Episode 45 🎙️🎓 Dr. Kimberly Sheehan | Santa Ynez Valley Union High School - “ Is The Total Package” Community High School California Should Try To Emulate
If you’re a parent…this is not optional listening.Because everything you think you know about schools, kids, and “how things are these days”…might not be the full story.This week on Chopping It Up, Keith sits down with…
🎙️ Episode 44 🇺🇸🔥 – Andrew Coffin | Reagan Ranch
Andrew Coffin | The Reagan Ranch, Legacy, and Leadership That Still SpeaksSome places are visited.Some places are remembered.A very rare few… shape the people who shape the world.This episode is about that place.I sat…
🍇🙏 Episode 43 — Louis Lucas: A Beautiful Life, Hard Truths, and the Future of Wine Country Saarloos and sons – Chopping it up – With Keith Saarloos
Louis Lucas (Pt. 2) | Farming Wisdom, Industry Reality, and Why It Was All Worth ItSome people build something.Some people survive something.And every once in a while, someone looks back on a lifetime of both… and says…
🍇🏆 Episode 42 : Louis Lucas: The Grape Legend, The Man Who Built Santa Barbara Wine Country Saarloos and sons – Chopping it up – With Keith Saarloos
Louis Lucas | Wine Pioneer, Valley Builder, and the Foundation of an Entire IndustrySome people plant grapes.Some people build wineries.And every once in a while, someone builds an entire region.This episode is about…
🎙️🙏🏫 Episode 41 — Casey Groves: Faith, Friendship, and What’s Really Behind the Pulpit
Casey Groves | Faith, Doubt, and Real Conversations About ChurchSome people talk about faith.Some people avoid it.And some people wrestle with it—honestly.This episode is about the wrestle.I sat down with my friend…
🏍️🔥 Episode 40 — Josh @IMRidingPlaces : Bet on Yourself, Buy the Bike, and See What Happens Saarloos and sons – Chopping it up – With Keith Saarloos
Josh | Motorcycles, Risk, Freedom, and the Kind of Life You Have to Go ChaseSome people wait until life gives them permission.Some people buy the motorcycle first.And every once in a while, somebody decides to stop…
🎖️🎶 Episode 39 — Mike McGrew & John Fiorey: First Responder Stories, Healing Through Music, and Project Harmony
Mike McGrew & John Fiorey | Service, Trauma, Songwriting, and Turning Pain into Something BeautifulSome people run toward the worst day of your life.Some people carry what they saw for decades.And every once in a while,…
🎸🌄 Episode 38 — Logan Livermore: Valley Sound, Local Legend, and Music Built on Dust and History
Logan Livermore | Local Music, Los Olivos History, and the Sound of the Santa Ynez ValleySome bands play songs.Some bands play a place.And every once in a while, you hear music that could only have come from one stretch…
🎙️ 🇩🇰 Episode 37 — Community Chaplain Linda Palmer: Solvang, Danish Roots, and Rebuilding Community
Saarloos and sons – Chopping it up – With Keith SaarloosLinda Palmer | Solvang History, Danish Culture, and the Work of CommunitySome places are built with lumber and brick.Some places are built with memory.And the best…
🎙️🎧 📻 Episode 36 — Dylan Ortega: Valley Roots, Radio, and the Sound of Independence
Saarloos and sons – Chopping it up – With Keith SaarloosSome people chase fame.Some people chase money.Some people just try to live a meaningful life in the place they love.Dylan Ortega is one of those people.This…
🍷🔥💪🌈 Episode 35: Women in Wine – Makers, Mentors & Momentum
SBWOMENWINEMAKERS.COMThis week we have two forces of nature — Anna Vecino eathappykitchen.com and Sunshine Dench futureperfectwines.com — for a real conversation about grit, mentorship, and building something that…
🎙️🏴☠️🏫 Episode 33 — Josh McClurg: Coming Home, Leading Pirates, Building Community
Some people grow up here and leave.Some people leave and never look back.And then there are the rare ones who come home—and decide to carry the weight.This episode is about one of those guys.I sat down with Josh…
🎙️ Episode 34 SPECIAL EPISODE — 🍇🍷 - 2026 Winter Allocation
This is a very special episode of Chopping It Up with Keith Saarloos.Episode 34 is the audio companion to our 2026 Winter Allocation, shared here so the stories behind these wines can be heard in perpetuity. I’ve made…
🎙️🎶📺 Episode 32 — Shaun Cassidy: Teen Idol, Reinvention, and Building Stories That Last
Shaun Cassidy | Teen Idol, Reinvention, and Creative LongevitySome people become famous.Some people become useful.A very rare few become both—and then evolve.This episode is about the evolution.I sat down with my friend…
🎙️🐎🧠🇺🇸 Episode 31 — Mark Herthel: Horses, Healing, Reagan, and Building Things That Matter: The Backbone of the Valley 🐎🧠🇺🇸🎙️
Mark Herthel | Horses, Healing, Reagan, and Building Things That MatterSome people build businesses.Some people build institutions.And a very rare few build the backbone of a community.This episode is about the latter.I…
🍺 Episode 30 — Adam Firestone 🍺🍷🇺🇸 Firestone Walker Co-Founder | Flagship Family of the Santa Ynez Valley — Yes, That Adam Firestone
This one mattered.Not because of fame.Not because of numbers.But because some stories don’t get told very often—especially by the people who lived them.Adam Firestone doesn’t do long interviews like this.He doesn’t need…
🎙️ 🕊️ Episode 29 – Chaplain Linda Palmer 🕊️🌿 (Solvang History, Preparedness, Inner Purpose)
This one felt like stumbling into a living library… and realizing the book can talk back.I met Chaplain Linda Palmer at Good Seed Coffee and within two minutes I knew I’d found one of those rare people who has lived ten…
🎙️ Episode 28 – Chris Pelonis 🎸🎚️ MR. STUDIO SOUND - (Lost Chord Guitars, Chris & Pitts BBQ, Jeff Bridges Band)
This one felt hidden in plain sight.Right here in Solvang, California, there’s a guy quietly shaping how the world sounds — and most people have no idea.Chris Pelonis owns Lost Chord Guitars, an intimate room built for…
🎙️Episode 27 - John Corbett 🎬 (Northern Exposure ❄️, Sex and the City 🗽, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 🇬🇷)
This one felt surreal.Before Chopping It Up was ever a show, before there was a microphone or a Saturday morning slot, there was Northern Exposure — and a guy on the radio in Cicely, Alaska who made silence okay.John…
🎙️❤️ Episode 26 — Pam Gnekow | The Heart That Feeds the Santa Ynez Valley 🥕🚚
This week on Chopping It Up, Keith sits down with a true, behind-the-scenes legend of the Santa Ynez Valley: Pam Gnekow, CEO of San Ynez Valley Community Outreach—the woman quietly holding the safety net together while…