Near-Life Experience: Interview with "The Amazing Race" host Phil Keoghan
From: Wendy Wallace
Length: 00:22:01
At age 19, Phil Keoghan had a near-death experience which would inevitably define his life.
After surviving the scuba-diving accident which changed him, Phil created a list of things he wanted to accomplish before he died. Many of those goals, including: hand-feed sharks, go to the top of an erupting volcano and set a world record for bungee-jumping, were filmed for and seen on the various international TV shows he has worked on.
Best known as the host of the reality show The Amazing Race, Phil Keoghan has taken his passion for living life to the fullest and created a new show and accompanying book entitled Now: No Opportunity Wasted. The show, which debuts on the Discovery Channel Oct. 3rd, features people who are given 72 hours and $3000 to make their dream into a reality.
I got the chance to talk to Phil about his new show--a project for which he says the essence of is to: "Think big, dream large, ditch the excuses...live life NOW."
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At age 19, Phil Keoghan had a near-death experience which would inevitably define his life. After surviving the scuba-diving accident which changed him, Phil created a list of things he wanted to accomplish before he died. Many of those goals, including: hand-feed sharks, go to the top of an erupting volcano and set a world record for bungee-jumping, were filmed for and seen on the various international TV shows he has worked on. Best known as the host of the reality show The Amazing Race, Phil Keoghan has taken his passion for living life to the fullest and created a new show and accompanying book entitled Now: No Opportunity Wasted. The show, which debuts on the Discovery Channel Oct. 3rd, features people who are given 72 hours and $3000 to make their dream into a reality. I got the chance to talk to Phil about his new show--a project for which he says the essence of is to: "Think big, dream large, ditch the excuses...live life NOW."
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Review of Near-Life Experience: Interview with "The Amazing Race" host
In this interview Phil Keoghan shares his observations of mankind. He seems most impressed by the resourcefulness of those who have the odds against them. He draws particular inspiration from the industriousness and perseverance of those living in third world countries. He goes on to lament that the media are perpetuating unrealistic life style expectations: we have become a society obsessed with our deficiencies--a society unappreciative and unaware of what we DO have. His world view, however, is obscured by hypocrisy when he reveals his latest cathode ray tube tour de force: Discovery channel's NOW ( No Opportunity Wasted!). This show indulges people's life long dreams of becoming nude go-go dancers, playing professional hockey for a day, joining the WWF, and so on. (to be fair one guy dreams of opening up a boxing ring for inner city kids.) The effectiveness of this interview depends on the context in which you would broadcast this. Bill Moyers will be leaving PBS' NOW after the presidential election. Ideally someone will interview Moyers about his Now and life after NOW now and juxtapose it with this interview. The duo might make for an interesting portrait of American media.