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Majka Burhardt is a professional climber, conservation entrepreneur, author, and filmmaker. She is the Founder and Executive Director of Legado and the author of Vertical Ethiopia: Climbing Toward Possibility in the Horn of Africa, which was short-listed for the Banff Book Award. Her work and projects have been featured in The Economist, Outside Magazine, The Weather Channel, NPR and more, and her articles have appeared in publications including Afar, Men’s Health, Skiing Magazine, Backpacker, Patagonia, Alpinist, Women’s Adventure, The Explorers Journal, and Climbing. Majka is a climber and ambassador with Patagonia and an American Mountain Guides Association Rock Guide and Ice Instructor. She graduated from Princeton University cum laude and received a MFA in Creative Writing from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. She and her husband, Peter Doucette, an internationally certified (AMGA/IFMGA) mountain guide, live in Jackson, New Hampshire with their twin children.  Full show notes at https://northstarunplugged.kristenrainey.com/

Sarah Kitchin is an architect and faculty member at Montana State University who joined MASS Design Group in 2011 as a founding member of the Kigali Office, contributing to nearly all of MASS's built work in Rwanda. She has led design and implementation projects in various typologies, including healthcare, housing, and education, cultivating deep engagement with local builders, material suppliers, and agencies to maximize impact during the construction process. Full show notes at https://northstarunplugged.kristenrainey.com/

Matthew Marquardt is a professional triathlete and medical student at the Ohio State University College ofMedicine. A varsity swimmer while in college and US Olympic Trials Qualifier, he graduated from Princeton University in 2021 with a major in Chemistry and a minor in Entrepreneurship. A diagnosis of sleep apnea during his sophomore year of college sparked his interest in learning more about sleep and how sleep can be used to optimize performance in all aspects of life. Full show notes at https://northstarunplugged.kristenrainey.com/

Genevieve Walsh is the Co-founder and CEO of Iqra Fund, supporting the education of girls in the remote regions of northern Pakistan. Full show notes at https://northstarunplugged.kristenrainey.com/

Emily Stifler Wolfe has two kids, two donkeys, two cats, five chickens, one spunky, lanky, very enthusiastic teenage dog, and a mountain man husband. A journalist-turned-strategist, Emily has called Bozeman home since January of 2005. Her first job in town was selling homemade cookies off her tailgate while parked at the turnoff for Bridger Bowl.  Full show notes at https://northstarunplugged.kristenrainey.com/

Leigh Marz is a collaboration consultant and leadership coach for major universities, nonprofit coalitions, and federal agencies. Along with Justin Zorn, she is a co-author of GOLDEN: The Power of Silence in a World of Noise.  Full show notes at www.northstarunplugged.com

Ryan Green and Adrienne Huckabone are a husband and wife duo who founded and run Happy Trash Can Curbside Composting, a residential and commercial compost operation in Bozeman and surrounding areas. Full show notes at northstarunplugged.com

Amy Loughman is a Senior Research Fellow at Deakin University’s Food & Mood Centre in Australia. She is passionate about how the environments we live and work in affect our wellbeing. In this episode, we discuss the science about how the world around us - from our homes, workplaces, natural spaces, microbes and more - impacts our brain health.  Full show notes at northstarunplugged.com

Melissa Lockman and her family are survivors of Dec 2021’s Marshall Fire in Louisville, CO. She is a somatic psychotherapist with a passion for supporting her clients in finding joy, meaning and satisfaction in motherhood and parenting. She is also passionate about assisting her clients in navigating trauma in order to move from a sense of overwhelm to a sense of power.  Full show notes at www.northstarunplugged.com

Dylan Tomine is the author of two books published by Patagonia -- Closer to the Ground: An Outdoor Family’s Year on the Water, in the Woods and at the Table (2012), and most recently, Headwaters: The Adventures, Obsession, and Evolution of a Fly Fisherman (2022), winner of a National Outdoor Book Award. He is also a producer of the feature-length documentary "Artifishal," which has been watched by more than 3.5 million viewers.  

Trained as a professional chef and cooking her way around the world as a private chef for over 25 years, who would have thought Rachel Vaughn would find herself on the border of Poland and Ukraine, cooking for refugees fleeing the war?  World Central Kitchen asked her to join its team after witnessing her passion for justice, humanity, and food. When she isn’t saving the world, one pierogi at a time, Rachel resides in Bozeman, MT and Martha’s Vineyard, MA as an empty-nester, having raised her two boys. Full show notes at www.northstarunplugged.com

John McPhee was born in Princeton, New Jersey, and was educated at Princeton University and Cambridge University.  After seven years at Time magazine, he moved to The New Yorker, where he has been a staff writer since 1965.  A Fellow of the Geological Society of America and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, he was awarded in 1999 the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (Annals of the Former World). Full show notes at northstarunplugged.com