Season 1, Episode 12
Duane Forrester
Meet Duane Forrester, well-known and highly-acclaimed international speaker, author, blogger and industry evangelist. Formerly an SEO program manager at Microsoft, Sr. Product Manager for Bing Webmaster Tools, VP of Search Operations at Bruce Clay, Inc., Duane is now the VP of Industry Insights at Yext.
In his spare time, he builds custom guitars in his Accantus Guitars shop, does over-landing in his Jeep, competes in flexing competitions with his dog and monitors the air quality in his city. He is a massive Rush fan and believes that the most effective way to test for extra-terrestrials among us is to see who likes Rush and who doesn’t. Those who don’t are part of the invasion.
He also spends a great deal of time nurturing his luxurious hair and aspires to compete one day coif-a-coif against comedian Conan O’Brien. So, you be the judge. Who wore it best? Conan O’Brien or Duane Forrester?
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Duane Forrester
Hosts & Guests
Jesse McDonald
Keith Goode
Duane Forrester
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Timeline
0:19 – Intro and Banter
1:49 – Introducing Duane Forrester
5:30 – Tell us about yourself, Duane
8:52 – Abby, the incredible flexing dog
12:00 – A Canadian in an apocalyptic California
15:15 – Over-landing vs. Off-roading
19:00 – The importance of disconnecting
23:03 – Tell Me Something Good(e)
31:24 – Is Rush the Greatest band of all time? The great debate.
37:22 – Hand-crafting guitars
56:26 – Lightning Round
1:02:30 – The Wrap
1:03:23 – End Credits
Shout-outs in this Episode
If you missed anything in this episode, we’ve captured most of the topics covered in this interview below. No links provided. Google it if you want to learn more.
- Bill Hartzer
- Arnold Schwartzenegger
- Philip K. Dick
- William Gibson
- Gaia GPS
- Blue Curacao
- Tell Me Something Good(e)
- Duane – Hot Ones (Web series), Heatonist – Purveyors of Fine Hot Sauces
- Jesse – Lords of Chaos (2018 film)
- Keith – Haruki Murakami
- Dune
- Burnt Ends Sauce Company
- Brotherton’s Black Iron BBQ
- Goldbelly
- Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World and Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
- Rush
- Anne Murray
- Gordon Lightfoot
- Chris Stapleton
- Toby Keith
- Joe Satriani
- Yngwie Malmsteem
- “Echo in the Canyon” documentary about Topanga Canyon
- Caruther’s Guitars
- Accantus Guitars
- Seymour Duncan
- Steve Vai PIA guitars
- Chapman Guitars
- Rob Chapman
- Dorje
Not a Sponsor (Yet) Mentions
- None
Lightning Round
- Keeps him sane. Allows for unconscious problem-solving.
- Indiana Jones
- Build furniture (free time); Train conductor (professional)
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