PODCAST · business
The 99% Local Podcast
by Chris Green
Bringing stories of Middle Tennessee entrepreneurs, business owners, musicians, authors and other creators. This isn’t your typical business podcast in terms of just discussing the simple questions about the business/work. Everybody has a story, their own unique upbringing, and a passion for why they are doing what they are doing.
Episodes
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#68 - Elizabeth Taylor | Award-Winning Realtor
Elizabeth Taylor is an award-winning realtor serving the greater Nashville area. Elizabeth is passionate about caring well for her clients. She is known for encouraging and strengthening them, as well as striving to continually recognize and champion their needs. Elizabeth’s commitment is to...
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#67 - Dre Rodriguez | Goon
Dre Rodriguez is the founder of Goon, a brand & boutique focusing on fine goods and good times. In 2021, Dre and his wife left California and headed to Columbia, Tennessee. For years, Dre has wanted to open a place where people can hang out, share a common interest, and engage in community. After...
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#66 - Seth & Megan Marcum | Family Nutrition Coaches
Seth & Megan Marcum are whole family health coaches who are experts at showing families realistic ways to eat healthy and lose weight - without losing their minds. Seth and Megan are parents who know that no matter how much you plan and prep, kids always throw a curveball. When Seth and Megan…
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#65 - Greg & Carla Gibbs | Ox and Cart Leather
Greg & Carla Gibbs are the founders of Ox and Cart Leather, which all began with an appreciation for leather & leather crafting. Greg has always enjoyed creating and designing things, so when he started working with his first piece of leather, he was hooked. A hobby that started in his office has...
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#64 - Heather Griffin | Macaroni KID Franklin
Heather Griffin is a Franklin, TN resident of 20 years and is the publisher of Macaroni KID Franklin. Macaroni KID National is the is the nation's largest single publishing platform answering the question for families: "What are we doing today?" for more than 3 million families in 4000+…
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#63 - Roy Mangrum & Terry Barga | Music City Fit Expo
Roy Mangrum and Terry Barga have joined forces and picked up the torch to continue on with the Music City Fit Expo! Terry has many years of personal training experience with countless success stories and has dedicated his life to helping others better their own. Roy is also an entrepreneur who...
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#62 - Isaiah Brooks | Spring Hill Spider-Man
For about 2 years now, Isaiah Brooks has been bringing a smile to people's faces in Spring Hill, TN and surrounding communities, as the Spring Hill Spider-Man. What started as a way to bring joy to people as the COVID-19 pandemic raged has turned into a way to continue bringing joy to the entire...
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#61 - Jessica Kaplan & Zoe Antell | Ready Dress Go
Jessica Kaplan and Zoe Antell are the founders of Ready Dress Go. This venture by Jessica and Zoe pioneers affordable, fashionable and comfortable women’s business attire. Ready Dress Go is revolutionizing the way in which young women dress to enter the professional world. As students at…
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#60 - Zach & Pam Graham | Sticks & Stones Axe Company
Zach and Pam Graham are the founders of Sticks & Stones Axe Company, bringing the trend of axe throwing to Williamson County, Tennessee. Before opening their storefront in February 2022 in Franklin, TN., Zach and Pam held professional careers that started out in public service. Zach served seven...
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#59 - Tyler Logel | Nashville Bike Guy
Tyler Logel, otherwise known as the Nashville Bike Guy, is a bike courier serving downtown & midtown Nashville. Tyler's story begins where many did when COVID-19 hit and then he found a need and a niche market in downtown Nashville and became THE hyperlocal delivery guy on a bike. Tyler wanted to...
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#58 - Austin and Colin | Mac N' Cheese Media
Austin and Colin are a Nashville based comedy duo comprised of funny guys, Austin Bever and Colin Copper. The pair co-own Mac N’ Cheese Media along with their friend and CEO, Sean Webster. Due to the success of their 2016 music video “Welcome to Nashville”, the longtime friends continue their...
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#57 - Cassandra Coleman | American Idol Season 19
Cassandra Coleman, a native of Columbia, TN, started singing at a very young age and has the journey from posting YouTube covers and being a coffee shop manager to gracing America's television screens on American Idol, and finishing within the Top 10. Post-Idol, Cassandra will soon be working on...
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#56 - Josh Galigher | Bounty Hunter
Josh Galigher is a certified bail-bondsman and bounty hunter who started the Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team back in 2013. Josh and his team has been responsible for hundreds of arrests and is one of the leading bail enforcement teams in West Tennessee. If you have ever enjoyed watching the…
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#55 - A.W. Miller | Voice Actor & Audiobook Narrator
A.W. Miller is a father, husband, homesteader, author, and accomplished voice actor with over 37 titles to his credit as well as providing a variety of voices for video games, commercials, and apps. Miller is also the Arts, Clubs, and Enrichment Director at Valor Collegiate Academies in…
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#54 - Ray Solorio & Dustin Johnson | The Nashville Flippers
Ray Solorio & Dustin Johnson make up the The Nashville Flippers. Ray and Dustin are a couple guys who reside in Hendersonville, TN and are in the world of retail reselling/flipping and sharing their adventures online with the mission of helping other people find hidden treasures and flip them for...
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#53 - Casey Maples & Jeremy Fyke from Two Heads Hot Sauce
Casey Maples and Jeremy Fyke started a craft hot sauce business called Two Heads Hot Sauce and business is booming! Since 2020, Two Heads has been smoking and blending hand-picked peppers into a variety of hot sauces. Casey and Jeremy are just two good lookin’ bald dudes from White House…
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#52 - Pedal Tavern Mick from Nashville Pedal Tavern
Mick Khoury, better known as Pedal Tavern Mick, is licensed to drive (and born to do it!) a Pedal Tavern through downtown Nashville while entertaining his guests, while also being responsible for their welfare and safety along the way. Mick provides a high-energy, lighthearted and welcoming...
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#51 - Tom Cunningham & Anthony Laney from Grazr
Tom Cunningham & Anthony Laney founded Grazr, with the purpose to source local food while supporting local farmers. Grazr is an online marketplace for buying and selling meats locally, providing an end to end farm to table platform. The Grazr platform links farmers, processors and consumers for...
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#50 - Dawn Burns | The Nashville Mom
Dawn Burns, better known as The Nashville Mom is a Nashville lifestyle blogger and influencer. The Nashville Mom is a place for families to connect with kid friendly events, restaurants and things to do in Nashville AND is one of the most highly followed family oriented blogs and social media...
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#49 - Peter Hartzell from Tree House Media
Peter Hartzell is the founder and president of Tree House Media. After working on a Business Marketing and Media Arts degree from the University of Montana, and receiving an Audio Engineering certification from the Recording Workshop, Peter developed his 15+ year career as a creative marketer. He...
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#48 - Sara Schuster from Fox & Elder
Sara Schuster is an herbalist, homesteader, and medicinal herb farmer living and growing on 13 acres just north of Nashville. Throughout her teen years and into early adulthood, Sara felt called to the plant wold but instead spent a decade trying on different careers before finally returning to…
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#47 - Shannon Bennett from Creative Crayons Workshop
Shannon Bennett, along with her husband, and kids run Creative Crayons Workshop, a business right in their home in which they are designing custom, personalized, handmade crayons by upcycling. Shannon and her husband Matt are passionate about creativity. Together they think outside the box - the...
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#46 - Amanda Garren from Nashville Angels
Amanda Garren is the founder and president of Nashville Angels , which builds community and hope for foster care families around Nashville. The mission of Nashville Angels is to walk alongside children in the foster care system, as well as their caretakers, by offering consistent support through...
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#45 - John Meese from Cowork Columbia
John Meese is a traditionally-trained economist turned serial entrepreneur. John has a passion for helping entrepreneurs build thriving businesses by documenting everything he has learned from building his own businesses. In early 2020, John, along with his wife Rachel, launched Cowork Columbia…
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#44 - Jay Cleveland from Tennessee Peanut Co.
Jay Cleveland is the founder of Tennessee Peanut Company. What started as an idea between friends and family soon grew into a multi-market business that handles national shipping, wholesale fulfillment, product design, a love of community and eye for design. Tennessee Peanut Co. highlights the...
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#43 - Eric Black | Eric Black Was Here
Eric Black, otherwise known by ‘Eric Black Was Here’ provides all of your video production needs to expand your brand presence, engage with your customers and leave a lasting impression. His company provides full range of services for businesses and events from transforming your social media...
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#42 - Paul Schmitz from ShowerUp
Paul Schmitz is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of ShowerUp. Paul and his wife, Rhonda, launched ShowerUp in the Fall of 2016, after Paul left a 30+ year career in radio to serve ShowerUp full time. The idea of mobile shower units started after discovering there were very few places to get…
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#41 - Jay Farrell | Photographer & Author of Abandoned Book Series
Jay Farrell is a Nashville based professional photographer, published author, and urban explorer. Jay has a passion for utilizing his camera to share the unique, distressed beauty of abandoned homes and structures that most of the world has forgotten. Sharing his adventures with the public…
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#40 - Absurd Ty Higgins | Tattoo Artist
Absurd Ty Higgins is a tattoo artist who is currently part of the talented team at Titan Tattoo in Nashville. Ty is a graduate of Belmont's Studio Art program and is an incredible artist and super creative guy. Ty is passionate about self-improvement, continuing to grow as an artist, and helping...
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#39 - Brian Quick | Professional Drummer & Educator
Brian Quick is a professional drummer, educator, composer and entrepreneur. Brian starting playing drum at the age of 6, inspired by his papal and the band Hanson. As Brian got older he had to make a decision to focus his career on drumming or sports, Brian chose drumming. Since 2006, Brian has...
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#38 - Tigirlily | Sister Country Duo
Nashville recording artists and North Dakota's own, Kendra and Krista, combine distinctive talents to comprise the genre-bending duo, Tigirlily. Singing since they were talking, blending their voices was a natural step. In an astonishingly short time, the siblings have progressed from sharing in...
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#37 - Jimmy Gularek from Around the Neighborhood Oil Change
Jimmy Gularek is the founder and owner of Around the Neighborhood Oil Change, which is a mobile oil change service that he started in 2019. The premise of Jimmy's business is that they come to you at your home or office, so that you save time for what's important in life. Around the Neighborhood...
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#36 - Mignon Francois from The Cupcake Collection
Mignon Francois is the Founder and CEO of The Cupcake Collection in Nashville and New Orleans. While crunching numbers and creating the craze are amongst her job requirements, Mignon’s favorite responsibilities of her role are giving hugs, listening, and mentoring her team and other up and coming...
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#35 - Gas Pedal Kid | Automotive Enthusiast & Photographer
Elias Gabriel, otherwise known to his social media followers as Gas Pedal Kid, is creating a following as a kid who loves all things automotive, and photographing cars all over the Nashville area. If you attend any car events between Nashville and up into Kentucky, you more than likely have seen...
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#34 - Sean Giovanni from The Record Shop
Sean Giovanni is a Record Producer, Audio Engineer, Project Manager, Educator, and the owner of The Record Shop, a recording studio and multi-media production company in Nashville, TN. After working as a freelance engineer and producer for several years, Sean decided it was time to open his own...
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#33 - Brad Eldridge-Smith & Mark Valencia from Common Law Brewing Co.
Common Law Brewing Co. is the brainchild of Brad Eldridge-Smith and Mark Valencia, who actually met through a beer brewing Facebook group. Common Law Brewing Co. was brewed up during one of Brad and Mark’s many home brewing sessions. It didn’t take long to realize that the idea was exactly what...
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#32 - Kala Ellis | Bar and Spirits Specialist
Kala Ellis is a Nashville based bartender whose career in the service industry spans over fifteen years. Kala's passion for the cocktail world stems from her love of teaching and community. She has led multiple bar teams, encouraging a culture of innovation with each one. Kala's cocktail curation...
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#31 - Raven Hernandez from Earth Rideshare
Raven Hernandez is the founder and CEO of Earth Rideshare. Earth Rideshare is a new ride-sharing service app that's 100% electric-vehicle based, offering premium rides utilizing Tesla's line of vehicles. In addition, a portion of each ride goes to tree planting in your city. Raven also has a...
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#30 - Tim Dillard | Professional Baseball Pitcher & Social Media Funnyman
Tim Dillard is a husband, father, professional baseball player, and viral social media funnyman who calls Nashville his home. Dillard has spent most of his professional baseball career within the Milwaukee Brewers and most recently, the Texas Rangers organizations. While Dillard's professional...
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#29 - Nick & Kailani DeLorenzo from Bag of Joy Bagel Co.
Bag of Joy Bagel Co. in Spring Hill, TN is something that may long exist after the COVID-19 pandemic passes. Nick and Kailani DeLorenzo, along with their four children, have created Bag of Joy Bagel Co. after temporarily losing both incomes due to COVID-19 closures. They did what any family…
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#28 - Wendy Lee Stephenson | Social Mompreneur
Wendy Lee Stephenson is a Jersey girl turned southern currently residing in Thompson’s Station, Tennessee. She loves worship music, sunshine, lake life and building community online and in person. As a mom of 7 surviving on Jesus, coffee and dry shampoo, she runs two virtual businesses both...
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#27 - SPECIAL EPISODE: School and Business and Music, Oh My! - Effects of COVID-19 in Middle Tennessee
Small business and musician livelihoods are being challenged here in Middle Tennessee due to the COVID-19 epidemic. On top of that, with school closures, parents and caretakers have been thrusted into the world of home schooling. Three entrepreneurs from each of those industries join the podcast…
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#26 - Jen Starsinic | Americana Singer-Songwriter
Jen Starsinic is a multi-instrumentalist and indie rock singer/songwriter who landed in Nashville back in 2014, after already cutting her teeth in the old-time music communities of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. A graduate of the Berklee School of Music, she had also earned her stripes as a road...
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#25 - Doug Smith | Author of [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How You Can Break Free
Doug Smith is a software developer, popular speaker, teacher, mentor, and author of the book, [Un]Intentional: How Screens Secretly Shape Your Desires and How You Can Break Free. As a software developer, Doug spent many years serving Fortune 500 companies, startups, universities and government...
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Nashville Disaster Relief Update | #NashvilleStrong
Per Mayor Cooper, the following are the preferred methods for donating time, money, & immediate needs to those affected by the deadly tornado that occurred in the overnight hours of March 2nd, 2020. To volunteer your time, sign up with Hands On Nashville at www.hon.org To donate money, visit the...
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#24 - Caitlyn Foley from She Shee Photography
Caitlyn Foley is the owner and founder of She Shee Photography. She is the creative force behind the lens and has always had a passion for capturing the perfect moment ever since she received her first camera. Caitlyn later decided on a career as a portrait photographer and earned her Bachelors...
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#22 - Rachel Corvi from Picnic Dates and Events
Rachel Corvi is a space creator and a mother of three children living in southern Middle Tennessee. She is creating magical moments with indoor and outdoor picnics through her business, Picnic Dates and Events. Rachel has a passion for organizing and hosting events for family and friends, and...
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#21 - Craig Murray | Director & Cinematographer
Craig Murray is a Film Director and Cinematographer drawn to expressive concepts and simplistic style. Craig came to filmmaking by way of advertising, design, photography, and years of working in digital product design. By day, Craig works at Chase as a Creative Director producing...
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#20 - Sean Miller from The Yard Sale Store / The Auction House
Sean Miller is the founder and owner of The Yard Sale Store and The Auction House in Middle Tennessee. Sean and his wife, Miriam, started in the liquidation business around 12 years ago buying overstocked water heaters from Home Depot and selling them in a Nolensville Road shop, and gradually…
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#19 - Naomi Van Winkle from Cult in Connecticut
Naomi Van Winkle is a writer, singer/songwriter, podcaster, and creative currently living in the Nashville area. It has not been an easy road for Naomi, and she’s now diving into the healing process, facing all of her fears from the past and addressing each of her negative thoughts and feelings…
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Bringing stories of Middle Tennessee entrepreneurs, business owners, musicians, authors and other creators. This isn’t your typical business podcast in terms of just discussing the simple questions about the business/work. Everybody has a story, their own unique upbringing, and a passion for why they are doing what they are doing.
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Chris Green
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