a fine line

Graham Zimmerman is an award-winning alpinist, writer, filmmaker, and climate advocate. We talked about his harrowing ascent of Mt. Bradley in his early 20s, getting injured in New Zealand, how his relationship with risk has evolved, losing friends in the mountains, the mystery of passion, the 100-year-plan, falling in love with his wife Shannon, getting shut down on K2 by global warming, the climate crisis, the concept of imperfect advocacy, and his new book, A Fine Line: Searching for Balance Among Mountains.

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Show Notes:  

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Nuggets:

(00:00:00) – Intro

(00:01:38) – Daddy style

(00:03:59) – Mt. Bradley

(00:12:23) – The recipe for success

(00:14:32) – How I related to the book

(00:19:03) – Graham’s injury in New Zealand

(00:21:54) – The Burger King story

(00:24:04) – Falling for mountains

(00:30:24) – The mystery of passion

(00:32:07) – Mark Allen

(00:40:45) – What makes alpinism hard?

(00:44:04) – The logistics of mountain ascents

(00:48:11) – Building a relationship with places

(00:52:09) – The 100-Year Plan

(00:57:48) – Shannon

(01:04:06) – Compromise and purpose

(01:08:30) – Getting engaged

(01:16:13) – Loss and risk

(01:25:58) – K2 and climate

(01:34:16) – Imperfect advocacy

(01:43:15) – Voting

(01:50:40) – Energy and water

(01:51:39) – POW

(01:52:29) – Don’t stop climbing

(01:54:11) – Graham’s book and EXTRA teaser

On today's episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer's guest is Joanna James, Founder & CEO of MAPP (Mentorship, Advocacy, Pandemic relief, and the Power of women), a non-profit supporting women-led food organizations, empowering women to lead through mentorship and advocacy, which is having its first MAPP Restaurant Reset conference in South Florida from April 24-26. Joanna is also a first-time Film Director of A Fine Line – Vanity Fair’s Best Documentary – focusing on a woman’s place in the kitchen, and a Producer and Writer. Today's show also features Shari's PR tip to never stop fighting for equality; Speed Round; Industry News Discussion; and Solo Dining experience at the newly reopened, iconic Spanish restaurant, El Quijote, in the Hotel Chelsea, NYC.

Photo Courtesy of Joanna James.

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On the day her movie A Fine Line: A Woman's Place Is In the Kitchen debuts in New York City, filmmaker Joanna James discusses her documentary's exploration of the struggles and triumphs of women chefs and restauranteurs, and the story of her mother Val's life in the industry. The movie intercuts Val James' story with interviews with top women chefs including Dominique Crenn, Barbara Lynch, and Mashama Bailey.

And, continuing a conversation from last week's show, chef and author Rocco DiSpirito discusses how he became focused on health and fitness, his new cookbook Rocco's Keto Comfort Food Diet, his years away from restaurants, why he came back, and what he's thinking of doing next. 

EPISODE GUIDE

0 - 4:25  Intro

4:25 - 51:35  Joanna James

51:35 - 54:20 Show Notes and Updates

54:20 - 1:55:50 - Rocco DiSpirito, part 2

1:55:50 - end  Outro

LINKS

ANDREW TALKS TO CHEFS official website 

A FINE LINE movie official website

MAPP (A Fine Line's social impact campaign)

Rocco's Keto Comfort Food Diet

Rocco DiSpirito website

Benno restaurant (hosted Rocco DiSpirito interview) 

Mermaid Inn (hosted Joanna James interview)

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