Life on Orcas Island with Edee Kulper

An Interview with Bob Nutt

Bob Nutt is the kind of guy whose full life has led to having a plethora of skills. He's a farmer and raises sheep with alongside his wife on their Warm Valley Orchard, where they sell apples, peaches, walnuts, handspun yarn, handmade garments, and more. He's a volunteer firefighter with decades of experience, and has done everything from working in the geology field to teaching math to school kids. He just published a book written by his deceased neighbor, Barbara Humes of Warm Valley Farm across the street.

An Interview with Sam Blackman

Sam Blackman is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Google Ventures, Founder and Former Head of Research and Development at Day One Biopharmaceuticals, a retired Pediatric Oncologist, an avid writer and storyteller having won two of The Moth's GrandSLAM storytelling competitions, and he has climbed to Mount Everest Base Camp as part of a fundraising campaign to raise $1 million for cancer research at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, despite being scared of heights. This man's intense curiosity about the world knows no bounds...

An Interview with Frank Loudin

After making a living drawing intricate architectural renderings for big design firms representing everything from corporations with fancy building projects to the Port of Long Beach, Frank Loudin struck out on his own, painting scenes that made him famous in his hometown Catalina Island art shows. With his charming brand of self-effacing humor, he's also published two books of short stories while honing a darn good version of homemade pot pie.

An Interview with Bob Waunch

Bob Waunch is a retired fighter jet pilot and the founder of the Airhawks Flying Club for local pilot instruction and scholarships. He was pivotal in founding Mercy Flights for people who need non-emergency medical transport to the mainland, instrumental in founding the Orcas Island Community Foundation, and helped coordinate fundraising for the Orcas Island Medical Center. Add to that his myriad forms of generous support to various community entities while also helping support the local animal shelter in multiple capacities, and you have a man who makes the world better wherever he goes. And a kind, humble man he is.

An Interview with Ken & Karen Speck

Both Ken and Karen had phenomenal careers in radio broadcasting before moving to Orcas Island, where they shifted into real estate and philanthropic work. Have you heard of the island's Music Advocacy Group, Community Band, and Orcatrazz swing band? Think Ken and Karen...

An Interview with Anastasia Riddle

Looking at life from Anastasia Riddle's perspective: blind from birth, she shares her thoughts about the catch-all word "disabled" and how she prefers to be seen as a fellow human being rather than a blind person as she shares her thoughts, struggles, and dreams.

An Interview with Rafe Pearlman

Rafe Pearlman is a singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist who has performed all over the world. You can hear his voice featured on soundtracks for NBC, Netflix, Direct-TV, Thunder Road Films, and on Sony’s top video games. He got his start as a kid in the Alaskan wilderness singing with wolves, ravens, and sled dogs, and those are elements you'll still hear today in his performances.

An Interview with Andy Lynn

Andy jokes that his life growing up was like a Stephen King novel. I thank him for his vulnerability in sharing intimate details of a psychologically dysfunctional family life - forced to live in a basement, sit on a carpet sample, fight for food, get frisked every day by his mother after school for contraband (books), and more. Incredible that his goals today often center on sharing love and kindness.