Who is Ryan Young?

At what level of obscurity can two people find a connection, and within 30 minutes of meeting? Well, I'd say finding a mutual appreciation on ancient Japanese woodworking methods is pretty obscure...and yet here we are. Have a listen.

How quickly can two strangers find common ground? How common is the name Ryan Young? What matters most in life? What makes us happy? These questions and more are discussed ion this episode. 

Just outside of Glasgow lives a fiddler, a man of few words who lets the fiddle speak for him. In this episode, you'll meet Ryan from Scotland and hear some of his wonderful music.

A "coda" is a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure, while an "attacca" is the term used as a direction in music at the end of a movement to begin the next without pause. So which is this? Only time will tell.

Ryan, Ryann...tomato, tomahto...Let's talk dance, from the thrill of performing to taking dance classes via Zoom to the really strange Japanese Butoh interpretive genre. 

From a self-proclaimed "not very good student" as a child, to an Ivy League Ph.D. who works for the National Institutes of Health researching cancer cells, this week's guest shares his interesting life. And the background to his name is a great story too!

A love of music and album art led this Scottish Ryan Young to a career in design. Managing that career and family life during the pandemic has been a challenge, as it has for many. But hope appears on the horizon.

If you love something, really feel passionate about it, how do you go about making a career doing it? Ryan talks about this, and what Hideki Matsuyama's Master's win means for him personally as an Asian-American. Have a listen.

A Long Island life, seeing and caring for unusual animals, and going hundreds of miles away to meet your soul mate who lived just around the corner. All that and more in this week's episode. Oh, there are caterpillar cakes too...maybe.

Presumably it was the Roman philosopher Seneca who said "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." In this episode, guest Ryan Young talks about a life of inherent curiosity which led him to pursue multiple interests, which in turn prepared him to address an opportunity through a new start-up.