My longtime friend Lewis Brice is a Nashville-based independent artist, songwriter, and one of the hardest working people in the music business.

Lewis and I recorded this episode a couple of weeks before the tornado hit Nashville and since then he’s been out with so many other Nashvillians volunteering his time and platform to help the victims.

In this episode of The Big Idea Podcast, Lewis talks about diving headfirst into your passions and why you must never give up no matter what.

Charlie Nelson joined with his brother to revive their triple great grandfather's whiskey company Nelson's Greenbrier Distiller which was bigger than Jack Daniels at the time it was shut down by Prohibition. 

When a chance run in with history brought the Nelson brothers together with their destiny, it was just the beginning of the work that has since led to Nelson's Greenbrier being on track to being one of the top makers of bourbon in the United States.

Charlie tells the story of his family business and talks about the journey of bringing back a family business originally formed over a hundred years ago on the latest episode of The Big Idea Podcast.

Danielle Maltby is a former neonatal ICU nurse that attracted nationwide adoration when she appeared on The Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise. Since then she has started a chart topping podcast focused on empowering, informing, and uniting women in healthcare.

Danielle shares with us how she’s found her greatest opportunities by leaning into discomfort and embracing the power of vulnerability. 

Dr. Michael Liebman is a leading expert in clinical trials and a member of 14 scientific advisory boards with a PhD in theoretical chemistry and protein crystallography.

It’s a great honor to have him join the team at United Cancer Centers as Chief Scientific Officer and to speak with him on the latest episode of The Big Idea Podcast about designing better clinical trials, new tech in pharma, and unknown knowns in healthcare innovation.

In this Episode of The Big Idea Podcast, Ed Clay interviews Renowned Jiu Jitsu Black Belt and founder of 10th Planet Jiu-Jitsu, Eddie Bravo and On-The-Mat (OTM) founder Scotty Nelson. 

Ed is a former world champion fighter and most recently the former CEO of an integrative cancer hospital called CHIPSA in Tijuana Mexico. In this interview, they talk about the correlation between treating cancer and mixed martial arts and how the cancer industry can grow and evolve by using some of the common strategies of Mixed Martial Arts.

Cavanagh Baker has made a name for herself as a top fashion designer in the country dressing superstars like Heidi Klum, Maren Morris, and Kelsea Ballerini to name just a few.

On this episode of The Big Idea, Cavanagh tells us about overcoming the challenges of dyslexia and being told she wasn’t smart enough to be successful as a kid, what it takes to start a small business, and surviving Project Runway. 

On this episode of The Big Idea, Ed talks with professional dancer, choreographer, and teacher Joy Spears. When Joy is not dancing on award shows or choreographing today’s biggest artists for tours, music videos, and award shows she teaches young dancers. She talks about the challenges and positives of the next generation and that if you commit to something, you can do it. 

On this episode of The Big Idea, Shannon Ford talks about her reality show debut on Very Cavallari and how she built a massive following around honesty, failing out loud, and being herself even when it wasn’t in her best interest. 

Chris Mizer has dedicated his life to business, biology, and Buddhism. He is the managing partner of the investment firm Vivaris Capital and on the board of To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences and United Cancer Centers.

In this episode, Chris talks about his experience in working with some of the most successful people in the world and what they all share in common. He shares with us what it’s like to give up your possessions and move onto a Buddhist monastery, and how “life is really short and you have to go after the things you want with passion, vigor, and gusto.”

John Gurney is an independent singer/songwriter based in Nashville, TN who in the last year went from zero to 30 million streams. John talks about the challenges and upsides to today’s music business, the work ethic of some of today’s biggest stars, and how it’s ok to fail, shrug it off, and try again because we're all failing together.