We touch base with our "man about town," Michael Poandl, whose job it is to literally be all about our town - Asheville - as part of his role with the Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority and Explore Asheville. We get a chance to talk to him about the exciting events coming up as part of the holiday season including Christmas at the Biltomore, Arboretum Lights, and the Grove Park Inn's National Gingerbread House contest as well as more off the beaten track fare such as the Asheville Fringe Fest, Miss Gay Latina, and much more!

Along the way we devour topics like audiobooks, Dune, new music (including ABBA) and much much more!

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Angie Flynn-McIver is so many things - co-founder of Asheville's NC Stage Company, theatre artist, founder of professional communication and coaching firm IgniteCSP and now AUTHOR of the amazing helping, friendly book - Before You Say Anything: How to Have Better Conversations, Love Public Speaking, and Finally Know What to Do with Your Hands. Listeners of the pod may remember Angie from the last time she was on the show and in this episode we devour and divulge on many topics around communicating our intentions, including how to handle those difficult conversations with your crazy uncle this holiday season! 

We also devour topics like the return to indoor concerts, plays and sporting events, the quirky cameraderie of Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler in "Making It," and the return of college hoops!

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Full moon shining in my head it’s crying awooo…

Whistle blowin’ runaway train leave the station awoo…

You can try to win my heart

But you’ll only get the human part

Awoo…

Midnight prowlin’ got my soul a growlin’ awoo…

PIckin’ up a rounder let the poor boy ride awoo…

Once the howlin’ starts

You ain’t talking to the human part

No awoo…

I got big white teeth

Sharp as a blade

When my claws get in you

You ain’t getting away

I can run all night

Until the crack of dawn

By the time you hear me coming

You might as well be gone

Ooh-awooo!  Ooh-awooo!

Full moon shining in my head it’s crying awoo…

Put me on the track and I ain’t ever coming back, no awoo…

You can try to win my heart,

But you’ll only get the human part, awoo….

In this take, Tom explores taking the process of hitching bride and groom hback from the traditional religious entities and bringing wedding power back to the people.

When Scott Bunn graduated from Wake Forest University he should have declared his major as "Polymath." Whether it's sports as co-host of "Run That Back," Asheville's Indy Sports Radio Show, writing comedy sketches, playing dad/husband, plucking on the ol' 6 string or writind thoughtful explorations of some of Bob Dylan's greatest songs as part of his blog "Recliner Notes," it has to be said that Scott is a man of many talents.

We do a deep dive with Scott about all that brought him to his most recent adventure, Recliner Notes, and find out what makes a man sit down and write about his 80 favorite Dylan tunes with such insight and aplomb.

Of course we devour along with Tom and myself as well diving into topics like Halloween specials, T-Bone steaks, Anthony Bourdain and much, much more on this special episode.

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Just in time for scary movie season, we bring in Asheville movie critic, Edwin Arnaudin, to give his picks and we find out all about his work as a film critic for ashvillemovies.com, Mountain Xpress, Citizen-Times and many more!

We also devour some small screen titles including "Only Murders in the Building," books, and much much more on this excellent episode.

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It's the spooky season and what better way to get into the spirit of the season than by talking to Asheville's Village Witch, Byron Ballard!  We find out so much about what it means to be a witch in modern times. We discuss the forensics of folk medicine, learn to pronounce "Samhain," and discuss topics such skin cream, Phish lyrics, sunflower seeds, and the dangers of candy corn. Get a little spooky and devour with us!

In this take, Tom reminds us that, before we get defensive, perhaps a better response is to "Take the note."  Good advice always. Devour it!

Beer Belly Blues

A:

Woke up this morning

And I looked in the mirror

Woke up this morning

Took a hard look in the mirror

Didn’t see no head, no legs, no tail

Just a bell-y full of beer

A:

Only 2 things make me sad in this ol’ world

But they happen all the time

Only 2 things make me sad

But they happen all the time

The first one is seeing the truth

And the other one is being blind

Chorus:

I paid the tab

I drank the booze

Yes I paid the tab

And I drank the booze

Don’t tell me you ain’t had them yourself

I got the beer belly blues

B:

I’ve talked to my tailor

Talked to my friends

Talked to my sponsor

But I can’t make amends

I talked to the governor

But the world’s still on fire

I talked to the devil

But he was wearing a wire

Chorus 2:

I paid the tab

I drank the booze

Don’t tell me you ain’t had them yourself

I got the beer belly blues

A:

Well I woke up this morning

With the beer belly blues

Yes I woke up this morning

With the Beer Belly Blues

But one day I won’t wake up

No more beer

No more belly

No more blues.

Asheville is famous for its climate, natural splendour, art and music scene, and of course...BEER!

We sit down with Leah Rainis of The Asheville Brewers Alliance and discuss all of the ins and outs of the craft beverage industry, its impact on Asheville, upcoming Beer events and discuss some of our favorite selections from the many available fall brews. Also discussed - grapes, scary movies, snacks and much, much, more!

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