The Big Fat Podcast

Katy Martin owns and operates Fishtail General Store and Fishtail Food Distributing in Fishtail Montana! “Little Bit Of Everything Since 1900”, Fishtail General Store is the oldest continually-open general store in Montana! Katy is the powerhouse of energy behind this little gem which she has expanded to include a production facility that supplies Sysco Montana and currently 28 City Brew Coffee Locations! Her Breakfast Burritos have been fueling Miners for years and Milo & April finally have an opportunity to tell Katy how she has inspired their practices at the Big Fat Lunchbox!

Ashley Robichaux owns and operates “Cajun Phatty’s” in Billings Montana! With years of experience in fine dining, she went “all-in” on a food truck and has built that into one of the most successful restaurants in this part of Montana! Originally from Louisiana, her legit accent and Cajun flavors, have won over the locals and the “purists” who claim to know everything about real Cajun Fare!

www.cajun-phattys.com

Stephen Pulley is the founder of Pulley’s Hot Sauce out of Missoula Montana! Jason Deonier is a Hot Sauce Connoisseur from Billings Montana who we have titled “The Ambassador of Sauce”! We catch them as they are on their way to a hot wing challenge, learn how the “Cap Cramps” put them both in the fetal position, and a little about hot pepper induced endorphin highs! You can check out all of Stephen’s awesome sauces at his website listed below!

pulleyshotsauce.com

Dusty is a native of Columbus MT who is about to become TikTok famous with his increasingly popular "Pool Life" series. He explains why he's not running for Mayor and goes deep on everything from "Hillclimbs" to Kanye! Dusty also finds out that he is a certain percentage responsible for inspiring the birth of the Big Fat Podcast. You'll want to get to know him here because we feel this won't be his last appearance!

We continue our conversation about "side hustle" and Cody reveals more about how he hedges against inflation by investing in precious metals! April is in studio, which makes everything better and more interesting, as we discuss the gold standard, compounding interest and how we're all going to retire in style with a pile of collectible coins! We learned a lot and think you will too!

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Cody McNiven Manages our local Madison River Propane here in Columbus MT. Always a positive guy with good perspectives, Cody talks “big, audacious goals” and discusses how he approaches life and why he has a “side hustle”. This is Part 1 because we felt we wanted to go deeper into his side hustle but had to cut this short because we both had to leave to go work at our 1st hustles!

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Website www.7kmetals.com/cmcniven

Niko & Kayla Cordero own 406Memories, a photography studio and DJ company, in Billings Montana. Recently voted "Best Of Billings Readers Choice" for Wedding Photography and runners up for Children's & Portrait Photographer. Kayla also specializes in "Boudoir" shoots from their studio. They are building a solid business while also raising a family and were a lot of fun to sit down with at "Big Fat Studios"!

406memories.com

Miner Extraordinaire, Montana Mountain Man, “Viral” YouTuber, and longtime friend, Shelby Burrows stops by Big Fat Studios to catch up with Milo.

This Montana Deputy Sheriff shoots wildlife, not bad guys. We talk with Cole about his passion for photography and get an opportunity to learn more about his shots from behind the scenes! We learn about his upcoming trip to Nepal and dip into some history books!

We sit down with Reno & Angela Olvera, of Laurel Montana, and learn of his journey from Marine Combat Videographer to their current entrepreneurial venture as co-founders of Infinite Ink & Apparel!