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In Reckless Road (Shoot Hip Press), author Jason Porath unveils the true stories behind Guns N’ Roses. Through a collaboration with Marc Canter, a close friend of the band for many years, he used his writing expertise to turn an archive of photos, videos and interviews into a captivating narrative history of the early days of one of rock and roll’s biggest bands. Reckless Road is available for purchase here.
Jason is also the author of Mugshots: A Celebration of the Journey from Ruin to Redemption. He’s won multiple achievement awards for his work and his writing has been translated into eight languages. Jason’s background with multimedia storytelling spans a wide array of mediums including documentary films, photojournalism, mobile apps and technology startups. He was a pioneer with some of the first iOS storytelling apps to hit the market and founded Storycode, a storytelling mobile app development agency, which he sold in 2015.
With Reckless Road, Marc Canter has entrusted Jason with his vast archive of photographs, recordings and stories to create entertaining and engaging products for generations of Guns N’ Roses fans around the world.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
- Whether Jason ever predicted a GNR reunion
- How his collaboration with Marc came about
- How he internally deals with a pivot
- The Hero’s Journey of Guns n’ Roses
- How he built a narrative from Marc’s archive of content
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Show Credits
Host: J. D. Barker
Host: J. Thorn
Host: Zach Bohannon
Music: Nicorus
Voice Over: Rick Ganley (recorded at Mill Pond Studio)
In This Episode
Reckless Road
Story Rubric
Nonfic Rubric
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