Who is Ryan Young?

Be Honest...do you know what a Food Technologist is? Did you know it was a thing? Well listen up to this episode and Ryan will tell you all about it. (He'll also tell you about his puppy, Mowgli).

This week's guest is a self-proclaimed Virginia man, through and through. He, like I, believes everyone has a story worth hearing, and I'm sure in his line of work he's heard some good ones. But today he shares his own..

A bit of soccer, a touch of religion and more...

Season Finale - A discussion of the merits of the A-10 Warthog, Sony vs Canon, mountain biking to clear your mind, making connections with the "right" amount of people, and thoughts on luck as part of success, as part of life. 

In this episode Ryan and I talk about learning critical thinking vs simply learning material, eco-warriors and coming to grips with our respective nations' history...all of it.

We hear a lot about the difficulty veterans face when returning to civilian life. This week's Ryan shares his experience which incudes becoming part of an amazing organization that helps veterans in many ways. 

This episode features two firsts, the first philosopher and the first Australian. 

Do we use our degrees in our jobs? Is poker like the stock market? Did people really take up baking during COVID? The answers and more in this week's episode.

From the smallest of towns in the American South to Texas, Arizona, Hawaii and beyond. This Ryan Young talks about his education, his business, and his family.

Thai and Lao and Burmese...oh my. Throw in Mandarin Chinese now too. Welcome to Episode 4 of Season 2 of "Who is Ryan Young?" in which we meet and get to know a linguist. 

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.  

Life, like sports can present you with the unexpected. In this episode Ryan Young and I talk about how to make the most of those changes we don't see coming, and how adaptability is key for success. Ryan also shares great stories about Michael Jordan, Tom Watson and more. And we rate Ted Lasso two thumbs up.

Strangers are only strangers if you haven't met. Join Ryan Young as he interviews, well...Ryan Young; in fact a different Ryan Young each week. And see how strangers brought together by nothing more than a shared name, find humor, connection and understanding in telling their stories. This episode features Ryan Young who played in the NFL and is now a minister in Dallas, Texas.

This episode explores two different, and unrelated questions: 1) What would give to follow your passion? 2) How do you deal with profound grief?  Maybe they are related, as they both touch on what really matters most.

We are the sum of our experiences. Having been born and raised in a small town in British Columbia combined with living and working in Inuit villages, Tibet and Southeast Asia have impressed upon this Ryan the importance of open-mindedness, social connection, and using business to solve some some pressing challenges.