🌍 CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent Bill Weir returns for Part 2 — and this time, it’s personal. From the raw doubts of impostor syndrome to launching VR climate storytelling with Apple, Bill opens up about how journalism, curiosity, and connection keep him going.
But it’s not all serious… we also get into:
His fake Nike shoe deal with a creepy twist
Learning to anchor network news on the fly
Why climate is “the one beat that includes all others”
Behind the scenes with Diane Sawyer, Peter Jennings & GMA
Traveling from Antarctica to Colombia to follow scientists saving whales and tiny monkeys
🎙️ Guest: Bill Weir – CNN’s Chief Climate Correspondent
📕 Host: Peter Freriedman, author of I’ll Get The Tip
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0:00 – Bill Weir: “I have really dark days too”
0:15 – Part 2 begins: Bill Weir opens up
0:30 – From David Letterman dreams to news hero Peter Jennings
1:02 – Discovering TV at Pepperdine + stealing resume tapes
1:29 – Sports as creative expression: Packers, Brewers, Bulls
2:20 – 9/11 changed everything for Bill’s career direction
2:54 – A year in Hollywood: selling a pilot, writing a movie
3:21 – Good Morning America calls — thunderclap moment
3:51 – Impostor syndrome: jumping over news veterans
4:04 – Diane Sawyer gives Bill his first global assignment
4:32 – Reporting from China: Nike factory and Shenzen tech boom
4:56 – Praise from Bob Iger leads to India series
5:25 – The mission shifts: telling stories that matter
6:00 – Climate is the one beat that includes all the others
6:48 – Launching VR storytelling with Apple
7:36 – What keeps him motivated: people who *actually care*
9:00 – Whale scientists in Antarctica + tamarin saviors in Colombia
11:03 – Real conservation requires sweat, not drones
12:06 – When Bill’s heroes changed from celebs to scientists
13:00 – “Sometimes I’m faking it too…” – on staying hopeful
13:23 – That time Bill thought he got a Nike shoe deal…
13:31 – Nope — it was a viewer with a foot fetish 😳
14:42 – Wrap up + thanks to Bill Weir
14:49 – Shoutouts to sponsors: Works Branding, Litchfield Distillery, Yippi, Post University
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