Pieces of Impact

Stories worth gathering around. Pieces of Impact features creators, athletes, outdoorsmen, entrepreneurs, and original characters with a world worth stepping into and lessons they have earned.

Pieces of Impact is a business podcast hosted by Steve Seger, with 44 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Steve Seger hosts Pieces of Impact, a business show with 44 episodes published.

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  Episode #45

  #45: Mike Perry - A Literary Life Five Minutes From the Deer Stand

  Sep 11, 202647 min

  Mike Perry is a New York Times bestselling author, humorist, speaker, musician, volunteer firefighter, and first responder from rural Wisconsin. Raised on a dairy farm, he worked summers as a Wyoming ranch hand, became a registered nurse, and eventually built a writing career rooted in rural people, places, and work. He has written more than 25 books, including Population: 485 , and performs with his band, The Long Beds. In our conversation, he explains how a farm kid who once thought authors were mysterious capital-A people learned to make a living with words while staying five minutes from his deer stand. We also learn that if he ever fights Liam Neeson, the plan begins and probably ends at the kneecaps. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links Visit SneezingCow.com Browse Mike’s books, recordings, and merchandise Subscribe to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail Follow Mike on Instagram Chapters 00:00 Rapid Fire: Books, Deer Stands, and Liam Neeson 09:20 The Story Behind Population: 485 12:14 Returning Home and Joining the Fire Department 16:37 Population: 485 and a Possible Broadway Musical 20:22 His Dad, Wyoming, and an Unexpected Opportunity 24:46 Becoming “Terminally Unemployable” 26:59 How Publishing Changed and Why Mike Keeps Adapting 31:02 Writing by Triage and the Blue Volkswagen Effect 36:39 Literary Solitaire, Revision, and Fancy Words 42:05 Building a Business Around the Writing 46:32 Where to Find Mike Thumbnail photo: Lee Butterworth Photography.

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  Episode #44

  #44: Ed Roberson - The Strenuous Life, the Long Game, and Finding Your People

  Sep 4, 202645 min

  Ed Roberson is the creator and host of Mountain & Prairie, a podcast and platform about the people shaping the future of the American West through its land, communities, and culture. In this conversation, we trace the path that took him from a small town in eastern North Carolina and a conventional career in real estate to conservation work and a creative side project that eventually became his full-time work. Ed explains how a health scare and the financial crisis forced him to reconsider his direction, why conservation work moves at the speed of trust, and how years of relationship-building helped Mountain & Prairie become such a distinct platform. We also talk about building before anyone is listening, the book project he is developing, Theodore Roosevelt and the strenuous life, and why character matters more than achievement. Most importantly, we determine that Ed might have a chance against Liam Neeson, provided he survives the first punch. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links Mountain & Prairie Listen to the Mountain & Prairie Podcast Subscribe to Good News from the American West Mountain & Prairie on Instagram Chapters 00:00 Rapid Fire: North Carolina, Jimmy Buffett, and Favorite Books 07:37 A 100-Mile Loophole, Five-Day Fasts, and Liam Neeson 12:55 Tarboro, North Carolina, and the Community That Raised Ed 16:29 Boarding School, Honor, and Learning to Work 18:55 Coasting in College and Following the Conventional Path 21:00 A Health Scare, the Financial Crisis, and a Career Reset 24:28 Starting Mountain & Prairie as a Side Project 26:01 Why Conservation Moves at the Speed of Trust 28:13 How the Podcast Opened Unexpected Doors 29:42 Playing the Long Game 31:05 Building Before Anyone Is Listening 33:44 The Book Project and What Comes Next 35:37 Theodore Roosevelt and the Strenuous Life 38:39 Advice to His 23-Year-Old Self 43:04 Where to Find Mountain & Prairie

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  Episode #43

  #43: Will Harris - What Happens When a Farm Thinks in Generations

  Aug 28, 202644 min

  Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman and the owner of White Oak Pastures in Bluffton, Georgia, where his family has farmed since 1866. After spending more than 20 years running a conventional monoculture cattle operation, Will began dismantling the industrial model and rebuilding the farm around animal welfare, healthy soil, natural cycles, and a radically traditional approach to agriculture. In this conversation, Will explains the truckload of calves that forced him to reconsider how he farmed, the hidden cost of chemical fertilizer, and what happened when he stopped looking for things to kill and started protecting everything that belonged in the ecosystem. We also discuss restoring Bluffton, growing from a handful of employees to 170, bringing his daughters into the business, refusing to expand merely for the sake of growth, and measuring decisions in generations instead of quarters. We also learn how a Baptist preacher’s wife saved Will from spelling “Tenac” for the rest of his life. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Connect with Steve Seger on LinkedIn Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links White Oak Pastures Shop White Oak Pastures Visit and stay at the farm A Bold Return to Giving a Damn White Oak Pastures on Instagram Chapters: 00:00 Highway 27 and White Oak’s Place in Rural Georgia 02:01 Six Generations on the Same Land Since 1866 04:21 When a Local Food System Became an Industrial Cattle Farm 07:49 The Truckload of Calves That Changed Everything 10:49 Cheap Fertilizer and the Cost It Hid 16:35 How Water From the Farm Reaches Apalachicola Bay 19:41 From Looking for Something to Kill to Keeping Things Alive 25:32 How White Oak Pastures Helped Rebuild Bluffton 29:00 Bringing His Daughters Into the Family Business 34:08 The Spur-of-the-Moment Decision to Rename the Farm 37:25 Why Bigger Is Not the Goal 42:18 Final Wisdom: Decide What Matters and Serve It

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  Episode #42

  #42: April Vokey: The Wild Life Behind Anchored Outdoors

  Aug 21, 202640 min

  April Vokey has spent 25 years building a life around fishing. She decided to pursue professional fishing at 18, started her first business at 21, guided for steelhead in British Columbia, created the television series Shorelines , launched Anchored with April Vokey , and built Anchored Outdoors into an education platform and community for anglers. In this conversation, April takes us from landing a 300-pound arapaima in Guyana and having 32 spines pulled from her foot to the winter steelhead obsession that became her career. She also explains how a 2008 head-on collision forced her to rethink life and business, why motherhood changed her relationship with risk, and how discarded television interviews led to Anchored . We also resolve two important questions: whether wet jeans are secretly flattering and how many introductions stand between me and Liam Neeson. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show links Watch Longfire on YouTube Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Connect with Steve Seger on LinkedIn Follow Longfire on Instagram Guest links April Vokey Anchored Outdoors Try Anchored Premium Insiders The World Through Your Eyes Anchored with April Vokey April Vokey on Instagram Chapters 00:00 Rapid Fire: Wet Jeans, Campfire Dinner, and Liam Neeson 02:37 A 300-Pound Arapaima and 32 Spines in Guyana 06:07 Turning a Life in Fishing Into a Business 10:40 The Salmon That Started Everything 13:36 Why Winter Steelhead Became an Obsession 18:31 Learning to Guide Before Google Earth 20:46 Surviving a Head-On Collision 22:38 The Injury That Forced a Business Pivot 25:01 Saving the Stories Television Had to Cut 27:31 Canada, Australia, Motherhood, and Risk 32:19 The Dean River Run She Should Never Have Attempted 36:10 Starting Over and Facing an Uncertain Next Chapter 37:45 Anchored Outdoors and The World Through Your Eyes

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  Episode #41

  #41: Tyler Sharp: Africa, Hemingway, and the Story Behind Modern Huntsman

  Aug 14, 202646 min

  Tyler Sharp is a documentary photographer, writer, filmmaker, and the founder, CEO, and editor in chief of Modern Huntsman, an independent publication focused on hunting, conservation, food, culture, and wild places. In this conversation, we trace the path that took him from USC film school to the Tanzanian bush, years of traveling and working around the world, and eventually building Modern Huntsman. Tyler shares the story of a lion with a mohawk mane returning to his tent across multiple full moons and another encounter when a leopard charged him from twenty yards away. He explains what Africa taught him about living inside the natural order, why many of the wild places he knew are disappearing, and how misunderstandings about hunting inspired him to build a publication that could reach non-hunters without preaching to the choir. We also talk about balancing creative work with running a business, his connection with the Hemingway family, and what is coming next for Modern Huntsman. Subscribe to Longfire for more stories worth gathering around. Show Links Modern Huntsman Subscribe to Modern Huntsman Follow Tyler Sharp on Instagram Read “Hemingwrite to the Rescue” WATCH ON YOUTUBE Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Connect with Steve Seger on LinkedIn Follow Longfire on Instagram Chapters: 00:00 Star Wars, Aragorn, and Fighting Liam Neeson 04:48 The Lion With a Mohawk Mane Outside Tyler’s Tent 12:44 Charged by a Leopard in Zambia 15:41 From USC Film School to Six Months in Tanzania 20:35 Larry Knowlton and the World’s Biggest Joke 22:12 The Wild Places That No Longer Exist 27:39 Why Tyler Built Modern Huntsman 32:17 Translating Hunting and Conservation for Outsiders 34:08 Creativity, Leadership, and Administrative Shit Shoveling 38:14 Hemingway, Writing, and a Life of Adventure 41:51 Why Independent Publishing Needs Subscribers 45:02 Mark Maggiori and the Next Modern Huntsman Volume

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