019s been able to focus his passion for the outdoors and books into a career as a kid\u2019s adventure author, and a travel and food writer for national publications like Uproxx\u00a0(where he&#8217;s the travel, adventure and food editor)\u00a0and National Geographic. On assignment, he\u2019s rowed down the Mekong Delta on a traditional Vietnamese boat called a x\u2019ampan, traveled into the Australian Outback with Aboriginal elders and driven himself through East Africa on safari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When I met Steve over a decade ago in Laguna Beach and we were both trying to make it as freelance adventure writers, he told me he was going to become a famous children\u2019s book author. Just a few years ago,\u00a0Bloomsbury\u00a0published\u00a0his first novel,\u00a0The\u00a0Danger Gang\u00a0and the Pirates of Borneo!\u00a0Its sequel,\u00a0The Danger Gang and the Isle of Feral Beasts!,\u00a0launched a year later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Steve and I met up this past February at an elementary school in Irvine, California, where Steve was giving a presentation to a few hundred third through fifth grade students about his books and encounters with Komodo Dragons. His talk kept the kids enthralled for a full hour, telling jokes that made them scream with laughter, and stories that will likely inspire adventures of their own. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to write a book, or work with kids, he shares great advice about what he did to live out his wildest ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"p3\">Listen to this episode if:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p3\">You want to be a writer.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">You love adventure and travel stories.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">You\u2019ve ever struggled with ADD.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">You love kids, have kids or want to get them outside.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Connect with Steve:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stephenbramucci.com\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stevebram\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stevebram\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/stephen.bramucci\">Facebook<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ufeff Transcript I\u2019ve been an avid reader since I was a kid and gravitate towards books about adventure. Growing up, I devoured everything by Dr. Seuss and books like Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Reading books like these captured my imagination for adventure, which is why I was excited to interview kid\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":45850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1726,1727],"tags":[541,1452],"internal-tag":[],"class_list":["post-45848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts","category-wild-ideas-worth-living","tag-podcast","tag-wild-ideas-worth-living"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Adventure Storytelling with Steve Bramucci","url":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/20.jpg?resize=150%2C150","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/20.jpg?fit=3000%2C2003"},"articleSection":"Wild Ideas Worth Living","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chelsea Davis"}],"creator":["Chelsea Davis"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Uncommon Path \u2013 An REI Co-op Publication","logo":""},"keywords":["podcasts","wild ideas worth living"],"dateCreated":"2019-04-08T12:00:40Z","datePublished":"2019-04-08T12:00:40Z","dateModified":"2019-04-08T20:37:24Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Adventure Storytelling with Steve Bramucci\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/podcasts\\\/adventure-storytelling-with-steve-bramucci\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/20.jpg?resize=150%2C150\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.rei.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/4\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/20.jpg?fit=3000%2C2003\"},\"articleSection\":\"Wild Ideas Worth Living\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Davis\"}],\"creator\":[\"Chelsea Davis\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Uncommon Path \\u2013 An REI Co-op Publication\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[\"podcasts\",\"wild ideas worth living\"],\"dateCreated\":\"2019-04-08T12:00:40Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-08T12:00:40Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-04-08T20:37:24Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/rei.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/04\/20.jpg?fit=3000%2C2003","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45848","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45848"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46757,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45848\/revisions\/46757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45848"},{"taxonomy":"internal-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal-tag?post=45848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}