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  • Newsmaker #3: David Harrison on his path to becoming a college president - Women Of Influence
    On the podcast today is David Harrison, president of Columbus State Community College, who recently joined Columbus Business First in studio to talk about what led him into higher education leadership.
    Since 2010, Harrison has been at the helm of Columbus State, an institution with about 45,000 students. And like his students, Harrison has taken a relatively nontraditional path into the education world.
    Harrison was the first person in his family to go to college. He also started out as a consultant in the private sector at the company that eventually became Accenture. But he was eventually inspired to pursue education by the support of his wife, a special education teacher.
    35 min
  • Newsmaker #2: Jonathan Moody on family and leadership - Women Of Influence
    Jonathan Moody is set for a new phase in life.
    As a child, he watched his Curt Moody found architecture firm Moody Nolan Inc., which has subsequently grown to become Columbus' busiest architectural firm, according to Columbus Business First research, with almost $66 million in architectural billings in 2018. Two-thirds of those billings came from Central Ohio, where the firm has 143 employees.
    And Jonathan Moody, now a father himself, will take the reins from his father in 2020, when he becomes CEO.
    In a podcast interview with Columbus Business First, Moody reflects on cycles and how times have changed. He talks about his years at Cornell University and his time in Los Angeles, as well as his decision to return to Central Ohio and the role his firm has played in the region's transformation.
    22 min
  • Newsmaker #1: Wayne Harer on his baseball past - Women Of Influence
    Wayne Harer is something of a local legend in the real estate world.
    But before the executive managing director at Newmark Knight Frank was a commercial real estate broker, he came to the city as a Columbus Clipper.
    This week's Newsmaker focuses on Harer's baseball career which brought him to Columbus for three seasons, including with the 1980 and 1981 championship teams. Harer spent a long time as a player and, he says, his experiences there helped him in his new career representing many major commercial real estate leases around downtown and in the suburbs.
    But he's never strayed far from the game.
    16 min
  • News & Brews No. 35: Jackie O's Dark Apparition - Women Of Influence

    Jackie O’s is making one of its most revered beers more accessible.

    So News & Brews accessed it.

    The Athens brewery, for the first time ever, is canning Dark Apparition, it’s big and bold Russian imperial stout. If you’re a regular listener to News & Brews, you can guess how this news was received.

    The big, boozy beer news doesn’t stop there though. Zaftig Brewing Co., which also prides itself on high-test craft beer is on the verge of opening its Italian Village brewpub.

    We also touch on the roundtable Columbus Business First recently hosted with women from the local craft beer industry who talked openly about their experiences in this male-dominated world, the ways the industry has improved and the work that still needs to be done. So clear out some time to check out that podcast as well.

    Back to News & Brews, there’s some chonky cat talk, a discussion about beer or wine for Thanksgiving and a bonus primer on vacation destinations along the Indiana-Michigan border.

    26 min
  • Women In Beer Roundtable - Women Of Influence
    The number of women not just buying craft beer, but taking roles in the industry is on the rise.
    With that increased inclusivity of customers and employees, it’s put a spotlight on the practices and behavior of some in the male-dominated craft brewing industry in recent years. There have been calls to eliminate offensive beer names and marketing and there’s been a greater willingness by women in the industry to speak out against incidents of in appropriate behavior or worse, as was the case earlier this year when the founder of Actual Brewing Co. was accused of sexual assault. Though no charges were brought, the brewery wound up going out of business.
    To discuss the industry’s evolution, Columbus Business First convened a panel of five women from the local craft beer community to share their experiences and thoughts:
    Mary MacDonald, executive director of the Ohio Craft Brewers Association
    Gwen Carmack, CFO of Columbus Brewing Co.
    Tamar Banner, production manager of BrewDog USA
    Kelsey Stief, head of marketing at North High Brewing
    Jenna DiCicco, sales rep at Wolf’s Ridge Brewing Co.
    Check out this week’s cover story at ColumbusBusinessFirst.com
    54 min
  • News & Brews No. 34: Barley's Christmas Ale - Women Of Influence

    Too early to decorate for Christmas? Maybe.

    Too early to drink Christmas beer? Nope!

    News & Brews grabbed a growler of the Christmas Ale from Barley’s Brewing Co. It’s the oldest annually produced festive season beer in Central Ohio, having now been brewed 26 straight years, from the second oldest local brewery.

    That prompts a discussion of what makes a Christmas beer Christmasy and whether or not the style has declined in popularity or if there is just much more on the market these days as famed versions like Great Lakes Brewing’s that once were hard to get now are in ample supply.

    It’s a news heavy edition of the podcast as well as we discuss the opening late last week of Cincinnati’s Taft’s Brewpourium in Franklinton and the upcoming openings of Chicago’s Fordidden Root at Easton Town Center and the 1487 Brewery coming in early 2020 to the Plain City/Dublin area.

    28 min
  • The Wrap #9: Jeffrey Park tower, Moxy hotel and the return of Longaberger - Women Of Influence

    This week in our podcast The Wrap, we discuss plans a Columbus startup that raised $10 million for its software that helps independent retailers better connect with customers and a new Short North hotel that caters to the young party crowd.

    We also look at proposed Italian Village tower and the return of Longaberger baskets.

    Check back weekly for our regular review of the week's top stories.

    15 min
  • News & Brews No. 33: Land-Grant Moonracer - Women Of Influence

    This week’s News & Brews opened up a new spin on a popular seasonal beer.

    Land-Grant Brewing Co. recently released Moonracer, a pilsner with a bit more of a hop punch, to fit into the slot where its more summery Pool Party pilsner plays in its beer lineup. How did the hop lovers take to the lighter pilsner and did the added oomph of more prominent hops turn off those more prone to pop a pilsner? Spoiler alert: it tastes neither like grass nor dishwater, which is a clear positive in anyone’s book.

    Also on the pod, Galena Brewing expects to open its new Westerville space by mid month. That leads to a discussion about how to survive when your brewery is a bit off-the-beaten path. The benefits of the Columbus Ale Trail are discussed. We also talk about Ohio’s potential for increased barley growth and more barley malting in the state as several ventures are attempting to make your local beer even more local.

    And lastly I mount a (very) brief defense of the James Bond movie Moonraker.

    24 min
  • The Wrap #7: NCAA student-athletes, Rogue Fitness stadium, restaurant news - Women Of Influence
    In this week’s edition of the Wrap, we discuss the implications of the NCAA’s decision to let student-athletes get paid (sort of) while still in school, Rogue Fitness’ dispute with the city of Columbus over parking requirements for its proposed CrossFit arena, plus restaurant news involving Harvest Pizzeria, Yellow Brick Pizza and a new Italian-Lebanese concept coming to German Village.
    18 min

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The lifetime archives of the Columbus Business First podcasts, featuring older episode series such as Newsmakers, Crisis Management, The Wrap, and News & Brews.