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Today with speak with Craig Collins. Craig is a writer who lives in San Diego, California. He is the author of two books of literary nonfiction — Thunder in the Mountains and Midair
He began his carrier as a journalists. He then worked in tech, eventually serving as a senior executive for a Fortune 500 company. He later founded a series of venture backed technology start ups.
Craig is currently working on two books: a novel set in Silicon Valley, and a historical non-fiction about the great merchant travelers of the Silk Road.
Today we interview Craig and read his story: The Bread Men of Uzbekistan.
From the show:
“…And then I got a job at the San Diego Union Tribune. I was a reporter for about three and a half years. And I loved it. I didn't love the money, but I loved writing…”
“…It's a bit autobiographical, called Thunder in the Mountains. And it's about the gun culture in the West and in the U.S. and how it came to be and my interaction with it…I had six classmates in Winnemucca who were shot and killed accidentally. And it's because everybody had guns. It's a thing…”
“…when I was working in the corporate world, I had a big house in a nice suburb and, I couldn't tell you the first name of any of my neighbors. I literally couldn't tell you because the garage door goes up, they drive in and then they sit on the couch and they turn the TV on and that's all they do. You go to Sevilla, you walk around, And their entertainment is not watching TV. Their entertainment is going out to these plazas and there are 500 people in this plaza and they're all having dinner and they're all talking and they all know each other…”