Bekah Leary is our guest this week! Bekah has spent the last 8 years serving college students in Budapest, Hungary. We recently went abroad to visit Bekah with a group of students from Redeemer Community Church. When Bekah was in the states, we knew we wanted to chat with her to share her unconventional American story.SOCIALShttps://www.instagram.com/becksleary/https://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 intros2:30 Bekah’s untraditional american life19:00 Becoming a full time missionary23:00 Going to college across the globe37:00 Poop talk43:00 The journey to becoming a missionary 1:00:00 Birmingham vs Budapest1:06:00 Getting to Budapest

Kyle Carpenter is a creative through and through. Everything he does must have a creative bend to it. Kyle was kind enough to invite us to his home studio to chat music creation, photography, and the life of being a creator. He is an integral part in the experimental music scene in Birmingham while making a living being a successful commercial photographer. All this and more on this week's WOM.

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0:00 intros

2:00 Building a home studio

9:30 getting into the music world

15:00 Finding Ambient music 

31:00 Becoming a professional photographer

37:00 making money as an artist 

52:00 what’s the dream ?

59:00 social media

1:06:00 pastor douche

1:15:00 brian eno class 

1:20:00 Finding inspiration

1:33:00 fin

Jose Camacho is one of Birmingham’s latest James Beard finalists! He is also the co-owner of two of Birmingham’s hottest new spots: Adios bar and Salud Taqueria. We invited Jose on to tell us how he got to be one of the biggest names in hospitality in Birmingham.

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0:00 intros

1:30 the James Beard awards

8:30 Growing up

20:00 Journeying through the restaurant industry

50:00 Automatic Seafood

1:00:00 Audios Bar

1:05:00 Salud Taqueria

1:22:00 Observations of the Birmingham food scene

1:49:00 fin

Yes THOSE bumper stickers. Hunkykitty (AKA Kyle Humphrey) is one of Birmingham's staple designers. His work includes Mom's Basement's bumper stickers, the Cahaba Blonde beer can, and much much more. We've been admirers of Hunkykitty's work for years and we were so stoked to have him on WOM this week.

We are also excited to announce we made stickers! With Hunkykitty himself! Go to our instagram to see how you can buy some!

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0:00 how did Hunkykitty get his name?

15:00 Top 4 places to disassociate 

25:00 Where does inspiration come from?

41:00 coming to Birmingham 

50:00 Top 4 designers in Birmingham 

1:02:00 Top 4 places to see a duck

1:11:00 Tattoos

1:15:00 Top 4 Kyles

1:18:00 Top 4 local lines to wait in

1:29:00 other top 4s

1:37:00 wrapping up

We interviewed Myres parents! One of the things we want to do with this podcast is record interviews with our closest friends and family so we have this to remember them with decades from now. So here is that chat with Myres' mom and dad. :)

Love u mom and dad!

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0:00 intros

6:00 Childhood

15:00 Samford 

20:00 family life

33:00 How mom and dad met

43:00 Myres is born with Cystic Fibrosis 

1:33:00 Choosing to homeschool 

1:43:00 Favorite part of raising kids

1:49:00 fin

We went to Budapest! Jacob, Stephen, and Myres sat down to discuss their takeaways from their two weeks spent abroad. It's always a fun adventure traveling abroad, but there's something special about Birmingham.

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0:00 intros

4:00 We went to Europe!

8:00 Coffee Scene in Budapest 

48:00 Meals in Budapest

59:00 Birmingham VS Budapest

1:24:00 Takeaways for Birmingham 

1:28:30 fin

This week, we invited Qadeem Hassan to come on the pod to tell us the story of opening Ralph's Listening Room. When Ralph's opens, it will be Birmingham's first listening room concept. If you know us, you know we are STOKED to have a music space like this in our home town.

Thanks for coming on, Qadeem!

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0:00 intros

2:00 getting into live music

18:00 Diving into cocktail world

37:00 the 5 year plan

45:00 what’s your date night album

54:00 what is a listening bar?

1:09:00 the birth of Ralph’s

1:13:00 What should we expect from Ralph’s ?

1:20:00 Inspiration for Ralph’s

1:35:00 fin

Luke is leaving us! Our funniest friend is flying home to TX. We brought the dynamic duo of Ethan and Luke on for one last yap. Come back to us soon, Mr Becker!

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0:00 intros

2:30 worst best song

11:30 if you had a flag in your dorm, what would your flag be?

22:00 Stephen in Austin tx

29:00 Luke is leaving us

55:00 What Luke is excited for in TX

1:04:00 What Luke will miss about Bham

1:17:00 fin

Jeff Wright is our guest this week! Jeff is the founder of Fish Creek Capital, a hedge fund and investment firm based in Birmingham, AL. Unlike most people, Jeff did not get his start on wall street. His path was filled with ups, downs, and strange advise from mentors. There is a beauty in unique redemption arches and Jeff's life is one of those stories.

Jeff's company!

https://fishcreekcapital.com/

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0:00 intros

5:00 Jeff growing up 

10:00 Going to college

20:00 Falling in love with Kelly

30:00 Becoming a businessman 

1:00:00 going back to working for someone 

1:14:00 starting Fish Creek Capital

1:50:00 fin

Mr. Alexander Stern is the man with a plan. He is scheming up the hottest sammies on the BLOCK. If this mans knows one thing is how to sling that BREAD. He's a master with the dough and a connoisseur of the meats. He's the man behind one of Birmingham's hottest popups, Deli Olé. We sat down with Stern to learn about what it takes to build a sandwich empire from scratch.

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0:00 intros

3:00 why is Stern interesting?

6:00 how Stern got into the service industry

22:00 Starting Deli Ole

29:00 Perfect Birmingham day

32:00 the perfect sandwich 

37:00 Mexico City

51:00 Inspiration?