Friends in Austin

Zack Carlson explains the early days of the Alamo Drafthouse and the ideas that made people fall in love with it. After some fun Alamo history he describes his experience making a documentary called "The American Scream" where several unique characters from a small Massachusetts town are brought to light working their unique magic.

Stephanie Herrera became a Salesforce sensation by turning friendly and collaborative training sessions she dubbed "Salesforce Saturday" into international phenomena. Salesforce did a documentary on her which lead to her speaking on stage at the massive Dreamforce conference in front of thousands and receiving a personal introduction by billionaire entrepreneur and Salesforce founder Marc Benioff. Tune in to hear Stephanie tell the story of hard work that lead her to a few life changing events which enabled her to use her newly found privilege to continue pushing the people around her upward.

Austin Habitat for Humanity is an affiliate of the international nonprofit that brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Phyllis tells the origin story of Habitat for Humanity, the challenges of affordable housing, what her responsibilities are as the CEO of Austin Habitat for Humanity, and how her career evolved over time.

The whole team returns! Justin, Dave, & Zac answer questions around the podcast. What is Friends in Austin? What are we trying to do? What's been working? What isn't? Why hasn't Zac seen Ghostbusters 2 and how is he so confused about the cast of Demolition Man?

Colleen, Abe, and Maggie join Justin for the first 4 person episode and the 3rd Friends Chat. The gang sits down to discuss their favorite holiday traditions, the joy of bidets, spitting on siblings, colleens dream of living on a sailboat, Abe's future in homesteading, Maggie's naked life sized barbie doll, and more!

Austin unicorn George Vance McGee comes on the podcast to discuss how Austin has changed over the years, recent changes to local law (an increase in property taxes), and some things we can do to keep Austin an amazing place to live.

🏀 Long time friend and native Austinite Jason joins Justin to discuss the intense collaboration and split second decision making that is required to provide amazing replays to your TV while you are enjoying professional sports games on the couch. 🏀

Shani Majer joins Justin to discuss what it takes to be an entrepreneur and how she got her iPhone app Will2Click launched in the app store.

Fellow podcaster Patrick Scott Armstrong of "The Lone Star Plate" joins Justin for a discussion around what it takes to build a podcast and become a full time podcaster.

Kevin Newsum makes a second appearance on the podcast to give an update on his CPG product Steamm Espresso. Steamm was picked up by Central Market to see how the product performs in stores. If you're an espresso fan please visit steamm.com or your local Central Market and give it a "shot"!