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.
Episodes
71 episodes since 2021
Adrian Kilpatrick: Stepping Into Local Politics
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 ...
July 21, 2024
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1:04:37
Musing: Principles Behind Good Questions
The asking of worthwhile questions is a fine art, and it's something I'd like to spend the rest of my life working on. Join me as I think through what few lessons I've learned in the opportunities I've been gifted to get to interview peop...
June 14, 2024
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12:26
Kevin Stalker: What You Can Learn About Life as a Corrections Officer
Kevin stalker spent 14 years as a correctional officer in Washington state prisons, and he was kind enough to join the show to talk about what he learned about himself and about life in his time there.
May 31, 2024
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1:04:22
Musing: Judgement vs Curiosity?
What's the right amount of judgement we should be expressing in our conversations?
May 10, 2024
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11:22
Dr. William House: Conversation as a Medical Practice
Dr William House is physician and owner of Eventide Health in Friday Harbor Washington . He is also one of the more thoughtful people I've had the privilege of speaking to and is working hard to h...
April 26, 2024
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1:07:14
Musing: FOMO<JOMO<JFOP
What is the most life giving way to deal with the timeless feeling of missing out?
April 12, 2024
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7:09
Maria Hines: Cuisine, Career Change and Keeping Your Spirit Alive
What role does curiosity play in a restaurant? What is the connection between mountain climbing and cuisine? How do you maintain a throughline of values during a major career change later in life?Join me as I ask these questions and mor...
March 29, 2024
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35:20
Amber Edwards: Finding Meaning Through Life Coaching
Amber Edwards is a Platinum Results Coach and Business Results Trainer and I personally have had the privilege of working with her as my life coach for a year and a half now. Join me as we explore how she approaches coaching and how she integra...
March 01, 2024
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45:39
Musing: I'm on a News Fast. Am I a bad person?
Some questions/dichotomies I'm thinking through around my news fast...Am I burying my head in the sand or aiming my attention where my agency lies? Is it privileged selfishness to ignore the news or is it wise self care? Is news anxiety...
February 16, 2024
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11:02
Jesse Visciglia: A Passion For Fermentation
Jesse Visciglia is the Head Brewer and part owner at San Juan Island Brewery in Friday Harbor Washington. Join me as we discuss all things beer and brewing like...-How to taste a new beer-The role curiosity plays in brewing
February 02, 2024
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1:03:54
Nathan Kessler-Jeffrey: Magical Moments through Theatre
Nathan Kessler-Jeffrey is Executive Artistic Director of the San Juan Community Theatre and has been teaching, directing, and acting in theatres, colleges, and high schools for over two decades. H...
December 22, 2023
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1:00:24
Maria Michaelson: A Life Lived in Art
Maria Michaelson is the co- founder and co Director of Alchemy Art Center in NW Washington. She received her BA degree in Ceramics from the California College of Art in 2009. Maria spent many years in...
November 24, 2023
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1:05:33
Musing: The Courage to Leave the Chip Table
Is the courage it takes to create connections with new people zero sum?
November 10, 2023
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5:14
Clayton Banry: Leaning into Strength
Clayton Banry is a community educator at the Joyce L Sobel Family resource center, a morale officer at San Juan Island EMS and has been a huge part of the Friday Harbor community for many years, and I was excited to have a chance to talk to ...
October 27, 2023
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42:10
Musing: Subtle Self Sabotage
How should we go about connecting the dots of our past into a narrative of who we are? Which types of narrative are "true" and maybe more importantly, which types are useful?
October 13, 2023
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12:14
Roger Johnson: The Inventor's Mindset
After a childhood spent in the jungles of Ecuador, Roger Johnson was educated in the United States, and holds a degree in Engineering and Cultural Anthropology from the University of Minnesota. From 1988 to 2010, Roger was Founder and President...
September 22, 2023
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1:09:09
Musing: Is Alcohol Sacred Medicine?
Is alcohol a sacrilege or a sacrament? Does it matter how we answer this?
September 08, 2023
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9:45
Russel Barsh: Be Careful and Pay Attention-30,000 years of Human History in the Salish Sea
Russel Barsh is the director of Kwiaht-Center for the Historical Ecology of the Salish Sea. He studied at Harvard, taught at the University of Washington, and worked for many years at the United Nations on indigenous peoples and their ecosystem...
May 05, 2023
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1:48:09