Chef Chris Hastings is one of the most accomplished and celebrated chefs in the south.

He's won Iron Chef America, he's been on the today show, and he's worked with some of the best and brightest in the restaurant industry. His story is a wild one so buckle up!

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0:00 Intro

4:00 The Journeyman Chef Philosophy

6:30 Meeting His Wife

13:30 First Big Chef Job

18:00 Cooking Competitions

26:00 Cooking in California

33:00 Coming Back to Birmingham

40:00 Beating Bobby Flay

56:00 Hot & Hot Fish Club

1:07:00 Ovenbird

1:15:00 Life as an Outdoorsman

1:24:00 Building a Business With Your Wife

1:32:00 Birmingham Restaurant Picks

1:37:00 The Time He Almost Died at Johnny's

Tyden has travelled the world making videos and marketing campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the world. He's done more in his short career than most do in their entire careers. His next venture has been coming back to Alabama to invest in young creators. This is his story.

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0:00 intros

3:00 Making his first films

21:00 Dreaming of NYC

28:00 The big move

36:00 Having a stroke

55:00 The infancy of Alabama Creates

1:09:00 The end of the program

1:14:00 Starting over grassroots 

1:18:00 fin

Chef Jacob Stull has worked with the best chefs across the country and his latest venture has been opening Birmingham's first tasting menu restaurant, Reve. Chef's fiancé, Cate, joined us as she is the pastry chef at Rêve. These two are building one of the coolest new restaurants in the south and we sat down to learn their story on how they got here. It's a wild one so buckle up.

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0:00 intros

1:00 What is Rêve?

3:30 Cate’s background

10:00 Jacob’s story becoming a chef

18:00 Staging

23:00 Pushing back against negative kitchens

46:00 Breaking his hiatus from the kitchen

57:00 Rêve is born (pop ups)

1:07:00 Rêve is born in its physical spot

1:11:00 The Michelin awards

1:23:00 Elevating the experience

1:42:00 The future of Rêve

Jordan Weaver is a young gun in the commercial real estate (CRE) industry. He is paving a path in an industry that is cut throat. He is also the husband of WOM alumni, Eliza Weaver (Episode 71). I wanted to learn about how commercial real estate works and why those people seem to work so much!Check out Total Dermatology and get started on your skin health journey!https://totalskinandbeauty.com/

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0:00 intros6:00 Economics and business nerding out 13:00 Getting out of college and finding a job15:00 Finding CRE22:00 Meeting Jordan’s wife30:00 Finding his first deal45:00 Day in the life50:00 Valuing real estate 1:00:00 the hard part of the business 1:04:00 fin

Myres just spent 2 weeks traipsing across Europe with his wife. Stephen joined to help recap all of his adventures abroad.

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0:00 intros

1:00 Myres went to Europe for 2 weeks 

3:00 Things Myres missed most

8:00 Is Amsterdam actually cool?

23:00 Where would you actually move?

26:00 London

39:00 60 seconds on coffee

40:00 How did Europe inspire me to change

54:00 Edinburgh

1:00:00 fin

Myres just spent 2 weeks traipsing across Europe with his wife. Stephen joined to help recap all of his adventures abroad.

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0:00 intros

1:00 Myres went to Europe for 2 weeks 

3:00 Things Myres missed most

8:00 Is Amsterdam actually cool?

23:00 Where would you actually move?

26:00 London

39:00 60 seconds on coffee

40:00 How did Europe inspire me to change

54:00 Edinburgh

1:00:00 fin

Kevin Mclean is a man from another time. He is carving out a career as a sculptor in a town in Alabama. He's scrappy, curious, and makes some really cool art. This is his story.

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0:00 intros

2:00 finding sculpting

11:00 Figuring out how to make it a job

29:00 Finding his style

32:00 The Alabama art community

38:45 Kevin’s first big break

51:00 The roles of discipline and inspiration in making art 1:03:00 Kevin’s fiancé

1:07:00 The dream

The time is now! Jarrod Stisher is the head of marketing at Tech Birmingham. He is responsible for many of the live events creating culture and connection around Birmingham, Alabama. We sat down to talk about how to be effective in marketing and what actually makes a networking event fun and not corny.

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0:00 intros

1:00 Growing up and going to college

8:00 Getting into the workforce 

13:00 What is Tech Birmingham 

24:00 Networking stigmas 

29:00 Bringing in the networking events to Tech Birmingham 

36:00 Is Birmingham a tech city?

38:00 Sloss Tech

45:00 AI integrations 

55:00 fin

Tate and Leslie are veterans in the vintage reselling industry. They have been reselling, designing, and creating clothes for years. They got married 3 months after meeting, Leslie turned down a job at Nike headquarters, Lil Yachty helped Tate launch his first store... Lots of crazy ups and downs in this story!

Check out Collected! And go to their store opening in Birmingham!

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0:00 intros

1:00 Tate getting into clothes

12:00 Leslie getting into clothes

16:00 The first storefront 

34:00 Falling in love

50:00 Moving to Birmingham

53:00 Combining the brands 

1:02:00 Building the brand in Birmingham 

1:07:00 What is the most challenging part of selling vintage?

Lisa Bright experienced one of the absolute worst things any person could ever experience: the death of her child. In an immense act of strength and dependence on God, she has turned that tragedy into something good. The Will Bright foundation is a non-profit focused on helping men who have been addicted to drugs come clean and become productive members of society. Many of these sorts of programs exist with mixed success. Lisa's organization WORKS. She came on the podcast to tell us her story of redemption and faith in Jesus Christ.

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0:00 Who was Will Bright?

8:00 Negotiating with your spouse when a child is struggling 

11:00 Sisters and the family

12:30 Wrestling with God when your son dies

13:30 Starting the foundation 

22:00 How do you ACTUALLY help people?

29:00 Helping people be hire able 

34:00 What role does government play?

37:00 How do you fund raise?

45:00 Work in DC

52:00 Finding your path in life

1:00:00 Husband helping

1:02:00 fin