Ep. 156 - Jeremy Telford - Guinness World Record Balloon Artist

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4.5 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Jeremy Telford makes all kinds of balloon sculptures from simple small single balloons at parties to massive structures at events. In 2015 he set a Guinness World Record for the largest balloon sculpture by a single individual. We talk all about this amazing feat as well as how he got into balloons, his love of marine biology, his time at BYU, his family and more. Jeremy is a great guy and his life story is a fun one.

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0:00.0	The Latter Day Lives podcast is not owned or operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
0:12.0	Day Saints.
0:13.0	Any opinions expressed or implied in this recording are solely those of the host and guests
0:17.3	and not of any specific organization unless otherwise stated.
0:26.6	Hello, friends. Welcome to episode 156 of the Latter Day Lives podcast. I'm your host, Sean Rup here.
0:33.2	Thank you so much for checking in with us again this week we really appreciate it before we get into
0:38.6	this week's episode i do want to thank a new reviewer the apple podcast username is living in
0:45.9	portland thank you so much for your five-star review and your very kind words we really appreciate it
0:51.6	my guest on the show this week j Jeremy Telford, he is a professional
0:55.5	balloon artist who set a world record for a balloon sculpture that he did. He'll tell us all about it.
1:03.3	It was really fun sitting down with Jeremy. A couple of notes for the episode. We talk about
1:09.6	Thanksgiving Point quite a bit, which is where he did this.
1:12.6	For those outside of our immediate area here in Utah, Thanksgiving Point is kind of a big, just beautiful nonprofit area that they've got a dinosaur museum, they've got a butterfly conservatory, they've got some gardens and space to walk around and a couple of
1:28.6	restaurants. It's just a really neat family place. So when we talk about Thanksgiving Point,
1:34.1	that's what that is. And also, I don't know that I've mentioned on this show before, but I have a
1:40.0	little bit of a history doing balloon animals and when I was a teenager I did
1:44.6	birthday party entertainment and and all kinds of things. So I know a little bit about this
1:50.3	world, but certainly I'm not even in the same category as Jeremy. But as we're talking,
1:56.4	I think I share a couple times, yeah, I did this or that, and that's what that's referring to.
2:01.9	So we've got that conversation coming up. And this week in my Latter-day Life, if you'll please
2:07.5	stay tuned for that. I have a kind of a big announcement about the future of the show. It's all
2:14.2	coming up. So sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's conversation.
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