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Happy When Curious

Brady Ryan

My name is Brady Ryan and I am a sea salt farmer on San Juan Island in Washington State. Ever since I was a child I have felt like my main skill was not that I was smarter or stronger or harder working or braver than anyone else, I was just a little more curious than the average cat. Since becoming a parent and trying to be a good husband and small business owner have taken so much of my energy and attention, I feel like this one superpower I have has fallen by the wayside. This podcast is my attempt to rediscover curiosity through conversation and contemplation. I will be alternating conversations with guests one episode with a short musing of my own the next. The musing episodes will allow me to try to explore ideas that I've heard or that I've come up with in an open ended way. My theory is that exploration is worth much more than answers and hopefully the interviews and the musings can live up to that principle.
Russel Barsh: Be Careful and Pay Attention-30,000 years of Human History in the Salish SeaMay 05, 2023
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Musing: Craving SmallnessApril 28, 2023
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Mark Bitterman: Sea Salt as Soul Food, Travel and Making Friends with StrangersApril 20, 2023
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Musing: What Does Curiosity Look Like?April 14, 2023
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Tyler Ryan: Principles of Enriching ConversationApril 07, 2023
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Musing: 5 Questions About ParentingMarch 31, 2023
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Rebecca Moore: Religion, Cults, Violence and HistoryMarch 24, 2023
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Musing: Do you want to be right, or get it right?March 17, 2023
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Amanda Thiel: The Plant People RelationshipMarch 10, 2023
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Musing: Should I knock on Wood?March 03, 2023
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Adam Summers: Natural History from Finding Nemo to Flipping Rocks in Your Local Tide PoolFebruary 24, 2023
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Musing: Why are Our Conversations So Bad?February 17, 2023
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Mandy Fer: Life of a Musician and Aiming For WonderFebruary 10, 2023
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Musing: What if Everything is Ok?February 03, 2023
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Iris Graville: Quakerism, Writing, The Salish Sea and the Power of SilenceJanuary 27, 2023
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Musing: Who Should We Trust?January 20, 2023
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Daniel Tucker: The Search for Adventure and a Better Life in AlaskaJanuary 13, 2023
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Musing: Monotony and NewnessJanuary 06, 2023
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Musing: Should I Eat Meat?December 09, 2022
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Brittany Newell: The gift of presence that music can bringDecember 02, 2022
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Musing: Should We Read the News? Maybe not. November 25, 2022
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Bojan Belic: Linguistics, War and Taking Care with WordsNovember 18, 2022
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Musing: The Beautiful Magic of LosingNovember 11, 2022
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Rev. Dr. Mae Elise Cannon: The Bible, Social Justice, and the Centrality of PainNovember 04, 2022
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Fielding Mcgehee: Digging into the Complexity of JonestownOctober 21, 2022
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