Episode 81 of Guestbook Podcast. Celebrating a birthday weekend ‘stay-cation’ at Union Inn, yoga instructor Sade Brown joins Guestbook Podcast to talk many things yoga—her introduction to yoga…to becoming an instructor of yoga, the mental & physical benefits of yoga, even her recent struggles with yoga…and all that surrounds it (pandemic included). The Internets: W: https://jhmifitness.com/denton-cooley-center/ | IG: @i.am.yogi.sade | Soundcloud: @adeaeema Recorded at Union Inn in the heart ...
Jan 09, 2021•47 min
Episode 80 of Guestbook Podcast. Innkeeper Freddie welcomes e-commerce entrepreneur extraordinaire Luke Allwein (IG: @lukealll) to the podcast during his July 4th weekend stay at Union Inn. As he recounts his story from Hershey, PA to USC to Bali and back to Cali again, Luke breaks down the ‘e-myth’ while educating Freddie on the intricacies behind the lucrative world of dropshipping and the elusive world of Facebook advertising. Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, Guestbook Po...
Oct 11, 2020•56 min
Episode 79 of Guestbook Podcast. In this special episode celebrating the Juneteenth holiday, Innkeeper Freddie brings on good friend and fellow-marathoner Fred Miller to recap the 'Inaugural Juneteenth Marathon' they organized and ran with the invaluable assistance of the DC running community. Held the weekend prior (June 13, 2020), this 26.5-mile marathon covered the bounds of all four quadrants of the city of Washington from the 1791 plan for the city, starting at the National Museum of Africa...
Jun 20, 2020•27 min
Episode 78 of Guestbook Podcast. "Best of 2019" We set off 2020 (and Season 3 of Guestbook Podcast) with our annual collection of highlights from the previous year... @00:00 – Snippet Montage | Intro @05:25 – Boot Camp [Joshua Hutcheson, Ep. 69] @08:40 – LHON [Thomas Knebel, Ep. 43] @13:45 – Auditioning [Cynthia Addai-Robinson, Ep. 33] @16:40 – Grand Jury Shenanigans [Stephen Bright, Ep. 71] @20:55 – Repetitive Tolerance [Scott Dugdale, Ep. 52] @24:20 – Malignant Nightmare [Victoria Tejada, Ep. ...
Feb 28, 2020•50 min
Episode 77 of Guestbook Podcast. In our last episode of 2019, Innkeeper Freddie has the pleasure of welcoming one of the most interesting guests to the pod to date. Okechukwu Iweala is a Nigerian-American whose educational/artistic endeavors in Nigeria befit a man of his creativity and genuinely benevolent spirit. In this episode, “Oke” dives into Nigeria as a whole: its geography/demography, AfroBeat and its musical takeover of recent, ‘on the ground’ tips for travelers, his familial roots and ...
Dec 28, 2019•44 min
Episode 76 of Guestbook Podcast. Back for the 4th time, friend of the pod Q. Xavier joins Innkeeper Freddie for their semi-annual 'Blerd Out' session. In this episode, Q gives the listeners a recap on his Spring adventures in Iceland as well as updates on several of his podcasts in production. The Internets: @qxavier (everywhere ;-) Shareable Podcast - https://shareable.fm/ (Q. Xavier Eps. 106 & 108) Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, Guestbook Podcast is hosted by world-f...
Dec 14, 2019•26 min
Episode 75 of Guestbook Podcast. Innkeeper Freddie has the honor of welcoming another friend/CRE mentor to the pod, Ashleigh Simpson, to delve into the inner ambition that drives him and the pivotal life events that demonstrate its repeated manifestation over the course of his illustrious life. The Internets: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleigh-r-simpson-28b65719 | https://investments.metlife.com/investment-strategies/real-estate/ Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, Guestbook ...
Dec 07, 2019•54 min
Episode 74 of Guestbook Podcast. On tour with the musical "Aladdin" during its summer run at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, trumpeter/author Paul Baron stops by Union Inn to chat with Innkeeper Freddie about the various ways he's flexed his #1 talent--trumpeting. We're talking studio recordings, live performances, musicals, TV shows and TV jingles...with a brief primer on those oh so sweet RESIDUALS ;-). Recorded over the summer ahead of the fall release of his second book "Trumpet Volunt...
Nov 23, 2019•29 min
Episode 73 of Guestbook Podcast. Recorded on location at the PRX Podcast Garage DC Pop-Up during DC Podfest 2019, Innkeeper Freddie brings Ampire Media owner Bram Weinstein onto Guestbook Podcast to wax poetic about their respective Montgomery County high school alma maters and get his answers to the famous "7 Questions". The Internets: TW/IG: @realbramw | LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bramweinstein | W: https://www.ampiremedia.com PRX Podcast Garage DC: https://www.podcastgarage.org/dc/home D...
Nov 09, 2019•17 min
Episode 72 of Guestbook Podcast. Innkeeper Freddie welcomes conservationist (and ultra-outdoorswoman ;-) Sunni Heikes-Knapton onto Guestbook Podcast to share the wonders of the "Northern Plains" region of the US--namely eastern and western Montana (and their stark contrasts in landscapes) and the infamous "Badlands" of the Dakotas. Also, Sunni--who grew up in South Dakota--provides Freddie with a brief primer on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation and the issues surrounding the construction of ...
Nov 02, 2019•37 min
Episode 71 of Guestbook Podcast. In town as a visiting lecturer at Georgetown Law School for his Fall semester seminar "Race and Poverty in Capital and Other Criminal Cases", Stephen Bright returns as a guest at Union Inn to discuss with Innkeeper Freddie several of the structural injustices that currently plague the US criminal court system. "Rigged: Rigged: When Race and Poverty Determine Outcomes in the Criminal Courts" (Ohio State Journal of Criminal Law, 2016): https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/...
Oct 25, 2019•44 min
Episode 70 of Guestbook Podcast. "Yo, it’s Christina. Look out in my podcast on how I got into teaching, avoided the gremlins of living a basic life, & why I love a good chase." The Internets - IG: @oranges.x | TW: @clde16teaches Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, Guestbook Podcast is hosted by world-famous conversationalist and host-extraordinaire Innkeeper Freddie. Join him weekly as he interviews the myriad of guests who visit his home/inn. W: http://unioninndc.com E: i...
Oct 19, 2019•35 min
Episode 69 of Guestbook Podcast. At long last, long-time friend of the pod (and wittiest of them all ;-), Joshua Hutcheson graces Guestbook Podcast to recount his years of active duty in the US Army during the aughts. From boot camp (where he got 'smoked'...not like that though ;-), to Ft. Campbell (where he played the 'Sarah Huckabee Sanders' of the base), to his 1st deployment (where he saw his first dead body), to his 2nd deployment (where he became a celebrity magazine columnist), to his 3rd...
Oct 09, 2019•1 hr 6 min
Episode 68 of Guestbook Podcast. In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Guestbook Podcast starts the month of October with breast cancer survivor Victoria Tejada. In this episode, she recounts to Innkeeper Freddie (and 'Livi ;-) her experience with breast cancer--from diagnosis to recovery to survival. For more information or to donate to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, visit: https://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/ Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, Guestbook Podcast...
Oct 05, 2019•36 min
Episode 67 of Guestbook Podcast. More a 'Side B' than a 'Part 2' to last week's episode with summertime guest at the Inn 'Livi' Johnson (Episode 66), her husband Niels Johnson joins Guestbook Podcast this week to discuss his childhood years growing up on military bases in Germany & Japan, the seldom known behind-the-scenes intricacies of televised sporting events and...the 'B-side' to the story of how Olivia and he met. #runonsentencesFTW The Internets: YT: nielsthefish | E: nielsfjohnson@gm...
Sep 28, 2019•32 min
Episode 66 of Guestbook Podcast. A couple weeks into her 8-week stay at Union Inn, Olivia Johnson--a software engineer with the Treasury Department--comes onto Guestbook Podcast to chat with Innkeeper Freddie on how she met and wed her husband Niels as a teen bride, how her love of computers turned high school coding classes into "the fastest hour of the day" and how predicting & pranking form the 'nurture' and 'nature' of her personality (how's that for a run-on sentence ;-). Recorded at Un...
Sep 21, 2019•43 min
Episode 64 of "Guestbook Podcast". As a follow up to last week’s episode 63 (which was quite popular btw ;-), we answer the question that has come up repeatedly in the week since: “What is DRC?” DRC, or "District Running Collective" is a free community-based organization that uses running to promote wellness, culture, and community. To provide a bit more background on the 'running crew', this week's episode is a re-air of excerpts from Innkeeper Freddie's interview with DRC co-founder Matt Green...
Aug 09, 2019•19 min
Episode 63 of Guestbook Podcast. Fresh off a 4.3-mile night run to start the month of August 'on the good foot' (see what I did there ;-), Innkeeper Freddie invites future podcast guest Christina (IG: @oranges.x) into the Inn and onto Guestbook Podcast for a short teaser episode to shout out DRC (IG: @districtrunningcollective), the crazies who sign up for 62-mile trail races, and, altogether..."a moment in the life." Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, "Guestbook Podcast" is h...
Aug 02, 2019•9 min
Episode 62 of "Guestbook Podcast". All July, Guestbook Podcast features 2-part episodes from a couple very special guests who have graced Union Inn over the last couple months. The second is Sarita Cheaves— oenophile extraordinaire of the highest quality vintage, architect of vinemeupdc.com & @vinemeup (all SM platforms) and co-host of the popular “Swirl Suite Podcast”. In Part 2 of her two-part episode, Sarita runs down her “5-5-5-5-5” suggestions for the Guestbook Podcast listeners: 5 reds...
Jul 27, 2019•40 min
Episode 61 of "Guestbook Podcast". All July, Guestbook Podcast features 2-part episodes from a couple very special guests who have graced Union Inn over the last couple months. The second is Sarita Cheaves— oenophile extraordinaire of the highest quality vintage, architect of vinemeupdc.com & @vinemeup (all SM platforms) and co-host of the popular “Swirl Suite Podcast”. In Part 1 of her two-part episode, Sarita recounts to Innkeeper Freddie her path to oenophilia and how it led to the ultima...
Jul 20, 2019•22 min
Episode 60 of "Guestbook Podcast". Recorded at the tail end of his 5-week stay at Union Inn, Part 2 of Rich Rosenzweig's two-part episode covers Rich's profession as a musician (drummer)and how he's been able to manage the balance between playing jazz, playing Broadway AND playing months-long touring musicials over his 30+ years as a performing musician based in the Big Apple. All July, Guestbook Podcast features 2-part episodes from a couple very special guests who graced Union Inn over the las...
Jul 13, 2019•38 min
Episode 59 of "Guestbook Podcast". All July, Guestbook Podcast features 2-part episodes from a couple very special guests who's presence graced Union Inn over the last couple months. The first is Rich Rosenzweig—a musician by profession and screenwriter by passion. Part 1 of his two-part episode was recorded at the front end of his 5-week stay at the Inn as the drummer for the touring production of “Hello, Dolly” at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. In this episode, Innkeeper Freddie talks w...
Jul 06, 2019•25 min
Episode 58 of Guestbook Podcast. At the tail end of his stay at Union Inn with his family, retired naval officer Kevin Myette comes onto Guestbook Podcast to recount his years in the Navy at sea--and Norfolk Naval Station--as one of the Navy's aviation maintenance experts. Yes, you heard that right. Fun fact: the Navy has nearly as many pilots as the Air Force. Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, "Guestbook Podcast" is hosted by world-famous conversationalist and host-extraordi...
Jun 27, 2019•36 min
Episode 57 of Guestbook Podcast. Innkeeper Freddie welcomes civic innovator and connector-extraordinaire Kendrick Jackson onto Guestbook Podcast. In this epsiode, Kendrick discusses his LA-youth, his early introduction into coding and past & present projects, each of which highlight his bent for social impact and connecting individuals. The Internets: W: www.ready2launch.us | IG: @adistinctivetaste | TW: @thisiskendrick Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, "Guestbook Podcast...
Jun 20, 2019•32 min
Episode 56 of Guestbook Podcast. Innkeeper Freddie welcomes onto Guestbook Podcast Carlos Salinas, the Owner/CEO of McAllen Careers Institute--an accredited career development institute located in South Texas specializing in welding & pipefitting training programs. Carlos discusses the entrepreneurial spark that birthed his company as well as the trials and tribulations they've faced that inevitably come along with the successes they've enjoyed over the years. #entrepreneurshipFTW The Intern...
Jun 15, 2019•32 min
Episode 55 of Guestbook Podcast. In honor of his upcoming "double-nickel" birthday, Innkeeper Freddie welcomes onto Guestbook Podcast's Episode 55 Lamont Bessicks--an OG of DC-Metro commercial real estate. In this episode, Monty discusses his real estate past, present and future and shares some of his lessons learned and notables deals over his 25+ years as a 'real estate' ;-). Happy Birthday Monty! The Internets: W: https://www.someckdevelopment.com Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washing...
Jun 08, 2019•27 min
Episode 54 of Guestbook Podcast. After a lovely spring weekend at Union Inn in Washington, DC, FRENCH-Canadians Guillaume and Stephanie hop onto Guestbook Podcast the morning of their departure to hip Innkeeper Freddie to the intracacies of French Canada (i.e. Quebec...Montreal to be specific), the debauchery that is poutine ;-), and how two seemingly right-brain inclined love-birds met in engineering school of all places. The Internets: TW: @guidoustonge | IG: @stephetc Recorded at Union Inn in...
Jun 01, 2019•47 min
Episode 53 of "Guestbook Podcast". After arriving at Union Inn and grabbing a beer with Innkeeper Freddie, public speaking master coach Mark Stanton comes onto Guestbook Podcast to briefly educate the listeners on some do’s and don’ts of public speaking…with a li'l psychology sprinkled on top. :-) The Internets – W: http://speakfearlessly.org/ Recorded at Union Inn in the heart of Washington, DC, "Guestbook Podcast" is hosted by world-famous conversationalist and host-extraordinaire "Innkeeper F...
May 25, 2019•38 min
Episode 52 of "Guestbook Podcast". Innkeeper Freddie can barely contain his excitement as he welcomes Emmy Award winning composer and sound designer Scott Dugdale onto Guestbook Podcast. After briefly explaining all the profession of a “sound designer” entails, Scott elaborates on several iconic projects where, as a sound designer, he played a crucial role in the overall experience (see: Karaoke Revolution, Guitar Hero, Facebook Messenger). This, btw, all accomplished in the THIRD act of his car...
May 18, 2019•43 min
Episode 51 of "Guestbook Podcast". Innkeeper Freddie brings on strategist, world-traveler, Guestbook Podcast vet (back for the third time ;-) and Eyes’ favorite Q. Xavier to give fans of the pod their semi-annual blerd-out. Q also gives an update on Aserious Company as well as some podcasts of his own currently in the works. The Internets – IG & TW: @qxavier Previous episodes: 0007 Q Xavier 1.1 (Research, Planning & Design Strategist) https://soundcloud.com/guestbookpodcast/0007-q-xavier...
May 11, 2019•24 min
