Pancake Town Podcast

Pancake Town Podcast

By Emily Wentz + Michelle Starbuck AmosSociety & CultureBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Pancake Town Podcast episodes

  • Episode 15 - How We Talk When We're Not Trying

    In this episode, Emily and Michelle return to “Pancake Town” (aka The Original Alps Pancake House here in Chicago).  Without a set topic, they throw some things at the wall and here's what sticks: holiday stress, self care as a maker, their preprartions for the upcoming Show of Hands... and being a shitty friend.

    1 hr 18 min
  • Episode 15 - How We Talk When We’re Not Trying

    In this episode, Emily and Michelle return to “Pancake Town” (aka The Original Alps Pancake House here in Chicago).  Without a set topic, they throw some things at the wall and here's what sticks: holiday stress, self care as a maker, their preprartions for the upcoming Show of Hands... and being a shitty friend.

    1 hr 18 min
  • Episode 14 - Get Your Shit Together, Do Some Work
    In this week's episode, Emily and Michelle get real chatty answering your questions about selling on consignment.  They share their real experiences from both sides of the retail equation, discuss the pros and cons of selling consignment (and wholesale), and stress the importance of having terms and contracts.  (p.s. You know they start talking about TV shows, and the show mentioned is actually called Slasher, not Stalker.)
    1 hr 49 min
  • Episode 13 - There's a Salmon Ladder
    In this week’s episode, Emily and Michelle record live at the City Made Handmade Market during Andersonville Arts Week.  They conduct speed dating style interviews at the market and get behind the scenes with some of your favorite Chicago makers, crafters, and designers.
    51 min
  • Episode 13 - There’s a Salmon Ladder
    In this week’s episode, Emily and Michelle record live at the City Made Handmade Market during Andersonville Arts Week.  They conduct speed dating style interviews at the market and get behind the scenes with some of your favorite Chicago makers, crafters, and designers.
    51 min
  • Episode 12 - Just Go to Andersonville Arts Week

    Special guests, Mark and Stephen from Edgewater Candles, join Michelle and Emily for breakfast at Dollop Diner in Andersonville to talk about Andersonville Arts Week.  They talk about all the reasons they love Andersonville and share their tips for interacting with customers at events.  Emily and Michelle then visit with Winnie from Winifred Grace and learn about her business’s journey from wholesaling jewelry to opening her storefront in the Chicago neighborhood of...  you guessed it: Andersonville!

    2 hr 13 min
  • Episode 11 - Do Your Due Diligence

    In this episode, Emily and Michelle find out it’s impossible to discuss ULINE without getting into politics.  They share their favorite resources for packaging and printing and talk about why branding is so important.  Finally, Michelle uses the podcast as accountability and gives them a huge homework assignment. 

    1 hr 43 min
  • Episode 10 - People Are Gonna Hate Us So Much
    In this week's episode, Emily fills Michelle in on her shopping experience at latest Renegade Craft Fair here in Chicago (while trying not to be a super judgy person who also runs a show!) - This inevitably leads to a long conversation about other shows, including a lot of behind-the-scenes talk about Show of Hands, admiring (and admonishing) other people's booth displays, and the importance of good signage and packaging.  They wrap up by teasing their next episode topic: alternative resources to ULINE!
    1 hr 45 min
  • Episode 9 - Find a Dead Body and Bring It Back to Life
    In this special ON LOCATION episode, Emily and Michelle finally find a way to bridge the topics of serials killers and makers.  They also get shop owners, Marco from Alapash and Chris from District, to agree to interviews by bribing them with pie from Bang Bang Pie & Biscuits.  Recorded at Bang Bang, Alapash & District; all on Damen Avenue in the northern Chicago neighborhood of Ravenswood.
    1 hr 22 min
  • Episode 8 - Our Brains Are Mushy
    In this totally unfocused episode, Michelle and Emily talk about staying motivated when you're self-employed (and not being too hard on yourself when you've lost focus)...  There's also a lot of rambling about working from home, setting self-imposed deadlines, producing new designs & retiring old ones, as well as all the TV shows Emily and Michelle have been watching, and how cell phones actually work in Ireland.
    1 hr 30 min

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Two Chicago-based small business owners - Michelle (Michelle Starbuck Designs) & Emily (OrangeBeautiful) - meet each week for breakfast to discuss the perks and problems with running your own…