I Went to the Woods

In this solo episode I talk about some of the difficult aspects of podcasting such as lining up guests and some of the most important things to keep in mind, like doing research and finding unique angles so you're not having a person tell the same story they did last week on a podcast (unless it truly is incredible). Anytime you are creating anything, it comes down to audience and purpose. What are you creating, who are you creating for, and why?

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My wife and I are back from our honeymoon on the Kenai Peninsula. In this episode we talk about expectations vs. reality, the best way to catch fish, some great places to eat, a really poor place to stay, why travel reviews are often flawed, and our great day in Anchorage to close out the trip.

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Lyle Hebel is the marketing director at Stone Glacier. In this episode we talk about the creative process, where to get inspiration, the role of gear, how to grow a company without losing identity and the good and bad of feedback.

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The Kenai Peninsula is Alaska's Playground, so it was an obvious choice for our Honeymoon. In this episode Abby and I talk about pre-wedding stress, expectations for fishing the Kasilof and Kenai Rivers, Airbnb rentals, fly selections and how much planning should go into a road trip.

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Harrison Gottschling is back to talk about his recent interior Alaska black bear hunt. We talk about that hunt, his 10-year old dog, finding sheep, and what's going to happen when he goes on a fly-out hunt this fall with our buddy Steve - both armed with sheep, caribou and moose tags.

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Along the Keel host Zach Rollins and I talk about creating value as an entrepreneur or content maker, authenticity, travel and docking boats.

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In this episode I overuse the words "excited" and "opportunity" to describe being asked to join the Waypoint Collective. Joining a collective is the latest in a lifetime of things I thought I'd never do: I'd never be a teacher, I'd never move back to Alaska, I'd never have a podcast that was bigger than a small, ad-less ramble.

I close with a memory of being in 29 Palms for my brother's return from a deployment in Iraq. There were a few signs in memory of the men who were killed. Every Memorial Day the image of those posters comes back up in my memory.

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At some point in late May, the gas is hit and things start flying. Steelhead overlaps with bear season which overlaps with king salmon season once June starts. It is an absolutely overwhelming time of year.

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"If you know, you know" is a pretty lame, overused expression, but it does encapsulate the feelings during a hunt. Writers and podcasters always try to put words to experiences, and we always fail. But we can connect people to their own memories and maybe in that light, the storytelling is successful. In this solo episode, I fumble to find words to recount the 26-hour brown bear hunt I was invited on over the weekend which culminated with me taking my first brown bear.

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Dallin Hanchett recounts his brown bear hunt and we discuss big game photography, personal trophies and the impossibility of holding onto the moment.

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