#92 It's All in the Eye of the Person Holding the Camera - Tim Jensen , Independent Videographer

A friend of occasional host Dave Dahl, Tim Jensen is a Nebraska native who grew up in a mixed, but not particularly violent neighborhood. But it did lead him to drinking, which became his addiction of choice. It didn't start out as alcoholism, but more like a right of passage. That lifestyle contributed to his father dying when Tim was 12 and his sister was caught up in drugs. Tim is philosophical about it, having seen both better and worse situations for growing up in his travels around the world as a videographer. A smart kid, Tim's humor and mouth was both good and bad for him, making him popular with adults but sometimes a terror with teachers. His intelligence and athletic ability got him into the University of Nebraska, but Tim liked to "coast" on his natural ability rather than working hard. That attitude and a head injury put him into the communications department. That got him into a news network where he was employed, and found out he had a natural camera eye and a real gift. It put him into a place where he was married, had a house and a family. But the alcohol called and Tim went through the ups and downs that put him behind bars and put him out of work in many places. However, he came to that realization he was powerless in the face of alcohol and that's when life started to turn around. Felony Inc Podcast with your hosts Dick Hennessy and Mark Gailey We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music "Free" written and recorded by Dave Dahl, all rights reserved, motherfuckers This weeks podcast brought to you in part by soap-on-a-rope, when you don't want to drop stuff Felony Inc Podcast supports City Central Concern at centralcityconcern.org 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Felony Inc Podcast live on-air every Friday at 10:00am pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com