Finding Asheville Podcast

Finding artistic voice by trusting intuition...

Nathan sits down with Phil Cheney artist and co-owner of Cheney Graphics Custom Screen Printing and Signs for the 70th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in South Florida, why finding your artistic voice amounts to trusting your intuition, why he passed on the opportunity to do his own animated television show based on his work, what painting live as a part of Snake Medicine Oil Show was like, and why if for some reason you gave up your dream of becoming an artist there is still time, you just have to listen.

This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Real vs imagined fear...

Nathan sits down with Sara Day Evans owner of Accelerating Appalachia for the 69th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about how she found music early on in life, why she walked away from a music-recording contract, what all is involved with the Accelerating Appalachia process, why business prosperity in the South will require more than a resurgence in farms and textiles, and why success at life is about embracing real fear and disregarding imagined fear?

This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Healthy competition breeds results...

Nathan sits down with Ben Williamson owner of CrossFit Pisgah and Grey Eagle CrossFit for the 68th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Eufaula, Alabama, why achievement has always been as simple as wanting it and going after it for Ben, why CrossFit as an industry tends to market itself through its’ consumers, why community service is not only the right thing to do, but also is a free opportunity for you to market your business, and a little words of wisdom for those 2015 fitness New Years resolutions.

This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Sharing Asheville's food story...

Nathan sits down with Debby Maugans and Christine Sykes Lowe of Farmer and Chef South and authors of Farmer and Chef Asheville the cookbook for the 67th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Jacksonville, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina, what lead to the birth of Farmer and Chef South, the decision to self publish versus going through a book publisher, the psychology of a cookbook consumer, why chefs in Asheville were willing to share some of their best recipes for the cookbook, and what may be next for Farmer and Chef South.

This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Local ingredients with a side of community & purpose...

Nathan sits down with Julie Stehling co-owner of Early Girl Eatery and King Daddy's Chicken and Waffle for the 66th episode of Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in suburban Detroit, why you first open a business it is a lot like throwing a party every day and you hope people come, what the decision was to open King Daddy’s Chicken and Waffle, why if you want to go into the restaurant business you better be doing it for the love and not the profit, why the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and Early Girl Eatery tend to be mentioned in the same sentence over and over again, and why offering your employees insurance increases the productivity of your business and is ultimately the right thing to do.

This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Creating safe spaces for artistic growth...

Nathan sits down with Nina Hart author of ‘Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere’, Kaizen-Muse Creativity coach, owner of Writing From The Top of Your Head, and local massage therapist for the 65th episode of Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, what it was like to work with choreographer Sarah Shelton Mann as a dancer in the San Francisco based performance group Contraband, why if your art is making some individuals uncomfortable you are probably on the right track, why most people who haven’t started working towards their dreams are hiding not because of other people’s expectations, but instead from their own ego, and how does one channel creativity?

This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Falling in love with getting it done...

Nathan sits down with Tommy Calloway of the Feral Chihuahuas and Tommy Gun Productions for the 64th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about growing up in Highlands, NC, what it was like to work as a roadie for Disney on Ice, how a live sitcom was the inspiration for the Feral Chihuahuas, why a joy for the process keeps Tommy going after 10 years of performing sketch comedy despite little financial payoff, and what may be next for Asheville’s funniest comedy troupe.

This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Business success is all about building something bigger than yourself, at least according to Diana King owner of Edible Arrangements Asheville.

Nathan sits down with Diana King owner of Edible Arrangements Asheville for the 63rd episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Connecticut, why she fell in love with computer programming as a teenager, why the best way to learn to run a business is to be in the midst of running one, why franchises do play a role in the support local movement, and why succeeding in Asheville is not a matter of entitlement, but instead how hard you are willing to work toward your particular career goals.

This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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City permitting, moving the goal posts for Asheville entrepreneurs..

Nathan sits down with Bethany Adams owner of the Rhetorical Factory for the 62nd episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about her childhood ambition of becoming a Broadway actress, why she always wanted to own her own business, why art is ultimately an unspoken extension of the artist without the artist thinking about him or herself while creating their particular art piece, why the city permitting process and dealing with contractors can prevent those not financially fortunate from opening a business, and the next evolution of the Rhetorical Factory.

This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

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Finding truth in the moment...

Nathan sits down with Haley Steinhardt owner of Soul Tree Publications for the 61st episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about getting over the fear of self-promotion, growing up in Ohio, what it was like to work for Lark Books, how she built a profitable Reiki business and found the courage to walk away from that same business, why Soul Tree Publications is her new purpose and why life is all about finding truth in the present moment.

This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.

Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!

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