Those In Our CLT Community

Award winning journalist, Laura Barrero joins us to share her journey to Charlotte and how the passion for journalism started and how that lead her to achieve her dreams in winning an Emmy.

2x champion Race car driver, keynote speaker and entrepreneur Julia Landauer joins us this week. Julia talks about how she got involved with racing and overcoming fear and being uncomfortable to better yourself in your passions in life. She recently started her new podcast called If I'm honest which you can stream now

Musician, stadium organist for the Checkers, Kannonballers and Knights, Jason Atkins joins us! Jason talks about how his passion for music started and his journey on becoming a full time musician.

Ted Williams joins us this week to talk through his journey to the city, passion for media and how the entrepreneur mindset led him to creating one of the most successful local media companies.

Co-founder of OMJ Clothing, Brad Rhyne joins us this week. Brad talks about the adversity they had to face as a company, moving locations during the pandemic and becoming one of the most successful clothing companies in the city.

Community builder, multimedia specialist and digital entrepreneur, Meredith Dean joins us. She talks about her journey to the city and all the amazing life and career experiences she has been through with working at Secrest Studios and now full time for The Deans List.

Welcome back! Senior Creative Manager and Team Photographer of Charlotte FC, Taylor Banner joins us. We talk about the journey of getting into the creative field and how she got into the sports industry and overcoming imposture syndrome. Follow Taylor's work @tay.banner.photos and http://www.taylorbanner.com

Cynthia Cruz joins us this week to share her journey about moving to Charlotte and all the great things she is doing for the community through her career paths.

Welcome back! Dillon Smith is the owner of a local record shop called Noble Recods. Dillon talks about his journey and passions of collecting and selling vinyl records over the years. He mentions the power of community and building that aspect in his record shop.

Welcome back! Jessica and Garrett who are the owners of the opening soon dairy-free ice cream shop, Seemingly Overzealous in Camp North End stop by. We chat about their journeys to Charlotte and their emotions on taking a chance to follow their passion in opening an ice cream shop.

Javier Morales joins the show and shares his journey to the city and how QC Javi came to life. Javi is a content creator and documents his experiences and all things to know and do around Charlotte. Enjoy! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Happy New Year! Excited to have Ashley Mahoney join the podcast. Ashley talks about her journey moving to Charlotte and taking a chance on following her passion to become an award winning journalist. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Artist, painter and designer Maggie French joins us to share her journey as an art teacher and taking the chance on herself to put her purpose to her passion. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Join myself, Jonathan Mustich, Julia Landauer and Rob Felberbaum as we talk about our memories of September 11th, 2001.

Welcome back to another episode! Audrey and I met when we both first moved to Charlotte, she is one of the nicest human beings. She explains her journey to the city and how her experiences has made this home for her.

Welcome back to another episode of the podcast. Danny Charland joins us and talks all things beer and food in the city and doing what he can to support the community and those who are trying to bring great atmospheres and dining experiences to Charlotte.

Hey there! Editor of the newly announced Axios Charlotte, Emma Way joins us this week. Emma discusses her journey down to Charlotte and her career in journalism. Follow along for local CLT news at axios.charlotte.com — Excited for you to hear this one, enjoy!

Ohavia Phillips, host of The OH Show Live and spreading the message of leading with love returns to the podcast. Her and I met last August when this project was starting to take shape. Our conversation was so genuine and effortless so I wanted her to return for the podcast. We talk about her journey to Charlotte and all of the community work she has done and has planned for the new year. Enjoy!

Hey there! Excited to be back with the first episode of the year. This week, local news reporter Joe Bruno joins us! From covering all of the stories and current events around Charlotte and beyond, Joe talks about his journey as a reporter to moving down to the city and what that has done for his career.

Hey there! I wanted to take some time to just say thank you, for everything. The support for this project has meant a lot and I appreciate everyone who is here listening to these episodes. We’ll be back right after the new year with brand new interviews and guests from the Charlotte community. Looking forward to 2021 — have a Merry Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year. See you soon. -Andy

In this episode we sit down and chat with Blake Pope. Director of Arts and Culture for Kindred and Hello Sailor, Blake shares his journey in the hospitality business, the challenges they faced this year during the pandemic and the content he creates and shares.

Thank you for tuning back into another episode of the podcast. This week, Alvin C Jacobs Jr. - Image Activist, photographer from Illinois discusses his journey to Charlotte and some of the important issues in our city that we all can help out with if we do our part. Alvin also talks about the incredible and powerful work that he has done and continues to do in our community.

On this episode with sit down with Justin aka Uncle Jut, a photographer in Charlotte. Jut talks about his journey to the city, on becoming a photographer and what this community means to him and the work he creates.

In this episode we have Laura Wolff joining us. Laura shares her journey on how she got the opportunity to be one of the photographers for the Carolina Panthers and Charlotte Knights. She also shares her journey on how she ended up in Charlotte and how this year has been going for her. Hope you enjoy the conversation! See you next time!

In this episode of the podcast we sit down with local photographer, Laura Wopperer. Laura started a project called ‘Mask With Me’ highlighting the importance of wearing a mask during this time. She takes portraits of individuals in Charlotte wearing a mask and explaining the reasons why they do so. It has brought awareness to not only our community but also areas outside of Charlotte. Hope you all enjoy this episode. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

There are moments when having these conversations where I think to myself how grateful I am to meet such amazing human beings and David is one of them. David is an individual that I could immediately tell how genuine and a beautiful person he truly is. As a creative and Charlotte born and raised, we met to discuss COVID-19, social justice movements, and the importance of exercising our right to vote.

Thanks for tuning in to another episode! This week, we have Lucas joining us. Lucas has created CLT Shooters which is a photography community in Charlotte. From meetups, to photo features and creators coming together, Lucas talks about the journey of creating this community and what's ahead for the future. 

In this episode, Alyssa talks about her journey of opening a book store, That's Novel Books. She speaks about the challenges and take aways after what has happened this year.