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This week's episode contains a lot of excellent music:

:00-:10 Okay - Submarine Machine

8:44-9:15 Promise Land - Submarine Machine

9:30-10:00 Every Seed Must Die - The Promise is Hope

25:25-26:45 Grateful - The Promise is Hope

36:55-37:55 Springtime - Ben Grigorov

38:05-39:40 Home - The Promise is Hope

54:20-54:30 Okay - Submarine Machine

We are joined by independent artists Ashley and Eric L’Esperance of The Promise is Hope and Ben Grigorov of Submarine Machine. We’re talking about what it’s like to launch a musical career in the digital age while maintaining your authenticity. What is so special about TIDAL anyways? Do you prefer vinyl? Are you all about the Macarena or the Big Mac? 

This week, we discuss millennial friendly working conditions, bias in the workplace, and accurate pop culture depictions of attorneys. We are joined by AiVi Nguyen and Mark Borenstein. AiVi is the youngest attorney ever elected to partnership at Worcester’s premier law firm, Bowditch & Dewey. Hear how Legally Blonde could be a more accurate measure of millennial lawyers than you think. Do we all need to dress like the attorneys on Suits if we want to ask for raises? Also, a state of affairs for Drake and Kanye. 

We discuss the rapid growth of Worcester’s restaurant scene and the difficulties that come along with launching a new concept in a gateway city with endless and unrealized potential. We are joined by Jonathan Demoga, Chef/Owner of MamaRoux Food Trailer, as well as Ellen Benson, General Manager of simjang. We also talk about the death of The Citizen Wine Bar and a new era for passionate purveyors. Does volume equal success anymore? Depends on who you ask.  

This week, we’re joined by Jessica Walsh of Worcester Wares as well as Hannah Akre and Ethan Klausmeyer of Gloves Go Global to discuss philosophies on gift giving in honor of the holiday season. Jessica gives us the super-secret-squirrel scoop on her most exclusive designs. Hannah and Ethan talk preventative health, Amazon smile, and pilots licenses. We're all hoping for URL's in our stockings this year. 

A chat with pop star Brynn Elliott, in town for the City of Worcester’s annual Festival of Lights on the Worcester Common Oval. Elliot is a recent Harvard graduate with a rapidly rising girl power anthem on the Billboard charts, "Might Not Like Me." But first, we discuss the surprise restructuring of our current radio studio 102.9 fm as Pop It pushes for the normalization of women's voices within our local broadcasting community. 

This week, we had our consultation with day-of-coordinator Yvonne Caole-Sousa. Listen to the full meeting for bold insights regarding vendors, pacing, and parents. Also, Molly finds out what it takes to be a bridesmaid. (Sorry Ross.)

This week, we're discussing custom contemporary wedding bands with the team from Chris Ploof Designs. There's nothing traditional about a ring forged from the 4.5 billion year old Gibeon Meteorite. Ploof also deals in mokume gane and damascus steele (think: Game of Thrones level weaponry). We touch on Mariah Carey's #JusticeForGlitter moment and delve into some jewelry-centric pop culture. Tunes by Submarine Machine. 

This week, we unpacked the role of pop culture in public art with muralist/sticker-aficionado Lukas Therien (a.k.a. StickiPictures) and organizer Che Anderson. In September, we watched Lukas compete in his first Secret Walls battle while Che mesmerized the crowd as a seasoned Secret Walls emcee.

You can find Che at Miami Art Basel's installment of the competition in December and Lukas on Etsy's @stickipictures shop. Tunes by Submarine Machine. 

No one was TAKEN in the making of this podcast (on account of the fact that Liam Neeson was outside in the parking lot for the duration of its taping.)