The Junkyard Love Podcast

Taya Sanders graduated with a Bachelors's in Human Development and a minor in Psychology from Oregon State University. In this episode - we cover her experiences being an OSU cheerleader, being a mother of two and now - to being a business owner and entrepreneur. She is the owner and creator of Clover+Tribe - a handmade kids' clothing company! My friend Taya constantly impresses me with her work e...

Rosetan is a guitar trio whom I work with closely and enjoy life with often. This group consists of Jake Carrol, Jake Wilson, and Erik Nordin. Flexing their small town sounds the last few months, this group has been making their rounds to different shapes and sizes of venues - and bringing with them an enthralling soundscape. With a boy's attitude, a teenager's anger, and a man's craftsmanship - R...

My friendship with Megan Elam is one I cherish closely. Our adventures as pals expand to more depths year by year, and our conversations are light and full of dance and laughter. Megan gives me the low-down on her job and career situation from past to present, and where it will take her next. We speak on her being a speech pathologist who has been through the rungs of college and nursing school, t...

Kendall Johns, the leadman of the band Dead Crown, is full of gratitude wisdom and work ethic. His honest and no-bullshit approach to life brings an instantly dope and down to earth comfort to our hangout at Junkyard Love. Kendall learns like many other mayhem types, through brute force. Here he speaks about throwing himself into the water and failing out loud. I ask how he churns up the soul with...

(2) Nate Tanzman is a motivational speaker, stunt bike rider, and mental fitness enthusiast. We jump right in on an important topic to both of us as men. Change. Is there room for change in your life? Are you allowing others to make room in their life? Where can you let things breathe in your life? Nate brought his more gentle and soft demeanor to the table to express his mindset behind confidence...

(3) Spencer Hicks is an intellectual friend of mine of who's conversations hold great value to my contemplations and thinking. In this one, we hit on life being a choose your own adventure, choose your pains, choose your un-comforts journey. We begin to expose a Metta conversation surrounding the importance of being able to have conversations outside of narrow beliefs. The importance of having fre...

I find myself feeling massively heavy with gratitude to share this conversation. A great storyteller braves ridicule and pain in the present to re-visit a severe moment in their past to become the veil between error and learning for the future well-being of others. Jordanne showed up to my studio as her typical self - a fantastic communicator, witty conversationalist, coherent listener, brave stor...

Nona Southard stops by to pour some of her overflowing bravery and courage into any new parents' cups. She speaks on the changes she experienced stepping into motherhood, like having to give up hobbies, quit medications, lose friends, fear judgments, and re-connect with her body and interests. We make it clear mom-shaming is officially "uncool". Nona wants new mothers to do their research on postp...

In this episode, Bob Kendall stops by the studio and spills his entrepreneurial growth mindset onto the table between us. We pick up some great pieces to inspect together. Bob and I first met when I was a young salesman at a popular Lifestyle and Action sports store in our local mall. We were a sales team force to be reckoned with and always held a fluidity of present moment conversations. Bob tel...

(02) Spencer and I relax and get right into a few current subjects that hold weight. We speak on social media, political nonsense, loserthink, intentions, mindfulness, fitness and working out. We dive into the abstract of conversation in general, and how words and intentions can be misunderstood. We talk about developing a new world view, fighting the zombie apocalypse and standing up straight. On...

I have worked in the music and sound industry for nearly a decade now. My DJ endeavors are plentiful and have offered me many lessons that I will carry forward as I level up more in this life. The mind of a DJ takes discipline. Constantly assessing and planning your next 5 moves is not a skill that shuts off for the Disc Jockey when the lights come on at 2am. We briefly touched the iceberg on thes...

Hvshi takes a break from the mayhem and leans back into the junkyard love vibe with me. He lays out his last few years of success, fame, contracts, touring, turmoil and reset. We learn about the man behind the artistic layers and the boy who got him there. He speaks on his recent healing from letting the beast protect him from his pain. We touch a bit on being a fashionable male in a small town, t...

Nate Tanzman is an absolute savage of mind, body, and machine. On a constant trek to conquer and understand the man he was the day before, Nate finds time to sit down with me to speak on pushing himself through pitfall, being a personal health enthusiast, the stunt riding culture, cultivating the correct beast, and his future with a megaphone in hand. Nate weaves us through his past thought proces...

This episode is with my wonderful friend Jessica Faul. One of the first few episodes, Jessica allowed me to test the podcast with her (after 2 cups of coffee!) and see where the convo led. We share some right now laughs, some past pains and some future plans in this light-hearted high energy back n' forth. Jessica and I always get happily lost with the infinite "what if's" and "isn't this crazy?'s...

This conversation is with my dear friend Ryan Santos. Rightfully so, Ryan has the words "always smiling" tattooed on his wrists, and hanging with him has always been a great resource for joy in my life because of this outward smiling attitude towards other people. Ryan and I speak about our history working together in the tuxedo rental business, driving over graves, music, I describe my past use o...

In this episode, I get to chat with my friend Jaycie Randall. We discuss various subjects such as goals, ambitions, growing up and maturing in a small town, waking up, the present moment, difficult conversations in a relationship, allergies, expressing emotions, branching from plateus, planning for the future and 30 day lents. Jaycies incredible emotional intelligence and broad ability to remain a...

In this episode, my guest is Brandon Cruz of Wyld Productions. Here the founder of Wyld and I speak up about bromances, creators, failing at art, and his alias - Zack Wyld. We touch on the importance and weirdness of alter egos and avatars for creators and artists, plus much more. A stunning photographer, videographer, and continuous creator - Brandon's work and vision on life always bring love an...

In this episode, I sit down with my friend Spencer Hicks. An amateur science boy and armchair philosopher, my conversations with Mr. Hicks consistently push the boundaries of my intelligence and constantly fill my glass. In this chat, Spencer and I dance around the meanings of ego, mindfulness and consciousness.

In this episode, we learn about founder of EYE Clothing Co, Roberto Gonzalez. We discuss growth. hard work, vision and renegade outdoor raves in the woods. You can find more about EYE here: eyeclothingco.com instagram @eyclothingco