Workin' It

PEOPLE! All your tomato questions get answered in the episode! Scott Daigre is the producer behind Tomatomania, the world's largest tomato seedling sale. In this fun and fast-moving conversation, Scott schools Reed on the basics to his method of growing amazing-tasting and bountiful tomatoes in your home garden. He also gives some history into how Tomatomania has grown from a passion project into a thriving business. Plus, we chat a bit about how growing tomatoes brings people together and helps us create a sense of history and community. So much tomato talk in this episode!!!

Buy Scott's excellent Tomatomania book!!!

Give Guy Clark's classic song Homegrown Tomatoes a listen.

Get even more tomato talk at tomatomania.com and be sure follow the Tomatomania Instagram and Facebook feeds. 

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter.

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David Taylor has a 10-year history with Improvisation, studying at the American Acadamey of Dramatic Arts in New York and taking improv classes from Gary Austin, the founder of the Groundlings. In our conversation, David explains why he believes that improv can fundamentally change how we live our lives and how anyone, not just actors, can benefit from improvisation training. Also, Reed learns why trying to improv swimming on stage is probably not a good idea!

Follow @davidnelsontaylor on Instagram and visit his website, davidnelsontaylor.com.

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter. 

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Liz Fish did a stint as a Kiva Media Fellow in 2013, traveling to Ukraine, Armenia, Georgia and Kyrgyzstan to document success stories of entrepreneurs receiving loans from Kiva, the micro-finance non-profit. In our fun (and emotional) conversation, Liz lets us in on the secret of what gift to bring Ukrainian farmers to immediately get in their good graces. She also gives the inside scoop on what it's like to be married to Reed. Uh-oh. This episode features laughs, tears and, hopefully, some inspiration. 

See the video Liz produced in Kyrgyzstan about Meerim and read her story on Medium. Make a loan to an entrepreneur in need today at kiva.org. It’s fun and you can get paid back!

Follow @lizfish & @twofishdigital on Instagram and check out twofishdigital.com.  Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter. 

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Adam and Sonia Gallegos needed a change. They sold their thriving real estate business, moved across the country and, taking a very big leap of faith, opened Revel, a kombucha bar in Ojai CA two and a half years ago. Revel turned out to be an immediate runaway success, converting kombucha skeptics, like Reed, into believers along the way. In our conversation, we also get to the bottom of what exactly kombucha is and how Adam's background in brewing beer helped make Revel a success. 

Follow @revelkombuchabar on Instagram and check out their revel365.com. 

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter.

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Rachel Garahan is a Brand Director working with high-profile clients in the wellness and lifestyle sectors, such as Yoga Journal, Dr. Andrew Weil and Bobby Berk (!!!!!!) from Queer Eye. We talk about the skill set required to for her job and why authenticity is important when thinking about how you brand yourself or your company. We also try to get Rachel to re-brand the Workin' Podcast. Is it an offer she can refuse? Listen and find out!

Rachel is also a photographer, writer, graphic designer and author of the book A Beauty Collected. Hit Rachel up on Instagram or her website. Please also visit the greatest living human, Bobby Berk, at his new website that features Rachel's design work.

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter.

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Frederick Janka has been curating contemporary art in Mexico and the U.S. for over 15 years. In our conversation he politely brushes aside the notion that everyone is curator and tells us why he thinks the more typical role curators play is vitally important. HINT: It has to do with supporting artists. He also tells us how being a curator is actually like being a producer and explains that in many cases, capitalism has co-opted curation.

Hit Frederick up on Instagram. Check out the wonderful Carolyn Glasoe Bailey Foundation via Instagram or Facebook.

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter.

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Bob Huey has been in the wine business for 14 years and has tasted thousands and thousands of wines. In our conversation, he lets us in on the single biggest factor he looks for when buying a wine and explains why Cherry Coke influences the flavors of so much American wine. Plus, he tells us the thoroughly depressing reason why he likes to stock European wines in his shop. Also, we have an EXTRA SPECIAL BONUS SEGMENT where Bob gives us the low-down on just what exactly goes into the vast majority of California wine. Spoiler Alert: It's not good stuff.

To check out Bob's amazing wine shop, visit in person or go now to pointdechene.com. Also, hit them up on Instagram.

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter.

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Illustrator Daren Magee is better known to his thousands of fans as Real Fun, Wow. Daren is talented, prolific and has a singular, immediately recognizable aesthetic. We sit down, stretch out our legs and chat about ego, obsessiveness, simplicity and why having time constraints just might be a good thing. Also, we, of course, talk about ayahuasca.

You know you want to see Daren's work, so go now to realfunwow.com and of course, follow him on Instagram.

Reed Fish is @tallreedfish on Instagram and @reedfish on Twitter.

Since we mentioned it in our chat, you might want to watch The Five Obstructions for FREE on Kanopy. Do you know Kanopy? It's a great free streaming service that you can get with your library card (provided your library is a part of the Kanopy network.) It's great!

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