John Shults has accomplished what many can only dream of doing: turning their hobby into their career.

John is the founder of True Vintage Guitar. He is one of the leading specialists in the vintage guitar industry. He's seen it all and he's sold it all. This is the amazing story of a man chasing his passion relentlessly.

Visit John's amazing website:

truevintageguitar.com

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0:00 intros

6:00 The love for old things

15:00 Going full time on guitars

25:00 The first Gibson Standard

50:00 John's Entrepreneurial parents 

1:18:00 Guitar culture involvement 

1:25:00 What guitar do you want the most?

1:46:00 What’s the future?

2:14:00 fin

Reverend Doctor Jeffrey Heine is a mentor and pastor of ours at Redeemer Community Church. He is a deep thinker and a curator of beauty and love. Rev Dr Jeffrey was kind enough to host us in his cozy office in Avondale this round on WOM. This was a conversation of depth and substance and we are excited to share it with you.

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0:00 intros

5:00 Who is Jeff

22:00 The first good question (where do you find the balance between confidence and humility?)

33:00 Literary influences

43:00 Wrestling with aspiration 

52:00 How do you find focus?

1:17:00 Discerning truth from opinion

1:19:00 books you think of most

1:24:00 ideal 5-9

1:32:00 Creativity 

1:43:00 best albums of all tome

1:58:00 misconceptions of kentucky 

2:10:00 fin

Myres parents are back on the podcast to finish the story of Myres' childhood. The last 25 years have been a wild ride of sickness and suffering, joy and adventure.

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0:00 intros 

3:00 naming 

9:00 skiing accident 

26:00 Learning about health 

45:00 South Africa

1:22:00 Prioritizing travel 

1:35:00 Myres’ hospitalization 

1:55:00 fin

Wil Drake is the founder of one of the biggest staples of Birmingham's food scene: Hero Doughnuts. Wil has been making incredible food creations in Birmingham for decades now. This has manifested itself most significantly in the creation of his restaurant, Hero Doughnuts. We brought him on to learn about the story of how Wil become one of Birmingham's most successful restauranteur.

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0:00 intros

3:00 childhood 

26:00 moving to Birmingham 

41:00 Venturing into the service industry

1:01:00 The first inklings of Hero

1:16:00 Hero Doughnuts

1:50:00 The Future

2:00:00 fin

Shane and Susan are Stephen's parents! They have so many fun and crazy stories from growing up. This one is for the grandkids and the great grandkids. Shane and Susan are legends and this is one of many time capsules we hope to capture with them.

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0:00 intros

5:00 Childhood

32:00 1st car accident 

49:00 The School of Hard Knocks

57:00 2nd car accident 

1:08:00 The beginning of how they met

1:25:00 fin

William Harmon is a dad, husband, chef, mixologist, and now an entrepreneur! He has been involved in the food and beverage scene in Birmingham for many years now. This is his first attempt to contribute to the scene: Mile High Mixers

William came on today to show us his revolutionary product for the fliers of all kinds. Happy friday!

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0:00 intros

2:00 Mile High Mixers

9:00 Flying for work

25:00 Learning how to make cocktails

40:00 Cooking

1:03:00 Birmingham Restaurant world

1:21:00 The Entrepreneurial adventure

1:25:00 fin

Eliza Weaver is the founder of Paper Eliza. She has an amazing story of starting her stationary business from her dorm in college. We sat down to chat with Eliza to learn about her story of building Paper Eliza to one of the biggest names in the wedding industry in Birmingham.SOCIALShttps://www.instagram.com/paperfromeliza/https://www.instagram.com/myresense/https://www.instagram.com/word.of.mouth.pod/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552402096552https://twitter.com/podcast_wom⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@word.of.mouth.pod⁠0:00 intros2:00 Paper Eliza25:00 Jordan 44:00 How to determine what to offer51:00 Entrepreneurship1:20:00 What’s the dream?1:23:00 fin

Nate Mann is from a small town in Alabama called Corner. He grew up with our friend Jacob and came on the podcast to tell us about his journey from growing up in Alabama to pursuing the acting dream working for Disney in Paris, France!All this and more on this week's WOM!

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0:00 intros

2:00 Growing up in small town Alabama as an artist 

10:00 Making money making art

30:00 From small town Alabama to Paris, France

50:00 The dream

58:00 fin

Jacob and Myres bought old cars for cheap! We sat down chat about it and to indulge Myres' obsession with cars. We also invited our friend and fellow car enthusiast, Ben Baum, on the pod to help us chat cars!SOCIALShttps://www.instagram.com/myresense/https://www.instagram.com/stphn.pcck/https://www.instagram.com/word.of.mouth.pod/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552402096552https://twitter.com/podcast_wom⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@word.of.mouth.pod⁠0:00 intros3:00 Jacob’s old car10:00 Ben Baum14:00 Myres’ old car31:00 Ben’s (almost) old car42:00 Car questions 55:00 the worst car1:06:00 must have car features 1:17:00 debate: is the car the best place to listen to music?1:32:00 fin

Golden Age is one of the premier low intervention wine bars in the country and it's found right here in Birmingham! Golden Age has been a special place to us for years so it was a joy getting to interview Brandon and Trent to learn about how they fell in love with wine and how Golden Age came to be.

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0:00 intros

4:00 What is Golden Age 

11:00 Growing up in Alabama - Trent  

41:00 Growing up in Alabama - Brandon

1:10:00 The idea for Golden Age

1:33:00 The future of Golden age

1:45:00 fin