Hopefully Somebody Knows Scott Finholm

Hi everyone! Just a quick one for you today to tell you about God Girls Podcast, a new show by my daughter Sadie (11) and my niece Rachel (12). They wanted to make a show about their faith and other things on the minds of young women. They did it all on their own (OK, I'm helping with the boring button-pushing stuff but the content is all theirs). I'm excited to share a little chat I did with them about the show.

You can find them on your favorite podcast platform by searching "God Girls Podcast" or you can click one of the links below:

Spotify

Anchor

Apple

Google

Amazon

iHeartRadio 

Also, I mentioned Simple Ideas Apparel, my new clothing company. We help small organizations create and sell merchandise to help them raise funds and build fans. You can find God Girls merchandise there along with gear from other organizations and companies. Including a nice Hopefully Somebody Knows long-sleeve logo shirt! 

Finally, more to come here at Hopefully Somebody Knows, we have some ideas brewing for next year. Have a great rest of 2022, we'll talk to you soon!

Today we dig into Parkour. I started training nearly 7 years ago with Parkour Visions, an organization here in Seattle. Since then PKV (as we abbreviate their name) has shifted from running a gym to focusing on bringing parkour to new communities, particularly undeserved schools in the Seattle area. I'm joined today by their outgoing Executive Director, Caitlin Pontrella. Caitlin talks about how she defines parkour, how it differs from other athletic pursuits and the current state of organized kids' sports in America and how parkour stands apart. We spend a lot of time talking about privilege and how it relates to movement/athletics as well as we're both on our own journeys learning about that topic.

This is a good intro discussion if you're looking to learn more about parkour. Here are some other resources and items we talked about during our chat:

Parkour Visions' online classes and YouTube channel.

Breaking the Jump by Julie Angel - a book about parkour's founding and history.

A study by the Aspen Institute called "State of Play", looking at the current state of childrens' organized sports.

I've been meaning to bring on a group of dads I respect for a roundtable discussion for quite some time. The dads in our neighborhood have been weighing what to do about school in the fall (All week in-person? Hybrid? Virtual?) so we thought a fun, honest and respectful discussion on the topic could be helpful to other parents. All 4 of us come at this question from different perspectives and (spoiler alert!) we don't answer the question of "what's the best choice for education during a plague?" but...we took a swing at it. 

I hope all of you are doing OK (physically and mentally). If you ever want to talk (not for the podcast, just about what you're going through) please hit me up at scott@hopefullysomebodyknows.com. I'd love to catch up and hear what's on your mind. It's good to get this stuff out guys and I'd love to talk with you about it. 

I'm honored to be joined on this episode by Julie Metzger, founder of Great Conversations (https://www.greatconversations.com/ & https://www.facebook.com/GreatConversations). Her organization helps both parents and kids understand what puberty will look like and face it head on armed with information and a sense of humor. She's been doing these talks for over 30 years around Seattle and the Bay Area and was kind enough to give me some time to pick her brain.
What I expected to be a talk about the physical aspects of puberty turned into something far richer: a discussion about emotions, empathy, modeling strong and loving relationships and how you sometimes just have to shut up and let your kid talk. I won't spoil any more of this but I will say that I personally learned far more in this episode than I could have ever anticipated and I guarantee you'll learn something too.

Season 2 is a go! Let's talk about Stoicism and let's give away some free books!
Today's episode is just me talking (first time I've done that). I spend some time on a quick overview of the philosophy of Stoicism, something that has been truly world-changing for me. I use an overview written by Ryan Holiday on his site, DailyStoic.com, as the structure for this overview. You can see that post here.
I'm also giving away a few copies of Ryan's newest book, Stillness Is the Key, to my listening friends. Here's how you can win:

Go to the show's Instagram or Facebook page and find the post about this giveaway (it's a picture of the book).
Reply to the post and tag a friend that is not a current listener of the podcast but that you think could dig it.
I'll pick two "pairs" (poster and the person they tagged) and send them each a copy of the book.

Lots of fun stuff coming for you soon! I have a lot of extra time at home right now (as, I'm sure, do you) so that’s resulting in some new content! Wash your hands!
PS - Here's that link to bio of Admiral Stockdale I mentioned: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale

Continuing our recent theme of "fandom" I'm excited to welcome Wes Jones to the show! Wes and I have been friends via our shared love of professional wrestling. In fact, we recorded this episode in my car on the way to and from a show (apologies for the audio quality, it was my first swing at a fully "mobile" recording). Wes tells a great story about his fandom: how he discovered pro wrestling, how it became a passion for him and how he chased his dream. We touch a bit on parenting in this show (mostly how wrestling fits into his household) but really it's a story of a guy going after something he loves, even when no one else understands. 
If you liked Wes and you're looking to buy or sell a home in Washington you should check out his site SellWithWes.com. We spend some time on it in the show so I won't spend too much time here but Wes is great at his job and the real estate market in the northwest has never been hotter.
I hope you enjoy this chat with Wes Jones!