Daniel Steinle II: "January 6th, 2021" - Documenting the Attack on the Capitol Building & Inauguration - Episode 5.2 Artwork

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As a cyclist and filmmaker and photographer, this is a new creative outlet for me and one that I am very excited about. I think one of the takeaways of 2020 is just how much I miss the people in my life and fostering those relationships so this seemed like a natural progression. I was kind of down in the dumps in the early winter and I missed everyone. I had been flirting with a podcast for quite some time and I decided to just go for it. I do not make any claims that I know what I’m doing. If you're into photography, bikes, and art, I sit down with people I find to be pretty interesting and unique. The show sort of cross-polinates amongst those topics and the podcast is the result. These are the conversations I would have on any given day. This is a show where my goal is to hang out with athletes, artists, musicians, friends and just follow the conversation wherever it leads and I thought, maybe, you might be interested in what we explore. Have a listen and follow wherever you get your podcasts. New episodes will typically drop each Sunday. For Season 1, which will include only 10-15 episodes, I hope you like it.

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Daniel Steinle II: "January 6th, 2021" - Documenting the Attack on the Capitol Building & Inauguration - Episode 5.2

February 24, 2021 • Drew Coleman • Season 1 • Episode 6

This is part 2 of my talk with Dan Steinle. The first talk is a good primer for this episode when we dive into his style of imagery and the kinds of photography he does: street, photojournalism, editorial and sport. If you haven’t listened to that one, he is a freelance photojournalist who has been pretty immersed in the year of the protest covering both sides and being fair, in my opinion, to the whole story. To learn more, stop, go listen to Part 1 and come back to this one.

This talk focuses on January 6th, 2021 and upon his experiences being at the Capitol on the day of the insurrection. He goes into great detail about the scene and how it unfolded for him and how the mood and tone and tenor shifted throughout the day. Tear-gassed at one point he stayed with the moment. He discovered some astonishing things that day and sat to share it. He also discussed the Inauguration for which he returned to DC a week later.

I still can’t believe that Dan was there. I mean there’s documenting history - a ‘Cross National Championships or an Olympics - but then there’s a moment that causes a shift in thinking around the country; one that will be discussed for years to come. And Dan is so fair … while he may have his sympathies, he covers the whole story. “No mud, No lotus” as it is said … I’m so grateful he volunteered to sit for a follow-up. He won’t ever tell you, but it’s been very hard to process what he’s been through and I hope this helped him a bit. This was a hard talk for him and one that he cancelled a few times as he was and is still emotionally processing and dealing with what he experienced that day. I hope you appreciate his insights and his courage.

Next show we sit and hang out with one of the best humans in all of cyclocross. Her name simply captures her spirit. Stay Tuned.

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