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Seattle based Leah Rankin, president of the Seattle Women’s Hockey Club, is our guest for this episode. Leah grew up in Washington DC, studied engineering at Purdue and came west for graduate school at the University of Washington, where she now works with the School of Social Work. She picked up hockey after grad school...

Chelsea Dunckley went from a degree in Spanish and European studies to commercial real estate, a tech startup, and a basement she and her husband Luke dug out of a crawl space one five gallon bucket at a time. Then they built a house in Roslyn and turned it into Digs Co., a vacation rental...

Skye Warden, director of the Live It Out Loud youth band program, is our guest for this episode. At the time of this recording, Skye had been a full time musician for about ten years, playing guitar in the steampunk band Abney Park. Skye also taught guitar in Gig Harbor from about 2009 to 2019....

Meet Caitlin Braam, the founder of Yonder Cider. Caitlin shares her journey of starting Yonder, from finding the perfect space with outdoor seating to partnering with a distillery and building a successful business during the pandemic. She also talks about her challenges and how she overcame them with tenacity and perseverance. Caitlin reveals Yonder’s unique...

Oly Town Artesians FC owner Ryan Perkins is my guest for this episode. Originally founded in 2014 Ryan and his partners purchased the club in 2021. In 2022 Oly Town Artesians men’s team joined the USL League 2 as an expansion team in the Northwest Division. The USL2 is a national pre-professional league with 115 teams. Ryan...

Seattle based Chris Thomas, an artist, is our guest for this episode. Chris grew up in Renton, moved to Seattle for school in 2014, and graduated from the University of Washington in 2019 with a history degree and some architectural design coursework. A wine and paint night with his cousins that year sent him back...

Trista and Steven of the Olympia Oddities podcast are our guests for this episode. Trista was born in Lacey and grew up in Little Rock, just south of Olympia. Steven came to Washington from Nashville and sells mattresses at Mattress Ranch. Their show covers true crime, local history, cryptids and the strange corners of the...

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The Organic Farm School: A Natural Connection During the episode, Judy Feldman shares her journey into the Organic Farm School. Originating from Green Bank Farm in Whidbey Island, Judy’s passion for agriculture stems from her family’s traditional involvement in farming. Although she didn’t grow up on a farm, her role at the Organic Farm School...

Maura Hardman is my guest for this episode. Maura is the Marking and PR Manager for Seattle Cider Company. We talk about Seattle Cider and how the company creates ciders and Thanks for tuning into this episode of the Exploring Washington State Podcast! If the information in our conversations and interviews are enjoyable and valuable...

Paige Anderson, Executive Director of the Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team (DERT), is my guest for this episode. DERT is a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and restoring the Deschutes Watershed. DERT began organizing in 2009 and became a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 2011. In 2020, DERT became an affiliate of Puget Soundkeeper Alliance and a member...

Pinehurst’s only Jewish Delicatessen and Bakery. Voted best bagel on the block by multiple kids. That is the bi-line on Zylberschtein’s Instagram page. Owner Josh Grunig joined the show to talk all things food in Seattle.  Since opening in 2018 Zylberschtein’s has grown a large dedicated clientele  that crave the traditional Jewish Deli foods, hand...