🎙️ Episode 1: The Godfather of Our Podcast: Austin Slagle

In our premiere episode of Raise Your Connection Podcast, our Director of Sales Marcus Thompson finally steps up to the mic ...and there’s no better first guest than the person who pushed him to make it happen: Austin Slagle!

Austin, co-owner of the beloved local coffee chain Dev’s Coffee Bar, joins Marcus for a laid-back but powerful conversation about connection, authenticity, and why he decided to walk away from his own podcast project, The Failure Podcast. 

They talk about what it means to sit in your truth and what it actually takes to build a successful coffee bar business from the ground up.

This episode also features a special segment from Dominika Thompson, Raise Your Media’s own reporter-in-residence, aka CEO, who visits Dev’s Coffee Bar to experience the brand as a customer and shares her take on the craziest, most delicious bagels and coffee. 

Timestamps:

0:00 - Creators' dilemma

00:58 - Custom intro

07:02 - How Austin and Marcus understand connection

17:29 - "The Sasquatch Thing"

20:40 - What's it like to have a coffee bar...?

29:30 - How dogs poop in "the city" 

30:45 - What should you know before starting a podcast...

37:16 - What is Marcus most nervous about?

48:50 - Dominika visits Austin at work

55:55 - How Marcus ruined Dominika's English

☕ Follow Austin's adventures with Dev’s Coffee Bar on:

Youtube:  @devscoffeebar  &  @Thefailurepodcast  

Instagram: https://instagram.com/devscoffeebar 

Facebook: https://facebook.com/devscoffeebar 

TikTok: tiktok.com/ @devscoffeebar   

Visit their website: https://orderdevs.com

📺 Follow Marcus and Dominika's adventures with Raise Your Media on:

Instagram: https://instagram.com/raiseyourmedia_collective

Facebook: https://facebook.com/raiseyourmedia

TikTok: https://tiktok.com/⁨@⁩raiseyourmedia  

Visit our website: https://raiseyourmedia.com

🪄 Custom intro made by Raise Your Media Team in collaboration with:

Branding & Graphic Design: Karolina Płanik (https://www.instagram.com/bardzo_mala_karcia/)

Motion Picture & Animations: Grzegorz Komorowski (https://deepinmedia.com/)

Photography: Darina Neyret (https://darinaphoto.com/)

Music: Andreas Horvath (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Horvath)

Creative Revisions: Dominika & Marcus Thompson (https://raiseyourmedia.us/about-us)