1KHO 14: Connecting Moments of Boredom and Running Wild in the Woods to Great Storytelling | Interview with Author S.D. Smith | The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast - S2 E8

The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast

Ginny Yurich

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In a world that prizes busy over boredom, listen to the story of author Sam "S.D." Smith as he weaves together building worlds as a child to becoming a wordsmith. This episode is will gently remind all of us of the downside, the cost of constant entertainment. Sam traces his storytelling abilities back to the early years of his life where he ran wild in the woods of West Virginia, immersing himself in nature and in his imagination. Childhood and childhood play hold value in the moment and for decades to come. Long live the storytellers! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:20.0	Welcome to the 1000 Hours Outside Podcast, I'm New Year It, and we have lots of special guests with us today, which I'm super excited about. This is a podcast with Sam, or you might know him as S. D. Smith, the author of the Green
0:26.2	Embers series, which we are just absolutely loving as a family.
0:29.8	And then we have some other special special special guests with us today.
0:34.0	And they are going to introduce themselves.
0:36.0	We'll start with Josh.
0:38.0	My name is Josh R Schaefer.
0:40.6	I'm 11 years old.
0:41.6	I enjoy reading and playing sports. I want to be an author my favorite
0:44.9	remember book is The Last Archer. My name is Charlie Eurech I'm 10 years old. I really enjoy reading, playing Legos and eating.
0:55.0	All right, well we're so happy to have everyone today.
0:58.0	Josh, I'm going to have you introduce Sam for us.
1:01.0	Esti Smith is the awesome. used to be impressed.
1:03.6	Esti Smith is the author of the Green Ember series,
1:06.5	a best-selling middle-grade adventure saga.
1:09.0	The Green Ember has reached hundreds of thousands of readers
1:12.0	and spent time as a number one best selling
1:15.2	audiobook in the world on Audible.
1:17.6	Men's stories are captivating readers across the globe who are hungry for new stories
1:21.9	with an old soul.
1:23.0	The enthusiastic families can't get enough of these kids.
1:28.0	When he's not writing adventurous tales of rabbits with swords in his writing shed dubbed the forge.
1:35.0	Smith loves to speak to audiences about story time, imagination, and seeing yourself as
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