Explore Washington State
What do you get when you mix a shuttered church, an art gallery, a food bank, and a whole lot of community spirit? In this heartwarming episode, Scott sits down with Michelle Wyles at Boxx Gallery in Tieton, Washington, to hear the unexpected origin story of a gallery that’s done more than just hang beautiful...
Our guest for this episode is Stephanie Forrer. Steph is the host of the “Eat, Drink, Travel, Y’all,” podcast where she has delicious conversations with the most intriguing industry professionals in the culinary world. Steph also is a active food and travel writer, photographer and social media marketing consultant. Originally from Alabama, Steph decided to...
Dué Cucina co-founder Filippo Fiori joins us for this episode of the Exploring Washington State Podcast. We start the episode hearing about Flippo’s educational journey After completing a Ph.D in nuclear science at Tsinghua University in China and appearing on a Chinese TV cooking show Filippo and his soon to be business partner Davide Macchi...
Craig and Sharon Campbell are our guests for this episode. Tieton Cider Works started in 2008 and is now one of the largest cider makers in Washington State. Craig’s family started farming in the Yakima Valley in the 1920’s. As a 3rd generation farmer Craig has stories to share about farming, apples, and cider. Sharon...
Sadie Davis-Suskind is an amazing podcast guest. During 2019 Sadie participated in Junior MasterChef. As a semi-finalist she has some amazing stories to share with us. Starting off in the kitchen as her moms Sous-chef, stirring the pot. Sadie has found her joy in cooking. She calls it her love language. Thanks for tuning into...
Darren Chromey has a passion for hiking and climbing. During our episode he explains what it is like to summit Mount Rainier. On his first attempt to summit Rainier he was joined by his dad and sister. They were not successful. This only added fuel to the fire to one day summit Mount Rainier. Since...
In this episode we sat down with Bryan Reynolds and chatted about coffee, golf, and Heroic Hospitality. Bryan and his family opened a coffee shop as a way for his father to retire early and spend more time with the foster children that the Reynolds were hosting. Can you imagine opening a business to retire...
In this episode we are joined by Christine Reed author of the outdoor adventure memoir Alone in Wonderland. Chronicling Christine’s journey hiking the Wonderland Trail around Mount Rainier. Scott Cowan [00:00:00]: About the author. Christine discovered long distance backpacking while surfing the Internet at work. Are you supposed to be surfing the Internet at work?...
On today’s episode we are chatting with Emily Ritchie from Northwest Cider Association. Emily is the Executive Director and champion of cider and cider makers in the Pacific Northwest. Emily was a good sport as we kept her focused on Washington State cider and cider makers. The association is a non-profit that has the goals...
Brian Jennings joins us for this episode. Brian is photographer who has captured images throughout Washington State. Brian grew up in the Spokane area and spent his professional career in TV and Radio in Oregon and Washington. Now Brian explores Washington State and the rest of the U.S. and captures amazing images with his camera....
Snowdrift Cider Company founder Peter Ringsrud is our guest for this episode. Peter is one of the original commercial cider makers in Washington State. Are you a fan of world class Cider? How about a Perry made using the Champagne method? Snowdrift Cider Company has you covered. This episode is full of information on Cider...
Garret Hunt is our guest in this episode of the podcast. Garret is the co-founder of Live In Everett. Garret is a true fan of Everett and it shines through as he shares some great places to see and things to do in Everett. We learn his must see places for out of town guests. ...
