Squirrels Are Jerks

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Stories create community – a St. Paul bakery delivers bread by bicycle to front porches and often squirrels get crafty. Friends of the bakery share their stories about getting crafty and making connections via bread, bicycles, and of course, squirrels. Share your squirrel sounds and stories at podcast@brakebread.com!

Kaitlyn Howell, Adam Patterson


    • Apr 27, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 30m AVG DURATION
    • 19 EPISODES


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    What Is Happening?!?!?!

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 18:01


    Kaitlyn and Adam give you a proper run-down of what's new with the podcast, what may be coming down the road with some changes, and a thankful wrap-up of season TWO of this lil' Brake Bread podcast.

    Austen Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 30:59


    Amber and Elsie: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 38:14


    Favorite places to bike to in St. Paul, how sourdough works, Brake Bread favorites, fangirling the Brake Bread bikers.

    Austen, a Brake Bread Alumnus! Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 32:47


    Shearing sheep and milking cows in New Zealand, food systems and community, creating supportive community for transgender Christians, the good old times at Brake Bread.Find out more about Austen at his website: http://austenhartke.com/Find out more about Austen's online community, Transmission Ministry Collective, at https://www.transmissionministry.com/ 

    Amber and Elsie Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 38:14


    Elsie talks animals, her Brake Bread favorites, biking, the outdoors,  Minecraft, virtual school, favorite places to bike in St. Paul. 

    Kat and Colin pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2021 36:50


    Exploring the "village" of St. Paul via bike (shout out to Sweet Science Ice Cream!), why stickers make you go faster, combining interests to make creative careers, who is behind Area 651?Do you want to explore St. Paul via bike? Find an analog Twin Cities Bike Map here: https://www.bikeverywhere.com/twin-cities-bike-map/  

    Brake Bread Superstars: Kat and Colin Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2021 35:00


    Church pancake breakfasts, the opening of the Ayd Mill Road pedestrian path, international travel (why travel is important!), Midwest culture,  experiencing kindness while on the road.

    St. Paul Cyclists -- Nita and Brian Hanson Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 26:29


    The beauty of biking in winter, winter cycling fashion, tips for newbies, visit Express Bike Shop in St. Paul, safety tips for bikers (and drivers!), and the glory of multimodal transit.

    St. Paul Cyclists -- Nita and Brian Hanson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 30:02


    Highland Park neighborhood, multimodal transit, fat bikes and studded tires, and an every-day biking streak of over 1,000 days in a row. Some links to resources we talk about in this episode:30 Days of BikingOne on One Bicycle StudioAngry Catfish  Bicycle and Coffee BarSecret Twin Cities (Book)Saint Paul Bicycle Trails Map   

    Master of Ceremonies: Melinda! (pt. 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 25:03


    Get ready to drool...we chat heirloom stone fruit, east coast applesauce, steamed plum pudding, St. Paul through the ages, and (possibly!) the BEST squirrel story yet. 

    Master of Ceremonies: Melinda! (pt. 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 27:19


    Order from chaos, farmer's markets, a special squirrely surprise,  corn chowder on the east coast, recommended cook books, beginning life in the Twin Cities. 

    Let's Meet the Bikers pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 32:15


    Winter biking in wool pants, the joys of biking St. Paul, two bad baker jokes, advice from bikers for car drivers, secret superpowers.

    Let's Meet the Bikers pt. 1 [with guest host Melinda!!!]

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 33:47


    Professional bread delivery bikers talk about falling off bikes, why they deliver in St. Paul, and how cool Joe is. also

    Let's Meet the Bakers pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 28:17


    WARNING: 1980s POP MUSIC AND COPIOUS DISNEY CONTENT INCLUDED.    Convos about baking, music, disney, and more.

    Let's Meet the Bakers - Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 33:57


    Part 1:-the journey to Brake Bread -brainy challenges of large volume baking-faves and least fave aspects of the baker's life

    Let's Chat with the Hosts: Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 31:58


    Bikes: found in dumpsters, run over by bears, ridden through Europe. Tips: for bicycle touring, on managing "hangry" episodes, for biking with people we love. 

    Let's Chat with the Hosts: Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2020 35:22


    A job that's a perfect fit, autumn adventures, the creative process, "Games of Thrones", squirrels stealing bread, Adam eats a burrito, and biking, of course.

    Beginnings of Brake Bread, Pt. 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 28:42


    Naturally leavened = sourdough, good things take time, bike delivering in St. Paul, squirrels who brake through screen doors, fostering community in a pandemic, becoming an anti-racist bakery.

    The Beginnings of Brake Bread, Pt. 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2020 22:33


    A bakery given wings by way of friendship, begun during the Polar Vortex of 2014, why community matters,  coffee house music shows,  how to be a for-profit business without jerkish (squirrel-ish!) qualities.

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