Best Rachel DesRochers Podcasts (2025)

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In Pursuit of Financial Confidence with Gwen Keihl & Deanna Sicking from Truepoint Wealth Counsel 48:06

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In this episode of the Power to Pursue Podcast, host Rachel DesRochers kicks off a three-part Financial Well-Being Series in partnership with Truepoint Wealth Counsel. Joined by financial advisors Gwen Keihl and Deanna Sicking, this conversation brings money talk back to the basics. No jargon, no shame, just real guidance for women and families rea…

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In Pursuit of Coming Home To Yourself 31:07

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In this episode, Rachel sits down with mindset & movement coach Nadia Murdock for a conversation about confidence, alignment, and coming home to yourself. Nadia shares her journey from psychology to PR to nonprofit work.. and how each chapter led her to helping women reconnect with their inner strength and trust their own voice. Together, they expl…

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In Pursuit of... Thriving, Not Surviving 56:48

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In this episode, Rachel sits down with Kacy Fleming, a workplace strategist, organizational psychologist, and founder of The Fuchsia Tent, to talk about redefining women’s health and leadership at work. From her own journey through burnout and perimenopause, to her mission of helping companies create compassionate, inclusive environments, Kacy shar…

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In Pursuit of Inclusivity... LIVE at Cincy Start-Up Week! 42:57

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women-from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of Genuine Hospitality 45:03

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In this episode, we converse with the incredible Susanna Wong of Oriental Wok (a Cincinnati staple!) and dive into a story rich with family legacy, entrepreneurial grit, and the power of community. Susanna shares the remarkable journey of her family, starting with her parents' move from Hong Kong to the United States in pursuit of the American Drea…

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In Pursuit of Supportive Motherhood and Meaningful Connection with Cindy Dempsey 0:34

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This week, we talked to Cindy, founder of Vessel Collective and Mom Prom Cincy! 💖 After having three babies (including twins!) during COVID, Cindy was on a mission to build the village she needed for herself—and for all moms. Cindy shared her vulnerable journey raising twins on the spectrum and how she’s creating a new program to support moms of ki…

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In Pursuit of Balance, Boundaries, and Better Parks with Jennifer Spieser 38:10

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This week on the podcast, we chatted with Jen Spieser, CEO of the Cincinnati Parks Foundation! 🌳 She's in pursuit of balance and boundaries while leading a massive effort to make Cincinnati's parks the best they can be. The highlights: Cincinnati has the 4th best urban park system in the country! The Foundation has raised over $110 million in its 3…

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A Season 1 closing message from Rachel, with love. 1:12

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By Rachel DesRochers

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In Pursuit of.. Finding and believing in your value 52:22

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of..leaving a legacy 30:57

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...Being 29:47

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of..Revolutionizing Health & Wellness 38:29

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...impacting your community 40:46

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...living with intention 42:23

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of..re-thinking our relationship with money 40:34

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...being a catalyst and a contributor 40:46

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...Getting real 59:43

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...Wisdom 31:45

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of...Saying ’Yes!” to the fun 41:42

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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In Pursuit of wellness: A chat with Kyla Woods about balancing acts, being part of a movement, and more. 35:00

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Welcome to Power to Pursue, a groundbreaking podcast hosted by Rachel DesRochers, a serial entrepreneur and nonprofit founder. Launched in the Spring of 2025, this podcast aims to celebrate and normalize the diverse pursuits of women—from perfecting their morning coffee to building successful businesses. With a focus on inspiring and empowering lis…

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Business Courier's year in review: The biggest stories of 2023 43:05

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Hosts Andy and Tom are joined by Business Courier reporters Brian Planalp, Abby Miller and Steve Watkins to dissect some of the biggest local news stories of 2023. Those include a record number of restaurants closing in Cincinnati – more than when Covid-19 broke out in 2020 – as well as an unassuming local millionaire leaving $270 million to local …

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Kroger bringing workers back to the office, and a talk with Rich Graeter 46:39

2y ago46:39

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Kroger's plans to bring its office workers back in four days a week, a public company re-establishing its headquarters in Cincinnati, Coney Island's sale to a music organization to make was for a $118 million concert venue, a badly needed parking garage at Findlay Market and Taste of Belgium's reboot. Interview starts …

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What's going on with downtown Cincinnati real estate? 43:49

2y ago43:49

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Hosts Andy and Tom have a look at the uncertain future of the office market downtown, starting with a story on the potential foreclosure of an office tower, followed by GE pulling all of its employees out of its onetime Global Operations Center at the Banks, and then a potential new buyer for an iconic Camp Washington building and new rules banning…

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Eastgate Mall's new owner and an interview with serial entrepreneur Rachel DesRochers 43:27

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the sale of Eastgate Mall to a new owner, a Cincinnati marketing exec who was slated to live on a cruise for three years, a local restaurant being named one of the best new eateries in America, the uncertain future of Reds games broadcasts locally and the Queen City's newest B Corporation. Interview starts at (21:49). …

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Inside FC Cincinnati's plans for the West End 47:40

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about three new retailers with cult followings opening in the Cincinnati region, a fumble in the $1.6B sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway, NKU adding six new varsity sports while facing a multi-million dollar deficit, the closing of one of OTR's oldest breweries and the shuttering of a historic downtown eatery. Intervie…

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Rhinegeist's new CEO talks possibility of opening new taproom 53:40

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the results of the Nov. 7 election and the surprise passage of the sale of the Cincinnati Southern Railway to Norfolk Southern, objections to new apartment projects near popular neighborhood business districts, FC Cincinnati's Cinderella season, the closing of a sports betting site inside of Taft's Ale House and Kings …

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Black Owned founder Means Cameron talks post-Covid downtown Cincinnati, overcoming impostor syndrome 51:19

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Host Andy Brownfield and special guest host Chris Wetterich talk about the campaign to convince voters to allow the city to sell the Cincinnati Southern Railway, and its chances of passing; a planned overhaul of Central Parkway into a Champs Elysee-style boulevard; the purchase of a historic downtown building to partially demolish for the new Brent…

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The health of Cincinnati's downtown, and Elizabeth Pierce of the Cincinnati Museum Center 49:56

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about how Cincinnati's downtown hasn't returned to normal since the Covid-19 pandemic, and is faring worse than most other cities; as well as how FC Cincinnati's payroll stacks up against the MLS; a lawsuit against the city's largest single-family landlord; the staggering number of $1 million home listings across the city; a…

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Rhingeist's new CEO, minor league soccer coming to Cincinnati and the Mercantile Library plans to double in size 43:40

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new minor league soccer team coming to the region, Rhinegeist's new CEO, an update on Xavier University's plans to bring football back, the more than 200 letters written about P.G. Sittenfeld ahead of his sentencing on corruption charges and a wave of philanthropy benefitting local museums. Interview starts at (20:43…

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Western & Southern Open here to stay, Sittenfeld sentenced and how to overcome a fear of public speaking 50:03

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Host Andy Brownfield and special guest host Chris Wetterich talk about the decision to keep the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, P.G. Sittenfeld's sentence for his two corruption convictions, a new hotel tax bringing Hamilton County among the most expensive in the nation, the more than 30 restaurants that have closed this year and a BBQ place…

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Judge rules against TQL in big class action, meet the Bengals' sweetest sponsor 48:25

2y ago48:25

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the more than 50 new restaurants that have opened so far this year in Cincinnati, a class action lawsuit accusing TQL of underpaying employees, protestors striking out against P&G's forestry practices, Amazon getting even bigger at CVG and the Foo Fighters coming to Great American Ball Park. Interview starts at (25:17)…

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Sparring over Sittenfeld's prison sentence, and Main Street Ventures looks at changing how it awards grants 46:30

2y ago46:30

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the potential sentence former Cincinnati City Councilman P.G. Sittenfeld faces when he is sentenced on Oct. 10, as well as Grippo's buying another chip company, the Margaritaville Hotel moving forward, the Bengals' valuation going way up and an opera written by Sir Paul McCartney making its world premier in Cincinnati.…

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CVG adds transportation service, and Scripps new COO is overseeing the media firm's reorganization 40:32

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We're back after a brief hiatus! Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new on-demand taxi service coming to CVG, an iconic Cincinnati ice cream brand gets a revamp, two downtown skyscrapers take moves toward residential conversions and P&G faces a lawsuit over a cold medicine. Interview starts at (20:34). Lisa Knutson is the person you want in charge if …

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Cincinnati group aims to become national standard to gauge companies' social impact 45:15

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about legal troubles facing a Cincinnati university, a successful office development in a highly uncertain era for offices, an early legal victory notched by a local developer suing Huntington National Bank, a supersonic jet being developed with the help of GE Aerospace and a bad summer for Queen City restaurants, many of wh…

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Big plans for Cincinnati's malls, and Neal Mayerson, president of the Mayerson Group and founder of positive psychology 52:52

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about big plans for Cincinnati's six largest shopping centers, a $100 million project coming to the University of Cincinnati, an overhaul to a busy business corridor in Madisonville, Cincinnati Public Radio's new headquarters and a brick-and-mortar bookstore that closed up shop only to relocate across the Ohio River. Intervi…

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Keeping the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, and the Hard Rock Casino's new president 42:53

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Cincinnati's odds at keeping the Western & Southern Open in the region, Ohio's first Buc-ee's, a startup that promises a personal flying vehicle and what's new at Kings Island for the 2024 season. Interview starts at (20:09). Justin Wyborn got his start in the hospitality industry, on the opening team of the famed Nobu…

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A $23M plan for ex-Saks location, and how a bad taco led to one of Cincinnati's most popular restaurants 44:44

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a $23 million plan to redevelop downtown's deserted Saks Fifth Avenue shop, the death of a $100 million joint venture with Cincinnati Children's Hospital, a group that wants to become the national standard for DEI and social impact, the relocation of an iconic downtown retailer and why the Bengals provide the NFL's bes…

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Music venue planned for West End; CEO talks battle over hybrid work, making the office meaningful 48:11

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Host Andy Brownfield is joined by special guest host Meg Erpenbeck to talk about a new music venue planned for the West End, the shuttering of a Northern Kentucky institution, a grocery store coming to a neighborhood food desert, a new "city within a city" in downtown Cincinnati and an M. Night Shyamalan movie filming in the Queen City. Interview s…

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Closing the convention center, and meet one of Cincinnati's fastest-growing tech firms 48:07

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about $20 million in upgrades at Paycor Stadium, why more companies are moving their headquarters to the Findlay Market area, an 18-month closure coming to the Duke Energy Convention Center, a food hall coming to suburban Cincinnati and how the Foundry transformed a corner of downtown. Interview starts at (23:00). Raj Kanupa…

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Arena Football League plans Cincinnati franchise, and a pickleball powerhouse 42:49

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about a new arena football team planned for Cincinnati, a bill targeting institutional investors who snap up single-family homes, plans to convert Central Parkway into a European-style boulevard, Cincinnati Children's big expansion on the East Side and a new Catholic grade school backed by some of the biggest named in busine…

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Plans for Carew Tower, and addressing Cincinnati's worker shortage 41:14

2+ y ago41:14

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about what an application for historic tax credits reveal about plans to redevelop Carew Tower, a new boutique hotel opening in a historic OTR building, the breakdown of a $1 billion deal to take a Cincinnati company public, P.G. Sittenfeld's sentencing date and a new food hall coming to Newport on the Levee. Interview start…

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Martin Sheen and Emilio Estévez talk Ohio's movie industry, filming in Cincinnati 52:17

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Cincinnati Children's earning the top spot on a prestigious national list, a new restaurant coming to a storied space at the Banks downtown, Medpace getting a $33 million tax credit for a massive local expansion, more political intrigue at City Hall and Gold Star joining forces with a sister restaurant at an East Side …

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Cincinnati's housing market is just crazy at this point, and former mayor Mark Mallory on the Brent Spence replacement bridge 43:05

2+ y ago43:05

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the completely bonkers local housing market, Charlotte's latest salvo in an effort to take the Western & Southern Open from Cincinnati, an Amtrak plan to increase train service, the founder of a local distillery retiring and a new leader for Skyline Chili. Interview starts at (19:18). The Brent Spence Bridge has been f…

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Turning sports trading cards into a $5M business, and all the beer news 46:13

2+ y ago46:13

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Andy and special guest host Meg Erpenbeck, the Courier's digital editor, talk about MadTree Brewing's third location, a Cincinnati startup's Mach 5 space plane, plans to fill vacant storefronts in OTR, the zoo's $680 million impact and how the Blackburn sisters are shaking up the Bengals. Interview starts at (25:56). Greg Rouse turned a pandemic ho…

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Universal basic income in Cincinnati and Prolink CEO Tony Munafo on leaving a legacy 46:48

2+ y ago46:48

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Mayor Aftab Pureval's plans for new social programs, including a version of universal basic income in Cincinnati; a Tolkein-inspired brewery opening in Northern Kentucky; a plea deal by an indicted former city council member; and a $150 million development on the West Side. Interview starts at (20:02). Tony Munafo's da…

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Hamilton County's plans to move 1,200 workers and the Cincinnati firm that sponsored David Letterman's Indy car 39:26

2+ y ago39:26

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the impact ChatGPT could have on the news business, Hamilton County's plans to move 1,200 workers out of downtown, a ban on new surface parking in the urban core, the skyrocketing cost of homes, the closing of a Mount Washington book store and just how far Newport on the Levee has come since it was acquired in 2018. In…

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New Amazon technology at TQL Stadium, and Clark Schaefer's Phil Hurak on getting to know people through pickleball 41:00

2+ y ago41:00

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about FC Cincinnati rolling out Amazon checkout-free technology at its newest concession, a new restaurant coming to the shuttered Pearlstar space in OTR, Miami University faculty voting to join a union, students making bank on NIL and hometown band the National making a homecoming with a music festival planned for September…

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How being a dad made Boca Chef David Falk a better businessman 48:59

2+ y ago48:59

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about plans to build a new $400 million home for the Western & Southern Open – in Charlotte – as well as Xavier University's first-in-the-nation medical school, the Port taking a swing in Camp Washington, a preservation battle over a historic Cincinnati school and Mazunte's move to a new market. Interview starts at (18:49). …

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Episode 29: New CEO edition - Rhinegeist's new CEO and a conversation with Bernie McKay of the Haile Foundation 41:15

2+ y ago41:15

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about the new interim CEO at Rhinegeist, Pure Romance no longer being an MLM, three projects that will transform Cincinnati's urban core, Jerry Springer's life and impact and $22 million for the Western & Southern Open. Interview starts at (17:35). Bernie McKay spent 28 years as a trust and estate attorney. He got into that …

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Episode 28: Inside Paycor and the 25th Flying Pig Marathon with founder Bob Coughlin 38:47

2+ y ago38:47

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Hosts Andy and Tom talk about Gold Star Chili's ouster as the 21-year official chili of the Cincinnati Bengals, new plans for an old Costco location, eight partners leaving one downtown law firm for another, traffic barriers popping up in neighborhood business districts and the city of Covington suing itself to stop a doggie day care from opening. …