Drinking brings people together. The Cheers! North County podcast features The Coast News columnist Ryan Woldt meeting up for a drink (virtually for now) with interesting people across North County San Diego to learn more about them. Guests range from beer industry personnel to politicians and entrepreneurs.

This is a beer column in the local, independent newspaper for the north San Diego County region. The column is both printed and online, and released weekly. In addition to the column I am hosting and co-hosting podcasts for The Coast News Group. Follow this column on Instagram and Twitter.

In late 2015 Ryan Woldt appeared as a guest on the popular ThreeBZine beer podcast based in San Diego. From ThreeBZine: This week we sit down with our good friend Ryan Woldt - creator and writer of the Southern California lifestyle website - SoCal Sessions. Tune in to learn about his passion for the beer community both in San Diego and beyond and how he spreads his passion to readers and fans everywhere. Together we discuss where passion for the indie beer community comes from and why it is so important to us and many others. Hear some of the first beers that made us love the beer community, hear how he collaborated with one of the great San Diego bands on a beautiful bike film, hear his take on the Ballast Point news and tons more.

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A print magazine article by author Ryan Woldt. An editorial for the back page of the West Coaster magazine recapping the behavior of local beer festival goers. A plea for decency.