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Damien Jackson-Ricketts--Physical Therapist and owner/founder of Stoke PT 59:21

3 years 전59:21

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Hear physical therapist, small business owner and outdoor athlete Damien Jackson-Ricketts talk about growing up in a very rural area in SW Virginia (and how different it was from living in big cities later in his life), the genuine satisfaction of working with your hands and the example his woodworker father instilled in him from a young age, early nature experiences that informed his love of outdoor sports (like hiking, mountain biking, and surfing) later in life, his passion for film/movies and his previous desire to follow that career path, his developing interest in physical therapy and the steps he took to get in to PT school and his residency in LA, life in SoCal and how he and his girlfriend finally made the call to move to Portland and the Pacific Northwest, starting his private practice--Stoke PT--here in PDX, and much more! Follow along: @stoke_pt Stokept.com…

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Jennifer Maxwell--Co-Founder/Creator of PowerBar & JAMBAR, Athlete & Musician 55:27

3 years 전55:27

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Hear Jennifer Maxwell--co-founder/creator of PowerBar, THE original energy bar, with her late husband Brian Maxwell--talk about growing up in Bolinas, California and what lead to her passion for running, athletics and food science, how she met Brian in Berkeley and together they created Powerbar, what runners ate before energy bars were a thing, what it was like to start a business in the "old days" before the advent of modern technology and how they grew it to eventually be bought by Nestle for $375 million in 2000, how she managed to keep moving forward and raise 6 children amidst the tragic passing of Brian from a heart condition in 2004, the importance of music to her and how drumming became a major and ongoing part of her life, the creation of JAMBAR and the blending of her passions--music, athletics/wellness, and healthy eating--into an exciting new venture where 50% of profits go to support music and active living, and much more! Follow along: @JAMBAR Jambar.com…

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Natalie Edwards--Founder/Baker of Lucille & Annie's Poundcakes 1:19:35

3 years 전1:19:35

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Hear baker and former park ranger turned pandemic entrepreneur Natalie Edwards talk about growing up in the PNW, her relationship to her grandmothers from a young age and how they inspired her baking years later, her father's job and the influence it had on her love of nature and the outdoors and career for many years, how attending college in the south connected her to another part of the country and her family there, what caused her to return to the PNW and pivot to a new career of creating delicious baked goods, what a poundcake really is and why she focused on that, how the business is going and what's to come in 2022, her love of going to the gym, and much more! Follow along: lucilleandanniespoundcakes.com @landapoundcakespdx…

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Jamie King--Co-Founder/Owner of Flex & Flow, Yogi, Ultra Runner, and mother 59:27

3 years 전59:27

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Hear accomplished endurance athlete/ultra runner, business owner, and mother Jamie King talk about growing up in California and migrating north to eventually end up, years later, in Portland, Oregon, the deep rewards that physical movement, and later running, provided in her life and how there came a point that she wanted to help others feel the same benefits, her years living a fast-paced lifestyle and working PR in San Francisco, her journey into running and trail running and now 100 mile ultra marathons in the mountains, starting a business--Flex and Flow--with her cousin Alyse, her journey into motherhood, and much more! Follow Along: Flex & Flow @flexandflow…

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Mike Grant--Author, Social Worker & Alcohol/Drug Counselor 1:06:24

4 years 전1:06:24

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Hear new author, social worker, and Alcohol/Drug Counselor Mike Grant tell the story of how he came to be in Portland today and his journey of taking control of his addiction to drugs and alcohol along the way. Mike currently works for Kaiser Permanente and as an adjunct professor in the Alcohol and Drug Counseling Program at Portland Community College. Mike is also a founding member of the RUN TRG group for runners who identify in recovery. Mike enjoys training for ultra-marathons in his spare time and lives with his son in Portland, Oregon. His recently published book: "(Re)Making a Sandwich: An Addiction Case Study" is a non-fiction memoir and available for purchase. Follow along: IG @remaking_a_sandwich FB facebook.com/remaking.a.sandwich Run TRG Move Through Darkness…

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Rashad Frazier - Chef & Founder of Yoshi Jenkins/Camp Yoshi 1:33:45

5 years 전1:33:45

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Hear banker-turned-chef and caterer Rashad Frazier talk about growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina and his experiences getting into nature as a child, seeing first hand the ups and downs of the restaurant his father owned, getting a football scholarship to Howard University and--to this day--how much he values the culture and networks of Howard and HBCUs, living in New York City as a banker for years before getting laid off led him to explore other options, how dating his future wife influenced his early years of cooking, the creation and meaning of his high-end niche catering brand Yoshi Jenkins, moving to PDX and the subsequent pandemic that forced him back to the drawing board, his love of the outdoors and camping and some the experiences he's had as a person of color amongst largely white user groups, the creation of Camp Yoshi and why he feels it's important to specifically provide outdoor opportunities and services to Black folks, and much more! Follow along: @pulledtogether @yoshijenkins @camp.yoshi www.campyoshi.com Vol. 1 - Wealth & Abundance | Film by: Alex Forestier ~ music by: The Milky Way ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in Fall 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Liz Craig - Engineer, Adventurer & Head of Marketing/Content Creation at Mountain Shop 1:06:02

5 years 전1:06:02

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Hear mechanical engineer-turned-marketing manager Liz Craig talk about growing up in Pennsylvania and her longtime trajectory to become an engineer, what it meant to her to be the only female in her family to follow that path, her parent's lasting athletic influence as long time bicyclists and hikers and their many family adventures together over the years, her love of rowing she developed at a young age and the values and lessons of team sports, how she later got into running and developed a routine while training for a half marathon during college, what brought her West to Portland after a stint working in Amish country and the surprise news shortly after that led to a drastic career shift and her current employment at Mountain Shop, the work and adventures she's most excited about now, and much more! Follow along: @theadventurouslizard theadventurouslizard.com Mountain Shop ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in Fall 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Hannes Gehring - Ultra Runner, Basketball Coach & Owner/Founder of Tails & Trails Dog Hikes 1:18:51

5 years 전1:18:51

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Hear dog lover, long time basket-baller, and recent Nolan's 14 finisher Hannes Gehring talk about spending the first 11 years of his life in Germany with his two siblings and missionary parents, the differences in education style he experienced there vs the United States before his family relocated to Lake Oswego, Oregon, his relationship with religion and how that has evolved over the years, his deep love of basketball and passion for tirelessly practicing the fundamentals in order to improve, how his love of canines changed his life and lead to his current profession, Black Lives Matter and the social justice issues he's made an effort to educate himself on and dedicated his Nolan's 14 attempt to (carrying the name of a victim of police violence to each of the 14 peaks), and much more! Follow along: @uphillswagger @tailsandtrailscolorado Tails & Trails Dog Hikes Colorado ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in Fall 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Syann Cromwell - Dancer/Creative & Account Associate at Rebellious PR 1:06:29

5 years 전1:06:29

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Hear dancer, Las Vegas native, and recent college graduate Syann Cromwell talk about what "Sin City" was really like for locals, how the stream of performers and big acts coming through town inspired her to express herself through dance and to become a performer someday, how despite loving the excitement and allure of Las Vegas she always had her sights set on the beach and living in Los Angeles (where she is now!), her path to University of Southern California (USC) and how she just knew that she would be accepted, despite having some reasonable concerns that she might not, how her majors--Philosophy Politics & Law and African-American studies--are especially pertinent in regards to Black Lives Matter and the current state of our country, what it's been like for her as a young Black woman during these tumultuous times, her virtual graduation from USC just this past May, what's to come, and much more! Follow along: @syannjanae ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in Fall 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Perri Rhoden - Visual/Mixed Media Artist 1:16:18

5 years 전1:16:18

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Hear artist and born and raised Seattleite Perri Rhoden talk about growing up in the Pacific Northwest and how she's seen her hometown city change over the years due to gentrification, Amazon culture, etc., what it was like to grow up Black in that city and how a feeling of disconnection from Black culture led her to later seek out and attend an HBCU (Historic Black College/University) after high school, the role art and creativity played in her life and the figure drawing class that really ignited a love of the physical--especially female--form, her own body included, and helped develop and steer her passion toward a path of creative expression, the intersection of art and activism and the importance of taking action at this unique time in our country's history, her love of mural painting and how she got involved with the Black Lives Matter street mural in Seattle, moving beyond working with figures/physical forms and embracing the fun and freedom of abstraction, and much more! Follow Along: @thecurleynugget PerriRhoden.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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barry johnson - Interdisciplinary Artist 1:01:00

5 years 전1:01:00

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Listen to prolific multi-media artist barry johnson (intentionally uncapitalized) talk about growing up in Kansas and the values he retains from his childhood there, his early experiences with art and athletics and how both those pursuits later came to play major roles in his life, his various explorations that included a competitively-successful stint in body building and later diving into the entrepreneur/start-up game in Seattle with little prior experience, how adopting personas (which he discusses in his TEDx talk) was key to taking on these different chosen challenges and career paths, the positive impacts of the birth of his daughter on him and her influence in getting him drawing again and, consequently, launching his career as a professional artist, what his father thinks about our current social justice/Black Lives Matter revolution having lived through so much history of his own, the BLM mural in Seattle that he was invited to paint a letter of, and much more! Follow along: @barryjohnson.co @anythingisanythingpodcast barryjohnson.co The power of embodying new personas | barry johnson | TEDxSeattle ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Jacobsen Valentine - Founder of Feed the Mass & Empowerment Central 1:03:41

5 years 전1:03:41

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Hear community foodie Jacobsen Valentine talk about growing up in Hilo, Hawaii and what life and community was like there versus in Gresham, Oregon where he moved in his early teens, the homemade, DIY approach to food and cooking instilled in him from an early age and the recipes he had nailed to make dinner by the time he was 7 or 8 years old, the experience of moving to Oregon and feeling like the "other" for the first time (and recognizing racism for the first time too), how his being chameleon-like (developed from moving and integrating/adapting into different social scenes) has served him and continues to be a strength, his path to culinary school and the ups and downs of finding employment afterwards, what led to the creation of Feed the Mass and the different iterations it has taken already, especially due to COVID-19, and how now he is literally "feeding the masses" more than ever, his photographic work over the years and his new venture--Empowerment Central--to provide (safe) creative space and studios for BIPOC (Black/Indigenous/People of Color) artists and creatives, and much more! Follow along: @jacobsen_valentine @feedthemass Feedthemass.org Empowermentcentralpdx.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Amanda Gilliam - Founder/Creator of Big Girl Barbell 1:10:15

5 years 전1:10:15

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Hear weightlifter and multi-faceted East Coaster Amanda Gilliam talk about growing up in the South and how she still considers herself a southern girl even after her family moved to New Jersey during her childhood, her interest in activism that developed during high school and grew into a passion that continues today, how she felt confident in who she was despite often being "the only one in the room" because of the strong example set by generations of her family before her, the impact of her fathers' passing and how that inadvertently lead her to Cross Fit and, later, a deep love of lifting weights, her years in the Ivy League and how she came to focus on the intersection of numerous fields of study--discrimination against Black people and discrimination against fat people, what lead to the eventual creation of Big Girl Barbell, and much more! Follow along: @biggirlbarbell @unclejemima99 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Joshua Cole - Founder/Executive Director of Family Meal PDX 58:25

5 years 전58:25

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Hear born and raised Portlander and multi-faceted foodie Joshua Cole talk about growing up in "Old Portland" back in the day and the city/country juxtaposition he experienced from any early age while attending school outside of the city (where his mom worked for many years), the influence his older sister had on him over the years and the professional sports aspirations he had as a kid, attending college in Eugene and his first job in the food service industry at Cafe Yumm (and yes he does like Yumm sauce!), how he slowly discovered his natural managerial skills in the restaurant setting and began to open new doors with those developing strengths, what lead to the idea and creation of Family Meal, and much more! Follow along: @joshuacolepdx @familymealpdx familymealpdx.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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Yassine Diboun - Ultrarunner/Coach & Co-Founder/Owner of Wy'east Wolfpack 55:53

5 years 전55:53

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Hear beloved coach/ultra runner/and community leader Yassine Diboun talk with good friend and Wy'east Wolfpack business partner (and Get After It PDX host) Willie McBride about the topic of change, both societal and inter-personal, and our human capacity to do so in regards to things like racism and addiction. Yassine shares the story of his journey with substance abuse (and racism) and the first-hand experience of achieving life-altering personal change for the better, while acknowledging that he still--like everyone--takes life's challenges "one day at a time." Listen to this thought-provoking conversation and embrace the tough work necessary to overcome your personal challenges! Follow along: @yassinediboun Eracism article in Trail Runner Magazine Ginger Runner LIVE podcast #311 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by the Aimsir Distilling Company , a new distillery focused on great flavors and a warm environment. They love the way spirits taste, but more importantly, they love that they bring people together to make memories, build bridges, and crystalize the moment. Opening in 2020. Follow @aimsirdistilling This episode is also supported by Daybreak Racing , a Portland, OR company offering some of the finest trail running events and trail stewardship opportunities available today. Daybreak Racing has been uniting the adventurous & wild-hearted with the mountain, coast & forest trails of the Pacific NW since 2016. Adventure begins at Daybreak. Follow @daybreakracing…

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