The Curiosity Podcast: "What's Up with...Skydiving?"

The Curiosity Podcast explores Host Jennifer Brown's curiosity of really weird things, existential things, pop culture stuff, spiritual phenomena, animals and all the other things with subject matter experts. What ISN’T there to be curious about?

In this episode, Jennifer is joined by Willis Cooks, a skydiving enthusiast, who has been featured in NBC News, Black Enterprise, and The Houston Chronicle. We talked about how losing a bet forced him to skydive; how 700 - 800 skydives isn’t really a lot; and how Fresh Heir Boogie, an Instagram chat for skydivers of color, is inspiring more enthusiasts and professionals.


Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:35 The name Willis Cooks
03:35 I Skydived Because I Lost a Bet
15:35 ...and My Girlfriend Jumped Out of a Plane
19:35 First Thought Outside the Plane
21:50 Floating, Not Plunging, in the Air
26:18 Bitten by the Skydiving Bug
28:18 Getting More Black Skydivers
31:56 Getting Licensed in 2020
35:46 on Being a Therapist
38:05 Skydiving is Expensive
39:47 Skydiving Taught Me Accountability
43:47 Outro

Follow Willis Cooks
IG: https://www.instagram.com/williscooks...
IG: https://www.instagram.com/freshheirad...

Host and Executive Producer: Jennifer Brown
Editor: Chase Parker
Producer: Latrice Lauve
Show Art By: London Gray
Distributed by: BlakOWND Productions, LLC