Between 2 Trains: A Podcast

A must listen to episode for all levels of life.

If you have old 401K or retirement accounts you are not paying attention to, we discuss what you need to do.

How will technology help aging in our home.

The guest for this episode is Justin Dike, owner of PoolDues.com.

Is your liability insurance up to date?  Allison Baines of Circle285 Insurance is on this episode of MOM.

How much do you know about mortgages?

Learn about Wills and Estate Planning

In this episode of MOM we talk about the importance of multiple assets for retirement.

We started a new social media streaming show called Mind Over Money.  You can listen to the audio version here or if you want to see the original videos, they are on both LinkedIn and Facebook. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanpappas/recent-activity/events/   https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094570412415&sk=videos  

Laura Hamm, Founder and Owner of Balance Dance located at 3308 Laventure Drive #170, Chamblee, GA 30341 talks with Eric and Van about the business she started this past year.  https://balanceatl.com/  

Have you ever wondered how a business is able to take your credit card and get paid? Chad Long of Kore Payments breaks it down for us and shares some of the latest technologies coming to payment processing. 

In this episode of Between 2 Trains, Adam Slutsky of Slutsky Realty Group shares what's happening in the Atlanta commercial real estate world.

Preventing homelessness, fighting hunger, and changing lives since 1903, welcome our latest guest Patrick McNulty, the CEO of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia.  

Meet Melissa Anthony, the founder of What Just Happened Sports. She wants to keep you informed about the world of sports, with a special emphasis on making sure that women are “in the game.'

Meet David Gore of HealthMarkets who shares what's happening in healthcare today for individual and business owners. 

Raise your glasses and get ready for something new Atlanta. In this episode, we sit down with Alicia and Cory from Tippy Tap, a mobile bar service that turns your next party into an experience. 

Meet Ravi Kahan, the owner of Imagine Coworking, the new private offices and flexible coworking space in Chamblee.

For most of us, time is valuable.  When buying a car, hours of our time are wasted finding and researching the car purchase.  In this episode we meet Andrew Katz of Anything Automotive, whose business it is to help make the car buying process easier. https://www.anythingautomotive.net/

Local Dunwoody High graduate Marty Hill, the owner of Sweet Science Fitness Boxing joins B2T to talk about how his fitness program using boxing principles can help all ages.  We learn about 60+ year old Mary Hamilton who lost over 50 lbs going to his program.  And Eric and Van talk about how much money it would take for them to get in the ring against Mike Tyson.   https://www.sweetsciencefitness.com/

Jan Christiansen and Beth Ready from the Georgia Coalition Agains Domestic Violence join Eric and Van for a discussion about what we can all do to solve this old problem.  https://gcadv.org/

Athens Pizza House owner Sandy Papadopoulos is coming to Chamblee with a new concept called Karv Kitchen.  Opening in early 2021 in the Parkview complex, Sandy tells us about the menu and what it's like to be a restaurateur during a pandemic. https://www.facebook.com/wekarv

Gerald Evans is running for Doraville City Council in a special election to replace a vacant seat.  We talk with Gerald about Doraville, Chamblee and his expertise as a real estate agent.

If you have school age kids, you probably have seen Kristin Boyer's work on school photos.  We learn all about owning a photography business from Kristin, and how little she knows about flashers in our Can You ACE It game.    https://www.kboyerphotography.com/

Forward Push is a marketing agency on Peachtree Rd in downtown Chamblee.  We talk with owner Marc Apple about what small business owners need to focus on with their marketing.  And we learn how much Marc knows about Chamblee in our Can You ACE It game.   https://forwardpush.com/  

Diana Cole is the owner of the Sandy Spring-Dunwoody-Chamblee Macaroni Kid.  An online site that lists all the area events, plus much more.  Diana gives us the low down on how Macaroni Kid works and her duaghter joins in for the Can You ACE it game. https://sandysprings.macaronikid.com/

Plants, Plants, Plants.  On this episode of B2T, we meet local business owner Mario Cambardella of ServeScape.  We talk about both plant and baby nurseries.   https://servescape.net/

It may not be a sexy business, but Pat and Tracie are keeping us cool in this hot summer.  Listen as we learn about how to save money with our heating and air bills, and where the next wave of jobs are for the youth of the country. https://www.fulbro.com/  

Howard Berk and Todd Pittard may be two fun guys, but all day long they deal with Fungi.  We talk to Howard about their mushroom business and what it means to flush a log. https://2funguys.com/  

Matt Weber and Justin Dike, are just two regular guys in Dunwoody.  But they have created a brand that the City of Dunwoody has rallied behind.  Blogs, Facebook Groups and an awesome Podcast to talk about all things Dunwoody.

Is it a Distillery?  Is it an Art Exhibition? Seth Watson, owner of the Distillery of Modern Art, fills B2T in on his own art creation in downtown Chamblee.

Have you ever driven over a bridge and wonder if it is structurally sound.  Will it hold up my car, or is this the day it falls.  Well Peter Vanderzee, CEO of Lifespan Technologies, right here in DeKalb county, talks with us about all things bridges.  Special thanks to our continuing sponsor The Chamblee ACE Hardware.

With the shelter in place order still in place, we turned to Zoom to interview our guest Aaron Chausmer, lawyer and candidate for DeKalb Superior Court Judge.

Is it the food, is it the beer? Hopstix was Chamblee's first brewpub.  Owner and Brewmaster Andy Tan invites us to his business to talk about what Asian Fusion is and how his dream of brewing beer at home turned into a number one destination.

Have you ever wondered about how Georgia has become a top state for film production, or how DeKalb County attracts big Marvel films like Avengers: End Game.  Well on this episode of B2T we hear from Andrew Greenberg, the Chairman of the DeKalb Entertainment Commission.  And as always thanks to The Chamblee ACE Hardware for their support of this podcast.

Buford Highway is known for its cultural diversity.  In 2015 the We Love BuHi organization began to celebrate and tell the story of the community that runs thru Brookhaven, Chamblee and Doraville.  The executive director for We Love BuHi, Lily Pabian sits down with B2T to educate us on the organization.   https://www.welovebuhi.org/

We all know the commercials. Jake from State Farm, the helpful khaki wearing guy taking a customer phone call late at night.  In this episode of B2T we have the real life Jake from State Farm on the show.  Jake fills us in on all things State Farm and we learn during our "Can you ACE it" game that The Chamblee ACE Hardware does more than just help us fix our homes, they help our kids win first place in a school History project.