#286 - Patrick O'Dell

Patrick O’Dell discusses growing up in St. Louis, moving to San Francisco, getting a job at Thrasher Magazine, starting his blog called Epicly Later’d, how he came up with the name Epicly Later’d, going on his first tour with Baker, working for VBS.tv, writing into his contract that he cannot be fired from his own show, why some people got mad about their Epicly Later’d episode, the end of his Epicly Later’d show & Vice going bankrupt, going down the Mississippi in a boat with Heath Kirchart, directing the Big Brother documentary "Dumb”, 25th anniversary for Nixon watches Documentary and much more! Timestamps 00:00:00 Patrick O'Dell 00:02:10 Getting his start in skateboarding 00:04:11 Going to college to study photography in San Francisco 00:05:46 Getting a job at Thrasher Magazine 00:08:11 The history of Epicly Later'd 00:15:19 Going on his first tour with Baker 00:22:54 The John Cardiel Epicly Later'd episode 00:31:43 Our Sponsor: Athletic Greens 00:33:18 When Epicly Later'd got on TV 00:34:44 Meeting Spike Jonze for the first time 00:39:59 Getting paid more now that Epicly Later'd was on TV 00:40:44 Job security (not being able to be fired from his own show) 00:43:45 Vice going bankrupt 00:46:54 Episodes of Epicly Later'd that never came out 00:50:34 People getting mad about their episode 00:53:01 Patricks personal favorite episode of Epicly Later'd 00:55:03 The Ali Boulala Epicly Later'd episode 01:00:45 The Antwuan Dixon Epicly Later'd episode 01:08:10 Feeling the love (and hate) for Epicly Later'd 01:16:57 The end of Epicly Later'd 01:22:08 Working with Heath Kirchart 01:25:59 Going down the Mississippi in a boat with Heath Kirchart 01:33:07 Patrick's new book "Big River" 01:36:29 The Epicly Later'd episode that got away 01:37:27 Directing the Big Brother documentary "Dumb" 01:40:56 How Patrick felt when Epicly Later'd ended 01:40:56 Working for Vans 01:50:26 Directing music videos 01:54:42 25th anniversary for Nixon watches 02:05:40 what's Patrick up to now Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices