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Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant
By FTOB PodcastSociety & Culture
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant episodes
- FAB with Randi Weinstein
Randi Weinstein is located in Charleston, SC and is the founder of FAB, educational, inspirational business workshop women in the food + beverage industry which hosts over 400 attendees every year. Previous to FAB she served as the Director of Events for the Charleston Food + Wine festival for 8 years. We’re delighted to talk to Randi today about her journey and her thoughts on community in the restaurant industry.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions andThe Mise on Substack
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21 min - 2025 Forecast: What's Next for Restaurants?
2025 predictions from your hosts! Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify and Apple, we’d love to hear from you.
18 min - Roux with Lisa Grimm
Let's get in the weeds about Roux with Lisa Grimm. Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify and Apple, we’d love to hear from you.
33 min - In the Weeds with Savannah Miller (Top Chef)
This episode explores the challenges and benefits of chefs experiencing a platform, personal brand development, and the realities of the restaurant industry with recent Top Chef finalist Savanah Miller. We’ll hear about Savannah’s experiences being propelled into the spotlight while balancing her craft as a chef and developing her own voice and platform.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify and Apple, we’d love to hear from you.
30 min - Growing Restaurant Concepts with Andy Husbands
This epsiode focuses on guest Andy Husbands, Chef/Owner of Smoke Shop BBQ in Boston, MA a growing restaurant concept with 4 locations and plans for more. In this episode we’ll explore Husbands experiences in the restaurant industry, how he has seen restaurants evolve in his long tenured career, and how he thinks about scaling and growing a restaurant concept, and his vision for the future.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify, we’d love to hear from you.
26 min - Rethinking Leadership in Restaurants
In this episode, Deirdre discusses the changing landscape of leadership in the restaurant industry, emphasizing the need for leaders to adapt to new expectations from employees and the complexities of the current economic environment.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify, we’d love to hear from you.
10 min - Ballot 5 with Ryan Lotz
This episode explores the upcoming ballot measure 5 on the MA general election. Ballot measure 5, promoted by One Fair Wage, seeks to elimiate the tip credit from MA over the next 5 years raising the minimum wage for tipped employees to the same minimum wage as all other workers (currently $15). This episode explores the challenges of that change with Mass Restaurants United President and hospitality professional, Ryan Lotz.
Articles credited include, but are not limited to, the following:
- UC Irvine Study
- Impacts in Washington D.C.
- Tufts Center for State Policy
- Local Business Multiplier Effects
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify, we’d love to hear from you.
27 min - NA isn't just Not Applicable
In this week's episode we get in the weeds about NA beverages and major changes in the alcohol consumption space. Is the dip in alcohol permanent or temporary?
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify, we’d love to hear from you.
26 min - Dear Pete Wells
Dear Pete Wells, you're not 20 years old and the industry is not your toxic ex-girlfriend. In this episode we discuss Pete Well's last article for the New York Times.
- I Reviewed Restaurants for 12 Years. They’ve Changed, and Not for the Better.
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @_tableside_
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify, we’d love to hear from you.
23 min - McDonald's
Fast food isn’t the focus of this pod but we think what’s happening at McDonald's tells a story about what the short to medium term for the broader restaurant industry could look like. Articles credited include, but are not limited to, the following,
- Marketing + Marketing, Sales Drops & Inflation, Value Meal Impacts
- Market Rewarding Value Refocus
- Also Coke, Pepsi, Chipotle…
- McDonalds is a Warning Shot for the Larger Economy
- Cracking of Low Income Consumers
- McDonald’s said the Word Value 90 Times on it's Q2 Earnings Call
Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.
MORE FROM FTOB:
- Follow us on Instagram @ftobpodcast, @heyshybird, @tableside
- Read Elided Opinions on Substack
Do you enjoy Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant? Star us on Spotify, we’d love to hear from you.
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About Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant
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A podcast about restaurants, culture, society, and the economy. The program is hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves, and is sometimes recorded live from Boston.