John Peck: Rebirth

About this episode

John Peck shares his life of service and captivating stories from his 81 years.

What does it mean to live a life of service? Pipeline pioneer John Peck was devout to many things over this 81 years, and exploring this question was amongst them. In 2015, we hosted John for what was a precursor to this podcast - a storytelling evening in our local community hall. He was captivating - virtually no one moved for hours, as Dave's questions and John's stories interwove with improvisational tunes from The Babe Rainbow. Sipping chai and sitting on cushions in concentric cir...

People in this episode

Guest: John Peck

Topics covered

• service
• storytelling
• community
• surfing
• music

Keywords

• Pipeline pioneer
• chai
• The Babe Rainbow

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Babe Rainbow

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