Wayne and Livia Kurtz join The Skyway Podcast to share their remarkable story of resilience, entrepreneurship, and community spirit in the Ridge area. From joining our community after the Camp Fire to creating beloved local businesses, their journey reflects a deep commitment to Paradise and its future. Tune in for a heartfelt and inspiring conversation about hope, hard work, and finding purpose in the place you call home.

Welcome to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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Our first collaboration with another Paradise based business! Paradise Tribute Series and mastermind artist owner, Lucas Blair, join us on the podcast to discuss the healing power of fusing a keen artistic eye with branding the Ridge in all it's glory through the Pine and Flume Supply Co. Catch your host on social at the Paradise Tribute Series facebook or Insta page sporting the newly released Long Sleeve SPF 50 in Olive Green - which is where this collaboration allllllllll started.

The Paradise Tribute Series highlights local Ridge residents, business owners, Moms, and other do-gooders through social media based outreach while celebrating the rich community supporting the various apparel and locally made products Lucas makes at Pine and Flume Supply Co.(Head to Buffy's Gift Barn to purchase locally).

Thanks for all you do and for the epic collaboration Paradise Tribute Series!

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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Calli-Jane West of the Butte FireSafe Council joins us on the show today. She has a wealth of fire history knowledge and a passion to teach the importance of land stewardship to all, especially our children and our growing community. A timely episode, as fire season is around the corner in 2025, here are a bunch of links that Calli-Jane shared with me so you can dig deeper into the importance of being firewise in Butte County and beyond.

Grazing Festival https://buttefiresafe.net/grazing/

Youth Education https://buttefiresafe.net/education-programs/

Firewise USA Map of where folks may be in a community already or want to form one

https://buttefiresafe.net/firewise-usa/

Fire History - Calli-Jane is really excited for everyone to see the Concow/Yankee Hill story map which really has an integrated relationship with the Ridge communities via fire history and fuels.  

https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/3b1ee57224cf423f843a44d582a658dd

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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Meg Smaker sits down to discuss The UnRedacted - a feature length documentary about four men who were once Jihadists, now in rehabilitation. The UnRedacted(Jihad Rehab) is showing at the Pageant Theatre on March 28th, 29th, and 30th 2025. As this film has been outright cancelled, the Pageant is the ONLY place you can see this film(until its triumphant return to mainstream), so get your tickets ASAP.

The film is powerful, the Pageant is a wonderful venue, and Meg is a representative of Butte County out there changing the world in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenge. Get to the Pageant to check out this film, you will be glad you did!

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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April Kelly of Nic's in Paradise joins us on the show with a tale of travels abroad, her favorite recipe on the menu, bringing her extensive experience back home, and then she served me an amazing meal - all of which was awesome. Come see for yourself and get to know the person driving community building through delicious delicatessen on the Skyway.

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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We are kicking off 2025 with an episode recorded in late 2024, with a super fun character that crafts amazing stories, videos, and content that captivates viewers the world over! Ev Duran joins us and tells us a little bit about his epic career(thus far) and shares a few laughs as we move from his origin story towards the future of UTB Studios. Enjoy!

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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Dough Speicher joins us on the show today, a format that compliments his epic social media presence. We discuss his relationship based approach to helping his clients purchase and sell real estate, how he builds trust through authentic humor, and of course - our shared understanding of the importance of being a Father and a Family Man.

Check out his real estate website at www.realspeicher.com or search him out on Facebook or Instagram.

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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Natalia joins the podcast to discuss the origin story of her jewelry and copper art business, the Copper Oasis. We cover her inspirations, where her jewelry and custom pieces can be purchased(thecopperoasis.etsy.com) as well as her art being sold at local shops - shout out to Bidwell Supply, which opens their second location in downtown Chico on November 23rd, 2024 - Natalia will have her jewelry in their new location as well as at local craft faire's around Butte County in 2025. Heads up, there might be a heartwarming daddy-daughter story in this episode as well.

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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Nichole Farley from Explore Butte County sits down to discuss her passion for our area, the amenities that we may take for granted, and a bunch of resources that she and her team have assembled to answer the question "What is there to do in Butte County?" - and the CRUSH IT!

Super fun to record, even more fun to listen to, Nichole and her team do a wonderful job of representing our area, outside of our area. Check out explorebuttecounty.com and see what I mean!

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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After a wonderful welcome into Paradise High School, Kelly Gordon and I discuss her career in education, the good work that is being done at Paradise High School, the integration of technology into the classroom, and of course - KINDNESS. Kelly is well known for her patient kindness and leadership through passionate authenticity. This was one of those episodes that felt effortless and could have stretched on as long as the tape could record us, luckily this format limits us chatty, passionate types to one commute!

Thank you, Kelly, for an awesome interview - enjoy listeners!

WELCOME to the Skyway Podcast an Interview style, family friendly podcast covering topics on the Paradise, Magalia, Concow Ridge and Chico area. Connecting the Ridge to the Valley with commute length podcasts between 35 - 40 mins(half on the drive up, half on the drive down) covering topics that will help you and your family get the most out of life in our area, enjoy the drive and stay safe out there.

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