Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant

Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant

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Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant episodes

  • Restaurant Economics with Ara Kharazian

    We’re delighted to welcome our first guest to FTOB, Ara Kharazian. Ara is the economic research Lead at Square where he spearheads research on consumer, labor, and business trains and developed Square Payroll Index, a public tool to track and measure wage growth for service workers in the restauarnt and retail sectors. Ara has been cited in the NY Times, Bloomberg, and the Australian Financial Review and we are delighted to talk to him about his thoughts on restaurant economics and labor. 


    Frequently Thoughtful, Occasionally Brilliant is co-hosted by Eli Feldman and Deirdre Auld, produced by Mia Groves.

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      56 min
    • The World's Largest Catering Event

      The second most important thing about the Olympics is food. An insightful conversation around the complexity of large scale catering, lesson in change management, digital versus analog, and more. Sports and restaurants are the same; you must have a player, you must have physical production of food. Articles credited include the following,

      • Olympics Budget and Cost
      • Food and the Olympics
      • Tik Tok Reviews on Food in the Olympic Village
      • How to Feed the Olympics
      • Tourism Down During Olympics
      • Paris Restaurants Struggle with Security Zones
      • Second Half of July was Tough for Cafes and Bars in Paris
      • Paris is Empty
      • New York Post on Olympics Food Numbers
      • Insane Diet of Ryan Crouser
      • Gen X Rise on Tik Tok
      • The War on Gen Z and Eminem's New Album

        • 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.

          58 min
        • The History of Reservations

          A Brief History of Reservations; an insightful conversation around payment, reservations, OpenTable, Resy, Tock and more. Articles credited include the following,

          • JP Morgan acquires Infatuation
          • Where Reservations Come From
          • History of Credit Cards
          • CNN on Amex Buying Resy and Tock
          • Restaurant Reservation Timeline
          • Amex Earnings Call on Dining
          • Digital Rservation Sellers

            • 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. 

              1 hr 1 min

            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.