{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"This 83-Year-Old Badass Found His Purpose \u2014 Now He's Going Viral","description":"At 83, most people slow down. John Graham just hit 120,000 followers. But the real story isn't the numbers \u2014 it's what it took to get there.  A teenage freighter worker. A war correspondent in Algeria. A US Foreign Service officer in Libya and Vietnam. A shipwreck survivor in the North Pacific.  And one moment, freezing in a lifeboat during a typhoon, where a voice forced him to answer the only question that actually matters.John Graham has spent a lifetime chasing danger. Then he found something worth fighting for. In this conversation, John shares the raw, unfiltered journey from adrenaline junkie to one of the most unlikely voices of purpose on the internet \u2014 and why the lessons he learned in war zones, on frozen mountain faces, and in a sinking ship are exactly what leaders need to hear right now. What we cover: \u2b50\ufe0f The freighter summer that shattered his small-town life at 17 \u2b50\ufe0f Hitchhiking into a war zone in Algeria \u2014 with an American flag on his chest \u2b50\ufe0f The first direct ascent of the north wall of Mount McKinley \u2014 and why he said "it's a miracle we didn't get killed" \u2b50\ufe0f The Vietnam realization: a life of achievement with a plywood board nailed over your heart \u2b50\ufe0f The 1980 Prinsendam shipwreck \u2014 and the voice he heard while freezing in the North Pacific \u2b50\ufe0f The promise he made to survive \u2014 and how he's kept it for 40+ years \u2b50\ufe0f The Giraffe Heroes Project: finding people willing to stick their necks out for good \u2b50\ufe0f Why he launched Badass Granddad at 82 \u2014 and how it hit 2.5 million views \u2b50\ufe0f What young people in their 20s are really asking an 83-year-old adventurer \ud83e\udd92 John Graham & the Giraffe Heroes Project: https:\/\/www.giraffe.org \u27a1\ufe0f Badass Granddadd (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube): Search @BadassGranddadd \ud83d\udcd6 Denali Diary (free download): https:\/\/www.johngraham.org\/books\/denali-diary \ud83d\udd14 Subscribe for more conversations about how it started and how it's going! ","author_name":"The Amanda Dake Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/amandadake.com","html":"