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This Week’s Episode (3.2.15): Adam Cayton-Holland

Episode 50 is going to be a good one, you guys. Adam Cayton-Holland is our guest. This is an exciting episode for me as Adam Cayton-Holland is someone who’s been an inspiration to me for some time. The first thing I remember seeing him in was this video explaining the rules for Geek Bowl IV,…

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Ep. 49: Reyna Bryan – Founder of Recycling Is Sexy

Reyna Bryan is the founder of Recycling Is Sexy and Rainchild Design. Both of these entities aim to make our packaging, and, by extension, our world, more sustainable. Reyna is an engineer by trade, and Rainchild Design allows her to flex her engineering muscle as she consults with companies to aid in creating packaging that…

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This Week’s Episode (2.23.15): Reyna Bryan

This week’s guest is Reyna Bryan, founder of the Recycling Is Sexy movement, and Head Honcho at Rainchild Design. She sits down with Jon and talks about working on both the advocacy and implementation side of making our packaging – and, frankly, our world – more sustainable. Recycling Is Sexy is the advocacy side. It’s…

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Ep. 48: Ryan Nee – World Traveler, Blogger (Part 2)

Ryan Nee returns for part 2 of his conversation with Jon of All Trades, and this week’s episode picks up right where the previous one left off. Ryan shares a story about visiting his brother Bill in Chile, and describes an impromptu adventure visiting an active volcano, and then sledding back downhill for several miles,…

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Heritage Square

Another piece of my childhood is evaporating. As has been lamented all over my Facebook feed for the last couple of weeks, it has been announced that Heritage Square will close at the end of the 2015 season. Having grown up in Golden, and having had to pass Heritage Square every single day on my…

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This Week’s Episode (2.16.15): Ryan Nee Again

Ryan Nee returns again this week to continue his conversation with Jon of All Trades about his world travels. When we left off last week, Ryan was describing visiting his brother Bill in Chile, and we pick up right there this week. We then venture through China, India, Vietnam, frickin’ North Korea, and take a…

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Ep. 47: Ryan Nee – World Traveler (Part 1)

Ryan Nee world traveler, has been to 58 countries, which gives him a lot of interesting experiences to draw from. That’s why when he sat down with Jon of All Trades, we had to break this episode into two parts. This week’s episode largely focuses on Ryan’s recent journey to Cuba, where travel by U.S….

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This Week’s Episode (2.9.15): Ryan Nee

This week’s guest features, for the first time, a sibling of one of our former guests. Ryan Nee is a world traveler, and also happens to be the younger brother of William Nee, China Researcher for Amnesty International, from Episode 21. The Nee Family is international, by God! This is the very first two-part episode…

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Ep. 46: Deirdre Wildman – Hospitalitarian

Deirdre Wildman is a hospitalitarian at Four Five One Events. She is “someone who supports, advocates and practices the hospitality doctrine through philanthropy, culinary arts and event sciences.” And on this week’s show, she not only gives us a peek into her always-on mind by walking Jon through a hypothetical event consultation (Ed note: I…

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This Week’s Episode (2.2.15): Deirdre Wildman

This week’s guest is Deirdre Wildman, senior event designer, and self-anointed “Hospitalitarian,” at Four Five One Events. What exactly is a “hospitalitarian?” According to the write-up Deirdre received as part of the Denver Business Journal’s 2012 40 Under 40 award winners, she defines it as “someone who supports, advocates and practices the hospitality doctrine through…

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