In this episode I interview Barb &amp; Doug Garrott, owners of Orphan Espresso. &nbsp; B &amp; D first attracted my interest when I went down the coffee rabbithole and discovered the importance of grinding coffee to A) the correct size and B) making sure ALL the grinds were the same size, and not having some large, some small. Their Pharos has become a part of my morning coffee ritual, in large part because of the feel of the thing; it's like having a factory in your hand! We talk about how they came into making hand grinders for coffee, what they did before that (I'll give you a hint: At one point they sold an Army dogsled on eBay, and on another job they were outbid for first crack at buying a theodolite), and the joyous peculiarities of their life, from not having anyone available to come out and fix their roof to why Doug was approached by many beautiful young women on their first trip to Taiwan. Enjoy the show!

Ep 59: Barb & Doug from Orphan Espresso

As you've noticed if you've followed along lately I've seen the stats: I get twice as many downloads for solo shows as I do for interview.   &nbsp; It's been 6 episodes since I did a solo show so I've got a bunch of notes from driving around that we have to catch up on; here they are!   As always, the Nik Hawks Notes are available for you Deep Divers. For the rest of ya, listen up and write it all down. :) &nbsp; Go to nikhawks.com if you want to contribute, and thanks in advance! &nbsp;   This episode covers public speaking, ignorance, the 50 burpees a day challenge, being special, victory, self confidence, a good way to validate when you know what you're doing, bringing up curious children, the savage sitter idea, cryptocurrency tax advice, and the books I'm reading: &nbsp;   -Deep Work   -Building a Straw Bale House, The Red Feather Construction Method   -The Secrets of Champions (yes, you can get it cheaper than Amazon sells it for, this link just turns you on to the right book)   -The Invention of Nature (an excellent birthday present from Mom!)   &nbsp;  &nbsp;

Ep 60: Nik-i-sode

This is a short spoken word piece, less than 5 minutes.&nbsp; It came to me the other day in my truck and I recorded the initial effort.&nbsp; Over the following few days I wrote it all down, refined it, pruned it, made it closer to what I was hoping it would be. It ended up (as of 26Sep2018) in this format. Enjoy! -NFH

To Be Curious

Thanks for the push, Jamie A! &nbsp;This one's for you. &nbsp;For the rest of ya... I had a rad guest lined up who got themselves in a spot of trouble stealing deer stands in Utah. &nbsp;Suffice to say there's more to the story than has been generally reported, but since he's gotten death threats I figured adding information to the internet about him probably wasn't going to help him &amp; his family. &nbsp;So that one's gone. In the meantime I've gotten some good feedback from listeners, including to do a lot more of these Nik-i-sodes. &nbsp; If you have any questions that you'd like to hear me answer, please post 'em up here or shoot me an email and I'll get them answered. Cheers, NFH