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The Journey Podcast

Long-form conversations and field notes on shooting improvement, practice psychology, Perazzi, course design, and the questions that come up when a shooter is trying to get unstuck.

The Journey Podcast

Long-form field notes for shooters trying to get unstuck.

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Available episodes and transcript drafts, kept in a usable order.

The early teaching arc is still first: set the goal, understand how practice works, build the plan, then put the plan into pressure. Later draft transcripts are included where local source files are available.

Episode 2

Setting Goals and Building a Plan

The first educational episode of The Journey Podcast. David introduces the foundation used to help shooters accomplish their 2023 shooting goals and answers several important planning questions.

Timestamps

  1. 00:00:00

    Announcement

  2. 00:05:04

    Introduction & Summary

  3. 00:12:45

    Goal Setting

  4. 00:49:42

    Important Traits & Skillsets

  5. 01:24:31

    Self-Analysis and Self-Assessment

  6. 01:43:10

    Building a Plan

  7. 02:05:41

    Staying Focused & Disciplined

  8. 02:09:47

    Getting Off Track

  9. 02:21:53

    Conclusion & Wrapping Up

Transcript note

Polished transcript draft: This Episode 2 transcript draft has had the most cleanup so far. It remains part of an archive that may continue to be refined over time.

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Episode 3

Understanding the Mental Component to Optimizing Practice

The first part of a two-part series on how to actually practice. David explains how modern science, neuroplasticity, and movement learning can help shooters minimize wasted effort and maximize progress.

Timestamps

  1. 00:00:00

    Announcement

  2. 00:02:45

    Introduction

  3. 00:13:45

    Summary

  4. 00:23:18

    Open Loop vs. Closed Loop Skills

  5. 00:32:50

    Three Core Components to Learning

  6. 00:42:58

    How the Brain Learns and Controls Movement

  7. 01:12:39

    Is Repetition Important to Learning?

  8. 01:17:20

    Making Mistakes While Learning

  9. 01:29:47

    Importance of Dopamine While Learning

  10. 01:51:32

    The Perfect Environment for Learning

  11. 02:21:00

    Conclusion & Wrapping Up

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Episode 4

How to Create the Perfect Practice Plan

An audio version of an educational YouTube Live episode hosted February 2, 2023. The YouTube version is useful because parts of the lesson reference material shown on screen.

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Episode 5

Putting Your Plan Into Action

David covers what to expect in your first tournament after implementing new practice ideas, what sub-par early results can mean, and why failure can show up while learning.

Timestamps

  1. 00:00:00

    Introduction

  2. 00:14:37

    Series One Summary

  3. 00:32:19

    What to Expect for Your First Results

  4. 01:00:17

    How to Handle the Failure that Comes with Learning

  5. 01:16:45

    Key Components to Prevent Failure in a Tournament

  6. 01:51:48

    Conclusion & Wrapping Up

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Series 2 Episode 2

Curtis Dunbar: Tournament Process and Self-Awareness

A later Journey Podcast conversation with Curtis Dunbar about tournament process, awareness, and how shooters read what is happening under pressure.

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Series 2 Episode 3

Curtis Dunbar: Vision, Mechanics, and the Glasses Story

A later Journey Podcast conversation with Curtis Dunbar about vision, mechanics, equipment feel, and the practical stories behind changing how a shooter sees.

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Series 2 Episode 4

Curtis Dunbar: Mental State, Vision, and Tournament Pressure

A later Journey Podcast conversation that appears to continue the Curtis Dunbar series, focused on mental state, visual clarity, and tournament pressure.

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Series 2 Episode 6

Dawson Palmer: Learning from Pressure and First Results

A later Journey Podcast conversation with Dawson Palmer about learning from pressure, early tournament results, and what changes when a shooter starts competing more seriously.

Transcript note

Transcript draft: This transcript is published as an archive draft and may contain transcription errors. It will be cleaned up over time.

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Connected Field Note

Episode 3 already has a written companion.

The archive should connect ideas across formats when the source material already supports it. The Plateau Problem is tied to Journey Podcast S1:E3.

Field Notes / Episode 3

The Plateau Problem

The biggest roadblock in shooting improvement is often not mechanics. It is how the shooter values practice feedback.

Move it into work

Use the conversation as a starting point, not an endpoint.

The next move can be a round analysis, a lesson, or a question for the show. Each path keeps the podcast connected to actual shooting work.

Transcript archive note

Transcript drafts are public; search is still future archive work.

Available local transcript drafts are published now so the archive is usable. These drafts may contain transcription errors and will be cleaned up over time; transcript search is not part of this pass.

Watch Branch

The same public podcast archive, now inside Watch.

This route renders the current `/podcast` experience directly so the approved episode listings, platform links, public transcript notes, and publication gate stay in one place instead of drifting into a second copy.