Interviews – It Matters To Me Podcast

#49: Tangle News with Isaac Saul

“My promise to my readers is I’m going to be honest and I’m going to be fair and when we’re explaining the issue at the top, like I will be as neutral and balanced in that section as I can.”

#48: Keeping Hardrock with Dale Garland

“Some of the most meaningful… some of the most emotional things I’ve experienced as an RD [Hardrock Run Director] has been standing at the finish line and what kissing that rock means to people.”

#47: Healing Advocacy Fund with Sam Chapman

“When we’re able to step into the shoes of that person who’s struggling, people start to open their minds about what their willing to allow to be an ok answer to helping those people and I think psychedelic healing is really starting to jump into that lane and into the driver seat.”

#46: Running Across The Country with Rickey Gates

“The people that you share the experience with and the land that you are traversing are really the two most important things and how they make you feel.”

#44: Forging New Friendships with Rick Farbro

“We’re going to pay for you to go to mortuary school so you can be a licensed funeral director in the state of Oklahoma”

#43 Zach Riggle: USMC Raider’s Path To Heroic Hearts Project

“To hear that there were people out there that were willing to help me out and willing to take care of me and give me everything that I needed to try and get better, that was life changing.”

#42 Kristin Harila: 14 Peaks

“I told him, like, when I saw Everest, I said ‘Oh it doesn’t look so high!’”

#41 Steve Lopez: LA Times Columnist and Author of ‘Independence Day’

“As a columnist, there aren’t a lot of people telling me what to do.”

#40 Eric Jay Dolin: ‘Rebels at Sea’ and Privateering During the American Revolution

“What I really found out was that privateering, which very few people know about, during the American Revolution, was incredibly important in winning the war.”

#39 Mark Matzeldelaflor: Navy SEAL Helping Reintegrate Veterans

“Guardian Grange is my vision to reintegrate and reinspire veterans with the purpose of healing through doing work in nature and building communities.”