Times have changed. The market for men's grooming products has exploded. Experts believe the industry will be worth well over $100 billion in a handful of years. Rewind to the year 2000. Mike Gilman had a vision for a website dedicated to men's self-care. That quickly turned into multiple brick and mortar locations dedicated to giving men the kinds of excellent experiences that women have long enjoyed. Mike, the founder of The Grooming Lounge, was terrific on a wide range of topics including changing perceptions, fighting stigmas, and what the hell a business that thrives on providing in-person luxurious experiences does during a global pandemic.

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What's it actually like in an emergency room? Why do Drs. in hospitals work insanely long shifts? What happened at 3AM when a couple of young Drs. tried to remove a BB from a patient's neck? Our guest this week is Dr. Amie Woods, an emergency room doctor at Inova Fairfax. Dr. Woods was terrific with us on a range of topics including some of the dramatic changes in medicine and health systems in recent years, remaining calm when a patient is likely freaking out, and a high pressure and scary situation that ended up with everyone involved being ok. Great conversation.

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Where have the local sports broadcasters gone? How much has the world of sports coverage changed over the years? Our guest this week is the long time voice of Wizards/Bullets basketball, Steve Buckhantz. Buck has worked all over the country as a sports broadcaster. He became an institution in the Washington, DC market as a sports anchor on Fox 5 and eventually, taking the leap as the play by play voice of the local NBA basketball team. We chat about what he wanted to be vs where he ended up, what would make him cringe if he listened to 'early Steve Buckhantz' broadcasts, and how to get over a low moment on a broadcast. Buck is an all-time great guy. You can listen to his podcast with his longtime broadcast partner Phil Chenier here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-road-with-buck-phil/id1511197348 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-road-with-buck-phil/id1511197348)

Steve is also really involved with some wonderful charity work including the St. Jude Open to benefit St. Jude Hospital: https://www.stjude.org/get-involved/find-an-event/dinners-and-galas/st-jude-open.html (https://www.stjude.org/get-involved/find-an-event/dinners-and-galas/st-jude-open.html)

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Nearly 1/3rd of children in Washington, DC experience food insecurity. Those numbers certainly did not improve during a global pandemic that disrupted so many lives. That's where the wonderful folks at the https://dcfoodproject.org/ (DC Food Project)come in. As a fledgling nonprofit, DCFP has made a tremendous impact in a really short amount of time. They've done work in lots of schools, given guidance to cities around the country, and provided over 1 million meals for families in need. 2 of the co-founders, Lucie Leblois and Alyssa McLellan were kind enough to join the show. We discussed logistical challenges, becoming too good at helping and being overly relied upon, and not knowing if it would all work out. Great conversation with a couple women doing amazing work.

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Our guest this week is Deputy Editor of The Atlantic, Ross Andersen. Over the course of his career, Ross has written about a wide array of topics from the minds of birds, artificial intelligence, and takes about the Lakers. Ross is a really smart guy and to his credit, passed up an easy chance to be a jerk (We explain). We go into the challenges of topic selection, having an editor go run out of red ink with your book draft, and Ross weighs in on the Substack phenomenon. Danny goes into the history of The Atlantic and its unique place in American culture for over 150 years.

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Dan Caplinger is a Motley Fool financial writer/editor/content marketer on stocks, retirement, and tax. He's incredibly knowledgeable and thorough. We wanted to bring Dan on to discuss all things Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, and Blockchain. He was terrific on everything from the origins of bitcoin, the potential of blockchain technology, and the myriad reasons for crypto market volatility. Great informative discussion on a topic that has captured increasing amounts of attention in recent months. Plus Danny did lots of research and will be over talking about this stuff at upcoming social gatherings.

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Dr. Lucy McBride is a practicing internist with decades of experience. She attended Princeton University, Harvard Medical School and was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Cambridge where she received her Masters in Pharmacology. Dr. McBride has also begun writing a regular newsletters about the latest developments of Covid-19 as well as several pieces in national publications. She wrote a piece for The Atlantic about the science and data painting a clear picture: Kids do not need masks outside:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/kids-masks-outdoors-cdc/618856/ (https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/05/kids-masks-outdoors-cdc/618856/)

For context, a couple months ago, she wrote this piece about reticence about returning to normal life even after being vaccinated:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/weve-adjusted-pandemic-life-now-we-face-anxiety-leaving-it-behind/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/03/09/weve-adjusted-pandemic-life-now-we-face-anxiety-leaving-it-behind/)

The point here is that Dr. McBride is actually adhering to the refrain repeated by so many: Follow the science.

Great conversation with a super informed and clear voice in a time where lots of us, especially parents, are still confused.

You can easily sign up for Dr. McBride's updates here: https://www.lucymcbride.com/ (https://www.lucymcbride.com/)

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Our 2nd year starts off with handsome television gentleman, Dan Hellie. After spending years at NFL Network, Dan currently hosts the Hellie Pod, calls play by play for college basketball games, has done NFL games, and has partnered with the UFC to produce tons of content. Other than that, not a lot to be honest. We talk what makes a good play by play host, where sports and entertainment meet, and lifting weights in the Patriots locker room until he was interrupted by Bill Belichick.

Hello people that consume this show! Thank you for a wonderful year. Ok, it wasn't that wonderful but it was still super cool of you to support the team. My producer Andrew and I want to thank you all for supporting us. When we came up with the idea for the show, we wanted to learn about some really unique people and how they do what they do, how they came up with their ideas, how they took those ideas and started businesses, excelled in careers and so on. We've had some awesome guests on over the last year and several themes have emerged. We tried to take a sample of some of our favorite guests discussing topics that we found most compelling. So, please enjoy our sitcom style cheesy clip show and thanks again for checking us out.

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What voices have the most influence in the current versions of our political parties? How has that changed in recent years? Our guest this week is Against The Grain host and columnist for the National Journal, Josh Kraushaar. Josh asks the tough questions of all our leaders, regardless of party affiliation. As a professional political agnostic, Josh stands out as a terrific example of what political journalism and reporting ought to be. He has become a go to resource for the essential 'below the fold' information for folks that are plugged in. We discussed everything from the Republicans at a Trump crossroad, progressives guiding Democrats, and where the hell we can actually find facts.

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