Side Work Podcast

We are back speaking with our friend, bartender, bar and karaoke company owner Thom Sigsby of Hi-Ho Karaoke fame here in Los Angeles. Not only did his bar, The Fable, get punched in the nuts by Coronavirus, so did his karaoke business. We learn about what it takes to have a successful, and super fun karaoke gig while simultaneously apologizing for being terrors whenever we descend upon one of Thom's karaoke nights. And of course we worry about the future of karaoke. At the top of the show, we learn more about Restaurant Opportunity Centers (ROC-united.org) and the Music City chapter pushing their "Safer At Work" campaign! 

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Restaurants are open and we are not okay with it.  We talk with Tyler Price who is forming a new Restaurant Opportunity Center (ROC) in Nashville  and their path to unionizing. Then, bar & small business owner Thom Sigsby tells us about all the ways the government is NOT coming through to help independently owned establishments.

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(Sorry about the glitch but we caught it fast and re-posted with the audio fixed!) It's getting crazier and crazier out there, folks. In today's episode we start to explore existing unions for service workers and our aim is to learn how we can do it too! Then we talk about the One Fair Wage movement all while being accompanied by our favorite funny friend Nick Vatterott. God Speed and Good Health!

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Reporting live from quarantine, we have some foot soldiers on the ground in Ft. Worth TX call in to tell us how they're handling their restaurant turning into a carry-out version of Road House! We begin an epic novella of Server Submitted Stories and then speak with a couple that has been quarantined from one another for over a month and dive into our topic of the day: Working With Your Significant Other.

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Hey Side Work family! Today we've got some great stories from listeners, plus latest news from the ever-changing pivots restaurants are doing to stay alive. James Dunn joins us as we move on to the topic of the day: Mom and Pop restaurants. God Speed and Good Health. 

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We have lots more info coming your way today as our industry scrambles to figure out how to stay alive during Covid-19. Then we talk about an issue very important to us: our PETS! More specifically, cat cafes and dog friendly restaurants and there is no one better to join us for this chat than iconic podcast host and producer Steven Ray Morris! God Speed and Good Health!

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Today's topic: The Shift Drink. Many of us are now doing that with our old co-workers over Zoom or Face Time and Matt Braunger (from our first episode ever!) joins us again and brings the hilarity. But before we get into the good ol' days we have information and resources for you all so please do your due diligence and find out what type of forms / applications need to be filled out so you can receive financial assistance during this wild time. We love you all. God Speed and Good Health!

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While we work on and record some new episodes in this Covid-19 landscape, let's go back to three weeks ago when things felt normal and we didn't have a care in the world! So, here is part two of a deep dive into the lives of our coffee-centric service brothers and sisters with Simon Gibson. If you can still safely go get some coffee, do it! God Speed and Good Health and we will have brand new content on Friday. 

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Hey Side Work family! This was recorded on Saturday (all sitting 6 ft apart) while restaurants were threatening to close but hadn't yet. As this pandemic continues to deal blows day by day some of our discussion is already old news but we think you'll laugh and enjoy anyways!! We love you all and want you to stay positive, healthy, and connected to us and each other! Send us stories like usual --- old ones, new crazy ones - we are here for it and will share. In the meantime, please enjoy repeat guest Ken Reid who is possibly a comic genius. God Speed and Good Health!

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We checked in with you, our listeners and family in the service industry to see how the recently declared pandemic is treating you. Turns out, NOT GOOD. We hope if anything this episode can bring some laughs and solidarity through what will certainly be a tough and uncharted period of time for everyone but ESPECIALLY those of us who depend on jobs that don't provide benefits or paid time off. God Speed and GOOD HEALTH to all of you. We love you!! 

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