Join #beyondFLG for a special series on immigration in the Northern Arizona region. Immigration has become a common topic within the U.S. but with a wide range of narratives for the issues and experiences of immigrant populations. This series will explore in detail the actual lived experiences of immigrants in northern AZ and the individuals that help them navigate the pathway to documented status including Northern Arizona Legal Services director, Grace Vaughan, and immigration attorney, Kelly ...
Jul 03, 2025•2 min•Ep. 67
Join David Spade and Chris Farley (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with Kelly Teeselink, the Council Director at Girls on the Run of Northern Arizona. Kelly Teeselink is Council Director of Girls on the Run of Northern Arizona and has been involved with Girls on the Run since 2012, starting as a volunteer coach in her hometown of Iowa City, Iowa. Previously, she served as executive director of Girls on the Run of Eastern Iowa before making Flagstaff her home. Before becoming executive di...
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 66
Join K Dot and ScHoolboy Q (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with cross-functional, impact driven Eva Putzova. Eva Putzova, an accidental American born and raised in Slovakia, served on the Flagstaff City Council and ran for Congress in 2020. She co-founded Catch Fire Movement, an organization dedicated to building progressive leadership and democracy from the bottom up. Locally, she is known as the architect of the Flagstaff Minimum Wage Citizen Initiative, which voters successfully pass...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 17 min•Ep. 65
Join Oliver Putnam and Charles-Hadan Savage (aka Cody and Dan) as they reflect on 2024 and set intentions for 2025 in the least efficient way possible. This includes a summary of the phenomenal guests on #beyondFLG and interesting topics on Quick N' Nerdy from 2024 followed by a summary of early plans for 2025 including a continuance of phenomenal guests and a series on cognitive biases. Two major announcements in this episode are the introduction to a new show on the Beyond the Pines channel ca...
Jan 09, 2025•32 min•Ep. 64
Join Alex and Franky Venegas, known as Flyysoulja and Kodiyakredd respectively, and known collectively as the Island Boys (aka Dan and Cody) as they go #beyondFLG with Kathleen Ventura. She is the co-owner of Compost Crowd, an award-winning compost collection service right here in Northern Arizona. She and her husband, Brock Delinski, offer residential, commercial and event food scraps collection in both Flagstaff and Sedona. Their objective is to keep organic matter out of the landfill, engage ...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 63
Have you ever gotten a graduate degree to hone your listening skills? Check out Beetlejuice and Adam Maitland (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with the multifaceted, ultra brilliant, eclectic, and highly motivated Cindy Payne, Ed.D! Cindy is the Executive Director for the Northern Arizona Cancer Support Community of Arizona. She holds 30+ years experience in administration, program and project development and change management. Her educational background includes holding a Masters of Edu...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 62
Join Kristen Wiig and Maya Rudolph (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with the illustrious, eclectic, and most excellent Andrea Meronuck. Andrea like many fine folks walking among this planet earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from THE Northern Arizona University (#GoooooooLumberNerds). Her graduate degree was in Community Counseling and was awarded alongside her efforts to earn certificates in Ethnic Studies and Women and Gender Studies. Currently, Andrea works a full-time job ...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 61
Join Snoop Dogg and Mike Tirico (aka Cody and Dan) as they take a break from the Olympics to interview Flagstaffian Meg Kabotie Adakai. Meg is the mom of two beautiful children. She's an educator, she's an artist, and she's a lover of nature and community. She earend a most prestigious degree from THE Northern Arizona University. Her degree is in Biomedical Science and Psychology. Meg comes from a line of Hopi artists on her father’s side, whose work can be found throughout Northern Arizona and ...
Aug 20, 2024•58 min•Ep. 60
Join Michael Che and Colin Jost (aka Cody Bayles and Dan Phillips) as we go #beyondFLG with intellectual, interpersonal, and intergalactic powerhouse; Molly Wood, the executive director for the Whale Foundation. Molly was born and raised in the throws of the Mogollon rim in Show Low, AZ - the place where the main drag is named “Deuce of Clubs.” and the high school is named after your favorite nickname for middle-aged women trolling for younger men - #GoCougars. In this episode, Molly goes #beyon...
May 28, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 59
Join Lilo and Stitch (aka Dan and Cody) as they go #beyondFLG with the dynamic duo, Jesse Coddington of NRFC and Tim Sena of Avail Tattoo. Jesse and Tim grew up in the small town of Fort Sumner, NM, a “village” with roughly 1000 residents. Jesse and Tim share the story of what brought them together, growing close friendships through similar interests, what it was like growing up in rural New Mexico and how they’ve maintained their friendship throughout the course of life. They discuss how their ...
Jan 10, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Ep. 58
Join Ken and Alan (aka Cody Bayles and Dan Phillips) as they go #beyondFLG with Morgan Sjogren. Morgan is a free-range writer, explorer, and defender of wild places. She is the author of Path of Light: A Walk Through Colliding Legacies of Glen Canyon , Outlandish, The Best Bears Ears National Monument Hikes , and The Best Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Hikes . Her writing has appeared in Arizona Highways, Archaeology Southwest, bioGraphic, and Sierra Magazine. She is the recipient o...
Oct 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 57
Join Keeley Jones and Barbara (aka Cody Bayles and Dan Phillips) as they go #beyondFLG with Jack Stauss, Outreach Director for the Glen Canyon Institute. Jack's passion for the red rock and Glen Canyon comes from years of higher education and experiential learning. Recently, he finished his graduate work at the University of Utah in Environmental Humanities where he focused on public lands and environmental communication. Jack has previously interned with Save Our Canyons and the Salzburg Global...
May 26, 2023•58 min•Ep. 56
LFG as Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer with the 95 Windows launch moves ( https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmc7ht6tV4b/ ) sit with the legendary Hank Hassell of Cline Library lore. Hank is a librarian and curator for Harvard of the West's Cline Library where he is charged with cataloguing special collections as they become available to the library. In this, he holds a deep love and fondness for the history of the region - particularly Glen Canyon. He curated a special exhibit titled, "Images of a Lost W...
Apr 04, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 55
Check out this episode as Luke Skywalker and Princess Leia (aka Cody Bayles and Dan Phillips) introduce the concept of a "hang-a-rang." Stay tuned to also learn about the plans for 2023 as the show gets a face lift, introduces seasons (super great time), and, most importantly, introduces that the three shows are now separate and distinct entities. Make sure to search for #beyondFLG, Quick N' Nerdy, and Crossing the Chasm as individual shows or go to the Beyond the Pines channel to get new episod...
Feb 28, 2023•16 min•Ep. 54
Join Jake Peralta and Charles Boyle as they go #beyondFLG with Adrian Herder, who is the marketing and media manager for the non-profit organization Tó Nizhóní Ání which is the Navajo language for Sacred Water Speaks. Adrian is from the Black Mesa region of the Navajo Nation and currently resides in Flagstaff, AZ. He served as a volunteer with TNA for seven years before officially joining the team in 2020. Adrian has a background as an accomplished potter and artist, showing his work in several ...
Nov 29, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 53
Join Harry Potter and Ron Weasley as they go #beyondFLG with Dawn Kish, photographer, conservationist, and documentary filmmaker. The subject of Dawn's work includes documenting stories of indigenous folks in the Southwest, hanging off walls in Yosemite, and other various adventure activities. Some of her clients include Arizona Highways, Grand Canyon Trust, National Geographic, Patagonia, and Sports Illustrated. She also worked as a river guide for the USGS and describes the “river as being a p...
Jul 06, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 49
Have you ever had that Dangerous Minds moment where you are trying to influence a classroom of students for the better? Today THE Island Boyz (aka Cody and Dan) are going #beyondFLG with Laurel Morales. Laurel is the founder and host of the 2Lives Podcast. Prior to starting 2Lives, Laurel was a Senior Field Correspondent for KJZZ, Fronteras, and a Freelance Journalist for NPR. Laurel has lived in FLG for about 20 years and she can be found on the infamous Lost Burrito Trail on the Dry Lake Hills...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 46
For this episode, Itchy and Scratchy (aka Cody and Dan) are going #beyondFLG with Rand Jenkins, Partner, CEO, Visionary, and Director of Strategy at Mountain Mojo Group, a digital marketing group located in Flagstaff. Prior to digital marketing, Rand worked in the service industry and moved to the world of production in 2003 working as a production assistant on the MTV Video & Music Awards shows. Since then, he has managed and produced over 1400 concerts, festivals, fundraisers, galas and sp...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 42
Have you heard about the local artist who inspired high school art students to win a national Vans Custom Culture contest? That happened in real life right here in Flagstaff, AZ. Today, we're going #beyondFLG with Kayley Quick, an artist and graphic design/art teacher at THE Flagstaff High School. #GoEagles. Kayley is a 2009 graduate of Northern Arizona University with a bachelor’s degree in Education. As a teacher, she seeks to connect with her students and sees the roles of a teacher as one th...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 40
Join Pete Twinkle and Greg Stink (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with Jason Costello, the founder and CEO of Canyon Coolers (@canyoncoolers). Jason, like many other well-intentioned folks, found himself in Flagstaff, AZ in the early 1990’s when starting college at the Harvard of the West (NAU). Following his degree, he worked in a variety of settings and somehow, someway, found himself in the domain of slinging coolers. In 2010, he founded Canyon Coolers and a few years later, he went a...
Feb 08, 2022•59 min•Ep. 38
What an episode we have for you all in this one. Join Marv and Harry (aka the wet bandits, aka the sticky bandits, aka Cody Nice Nice and Dan) go #BeyondFLG with Gretta and Kyle Miller, the extremely talented married duo that founded the band, Tow’rs. Gretta, a transplant from Las Vegas, NV, met Kyle, a Flagstaffian/flagpolian/flagstafferino, at the place where knowledge and romance are not found by accident - the Northern Arizona University of the Southwest. NAU. #GoLumberJays. While dating, Gr...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Ep. 36
Have you ever been curious about what it would be like to take a job in a town you've never lived in to guide trips on a river you've never floated while completing a Master's degree and stepping up to a position as the director of a burgeoning organization? Today, we’re going #BeyondFLG with Emma Wharton, the Executive Director for Grand Canyon Youth (GCY), and she knows exactly what that is like. GCY is a non-profit organization that offers educational outdoor expeditions that connect young pe...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 35
Have you seen the world class athletes hanging around Flagstaff and wondered who helps them to be dialed psychologically? Join Kid N' Play (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with Shannon Thompson, MAPP, NCCP. Shannon is a sport psychology and mental performance consultant with Hypo2 which is a sport management organization centered around a world-renowned altitude training in Flagstaff, AZ. Shannon, a Canadien transplant, had a career in three-day eventing, which is an equestrian sport tha...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 33
Are solar panels and electric cars the way out of the current climate crisis? Is there any correlation between increasing rates of mental disorder, including anxiety and depression, and our perpetual pursuit of growth defined by increasing the GDP? Join Al Capone and Eliot Ness (aka Cody and Dan) as they go #beyondFLG with Brian Petersen to learn the answers to these questions. Brian Petersen is an Associate Professor in Geography, Planning, and Recreation in the College of Social and Behavioral...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 31
For this episode, Led Tasso and Coach Beard (aka Cody and Dan) go #beyondFLG with a Flagstaff legend, Neil Weintraub. Neil landed in Flagstaff in the mid 80’s after attending college in Iowa. He worked at the Museum of Northern Arizona prior to landing a job with the national forest, where he worked and recently retired from after a 30-year career. Much of his work was dedicated to preserving indigenous sites and restoring land sites in Northern Arizona. Beyond his work as an archaeologist, Neil...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 29
For this episode, Mos Def and Talib Kweli (aka Cody and Dan) are going #beyondFLG with Colleen Cooley (@ccoolio2). Typically our introductions have included statements about the current working roles and responsibilities of the individual with a focus on achievement. However, Colleen demonstrated a different model of introductions that we’d like to honor. Pay close attention to how she introduces herself with a focus on her personal history and heritage. For now, let us say that Colleen grew up ...
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 27
#WeBack is a reintroduction to the #beyondFLG podcast. Check this episode out as Dr. Chinchilla Nice Nice and Dr. Dunny Dunyel provide some of the highlights from the last six months and give an overview of what's to come. Next on the podcast are episodes with Colleen Cooley and an introduction to what you can expect in a first counseling appointment. Lots of hashtags in this one; don't miss out! #LeChateau #ClassingItDown #Suns #TedLasso #PeanutButterPretzels #SkunksArentFriends #JortsSeason #S...
Jul 13, 2021•28 min•Ep. 26
In this episode, R2D2 and C3PO (aka Dr. Cody Bayles and Dr. Dan Phillips) are going beyondFLG with Jesse Prescott, a message therapist and functional mobility coach who practices his craft at Kokoro Movement. Jesse also hosts the Kokoro MvMt Podcast. His emphasis in his role as a massage therapist and coach is to help people resolve pain. He places an emphasis on the psychosomatic expression of pain. Tune in to hear Jesse discuss various etiologies of pain and steps to take to resolve that pain....
Nov 10, 2020•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 20
Fred and George Weasley (aka Dr. Bayles and Dr. Phillips) go #beyondFLG with Vince Sherry (aka St. Vincent de Sherry), owner and operator of Team Run Flagstaff. Vince helped to organize the virtual “Run with Rivs” challenge as a means to support Tommy “Rivers” Puzey and his family. Check out his description of how that challenge came about and what he would hope for in the future. Vince also highlights his rise to ownership of Run Flagstaff, addresses its influence on run culture in Flagstaff, a...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 18
In this episode, Peter Singer wannabe and his sidekick (aka Dr. Cody Bayles and Dr. Daniel Phillips) go #beyondFLG with Eric Senseman, aka Captain Americana. Eric is a professional ultrarunner, running coach, Director of Strategy for Squirrels Nut Butter, and candidate for Flagstaff City Council. Eric has a Bachelors degree in philosophy from TCU and a Masters degree in philosophy from the University of Wisconsin. He has worked in renewable energy and as a journalist in the past and is currently...
Sep 15, 2020•1 hr 40 min•Ep. 16
