1 Year 1 Fear with Cara Flynn

Michele Haege is a Physician Assistent in Iowa City. In this episode, she will talk about growing up in Iowa with her siblings and the eventual divorce of her parents. She'll talk about meeting her husband and moving to New Jersey just outside NYC, then moving to Las Vegas, then moving to Minneapolis, and finally moving to Iowa City just a few years ago. She'll talk about having kids, including tw...

Patrick Krier is the owner of Iowa Recovery Room located in Iowa City. In this epsiode, Patrick will talk about growing up on a farm in smalltown southeast Iowa, going to school for electrical engineering, meeting his wife, discovering yoga and float therapy, and eventually opening his own buisness, Iowa Recovery Room .  Find Iowa Recovery Room on the web: https://www.iowarecoveryroom.com/ IRR on...

Mitch Bass is an Iraq war veteran with a fascinating life story. This is part 2 of 2 of Mitch telling of his full life. In this episode, Mitch picks up his story at the start of his second deployment to the middle east around 2006. He talks about his experience on his second deployment and how vastly different it was from his first. He talks about returning to the states a second time to start a f...

Mitch Bass is an Iraq war veteran with a fascinating life story. This is part 1 of 2 of Mitch telling of his full life. In this episode, Mitch will talk about the impact of not knowing your biological father, spending a year in Mongolia with his family on a religious mission around 8th grade, returning to Iowa and living without his mom and step dad as they returned to Mongolia for religious missi...

Chelsea Stoll is a human resources strategist turned soulful entrepreneur and coach at Compassion Theory . Chelsea grew up on the Mississippi River in Wisconsin with a big family in a small town. She went off to University of Iowa where she met her first husband, with whom she had a kid. In this episode, she'll talk about all that, plus her impressive career as a Director of Human Resources at hug...

Allison Arthofer is the owner of Hydrangea Bloom based in North Liberty, Iowa. In this episode, Allison will talk about growing up in Debuke, Iowa with her 3 siblings, nearly becoming a missionary while in college, meeting her husband and becoming a mom, starting her business Hydrangea Bloom and all the ups and downs that have come from that since 2019-2020.  Hydrangea Bloom on the web: https://ww...

Erin Pottebaum grew up in Iowa City and currently lives there today. In this episode Erin will talk about growing up in Iowa City, living in Austin, Nashville, Dallas, and Kansas City, and finally moving back to her hometown in 2014. She'll talk about meeting her husband, having kids, being a stay-at-home mom, and getting back into the workforce today with the Iowa Heartlanders ! Follow 1Y1F on In...

Jen Parker is a UK native living in Iowa. In this episode, Jen will talk about so many things! She has lived a very full life. Just a few highlights she'll talk about include: growing up in rural England, living for 6 months in Venezuela as a teen, hitchhiking through southwestern USA, being the Greek president's nanny, starting a fitness company, working for the current owner of TED, working as t...

Darryl Moore is the owner of Court 45 in North Liberty, IA. In this episode, Darryl will talk about growing up in public housing in Chicago, attending the University of Iowa and eventually playing as a starter for the basketball team there. He will also talk about playing professional basketball in Poland, having children and getting married, as well as his career; first in sales and now as the ow...

Zach Hammes grew up in Iowa City and went on to play for over a decade as a professional baseball player. In this episode, Zach will talk about growing up in Iowa City, being drafted to the Los Angeles Dodgers as a teen, and becoming a business education professor after that. He will also talk about meeting his wife, having kids, and his future ventures in real estate and investing.  Follow 1Y1F o...

Anne Thomas grew up in Hannibal, Missouri and currently lives and works in Iowa City. Anne will talk about growing up in Hannibal, home of Mark Twain, and eventually going to nursing school and relocating to Iowa City. She'll talk about living in Brooklyn for a time and returning to Iowa City and being a nurse. She will also tell the story of her spinal stroke, which occured one year prior to the...

Doug Thompson is a comedian, hypnotist, and professional speaker from Cedar Rapids. In this episode, Doug will talk about growing up in Cedar Rapids, working at a one hour photo shop, meeting his wife, and working in the car industry for 17 years before becoming a professional stand up comedian. He will also talk about his heart surgery due to Accelerated Coronary Disease, and his pivot to profess...

Katy Brown owns Kitty Corner Social Club in Iowa City. Katy was born and raised in Iowa City and will talk in this episode about growing up there, showing and owning and selling ponies at a young girl, working for Hershey's candy company and her career as a marketer. She will also talk about a car accident that changed her life.  Kitty Corner Social Club on the web: https://kittycornersocial.club/...

Kirsten Frey is a lawyer living in Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about growing up on a farm in northwest Iowa near Royal. She will talk about the farm crisis of the 1980's and how it affected her family at that time. She will also talk about meeting her husband, their long road to having children, traveling Europe alone between undergrad and graduate school, and becoming a lawyer. Follo...

Julie Poeltler is a florist and owner of Julie's Fountain of Flowers in Lone Tree, Iowa. In this episode, she'll talk about growing up on a farm in Iowa and going to college at Kirkwood to become a florist. She will also talk about starting her store back in 1980, meeting her husband, and going on to teach her profession as well as help with the flower arrangements at the Oscars and the White Hous...

Jennifer Hoeger is an Iowa native and speech therapist, and currently lives in Cedar Rapids. In this episode, Jen will talk about growing up in the small town of Cascade, Iowa. She'll talk about how she met her husband and her time in undergraduate and graduate school. She'll also talk about her three children, including Jack, who was diagnosed with cancer at 6 years old. Jen has created the nonpr...

Kierra Zapf is from Iowa City, 28 years old, and currently awaiting the arrival of her first child! In this episode, Kierra will talk about growing up in Iowa City, moving to Vail, CO right after high school and working as a photographer and snowboard instructor. She'll also talk about moving home to Iowa during COVID and getting closer to her sister and mom, and her current journey through pregna...

SPECIAL PREVIEW EPISODE FOR A NEW PODCAST CO-PRODUCED BY CARA! There and Back Again is a brand new nonfiction miniseries podcast created by Jared Parisi, editor of 1 Year 1 Fear and founder of Su Madre Podcasts. It's about Jared's road trip from New Hampshire to Iowa City to tell the stories of five really old bars - Joe's Place, The Hilltop Tavern, Dave's Foxhead Tavern, The Hamburg Inn No. 2, an...

Padget Skogman, MD, FAAP, is a Pediatrician in Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about growing up in north west Iowa on a farm, attending college for economics, working on Wall Street, going back to medical school, meeting her husband, having children, and her profession, among many other things! Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts....

Clare Mummey is a business owner and stylist from Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about growing up in Iowa City and Anamosa as an only child, becoming a hair stylist, how she met her husband, and how she came to own Dulcinéa .  Check out Dulcinéa here: https://dulcineaia.com/ Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1fearpodcast 1 Year 1 Fear is co-produced by  sumadrepodcasts.com  

Alicia Velasquez is the Owner of House of Dotl'izhi in Iowa City. Alicia will talk about growing up in California and Arizona, meeting her husband at the age of 17, having 4 children before the age of 25, and eventually moving to Iowa and starting her own business. Alicia will also talk about her Native American and Native Mexican heritage and how that informs her art.  Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @...

Kimberly Hendricks is a doula, lactation counselor, massage therapist, yoga teacher, wife, and mother of four (including triplets!). This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Kimberly. In this episode, Kimberly will talk about getting back into being a doula after the struggles of doing so during COVID, creating her own yoga teaching space, and her life as a mother and professional today. Check...

Kimberly Hendricks is a doula, lactation counselor, massage therapist, yoga teacher, wife, and mother of four (including triplets!). This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Kimberly. In this episode, Kimberly will talk about working as a 911 dispatcher, meeting her husband, having a daughter and then triplets, joining roller derby, and becoming a doula.  Check out Kimberly's website: https://...

Sidney Young is a professional organizer and owner of You Need Organizing . In this episode, Sidney will talk about growing up in El Paso, TX and living in San Diego as a young woman. She'll also talk about her jobs in PR and professional organizing as well as meeting her husband in San Diego, and her business today. Check out Sidney's website: https://www.youneedorganizing.com/ Follow 1Y1F on Ins...

Jill Katuin is the Founder of Pause For Empowerment and she was previously featured on the "Business Besties Part 1" episode (#91)! This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Jill. In this episode, Jill will talk about her own personal story that lead to the creation of Pause For Empowerment .   Check out Pause For Empowerment: https://pauseforempowerment.com/ Follow 1Y1F on Instagram: @ 1year1f...