How Coronavirus Affects Creators, A Near-Death Experience, & Getting Safe Road Head

This time, I sit down with Manoa Raine, an NYC based videographer, photographer, and editor. He shoots all the in-person podcasts for Auxoro and brings these conversations to life better than anyone I’ve seen. We’ve also become great friends and it’s about time we recorded a podcast together. Unfortunately, due to the coronavirus social distancing precautions, we couldn’t do this one in person, but we still managed to have a hell of a chat.

In this conversation, Manoa and I discuss how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting him as a freelance videographer and the creator community as a whole, Manoa’s near-death experience in a car accident, the power of the keto-diet and working out, road head, and more. Without further ado, please enjoy this deep dive with Manoa Raine.

Here are a few highlights from the conversation:

The Cam-Girl Finger Blast Incident (4:30)

Manoa files a complaint to Auxoro HR (8:00)

The current climate for creators during COVID-19 (9:30)

“In the span of a week, I watched all of my income go away.” (10:15)

“The world is stopping right now and we’ve never experienced something like this situation. I’m intrigued to see how the world will look back on this time 20 years in the future.” (15:00)

Coronavirus brings out the “social” in social media (19:00)

The Coddling of the American Mind - Common Humanity Vs. Common Enemy (21:30)

The global remote working experiment (27:00)

“My roommate and I started throwing slices of bread at each other to have fun. A slice of bread is the perfect indoor frisbee. It’s aerodynamic and flies surprisingly well.” (28:15)

Life-changing road head and the importance of the “10 and 2” hand position (34:00)

Manoa’s near-death experience in a car crash (38:00)

The Deuntay Diggs documentary (49:00)

The power of meditation and the way we tell ourselves stories (51:00)

Playing games over text and making “the approach” in bars (56:00)

Swiping on Hinge in Quarantine (1:10:00)

Not jerking off for two weeks (1:11:00)

The new podcast ‘Willet Raine’ coming to you soon (1:13:00)

Experimenting with the Keto-Diet (1:20:00)

Some Things and People Mentioned In The Conversation:

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