The Shadows Run Podcast

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! This episode is part 2 of my conversation with friend and former roommate, Lauren Gardner. We pick up right where we left off in part 1, with Lauren describing how she made her next moves after being let go from a dream job working in Montana and Alaska in her late 20s.  We go deeper in this one, exploring more of Lauren's core values and how she...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode features part 1 of a conversation with friend and former roommate, Lauren Gardner. This interview was slightly different from what I usually do, because I really just wanted Lauren to tell her story. She has lived such a unique and interesting life, guided by intuition and curiosity and integrity, and maybe just a little bit of m...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode features a conversation with EJ Porth, representing the Gallatin Valley Land Trust. EJ has been with the Gallatin Valley Land Trust (GVLT) for the last 11 years, most recently as the Associate Director. Just after we recorded this conversation EJ left her role at GVLT to pursue something new, so I was happy to catch her right at...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run podcast!  This episode is part 2 of my conversation with father, grandfather, partner, friend, business owner, and leader in his community, Charlie Tilt. In this half of our conversation we talk more about Charlie's spiritual journey throughout his life, and then move in to a conversation about the men's work he has been part of. We talk about the importa...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode is part one of a two-part conversation with Charlie Tilt. Charlie is a father, a grandfather, a partner, a friend, a business owner, and a leader in his community. He is a multi-faceted, multi-talented human being, with experience and expertise in countless realms of life - the kind of person who would have something to offer in...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's guest is Mads Root. Mads is currently the Assistant Manager to the General Manager at the Durango Natural Foods Co-op (DNF) in Durango, Colorado. He has spent over 7 years in various different roles at the Co-op, and continues to play an integral role in its growth and success.  I moved to Durango in January of this year and have spent t...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! Today's episode features a conversation with Magda Cotman. Magda is an artist, musician, and off-grid homesteader and gardener based on the far northern end of the North Island of New Zealand. When I was 18 I took a gap year between high school and college, and I spent a third of that year traveling through New Zealand and working on farms. Magda...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  This episode is part 2 of my conversation with mountain athlete Domenick DeMatteo. In this half of our conversation...: we dive into Dom's experience navigating imposter syndrome in the mountains as someone who only recently entered the world of mountain sports and guiding Dom walks us through what a 3-day guided climb on Mt Rainier looks like,...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode is part 1 of a conversation with Domenick DeMatteo. Dom is a multi-sport mountain athlete, currently working as a guide on Mt. Rainier in the summers. He is also a part-time firefighter, a former personal trainer, and a high level competitive athlete in his past.  In this part of our conversation we talk about Dom's running caree...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! Today's episode is part 2 of my conversation with my dad, Tom Happy. In this one we dive into his life post-Track Town Pizza, the business he ran for a decade spanning 1981 to 1991.  We begin with talking about how he met my mom, and the early years of their relationship.  We then talk about money and my dad's philosophy around giving back. This...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  This episode features the first half a conversation with my dad, Tom Happy. Beyond being a parent to myself and my younger brother, throughout his life Tom has been a runner; a business owner; a philanthropist; an avid adventurer; and an engaged community member serving on a number of volunteer-based boards operating within the city of Eugene, O...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  This episode features a conversation with Natalie Dawson. Natalie is currently the Director of Strategic Partnerships with the Alaska Venture Fund based in Haines, Alaska. She has previously been a professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Montana; a biologist on the Tongass National Forest; a public policy fellow with the Amer...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode is part 2 of my conversation with award winning author, contemporary shamanic teacher, and host of the Accidental Gods podcast, Manda Scott.  In this half of our conversation, Manda and I discuss: the power of dreaming - both while asleep and awake the importance of keeping promises and what promises represent in the story world...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode features part 1 of my conversation with Manda Scott. Manda is an award winning author, contemporary shamanic teacher, and host of the Accidental Gods podcast based in the borderlands between England and Wales. Perhaps best known for her Boudica: Dreaming series, her life and work have spanned many other creative and purposeful ve...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! This episode is a little bit different! It felt like it was about time I did an episode where I shared a little more about myself; I have received feedback from a number of people wanting to hear more about me on the podcast, so this one is for y'all.  I wanted this episode to be a fun and interesting listen, so I invited three of my closest frie...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! Today's episode is part 2 of my conversation with co-founder of Northern Epics, Trinidad Collier. In part 2 Trin and I dive more deeply into the philosophy and values behind his business; we talk about what it is like working with friends and family; Trin tells the absurd story of a night in the Alaskan backcountry involving a 130 lb pack, a lost...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  This episode is part 1 of my conversation with Trinidad Collier. Trin is the co-founder of a hiking guiding business in Alaska, Northern Epics. He is also an adventurer, a white water enthusiast, and a climber. Trin is also an ex of mine! We dated back in 2018 and 2019, during both of our senior years of high school.  In part 1 of our conversati...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  Today's episode features a conversation with George Montopoli. George has spent 47 seasons working as a Jenny Lake Climbing Ranger in Grand Teton National Park performing technical mountain rescues, building trails, putting up first ascents, and conducting research. George also has a Ph. D. in Statistics from the University of Wyoming, and spent...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! Today's episode features a conversation with Paschal Black. Paschal works as an Eligibility Worker for the Oregon Department of Human Services, but spends much of his free time outside swimming and hiking and adventuring across Oregon.  In this conversation we talk about what brought Paschal to Oregon; rural vs. city living; Paschal's experience...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! Today's episode features part 2 of my conversation with joy coach, author, mother, and dear friend, Kristin Collier. We jump right back in where we left off in part 1, discussing the ways in which joy can encompass even feelings of grief and sadness when we allow our emotions safe passage through our bodies. Kristin shares an example practice fro...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  This episode is part 1 of my conversation with joy coach, author, mother, friend, and pure ray of light, Kristin Collier. In this episode we talk about Kristin's background and childhood; raising children while practicing non-violent communication (NVC); her body-crisis-awakening in 2019 that ultimately led her to the joy work she is doing today...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast!  This episode features part two of my conversation with biochemist, artist, climber, and world traveler Anna Fatta. In this one we talk about Anna's year in Mongolia on the Fulbright Scholarship; we talk about an epic mountaineering trip she planned and executed while there; Anna dives more deeply into what drives her to do all the things she doe...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! This episode features part one of my conversation with biochemist, artist, climber, and world traveler Anna Fatta. We talk about Anna's lifetime love of chemistry, her semester studying glaciers and climate science in Denmark, traversing the Juneau Icefield with the Juneau Icefield Research Program, and how she has made it all happen at just 23 y...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! This week's episode features a conversation with a childhood friend of mine, Zane Eddy. Zane reached out to come on the podcast, and challenged me with some really thoughtful discussion topics! In this episode we talk about mental health and some of our own experiences overcoming mental health challenges; we talk about some of our "keys to wellbe...

Hello, and welcome back to the Shadows Run Podcast! Today's episode is part 2 of my conversation with writer, climber, and ski mountaineer Brandon Wanthal. In part 2 we discuss Brandon's recent first solo ski descent link-up of the Bubble Fun, Newc, and Northwest Couloirs on Buck Mountain; Brandon's philosophy on food and nutrition; Brandon's thoughts on what really matters at the end of the day;...