the colonelshaun podcast: Recent Episodes
Shaun Hautly
Sharing lessons that I'm learning and conversations I find interesting. Plus, an occasional anxiety attack.
For a long time, I’ve misunderstood where I want my career to be going. Due to my own assumptions and those of the people around me. I finally started to understand why it’s OK to have different goals than I thought I used to.
Like anyone else, I am susceptible to darkness and negativity. Sometimes I can shake it off, but other times I need to find tricks to get myself back to where I want to be.
As I ponder, what really matters to me with regards to people that I hire and myself, I’m finding myself valuing the traditional definition of creativity less and less.
A lull in work and a few quotes have got me thinking about my life goals with creativity.
After a long morning in a different city, I explored how some of my feelings could be used to affect the work that I need to do today. And try to examine how these feelings of loneliness and anxiety might be very common. And through connection with each other, we can find love and peace.
How I use journaling and podcasting to get myself out of ruts and into philosophy. Also, what IS philosophy?
Two great questions to ask in any situation are is this scalable? And does it need to be?
So often we can make short term decisions and pigeon hole ourselves into bad habits. Stepping back to examine scalability is important in work, creativity, and friends vs fan relationships.
Hi, Allison.
In this episode, I explore what our trends about pumpkin spice season and Taylor Swift’s new album say about where we invest our time and energy and what we’re saying to ourselves in our children.
Ego can be a dangerous thing that can hold you back and stifle other people. However, it’s also necessary to create the changes that we need to see in our world and that you have the power to affect.
A big part of creating is finishing projects and looking back on them. However, if we don’t consider the metrics, we are using to evaluate a given project. We may miss classified those projects as being failures were incomplete when really they’re not.
Taking a few minutes to think about how you think about your work can have some huge impacts on how you work and how much you work.
For the first time I reflect on how I am successful at being creatively prolific. And I distill it down to three things that I used to guide my creative output. Some more as a discovery and a reminder to myself true advice I share these three things now.
In this episode, Shaun reflects on the slow, spiraling journey of discovering who we are—like approaching an unseen truth, closer with each loop. Through journals, changing priorities, and creative struggles, he explores the tug-of-war between consumption and creation. Are we spending our time scrolling, streaming, and reacting—or making something that outlives us?
Shaun shares personal stories of hitting creative slumps, questioning the value of his own projects, and imagining what kind of legacy he’s leaving for his kids and future grandkids. From journaling to painting, zines to podcasts, he argues that creating—even imperfectly—is an act of meaning-making, preservation, and hope.
This episode is both a confession and a challenge: audit your time. How much are you consuming versus creating? What would you want your children or grandchildren to inherit—a feed of fleeting news and distractions, or a body of work that reflects who you were and what you cared about?
This episode is about my politics. It is not inviting a discussion, nor is it trying to convince anyone of what to think. This exists solely so that if anyone in the future ever wants to know what I thought for some reason, they can listen to this and find out.
As we live our lives, there are not a lot of opportunities in day-to-day life to reflect on current events and personal struggles and triumphs, in anyway that’ll be passed along thoughtfully. So, who is going to be the one to tell your great grandkids about what you thought about what’s happening in the world right now? If you can take a couple minutes, it can be you.
I keep podcasting in the morning. Everyday. It’s too much. But here’s why I keep doing it.
After a fun competition, I'm thinking about how I approach parenthood and professional creativity.
I’ve been podcasting, theoretically for a couple weeks, and it’s really helpful to my mental health. But I realized it’d be so awesome if more people did that, and made it available publicly to pass down stories and lessons to the next generations. I wish my great grandparents had created podcasts so I could learn what it was like back then. Starting families, building businesses, surviving life.
So you should start a podcast.
How often do I stop to push myself beyond the edge of instinct? Not often enough lately.
I keep reading and learning new things and new tools for how to deal with life, but I'm always amazed at how quickly my tools disappear when I need them the most.
So I've been waiting to make content for a few months because I wanted to get something right.
I've been reading "Ego is the Enemy" by Ryan Holiday, and it was more impactful than I expected. Here's how it's changing my approach to a few open projects.
I'm talking about three things in one episode.
Here's the Tim Urban article about religion: https://waitbutwhy.com/2014/10/religion-for-the-nonreligious.html
A little reflection on what parts of myself are the most important as 2022 closes and 2023 approaches.
I've had a July immersed in different communities, religions, people, and golf courses. I learned lessons from each of them, but had some unique realizations in parallel situations of politics and community. As I think through these things, I invite your feedback as I try to hone this conversation into a piece that I can concisely share on my YouTube channel. So if you listen and read this, please feel free to reach out to me via text (if you have my number), or by my website: http://shaunhautly.com
Thank you for listening!
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This is another YouTube Rough Draft. Something I'm thinking about. If you've got any thoughts, call me. Email me. Text me. If you don't know me, hit up my website http://shaunhautly.com and let's chat.
I have strangely found myself without anything I want to watch. And that has led to some unexpected reflection.
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Struck by the Beastie Boys Story on AppleTV+, Shaun finds himself musing tools, legacies, and speaking in the third person.
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I've deleted my LinkedIn (along with Facebook and Instagram). It's just my podcast and my YouTube channel now. It's very quiet. Which is nice.
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We're coming to the end of another chapter of boom and my life. Looking into the next section of the story and making a plan. Here's what I know and what I want so far.
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The thrilling conclusion to our deep dive into careers, the job market, and our advice to anyone thinking of switching jobs or entering the job market for the first time.
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Part two of our discussion about jobs and careers. This episode focuses on our current jobs. The ups and downs. The daily grinds. The good and the bad.
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Shannon and I put a lot of work into making a podcast. We discussed topics, questions, recorded, edited, and added some introductions and context to bring these to life. This is the first installment of the three part series focusing on our jobs. This first episode dives deep into our past jobs and the lessons learned from those experience and coworkers.
This was our first attempt at making content in this format and we learned a lot along the way.
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I’m reading, learning, and changing. I hope you are, too.
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Maybe "How I'm Trying to Fix the World" should just be the title of this podcast in general. This is an episode exploring my insecurities about mindfulness and meditation as well as my thoughts on the potential if we can get it right.
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I’m once again using this platform to think through some things and prepare myself for larger discussions. I may be very wrong with some of what I’ve said, but I’m eager to learn and hear other perspectives.
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I recorded a lot of content in the weeks before and after the 2020 US Election, but I've decided not to post any of it. I went though quite an evolution of emotions and forced myself to reflect, learn, and grow, and I've found peace on the other side (especially since Biden won). I still have some lingering questions for which I may never find answers, but I'm moving forward without judgement or anger. Here's a 30 minute podcast diving into those things by myself.
...makes you stronger. Unless it does kill you. Which for many people, it has. What's the right way to do this?
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Some documentaries about cults have caught my attention lately. Why do people dedicate themselves to a single, living individual?
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I've been off Facebook and IG for a few months, but I watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix this week and it caused me to think about my decision a little differently. So I curated a few questions for you to ask yourself as you decide how much to use Social Media networks.
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We ruined the American Pie and undoing it might not work. Here are my thoughts.
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I keep hearing this, and I don't think it's a good idea. Even if it's done right.
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I met an anti masker and went on a deep dive inside my own head. As I navigated assumptions, I came to realize some points that are keeping me-- and our nation-- from having real conversations.
Here are my thoughts as I hesitantly post this episode.
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If you don't like hearing my internal monologue during the misery associated with my history of anxiety, this would be a good episode to skip. Triggered by dehydration, I entered the darkness and found some relief in talking through it into my podcast. As predicted, about 90 minutes after I recorded this, I felt fine.
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This is the audio from a live stream that took place on my YouTube channel on August 18th. The video is viewable on my channel. This is the audio.
Jay, Carl, Tyler, and Myself chat about the similarities and differences between our four wildly different journeys as fathers.
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Some important things are coming up. Here's my litmus test for all policies. I think.
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I’ve been anxious about some professional decisions I’ve been forced to make regarding whether or not I’ll film and what I’ll film if so.
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There's been a lot happening these past few weeks, these are my current thoughts. There is a video of this on my YouTube channel, too. If that's your thing.
I've been thinking about what the future looks like for creators and with the lifting restrictions, many of us join the millions of other workers who are going back to work either eagerly or very hesitantly. Some of us have a choice and that choice has the real potential to sew discord within our industry.
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I stopped using my phone, computer, tablet, and TV for two days. Here's what I was thinking toward the end of it.
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John and I connected via YouTube as creators in difference spaces. Since then we've had a few good conversations about life in Rural Germany vs Suburban Missouri. We had one of those chats on this Podcast. Here.
John can be found at
https://www.youtube.com/germansurvivalist
and
https://www.instagram.com/german_survivalist/
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Brett and I chat about leveling up, competing, being happy with our work, and what the future looks like.
Brett can be found at
http://brettcarlsen.com
and on IG at https://www.instagram.com/brettinreallife/
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My next step as a professional is to diversify my revenue to afford more flexibility as a creative and to continue to do good work without compromising my values or quality. This episode is a reflection on why and what lies ahead for that journey.
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Sean and I sit down and discuss moving up to the next level, what success looks like, and rule breaking.
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In this strange episode I recorded myself reflecting on my anxiety while in the throes of an attack. I don’t know why I decided to post this, but I did.
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As I straddle two distinct phases of life, I'm working on finding goals and direction to make the handoff smooth and purposeful. So I just talk about it a lot.
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Dane and I get back together to talk about NAB and how to make the most of it. We also discuss video production, cameras, why FCPX is superior, and then some general advice. It's the longest episode yet.
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I like new age mindfulness nonsense. I hate that I like it so much, but I do. Here are some of my favorite things and why.
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Cinematographer and Producer, David Christopher Pitt, and I sit down to talk about working in a project based world and making ends meet financially and creatively.
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Jess Cowl and Dani Smith of Safe Connections talk about the organization and the positive consequences of that work on themselves and the community.
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After traveling together to Burkina Faso, Africa to film a project together, Simon and I take a few moments to talk about the experience and the gear.
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Dane and I sit down again to talk about changes and opportunities in the film-making industry.
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I sit down without a guest for the first time and let you know where I've been, where I am, and where I'm going.
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Vincent Flewellen, the Director of Equity and Inclusion at The College School of Webster Groves graciously shared some of his experiences with me about experiencing racism as a child, young adult, and now as a man. Then we discuss what it's going to take to move past it as a community.
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Luke is a creator. Not videos or photos as much as creating an innovative company and creating beer. He's co-owner of Beer Outside, and took a dream, overcame all the obstacles to making it happen, and now does his hobby for a living.
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Dane Iwata is back by popular demand to talk about what wishes and predictions we have for next week's 2018 NAB show in Las Vegas, NV.
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Dane and Adam hung out and we recorded an impromptu podcast. We talked about photography on film, changing trends, and our futures as creators.
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Clayton Clark is the only Facebook Blueprint Certified Digital Advertiser within 500 miles of St. Louis. Yet he still competes with people's cousins and nieces. We discuss the hard life of competition in digital marketing.
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Friend and co-captain, Allison Gray, sits down and we talk about all the non-work things we do and why we love frisbee so much.
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Photographer Jon Dittmer of Foreign Orange Photography stops by to talk about how we balance our time with creativity. He works as a restaurant manager full time, and I work as a creative full time. We compare the two options.
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