Co-hosts Paul Daniel and Chris Greer recently visited the NPR studios in downtown Atlanta to spend time with host Orlando Montoya for an interview that aired as part of “All Things Considered” and the podcast “Georgia Today.” It was an opportunity to pause and reflect on the filming and production of our latest season and share stories from their time on location together at various spots throughout the United States. Read the transcript of the aired interview below!
Orlando Montoya: The public television adventure photography program View Finders is releasing its third season soon. Last season, the Georgia-produced show saw episodes from across the state, including Tallulah Gorge, Cloudland Canyon and Georgia’s coast. To learn more about View Finders and where viewers can expect to go this season, we’re joined by its two co-hosts, Georgia college professor, author and award-winning photographer Chris Greer and Atlanta-based freelance photographer Paul Daniel. Welcome to the radio side of GPB, guys.
Paul Daniel: Thank you. Thank you for having us.
Chris Greer: Yes, wonderful to be here.
Orlando Montoya: Well, we hope listeners have seen View Finders on GPB TV, but if not, talk a little bit about the show. It’s a little bit of travel, a little bit of music, beautiful pictures, kind of all combined.
Chris Greer: Yeah, I mean, the show, I think it has a little something for everybody. It’s a travel show at its core. Paul and I are heading out to the most beautiful places — eventually, in the world. We’ve been doing the Southeast and now the United States. And we’re looking to take pictures, and along the way we have a lot of adventures, and we meet with experts who we interview, and they talk about the ecological significance and also the conservation efforts to protect those places. And then we have some really good music that just kind of scores the show.
Paul Daniel: I think we have to kind of stress that music factor, because I think we got some really hip music — if I can still use that term.
Chris Greer: Your kids might — your kids might take issue with it. But yeah.
Paul Daniel: I’m old. I’m sorry, but — I think it brings another interest factor to the show. I mean, it’s music that you would normally hear on the radio, and it’s, if you ask me, I think it might be something that’s different and maybe new for GPB.
Chris Greer: Yeah, very excited about this season.
Orlando Montoya: And you guys shoot together in these remote settings. What’s it like working with each other out there for days and hours on end?
Paul Daniel: You know something? I actually — I like working with Chris. He’s a good person. And the fact that he can work with me because we leave, like, very early in the morning. And I’ll be honest with you, I am not a morning person. I am like, so not a morning person. And I think our personalities are — You know, he likes coffee. We shoot photography together. Our personalities kind of mesh, you know, well together. So I think there’s a good chemistry there.
Orlando Montoya: Is there a destination that you’d like to visit but you haven’t yet?
Paul Daniel: International or domestic? I mean, there are plenty of places. Actually we always joke about going to Canada and checking out the Canadian Rockies up there. This is going to sound crazy, because I don’t even know if we spoke about this, but I want to do an African safari. I want some real wildlife, not a zoo.
Chris Greer: I will say that we do have some international locations on our radar for this — Season 4. And so we want to just keep growing the show and bringing the beauty of the world into people’s living rooms and also inspiring them to get out and see whatever they’re able to.
Orlando Montoya: So what can viewers expect to see in Season 3?
Chris Greer: We went everywhere from Wyoming to New Hampshire to Vermont to Maine, to the Georgia coast to — to New Mexico. Lots of different places.
Paul Daniel: And the best thing about, well, some of the places we’ve been to, we went like, for instance, New England during the fall foliage season. So personally, I don’t think that there’s a better place in this country to experience the fall foliage and see the full richness, the colors of the fall than the New England area, and that was, like, a sight to behold. I think that’s probably going to be one of the top episodes from this season.
Orlando Montoya: As a former resident of the Georgia coast, I can’t help but comment that — that you are back on the Georgia coast in Season 3 and you were on Georgia coast in Season 2. Must be a place that you guys like.
Paul Daniel: Yeah, and I think it’s important for us as big as we may get on the international or, you know, the United States side, I think it’s really important for us to keep our Georgia roots here and that our fan base that began in Georgia know that, you know, we’re still going to showcase the state.
Chris Greer: Yeah, we’ll have a Georgia episode every season no matter how long we go. But we did the Golden Isles this season and I just love the Georgia coast. I think it’s super special. It’s only a hundred miles long, but it is a beautiful 100 miles and offers tons of photography. And so Paul and I really enjoy getting down there.
Orlando Montoya: All right. Chris Greer and Paul Daniel, hosts of public television’s View Finders, talking about the newest season. Thank you both for coming.
Paul Daniel: Thank you again for having us.
Chris Greer: Thank you so much.
Listen to this portion of the interview as part of the March 14, 2025 edition of Georgia Today.