Reno Street Audio

As part of a series on local entrepreneurs, Jacob Kostuchowski interviews Kyle Jennings and Bradley Linde, the owners and operators of local coffee shop, Buzzed Coffee. Jennings and Linde talk about the community and culture they want to foster, marketing strategies and more on this week's episode of the Our Town Reno Podcast.

Since we featured them in a web article earlier this year, the Reno band Flamingos in the Tree, an indie basement pop band, has reached new heights. Jaden Urban catches up with lead vocalist Daniel Escovar to find out about this sudden fame in this bonus podcast episode.

Jacob Kostuchowski talks with business owner Francesca Martinez, the owner of Bad Apple Vntg, a local boutique here in midtown Reno, to discuss her process of acquiring inventory and being a small business owner in a place like the Biggest Little City.

Jacob Kostuchowski interviews Francisco Moreno, the young creator of the clothing brand Anime Galore. He asks Moreno about what it's like being a young business owner, how to grow a social media presence, and why he goes for "subtle" anime wear.

Reno’s Victoria Scott, a scientist-turned-writer, is capturing some of Reno’s skyline and signage in her photography. After a career as a software engineer working at NASA, Scott came out as a transgender woman during the pandemic. Scott found going back in person to the Houston office and explaining this unappealing.

With a few years moonlighting as an automotive writer in her free time under her belt, Scott decided to try that route full-time. The remote nature of the new job meant that Scott could work anywhere in the country.

A subsequent road trip across the nation, admiration for the desert and a friend renting out space left Scott with the impression that Reno was the place for her to move to. Listen to some of her journey which includes discovering Reno through her lens with reporter Jesse Stone.

Starting with an extension card hooked up to a mini-fridge in their front yard, Claire Holden didn’t let the daunting size of Reno’s vulnerable population stop them from helping feed the community the best way they could. The Biggest Little Free Pantry program is a mutual aid network that acts as a tool for the community to take care of itself. Listen in as reporters Parker Samuelson and Vanessa Ribeiro find out more on how the initiative is making Reno healthier.

Sue Smith, a former Ward 4 City Council member in Reno from 1987 to 1991, enjoys the UNR campus where she used to be a student, the beautiful fall weather we’ve been having in October, the local arts and theatre community, and so many aspects of the Biggest Little City, but there is one current negative amid all these positives: she believes our local governance needs to open up again. Listen to her thoughts in interview with Our Town Reno coordinator Nico Colombant.

Kendra Bertschy, a local criminal public defense attorney running for Reno Justice Court, Department 2, remembers the decisive moment that propelled her into compassionate commitments, including helping foster kids and troubled youths, both as a volunteer and in her work. She pauses though, before answering, during our outdoor interview, with the Truckee River flowing behind us, and pedestrians walking by. Listen to the episode with Our Town Reno coordinator Nico Colombant as Bertschy explains why she's the best choice for voters in November.

Meghan Ebert is the Ward 4 candidate trying to topple incumbent Bonnie Weber, amid a surge of development, she believes is not always in the best interests of actual residents.

For our episode #200, Jacob Kostuchowski goes to a rally of families of northern Nevada residents killed by local police, which took place September 17th, outside the Bruce R. Thompson US Courthouse and Federal Building.