Happy When Curious
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.
Happy When Curious
Adrian Kilpatrick: Stepping Into Local Politics
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Brady Ryan
Adrian Kilpatrick is a lifelong resident of Friday Harbor Washington and a candidate for San Juan County Council in the primary election of August 2024. He has served on the San Juan County Climate and Sustainability Advisory Committee and the Friday Harbor Arts Commission.
I asked him on about his experience entering into community work/politics as a novice, how he understands the connection between national and local politics, the vulnerability of campaigning and what he's learned about governing from his many years at Burning Man.
