The Obsessed Podcast

Nick Gedda is the chief marketing officer for Pneuma Media LLC. His marketing approach is honest and engaging. He has helped Pneuma grow exponentially since he started.

Adam Rajala is a passionate upland bird hunter. This has taken him all over the western US and here in the midwest to hunt several different types of birds with his dogs. Adam is also an entrepreneur and business owner in many different ventures.

Bruce Anderson is a Nurse Practitioner. He grew up in his family logging business and in his older twenties decided to go to school for Nursing. He went on to become a Nurse Practitioner and he currently practices in that world.

Margaret Hanson is the owner and founder of Teach To Taste, a cooking school and a cottage bakery company where she teaches others to love and cherish food and food memories.

Matt Riutta is the music education teacher at Calumet Elementary School. He also teaches high school choir. Matt studied music education at Michigan State University. He spent time in their pep band and got to perform at some of MSU's national tournament games.

Jordan Anderson is an electrical and computer engineer. He was a Green Beret in the Army's special forces. He enjoys improving physically, mentally, and being efficient in many areas of life.

Austin Gongos hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. He is the cofounder of Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear, a durable and lightweight backpacking company based out of Hancock, Michigan. Austin is passionate about ultrarunning, backpacking, and spreading that passion through his business. You can find the company, that he founded with Nathan Ackerman at https://chickentrampergear.com/

John Croze was a football coach at Calumet High School for 31 years. Still currently a high school mathematics teacher. He recently retired from coaching. As a head coach he helped build a hugely successful culture and winning mentality in the program. 

Bugsy Sailor has watched and documented over 1,160 consecutive sunrises. Most of them in the UP and most of them over water. He is the owner of Upper Peninsula Supply Co. He is also a co-founder of the Fresh Coast Film Festival. He has been dubbed the Upper Peninsula Ambassador and has created 906 day and Plaidurday. His sunrise work can be found on his social media at @bugsysailor and the website...

Nathan Perreault is an Assistant Professor of Management at Finlandia Univsersity. He is also a passionate powerlifter, or as he might say, powerbuilder.

Brett Massie is a pheasant guide in South Dakota and was a deckhand in the Pacific Ocean out of Sitka Alaska.

Danielle DeRosia is an attorney, with a focus on real estate and business transaction law. She also owns and operates a title company with her husband, Luke. 

Derek Tormanen is passionate about hunting with hound dogs. He is also a super talented artist. His company, Outer Agenda Design Co. is where he fulfills his passion for drawing, which often times involves art around dogs.

Tony Oxley is a Crossfit coach at Crossfit Haakapeliitta. He has been passionately engaged in Crossfit for many years. Formally an engineer, he has transitioned out of that role into a full time Crossfit role.

Brita Haapala is a professional photographer. Her focus is on natural light photography. She captures some amazing portraits which can be found on her page, Brita Caroline Photography.

KC Krause lives with his wife, Beth, and their son in an off grid log cabin set on 40 acres in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. They are passionate about living on and utilizing the land around them while being as self sufficient as possible.

Tom Hyrkas is a pilot. He flys frequently out of his airstrip on his land. He has flown to Alaska in his plane, panned for gold, toured, and hunted in Alaska.

Nels Kilpela is a passionate wildlife photographer. His page, Untamed Imagery, is an unbelievable page to follow. He is an avid hunter which aids in his wildlife photography tremendously. Nels also captures amazing landscape photos.

Dieter is a former NHL Goalie, he coaches goalies on the collegiate level, he currently runs a taxidermist shop and is a passionate hunter.

Larry Kangas is obsessed with the outdoors. He worked at Isle Royale for many years in the park service, is an avid outdoorsman, and has been published in Fur-Fish-Game for several of his outdoor adventure articles.

Ross Kinnunen is an avid basketball player. He has been obsessed with Basketball since a young age. He plays basketball consistently and coaches a middle school boys basketball team in the local area.

Kevin Luke played basketball at Michigan Tech, then went on to be the Michigan Tech University men's head basketball coach for 27 years. He retired as the winningest coach amongst Tech's NCAA Division II sports. 

Garrett Impola is an engineering student, spent time in the military, and a few years back rode a bicycle from the east coast to the West Coast of the United States.

Tom is a passionate Dog Sledder. We dive into how he got into dog sledding and the neat aspects of dog sledding.

Just a short introduction into the podcast, how it started, and where we are going.