Tai Davis is the founder and owner of Aether, Alchemy Bakery and Sacred Geometry. tai-davis.com @iofthetyler 7:00 - Intro 11:45 - Inter-disciplinarian 15:15 - Growing up as a nomad 18:00 - Leaving the church & religion 26:30 - Learning the cello 31:00 - Burnout with young musicians 35:00 - Going away to college at 15 39:00 - Working while going to school 40:45 - Working in assisted living & learning to cook 47:30 - Entrepreneurs aren’t better, just different - 50:15 - Culinary ARTS 53:00...
Mar 25, 2020•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 19
Kevin Lemp is the Founder of 4 Hands Brewing Company and 1220 Spirits 4handsbrewery.com 1220spirits.com @4handsbrewingco 5:00 - Intro 6:15 - Forbes Articles 7:00 - “We’re no longer a brewery.” 10:15 - Working at Gallo Winery 11:45 - First craft beer experience 13:45 - There’s less loyalty to beer brand right now 14:30 - City Wide is 4 Hand’s most successful beer 17:15 - 8 Years ago, 1,400 breweries. Today there are over 8,000 - 18:45 - College years 19:30 - Early career 23:00 - Learning by obser...
Jan 30, 2020•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 18
Tom Hück is an American Print Warlord http://evilprints.com @evilprints 9:00 - Intro 12:30 - Can’t stand not working 14:00 - Prince’s death making work more urgent 17:00 - Getting into an online fight over John Singer Sargent 18:30 - Kelley Walker CAM controversy - Tom’s article/response 20:10 - Real life rules don’t apply to art 22:00 - The fucking banana duct-taped to the wall 24:40 - “I like athleticism in art.” 26:00 - On Banksy 28:15 - The art world sucks 30:00 - Great art is a marriage of ...
Jan 16, 2020•2 hr 6 min•Ep. 17
David Choi is the owner of Seoul Taco. http://seoultaco.com @davidchoistl 5:00 - Intro 10:00 - How we met 10:30 - Little Saigon 13:00 - Hip Hop 17:00 - Working in a baseball card shop 18:30 - Skipping school to get celebrity autographs 22:45 - Getting asked to speak at his high school 27:15 - Growing up in the church 29:00 - Figuring out how/when to work for your self 32:15 - Working for yourself out of necessity 33:30 - Immigrant entrepreneurs 37:00 - Roy Choi - 39:30 - Working 3-4 jobs at once...
Dec 30, 2019•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 16
Michael Frachetti is a Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis. His current projects include studies of medieval Silk Road cities of Uzbekistan and ancient maritime trade throughout SE Asia and Indian Ocean. https://artsci.wustl.edu/faculty-staff/michael-frachetti @mdfrachetti 4:00 - Intro 7:00 - Contemporary value of information 9:00 - Real deal facts vs. Audience-friendly content 11:20 - Authenticity of Wikipedia 14:00 - It takes forever to fact check now 16:45 - Knowin...
Dec 10, 2019•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 15
Jon Wheatley is a Product Designer & Founder. He’s currently working on launching a new social media platform @Stopwatch https://jonw.com @jon 6:00 - Intro 7:00 - Moving back to St. Louis 15:00 - Why I'm Moving My Business from San Francisco to St. Louis 18:30 - ArchGrants 22:00 - Going into Y Combinator 23:45 - Starting DailyBooth in 2009 28:30 - Judging Y Combinator applications 35:00 - Favorite American city 42:30 - Investors in DailyBooth 46:30 - Getting “banned” from America 54:00 - Usi...
Dec 04, 2019•2 hr 26 min•Ep. 14
Bob Brazell is the Chef & Co-owner of Byrd & Barrel and Tamm Avenue Bar. He’s currently working on re-opening The Tenderloin Room at The Chase Park Plaza. @byrdbarrelstl 2:00 - Intro 8:00 - Athlete Eats 10:30 - Finding the Byrd & Barrel building 12:00 - Having good partners 14:00 - Owning restaurants is entrepreneurship on steroids 16:15 - Dealing with depression 18:00 - Desire to work in food & hospitality 22:00 - Restarting his life & going to culinary school 24:15 - Workin...
Nov 19, 2019•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 13
Matt Murphy is a producer/videographer focused on maintaining productivity while raising a family. @dekkoinc 8:00 - How we know each other 13:30 - Reading 17:30 - What Matt does 23:00 - First job 27:00 - Learning software on the fly 30:30 - Troubleshooting & failure 32:30 - Building his business 36:00 - Getting connected with Tony Robbins 38:00 - What he specifically does at a Tony event 43:30 - Working on “non-flashy” clients 45:30 - Educating clients on video content 48:00 - Society’s atte...
Nov 17, 2019•2 hr 52 min•Ep. 12
Michael Franco is a music and pizza maker on the south side of St. Louis. michaelfranco.bandcamp.com @mpfranco 5:00 - What we’re trying to do 6:00 - Current state of NBA 12:45 - Lebron James 14:00 - CTE influencing NFL viewership 16:30 - Under promoting good movies 18:30 - Prank calling thru deaf-relay website 23:00 - Lebron & China 28:30 - Hong Kong protests - 35:00 - Kanye finding Jesus 39:00 - Jesus is King 41:00 - Evangelical vs. Catholicism 48:00 - Kanye, etc. 52:00 - Songs & Albums...
Nov 09, 2019•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 11
Mike Spakowski is Partner and Creative Director at Atomicdust – A Branding and Marketing Agency. www.atomicdust.com @mspako 6:00 - What I’ve learned 13:30 - Upcoming guests 19:00 - Mike’s year so far 21:15 - Working together on Tempus 23:30 - Dressing up to fly 25:00 - Meeting the Mayors of St. Louis 32:00 - Creative community not active 34:45 - Kanye, Jesus is King & “badly” designed merch - 43:00 - Becoming better at podcasts 46:00 - Austin Kleon 49:30 - Making writing a habit 54:00 - Step...
Nov 06, 2019•1 hr 29 min•Ep. 10
Blaine Deutsch is a designer, producer, painter, printmaker, cyclist, conversationalist, writer, and seeker of inspiration. @tooktake 7:30 - Working with Corey Rich 9:00 - Climbing in Cinema 14:00 - Fred Beckey 17:00 - Living at altitude 18:30 - Growing up 21:00 - Indoor vs. Outdoor Climbing 24:00 - Commercial Outdoor Photography 27:15 - Defining ‘Producer’ 30:00 - First big gig 33:30 - Favorite gig with Nikon 38:30 - Climbers are the anti-celebrity 42:00 - Filming Alex Honnold free soloing 44:3...
Oct 26, 2019•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 9
Tyler Gross is an award winning illustrator and graphic artist based in St. Louis. GrossIllustration.com @drslime 11:00 - How we met 13:00 - Kevin loves Tyler’s voice 18:45 - Sports announcer commentary 20:30 - Kaepernick & National Anthem - 24:00 - Introduction to illustration 27:00 - College 31:00 - Realizing he wasn’t good at drawing 35:30 - Transferring to Illustration from Drawing 38:00 - Community Colleges vs. University 40:00 - Kevin’s college career 46:00 - Sweating the small stuff 5...
Oct 09, 2019•2 hr 43 min•Ep. 8
Indiana Rome is an Artist/MC/Producer. IndianaRome.com @indianarome 8:00 - Hating the sound of your own voice 11:00 - St. Louis & Indianapolis 12:00 - Corey Black 19:30 - The Mob Dance 22:00 - Dropping out of college to work 23:00 - Getting into music 23:30 - Fruityloops 25:00 - Making sure your beat doesn’t sound like the software 27:00 - Freestyling - 31:30 - Going Solo 34:00 - Getting better thru collaborations 35:15 - Gaining confidence in front of crowds 37:00 - Performance IQ 40:15 - B...
Oct 02, 2019•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 7
Adrian Octavius Walker is a mixed-media artist based in Oakland, CA. AdrianOWalker.com @aoctaviusw 6:00 - Cursing 11:00 - Peeing in corners 12:55 - Chappelle’s latest special 16:30 - Made Monarchs 17:30 - Social Media/Instagram 19:30 - Instagram’s mental toll 21:30 - VSCO - 26:00 - Introducing Adrian at STLDW 28:30 - First time we met 31:00 - Rescuing kittens 33:00 - Introduction to photography 35:00 - Made Monarchs 38:00 - Club Dress Codes 40:00 - Being a good student 44:00 - Trade School 47:00...
Sep 24, 2019•2 hr 15 min•Ep. 6
Kevin Brennan is one part vodka, two parts soda with a lemon peel. He doesn't own an Irish pub. CometoBrennans.com DurangoCigars.com ArgueAndGrieve.com - 7:00 - It’s all happening 8:00 - Cuba trip 14:00 - Working on McDonald’s marketing in Oak Brook, IL 21:00 - Quitting McDonald’s and moving back to St. Louis - 23:00 - The start of Durango Cigars 26:00 - Brennan’s in the beginning 33:30 - Promoting thru word of mouth 37:00 - Developing tastes 42:00 - Owning a bar 46:00 - Co-working & Evolvin...
Aug 21, 2019•1 hr 55 min•Ep. 5
Syd Suntha is a chef, co-owner of Ballyhoo Hot Sauce and overall hustler. www.ballyhoohotsauce.com - 4:00 - Syd/Suntish 6:00 - First time we met 7:30 - Get in the Van - Henry Rollins 8:00 - Hanging out backstage 9:45 - Getting into the music industry 11:45 - Going to live shows nowadays 13:30 - Finding & makes music before the internet 16:30 - The problems with instant access to niche content - 22:00 - Leaving normal jobs to work with bands 24:30 - Growing up as a Sri Lankan in St. Louis 25:...
Aug 11, 2019•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 4
Josh Boston is a designer living in Portland, Oregon USA. He likes turtles. www.joshboston.com @heyjoshboston - 0:00 - Intro 9:00 - Interview Start: What should the intro music be? 11:30 - Portland & The Simpsons 13:00 - How Josh & I met 15:00 - Growing up in the middle of Missouri 16:15 - Josh & Kevin’s Bromance 19:30 - First memorable piece of design 23:15 - First experiences with the internet 24:30 - Rudimental Drumming 25:15 - Ol’ Town Road Story & Hip Hop’s Influence 29:15 -...
Aug 02, 2019•2 hr 52 min•Ep. 3
Michael Eastman is an artist working with a camera. eastmanimages.com @michaeleastmanphotography 4:00 - Dude 5:00 - Big Lebowski/Jeff Bridges/Weed 8:50 - St. Louis slow to change visually 11:10 - Rate of Urban Renewal in STL 14:45 - Beginnings as a photographer 15:05 - “A lot of times when I went out and photographed my mantra was, ‘If I were aware of what people 150 years from right now were interested in, then I would photograph those things. They’d be significant records; historical records. ...
Jul 10, 2019•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 2
Mike Spakowski is Partner and Creative Director at Atomicdust – A Branding and Marketing Agency. www.atomicdust.com @mspako Notes: 9:30 - Introduction 10:30 - Why I’m Doing This/Happy Birthday Mom 13:00 - Strange Brew & Ric Moranis 14:30 - Fatherhood: Could Mike be a stay-at-home Dad? 16:10 - How we met 17:30 - Competing and comparison in art & design 18:14 - "Comparison is a death spiral once you start comparing yourself to other people. Yet you have to acknowledge how good and bad your...
Jun 20, 2019•1 hr 58 min•Ep. 1
