Lago Podcast Hits A Century!

Podcasts are the fastest growing form of media. Most of them fail. 

The LAGO poddy just released its 100th episode, an achievement in its own right. It takes grit and a ton of consistency to start something from zero. Something their latest guest, Sam McIntosh, aka my boss, has plenty of experience with. 

The hosts, Zac Wightman and Finley Jones, clearly did their homework. Rule #1 of doing a half-decent interview. 

There’s a bunch of great discussion in here. Stuff I never knew. For instance, how Sam was cutting up rodents while studying Biomedical Science, prior to being given the deputy editor position at Waves. 

Beyond that: the etymology of the ‘Wheel’ nickname (singular). Growing up in Casino, 60kms inland from the coast. How an accounting error on his Arnette contract funded the publication of Taj Burrow’s Book of Hot Surfing. The genesis of Stab. The biggest swings. The biggest misses. Big waves. Relationships. Business. Friendship. 

And the never ending challenge of staying alive as an independent surf publication for more than two decades.