Ep. 51: Richard Garriott's big life of adventure (real and virtual) + Melissa Radke's brave year

On Richard Garriott, Austin’s legendary creator of online virtual worlds and real-life adventurer joins us; he’s been to space, he’s been to the Titanic, and he even hit the North Pole recently with his kids. But he's best known for designing role-playing video games such as "Ultima: Online" and his latest, "Shroud of the Avatar," which launched out of Austin in March. He tells us what real-life adventures make it into his games and what it's been like for Lord British to embrace fatherhood. PLUS: Texan Melissa Radke has amassed millions of YouTube fans for her tell-all videos on parenting fails, marriage, and upside-down French braiding. Now, she has a book! "Eat Cake. Be Brave" just released, and details how, at age 41, she made a decision to live a radically braver life. In a Webb Report, American-Statesman social media editor Eric Webb tackles a pesky problem: skeeters! In a callout to readers, we asked for home remedies to repel mosquitos and to deal with ‘squito bites. He tells us what some of those homeopathic ideas were and whether we think they’re very effective. And in our recommendations segment, “A Toast": Instant Pot, a Twitter meme about “on-brand childhood stories” and the sex-positive book “Come As You Are” by Emily Nagoski. More info on this and our upcoming happy hour (Aug. 1!) at http://austin360.com/loveaustin360 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices