Easy to get excited about recording a radio show when the guest starts pulling out corks before we're even seated at our mics. Jim Cox is no stranger to teaching the neophyte to the most sophisticated palette how to enjoy wine. We discuss wine trends, his story, and how during Covid he and his team went through some reinvention that lead to one of the best years they've ever had.  

Robert Tucker is a futurist with insights into how our work world will look once normalcy has returned. He makes big predictions that will impact the way business functions. 

Suzanne learned her business by doing it at all levels. Moving to Mobile, she saw an opportunity to provide models and actors for productions along the Gulf Coast. As the popularity of this region as a filming destination increased and Netflix and the like began their own productions, she got busy and remains so today. Learn what it takes to find and market talent and the most surprising things that talent wanna-be's have to learn. 

Andy MacDonald owns Picker's Paradise in Stockton, Alabama. Musicians from all around know of the store and the jam sessions that occur there. Has Corona shut him down? Not at all. Aspiring musicians, with time on their hands, have shown up to get lessons, upgrade their skills, and get new guitars (when Andy can find them - inventory nationwide is low.) Hear how Andy has evolved his business and himself and learn the state of the local music business. 

Attorney Knox Boteler knows how to protect the little guy when he's bought a defective product and can't get the major corporate manufacturer to take responsibility. Document everything, save receipts, and when all else fails, post to social media. Knox takes us through how the world of consumer protections are changing and, most importantly, what I should do about my chronically broken ice-maker. 

Pandemic + hurricanes + huge numbers of jobs available equals... what? No one is quite sure. Josh Duplantis isn't waiting, though. He's working to train the next generation in his role as Dean of Workforce Development for Coastal Alabama Community College.

Lane Zirlott remains one of our favorites and fall means oysters to us so we're replaying Lane's interview. We can't get enough of him. 

On a mission trip providing medical care, Dr Robert Lightfoot felt a stirring inside that he couldn't deny and returned to Mobile, Alabama with the intent to provide healthcare to a marginalized community that needed it the most. In 2019 it totaled nearly 20,000 patient encounters and nearly $40M in free medication. Since Covid, he and his team have been in ever greater demand, continuing to serve his community and being obedient to a higher calling. 

Hansel Harlan was reading newspaper stories of the devastation caused by an invasive species of water rodent about the same time his dog became allergic to the store-bought dog food. Harlan put one and one together and with help from his marketing genius sister, Marsh Dog Pet Treats was born. 

Started by his uncle, John Grado now runs the family business that manufactures some of the industry's highest performing headphones, ear buds, and phonograph cartridges. They've never advertised, relying only on word of mouth and professional reviews to tell their story. Each item is hand made in the same Brooklyn facility where the company originated. Wood as a component of headphones? Yep. All stringed instrument's sounds are enhanced by the wood they're made from. Why not headphones? Brilliant idea. Brilliant sound.