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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

431 - J.R. Martinez (Wounded Vet, Actor, Dancer)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 August 2020

⏱️ 118 minutes

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Summary

J.R. Martinez is a burn survivor (over 40% of his body) and Army veteran who, after many surgeries and months of healing, went on to win Dancing with the Stars, become a New York Times best-selling author, star in the television series All My Children and become a keynote speaker at events all over the world. Dude's on quite a ride.

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Intro music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; "Take a Ride" by The Vegabonds;



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0:00.0

Radio Mano, Papa Tchango

0:30.5

Good morning Chris, this is Lori

0:32.0

and we're both doing van life right now

0:34.0

so I just wanted to give you a little snippet of mine

0:36.5

you know it's hot this week in Oregon

0:39.0

and so it makes it a little bit different

0:43.0

like where you try to find your spot

0:45.0

you want to be in something that's a little bit cooler

0:47.0

but not too many mosquitoes

0:48.0

so this morning I pulled over to have my coffee

0:51.0

and I saw it like a nice lawn

0:53.0

and I thought well this is the perfect spot to be

0:55.0

and I pulled in and I parked the van

0:57.0

and I'm sitting here drinking my coffee

0:59.0

right in my journal

1:01.0

and I hear yipping and yipping

1:04.0

and I'm not a big dog person

1:06.0

but I thought of all the places that I was drawn to

1:08.0

I'm hanging in the yard of a big dog hotel

1:12.0

and those poor dogs in there are going crazy

1:15.0

I think you can't hear the yipping over the traffic right now

1:18.0

but I hope you're finding good spots to be in

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