Saarloos and sons- An Idiots Guide to Life - With Keith Saarloos
Idiot’s Guide to Life with Keith Saarloos is a podcast where curiosity meets storytelling, led by the self-proclaimed “local idiot,” Keith Saarloos.
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What Happens When a Community Just Shows Up | Bethania Lutheran Food Distribution (opens the original)
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Sometimes helping people isn’t complicated. You see a need. You show up. You get to work. In this episode, we’re at Bethania Lutheran Church in the Santa Ynez Valley for their food distribution, spending time with the people who quietly put in the work to make sure their neighbors are taken care of. This isn’t about recognition. It’s about community. Service. Dignity. And the simple idea that when people take care of the people around them, a town becomes something more than a collection of hous
The People We Trust With Our Children — Dr. Kim Sheehan (opens the original)
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Dr. Kim Sheehan is the Superintendent of the Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District—and one of the people entrusted with helping prepare the next generation of this valley for adulthood. In this episode of Chopping It Up with Keith Saarloos , Keith and Dr. Sheehan sit down for an honest conversation about education, leadership, students, teachers, parents, expectations, accountability, and the changing world facing young people today. This is not simply a conversation about schools. It is
Inside Rancheros Visitadores, Part Three: Honor, Remembrance and a Legacy That Rides On (opens the original)
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What does it truly mean to be a Ranchero—and why do the traditions of Rancheros Visitadores remain so powerful nearly 100 years later? In the final chapter of this three-part oral history, Keith Saarloos and Bill Reynolds, the official historian of Rancheros Visitadores, explore the honor, remembrance, service, and horsemanship at the heart of one of California’s most legendary and private riding organizations. After tracing the founding and California vaquero origins of Rancheros Visitadores in
Inside Rancheros Visitadores, Part Two: Famous Riders, Cowboy Code and Campfire Brotherhood (opens the original)
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How did Rancheros Visitadores grow from a small horseback gathering into one of California’s most enduring and famously private riding traditions? In the second chapter of this three-part oral history, Keith Saarloos continues his conversation with Bill Reynolds, the official historian of Rancheros Visitadores, to explore the people, traditions, and cowboy code that have sustained the organization for nearly 100 years. After documenting its founding and California vaquero origins in Part One, th
Inside Rancheros Visitadores, Part One: How California’s Legendary Ride Began (opens the original)
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What is Rancheros Visitadores, how did it begin, and why has this famously private California riding organization endured for nearly 100 years? In the opening chapter of this three-part oral history, Keith Saarloos sits down with Bill Reynolds, the official historian of Rancheros Visitadores, to document the origins of one of California’s most legendary horseback traditions. The story begins in Santa Barbara during the 1920s, when California was changing rapidly and the old ranching culture of t
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