(Extra) Ordinary People

Carolyn Dismuke was living a great life but felt something was missing... Her view changed when she discovered vineyards in her backyard that weren't really on the map in the wine world. She decided to study in a world-renowned wine studies program learning about the classic wine regions, the grape growing process, and more. With her passion on fire she moved out of her home base w

Dennis Torres grew up in a working class town in New Jersey, where his curiosity and diverse environment molded him into a man driven by adventure. He has worked 64 different jobs and careers including running the merry-go-round at the Santa Monica Pier, bartending, industrial engineer, a dairy farmer, a big rig truck driver, exploring the Amazon, a commercial pilot, mediator and a

This episode is a follow up to #13 Joyce McAndrews - An Artist's Life. On this one, she shares the final pieces to the story of her completion of a three year long project named Project Co-Mingle. This project covers the entire process of building the world's first skyscraper built by a new process called "Speed Core". The tower was erected in downtown Seattle and Joyce's recount o

I was introduced to Alicia through my friend TK from episode #8 who told me one important fact about Alicia, she is RESILIENT. Alicia struck me as extremely positive and kind right away and as we dug into her story about chasing her dreams and working her way into owning her own business I quickly realized how hard working and resilient she really is. You can find out more about Al

I think we've all day dreamed of leaving our work lives behind to pick up a nomadic lifestyle. Traveling from place to place, living off of the basics, meeting new people and freeing ourselves from the stress of work. Dreaming is one thing but having the courage to actually follow through with a plan is another... can you see where this is going? Alison and her fiancé Tyler left t

Kooper has sea water running through his veins... okay, corny start to this bio but I'M NOT AN AUTHOR GET OFF ME... In all seriousness, Koop has been boating with his family since he was in diapers. After college, he knew he wanted to pursue a career in the boating world and his dream was to work on a National Geographic Boat as a Naturalist but had no idea how he'd do it. Then one

Christine Torres is an amazing woman. She's my wife, but that's not what makes her special (it's just a big part of it). Christine is my rock, she's resilient, she's funny, she's gorgeous, she's the full package and she is the greatest mom the world has ever seen. This episode she shares our infertility journey and the challenges and eventual triumph of going through the process of

Roman "Romi" Kristl is a passionate action sport junkie who comes from a line of athletes. His father was an olympic kayaker for his home country Slovakia and Romi's mother was a national collegiate swimmer and water polo player and his uncle Marek Kristl a national squash player in Slovakia who went undefeated for 6 years. At age 14 Romi started as a slope style rider for the slop

Glenn Rockowitz is an American writer, filmmaker, comedian and voice actor. His love of comedy started when he joined the infamous improve group "The Second City in Chicago". The group has a long standing history where many comics got their start, including: Steve Carrel, Bill Murray, Stephen Colbert and Tina Fey just to name a few. After initiating his career in comedy at Second C

Shannon Milner is a Michigan girl who moved to Seattle to study business at the University of Washington. Growing up her, and her family spent time enjoying outdoor activities. But that all came tumbling down when, at the age of 10, she had a terrible skiing accident that affected the way she has lived her life up to this point. Her trauma from this incident has made life difficult