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What’s New with Growing Bolder on Twitch

Tim Killian Growing Bolder is livestreaming exclusive content on Twitch every week. You can join along for the fun at Twitch.tv/GrowingBolder. We’re covering just about everything you can imagine, including gaming, music, fitness, crafting, cooking and more, with live interactive demonstrations that you can follow along with at home.

Enjoy this sampling of the latest and greatest from Growing Bolder on Twitch that you may have missed.

Be sure to go to Twitch.tv/GrowingBolder and click “follow” to catch us live every week. You can also access and watch all our past streamed episodes (like the ones at right) for free!

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Boomer Gaming by Duncanas | June 17, 2021

Meet Duncan McLeod, a 55-year-old gamer and streamer who is shattering stereotypes with his skills at the game “Apex Legends.” He is diamond-ranked, competing at the highest 10% skill level of all players regardless of age. His Twitch channel and social media accounts, titled “Boomer Gaming by Duncanas,” have thousands of followers. However, he says his love of gaming is more about the relationships he’s made online than his skills with a controller.

“I met my wife through gaming playing EverQuest back in 2001,” he explained. “The thing I love about gaming, especially when you’re playing a stressful game, is you get to see people at their best and their worst. So, if you’re looking to build real relationships with people, you get to know what they’re really about, because when things go wrong, do they turn into this nasty ugly person who is really toxic, or do they just deal with it and laugh it off? You can build relationships that really matter. If you’re just on a social website, people are always putting on their best front, whereas in gaming you get to see the real person a lot more.”

Tabetai Cooking | June 24, 2021

We shared a live lesson on how to make Gyoza from Graham, a 38-year-old livestreamer from Seattle, who has been hosting his own cooking program on Twitch titled, “Tabetai Cooking,” for over three years. What started as an experiment in learning traditional Japanese cooking methods has grown into a multi-camera cooking program for all ages and an intergenerational community of like-minded foodies.

“We have viewers who are 13 just hoping to go to culinary school someday all the way up to people who are 60 and 70 who just enjoy finding new recipes and have discovered that the internet can be used to help nourish their families a little bit,” he said. “It’s been really cool to see that full spectrum of people enjoying the content.”

Roger McGuinn and Matthew K. Heafy | July 1, 2021

Only Growing Bolder can bring together 79-year-old Rock and Roll Hall-of-Famer Roger McGuinn, the creator of folk rock, country rock and psychedelic rock, with Grammy-nominated heavy metal rock star Matthew K. Heafy. These two icons traded stories about their careers while they played guitar and created music together live. As McGuinn approaches his 80th birthday, we asked him what advice he would give to a younger musician like Heafy.

“Perseverance. That’s it. One time I was out of a record deal and a guy said, ‘Hey Rog, I think it’s your time.’ And my wife said, ‘Even if we have to stand on the corner with an open guitar box, we’re going to keep playing.' So, it’s perseverance,” McGuinn said. “If you love it, why would you want to stop for any reason?”

Heafy agreed and said, “I’m not going to stop. Look at the legends who are still going. This is something you’re supposed to do forever, and that’s what I love. I found that as life goes on, 22 years in the band isn’t a very long time in comparison with the career (McGuinn) had. I feel like where I’m at now, our band feels more creative, and more synergistic, and more excited to do things than we ever have.”