Finding Asheville Podcast

Turning knowlege into practice...

Nathan sits down with Chad Oliphant owner of Smiling Hara Tempeh for the 60th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about grow up in Muncie, Indiana, his ambition of becoming a rock star which included performing rock shows in Albuquerque storage units, what he learned at the Kushi Institute in Massachusetts which was later an inspiration for Smiling Hara Tempeh, the goals of Smiling Hara's Kickstarter project to raise money to produce tempeh made with hemp that is grown by US veterans, and why knowledge is just knowledge until put into practice.

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

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Limitless potential? 

Nathan sits down with Kelly Prime owner of Relax and Rejuvenate of Asheville and board member of Just Economics of Western North Carolina for the 59th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about growing up in Hunington Beach, CA, what Asheville can learn from the city of Portland’s growth, what is the upside of being a social entrepreneur, the evils of Groupon, the goals of Just Economics of Western North Carolina, and how a twenty year FedEx worker made the transition to owning her own massage and wellness center.

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

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Leaving history figuratively and literally?

Nathan sits down with David 'Doc' Brown of Doc Brown's BBQ food truck for the 58th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about growing up in New England, why he wanted to be a history professor growing up, what motivated him to leave academia for his very own BBQ food truck, how you learn risk aversion and why setting the bar low is sometimes ultimately a good thing.

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

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Taking the Leap?

Nathan sits down with Kelly Denson of Lush Life Productions for the 57th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about growing up in Punta Gorda, Florida, whether or not working with baseball player Alex Rodriguez is as bad as it sounds, what the difference is between marketing Southwest Florida restaurants versus Asheville restaurants, why jumping out of an airplane prepared her for jumping from a day job to owning her own business, and why running a business with intention is her key to success in 2015.

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

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Monsters of persistence? 

Nathan sits down with Jim Mackenzie and Sarah Giavedoni of Stuff Monsters Like, The Pop Project, and organizers of the Asheville Zombie Walk for the 56th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about growing up in small town North Carolina, why you should consider donating to the Pop Project, a non profit focused on providing books to schools, veterans, and prisons, what inspired them to launch a kickstarter project to record a folk album on the moon, why local Asheville UFO sightings may have been caused by this local blogging duo, and why creating is inevitably enjoying the process of feeding a black hole.

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

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An introverted lead vocalist?

Nathan sits down with Amanda Anne Platt of The Honeycutters for the 55th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in small town in New York, why a banjo in a store front in college was the start to her musical career, what it ultimately takes to write a song, what it means to take country music back to its roots, and how an introvert ever got the courage to step on stage and sing to a group of strangers about her life.

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

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Working hard in the face of bigotry?

Nathan sits down with Chef Reza Setayesh owner of restaurants Rezaz and Piazza for the 54th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about why the kitchen was ultimately the best way to express himself, why working hard was his best solution to deal with Americans who abused and harassed him because of his Iranian background given the Iranian hostage crisis, why you must learn how to eat before you can truly learn how to cook, and why French technique really can enhance traditional cultural recipes.

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

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Pirates in the kitchen?

Nathan sits down with Chef Sam Etheridge owner of Ambrozia Bar and Bistro for the 53rd episode of Finding Asheville. They chat about growing up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the intricacies of the Cuban sandwich, why despite being one of the top chefs in Albuquerque nobody seems to know about that here in Asheville, at least Nathan anyways, how a speech from Chef John Fleer inspired him to ditch a completely different business venture and open a restaurant in Asheville, and why he prefers a pirate kitchen over a quiet kitchen.

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

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Homeless to Best of WNC?

Nathan sits down with Micah Mackenzie owner of Micah Mackenzie Photography for the one year anniversary episode of Finding Asheville. They chat about growing up in Sumter, SC, why he believes in the potential of Asheville, why losing all the photographs of a wedding he was hired for was a turning point in his career, and how he made his way from living in a halfway house in Atlanta to being voted the best photographer in Western North Carolina four years in a row.

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

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Refusing to melt under others' expectations...

Nathan sits down with Steven Paulson co-owner of Melt Your Heart food truck for the 50th episode of Finding Asheville. They chat about growing up in Milwaukee, how his time in Portland inspired him to open a food truck, why he decided to vagabond and see the United States straight out of high school, what is attractive about working in a kitchen, why a grilled cheese food truck was the idea that the Paulsons went with, and why some food trucks in Asheville fail.

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

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