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!

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. 

Recorded April 25, 2021, in this episode William, Vanessa and Joel from Stoke on the Water LLC talk about the "24", a 24 hour paddleboard challenge for teams to raise money for families affected by cancer.  This was a unique talk on an upcoming challenge on May 15, 2021 to raise awareness on two young locals courageously battling cancer.  Join us as we get to know Joel and all about the challenges of maintaining a team to paddleboard 24 hours here in the Columbia Gorge.   Join us as we support both "Team Ezra" and "Team Layla" locally and in this episode you will also find how to support both Ezra and Layla.   

You can purchase stickers for Team Layla at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/999981049/team-layla-strong-die-cut-sticker

You can purchase stickers for Team Ezra at: https://www.etsy.com/listing/989960298/team-ezra-die-cut-sticker

The gofund me to support the 24 is here:  https://gofund.me/2ae23ebb

In this Episode of Discover Hood River podcast Vanessa and William sit down with Toria from Mountain Valley Meat.  We talk about the 4H program and how important it is for kids to learn where meat comes from as well as learn about the interesting and fascinating world of farm to table living and we ask questions about being a butcher here in the Hood River area.  Join us for this fascinating chat with local entrepreneur, farmer, butcher, and Hood River local Toria.   Recorded April 1, 2021.  

Founder of local IBLV inspirational clothing brand Cheno Barajas and William sit down for a short 30 min chat and talk about local topics and discussion about Hood River and catch up on what he has been up to these past few months.  To catch more of local entrepreneur Cheno you can also keep up to date on what challenges he is putting himself through at various times by looking up the local brand IBLV on Instagram.   

In this Episode we have local athlete, entrepreneur, and business speaker Sensi Graves who owns and operates Sensi Graves swimwear, a sustainable swimwear brand based out of Hood River.  We talk about how she ended up in Hood River via North Carolina from a small town in Northern California, how she balances being a pro athlete and entrepreneur and we talk various topics about Hood River.   Recorded March 24, 2021. 

In this episode we have Jennifer Josephson of Windermere Real Estate.  She is a local real estate agent here in Hood River and has some interesting experiences in the midwest. William and Vanessa ask Jennifer some interesting questions about her time in the midwest working for an oil drilling company and her experiences with moving away from Hood River and then moving back.  We talk about finding a home in Hood River and where someone can get started on buying a home in Hood River and other local topics of interest.  

In this episode Cody and William sit and talk with Mason from Gorge Media.  A local social media and marketing agency here in Hood River that delivers eye catching media and content for local businesses.  We go over how Mason found his way to Hood River and we talk various topics like boxing, restaurants, Counter Strike, and other various topics of interest.   

In this episode we interview Nubia from 95.1 FM and go into her biography and working at a local radio station as well as discuss her desire to one day open a cultural center here in Hood River.  We then discuss some local places to eat and some try to talk about local recipes.  We cover various topics of interest of local interest here in Hood River.  

Episode 11 of Discover Hood River.  Coach Alex Morningstar, Cody and William talk about training in wrestling and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, some local health tips, morning routine from Coach Alex and how this can set the tone for the day and in detail what a morning routine is and how it can help.  We go into detail on what his morning routine looks like and we cover other various local topics here in Hood River.   

This episode Vanessa, Cody, and William talk about various topics that covers Hood River such as the Hood River Museum, Valentines Day, and how AI can one day possibly replace our local baristas.  This conversation is a bit free flowing and we cover many topics.  Thanks to Andrews Pizza for allowing us to do this and a big thank you to the staff of Andrews for such great service and food! 

In this episode William and Vanessa interview Sara Donahue, the founder of Gratitude University and covers her journey from Parkdale, OR to the southern United States in Savannah, GA to New York City and we cover places to eat and the importance of expressing and having daily gratitude in your life.   Please join us for an interesting chat with local Sara Donahue and join us for an interesting episode and find her fascinating journey from Oregon to Georgia to New York City and back!  

In this episode Cody and I (William) sit and talk with Rylee from Stoked Coffee.  We cover quite a lot of topics and is a great chance to get to know your local barista there at Stoked Coffee. Rylee has some great stories to tell in his travels and how he ended up here in Hood River after quite a journey through a few states.  

Join us for a great conversation and a few laughs along the way. 

This episode I interview and chat with local residents Vanessa and Alexis.  Vanessa has an amazing story to share about overcoming what most of us would consider an insurmountable obstacle and she and Alexis also share their local recommendations for great places to eat and things to do around the Hood River area.   This episode was a lot of fun and thank you to Vanessa and Alexis for this great episode!!   

This episode I sit and talk with Cody and Cheno.  Cody is the owner of another locally produced podcast "The A Typical Podcast" and Cheno is the founder of the IBLV Movement clothing brand and soon to be up and running IBLV podcast.  We talk local issues, places to eat, and things to do while visiting Hood River.  The podcast was a lot of fun and we hope to bring you more from Discover Hood River.  

In this episode, Cheno and I interview Samantha Parson, who recently moved to Hood River and has some inspiring and unique things to share with the world.  We delve into how she came to Hood River, her fitness accomplishments, and overcoming big obstacles which she is kind enough to share with all of us her unique and inspiring story of achievement and victory.  

For this episode I sit down and interview and talk with a local barista originally from Utah.  Parker has some interesting things to talk about with traveling, some fitness tips and light talk on cars and other intersting topics covering Hood River and the surrounding area.  Join us for this great episode.  Parker is your local barista at Stoked Coffee Roasters, so if you find this interesting you can find him brewing some great shots of espresso and coffee there by the Columbia River at Stoked!   

I sit for a quick interview of local fitness trainer Cheno, who also owns and operates the IBLV Fitness brand produced locally here in Hood River.  We cover a few topics of local interest for fitness here in Hood River and a bit of random conversation for this first episode of Discover Hood River.