meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

236 - Ron Finley (Gansta Gardener)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2017

⏱️ 107 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Ron looked around at his neighborhood and saw a need for nutritious food, community, and knowledge. So he started planting seeds.



This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

Radio Manu, Papa Chango.

0:02.3

Music

0:29.3

Man, I love doing this podcast.

0:32.1

Thank you for listening to it.

0:34.1

Because if nobody was listening to it, I guess I wouldn't be able to do it.

0:38.1

And you know, I'd be able to do it.

0:40.1

I'd be able to walk around and talk to people.

0:43.1

But I wouldn't be able to talk to people who are busy.

0:47.1

And this week's guest is Ron Finley.

0:49.1

He's busy.

0:50.1

That dude's really busy.

0:52.1

And you know, I met each other in Vancouver,

0:58.1

right, 2012 probably, when he was given a TED talk, like a TED,

1:07.1

it's not TEDx, but it was like a TED talent search thing that they were doing,

1:14.1

which is how I got connected to TED.

1:17.1

They were going around the world, sort of doing small-scale talk,

1:23.1

talks with people in different cities.

1:25.1

And a friend of mine read that they were going to be in Vancouver in a couple of days.

1:30.1

And he called me up and he said, hey, man, TED's doing a thing here.

1:35.1

You should go do a TED talk.

1:37.1

And I was like, yeah, I don't think that's how it works.

1:40.1

I think you have to be invited.

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Chris Ryan, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Chris Ryan and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.