Elvio Fernandes is not only the founder of Elvio's Coffee, Empire Boulevard's hottest and newest coffee joint, but is also the founder of ROC Star Academy and OH, by the way, also a literal ROCK STAR as keyboardist for Daughtry. His origin story is a delight, enjoy!

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Common Thread

Check out Common Thread on Lunchador! https://feeds.captivate.fm/common-threads-hardcore/

Getting Real with Bossy: For Women Who Own Business

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Rory is a fellow podcaster! Check him out on the Common Thread podcast here on The Lunchador Podcast Network. Today, we talk to Rory about his life, his entrepreneurial journey, and we close out 2025 with a heroic story of Rory's fatherly instincts coming to the rescue.

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Behind the Glass

Hosted by Richard B Colón and Quajay Donnell, Behind the Glass is a monthly talk with the current month’s BTG Roster. Artists are interviewed about their submissions and we dive deep into their process, inspiration and thought process centralized around their artwork in the Behind the Glass Gallery located in the heart of Downtown Rochester NY.

Behind the Studio Door

Hosted by Molly Darling and Christian Rivera, Behind the Studio Door takes listeners on a captivating exploration of artists and their creative processes. Through deep and meaningful conversations, they uncover the stories and experiences that shape the outward expression of their work.

Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Stefan is part of the ownership group of Headwater Food Hub, one of the region's leaders in getting local farm grown foods onto your dinner plate. Stefan will tell us both his own story, and the story of Headwater, we hope you enjoy!

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Food About Town

Food About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on restaurants, food and drink of all kinds, and whatever topics I want to cover!

Punches & Popcorn

The masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.

Jenna has (almost) never been interviewed, which is quite remarkable for someone who has had such an impact on the Rochester restaurant scene, the cultural fabric of Rochester, and the entrepreneurship community of our city. In this hour plus interview, we get to know the person behind many of Rochester's most well known and beloved restaurants and the pride of Holley, NY.

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Behind the Glass

Podcast and gallery focusing on underrepresented artists utilize the space to amplify their work. Curated by @Richardbcolon @qua.jay. Check out the podcast or join them in person first Fridays at 240 E Main St, Rochester, NY!

Food About Town

Food About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on restaurants, food and drink of all kinds, and whatever topics I want to cover!

Kathy has one of the BEST entrepreneur origin stories in that she started Joe Bean.. and failed.. before taking a few years to hash out what worked and what didn't and COMING BACK AND THRIVING!!!!! This interview gets a bit into the weeds of co-packing (forgive me for that), but Kathy is a force, and has built an incredible business. We are so thankful for her shared insight.

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Punches & Popcorn

The masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.

Mind of Magnus

Check out Mind of Magnus at magnusapollo.com, and leave him factoids at 585-310-2473!

Jenna is a FORCE. Jenna will tell us about how her work ethic has driven her from the age of 14 to where she is today and how she found her passion for event planning & execution. Jenna has had 3 main eras, the first was working with a notorious nightclub/restaurant owner to open dozens of establishments across the country. The second, as "Jazz Fest Jenna", an integral part of the chemistry that brings that event together each year. And most recently, as the founder of ROC Holiday Village, the winter wonderland we've all come to know and love that takes over Martin Luther King Jr. Park each year around the holidays. In this episode, Jenna tells us how she got there..

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Dialed In: A Coffee Podcast

Get Dialed In to the world of coffee with Aaron and Wade! Tastings, coffee news and opinion and more!

Food About Town

Food About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on restaurants, food and drink of all kinds, and whatever topics I want to cover!

Pauly sits down with the man responsible for the skyline of Rochester that you know and love, literally. Owning many of the iconic skyscrapers in Rochester, Andy Gallina started this adventure "swinging a hammer" with his father and uncles as a part of their construction business. Andy will walk us through how he went from that, pivoted from residential to commercial construction, and later to focus on downtown. He cares greatly for and is so passionate about downtown's revitalization, and for that we are so incredibly lucky to have him.

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Mind of Magnus

Check out Mind of Magnus at magnusapollo.com, and leave him factoids at 585-310-2473!

Punches & Popcorn

The masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.

Jack Doyle is the 5th generation CEO and co-owner of Doyle Security, Rochester's premiere security systems provider. Jack shares his story with us, of what it was like to "know what he wanted to be when he grew up" to actually making it happen, including several stops along the way and some wonderful wisdom.

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Punches & Popcorn

The masters of Couch Potato style Mike Huntone, Jason Bills, and Dr. Dominic D’Amore take a deep dive into the best and worst of martial arts films.

Dialed In: A Coffee Podcast

Get Dialed In to the world of coffee with Aaron and Wade! Tastings, coffee news and opinion and more!

Jason Barrett returns to address the cliffhanger from his most recent appearance.. we quickly cover the missing 18 minutes from our original episode, his and his family's health scares that happened in the middle of all of this, what has happened to Black Button since we last spoke, and what his personal future holds..

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Lunchador Podcast Network

Lunchador Podcast Network is a network of podcasts originating in Rochester, NY. Our goal is bringing creative people together to be a positive force in the arts community. The shows that make up Lunchador are owned by the creators and cover a wide range of topics and backgrounds.

Lindsay Connelly is the 2025 small business person of the year and she is a dynamic entrepreneur who has had leadership and risk tolerance in her DNA her entire life. You'll hear that the risk tolerance has put her life at risk, quite literally, on multiple occasions, but also gave her the talents required to build Linden, a digital marketing agency boasting 20 employees, thriving, and expanding.

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Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.

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Food About Town

Food About Town hosted by Chris Lindstrom, focusing on restaurants, food and drink of all kinds, and whatever topics I want to cover!

Behind the Glass

Podcast and gallery focusing on underrepresented artists utilize the space to amplify their work. Curated by @Richardbcolon @qua.jay. Check out the podcast or join them in person first Fridays at 240 E Main St, Rochester, NY!