Introducing: Offsite Adventures
Meditative Story
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🗓️ 17 April 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
From the team behind Meditative Story, we're happy to share the first episode of Offsite Adventures, our newest show uncovering the gems, magical moments, and unique learnings in iconic business travel destinations.
Three minutes before midnight in Times Square, one of the most trafficked commercial centers in the world momentarily transforms into a vibrant digital art installation, providing a refreshing pause for locals and tourists alike. It’s called the Midnight Moment, and you won’t believe how something so unexpected came together. In this episode, Janet digs into the history of this unique collaboration between the advertising and arts communities before experiencing it herself with innovative, boundary-breaking artist Shahzia Sikander.
Offsite Adventures is a Masters of Scale Production presented in alliance with Capital One Business.
Special thanks to Jean Cooney and Times Squares Arts and artists featured as part of the Midnight Moment episode:
Artist: Shahzia Sikander | Title: Reckoning | Video by Tatyana Tenenbaum
Artist: Nora Maité Nieves | Title: Eyes of the Sea | Video by Tatyana Tenenbaum
Artist: LuYang | Title: DOKU: Digital Reincarnation | Video by Phatt Features
Special thanks to composer Du Yun for music featured in this episode.
See this story come to life in our video series on YouTube. Click here to watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERpUrWKdCjE
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Ryan Holiday. |
| 0:02.2 | I compose the original music featured on meditative story. |
| 0:05.8 | Today, I'm excited to share something really special with you. |
| 0:09.4 | It's the first episode of a new show called Off-ight Adventures. It's made by the folks behind |
| 0:15.0 | meditative story. In the series we reveal hidden gems in iconic travel |
| 0:20.0 | destinations. The stories you'll hear will replenish your mind and your spirit. |
| 0:25.2 | Just search Offsite Adventures and your favorite podcast player and hit that follow button. |
| 0:29.9 | The show is presented in Alliance with Capital One Business. |
| 0:33.4 | The first episode finds us in New York City, |
| 0:35.8 | where a late night unexpected happening in the heart of the city |
| 0:38.8 | sparks the creativity of thousands of onlookers. |
| 0:41.6 | I think you'll really enjoy it. |
| 0:45.0 | You're listening to Offside Adventures, presented an alliance with Capital One business. |
| 0:58.6 | Three minutes leading up to midnight. The countdown starts and there's this moment of sort of hush that goes over the crowd as people are all trying to figure out what am I going to be |
| 1:03.9 | witness to something's about to happen and they all just sort of freeze. |
| 1:10.5 | I'm in New York, the city that never sleeps, and tonight I'm not sleeping either. |
| 1:18.4 | My business travels take me between Asia and the U.S. and my jet lag is never ending. |
| 1:25.0 | So I've given up on a good night sleep and ventured out. |
| 1:29.0 | A friend recommended a late night event that starts just before midnight. |
| 1:34.8 | But it's in Times Square, overcrowded, tourist deep, full of blindingly bright advertisements. |
| 1:44.4 | Times Square, really? |
| 1:46.9 | I can't think of more than a handful of places in the world |
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