In The Area

Scott is an accomplished musician and owner of Shakedown Bar in Vail, a live music venue and bar in the heart of the Vail Village. Scott has toured around the world with artists like Lenny Kravitz, Dave Matthews, Ween, and Blues Traveler. We discuss music, business, spirituality, and life.

My dad and I talk Holocaust, hitchhiking to Woodstock, collecting records, business, life, grandparents and more

Haley is an athletic trainer at the Steadman Clinic, a world-renowned orthopaedic clinic in Vail, CO. She is also a fearless canoeist. We talk about emotions, her encounter with a wildfire on a Canadian canoe trip, her close call with a bear, and her resilience despite breaking bones in the wilderness!

Sarah is currently the Senior VP at the Vail Valley Foundation, founded a yoga non-profit to serve domestic violence survivors, practiced law in one of the most prestigious firms in Chicago, served as general counsel for Augustana College and shares her experience of choosing to sell a 4th-generation family business. Check us out in Instagram @IntheareapodOriginal music by Tompkins & Billa Joints

Anders is an English and History teacher in Vail, CO who shares his thoughts on spirituality, family history, and the important things in life.

230 Miles --- 103 hours --- Canoe Race. In the summer of 2020, a group of friends raced from Lake Superior to International Falls, MN eating only trail mix and pemmican and sleeping very little.

Saskatchewan—Northwest Territories—Nunavut. On June 10th, 2013, the Tri-Prov Arctic boys set out on Black Lake, Saskatchewan, and finished 58 days later, August 6th, on the Queen Maud Gulf at the Arctic Ocean, Nunavut. In between these two points, they paddled through three Canadian provinces/territories and traveled roughly 1,000 miles - no resupplies.

One year after our 109-day canoe trip to the Arctic Ocean, Quinn, Bram and I explore our emotions and lessons learned from our experience.@intheareapod

Brittani Washington is a breaking out recording artist who is one of the biggest backup musicians in the world. She toured worldwide with Beyoncé for 7 years as her primary keyboardist and she's now in demand for recording artists like CeeLo Green who she has also toured the world with and most recently Flatbush Zombies for their NPR Tiny Desk show. She continues to be in high demand by high profile artists. Brittani shares her wisdom and experiences on the cast@Intheareapod@brittaniwashington

Luigi is an officer in the US army and graduate of West Point. We talk leadership, getting into the United States Military Academy, and the meaning of life.@Intheareapod