Ocean Rower Lia Ditton | This Past Weekend #126
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What is Unruly Bastards and how did Theo discover the party game?
This episode is brought to you by Grey Block Pizza. Grey Block. Mmm. Ness, ness, ness, ness. So good. Also, I am back in Toronto. Toronto dates are back on that September 20th through the 22nd now. Three nights I will have shows there. As well, Phoenix, October 27th at the Orpheum Theatre is on. And Nashville, Charlotte... Appleton, Washington, DC, Salt Lake city, all tickets available. Theo von.com slash tour. So I was, uh, I had a show at the ice house recently and I met this beautiful group of people and they have a small business and, uh, and the small business is something that I love to do a bunch. And it's basically just talk, talk gibberish, talk smack. And this, they have a new game out. It's called unruly bastards.
And, um, and I'll read one of the cards to you. Uh, announce the slogan for your new dildo company get that hitter That's one for sure. Defend your right to diabetes. Tell us about the time you saw a unicorn. Sales pitch for a medium-sized penis. These are all ideas and all part of the themes in the game Unruly Bastards. And it's a hilarious party game for you and your unruly friends. And the people that started it came out to my comedy show. It was really, really sweet of them. And they came out and introduced themselves, and we all got a picture together. And they gave me this game, and we supported their Kickstarter. And that's what it is. It's on Kickstarter. It's live right now. We'll put up the link below.
And this is your chance to get it and be the first to own it. It's $20. You support the game, and you get the game. That's it. You want to find out how insane and fun your friends really are? Go to unrulybastards.com and support their Kickstarter. That's it, unrulybastards.com. Man, get that hit up. Have you ever traveled somewhere? If you haven't, it's basically when you go somewhere else. And now if you want to do that, you can use the Action packing cubes to help you stay organized. Because just throwing everything in a suitcase, that's really a thing of the past, man. That's something your grandparents would do or somebody that was, you know, in the Bible. just really, you know, it's outdated a little bit.
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And code Theo. Today's guest is attempting to be the first woman ever to row a boat across the Pacific Ocean. And that seems super intense. She's an author. She's really quite a damsel, I think. She is a yachtswoman. She's a captain. She is my guest today, Miss Leah Ditton. All right, Leah Ditton. What's up? very well thank you good and so you flew you flew in you live in San Francisco now I drove down okay you drove I this time right but I rode down in the summer you did I did and so what's the difference because to drive here if I want to drive up to San Fran it takes me probably maybe seven hours six hours or something it's what so rowing is what it took me twelve and a half days days to Santa Barbara and then three days on to Redondo Beach okay
And do you stop at, like, a bar? Like, do you pull over? Like, how do you... Or not a bar, but do you pull over and, like... No. No.
We take everything with you that you need to survive.
Right.
In fact, I arrived in Santa Barbara with no food.
Nothing at all?
No.
And so are you planning it? Like, when you take a trip, do you plan to show up with nothing?
How did Lia Ditton first get into ocean rowing and what was her initial solo experience like?
Can you hear her okay, Nick?
She can bring it just... Yeah, it'll swing all the way towards you.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is Unruly Bastards and how did Theo discover the party game?
0:00–4:55
2
How did Lia Ditton first get into ocean rowing and what was her initial solo experience like?
4:55–13:03
3
What are the biggest challenges of solo ocean rowing: food, sleep deprivation and safety?
13:03–49:31
4
How does life on the water change identity, routine and connection with wildlife?
49:31–1:02:13
5
How does dating and relationships change when you're an adventurous ocean rower?
1:02:13–1:04:29
6
What routines and mental training help Lia prepare for long ocean rows (sleep, float tanks, milestones)?
1:04:29–1:07:32
7
How does crowdfunding and 'believers' keep an ocean-crossing project alive?
1:07:32–1:11:31
8
What are the biggest challenges at sea — safety, solitude, communication, and coping strategies?
1:11:31–2:03:11