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Get After It PDX
by Wy'east Wolfpack
Welcome to Get After It PDX, a down-to-earth podcast featuring honest conversations with inspiring people in the creative hotbed of Portland, Oregon. Powered by Wy'east WolfpackHost/Producer: Willie McBrideIntro & Outro/Sound Engineer: Greg PresslerFollow along: @wyeastwolfpackwyeastwolfpack.com/get-after-it-pdx/
Episodes
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Damien Jackson-Ricketts--Physical Therapist and owner/founder of Stoke PT
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...
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Jennifer Maxwell--Co-Founder/Creator of PowerBar & JAMBAR, Athlete & Musician
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,...
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Natalie Edwards--Founder/Baker of Lucille & Annie's Poundcakes
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...
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Jamie King--Co-Founder/Owner of Flex & Flow, Yogi, Ultra Runner, and mother
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…
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Mike Grant--Author, Social Worker & Alcohol/Drug Counselor
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...
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Rashad Frazier - Chef & Founder of Yoshi Jenkins/Camp Yoshi
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…
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Liz Craig - Engineer, Adventurer & Head of Marketing/Content Creation at Mountain Shop
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...
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Hannes Gehring - Ultra Runner, Basketball Coach & Owner/Founder of Tails & Trails Dog Hikes
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…
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Syann Cromwell - Dancer/Creative & Account Associate at Rebellious PR
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...
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Perri Rhoden - Visual/Mixed Media Artist
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…
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barry johnson - Interdisciplinary Artist
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...
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Jacobsen Valentine - Founder of Feed the Mass & Empowerment Central
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...
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Amanda Gilliam - Founder/Creator of Big Girl Barbell
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...
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Joshua Cole - Founder/Executive Director of Family Meal PDX
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…
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Yassine Diboun - Ultrarunner/Coach & Co-Founder/Owner of Wy'east Wolfpack
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...
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Daniel White - “The Blackalachian” Thru-hiker/Adventurer
Hear former aspiring chef turned thru-hiker and all-around adventurer Daniel White, aka the Blackalachian, talk about growing up in Asheville, North Carolina (after being born in Bruce Springsteen's hometown of Asbury Park, New Jersey) and his early experiences in the outdoors fishing and hiking...
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Albert Lee - Candidate for Congress, 3rd District OR
Hear the multi-faceted political aspirant Albert Lee talk about his early years in the St. Louis area after being born in Korea to an African-American father and Korean mother, his mother's sacrifice of working two jobs to send him and his sister to parochial schools that provided a much better...
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Listen Up #1 w/ Faith Briggs
This is another series of special edition Get After It PDX episodes we're calling "Listen Up", where we discuss important current events with different guests in our community and beyond. Listen Up #1 features Faith Briggs (former Get After It PDX guest on Episode 4!) talking about the case of...
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Ace Cauthen - Fitness Coach & Yoga Instructor Extraordinaire
Hear military vet turned fitness trainer and yoga enthusiast Ace Cauthen talk about growing up in Shreveport, Louisiana and why he split time between his parents and grandparents from an early age, how his grandparents instilled in him a tough work ethic that has stuck with him to this day, his...
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Kerry Mann - Holistic Health Coach
This is part of a new series of "Special Health & Wellness Edition" episodes with people and wellness professionals in PDX (and beyond) discussing ways to cope with the unprecedented times we are facing with the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include the importance of mental…
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Lisa Schmidt - Founder of You Matter, Your Story Matters
Hear art-therapy non-profit founder and recovered substance abuser Lisa Schmidt talk about moving at a young age with her mother and brother across the country, why she chose Texas and the deep football culture she found there, knowing she was gay since second grade and why suppressing that led…
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Peter Bromka - Runner, Writer & Consultant
Hear lifelong (and elite marathon) runner and native Portlander Peter Bromka talk about growing up in our beloved city and the influence his father's love and passion for running had on him from a very early age, getting pulled by his father in a make-shift chariot during a 10k race, his...
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Kylie Antolini - Founder of Wildwood Candle Co.
Hear dental hygienist and small business owner Kylie Antolini talk about growing up in Santa Cruz, California as an only child and the influence her parents had taking her hiking, and eventually running, on local trails, how she never connected with the sunbathing/beach culture around her and...
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Special Health + Wellness Edition: Katy Connors
This is part of a new series of "Special Health & Wellness Edition" episodes with people and wellness professionals in PDX (and beyond) discussing ways to cope with the unprecedented times we are facing with the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include the importance of mental…
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Special Health + Wellness Edition: Ashley Hook
This is part of a new series of "Special Health & Wellness Edition" episodes with people and wellness professionals in PDX (and beyond) discussing ways to cope with the unprecedented times we are facing with the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include the importance of mental…
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Special Health + Wellness Edition: Alexandra Lev
This is part of a new series of "Special Health & Wellness Edition" episodes with people and wellness professionals in PDX (and beyond) discussing ways to cope with the unprecedented times we are facing with the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include the importance of mental…
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Special Health + Wellness Edition: Skylor Powell
This is the first in a series of "Special Health & Wellness Edition" episodes with people and wellness professionals in PDX (and beyond) discussing ways to cope with the unprecedented times we are facing with the current Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Topics will include the importance of mental...
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Candace Molatore - Self-love Advocate, Photographer, and Brand Strategist/Influencer
Hear self-made social media influencer, brand strategist and self-love champion Candace Molatore talk about her experience growing up in an adopted family in Oregon City and what is was like to have no one around that looked anything like her (the family that adopted her is white and nearly 100%…
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Benjamin Ewing - Multi-disciplinary Artist
Hear multi-faceted artist and creative Benjamin Ewing talk about growing up in the country in Minnesota and how he was encouraged and supported by his parents to make art from an early age, his unconventional path through high school that allowed him to focus on his developing passion of…
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Paul Summers aka Cuarenta Porter (or "Forty") - Hip Hop artist, Videographer, and Care Provider
Hear rapper, runner, and multi-talented "essential provider" Paul Summers (aka Cuarenta Porter or "Forty") talk about childhood in Indianapolis and the staggering violence he witnessed growing up in a poor neighborhood, how he cared for his uncle from a young age after a tragic paralyzation and…
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Ian Williams - Founder/Creator of Deadstock Coffee
Hear shoe dog and Portland legend Ian Williams talk about the culture shock he experienced at a young age moving from a diverse neighborhood on the East Coast to the--especially-then--non-diverse Portland area (Beaverton/Hillsborough), why he was obsessed with Allen Iverson and inspired by his...
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Katy Connors - Director of Operations at Hat Yai
Hear restaurant/hospitality veteran Katy Connors talk about her path from growing up in small town Arizona to working in and directing operations at some of the hottest hotels and restaurants on the west coast, why Los Angeles (where she was originally born) always held a special allure that...
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Maggie Converse - Yoga and Meditation Teacher & Reiki Practitioner
Hear NYC-born, Connecticut-raised holistic wellness teacher Maggie Converse talk about childhood on the east coast with two actor parents, how growing up around the arts lead to majoring in Art History (and French) at University of Indiana at Bloomington years later, her 8-year stint back east in...
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Michael Griffin - Marketing Director of Finex Cast Iron Cookware Co.
Hear passionate outdoor athlete and marketing guru Michael Griffin talk about growing up in Chattanooga, Tennessee and later Athens, Georgia, his early love for rock climbing that developed there and grew into a full blown lifestyle for years after high school (and how that pursuit has continued...
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Lizy Gershenzon - Designer/Co-Founder of Future Fonts
Hear multi-faceted designer Lizy Gershenzon talk about growing up in Chicago and playing all the sports as a kid, how her experiences working on the yearbook staff in school with close friends laid the groundwork for her preferred work structures forevermore, the influences her hard-working,...
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Jeremy Long - Founder of Daybreak Racing
Hear Oregon-born and bred trail running race director Jeremy Long talk about growing up on the Oregon coast and his early connection to the landscape of his youth (more to the land than sea though), his tendency toward running and cross country over typical team sports and the love of the…
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Len Necefer - Professor & Founder of NativesOutdoors
Hear Native American outdoor athlete/activist and board member of the Honnold Foundation Len Necefer talk about growing up in Kansas and the pivotal decision to move with his mother to live in the Navajo Nation in Arizona at a young age, the balance and juxtaposition of identity and experience...
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Sam Purvis - Co-founder of Good Coffee
Hear passionate entrepreneur and hospitality fanatic Sam Purvis talk about growing up in Oregon (first Portland, then Sisters) and the process of moving around as a youth as one of five brothers, his early outdoor escapades during high school motor biking in the foothills outside Sisters, how his...
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Skylor Powell - Founder & Impact Producer at The Thread US
Hear yoga teacher/wellness veteran/community guru Skylor Powell talk about growing up in Ohio and her early connections to nature through exploring the local woods, how her time at a "farm school" program made her embrace the teamwork and community dynamics necessary to get big things done, her...
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Hanif Fazal - Founder & CEO of Center for Equity and Inclusion (CEI)
Hear tireless social change activist and diversity, equity, and inclusion champion Hanif Fazal talk about his father's journey from Africa to India to the United States--where he met Hanif's mother in Chicago--and how that blend of cultures (Indian and Mexican) made his upbringing really stand…
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JT Lehman - Adventurer, Engineer & Creator of Alpenflo
Accomplished adventurer and born-and-raised Oregonian JT Lehman talks about growing up in the small town of Corbett beside the Columbia River Gorge, his childhood trips into nearby Portland and early perceptions of the "big city", his relationship to physical activity and the outdoors in those...
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Emma Sharer - Campus Manager at the Redd
Food hub expert and outdoor adventurer Emma Sharer talks about growing up in the SF Bay Area, being send to a Spanish immersion school at a young age as a result of her parent's desire to expose her to diverse environments from the get go, her first job at age 13 building "broccoli towers" at the...
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Jen Quist - Co-Founder/Owner of Holler Hospitality
Powerhouse Portland food & beverage/hospitality industry veteran Jen Quist talks about her years of moving around the country during childhood for her father's work (7 homes by the time she was 5!) including a few years in Sydney, Australia before settling in the SF Bay Area, her early desire to...
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Alan Aldous - Founder of Awaken Your Passion
Creator of a lifestyle media company/clothing brand with an aim to transform and inspire, Alan Aldous talks about what got him started on his personal awakening to what really fed his soul, why he thinks being present and mindful and following his internal compass has made him a better father and...
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Chevonne Ball - Founder/Owner of Dirty Radish
Wine/food connoisseur and epicurean business owner Chevonne Ball talks about growing up in Vancouver, Washington and her German mother and Creole father and how those cultural influences largely came too intermingle around food, cooking, and the table, how she moved from Vancouver to downtown...
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Alexandra Lev - Freelance writer & Social media creative
Mountain traveler and content producer Alexandra Lev talks about her childhood spending her summers with her hardcore climber father in the Tetons and the rest of the year with her hardcore skier mother in Salt Lake City, Utah, how she slowly came to rebel against the outdoor recreation lifestyle...
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Michael Christy - Operations Manager at Modern Times Beer (Portland)
Beer aficionado and Operations Manager of Modern Times Beer in Portland, Oregon, Michael Christy talks about his childhood relocation to Southern California from Cincinnati, Ohio and art-focused high school where he developed an early love of film, his move back to San Diego for a job as a Naval...
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Teresa Baker - Founder of the African American Nature & Parks Experience and Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge
Renowned outdoor recreation industry DEI activist (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion) and our first Get After It PDX and beyond guest (!), Teresa Baker talks about growing up in the Bay Area and her early connection to the outdoors, the differences between NorCal and SoCal (and why she's a NorCal…
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Sadie Lincoln - Co-founder/Owner of Barre3
Fitness/wellness figure and co-founder and owner of the hugely successful Barre3, Sadie Lincoln talks about being raised off-the-grid by her mother and her mom's free-spirited friends (along side her numerous siblings), how that life taught her lessons and set examples that still guide her today,...
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Ryan Carpenter - Founder/Owner of Moberi
Shark Tank alum and Alaska born creator of the popular and growing Portland smoothie and bowl shop Moberi, Ryan Carpenter talks about what it was like being raised in AK, how he developed a thirst for travel and made his way to the lower 48, how a series of odd jobs and a tendency toward...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Get After It PDX, a down-to-earth podcast featuring honest conversations with inspiring people in the creative hotbed of Portland, Oregon. Powered by Wy'east WolfpackHost/Producer: Willie McBrideIntro & Outro/Sound Engineer: Greg PresslerFollow along: @wyeastwolfpackwyeastwolfpack.com/get-after-it-pdx/
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