Everybody has a story. Sometimes the stories we hear are those of people that seem so far removed from our lives. The politicians, the actors, the journalists, the musicians in the spotlight. if you only hear the stories of those with some touch of fame attached to their name or that are in the national or international spotlight, you miss out on all the incredibles stories and people…all around you. Walking down your street, stopping in your business, teaching your kids…So I created a place to share those stories…I want everyone to get to know the incredible people that are right there…Tune in the first and third Friday of the month to get to know OUR stories, on Big Spirit: Tales from the Iowa Great Lakes
Krissy Thiessen grew up in Spirt Lake, Iowa, and now owns and farms with her spouse at Cherry Lane Farms. They began growing microgreens in their base...
Gary Heady Jr. is a musician and sound engineer at the SAMI Center. A performing arts facility attached to the Spirit Lake Community Schools. While he...
In this month's episode (from Season Two), I was so honored to sit down with the very gracious Megan Fuhrman-Wheeler, owner and herbalist at Megan & C...
Adrienne Rumbaugh moved to the Iowa Great Lakes in 1959 just after getting married. She has lived over sixty years in the area, seeing countless chang...
Jenna Hardy Pedersen is the co-founder of JJ School of Music in Spirit Lake, IA, and the creator of this podcast. She grew up in Sioux Falls, SD, and ...
Kristoffer Pirie is a stylist and activist in the Iowa Great Lakes. He grew up in Milford, IA, and followed in his father's footsteps by attending bea...
Karen Larson is a cultural anthropologist, who has ties to the Iowa Great Lakes through her family and moved here full time after retirement. She made...
Manny Zempel came to the Lakes area from Minnesota to work as a newspaper man, after having studied art and marketing. He became well known in the are...
Josh Bolluyt is a teacher and the football coach at Spirit Lake High School. He has helped to build up a program that has repeatedly gone to the state...
Mary Dreier grew up visiting the Iowa Great Lakes often as a child and as a getaway as an adult from her home in Central Iowa. After retiring, she dec...