Restaurant Talks OFF THE CLOCK with Jon Nguyen

Late night conversations with old friends just never seem to get old, do they? We welcome back our dear friend, Chef Justin Lee to sit and hang out with us as I basically berate him with my life struggles in the past week. We had our first week of unofficial business at the new restaurant, and we thought it might be interesting to shed some light on what really goes on during the opening of a restaurant in real-time. Along with struggle bus diaries, it's important to note that our work is not just normal work. This is life. All of our personal problems or struggles outside of the 4 walls of our restaurant are not separate from our work because both are so closely knit together. We hope you enjoy this conversation with our friend, and hope we were either able to bring value to you or entertain you in any way shape, or form. See ya next time! FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

It's never too late to do anything you want in life. Helen Nguyen started her cooking career at 33, after a 12-year career in real estate. Her story is just another example of how relentless hard work can transform passions into reality. From her upbringing to her career path, to even now opening her first restaurant in NYC, she's had to defy all odds to come out on top and she's done so with sheer will, determination, and unwavering courage. We can all learn from her story, but most importantly, when you see her going after something she wants, just get out of the way and admire the work you see. Enjoy the show and don't forget to subscribe. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

In the midst of this pandemic and while our restaurants are shut down, we are still sitting here talking about how we can be doing our jobs better. Because talking about how much all of this sucks won't help us coming out of this. So today we talk about how hospitality is not only part of our job, but it is life. We have to practice connecting with people on a human level and stop looking at people as transactions. That's not how you build relationships that will help you grow. Food and Drinks are only 30% of your restaurant or bar's overall success. Most people like to microwave their success and their relationships with people they think can help them, while I am making soup. It takes time to build success and it takes attention to detail to build meaningful relationships. We are working very hard right now and making no money, but hoping that people will recognize that we're just being good humans and it'll all pay off for us when we are back up and running like normal again. Have a great week everyone! FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

Welcome everyone to ANOTHER shutdown. It's been a few weeks now, why don't you stay for a while. Happy belated Independence Day! Even though as we are relearning about our country's history, the word "independence" refers specifically to just one race of people. So as you can imagine, we are feeling a bit icky this year. Restaurants in Miami have shut down again, but we are still working. We are not slowing down our progress despite the irresponsibilities of others around us. We empathize with those businesses that rely on the in-house experience and we are praying for all of your survival. If you're not a resident here in Miami, may I kindly ask you to GET THE F*!# OUT OF OUR CITY! This is no time for vacationing and partying. Entitlement Kills. I miss my son and want to instill lessons upon him that I did not receive growing up. Stay creative, keep grinding, and show compassion to those around you within your community. This way of life will lead us out of this fucked up dark tunnel. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

Welcome to our 1st annual Birthday Episode as I take you all on a journey through the highlights of my 37 years of life and how we even got to this point. This episode has no other purpose except to show you how a 37-year-old guy, who's been working in restaurants for 15 years, is single and has a son, has multiple businesses and 2 restaurants, and living in Miami lives and thinks. Hopefully, my story gives you a little better perspective on who I am if you even cared in the first place, and gives you hope that life ain't all that bad if you're able to put things into perspective and be more self-aware of who you are and what your true value is. Thanks for the continued support and thanks for keeping me alive for this long. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

We'de like to formally apologize to all of you for skipping a day last week and leaving yall hanging without a show, but we have a semi-valid excuse. I'm opening a restaurant right now, so things might get a little weird from here on out, but I promise you, we are dedicated strongly to bringing you consistent, valuable, and hopefully entertaining content. Today's episode we bring back our dear friend chef Nick Montgomery of Konbi, LA. We wanted to check in with him and his restaurant and see how they're dealing with everything going on and how they're keeping their staff safe and inspired each and every day. These conversations need to happen more often and more open because we can all use more and more perspectives in order to help us navigate through these uncharted circumstances. Nick, as you'll hear, is not as optimistic as I tend to be, but judging by how their restaurant conducts their business, as long as we are focused on the right things, then over time our results will overshadow any pessimistic views we might have on the world as we know it. Enjoy the show and pleas don't forget to SUBSCRIBE and leave a nice comment. FOLLOW: @jonnguyentalks EMAIL: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

Opening a restaurant is difficult. Finding time to schedule guests on a podcast twice a week while opening a restaurant is VERY difficult. So today's episode, we decided to bring you into our very 1st training session with our staff for our new restaurant. I'm pretty certain most restaurant opening training sessions aren't like this, so we hope you enjoy this behind the scenes listen to what our restaurant is like and the story behind everything we do. This is TRAN AN. FOLLOW: @jonnguyentalks EMAIL: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

Ever wonder what it's really like to live as a cook in NYC? Well, today we take you into a part of my own story with my good friend, and former cooking mate, Justin Lee. We take a little break from the usual conversation format that we have and just shoot the shit with our old friend and reminisce about how it was like cooking and living the life in NYC. This was our reality as we saw it in our little bubble of restaurants that we worked in, with 1 ultimate goal in mind and that was to open our own restaurant. I was lucky enough to finally realize my dream, and Justin is just starting to realize that dream with his new project, Fat Choy, but our raw conversation of all the inequities and dysfunctional behavior of choosing this profession in the hardest city in the world is a conversation ALL aspiring chefs and cooks should pay attention to. It's not just about the love of food and cooking. You'll learn that you've got to love the life you have to live in order to make it out alive in this industry. ENJOY THE SHOW!

It's not very often we get to have a direct relationship with the actual manufacturers of the Asian products that we use. And it's not very often we think of these Asian ingredients to be of the highest quality and standards. Well, our guest today, Danny Tran, co-owner and founder of Son Fish Sauce is trying to change that narrative. His story teaches us that as the more we look for opportunities, the easier it is for those opportunities to find us. Life took him across the world back to Vietnam, and many failures until the fish sauce business found him to expand its reach to the world. Danny's perspective on Vietnam and our culture is contradicting to how our elders view it, but hopefully, through the quality of his product and his passion for exposing the richness of Vietnamese culture through its native products, we can all appreciate the value of what Vietnam brings to our world in cuisine.

Join us and have a Vietnamese Iced Coffee or "Ca Phe Da" with us as we continue our conversation with Chef Thai Dang. We conclude our conversation with Thai as he dives deep into who he really is as a business owner, chef, and person. His drive to be the best and his ambition to be the change within his community is truly an inspiration to us all. His story is a testament that not only does hard work pay off, but understanding the importance of being the hardest worker is even more valuable. And with that comes a clearer more acute vision of your purpose and who you really work for. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

From the outskirts of Saigon, in the countryside of Dong Nai, Vietnam, that is where our story starts. Chef Thai Dang and his family had to overcome unthinkable odds just to be able to escape communist Vietnam. And with every step in their journey, there were harder hurdles to climb just to survive. This story of am immigrant family coming from nothing and finding success through businesses in the U.S and then producing one of the country's best Vietnamese chefs is truly amazing. Please join us as we go back in time and find out what the foundation is behind the success and career of Chef Thai Dang. It is definitely not your average rags to riches story. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

Come eat rice with us! That's basically what our guest is serving up, along with an ever-changing menu of deliciousness, with his new pop up project out in LA called AN COM. Today's guest is Nguyen Bui, formerly of Rustic Canyon and a rising chef talent in our industry. Usually, we have guests on who've already gone through hell and back to get to where they are today, but today we talk with Nguyen, who is just starting his journey to find his own voice in this business. We get the perspective of someone who's making that transition in real-time, and with such talent and pedigree, we get to understand what's going on behind all his decisions in his path. We talk about navigating through the web of uncertainties of this business as well as the web of authenticity that is Vietnamese cuisine, and how to truly evolve cuisine. We hope that this episode serves as precursor to what Nguyen plans to do with his talents and realizes his own dreams in this business. Enjoy the show! FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks on IG and twitter CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

EMERGENCY CHANGE OF PLANS. With such turmoil and social injustice in this world, we felt like as a show of hope, resiliency, and overcoming struggles, what kind of show would we be if we didn't shed light on ALL of that going on right now. I've never been one to speak up on racism or social injustice. I've never been mistreated by the police or any law enforcement officer. I don't have much wisdom to share regarding this issue, and I certainly don't have many answers. But one thing I can do is take care of those closest to me and do my best to take care of the community surrounding me the best way I can through the platforms I have to show support. There can only be love and compassion to lead us to progress because hate and blame will just keep us spinning around in the same circles. Instead of asking around for "when will this hate end?" let's all just be the change within our communities to show everyone that we can all be outliers to the narratives being written right now. #blacklivesmatter

PART 2 of our conversation with my greatest teacher, Tien Ho. We reveal the core motivation behind this podcast and how it relates to our relationship with Tien. We pick up his story right as he's starting his journey with Momofuku and developing his voice, and the struggles that came along with that. Through all the planning and any preparations he could have made, nothing could have prepared him for what his life had in store for him as he pivoted fortuitously towards a career in the corporate world becoming a C-Level executive for several companies after his time in restaurants. This is a story of the continuous search for knowledge and owning your own identity. Enjoy the show and please remember to subscribe. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

This is our most SPECIAL episode as we get to chat with my greatest mentor and biggest influences in my life both professional and personal, Chef Tien Ho. This is PART 1 of our 2 part conversation with Tien, because we felt this conversation deserved its own week. We get to go deep into Tien's past and learn about his humble beginnings and what he and his family had to go through in order to immigrate over to America. In this episode, Tien reminisces about the days of cooking on the line with now culinary giants in America's restaurant industry. Even the greats had to start somewhere and his story is seemingly not so different from anyone who's just trying to find their voice and learn their ways in their 20's and 30's. His thirst for knowledge is what led him into the legendary kitchens of old school Cafe Bolud and eventually Cafe Gray, and no amount of adversity could keep him from learning the skills he felt he needed in his life. Please just sit back, enjoy and try to absorb as much wisdom as you can from the stories we uncover from the early life of the great Tien Ho. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

Oakland Represent! That's the community that today's guest reps 100%. Chef Tu David Phu didn't grow up like most of us. His upbringing was riddled with violence, turmoil, and economic strife. From a family with both parents working minimum wage jobs and growing up in a neighborhood where gang violence and murder were just part of life, Tu found himself stuck between 2 worlds. The word "Culture" had no bearing of nationality or race or even family to him. He is a product of his community and that is what he devotes his life to now. He uses his passion for cooking as a platform to spread his message of positivity and perseverance throughout his community now and beyond. His story will inspire, sadden, challenge, and uplift you all at the same time. This is one of our favorite interviews yet, and we hope you enjoy the show! FOLLOW: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

DON'T HATE. APPRECIATE! Appreciate that our culture is beloved by outsiders so much that they would devote their lives to honoring our cuisine. Ben Lowell is one of those people. He is the owner of Hanoi House in the East Village, Manhattan. Ben's story is like most of us in the industry, just living life day by day and enjoying his time with his friends in the restaurants he worked in. He always wanted to open a restaurant, but as we all know about this business, that goal doesn't really happen right away, and for some of us, it never happens at all. But for Ben, he had a solid plan to explore the world and experience different cultures, with then his girlfriend (now fiance) Sarah. And what he came back with from his travels was a more defined focus on what exactly it was that he wanted. And that was when Hanoi House was born. His story will give us hope and teach us not to judge ourselves on the paths we take. He teaches us that as long as you have a focus towards a goal and work with purpose, you'll eventually get to where you want to be. Join us for this light-hearted and adventurous journey down the story of Ben Lowell. Thanks and enjoy the show! FOLLOW: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

He is the Greatest Vietnamese Chef to ever win in Kitchen Stadium, Iron Chef (to my knowledge, he might be the only Vietnamese chef to ever step foot in Kitchen Stadium). It is our esteemed pleasure to welcome Chef Viet Pham to our show today. Our conversation with him came with its share of surprises as he takes us through his improbable journey to becoming Food & Wine's Best New Chef and land TV spots that got him all the way to Kitchen Stadium to beat Bobby Flay on Iron Chef America. He's been such an aspiring figure to young Asian cooks all across America, including me. And the message is that as long as we focus on our true calling and remain positive in our outlook on life, interesting things are bound to happen. Chef Viet's story is one of undeniable redemption and constantly creating opportunities for ourselves and all the lives that we touch. Enjoy the show! FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

If you were ever wondering what the food hall business was all about, here is a glimpse as to what goes on behind the kitchen doors. We talk with the former poster child of the St. Roch Market food hall company, Tung Nguyen, who has now moved on to open his own restaurant and has a strong following in New Orleans. His incredible story behind his brand has deep roots embedded in the family foundation behind it. We talk about his deep family ties in the restaurant business and how he branched out onto his own outside of the shadows of his brother's and sister's successful businesses. Through continuous frustrations with the food hall that housed his brand, he eventually found success, getting national attention. Join us for a genuinely heartfelt story of this humble Vietnamese Sandwich Shop building upon traditional family roots. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks (IG & twitter) CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

MIAMI LEGENDS IN THE MAKING! That's who our guests are today. Meet Brad & Soraya Kilgore! Their contribution to Miami's culinary scene and their impact on our industry can only be surpassed by their love and commitment to one another. After being married at a very young age and building the culinary empire they now have in Miami, it's extraordinary to see their passion and dedication to one another has not faded a single bit. It was quite the honor to listen to their story of love, turbulence, patience, and the ultimate pursuit of excellence. They are true pioneers in our city and it was so special to have them on. Please join us for a conversation of laughs, cries, and great insight as get to know these industry role models in Miami. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks (IG & twitter) CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

LET'S GO EAT! That's the literal translation of the name of the restaurant of today's guest. Chef Dennis Ngo joins us from Brooklyn, NY where his restaurant Di An Di is one of the hottest Vietnamese restaurants in all of New York. Dennis takes us through his incredibly unconventional journey to becoming a chef and restauranteur. His story proves that as long as our passion and drive are strong enough, it doesn't matter how much or little experience you have at something, you will always find a way to overcome anything. Coming from the same neighborhood in Houston, it's no wonder we had such a fluid connection and such a great conversation. We talk about the humility it takes to become a strong leader and how self-awareness is key to success. Dennis explains to us through his first-hand experience how his cooking career was over before it could even start and how he was able to persevere and thrive to become the chef and business owner that he is today. FOLLOW US: @jonnguyentalks CONTACT US: jonnguyentalks@gmail.com

AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE! OY OY OY! Today we have the pleasure of talking with Miami's own Scaliwag himself, Paul van Hamond, founder of The Drinks Company and Expressed Juice right here in Miami. His brand is spread all across the city, in every hotel, grocery store and on all the cruise ship that comes in and out of our city. His fascinating journey from Queensland, Australia to Miami is a testament of the true human spirit and our resiliency as a species. Paul's ability to seize opportunity all around him is a lesson we can all use and his ability to survive is unmatched. This story is proof that as long as we just smile, and keep looking forward and up and put ideas into action, we will never die.

Calling ALL OG Miami Beach constituents! In this episode, we chat with the incomparable and talented Gui Jaroschy, formerly of Broken Shaker. Gui is one of the most respected names in the bar industry in Miami and beyond. He takes us through his journey from landing on this beach and navigating his way to help to build one of the best bars in the world and finding his own voice along the way. This is a story that proves that you don't always have to work for yourself in order to create something special on your own. If you are persistent in the approach of your passions, eventually the time will come for you to own something of your own WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT. Gui shows us that we don't need to put pressure on ourselves to always be doing what we THINK we should be doing, but rather to just do what we KNOW we can do and do it well.

Chef Dale Talde joins us today to talk a gang of shit and opens up about his life, the fallout of his restaurant group and his new ventures. His story is truly one of perseverance and persistence, as he weaved his way through the Chicago and New York dining scene. You'll find that Dale is a person of absolutely zero fear of going out and getting what he wants. His turbulent journey to where he is today is a true testament of staying true to who you are, learning from your mistakes and evolving into someone better for the betterment of yourself and your family. Fuck the haters and use their hate to motivate your own path. Let's get it.

PART 2 of our conversation with Mike Ortiz, founder of JoJo Tea in Miami. We dive right into how he started his business and what he had to do in order to turn an obsession into a viable business. Without any experience in business, and without any help, Mike taught himself how to run a business and hustled his way into over 300 restaurants in Miami and now into retail stores. This story is one of persistence, passion and how the belief in one's self will always conquer doubts and insecurities when used in balance with humility.

We chat with Mike Ortiz, who started JoJo Tea in Miami after becoming obsessed with tea from learning the customs and history of tea and Buddhism. This hilarious tale of how he got into tea and his seemingly endless knowledge of tea and its history will surely capture your imagination and attention. Please listen in and join us as we ride along with this country's #1 tea master's journey into the world of tea and his love for his craft.

i've always been a big fan of pablo zitmann's food at his restaurant No Name Chinese. it was this modern asian dim sum restaurant in south miami, ran by this German/Colombian chef, which sounds weird, but trust me, the flavors and techniques were far from weird. this story is one of continuous let-downs and hardships outside of our control, yet remaining optimistic towards the future and KNOWING that no matter what happens in life, we will come out stronger and wiser on the other side. Let's help NO NAME CHINESE get it's name back into the mouths of Miami.

PART 2 of our conversation with Nick Montgomery of Konbi, LA. We get to the manifestation of Konbi and what they wanted to represent. Nick takes us through their immediate rise to notoriety and all the hard lessons along the way. Join our conversation on the insights of navigating through this COVID - 19 crisis and how to look at the future of restaurant dining. ENJOY!!!

Part 1 of our conversation with Nick Montgomery of Konbi, LA. Nick is a dear friend of mine from back in NYC and he is doing great things with his restaurant out in West Hollywood, so we wanted everyone to get to know Nick a little bit through our conversation with him. He's a super talented guy with humble beginnings and his story is one of persistence and overcoming adversity even when we are lost in this world and life might seem directionless.

WE'RE BACK!!! New format, New guests, New focus...Same Shit Talkin After a 5 month hiatus, we have finally returned with our brand new show. Today's guest is a old friend of mine, RANDY YEH, who's a radiologist working the front line with all our health professionals in NYC. I wanted to bring him on to get his perspective from ground zero on how the COVID-19 virus is affecting NYC, and what our future might look like after all this is over. IT FEELS AWESOME TO BE BACK!!!

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.33. Working for others and making a difference in the lives of those around you will always lead to a bigger impact in the world than working for your own selfish gain. Don't worry about the awards that you are not getting or the recognition you've never gotten. Be thankful that you have an opportunity to have a positive influence in just 1 person's life based on the job you're doing.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.32. Become the EXPERT of EVERYTHING in your restaurant or business. In order to understand what is going on in your business and gain the respect of your employees, you must be able to do the task that they are paid to do, better than them. At some point in everyone's career and business, we all have to get down on our hands and knees to clean the shit off the ground. No job is too little for you when it's your business.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.31. Count your blessings. This day is an accumulation of everything I've been talking about in our previous 30 episodes. If you want to get what you want in life you must understand some core principles. Take a listen to any of our 30 previous episodes and see what I'm talking about.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.30. When you are searching for answers, you will not find them in your past, but you can find inspiration from your experiences. The answers lie within who you are now. Acknowledge your past, and embrace the fact that you are an accumulation of all of your past experiences, both good and bad. As long as you know who you are and embrace who you are now, then all your decisions for your future can be made with conviction and with no regrets.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.29. There are lessons all around us and whenever we can take advantage of the moment to reach out to one another and capture that lesson for future use, let's take advantage of it.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.28. If you are constantly having the same type of problems over and over again, that means you are not solving the right problems. If we can learn how to evolve our problem-solving abilities, only then can we grow as people and take on bigger goals in the life we want. If you can't solve bigger problems, then you will be stuck with the same problems your entire life.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.27. We are prepping our dinner for Grandma Sauce Launch Dinner tomorrow and the food is gonna be out of control delicious. Sorry not everyone can make it, because it's a private event. But trust me, it's gonna be a great time. See you at work tomorrow!

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.26. GO STROS!!!! the Houston Astros are going to the World Series!!! the team is full of killers and their focus is so sharp. We are in the business of working hard and being 100% committed and dedicated to our craft for one purpose only. PROVIDING VALUE. how do you create value?

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.25. Before engaging in any serious interactions, think about what you want out of the interaction, then speak and communicate accordingly. Speaking your feelings and blurting out the first thing that comes to mind is short-sighted and selfish, because you're only speaking to make yourself feel better. Think about who you're talking to and what they want out of you, then use that intuition to communicate with them in a more productive way. Communication is a results based business, and any interaction is a transaction.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.24. We tend to do the most counter-intuitive things during times of high emotion and stress. Have patience, and think calmly about what steps need to be taken in order to maximize the results of your coming future. Acting upon emotion will always end the same tragic way. Learn to channel that energy to solve problems and change the trojectory of your life.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.23. A lot of people think that if they are good, hard-working people that they deserve better treatment than others. Bad people will do bad things, so it's up to us to figure out how to maneuver against the turbulence of life. We can't keep bad people from doing bad things, but we certainly can avoid them by how we plan and execute. We are not entitled to anything from anyone. Everything that is within our grasps, we are 100% responsible for.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.22. Life is all about leverage. You can ONLY get what you want if you are able to find leverage over any situation or any person or organization. If you don't know how to leverage yourself properly in any circumstance, then you will find yourself always reaching upwards without any progress of actually attaining what you are striving for. Find your leverage and tactfully play your hand to take down the huge pot of life.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.21. Fatherhood is the true testament of humanity. Only the strong survive and thrive. My only goal is to hold up the Dad MVP trophy every single year. Being a parent is the most difficult thing we can do as humans, but as long as we understand that our children need our support for their health and happiness, then all decisions just become that much more simple. I was always meant to be a dad, and I'm gonna show my family this truth every single day.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.20. YOU ARE THE CULTURE YOU WANT TO BUILD. Everything you do, say and teach will become part of your culture, so act mindfully and be precise with your decisions. There is no better feeling than to see the culture you envisioned in your mind to start blossoming right in front of your eyes. It's a beautiful thing. Live your culture, and you will see it in living form right in front of you.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.19. it is vital to understand that if you are in a shitty life situation, or if things go wrong in your life, IT IS ONLY YOUR FAULT. if you can't comprehend why this is the case, then it will be hard for you to learn anything from both yourself and others. identifying the root of problems is the first step to taking accountability, so the ability to just do that is important and often overlooked. there is nowhere else to look, but yourself.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.18. Your team is YOU. Without YOUR team, you cannot ever be successful in any walk of life and in any profession. Decide what people you need in your life in order to be successful. Define success in your own eyes, and figure out what kind of people you need to seek out in order to achieve that level of success in your life. Once you determine those things, then you can really level up in anything you're doing. Your TEAM is the key to your survival.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.17. We all need breaks from our everyday grinds and find humor in even the direst of situations. Fucked up things happen all the time, but let's be real here, we're not curing cancer or solving worldwide problems over here. we are just entertaining people through food and hospitality. Everyone deserves a break, so here is ours for you to enjoy!

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.16. the energy i am constantly putting out there in the world always comes back to me and returns all that great energy back into my life. there is no secret to life, or success or anything positive that happens in your life. your life is the constant summation of the cumulative energy you put out into the universe. spread your energy as far as you can, and your life will transform in way you could only dream of.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.15. if you constantly put yourself in positions that allow good things to happen to you, then eventually, good things will happen for you PERIOD! people just don't get lucky out of nowhere unless they win the lottery. keep working and doing the right things without the expectations of seeing returns and stay patient. great things will eventually come your way.

Pre-Podcast Trials Episode 0.14. GRANDMA SAUCE IS WORKING FAST EVERYONE!!! looking back at our past is never a good place to look when searching for answers. the people we were in our past will never provide us the knowledge we need to make sound decisions for our future. the people we are now are the cumulation of the lessons we've learned from our experiences, and it's how well we've learned from our past that determines our future. ALWAYS BE LOOKING FORWARD! THE PAST MEANS NOTHING!

Pre-Podcast Trials 0.13. The hardest episode to achieve thus far, because we are learning new recording AND distribution methods. to learn this all in a few hours is very difficult for someone as deficient as i am in audio and/or video editing and recording. With that being said, we were still able to publish an episode today and keep the streak alive! Nothing can stop you in the things you want the most. It may not always look pretty, but at least we get to where we're going.