On this episode I discuss the end of season 1. We also look back at some highlight moments on episodes since episode 89.

Jay Storm is the owner of Storm Insurance Services. He is also passionate about Hockey. He is the author of the book Chasing The NHL: From Pond Hockey To Pro The Trent Daavettila Story.  Check out the book: https://www.amazon.com/Chasing-NHL-Hockey-Trent-Daavettila/dp/0692952551 Jay's Insurance Website: https://shopmichiganinsurance.com/

Dr. Zackary Bowers is a college instructor teaching courses in neuroscience and psychology. He has a PhD in neuroscience from Central Michigan University. His bachelors is in psychology and biology from Saginaw Valley State University. He has extensive lab experience studying traumatic brain injury and neurodegenerative diseases.

Troy Ryynanen is an avid hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman. The peak of his pursuits is archery mule deer hunting. He has had a ton of success archery hunting and it is a large part of his world.

Frank Honkala is a log truck owner operator in Upper Michigan. He is well known for having the cleanest trucks around. He has a long history in the world of trucking starting off with helping his dad during his trucking days when Frank was young. On top of log truck driving he has spent time in the western North Dakota oil fields trucking.

John Dee is a meteorologist that has had a longtime focus on on Upper Peninsula of Michigan weather, particularly snow. He was previously on the podcast on episode 39 where we got into his unbelievable story of how he became a meteorologist, overcoming childhood health concerns, and much more. On this episode we had a philosophical conversation for the first 35-40 minutes, then got into an array of topics including the father's day flood that happened in Houghton/Hancock in Michigan's UP.

Patrick Durkin is a hard working outdoor writer, editor, and columnist. He has a long history in the newspaper world, as editor of Deer and Deer Hunting Magazine, and many other outdoor writing pursuits. Currently he writes a regular column, writes for Meateater, and is an active voice in the outdoor world. Along with hunting, fishing, and outdoor pursuits, he enjoys running and has run many Marathons, including times at the Boston Marathon after qualifying for it twice.

Jack Zwart is the host of the Heartland Revival podcast. Check out this link below. He also writes and shares content on Twitter under the handle @rustbeldkid1. He has a unique journey into the world of trucking and manufacturing and his podcast and twitter explore the magic behind the Midwest, industry, trucking, manufacturing, etc... and celebrates all that these worlds encompass. Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6pxXSE4bPJQ5HHjEwKMyZM

Dr. Jane Summersett had an unbelievably interesting life in the world of ice dancing. She competed at a super high level before going to school to become a dentist. Currently she runs her practice in northern Michigan. She also enjoys fishing and hunting.

Gary Hupp is passionate about quite a few areas of life. We discussed an array of topics including his history in running machinery, working in the logging industry, and now helping with sales and deployment for Waldo Solutions, which describes themselves as "Intelligent Supply Chain Software For The Logging Industry". Gary is the type to get into different hobbies on an intense level and we explored where that comes from.

On today's episode I go over highlights since episode 74 and discuss release rates. Essentially breaking down some thought process shifts on internal deadlines and weighing that variable with family, health, real estate, etc...

Mark Halonen is a cofounder and the CTO of Steelhead Technologies. He has been involved with, created, or been engaged in several startup ventures. His area of passion revolves around the programming and technology side of business.

Josh Rheault, along with his wife Nikki, are the founders and owners of Frozen Squid Productions, a comedy production company in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Charlie Klassa is a passionate whitetail hunter. He hunts several different species and helps his own kids and other kids get into the world of hunting, but his personal favorite pursuit culminates with hunting mature whitetails in big woods in the Midwest.

Lance Kangas is the owner of Thrive Chiropractic and Wellness in Houghton, Michigan. Check out his website at https://thrivechiropracticandwellnesshoughton.com/. Lance's website describes: Here at Thrive we utilize the triad of health through adjustments, muscle testing, and soft tissue work for the physical aspect while using nutrition and custom labs to follow the biomarkers of the body for the chemical and mental aspects.

Nathan Ackerman is a cofounder of Chicken Tramper Ultralight Gear, a backpacking company that strives to create lightweight and durable backpacking gear. Check out their website at www.https://chickentrampergear.com/. Nathan is passionate about backpacking and spending time outside. Along with his business partner, Austin, they combined their engineering background and passion for backpacking and turned it into their business.

Charlie Kemppainen is passionate about basketball. He has been involved with the game of basketball for most of his life. Currently he coaches Calumet High School girls varsity basketball. He coached the Finlandia University men's basketball team for nine seasons and assisted with the Michigan Tech University's men's and women's programs. He also coached the varsity boys at Hancock Central High School prior to coaching at Finlandia University.

Jamie Pietila is passionate about food and feeding her family, specifically tasty and nourishing food as it relates to health and wellness. A few aspects of this is operating a minimal waste kitchen, utilizing nose to tail practices on animals, and homemade from scratch meals. Check out her page on Instagram @naturallynourishedhome.

Travis White is the owner of Keweenaw Charters, a Lake Superior trout and salmon charter service. He’s also a cofounder of ProNav Marine. Along with this he’s also an engineer.

Eric Ylitalo is passionate about hockey. He really enjoys playing, including playing in the historic world of Minnesota backyard hockey rinks. He played high school hockey in Minnesota and played for a short stint in the NAHL shortly after high school. After taking 3-4 years off he reentered the world of hockey and played for another 3 years in a combination of the ECHL, SPHL, and some time playing hockey overseas.