Discover Hood River

Today's guest is local resident by way of Michigan: Adam Spillman, a local certified breathing and mental skills coach who also specializes in stress relief and anxiety relief. Adam is also a cancer survivor and has an incredible story to share of his survival of cancer after only given a short time to live he is a survivor and shared his experience and now uses that experience to help others. We also talk other subjects such as the rise of AI, theory of mind, and other interesting topics of interest. Join us for a very interesting two hours! Recorded on April 29, 2024.

Recorded on February 13, 2024. Cody interviews an interesting guest who runs Debs Kitchen, a local chef who has some interesting stories all the way from Asia to the PNW and a few things in between. Join us for an hour of interesting chat with this local chef here in Hood River!

In this episode William and Cody interview Chef Tim Saur of Hood River. Before the episode Tim, William and Cody all went in 37 degree water in the Columbia River for a "cold plunge". We sit and talk over our experience along with other health and fitness advice, where Tim is from originally, and about his local catering business of healthy foods sourced from oftentimes local ingredients from the Hood River Valley. Join us as we talk multiple topics including health, fitness, cold plunging and other topics.

In this episode Cody and William interview Cody, owner of Edge Pro in Hood River. We cover the sharpening machine and all about knives and sharpening knives here in Hood River. Many thanks to Cody for enlightening us on the system that sharpens all sorts of knives, his shop is located not far from Good News Gardening next to the Game Lounge located next to Edge Pro.

Cody (Edge Pro) is also a Hood River native, born and raised and has some unique experiences such as bowhunting and some recommended places to eat here in Hood River. Join us for an hour of conversation!

Recorded September 11, 2022.  William and Angie site down and talk about The Gorge Speakeasy, a local venue where guests can share all sorts of stories.  This was a fun interview and we cover how she came to Hood River by way of Utah from Massachusetts.  An interesting sit down and we cover her productivity tips as well as great restaurants and of course more on the local hit "Gorge Speakeasy".  

-Instagram: www.instagram.com/gorgespeakeasy

-Facebook: www.facebook.com/gorgespeakeasy

-Email: [email protected]

https://www.outspired.org/gorgespeakeasy

Recorded Sept 9, 2022.  I sit with Emily Curtis of Unqualified Talk and we discuss local topics as well as productivity tips and local restaurants here in Hood River.  It was an enjoyable chat with a local from the Hood River area as we chat about topics such as anxiety, mental health, productivity and things to do in Hood River.  Emily is a local that also has created her own podcast Unqualified Talk, she is also a student at OSU and is going for a major in civil engineering in which we dive a bit into her ideas on the environment and her desire to make the world a better place through engineering.  To find her podcast just search for Unqualified Talk on Apple or Spotify podcast.  Thanks for listening!!  

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unqualified-talk/id1633896652

https://www.instagram.com/unqualifiedtalk/

Recorded August 29, 2022.  William and Ashlyn Neperud sit down and chat about local topics and things to do in Hood River.  Ashlyn is a real estate agent here in Hood River and she also runs a local entrepreneur meetup group for entrepreneurs as well as a book club and we chat about things to do locally such as fishing, gardening, and hunting amongst other fun topics of interest.  Join us for an hour of a great conversation with realtor Ashlyn Neperud. 

To get in contact with Ashlyn please check here website and other contact info below: 

Website: https://neperuda.donnunamaker.com/

Website: https://donnunamaker.com/view-agents/agents/ashlyn-neperud

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AshlynRealtor

Yaniv is the special guest today and he is originally from Isreal and we sit and go over his journey from Israel through India to make it to Hood River via Seattle.  We talk about his project "Heart River" amongst a few other very interesting topics such as love, food, the different types of hummus in Israel, and the possibility of opening up a food truck.  Recorded August 2, 2022. 

For more information look up @heartriver18 on Facebook to see more events and get in touch with Yaniv! 

William and Samantha sit and chat with Susannah Lapoint, a local wellness coach here near Hood River, we sit and chat about wellness, local fitness tips and how we can become healthy here in Hood River.  What is a wellness coach?   Susannah goes over the basics in this podcast and thank you for listening!   

Thanks for listening!  In this episode I sit with Bekah, founder of Brave Endeavors and we talk about how she came to Hood River, mountain biking, trails and where to go for more information on trails.  We cover local restaurants as well as other local businesses.  This episode is a wealth of information on where to go for mountain biking tips and classes.  For more information check out here website at braveendeavors.com and her Instagram account is bekah_brave.endeavors   

We also cover some interesting books and staying healthy here in Hood River.  

A few local businesses mentioned:  Power Station, Hood River Mountain Bike Adventures, Grasslands BBQ, Local Roots, PFriem, Celilo, Treebird, and our local farmers market.