On this episode of To a Certain Degree, get fired up with the Nature Conservancy’s Zach Prusak. Who is Zach? A comedy and improv fan? Sure. A lifelong learner and educator? Definitely. An ant guy? Most assuredly. And he’s also the Florida Fire Manager and Central Florida Conservation Program Manager for the Nature Conservancy.

Fire isn’t what he was expecting to get into, but it ended up being his calling. Learn more about how he got there, the ethics of violence during meetings, and zombie ants on this episode of TACD.

On this episode of To a Certain Degree, Nick gets a kick out of Orlando City Soccer Club’s Kaia Forgét. A soccer player herself, Kaia wears two hats for the organization (which is weird, since soccer players typically don’t wear hats). She’s Director of Community Development for Orlando City Soccer Club as well as Director of Development for the group’s Foundation.

Romance is in the air on this episode of To a Certain Degree. Not between Nick and his guest Kristen Manieri, but between Kristen and all couples in the central Florida area. That sounds salty!

“Kids are creating language as best they can with the vocabulary that they have, with the experience they have. And I’m just trying to push and encourage and challenge them in a way that helps their writing, wherever it is, to evolve and to grow.”

On this week’s episode of To a Certain Degree, Stefanie Esquijarosa joins Nick to talk about how she ended up at the job of her dreams. As with many of these types of jobs, it wasn’t the path she’d thought she’d take at all.

Along with her story about the Florida Film Academy, you’ll also hear some truly fiery Bad Business Ideas™, what can loosely be described as audio engineering, and very few recommendations on cashing in your college fund to make a movie.

“No, I’m not going to put the soap on the back burner. I’m going to take the soap off the oven, because why is it even on there in the first place? I’m going to throw it in the garbage, and I’m going to make you take out the trash.”

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and To a Certain Degree is the most important show of the day. Here’s an episode that takes breakfast and gives it the Bad Business Ideas® treatment (starting at the 48 minute mark). Other topics we cover? Parenting, UCF, and cobbler, just to name a few. Oh, and racial equality.

J.B. Adams is more than a collection of letters that makes up a name on a screen or sheet of paper. He’s also a man. A man with a very good sense of humor, an incredible listener, and a very talented storyteller.

Luckily, he joined Nick at the WPRK studios on October 10, 2016 for To a Certain Degree. Among other things we discuss besides Star Wars, Victor Hugo, and space exploration? Mood pants.

On this episode of To a Certain Degree, Dave Krepcho enjoys a healthy repast of conversation and some comedy. The President and CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida, he leads more than 100 employees and countless volunteers in ending hunger in and around the Orlando area. Dave shares quite a bit, including how he ended up in the not-for-profit world (a hurricane), what Second Harvest is doing to underwrite its training classes (catering and event hosting), and has a good time with some Bad Business Ideas (patent pending).

On this episode of To a Certain Degree, Candy Cole makes her way to the studio. Along with being an organizer of Maker Faire Orlando, she consults with startups that have the next great idea but need the business acumen to bring that invention to market. As always, music, Bad Business Ideas®, and hijinks ensue.