EP 064 with Peter Wallack

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Society & Culture

4.9 • 152 Ratings

🗓️ 15 March 2020

⏱️ 107 minutes

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In this episode, Cody has a conversation with professional stuntman Peter Wallack. Peter jokes that he just kinda fell into being a stuntman. After pursuing a number of different majors in college, he eventually decided to focus on technical theatre at the University of Alaska Anchorage. There, a mentor suggested that he become a stuntman. Not giving it too much thought, Peter went on with his life. It wasn’t until he was almost hit by a truck while biking to work did he really start to consider it. He realized that despite falling face-first into a curb, he innately knew how to fall in a way that protected his body. Today, working as a professional stuntman, Peter believes that you have to fully commit to an action. He says that you can’t do half a flip, you can only do a whole flip, or no flip at all. Peter grew up in a family of explorers who pushed the limits of what it means to adventure. His mom Tandy founded Circumpolar Expeditions, a business that curates and leads personalized adventures in the Arctic. Peter’s first tour was at 8 years old. He walked a group of Russian dancers all over downtown Anchorage and set them up with a Russian translator. A more recent adventure that Peter points to happened in 2016 and involved reuniting a family that had been separated since the Cold War. Thank you to Carrie Hambach and Whitney Branshaw for help with questions.

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0:00.0	Welcome to this week's episode. In this one, I have a conversation with professional stuntman, Peter Wallach.
0:16.9	Peter jokes that he kind of fell into being a stuntman. After pursuing a number of different majors in college, he eventually decided to focus on technical theater at the University of Alaska Anchorage.
0:28.0	There, a mentor suggested that he become a stuntman.
0:32.0	Not giving it too much thought, Peter went on with his life. It wasn't
0:36.6	until he was almost hit by a truck while biking to work. Did he really start to consider it? He
0:42.2	realized that despite falling face first into a curb,
0:46.5	he innately knew how to fall in a way that protected his body.
0:50.2	Today, working as a professional stuntman, Peter believes that you have to fully commit to an action.
0:56.0	He says that you can't do half a flip. You can only do a whole flip or no flip at all.
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1:58.4	Okay back to Peter Wallach.
2:01.2	Peter grew up in a family of explorers who pushed the limits of what it means to
2:05.4	adventure. His mom Tandy founded Circumpolar Expeditions, a business that curates
2:11.0	and leads personal adventures in the Arctic.
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