John is the absolute O.G of craft beer in Rochester, NY. The founder of Rohrbach Brewing Company, John's company has stood the test of time as he has successfully operated not only a restaurant, which is hard enough, but a craft brewery through 2 craft beer explosions while navigating the in-between times as well. A masterclass in business lives inside his head, and we're just so honored to have gotten to spend an hour with him.

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Connections Podcast

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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.

Jen is best known to us over the past decade as the mind and passion behind Young Lion, but it turns out that Young Lion was actually her 4th entrepreneurial journey. Jen will tell us about the several software companies that she and her ex-husband started and exited prior to founding Young Lion. She'll tell us about selling off Young Lion, and finally we'll hear how Rohrbach came to acquire the brand recently. Lots of great nuggets in this one from the greatest of all time.. my friend Jen.

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Nights and Weekends

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Adam Eaton, a Rochester native, was feeling a little lost. He was an artist at heart, but his day job wasn't allowing him to exercise that creative muscle. So, one day, he signed up to take a photography class, and the rest is history! Now a published author, Adam is on tour promoting his new book "Black Is Beautiful"

WARNING: This episode has some mention of suicidal thoughts. If that is a trigger, you may want to skip it.

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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.

Common Thread

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Charles Corby is the 5th generation owner of Pittsford Farms Dairy & Bakery and was really the mastermind behind many of the pivots that business has made in the past couple of decades. Charles was behind the expansion of the retail store to what it is today, the ramping up of production on the milk for larger distribution, and yes, Charles is the one who said "we should start making ice cream". Please enjoy his family story.

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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!

Dialed In: A Coffee Podcast

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

Brian is the 3rd generation owner of Red Jacket Orchards and, while reluctant to refer to himself as an entrepreneur, is absolutely one is the truest sense of the word. Brian has pivoted, several times, both prior to and after joining the family business. The most recent pivot, however, into focusing on the juice production and distribution, has proven to be the most fruitful (see what I did there?) as the juices are not distributed from "Miami to Maine".

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Connections Podcast

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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!

Mind of Magnus

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Lauren is a grinder, having worked 16 different jobs before figuring out she was a better leader than a follower, Lauren saw a problem that needed to be solved for busy folks who are unable to take care of the tiny tasks that life requires. Lauren launched her business, muscled it to success, and today serves as the President of her business managing a team of helpers while also being nominated for awards left and right for what she has built.

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Getting Real with Bossy: For Women Who Own Business

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Nights and Weekends

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Holly is part of the 4th generation ownership team of Kittelberger, Rochester's juggernaut brand for flowers & gifts. She shares with us the history of how this iconic brand came to be, what each generation brought along the way, what her day-to-day is like, and what is in store for the future.

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Getting Real with Bossy: For Women Who Own Business

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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.

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Ted Rund Jr. is the owner of Thirsty Turtle (Victor, NY) and Harro East, the iconic Rochester, NY event space. Teddy didn't necessarily set-out for entrepreneurship, but grew up around it as his father and family lineage brought that aspect to his life. Teddy was a star athlete, and that had most of his attention for most of his life, continuing into a coaching career he still enjoys. But when his father suffered an injury, Teddy was thrust into the spotlight and had to become an entrepreneur virtually overnight.

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Nights and Weekends

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It's A Lot

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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

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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.

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