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He built a $150M+ business by inventing a better way to paint. Carmelo Marsala, founder of Spray-Net, joins Ryan Pineda to share how he turned a student painting hustle into one of the most innovative home service franchises in North America, with patented technology, franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada, and a goal of $100M in annual system-wide sales.They dive deep into: - How Spray-Net's patented chemistry changed the game - The rollercoaster of franchising a startup - A near $1M payroll crisis—and how real estate saved the company - What it takes to truly scale a franchise businessWhether you're a real estate investor, aspiring franchisee, or just love founder stories, this episode is packed with wisdom, strategy, and brutal honesty.Learn more: sprayfranchise.com | spraynet.comGet access to our real estate community, coaching, courses, and events at Wealthy University https://www.wealthyuniversity.com/Join our FREE community, weekly calls, and bible studies for Christian entrepreneurs and business people. https://www.wealthykingdom.com/ If you want to level up, text me at 725-527-7783!--- About Ryan Pineda: Ryan Pineda has been in the real estate industry since 2010 and has invested in over $100,000,000 of real estate. He has completed over 700 flips and wholesales, and he owns over 650 rental units. As an entrepreneur, he has founded seven different businesses that have generated 7-8 figures of revenue. Ryan has amassed over 2 million followers on social media and has generat...

Dans cet épisode, nous vous emmenons en Sicile.Plus grande île de la Méditerranée, elle mêle histoire, nature et traditions à travers des trésors antiques et l'imposant volcan Etna, lui offrant des paysages spectaculaires. Authentique et ensoleillée, la Sicile invite à un voyage riche en émotions et en découvertes.Où aller en Sicile ?Palerme et ses environsSi vous décidez [d'aller en Sicile: https://www.selectour.com/sicile/sejour] et que vous vous demandez où aller sur cette île, nous vous conseillons de débuter par Palerme, la capitale.Parmi les incontournables à visiter : le Palais des Normands, la chapelle palatine et ses mosaïques en or, la cathédrale de Palerme, la place iconique des Quattro Canti, la fontaine de la Piazza Pretoria et le théâtre Massimo, la cathédrale et son cloître bénédictin, le centre historique et les plages de Mondello.La Sicile occidentaleDirection le village médiéval d'Erice et ses ruelles pavées, son château et son église du XIVe siècle.Ensuite, découvrez Trapani et son centre historique, la rue piétonne via Garibaldi, la cathédrale de San Lorenzo et le Palais sénatorial. Nous vous conseillons les îles Égades, un archipel composé de trois îles principales : Levanzo, Marettimo et Favignana. Aussi, visitez Marsala, la réserve naturelle du Stagnone, Mazara del Vallo, la Piazza Republica et le théâtre Garibaldi.Agrigente et la Vallée des TemplesNous continuons notre tour des lieux où aller en Sicile avec cette fois-ci Agrigente.C'est la ville de la côte sud perchée sur des collines, qui a su préserver la vieille ville. Parcourez à pied la Via Atenea, la Vallée des Temples et ses temples gréco-romains, découvrez la Scala dei Turchi, surnommé "L'escalier des Turcs", une magnifique falaise d'un blanc immaculé surplombant la mer, et terminer ce périple par Cefalù, le paysage de carte postale par excellence en Sicile.L'Est de la SicilePartez à la découverte de plusieurs lieux cultes, tels que Syracuse, l'île d'Ortygie, ainsi que trois petits joyaux du baroque sicilien inscrits au patrimoine de l'UNESCO : Noto, Modica et Ragusa.Le centre de la SicileDes lieux incontournables et vibrants vous attendent avec Enna, la Piazza Armerina, la Villa Romana del Casale et Caltagirone, jolie bourgade renommée pour ses céramiques.La côte ionienneNous vous invitons à découvrir Catane, deuxième ville la plus importante de Sicile, riche d'un patrimoine historique. L'Etna, le plus grand volcan d'Europe et aussi l'un des plus actifs au monde avec près d'une centaine d'éruptions au cours du XXe siècle. Mais aussi Taormine, Messine, et les îles Éoliennes.Pourquoi voyager en Sicile ?La Sicile est une île extraordinaire qui a beaucoup à offrir tant par ses richesses culturelles et naturelles, sa gastronomie et son climat agréable toute l'année.Si vous souhaitez en savoir plus sur la destination et, pourquoi pas, préparer votre prochain [séjour en Sicile: https://www.selectour.com/sicile/sejour], n'hésitez pas à faire appel à nos [experts: https://www.selectour.com/agent/recherche?postalCode=&city=&favoriteDestination=IT&page=1] !À bientôt dans le cockpit !Hébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

La storia di Michele Vinci, il mostro di Marsala, che uccise tre bambine facendo inorridire una nazione… sempre che sia stato davvero lui (Italia, Marsala, ottobre 1971)See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Send us a textStory of the Year's charismatic frontman Dan Marsala recently sat down for an unforgettable episode of the Midwest Mixtape Podcast, brought to you as always by The Barn. This special edition featured a powerhouse panel of guest hosts from Vulgar Display of Podcast, The Tippy Jo Show, and Park Hills Underground Radio, bringing together voices from across the Barn Podcast Network for a rare and in-depth conversation.Dan opened up about the band's current creative grind, revealing they're back in the studio in California working on new material. Fans can expect the same emotionally charged energy, explosive riffs, and signature vocals that have made Story of the Year a pillar of post-hardcore for over two decades.The excitement doesn't stop there—Story of the Year is gearing up for a massive hometown throwdown at the Pig & Whiskey Festival in St. Louis on May 11th, delivering a hometown set that promises nostalgia and high-octane performances. The festival continues their legacy of blending their deep-rooted Missouri pride with worldwide appeal.Beyond the local stage, the band is set to make waves at some of the year's biggest festivals, including Louder Than Life, When We Were Young, and even a Warped Tour stop in Orlando this November, reuniting with fans and longtime scene supporters in a whirlwind of passion and nostalgia.Still riding the momentum from the 20th anniversary of Page Avenue—an album that redefined early 2000s alt-rock and post-hardcore—Story of the Year continues to innovate. Their recent dubstep remix of “Can't Slow Down” with Kayzo proves the band's fearless experimentation and connection to modern sounds, blurring genre lines while staying true to their roots.www.BetterHelp.com/TheBarnhttp://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn http://www.betterhelp.com/TheBarnThis episode is sponsored by www.betterhelp.com/TheBarn and brought to you as always by The Barn Media Group. YOUTUBE https://www.youtube.com/@TheBarnPodcastNetwork SPOTIFY https://open.spotify.com/show/09neXeCS8I0U8OZJroUGd4?si=2f9b8dfa5d2c4504 APPLE https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1625411141 I HEART RADIO https://www.iheart.com/podcast/97160034/ AMAZON https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/7aff7d00-c41b-4154-94cf-221a808e3595/the-barn

Si te digo Marsala, pensás en cocina, en postres o en un vino olvidado, ¿a que no? Lo que muchos no saben es que el Marsala fue uno de los grandes vinos de exportación de Italia, admirado incluso en las cortes europeas y hoy súper encasillado como ‘vino para cocinar'. Hoy te voy a contar la verdadera historia del Marsala, qué estilos existen y por qué vale la pena redescubrirlo.――――――――――――――――――――――Esto es MeLoDijoBraga El Podcast. Yo soy Mariano Braga y te espero cada lunes, miércoles y viernes con un nuevo episodio lleno de charlas, experiencias, curiosidades y consejos desde mi mirada del mundo del vino. Para más información, te invito a navegar estos enlaces:➡ Recibe gratis “El Boletín Serial”➡ Mi página web➡ Sé parte del club¡Me encantaría que seas parte de esta comunidad gigante de bebedores seriales, siguiéndome en las redes!➡ Instagram ➡ Facebook ➡ Twitter ➡ YouTube ➡ LinkedIn ➡ TikTok ――――――――――――――――――――――No te olvides valorar nuestro podcast ★★★★★ y suscribirte para no perderte nada y que sigamos construyendo juntos la mayor comunidad de bebedores seriales de habla hispana.――――――――――――――――――――――

In this full episode of the Franchise Freedom Podcast, Giuseppe Grammatico welcomes back Carmelo Marsala, founder of Spray-Net! Dive deep into Spray-Net's innovative franchise model, from patented technology and AI-powered support to its commitment to community impact and franchisee success. Learn about service expansion, economic resilience, and Carmelo's invaluable advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. This is a must-listen for anyone considering a franchise in the home services industry! Choose the right path at https://ggthefranchiseguide.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/SprayNetIncInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/spray_net/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spray-net-inc/Twitter: https://twitter.com/spraynetinc?lang=enYouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0VPYiZ-X2NmWeTB7MojKYwDISCLAIMER: The information on this podcast is for general information purposes only. Franchising involves risk and careful consideration should be given before making any decisions.Connect with Franchise Freedom on:Website: https://ggthefranchiseguide.com/podcast/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giuseppe-grammatico/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GGTheFranchiseGuideX: https://twitter.com/ggfranchguideInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ggthefranchiseguide/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ggthefranchiseguideApple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/franchise-freedom/id1499864638Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/13LTN5UzA57w2dTB4iV0fmThe Franchise Freedom: Discover Your New Path to Freedom Through Franchise Ownership, Book by Giuseppe Grammatico https://ggthefranchiseguide.com/book or purchase directly on Amazon.

Stefano Cascavilla"Verso il Bosforo"A piedi da Roma a Costantinopoli tra gatti, tempeste, rakija e selve oscureEdiciclo Editorewww.ediciclo.itC'è una regina a Roma: l'Appia, la regina delle strade. Domenica li trovi tutti lì i romani, in bici. Fanno quattro chilometri, poi indietro. Ma le pietre proseguono: fin dove? Cosa vedono? Stefano Cascavilla decide di seguirle. Inizia così un'incredibile avventura, a piedi, sulla traccia – ancora viva e potente – della più grande strada dell'antichità occidentale, il complesso delle Vie Appia ed Egnazia, un monumento orizzontale di quasi duemila chilometri, attraverso cinque paesi, due catene montuose e tre mari. Un mondo ignoto, anche se fatto di cose già viste: paeselli, radure, periferie, pastori, che l'atto di camminare trasfigura e rende misteriose come le sorgenti del Nilo. Un cammino inaspettato nella storia, ma ancora lì, alla portata di tutti, dal Colosseo ai minareti di Santa Sofia. Una raccolta avvincente e ironica di incontri, paesaggi e peripezie che regalano l'inatteso anche in luoghi che credevamo di conoscere.Stefano Cascavilla nasce a Roma nel 1965 dove ancora vive. Dopo anni in una multinazionale, lascia per diventare architetto. Poi istruttore d'alpinismo, cooperante e infine scrittore e viaggiatore, preferibilmente a piedi. Nel 2021 pubblica Il dio degli Incroci (Exòrma), sulla natura del Genius Loci, che diventa rapidamente un punto di riferimento sul tema, per bibliografie, tesi e citazioni. Dal 2022 si avventura alla scoperta del cammino di Garibaldi, che ripercorre – naturalmente a piedi – da Marsala a Presenzano. Diventa un libro poco dopo: Essere Mille (Exòrma).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Heute gibt es nicht einen, nicht zwei, sondern gleich drei Whiskys ins Glas! Martin verköstigt und mit drei edlen Tropfen aus der Tomatin Italian Collection. Der Whisky lagerte 10 Jahre lang in traditionellen Eichenfässern, danach reifte er jeweils für weitere zwei Jahre in Marsala-, Amarone- und Barolo-Weinfässern nach. Abgefüllt ohne Kühlfiltrierung und mit 46 % Vol. Hier können wir also ganz klar herausfinden, welchen Einfluss die verschiedenen Fässer auf das Grundprodukt haben. Vielen herzlichen Dank an Martin, der uns an seiner Collection teilhaben lässt. Viel Spaß beim Hören!

Tear Me to Pieces. St. Louis scene staples, emo anthem hitmakers and stage diving maniacs, Story Of The Year, are our guests on Episode 315 of Sappenin' Podcast! Dan Marsala and Josh Wills take time out of the bands first UK tour since the 2010s, to expose secrets on the bands evolving legacy, untold rivalries and folklore party moments. In this conversation, Dan and Josh open up on their surprise European absence, package offers vs finance dynamics, unwritten rules, how it all almost ended, near break-up moments, real life jobs, cultural impact of Page Avenue, early day beef with Yellowcard and The Used, breaking stream records with their latest album, new music plans, what happens when your producer joins Linkin Park (Colin Brittain), cutting their teeth on Van's Warped Tour, the festivals return, party punishments, insane stage pranks, cutting guitar strings mid-song, conspiracies, unsolicited Disney love, Paris nightmares, hangs on the Emos Not Dead Cruise and more! Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!Follow us on Social Media:Twitter: @sappeninpodInstagram: @sappeninpodSpecial thank you to our Sappenin' Podcast Patreons:Join the Sappenin' Podcast Community: Patreon.com/Sappenin.Kylie Wheeler, Janelle Caston, Paul Hirschfield, Tony Michael, Scarlet Charlton, Dilly Grimwood, Mitch Perry, Nathan Crawshaw, Molly Molloy, James Bowerbank, Amee Louise, Kat Bessant, Kieran Lewis, Alexandra Pemblington, Jonathan Gutierrez, Jenni Robinson, Stuart McNaught, Jenni Munster, Louis Cook, Carl Pendlebury, James Mcnaught, Martina McManus, Jason Heredia, John&Emma, Danny Eaton, RahRah James, Sian Foynes, Evan, Ollie Amesbury, Dan Peregreen, Emily Perry, Kalila Keane, Adam Parslow, Josh Crisp, Vicki Henshaw, Laura Russell, Fraser Cummings, Sophie Ansell, Kyle Smith, Connor Lewins, Billy Hunter, Harry Radford, George Evans, Em Evans Roberts, Thomas O'Neill, Sinead O'Halloran, Kael Braham, Jade Austin, Charlie Wood, Aurora Winchester, Jordan Harris, James Page, Georgie Hopkinson, Helen Anyetta, John Wilson, Lisa Sullivan, Ayla Emo, Kelly Young, Jennifer Dean, Tj Ambler-Shattock, Chaz Howkins, Michael Snowden, Justine Baddeley, David Winchurch, Jim Farrell, Scott Evans, Andrew Simpson, Shaun Croucher, Lewis Sluman, Ellie Gowers, Luke Wardle, Grazyna McGroarty, Nathan Matheson, Matt Roberts, Joshua Lewis, Erin Howard,, Chris Harris, Lucy Neill, Amy Thomas, Jessie Hellier, Stevie Burke, Robert Pike, Anthony Matthews, Samantha Neville, Sarah Maher, Owen Davies, Bethan Downing, Jessica Tiernan, Danielle Oldershaw, Samantha Bowen, Ruby Price, Jule Ferl, Alice Wood, Billy Parmiter, Emma Musgrave, Rhian Friggens, Hannah Kenyon, Patrick Floyd, Hayley Taylor, Loz Sanchez, Cerys Andrews, Dan Johnson, Eva B, Emma Barber, Helen Macbeth, Melissa Mercury, Joshua Ryan, Cate Stevenson, Emily Moorhouse, Jacob Turner, Madeleine Inez, Robert Byrne, Christopher Goldring, Chris Lincoln, Beth Gayler, Lesley Dargie-Walker, Sabina Grosch, Tom Hylands, Andrew Keech, Kerry Beckett, Leanne Gerrard, Ieuan Wheeler, Hannah Rachael, Gemma Graham, Andy Wastell, Jay Smith, Nuala Clark, Liam Connolly, Lavender Martin, Lloyd Pinder, Ghostly Grimoire, Amy Hogg.Diolch and Thank You x Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  Paul returned to Quebec from visiting Dallas, TX & gives an overview of his conference experiences! The 2024 conference experience was enhanced by taking the tour of Oswald's 'escape' from the TSBD. Paul was able to visit Lee's rooming house, the backyard on Neely & the Texas Theatre. Following Lee's proposed steps & timeline by the Warren Commission, you realize it was impossible. While there were similarities, witnesses of the Tippit murder refused to ID Oswald as the shooter. Paul visited Jack Ruby's Marsala apartment building, noting close proximity to the Texas Theatre. Lee & Marina's prior home on Neely is abandoned & falling apart. Visit while you still can. Paul is currently reading 'Admitted Assassin' by Brian K. Edwards. Why would Lee's cab driver drop him off six blocks from his boarding house? How many times do we have to prove that Kennedy was shot from the front? Expand your research. Are we seeing the same puppeteers with the historic political assassinations? Len feels there are 2 sorts of researchers, either focused on Dealey Plaza or focused on the big picture. This years attendance at the conference was very low for some reason... Paul encourages Len to hold a quality JFK event perhaps in New Orleans. Len reminisces the Black Op Radio event 2010 at Hawaii, John Armstrong, Mark De Valk, Wes Swearingen attended. Part II - Paul Bleau, Jeff Crudele, Andrew Iler Paul Jeff and Andrew reveal what they discovered at National Archives Their website JFK Chokeholds The Black Vault - Online Document Archive - The Black Vault Mary Ferrell Website In 1992 Oliver Stone's JFK film gained extensive attention & highlighted the withheld documents. The American public were outraged that thousands of records were still classified. 9C3B of the JFK Records Act imposes a ministerial duty on the ARRB to itemize record inventory. The records were specified if they were still to be held as postponed, or with specific release dates. In the ARRB's final report, they were required to set a date for all JFK records being held. Andrew often frequents the Mary Ferrell Foundation & The Black Vault when researching. Internal ARRB memo of June 1997 mentions huge backlog of records, processing 4+ million records. Final determination forms were created for every single record that was archived by the ARRB. Paul, Jeff & Andrew met at College Park, MD to go through archived records before the conference. The men had goals to work together in order to get as many records copied as possible. Andrew went through 12 boxes of archived records without finding any final determination forms. On the 13th box, Andrew was relieved finding it full of final determination forms. These forms are critical because the ARRB was an independent, high level, federal government agency. In essence, these forms are all court orders. Archivists have a legal obligation to comply with the ARRB's final orders. The majority of the records have a release date of 2006, yet they remain behind closed doors. Why? Paul worked as Andrew's research assistant searching up RIF #'s while onsite at the archives. Neither Trump nor Biden has had the power to postpone JFK assassination records! Even the most experienced of archivists have struggles finding JFK documents due to disorganization. There should be over 100,000 of the final determination forms but boxes of forms are missing. Andrew has requested the final determination forms for JFK files still being held from the public. The final determination forms are not indexed, they're mislabelled & actually filed under subject titles. The archivists at College Park, Maryland were all very helpful & professional.  

Lifelong singer/songwriter & classically-trained guitarist Bernice Marsala talks about her latest release “Irrelevant” along with her album “Burgundy” including the title track, plus “Lights Out”, “What Happens Now”, “Pull Me Under”, “Don't Miss You at All” and the debut release of “Save Me”! Bernice began her journey born/raised in Sycamore, IL studied music & audio production in college graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's in Music Business, and moved to Nashville to further her musical career with numerous followers on Spotify, You Tube and many social media platforms,, and was voted ISSA Folk Artist of the Month in '22 & awarded a Bronze for Female Songwriter of the Year, plus she shares the stories behind the music! Check out the amazing Bernice Marsala and her recent releases on all streaming platforms and www.bernicemarsala.com today! #bernicemarsala #singersongwriter #classicallytrainedguitarist #sycamoreillinois #irrelevant #burgundy #nashville #lightsout #whathappensnow #pullmeunder #dontmissyouatall #saveme #musicbusiness #ISSA #spreaker #iheartradio #spotify #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #bitchute #rumble #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerbernicemarsala #themikewagnershowbernicemarsala --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/support

Lifelong singer/songwriter & classically-trained guitarist Bernice Marsala talks about her latest release “Irrelevant” along with her album “Burgundy” including the title track, plus “Lights Out”, “What Happens Now”, “Pull Me Under”, “Don't Miss You at All” and the debut release of “Save Me”! Bernice began her journey born/raised in Sycamore, IL studied music & audio production in college graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's in Music Business, and moved to Nashville to further her musical career with numerous followers on Spotify, You Tube and many social media platforms,, and was voted ISSA Folk Artist of the Month in '22 & awarded a Bronze for Female Songwriter of the Year, plus she shares the stories behind the music! Check out the amazing Bernice Marsala and her recent releases on all streaming platforms and www.bernicemarsala.com today! #bernicemarsala #singersongwriter #classicallytrainedguitarist #sycamoreillinois #irrelevant #burgundy #nashville #lightsout #whathappensnow #pullmeunder #dontmissyouatall #saveme #musicbusiness #ISSA #spreaker #iheartradio #spotify #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #bitchute #rumble #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerbernicemarsala #themikewagnershowbernicemarsala --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themikewagnershow/support

Lifelong singer/songwriter & classically-trained guitarist Bernice Marsala talks about her latest release “Irrelevant” along with her album “Burgundy” including the title track, plus “Lights Out”, “What Happens Now”, “Pull Me Under”, “Don't Miss You at All” and the debut release of “Save Me”! Bernice began her journey born/raised in Sycamore, IL studied music & audio production in college graduating Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor's in Music Business, and moved to Nashville to further her musical career with numerous followers on Spotify, You Tube and many social media platforms,, and was voted ISSA Folk Artist of the Month in '22 & awarded a Bronze for Female Songwriter of the Year, plus she shares the stories behind the music! Check out the amazing Bernice Marsala and her recent releases on all streaming platforms and www.bernicemarsala.com today! #bernicemarsala #singersongwriter #classicallytrainedguitarist #sycamoreillinois #irrelevant #burgundy #nashville #lightsout #whathappensnow #pullmeunder #dontmissyouatall #saveme #musicbusiness #ISSA #spreaker #iheartradio #spotify #applemusic #youtube #anchorfm #bitchute #rumble #mikewagner #themikewagnershow #mikewagnerbernicemarsala #themikewagnershowbernicemarsalaBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-mike-wagner-show--3140147/support.

ROMA (ITALPRESS) - Scoprire l'impatto delle nuove tecnologie e dell'Intelligenza Artificiale nel cinema, uno dei settori distintivi per il nostro Paese, grazie al racconto di esperti del mondo accademico, imprenditori e startupper che stanno interpretando con successo i cambiamenti in atto. È il focus dell'edizione speciale di Build Your Future, il programma di eventi di Education di Intesa Sanpaolo, di cui è responsabile Elisa Zambìto Marsala, e che ha fatto tappa alla Festa del Cinema di Roma. f07/sat/fsc/gtr

ROMA (ITALPRESS) - Scoprire l'impatto delle nuove tecnologie e dell'Intelligenza Artificiale nel cinema, uno dei settori distintivi per il nostro Paese, grazie al racconto di esperti del mondo accademico, imprenditori e startupper che stanno interpretando con successo i cambiamenti in atto. È il focus dell'edizione speciale di Build Your Future, il programma di eventi di Education di Intesa Sanpaolo, di cui è responsabile Elisa Zambìto Marsala, e che ha fatto tappa alla Festa del Cinema di Roma. f07/sat/fsc/gtr

ROMA (ITALPRESS) - Scoprire l'impatto delle nuove tecnologie e dell'Intelligenza Artificiale nel cinema, uno dei settori distintivi per il nostro Paese, grazie al racconto di esperti del mondo accademico, imprenditori e startupper che stanno interpretando con successo i cambiamenti in atto. È il focus dell'edizione speciale di Build Your Future, il programma di eventi di Education di Intesa Sanpaolo, di cui è responsabile Elisa Zambìto Marsala, e che ha fatto tappa alla Festa del Cinema di Roma. f07/sat/fsc/gtr

Pauly reveals some behind the scenes tricks of the trade, discusses a recent project with a valued client, and revisits the 5 stages of growing a businessMentioned in this episode:Joe Bean Coffee - Coffee that lifts everyone.Use promo code Lunchador for 15% off your order! https://shop.joebeanroasters.comSweet Pea Plant Based KitchenBased in Rochester, NY, Sweet Pea is a plant-powered kitchen creating transformative ways of wellness. Harnessing the power of food as medicine, we help you realize your happiest, healthiest self. Use promo code Lunchador15 for 15% off your order! https://sweetpeaplantbased.comBehind the Studio DoorHosted by Molly Darling and Christian Rivera, Behind the Studio Door takes listeners on a captivating exploration of artists and their creative processes. Through deep and meaningful conversations, they uncover the stories and experiences that shape the outward expression of their work. https://behind-the-studio-door.captivate.fm/Level Up Coffee PodcastLevel Up your coffee game. Wade Reed and Aaron Pascucci, two coffee professionals discuss coffee and the culture surrounding it. https://levelupcoffee.captivate.fm/

TRAPANI (ITALPRESS) - Oltre 60 finanzieri del Comando Provinciale di Trapani stanno dando esecuzione a 14 misure cautelari personali emanate dai Tribunali di Marsala e di Trapani, su richiesta della Procura Europea - sede di Palermo - e della Procura della Repubblica di Marsala, nei confronti di noti esponenti politici del trapanese che hanno rivestito e/o rivestono importanti incarichi a livello comunale, regionale e, in un caso, nazionale. Contestualmente, sono in corso nelle provincie di Trapani e di Palermo anche molteplici perquisizioni domiciliari e locali tese a ricercare e acquisire ulteriori elementi probatori e riscontri d'indagine. Le operazioni odierne s'inseriscono nel contesto di una complessa e articolata attività di indagine, svolta dal Nucleo di Polizia Economico-Finanziaria della Guardia di Finanza trapanese sotto la direzione della Procura Europea e della Procura della Repubblica di Marsala, che ha consentito di disvelare la commissione di plurimi delitti di truffa aggravata per il conseguimento di erogazioni pubbliche, corruzione, malversazione e di condotte di riciclaggio e autoriciclaggio. Principale promotore e organizzatore degli illeciti perpetrati un ex Senatore della Repubblica nonché ex Deputato dell'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana e Assessore della Regione Siciliana.tvi/gtr/red

TRAPANI (ITALPRESS) - Oltre 60 finanzieri del Comando Provinciale di Trapani stanno dando esecuzione a 14 misure cautelari personali emanate dai Tribunali di Marsala e di Trapani, su richiesta della Procura Europea - sede di Palermo - e della Procura della Repubblica di Marsala, nei confronti di noti esponenti politici del trapanese che hanno rivestito e/o rivestono importanti incarichi a livello comunale, regionale e, in un caso, nazionale. Contestualmente, sono in corso nelle provincie di Trapani e di Palermo anche molteplici perquisizioni domiciliari e locali tese a ricercare e acquisire ulteriori elementi probatori e riscontri d'indagine. Le operazioni odierne s'inseriscono nel contesto di una complessa e articolata attività di indagine, svolta dal Nucleo di Polizia Economico-Finanziaria della Guardia di Finanza trapanese sotto la direzione della Procura Europea e della Procura della Repubblica di Marsala, che ha consentito di disvelare la commissione di plurimi delitti di truffa aggravata per il conseguimento di erogazioni pubbliche, corruzione, malversazione e di condotte di riciclaggio e autoriciclaggio. Principale promotore e organizzatore degli illeciti perpetrati un ex Senatore della Repubblica nonché ex Deputato dell'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana e Assessore della Regione Siciliana.tvi/gtr/red

TRAPANI (ITALPRESS) - Oltre 60 finanzieri del Comando Provinciale di Trapani stanno dando esecuzione a 14 misure cautelari personali emanate dai Tribunali di Marsala e di Trapani, su richiesta della Procura Europea - sede di Palermo - e della Procura della Repubblica di Marsala, nei confronti di noti esponenti politici del trapanese che hanno rivestito e/o rivestono importanti incarichi a livello comunale, regionale e, in un caso, nazionale. Contestualmente, sono in corso nelle provincie di Trapani e di Palermo anche molteplici perquisizioni domiciliari e locali tese a ricercare e acquisire ulteriori elementi probatori e riscontri d'indagine. Le operazioni odierne s'inseriscono nel contesto di una complessa e articolata attività di indagine, svolta dal Nucleo di Polizia Economico-Finanziaria della Guardia di Finanza trapanese sotto la direzione della Procura Europea e della Procura della Repubblica di Marsala, che ha consentito di disvelare la commissione di plurimi delitti di truffa aggravata per il conseguimento di erogazioni pubbliche, corruzione, malversazione e di condotte di riciclaggio e autoriciclaggio. Principale promotore e organizzatore degli illeciti perpetrati un ex Senatore della Repubblica nonché ex Deputato dell'Assemblea Regionale Siciliana e Assessore della Regione Siciliana.tvi/gtr/red

MARSALA (TRAPANI) (ITALPRESS) - Sbarco di Migranti a Marsala, nel Trapanese. A pochi metri dalle coste, sul Lungomare Boeo, di fronte al Monumento ai Mille, è rimasta incagliata una grande imbarcazione su cui viaggiavano 53 migranti, tra cui un bambini e una donna incinta. Forse l'imbarcazione ha preso una secca e non è riuscita a proseguire. Qualcuno di loro si era buttato anche in mare per raggiungere la riva a nuoto. Nel piazzale antistante la zona dell'isola ecologica sono stati trovati vestiti bagnati accartocciati e bottiglie d'acqua. I migranti sono stati soccorsi dal personale del 118, dai vigili urbani e dalla Capitaneria di Porto.xa3/col3/gtr

MARSALA (TRAPANI) (ITALPRESS) - Sbarco di Migranti a Marsala, nel Trapanese. A pochi metri dalle coste, sul Lungomare Boeo, di fronte al Monumento ai Mille, è rimasta incagliata una grande imbarcazione su cui viaggiavano 53 migranti, tra cui un bambini e una donna incinta. Forse l'imbarcazione ha preso una secca e non è riuscita a proseguire. Qualcuno di loro si era buttato anche in mare per raggiungere la riva a nuoto. Nel piazzale antistante la zona dell'isola ecologica sono stati trovati vestiti bagnati accartocciati e bottiglie d'acqua. I migranti sono stati soccorsi dal personale del 118, dai vigili urbani e dalla Capitaneria di Porto.xa3/col3/gtr

On this episode of CD Burners, the guys are back and ready to dig deep into the album with one of the most iconic emo anthems ever recorded, Until The Day I Die. That Album was Page Avenue by Story of The Year released in September 2003. The guys have the unique opportunity to chat with the lead singer Dan Marsala about the process of recording this album with the one and only John Feldmann.

Episode Summary:In this engaging episode of the When Words Fail Music Speaks podcast, hosts Blake Moseley, James Cox, and Amanda Dolan delve into the transformative and healing power of music. James Cox interviews the talented Bernice Marsala, a Nashville-based songwriter whose musical journey spans folk, alternative, and folk rock genres. Here are the key highlights from the episode:Guest Spotlight - Bernice Marsala:Musical Evolution: Bernice shares her transition from folk to a blend of alternative and folk rock.Notable Achievements: Her debut album “Save Me” gained international acclaim, while her second album “Burgundy” won a gold award at the ISSA Awards.New Single - “Irrelevant”: Discusses the empowering message behind her latest single and her evolution in music.Album Comparisons: Bernice contrasts her albums “Save Me” and “Burgundy,” reflecting on her growth as an artist.Musical Influences: Talks about her admiration for Avril Lavigne, Shinedown, Incubus, and Metallica.Upcoming Projects: Announces the upcoming single “Architecture,” a dark rock ballad set for release in November, and a plan to compile her singles into an album by 2026.Instrumental Journey: Reminisces about her first guitar and the significant upgrade to a Taylor acoustic.Classical Appreciation: Expresses love for classical music and mentions the emotional connection to Andrea Bocelli's “Fall on Me,” which played at her wedding.Engagement and Merchandise:Merchandise: Highlights the availability of her merchandise online.Social Media Presence: Active on various platforms, excluding TikTok, to connect with her audience.Gratitude: Ends with a heartfelt thanks to the podcast team and her supporters.Sponsor Mentions:BetterHelp: Affordable mental health care with flexible communication options and no-cost therapist switching.Bones Coffee Company: Flavored coffees and merchandise with a special 10% discount for listeners.All Above Landscaping: Special discounts for first-time customers in Sumter who mention the podcast.Join us for an inspiring episode that showcases the power of music to heal and connect, featuring the remarkable journey and insights of Bernice Marcella.

Dan Marsala is the lead singer for Story of the Year, and was kind enough to record this interview backstage on the Passion Pod with Chris Johnson before their performance at Reverb Music Festival 2024. In this interview we discuss which songs are his favorite to perform, juggling parenting and touring, the resurgence of emo music, longevity in the music industry, which rockstars he still fans out on, obscure tee shirts, and more.

In this episode Toby sits down with Dan Marsala and Adam Russell of Story of the Year! They chat about Toby singing on their record, St. Louis, Dan playing a little bit of everything, early life and the beginnings in music, other bands they've been in, Adam going on hiatus, the band gaining steam, moving to Orange County, getting their music to Goldfinger and going on tour, When We Were Young, making a music documentary, writing new music, different labels, crowdfunding album, tattoos, pandemic and playing shows, Thank The Maker podcast, festivals, health and therapy, social media, veganism & going platinum.  Please remember to rate, review and subscribe and visit us at https://www.youtube.com/tobymorseonelifeonechance Please visit our sponsors! Athletic Greens https://athleticgreens.com/oloc Removery https://removery.com code TOBYH2O Liquid Death https://liquiddeath.com/toby    

Nell'ultima puntata del podcast “Il Metodo Falcone”, il racconto della strage di via D'Amelio del 19 luglio 1992 e di come Paolo Borsellino applicò la tecnica investigativa “segui i soldi, troverai la mafia”, a Marsala e Palermo. Testimonianze del generale della Gdf Ignazio Gibilaro e degli ex pm Giuliano Turone, Antonio Ingroia e Paolo Bernasconi

Laura interviews bestselling author and award-winning journalist Jo Piazza about her transporting and immersive book, The Sicilian Inheritance, rooted in her own family history about a long-awaited trip to Sicily, a disputed inheritance, and a family secret that some will kill to protect.   The book and podcast are based on Jo's great, great grandmother, Lorenza Marsala. Lorenza was due to join her family in America, but she mysteriously disappeared. When Jo travels to Sicily to find out what happened to Lorenza, upon examining the local ‘Book of Death' she discovered that not only was her great, great grandmother murdered but a man was also killed in the same place at the same time. Jo is determined to get to the bottom of what happened. Join the conversation and share your thoughts on social media.   #CrimeAnalyst #TheSicilianInheritance #LorenzaMarsala #Italy #Sicily #Misogyny #JoPiazza #Expert #WomenMatter #Truecrime #Podcast #CrimeAnalystSquad Clips https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sicilian-inheritance/id1735578176   Sources https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sicilian-inheritance/id1735578176 https://www.instagram.com/jopiazzaauthor/ https://www.tiktok.com/@jopiazzaauthor   Sponsors You can get an exclusive 10% off your first order at thrivecausemetics.com/CRIMEANALYST   Buy Jo's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Sicilian-Inheritance-Novel-Jo-Piazza/dp/0593474163 JOIN the Crime Analyst Squad: www.patreon.com/CrimeAnalyst   REGISTER For Laura's 2024 Masterclasses: https://shoutout.wix.com/so/0fOy_yFBC?languageTag=en   More info: www.dashriskchecklist.com www.thelaurarichards.com   CrimeCon: Come to crimecon in Nasville Promo Code Crime Analyst for 10% off   YouTube, Socials and Website YouTube @crimeanalyst Instagram @crimeanalyst @laurarichards999 Twitter @thecrimeanalyst @laurarichards99 TikTok @crimeanalystpod Website www.crime-analyst.com Leave a Review https://www.crime-analyst.com/reviews/new/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sicilian wine is undergoing somewhat of a Renaissance but over in the western part of the island some traditions have endured for many years. On this episode we take a visit to Marsala and learn about the sweet and drier versions of this typical wine and the charming local environment in which it is made. Read the full episode show notes here > untolditaly.com/221Support the showJoin our mailing list and get our FREE Italy trip planning checklist - subscribe here | Join us on tour: Trip schedule | Discover our Trip Planning Services | Visit our online store | Follow: Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Italy Travel Planning CommunityThe Untold Italy travel podcast is an independent production. Podcast Editing, Audio Production and Website Development by Mark Hatter. Production Assistance and Content Writing by the other Katie Clarke - yes there are two of us!

Diego Mormorio"Di cose, di fatti e animali siciliani"Avagliano Editorewww.avaglianoeditore.it«Non si può costringere una vastità come quella siciliana a restare chiusa in un genere – racconto, romanzo, cronaca geografica o antropologica che sia. La Sicilia ha bisogno di spazi e di tempi diversi. Per questa ragione e per celebrare il mio attaccamento ad essa, ho voluto vagabondare fra tante cose. Stando con un piede nel passato e con l'altro nel presente: le due dimensioni in cui continuamente vivo (...)». Così afferma l'Autore, amico e conoscitore di Sciascia, di Bufalino e altri grandi che sono stati i suoi maestri. In questo libro, che rappresenta una immersione nella sicilianità più autentica e originale, incontriamo personaggi e fatti nei quali la fantasia si intreccia alla storia. La Sicilia è metafora dell'infanzia e la memoria è al centro, senza tema di rimpianto.Diego Mormorio è nato a Caracas da genitori siciliani, vive a Roma e a Marsala.Storico, critico della fotografia e saggista, si occupa in maniera originale dei rapporti tra la fotografia e la cultura filosofica e letteraria. Ha insegnato Storia della fotografia nelle accademie di Bologna, Napoli e Roma. Ha curato numerose mostre ed è autore di molti libri, tra i quali: Un'altra lontananza. L'Occidente e il rifugio della fotografia (Sellerio, 1997), Meditazione e fotografia. Vedendo e ascoltando passare l'attimo (Contrasto, 2008), Catturare il tempo. Lentezza e rapidità nella fotografia (Postcart, 2016), Storia essenziale della fotografia (Postcart, 2017), Fotografia e pensiero fotografico (Mimesis, 2019). Ha curato Sulla fotografia, di Leonardo Sciascia (Mimesis, 2021).IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarewww.ilpostodelleparole.itDiventa un supporter di questo podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/il-posto-delle-parole--1487855/support.

Questa volta preparatevi a un'esperienza degustativa straordinaria, perché il protagonista di questa puntata è un vino che scuoterà le vostre opinioni e vi porterà in un viaggio sensoriale unico! Molti potrebbero considerarlo un vino da utilizzare solo in cucina o per accompagnare i dolci, ma noi siamo qui per dimostrarvi il contrario.Si tratta di un vino "difficile" da abbinare, ma con le sue eccezionali peculiarità, è come un campione dei pesi massimi nel mondo vinicolo.Sappiamo che giocando astutamente con la temperatura di servizio, si possono ottenere risultati sorprendenti.Oggi ci immergeremo nell'esperienza del Marsala Vergine Riserva 2004 della prestigiosa linea premium di Florio, il produttore che ha scritto la storia di questa denominazione.Preparatevi a un assaggio che vi lascerà senza parole!Lo abbiniamo a un polpo piastrato, contornato da una cremosa crema di patate avvolta dai profumi mediterranei.Il tutto è completato da un croccante crumble di pinoli e una irresistibile maionese di polpo.Questa combinazione di sapori è pensata per esaltare al massimo le caratteristiche del Marsala Vergine Riserva 2004, rendendo ogni boccone un'esperienza gastronomica indimenticabile![00:02:18] Intervista a Irene Taormina[00:37:42] Il vino[00:39:01] Il piatto[00:41:03] L'analisi del vino[00:43:30] L'abbinamento[00:47:57] Piatti alternativi[00:48:31] Reperibilità[00:48:45] ConclusioniIl Vino lo Porto Io è realizzato da Runtime Radio insieme a Marco Barbetti e Gabriele Palermo.Venite sul nostro gruppo Telegram e interagite con noi e tutta la community:Telegram: https://t.me/ilvinoloportoioCi trovate su…Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ilvinoloportoio_/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Il-Vino-lo-Porto-Io-103675074460079/Sito web: https://ilvinoloportoio.runtimeradio.itEmail: ilvinoloportoio@runtimeradio.itMarco Barbetti su Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marcobarbet/Gabriele Palermo su Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabriele.palermo1978/Scarica l'app di Runtime per iOS:http://j.mp/runtApp

Lots of Pizza talk with Dan Marsala, singer of the band Story of the Year. We also get into 20 years of landmark album “Page Avenue,” how the music world has changed since the MySpace days, why everyone hates moshing now, their real band name, writing “Until The Day I Die” and whether or not he's tired of playing that song, going platinum, their new album and the future of the band, the one band he would bring back and why kids hate them. Check out their new album "Tear Me To Pieces" https://found.ee/TMTP-1 Connect with the band here: https://linktr.ee/SOTYBand Theme Music by: LOVELESS https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MP7xlABJ13LtmHfG77SCJ?si=rfxQEIRmQhymL9BCnl13Yg TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@jesealee Instagram https://www.instagram.com/jesealee/ YouTube https://youtube.com/@JeseaLee Podcast on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/5ptN7bPT8MEYf3W1J28fAK?si=e2a2f7cc56904cd4 Spotify Playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/1281170391?si=f063098bbc4a4c7f Subscribe to my newsletter: https://jesealee.substack.com/ Merch: https://my-store-11455576.creator-spring.com/ Everything else: https://www.jesealee.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jesea-lee/message

La Corte costituzionale albanese ha annunciato la sospensione delle procedure parlamentari per il via libera all'accordo fra Italia e Albania per la gestione dei flussi migratori. L'intesa violerebbe la Costituzione e le convenzioni internazionali sottoscritte da Tirana. Ne parliamo con Marina Castellaneta, professoressa di Diritto Internazionale all'Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro.Dopo dieci giorni non c'è ancora il braccialetto elettronico per i due giovani di Marsala. Con noi Daniele Bocciolini, Avvocato specializzato in diritto penale minorile e Scienze Forensi, Consigliere Pari Opportunità e Commissione Famiglia e Minori dell'Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma.Serata di Champions per Milan e Lazio. Sentiamo il nostro Dario Ricci.

In apertura il punto di vista di Paolo Mieli sulle principali notizie della giornata.Sta facendo discutere la decisione del procuratore di Procura di Marsala che, su un caso di stalking quotidiano, ha imposto il braccialetto elettronico per lui, il divieto di avvicinamento a meno di 300 metri dalla fidanzata, il divieto di contattarla con qualsiasi mezzo, telefono, mail, social network, ma anche il braccialetto elettronico per lei solo per avere contezza di un eventuale avvicinamento di lui. Ne parliamo con Paola Di Nicola, magistrata, consigliera della Corte di Cassazione e consulente della Commissione parlamentare sul femminicidio ed Emiliana De Blasio, coordinatrice scientifica del CMDI - Centre for Media and Democratic Innovations “Massimo Baldini” della Luiss Guido Carli.

Meet the first person to mass-market a factory-finished painting solution at the convenience of your home. Join The Wolf as he sits down with Carmelo Marsala, Founder and CEO of Spray-Net, to discuss the ins and outs of franchising and scaling a business. Carmelo shares his experiences and insights on the challenges of scaling a territory model, onboarding new franchisees, and the realities of making a franchise profitable. Carmelo explains how his Quebec-based business prepared for territory expansion in the United States and how Canadian franchise ownership differs from Stateside operations. Then, he breaks down how Spray-Net has managed to gain lasting traction by differentiating itself in the painting industry through its unique approach and proprietary software.  And stay tuned as the Wolf and Carmelo also discuss the benefits of partnering with franchise sales organizations and the importance of data in unlocking new possibilities for franchisees.   00:00:34 - From Soccer to Painting: The Transition and Motivation 00:02:03 - From Student Painting to Revolutionary Spray-Net 00:06:42 - Creating a Franchise with Patented Technology 00:14:32 - Expanding Franchise Opportunities in the US 00:18:04 - From Operations to Franchising 00:23:05 - Creating Custom Software for Home Services 00:27:12 - Outsourcing Digital Marketing for Franchisees 00:30:18 - Challenges of Scaling Franchise Territories 00:31:23 - Unlocking Franchisee Growth with Real-Time Data 00:40:39 - SprayNet Aims for 100 Million Dollars in 5 Years   Learn More About Spray-Net: Franchise Website: https://www.spraynetfranchise.com/launch-a-franchise Website: https://www.spray-net.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spray-net-inc/   Follow Carmelo: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmelomarsala/   Follow The Wolf:  Newsletter: https://workweek.com/brand/the-wolf-of-franchises/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@thewolfoffranchises Twitter: https://twitter.com/franchisewolf Website: https://www.krokit.com   Are you a future franchise entrepreneur? Find all of the tools you need to launch, operate, and expand your franchise empire with the platform created by The Wolf himself, Krokit.com.   And if you've enjoyed listening to Franchise Empires, I'd be so grateful if you could drop me a 5-star review on Rate My Podcast. Thank you so much!  

This round Jenn Marsala is here sharing stories of marrying young, blind dates and becoming a not so evil step mom… This season we're bringing you a greater variety of guests than ever before on an every other week schedule. Join our Subscription on Apple Podcasts for ad free episodes + bonus content Check out our critically acclaimed mental health podcast HERE Find Bobby on Twitter or Instagram

Sam and Jamie sit down with Carmelo Marsala, the founder and CEO of SprayNet. Carmelo talks motivation, innovation, and the driving force behind his need to continue to reinvent the painting space. Building a brand takes grit and drive, and the FranPath team digs into what is behind the explosive growth of this brand.

Welcome to Episode 1615 on Italian Wine Podcast, Wine, Food & Travel With Marc Millon. Today, he will be interviewing Antonio Bertone More about today's guest Trend spotter, brand builder, idea generator and ferocious entrepreneur, Antonio Bertone brings over 30 plus years of passion and experience in brand management and marketing expertise to everything he does. With a proven track record for elevating brands from local to global consumer consciousness, Bertone began his consumer acquisition journey back in the early nineties with his record shop in Milford, Massachusetts and putting on punk rock matinees in the clubs around Boston, Massachusetts. His style is known to be unorthodox but has a long list of wins to back up his methodology. In addition to his past work at WHOOP, Bertone currently serves on the board of Narragansett Beer. Bertone is also co-founder of Alileo, a Sicilian boxed natural wine brand. In its first year of production Alileo was awarded three medals by the Decanter World Wine Awards 2023, the world's leading wine competition, and has received countless accolades from national wine media. Created by husband and wife team Antonio Bertone and Alexandra Drane, Alileo is produced in partnership with Bertone's family in Sicily and imported to the United States. A family endeavor, Bertone's cousin lovingly crafts the wine in the seaside village of Marsala, Italy, also famous for its Marsala Wine and Sea Salt production. Bertone's family oversees the winemaking and logistics for the brand. Connect: Website: https://alileowines.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alileowines/ More about the host Marc Millon: Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers' Companion Italy, The Food Lovers' Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK's leading cultural travel specialist. He is soon to begin a regular series on Italian Wine Podcast, ‘Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon'. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, England Connect: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Connection and authenticity have gotten lost on people in recent years. Tantra is an incredible tool for instantaneous connection with self and to further extend that connection to others and is a way to blend sexuality, spirituality, and embodiment. This week, episode 21 of Cosmic RX Radio is about the creation of Christopher's Tantric Lovers oracle deck!In this episode of Cosmic RX Radio, Madi Murphy and Christopher Marsala share the journey of creating Christopher's oracle deck and how the Cosmic Boss program empowered him to not wait around for his dreams to happen but instead, take action on them himself.

Welcome to Episode 1568, Bridging the Communication Gap with New Technology in the Fine Wine Supply Chain with Nick Palmer moderated by Pietro Russo This is the wine2wine Business Forum 2022 Series. The sessions are recorded and uploaded on Italian Wine Podcast. wine2wine Business Forum is an international wine business forum, held annually in Verona Italy since 2014. The event is a key reference point for wine producers and a diverse variety of wine professionals eager to develop and grow their wine business worldwide. More about today's discussion With the rise in technological innovations, the industry is pivoting how wine businesses worldwide communicate wine information accurately between systems, players in the supply chain, and consumers. The fine wine market and the trade have long suffered from problems associated with product names, making manual transactions prone to errors and ultimately costing more time and money. With the Liv-ex Wine Identification Numbers (LWINs), wine businesses can integrate a universal language that allows computer systems to instantly communicate and increase efficiency in describing, buying, selling, storing, and shipping wines. Retailers, wholesalers, importers, logistics suppliers, publications, and apps can also view scores, tasting notes, and drinking dates all in one place. LWINs is setting industry-wide standards in communication between the supply chain systems, one of the most important aspects of a thriving wine business in the global digital age More about today's speaker: Nick Palmer Nick Palmer was born & raised in London. He studied engineering at the University of Birmingham, where a weekend job at a wine store turned into a passion. He has worked in private client sales and trading for the likes of Direct Wines and Armit Wines. After a segue into the technology & software sector in the 2010s, he joined Liv-ex in 2016. Connect: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-palmer1/ More about today's moderator: Pietro Russo Born in 1985 in Marsala from a family long dedicated to winemaking, Pietro Russo graduated in Viticulture and Winemaking from Conegliano Veneto and holds a Master's Degree from Bordeaux. His career includes working periods spent in Bordeaux and Languedoc, Andalusia, New Zealand, and Piedmont, where he has developed a long hands-on experience in winemaking and an insatiable passion for wine. Since 2010 Pietro has been working for Donnafugata, where he has the opportunity to produce wines from the most compelling appellations across Sicily, such as Etna, Pantelleria, Vittoria, and Contessa Entellina. In 2020, together with Gabriele Gorelli MW and Andrea Lonardi, Pietro revised the Italian chapter for the New Sotheby's Wine Encyclopedia. He participates annually in several international wine competitions as a judge.Pietro is also a candidate in the Master of Wine program, having passed the tasting part of the exam in 2019, and currently studying to achieve the famous two letters. Connect: Instagram: @pietro.russo_eno Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pietro.russo.773 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pietro-russo-4a03a6129/ _______________________________ Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram www.instagram.com/italianwinepodcast/ Facebook www.facebook.com/ItalianWinePodcast Twitter www.twitter.com/itawinepodcast Tiktok www.tiktok.com/@mammajumboshrimp LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/italianwinepodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/

Welcome to Episode 1397 in which Marc Millon interviews José Rallo of the Donnafugata winery, winner of the best sweet wine (Passito di Pantelleria DOC Ben Ryè 2021 with 95 points) at the 5StarWines and Wine Without Walls wine selection in 2023. More about today's guest: Josè Rallo is Donnafugata CEO and co-owner with her brother Antonio, 5th generation of a family with over 170 years of experience in quality wine. She attended economic studies; she has professional experience in management control and a strong passion for marketing and corporate communication. She invented a new way to recount wine, as a singer of Donnafugata Music & Wine. She is a member of the Board of Directors of Assovini Sicilia, of ITA - Italian Trade Agency and of FAI - Fondo Ambiente Italiano. Donnafugata is wine craftsmanship. The company focuses attention on small productions of value from unique territories and vineyards. Donnafugata produces wines that convince enthusiasts and collectors from all over the world, with respect for the environment. The company can count on a historic family cellar and four estates. The historical family cellars in Marsala, the estate of Contessa Entellina in the hearth of western Sicily; in eastern Sicily, on the northern slope of Mount Etna, the highest active volcano in Europe and in the territory of Vittoria DOC, in Acate. Finally, in Pantelleria, a volcanic island between Sicily and Africa, has the winery in Khamma district and 68 hectares (168 acres) of Zibibbo vineyards cultivated with low bush vines called “alberello pantesco” (Unesco - Intangible Cultural Heritage) and 7 hectares (17 acres) of olive groves. The symbol of this viticulture is the Ben Ryé Passito di Pantelleria, Donnafugata's iconic wine. The result of an innovative and customized production process, based on the natural drying of fresh grapes on racks, the manual destemming of dried grapes and a unique vinification process developed by Donnafugata, Ben Ryé is today considered one of the most appreciated natural sweet wines in the world. To learn more about the company visit: Website: www.donnafugata.it/en/ Instagram: @donnafugatawine Facebook: DonnafugataWine More about the host Marc Millon: Marc Millon, VIA Italian Wine Ambassador 2021, has been travelling, eating, drinking, learning and writing about wine, food and travel for nearly 40 years. Born in Mexico, with a mother from Hawaii via Korea and an anthropologist father from New York via Paris, he was weaned on exotic and delicious foods. Marc and his photographer wife Kim are the authors of 14 books including a pioneering series of illustrated wine-food-travel books: The Wine Roads of Europe, The Wine Roads of France, The Wine Roads of Italy (Premio Barbi Colombini), and The Wine Roads of Spain. Other titles include The Wine and Food of Europe, The Food Lovers' Companion Italy, The Food Lovers' Companion France, Wine, a global history. Marc regularly lectures and hosts gastronomic cultural tours to Italy and France with Martin Randall Travel, the UK's leading cultural travel specialist. He is soon to begin a regular series on Italian Wine Podcast, ‘Wine, food and travel with Marc Millon'. When not on the road Marc lives on the River Exe in Devon, England To learn more visit: quaypress.uk/ marcmillon.co.uk vino.co.uk quaypress.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marc-millon-50868624 Twitter: @Marc_Millon Let's keep in touch! Follow us on our social media channels: Instagram @italianwinepodcast Facebook @ItalianWinePodcast Twitter @itawinepodcast Tiktok @MammaJumboShrimp LinkedIn @ItalianWinePodcast If you feel like helping us, donate here www.italianwinepodcast.com/donate-to-show/ Until next time, Cin Cin!

Long thought an impossible, development people with type 1 diabetes are now working as commercial airline pilots. The very first to be certified in the US , Pietro Marsala says he decided to forge ahead while working as a flight instructor, taking inexperienced student pilots up while he was in control. Pietro will share what happened next, how a mountain of data gradually won of skeptics, his in flight diabetes routine and what he's up to now. You might be a passenger on his next flight! This podcast is not intended as medical advice. If you have those kinds of questions, please contact your health care provider. Follow Pietro on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flytype1/?hl=en FAA requirements for pilots who dose insulin: https://www.faa.gov/ame_guide/dec_cons/disease_prot/itdm More about Pietro Marsala: https://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/first-commercial-pilot-type-1-diabetes   Please visit our Sponsors & Partners - they help make the show possible! Take Control with Afrezza  Omnipod - Simplify Life Learn about Dexcom  Check out VIVI Cap to protect your insulin from extreme temperatures Learn more about AG1 from Athletic Greens  Drive research that matters through the T1D Exchange The best way to keep up with Stacey and the show is by signing up for our weekly newsletter: Sign up for our newsletter here Here's where to find us: Facebook (Group) Facebook (Page) Instagram Twitter Check out Stacey's books! Learn more about everything at our home page www.diabetes-connections.com  Reach out with questions or comments: info@diabetes-connections.com    

Today Ted speaks with Nathan Marsala of The Bison Group Inc., a custom home building business based in Salt Lake City, Utah. From growing up on jobs sites, working the trades to support himself through college, and coming full circle to take over the family business, Nathan shares what he's learned through it all.As the economy continues to shift, Nathan talks about the difficult conversations he faces with clients pertaining to budget, soft-costs, and the value of true craftsmanship. Listen in as Ted delves into how we can encourage more young people to join the industry and why a true design build model is becoming more popular.TOPICS DISCUSSED[1:30] Growing up in a builder family[3:30] Coming back to the family business[6:30] Striking out on his own again[9:30] Transition from commercial to residential[12:15] Weathering economic storms[17:00] Encouraging the next generation[21:00] What is the value in quality workmanship[25:25] Do you really need an interior designer?[35:45] Having the hard conversations with clients[40:15] There's no such thing as a cost per square foot[45:00] What are clients looking for in their houses?[51:00] Difficulties in the Salt Lake City MarketCONNECT WITH GUESTWebsiteLinkedInInstagramKEY QUOTES FROM EPISODESomehow we conflated going to college and getting a college degree meant you were smart, successful and on the right path and working with your hands meant you couldn't hack it where everybody else could.What's the living cost of living in a home that performs well and looks beautiful? What's that experience of a comfortable, beautiful home.Do you ever walk into a space and it just feels right? Or you look through a magazine, something like your magazine, for example. And there's, you can sense the feeling and emotion in the room. Part of that is the quality materials. But a lot of it comes down to: you had an architect that understood the space, you have the interior designer that understood color, texture, palette, and how to create emotion with that. And then you had a talented builder that executed it, you need all three to have that X factor in a project when you're done.

Episode 321 – Dan Marsala of Story Of The Year joins the show this week! We talk about ups and downs of their incredible career, the making and release of their breakout album “Page Avenue” 20 years ago, and returning as a full-time band and releasing their first album in six years. From life on the road, major record labels, working with legendary producers while retaining their DIY punk rock mentality, we dig deeper into what it's been like to have such a crazy path in the music industry. Their new album “Tear Me To Pieces” is OUT NOW, and catch them on tour with Yellowcard this summer in the USA! WELCOME OUR NEW TITLE SPONSOR - OPEN YOUR EARS RECORDS! And they are BUSY dropping absolute bangers like the new single / video from The Burden. It's called "Losing Your Exterior" and it gives you that epic post-hardcore sound that I KNOW you crave. Check it out on OYE Records YouTube, and preorder the NEW ALBUM "Terminal" (out April 14) NOW at OYErecs.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Page Avenue. Stage-diving vocalist, pizza aficionado and pretend grown up, Dan Marsala, is our guest on Episode 225 of Sappenin' Podcast! The Story Of The Year frontman unleashes real life secrets on the bands genre defying history, returning with new album 'Tear Me To Pieces' and learning to deal with burnout, the hard way. In this conversation, Dan opens up on embracing the dad life while still being an immature musician, why they needed to slowdown, embarrassing meltdowns, their emo vs pop-punk vs post-hardcore DNA, famous stage theatrics, the importance of festivals like Warped Tour and When We Were Young, appreciating their time together, the John Feldman effect, recording a song for WWE, impressing Machine Gun Kelly, the MTV vs One Tree Hill days, using his platinum record as a chain (Flavour Flav style), the shitty Refused, wild touring lineups and more! Turn it up and join Sean and Morgan to find out Sappenin' this week!Follow us on Social Media:Twitter: @sappeninpod.Instagram: @sappeninpod.Special thank you to our Sappenin' Podcast Patreons:Join the Sappenin' Podcast Community: Patreon.com/Sappenin.Kylie Wheeler, Janelle Caston, Paul Hirschfield, Tony Michael, Dilly Grimwood, Kelly Irwin, Scarlet Charlton, Natasha Morris, Emma Barber, Nathan Crawshaw, Mitch Perry, Sammy G, Kat Bessant, Dana Lasnover, Jenni Robinson, Amee Louise, Stuart McNaught, Louis Cook, Danny Eaton, Carl Pendlebury, Martina McManus, Jenni Munster, James Mcnaught, Kelly Emma Cannon, Emily Perry, Jason Heredia, John&Emma, Craig Harris, Kalila Keane, Ollie Amesbury, Adam Parslow, Josh Crisp, Alice Wood, Rhys Bowring, Cate Stevenson, Kyle David Smith, Connor Lewins, Harry Radford, Let it Flow Yoga, Billy Hunter, Chris Hawthorne, Jordan Harris, James Page, Jade Austin, Helen Hartga, John Wilson, Kelly Young, Ayla Emo, Steph Blakemore, Lisa Sullivan, Jennifer Dean, Stephanie Lowe, Scott Evans, Samantha Neville, Amy Thomas, Stevie Burke, Heather Stote, Sharif O, Lewis Sluman, Michael Snowden, Sarah Maher, Tim Whatley, David Winchurch, Luke Wardle, Justine Baddeley, Nathan Matheson, Bethan Downing, Robert Pike, Jessie Hellier, Ash Foster, Jamie O' Jaime, Matt Roberts, Owen Davies, Joshua Ehrensperger-Lewis, Anthony Matthews, Erin Howard, Chris Harris, Jim Farrell, Andrew Simpson, Ida Christensen, Vicki Willis-Dent, Samantha Bowen, Daniel Cullen, James Bowerbank, Ruby Price, Lucy Neill, Loz Sanchez, Eva B, Hannah Kenyon, Emma Musgrave, Vicki Henshaw, Tom Hylands, Sophie Brydon, Beth Gayler, Lydia Henderson, Sabina Laura, Madeleine Inez, Hannah Rachael, Ieuan Wheeler, Robert Byrne, Gemma Bisi, Andrew Keech, Alexandra Pemblington, Chris Goldring, Chris Lincoln, Gemma Graham, Charley Allison, Kerry Beckett, Jemma John, Jacob Turner, Andy Wastell, Leanne Gerrard, Livvy Cropper, Antony Hersey, Jay Smith, Lesley Dargie-Walker, Nuala Clark, Grazyna McGroarty, Danielle Oldershaw, Sian Foynes and Even Dodd.Diolch and Thank You x Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of BRC...I speak Global Brand Ambassador, Woody Kane about The Busker Irish Whiskey. Plus he takes me on of the Royal Oak Distillery before tasting through the Busker's core expressions. The Busker includes all four types of Irish whiskeys (Single Grain, Single Pot Still, Single Malt and Blend). The Busker Triple Cask Triple Smooth is a blend combining the Single Grain with a high percentage of the Single Malt and Single Pot whiskeys. Matured and finished in three different casks (bourbon, sherry, marsala), this whiskey brings three different notes of smoothness. The Busker Single Collection, represented by the three traditional Irish Whiskeys (Single Grain, Single Pot Still and Single Malt), is produced under one roof at the world-class Royal Oak Distillery, one of the country's largest distilleries proudly located on an 18th century estate in the Ancient East region of County Carlow. About The Busker The Busker is an Irish Whiskey that is born out of a modern Ireland, where the contemporary and bold meet at the crossroads of tradition. The Busker is produced at the Royal Oak Distillery, in County Carlow, Ireland, located on an 18th century estate in Ireland's Ancient East region. It is the only distillery in Ireland which offers all three classic Irish styles of whiskey - Single Grain, Single Malt & Single Pot Still, which make The Busker Single Collection. The Busker portfolio also includes The Busker Blend which is a beautiful blend of The Single Collection. The Busker uses different casks during the maturation process of their whiskeys including Bourbon casks, Sherry casks and Marsala casks. To see the full show notes, visit: Barrel Room Chronicles S2 E2 Barrel Room Chronicles is a production of 1st Reel Entertainment and can be seen or heard on Anchor, Spotify, Apple, Google, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, YouTube, Breaker, Public Radio and wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/barrel-room-chronicles/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/barrel-room-chronicles/support

Carmelo Marsala is the founder and CEO of Spray-Net, a home improvement painting franchise with over 125 territories across North America and growing. In this episode, we discuss how he started and grew his painting franchise business and what processes he undertook. We also discussed his biggest challenges, a great hiring approach, and finding the right franchisees. Links:Website: https://www.spray-net.com/ Guest Social Links:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmelomarsala/ Website: https://www.spray-net.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spray_net/ Facebook (Personal): https://www.facebook.com/carmelo.marsala.23 Facebook (Business): https://www.facebook.com/SprayNetInc/ Connect with Brian Twitter, LinkedIn, & Instagram Join Brian's franchise group coaching program

Topics :Builders stop allowing themselves to be viewed as commodities - stop giving free bidsBuilders are not the same, price is going to varyInvestors flippers are all about numbers, quality brand reputation doesn't typically play a roleHelping clients understand the difference between a bid and an estimateQuality subcontractors and partners and relationships with suppliersCustomer service and experienceGrowth and continuing education importanceWhiteboard WednesdaysHow to get the younger generation into the tradesTech and software, but the physical tangible place we inhabit and live our lives inBuilding a space where people build memories, put their vision into a reality where generations can build memoriesResidential versus commercial buildingWhat drives him day to dayWhat shows don't reflect, the budget and risk involvedSponsors:◦ Visit https://buildertrend.com/aft/ to get a 60-day money-back guarantee on your Buildertrend account!◦ Pella Windows & Doors - https://www.pella.com/Connect with Nathan Marsala:https://www.instagram.com/bisongrouputConnect with Brad Leavitt:◦ Website - https://www.aftconstructionpodcast.com/◦ Instagram - https://instagram.com/aft_construction◦ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/aftconstruction◦ Houzz - https://www.houzz.com/pro/aft-construction/aft-construction◦ Pinterest - https://www.pinterest.ph/AFT_CONSTRUCTION/◦ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzB4R_DHPVV1SPh7RUfR5jg

On the 30th anniversary of his death, we look at the life and struggle of anti-mafia investigative magistrate Paolo Borsellino up to his tragic killing and how he crossed path with a brave young girl of only 17, willing to give up the life she had known in search of justice, Rita Atria.

This week we sit down with Jess Cerra and Sam Boardman to discuss the Last Best Ride in Montana. Held in Whitefish, MT in August, Last Best Ride boasts not only an amazing route, but also an amazing community. Episode Sponsor: The Feed Last Best Ride Website Support the Podcast Join The Ridership  Automated Transcription, please excuse the typos: Last Best Ride [00:00:00] Craig Dalton: Hello, and welcome to the gravel ride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in-depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes. Who are pioneering the sport I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner down, unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. This week on the podcast. We welcome Jess, Sarah and Sam Boardman onto the show to talk about Montana's last best ride. Many of you will probably recognize justice name as a gravel cyclist, often at the front end of the pack of these gravel races. She's also the founder of Jo J bar and currently as vice president of product and community development at both Joe, Jay and salt stick. She's also a member of the Pinarello Scuderia project. And a long time envy athlete. Sam Boardman, not as well known on the gravel cycling scene, but certainly a crusher out there on the road. He's a member of the powerful Legion squad and riding very well. Having one stage three of the Joe Martin stage race. Recently. The two partners have come together to create last best ride as a showcase for the love of their home in Whitefish, Montana. I hope you enjoy learning more about this event. It certainly sounds from all accounts that it's a great community event. And a spectacular ride. Before we jump in i need to thank this week sponsored the feed. For those of you who aren't familiar with the feed, the feed is the largest online marketplace for your sports nutrition, offering brands, you know, and love from scratch labs to cliff bar, to Martine plus their athlete customized supplements called feed formulas It's those feed formulas that I wanted to talk to you about and make sure you're familiar with feed formulas are personalized supplements for athletes developed in part with Dr. Kevin Sprouse from the EDF pro cycling team. Following the same protocols, the top athletes use. These are best in class, branded supplements, never generic. You get personalized recommendations based on your needs as an athlete. They're all packaged in a convenient daily pouch. So no more messy bottles keeping organized on the counter. You just grab a single pouch and it's got your fully customized order. Right. In one place, you can go on the website@thefeed.com slash the gravel ride and save 50% off your first order today. On that website for feed formula, you can walk through what are the individual supplements that you need. They've got a base formula, then they have multiple different add on packs based on your age, whether you're recovering, whether you're peaking for something. So it's a really great way to make sure you've got all the supplements you need and in an incredible easy way to consume them each day. You're not going to forget anything in a bottle somewhere on the other shelf. Everything's in those. Personalized formula packages in their daily pouch. You can get 50% off your first order, simply visit the feed.com/the gravel ride. Would that business behind us let's jump right in to my interview with just sarah and sam boardman Hey, Jess, Sam, welcome to the show. [00:03:18] Jess and Sam: Hey, Craig. Thanks for having us, Craig. It's good to be here. [00:03:22] Craig Dalton: Where am I speaking to you at right now? [00:03:25] Jess and Sam: We're in a beautiful and snowy, Whitefish, Montana. [00:03:30] Craig Dalton: It's hard to believe. I literally just had a pool party for my son this past weekend in California. And you're still getting snow over there. [00:03:37] Jess and Sam: Yeah, we little bit embarrassing, but Rose Grant is a professional mountain biker who also lives here. And we tried to do a ride on Friday and we had to get rescued and we know what we're doing. We failed the pool parties. [00:03:54] Craig Dalton: Yeah, not this time of year anyway, was the listener knows. We always like to start off the show by learning a little bit more about your background and how you came to gravel cycling. And then I'm excited to talk to both of you about last best ride and the big gravel events you've got coming up this summer. So just why don't we start off with you and just talk a little bit about your journey to cycling and how you found yourself riding off road. [00:04:16] Jess and Sam: Yeah. Well, I'm actually from Whitefish, Montana, which is something not a lot of people can say. And I growing up here. You have an affinity for the outdoors? No matter what I think most people who move here and raise families live here because they want to spend time outside. With that said cycling, wasn't a huge part of growing up here. I pretty much found cycling in grad school. I. I went to the university of Montana for my undergrad, studied exercise physiology, and then moved to San Diego to pursue my master's in the same field. And it was when I was studying elite athletes in the lab and actually bringing cyclists into our exercise physiology lab. That my curiosity was peaked and I ended up randomly doing a VO two max test on a lab bike and finding that I had the engine, I just needed a bike and all the things that go with it. So one of my professors was I'm on a mountain bike team and she helped me get started. And I started on that team and I raced Xterra off-road triathlon and mountain bikes for a long time. And then I. Professional road racing career after that. And instead of officially retiring, I say that I evolved into gravel cycling because I think gravel is that area where you, you can be a pro without having to only be competitive, you can bring value to the sport in other ways. [00:05:54] Craig Dalton: Yeah, absolutely. So unpacking that, I'll just a tiny bit first off for the uninitiated. Explain exactly where Whitefish is located in, in Montana. [00:06:04] Jess and Sam: So it's up in the Northwestern corner. It's tucked by Flathead lake in glacier national park, which is a big draw to the area. We're about 30 minutes away from glacier. What like nine 90 minutes on the bike. If I'm drafting behind Sam. [00:06:20] Craig Dalton: and then it's pretty close to the Canadian border. Is that right? [00:06:24] Jess and Sam: Yeah. like an hour from the Canadian border. [00:06:27] Craig Dalton: Yeah. Amazing. And when you were growing up, were you doing other endurance athletics, like running or skiing? [00:06:33] Jess and Sam: Yeah. So we, you know, and we'll touch on this. When we talk about the mission for the last best ride I grew up in, you know, a pretty humble family, pretty low income. So access to. A lot of sports like cycling or skiing? It was a little tricky for us. There's a ton of community support here. There's actually grants for kids to participate. So I was able to do some Nordic skiing that way. We have an outdoor figure skating rink, and I did some figure skating with some of those grants. But it's funny because looking back, I was always drawn to endurance. I just didn't have an example of what endurance as a sport or as a career would be like something like professional cycling. And you think that I would, and in Montana that, that I wouldn't have that, but it just really wasn't something that was part of our daily life. You know, my parents were focused on working and I grew up with a single mom, so. That was challenging, but she did her best to get us outside. We did a lot of hiking and exploring here. But Yeah. [00:07:41] Craig Dalton: Amazing. And then, so when you went to college and you discovered the bike for the first time, as you started to become involved in. That the team aspects of road racing, was it immediately apparent that you had an engine that was better suited for the longer, more endurance stuff versus sprint site? Tough. [00:07:58] Jess and Sam: Yes. It's funny how you, you learn that. I actually was a really strong climber and I think that I began goes back to. The VO two max and lung capacity, but definitely I like to suffer for a really long time, rather than compacting that all into five seconds. So those were the systems that I trained. [00:08:22] Craig Dalton: yeah, that makes sense. And then Sam, how about you? Where, where did you grow up and what was your journey to the bike? Like. [00:08:28] Jess and Sam: Well, I'll tell you that, but first I want to add something to justice story that she did not add, which I think is the funniest part, the random aspect of her introduction to cycling. Wasn't so random. It was. Part of the protocol for her research was taking the temperatures of the athletes, who she was studying. And to do that back in the day when she was doing it, the only way to do that was through a rectal thermometer. [00:08:56] Craig Dalton: I thought that's where we're going. [00:08:57] Jess and Sam: So the people who were doing the studies, they were always super jilted because they would always come in according to way adjust all that. And they would say, well, have you done the test? And eventually she just wanted to say like, but yes, I've done the past. And that's how she actually took the test and how she was discovered by her superior supervisors as a very gifted endurance athletes. So people should know it was not so much random. Low grade bullying and yeah, [00:09:27] Craig Dalton: I love it. [00:09:28] Jess and Sam: it's I don't know. I just, I liked that because it's, it's similar to this rumor and legend. I heard about Alex House where as an endurance athlete, everyone who he talked to, who he told I'm a professional cyclist and he would tell them like ever in the tour de France and stuff like that, they'd be like, yeah. Cool, cool, cool. Have you run a marathon? He always was just saying, no, I've never run a marathon. And then apparently, and this is what legend has at one day. You just woke up and was like, gosh, darn it. I just need to run a marathon so that when people ask me that from now on, I can say, yes, we did. And he like broke all his toes or something like that. And just bloody wind speed. But point is, it's an important detail. [00:10:08] Craig Dalton: yeah. Now he's a reasonable athlete, according to the best people out there. [00:10:12] Jess and Sam: yeah. With a rectal thermometer. No, [00:10:17] Craig Dalton: Well, you never know. [00:10:19] Jess and Sam: my my introduction to the bike was a lot less invasive, I guess you could say. It w it was brought on mostly as a way to fill the void that I had in my life when I left running. And I say left running as if it was like something that I chose to retire from it wasn't, it was just my life in high school. And when I, when I discovered it freshman year, I, you know, fell in love with it. And it just was everything that I wanted to do. And when it came time to apply to college, I realized like the only schools that I wanted to go to having come from very small private school and wanting to broaden my horizons, as far as my educational experience goes, were large state schools with very, very competitive running programs where, I mean, they had these kinds of schools were pumping out national champions left and right. And if I wanted to be part of, you know, the, a squad, the division one squad, I would either have. Scrap my way onto the team so that I could just race be races or I would have to run at the club level and doing either of those didn't really fit in my competitive zeal that I accrued during my high school life and running. And I knew that it would also probably destroy the love that I had for the sport, because it would probably just Jade me to the point where I didn't want to do it anymore. So I decided to just try something new, find something. In the meantime, the summer between my senior year of high school and my freshman year of college, which having gone to UCLA who were on the quarter system and they notoriously start very late. I had five months off between when I ended my senior year and when I started college and it wasn't because I took a semester off or anything, it's just, that's how the calendar works. So I had a lot of free time to figure out what I wanted to do. In the meantime, I was working as a janitor in my high school, and my parents had gotten me a fixed gear bike to commute, to work with. And I just fell in love with scooting around in the city. And just finding the bike scene in Washington, DC, where I grew up and discovering the bike and that kind of communal aspect. And then finally come August. Of 2014. I decided I wanted to get a road bike because as is the natural progression for most people that I've talked to in cycling, you wanted to be able to go further and go faster and actually be able to change gears and not blow your knees out of their sockets. So I use the money that I've gotten working as a janitor and bought my first road bike, went to California, found the club team and just became obsessed. Race the club scene for three years when I was in college, until I got onto a domestically amateur team and then started branching out into more competitive national events. And then I signed my first pro contract in 29. [00:13:14] Craig Dalton: Amazing and shout out to rock Creek park in DC for a little road riding. [00:13:20] Jess and Sam: I grew up. Yeah. Rock Creek park. It's I mean, it's funny. It's like I go back there very frequently and I basically rediscover or discover for the first time, in some cases, parts of the cycling scene, which is super exciting to me because having grown up there. You know, you think, oh, I know everything about it, but it's actually really cool to be able to go to your hometown and find something absolutely new to it in the sphere of what you love to do. And that it's actually robbery park is one of my favorite places to ride it's right by my house. [00:13:52] Craig Dalton: Yeah, quick aside. I, I went to school at American university in Washington, DC and discovered mountain biking and amazing. So I discovered a mountain biking in DC, which is very sort of counterintuitive, right? Like where would you find green space to mountain bike in DC? But as you probably know, there's all these sort of interconnected green spaces in Washington, DC, that once you sorta tipped off to them, you sort of do a little section. They're all short of obviously. You're a little section, then you go around next to some apartment buildings you find another section to do, and you can do these neat hour long loops in the city. [00:14:25] Jess and Sam: Oh, my gosh. I mean, I. So much credit I have to give to my high school running coach to who instilled in me the kind of sense of adventure. And you could call it, I call it organic navigation, but most people know that as being bad at directions where it's basically kind of just, you know, where to go when the road looks a certain way, or you kind of just decide, you're going to feel out your route. And he was the one who introduced me to just looping together. Different routes. So, I mean, like you're saying, we would start in Tenleytown, we'd go download the Archibald trail through Georgetown we'd loop through all these little random back trails that kind of nestled themselves in the woods through spring valley and all these areas where it's just, you know, he taught me how to just have fun exploring during your training [00:15:16] Craig Dalton: Yeah, absolutely. And another shout out to the CNO canal, many miles on that canal [00:15:21] Jess and Sam: many miles on the CNO canal. [00:15:24] Craig Dalton: So great. So you you've, you're racing professionally on the road. How did you find yourself in Montana? [00:15:30] Jess and Sam: So just being from here ever since we met, had always talked about wanting to go back. I mean, I think she can tell you that she never really clicked with big city living or at least like being in larger urban areas with. It never really bothered me. Having grew up in Washington, DC, moved to LA for college and then moved to San Diego. It was funny where we were living in north county, San Diego Encinitas. That was pretty sleepy beach town in my mind. And just at the time it was living in Oceanside two towns up, which again, very small town in my mind, but there's still towns of 150, 200,000 people. And it's all part of one big conglomerate to call it, you know, its own town. It's kind of ridiculous because similar to LA it's just, you know, San Diego county LA become just massive giant cities with little pockets of populations here and there. But eventually when it came time for us to leave where we were living in Encinitas, she decided she wanted to move back to wipe this. And she said, if you want to be with me, I'm going to be up there. So ball's in your court. So the decision was pretty easy. So now I'm here. But Yeah. honestly, I've, I think I've taken to it pretty amazingly. I mean, I love the writing that we have up here. I love the community that's up here and it's just a very welcoming place that. Just champions, outdoor living in every form that you can imagine. And I think what was really important to me as someone whose life has revolved around road racing for the past seven years, it was I think, a big step for me to try and find a place that I could visualize myself living, where I could have fun where the road bike wasn't the apps. Epicenter of my existence. And you know, this past winter, I learned how to ski for the first time and my knees are still intact. So that was sweet. And I learned that I loved it. And that really gave me a lot of, I mean, hope is a weird word to use, but it did where it's like, you know, there's this kind of panic that sets in sometimes when you think about, oh my gosh, what am I going to do when I leave competitive road cycling? I mean, there's just so much to try out here. There's so much to do and so much stuff to have fun with that. You know, I'm really glad that I was brought up here because now having lived here for a couple months now, it's just, it's hard to imagine being back in a big city, it really is, which is very odd. I always thought I wanted to stay in a big city. [00:18:13] Craig Dalton: Yeah, it's interesting. And for listeners who live in California, California, is this weird place, right? You can ride your bike all year round, very little interruption. In fact, it's hard to take a step back and think about having a quote unquote off season. Whereas most places elsewhere in the country, in the world, you have snow, you have real winter and you're forced to do other things. And I remember growing up on the east coast for me, that was sort of a healthy. Sort of cycle of the year, right? Because you just sort of naturally transitioned to something else, whatever it was in the winter, rather than just riding your bike hard core all year round. [00:18:50] Jess and Sam: oh yeah. I was pretty nervous even. Yeah. Being the one that pushed us to move here and what our long rides every weekend are so important to me. And to your point, I feel healthier. I feel it is so nice to just take a break from those things, because now I'm looking forward to riding more than usual, but it also is weird to not be so fit and may [00:19:16] Craig Dalton: Yeah, [00:19:16] Jess and Sam: I'm used to being so, so come may. Not [00:19:21] Craig Dalton: not quite there yet this year. [00:19:23] Jess and Sam: quite there yet. It's also like your life has changed too. Yeah. And my life revolves more around work. I mean, so the thing that I discovered is. To justice credit. Like she's just, she's training differently now because she's working multiple jobs, basically with organizing the race and her own full-time job and balancing training competing. But to her credit, if she wanted to be fit and trained, she could. And that's just the thing about being in an environment that's not California, which is perfect weather all the time. He kind of just ended up getting creative. Like you, you know, during the winter, Jess was doing a bunch of. Yoga yoga sculpt doing some like gym workouts at home. She was doing endurance hit workouts at home. Yeah. You did a ski race. I mean, it's just, I honestly think that it, you know, for me and I re I reckon for justice as well. It actually was very refreshing to be in an environment where bike racing and bike riding. Wasn't the only way that you could get fit. And it actually felt good. Going into the season, having not just written my bike and myself into oblivion, because it actually got me excited for the season, whereas an excited to ride my bike more like justice thing. Whereas I found in, you know, past years, sometimes you get to the end of your base training phase, which for most Californians, I mean their base training starts in October, November, and it goes all the way until January, February, where racing starts pretty early relative to. Season or re rest of the country. And by the time you get to that first race of the season, you're just like, oh my God, I can't stand training anymore. I need to race. I need a race. Whereas this year, I mean, I took some time off and then learned how to ski. And that was like the first couple of weeks of off season activities was just learning how to do the activity and then doing those activities and actually staying fit in a relatively, you know, fun way that was new. And then by the time I got. To the point where I was supposed to raise, I was actually really excited to just like be on my bike, not just race, but like be outside in the warm weather where my knees can be exposed to the elements. [00:21:36] Craig Dalton: Being part of the Legion program. Did you find yourself, had you hit the fitness you needed to hit for some of the late the races they had you slated to. [00:21:43] Jess and Sam: I think it was in, I would say probably not the fitness that I would have wanted, but again, it was. I don't think I was actually unfit for the races. I just don't think I was fit in the way that a lot of the people who I was racing and surfing and in the sense of like racing fitness, because a lot of the riders coming from warmer climates who are doing those early season races, that the program that Legion does in California, they've been racing since January. And I literally just flown from a blizzard. And we'd seen a lot of snow during the winter. And I was mostly doing like base training work starting in December, going through February to one of my first race in Arizona was, and it's not that I felt, felt unfit to the point where I couldn't finish the races. It's just like That top end wasn't there. But now, you know, having had a bunch of races under my belt and we're going into the next block, which is like the key block, the target block of the year from. I do feel a lot fitter and I don't feel the same level of burnt out as I would normally at this time of the year where I'm just like praying hands and knees for break after the blast block. So I actually, I did feel less fit, but, you know, I felt like I was excited to raise again. [00:23:03] Craig Dalton: That makes sense. And then just for you racing gravel this year, you're part of a program. Do you want to talk about that team you're involved in and what your goals are for the year? [00:23:15] Jess and Sam: Yeah. So the scooter Rhea Pinarello program is sort of a multi-faceted program that emphasizes what I was mentioning earlier that there's unique skillsets and unique people. They deserve to have an opportunity in the cycling world. And so. The idea of our marketing director of Pinarello is Kim Rogers. And she's just an incredibly hard worker. I have a lot of respect for what she's accomplished with the program in the first year, and then leading into this year. But we're a group of athletes that range from competitors to adventure, people, to community leaders. So my role is a community leader. And basically what that means is I'm none of my partners and of my sponsors expect me to be winning races are on the podium. And that's something that I've communicated to everyone and they they've accepted, you know, I've had my time for that. Being a trained really hard and, and won races and had the injuries and then the whole deal. And now it's what I really want to focus on is helping more people get into the sport, making it a welcoming place where you know, all types of people are accepted and have opportunities and just being able to. Represent amazing brands like Pinarello at large events is, is super important. And it's like, because I don't care about a result, I'm going out there to have fun. And the pressure isn't there, you open yourself up to creating those experiences with people. Like I'm constantly on my feet in the sun before I do an event and talking and hanging out and. My, the energy bar company that I founded, Joe Davis. Is now a part of a larger suite of sports, nutrition brands, and my company kind of mirrors. We go to the events that mere my schedule with Pinarello and support. So I'm also doing that on the side. And it's just, it's super fun to. To know that we're in a place now where the emphasis isn't always on results. I mean, that's amazing. It's super cool. I still look up to the women who are crushing it right now. And I think that is great, but it's also really more relatable to a lot of people who have families and work and see like they do, they do have a place and you don't have to come to an event to. You can come to just ride your bike and meet people and you'll be accepted and you're not doing anything weird. You're probably doing what 95% of the other people around you are doing. So Yeah. it's, it's, it's a good, it's a good, a good team for me, for sure. [00:26:12] Craig Dalton: Awesome. Let's take a two minute detour and hear about your company. What can you tell us about like the judge, a bar philosophy and the types of products that you make? [00:26:21] Jess and Sam: Yeah. So this is also a concept that after grad school, I decided not to do a PhD, which was the track that I was on. Like from high school, I knew I wanted to do this path and I was really into research and I diverted to pursue cycling and I. I had met a nutritionist who I worked with and she was a private chef. And so I started helping her kind of as her assistant at first. And then I ended up taking over her clientele when she moved away. So that's kind of the piece about nutrition and being in the food world, but is important to the story. So I had this background in exercise physiology. I S I started this private chef company. I started catering events and I really focused on just fresh food healthy food that people who wanted to be active, wanting to eat. And I just took the guesswork out of it. So, at the time, this wasn't in 2008. 10 ish. There was really no good energy bars out there. We weren't in this food revolution where there's like all of this amazing all these amazing choices when you walk into whole foods or whatever. And so I thought I wanted to create something that was delicious, but tastes in homemade. My favorite things to eat are. Cookies or baked goods or stopping by the bakery before I ride. I also wanted it to make sense from a macronutrient standpoint. And so I kind of flip the script on how bars were made. They were always really carb-heavy before which we need, but I also wanted to add in more fat for. Those zones that are more endurance and I wanted it to be something that was digestible and you could eat, eat a lot of it. At the time I had a coach who had Lyme's disease and was on a gluten-free diet. And so I thought, well, I'll try making it gluten-free little. Did I know that that segment was going to blow up in the future and become so. So I created this bar and it was just kind of a rinky-dink operation out of my kitchen at first. And I actually, some of my private chef clients helped me move into my first co-packer and I was in a small co-packer down in San Diego and just grew the brand grassroots style within the cycling and trapline community. And a big, the big wind for Joe Jay was when we got into REI. And I think we were accepted at the end of 2018, and that really helped our, the brand breech our people in the outdoor space and in let's see. I think of October of 2019, I was approached by this company called elite active nutrition is the name now a L E T E, which means all athletes, not elite athletes. And they reached out to me. They had started this platform by acquiring electrolyte brand called salt stick. Really huge in the triathlon world. I'm hopefully helping it become huge in the travel world. So they reached out to me about acquiring Joe, Jay, and it was a great fit because it allowed me at this point, I was caught up in all of the logistics of running a business. And also the logistics of being the hamster in the wheel of cashflow when you own a small business. And this allowed me to step away from that. And I'll admit, I don't love entrepreneurship from that standpoint. I just am wired in a way where I want to help other people and I want to do the right thing. And I want a brand that does those things. And I really don't like the other part of it. This company enabled me to do that. They said, we're going to take all of that. We have a team in place already, and then you can create your role in the company and you will come on and you will do that role. And so it was a perfect fit. They didn't want to take the bar and change it and, you know, cut the margins and do, do all the things that sometimes larger companies want to do. So I created my role of VP, of product and community developers. Enjoying this team, we've now also acquired bonk breaker and we'll be acquiring two other brands. And yeah, so that's what I do. I work on product development. We're developing some new flavors right now. And then I also, like I mentioned, I get to be out in the community and we, I get to lead all of our brands and make sure that we. Have at our heart and soul, we are an accepting platform. We have a diverse group of athletes and ambassadors. We're inclusive. We're thinking about doing the right things for the environment in sport and all of those, you know, amazing things that I like to focus on. So, sorry, that was not two minutes. That was like five. [00:31:32] Craig Dalton: That's okay. Now I appreciate the entrepreneurial journey and that's a great outcome and amazing that the vision can now be propelled forward, you know, with the distribution that maybe you weren't going to be able to achieve this company can get it out there even further and allow you to focus on what you love. [00:31:49] Jess and Sam: Exactly. [00:31:50] Craig Dalton: fabulous and allow you more time to start things like gravel races in your hometown. [00:31:55] Jess and Sam: Yes. [00:31:56] Craig Dalton: So let's talk about that. I mean, I love talking to event organizers because I think it's such a, such an art behind creating an experience that is native to the community that you're in and showcases everything you want to showcase. I feel like it's like a love letter to your commute. When you design a gravel course, and I love designing courses here in Moran. So I'd love to hear about the inspiration for last best ride. And then let's talk about the details. Let's get the listener stoke to put it on their calendar. [00:32:25] Jess and Sam: Okay. Well, I think to back up a little bit, when we first started spending a lot of time here was in 2020 during the Panda. When we realized we weren't going to be doing any racing. And we kind of did the thing that everyone was doing. We scattered to a smaller place only. This is my home. And we also bought a piece of land at that time, which turned out to be total baller, move that we had no idea. This is going to be like the best decision of our lives, but I think. We, so to Sam's point about being adventurous, he started exploring and making these gravel routes for us, these crazy off-road routes. And he didn't even have a gravel bike yet, but he was taking me places that I had never been after growing up here. And remember the first gravel. Right. We did. You did it on your road bike, that old KTM bike and yeah. We ride this route consistently now. And we're like, how on earth did you write this on your road bike? Like we it's like when you don't know any better, when you first start exploring off road, like you might throw some wider tires on your road bike. And you're like, oh yeah, like, so we were kind of exploring and realizing that this place is prime for a gravel event. I had also. My first event, the season before was our friend, Kevin Laura King run an event in Vermont called rooted Vermont, and the little town there from Richmond reminded me of Montana and attending that. Having such an amazing time. And knowing that gravel was a place that I wanted to be, I thought that they're just nailing it. Like how that the community embraces this event. It's super low key. They make a whole weekend out of it. And I told Laura, I said, my wife is really needs an event like that. It's so incredibly beautiful here. So. I think we started exploring more and then I can pretty sure I made you ride like an old steel, gravel bike of mine. Remember that? And it was like two sizes too small for you. And then he ordered a gravel bike and we just like, I don't know how we went from. Two rides to like the next day we were at the forest service office with our masks on like knocking on the door where it's like appointments only. And we were like, hi, we would like to put on an event. They were like, why we're in the middle of a pandemic? Why would you, when you talking about, and we're like, no, it's definitely the, the pandemic won't be here next year. Like we're looking at next year. Little did we know that it was going to be an extended, extended pandemic, but luckily we picked August as our month because you're pretty much guaranteed. My dad will tell anyone that comes here, that he's seen snow here every month of the year. But if you're going to pick one month, August is a pretty safe bet. So we picked August for our race and that's Yeah. that's kind of how we started. [00:35:30] Craig Dalton: and was the community embracing of it. Like I know a lot of rural communities when they hear about the prospect of a thousand athletes coming to town and booking hotel rooms and accommodations and food and all that stuff. They're super excited to get behind it. Were you experiencing that in Whitefish? [00:35:48] Jess and Sam: Well, there's been a little bit of a shift here and Whitefish? I believe this was the fastest growing town in the country during COVID. Which is why, when I mentioned us buying this little plot of land we didn't know that was going to happen. I had a, I had a theory. I was kind of actually obsessed about real estate at the time. I had a theory that something was going to happen because I remember what happened during the last recession. And. So to your question, it's a little different here. It there's a lot of people that come here in the summer in glacier park has gotten so overrun that they now actually have a ticketed entry system. So it was sort of a balance of knowing that we already have a lot of tourism and this isn't a town that needs that tourism boost to survive. So we wanted to make sure that this event was going to be a net positive for the community and that our community was going to feel supported. And that, again, that it's a positive. And so that's one of the reasons why we wanted it to focus around our scholarship. [00:36:56] Craig Dalton: And do you want to describe what that scholarship looks like? [00:36:59] Jess and Sam: Yeah. So, as I had mentioned before, growing up here fairly low income I did not have a college fund growing up and I had a guidance counselor in high school. My sophomore year that came to our classroom talking about college. And when I found out that it costs money to go to college, I had a little meltdown. My dad actually took me to her office and we spent three years together working on scholarship applications and I won. So many local scholarships along with Pell grant and federal aid, but I didn't have any student loans for undergrad and she just had this profound impact on my life. Mostly just because she believed in me and she didn't hold my hand by any means, like she made me do the work, but I've always had this dream of creating a scholarship and. Giving that back to the community and finding young women who deserve to be uplifted and supported financially. So we figured this rate. Was a good way to accomplish that goal. We both have our careers. We felt like it'd be a perfect way to invest back into the young people and the community. And I full heartedly believe that one of the best ways to get young people into cycling is to equip them with the ability to go out and. Either learn a trade or get an education and become, you know, get themselves into a place where financially they can afford a bike and they can enjoy that and incorporate into their life. And they're empowered to do that. So it kind of like. What does the bike race have to deal with the scholarship, but it, as Sam put it, he wrote in the tech guy, like simply by attending this race, you are bettering the lives of young women in our area who are, you know, have financial need, but also have academic merit. So. [00:39:08] Craig Dalton: Yeah, what's interesting as well is I think just the sh. Participation levels in the community, people who aren't cyclists are going to notice that it's happening and they're going to see and hear that, oh, a scholarship comes out of that. So maybe it even helps some of these younger women become aware that scholarships are available and that a path towards a higher education as possible with these, you know, following the same path that you did. [00:39:31] Jess and Sam: That's so interesting that you just brought that up because I learned fairly recently that one of our recipients from last year, her friend read about the scholarship and. Her friend did not have financial need, but she, she drugged this young woman down to the counselor's office and said, you have to apply for this. And she didn't think that she even deserved or knew that she can have that opportunity. And then she ended up being our top recipient. So we were really good point. And that it's like something that I, I want these young women to know that like, you. You deserve a chance and like at least apply for it this year. We have five recipients. So, and I'm about to go to the scholarship nights at the schools and the next couple of weeks, and actually give the awards out. But we also have seven land permits. So it's pretty, it's an arduous task with the land permits. And I know that. you know, the people who are at the head of these entities, it does mean something to them that, you know, it's not just a bike race. It's for-profit [00:40:44] Craig Dalton: let's talk about the courses. It sounds like you're going through a lot of different types of properties. So what's the gravel of riding like in Whitefish. [00:40:51] Jess and Sam: Awesome. I would say it varies from. You know, depending on where you are in the valley, where we live, it can vary from champagne, gravel to straight up single track the way that we like to ride, but the courses themselves traverse through a, I would say pretty wide variety of surfaces. So. Both routes. We'll take a route that heads east out of town. And you will go up through some logging roads that are owned by a local lumber and logging company that who are wonderful. They're wonderfully supportive of the event. And that will then transition you into forest lands, which is where most of I would argue what 90% of our race takes place on 80 to 90% of our race. And once again, the forest service are wonderfully supportive of the event as well. And we appreciate everything that they've done to help us. They were actually the ones who were. One of the most ardent supporters in the beginning when we were trying to design routes that were cool and they were the ones encouraging us saying, this is exactly what we love public lands to be used for. Is this kind of recreation that is based in exploration and, you know, cyclo eco-friendly tourism. So then we'll try the routes then traverse through forest lands that. Pretty much wind your way through a bunch of the mountain roads up north of town. So Northeast of town, they will then bring the riders back to a dividing point where there will be an aid station where the short route will then take some more of those forest service road. Through some single track trails onto mountain property. So we have a local ski resort, big mountain ski resort that has also helped us immensely in providing sections of their property for our route. And that will basically direct riders up to a section of the mountain road where they can then explore some of the single track there and then head back down. Into town, the long route diverts back to where close to where we started. And then they start heading up north along what is called lake shore drive, which is a beautiful picture of. Road exactly, as it says, which borders the east side of a Whitefish lake, and you make your way north along this road, and it will pretty much on align, transition to gravel, depending on the time of year, it can be either champagne, gravel. It can be kind of rutted if it's rained or it can be straight up washboard. So you get, you don't know what you're going to get. Typically. It's fairly dry. And it seemed a lot of traffic because that is nearing the end of huckleberry picking season. So a lot of locals will go out that road to some of the secret huckleberries spots that I don't even know where they are. Cause they're so secret. But so it can typically be a little washboard, but that we'll head north all the way to a road called Warner peak. There is some. Road name and technically most of the roads around here are called forest road or forest service road, big old number. And I should know this because I designed the route, but I get confused and all the digits, but it's commonly in locally known as water peak. So you bank, you take a right and you start climbing it's about a six mile climb from the turnoff of what is upper Whitefish lake. To the top of Warner peak, and that basically deposits you onto this Ridge line that overlooks the entirety of the valley. it. truly is on a clear day, a stunning picture SVU and that surface transitions from the kind of predictable, typical valley country champagne S gravel road to pretty Rocky technical climbing. And the gradients aren't, hellaciously steep in that section, but they are steep enough where you're going to be going slow and you're going to be needing to have some technical savvy to be able to navigate around some of the bigger rocks and sections. And there are also some drainage pipes that are late. The road to help ease snow melt washing away some of the roads. So if you can practice a little like bunny hopping or lifting your front wheel and back wheel whilst climbing it's summarized. It's one of the hardest climbs. I think you'll find in a gravel race, the hardest climb you'll find in a gravel race comes shortly thereafter. You descend down the Ridge line that takes you to the backside of the be of big mountain ski resort. Now the course then takes riders to the top of big mountain, the absolute peak where the summit house is. And this is where the ski resort basically has all their chairs going to the very top to get to that. You go up what we have called the. The mountain goats scramble this big horn sheep, big horn sheep scramble. And basically we discovered this ride on, or this way up on a ride that we did early in 2020 when we were kind of just moseying our way to the backside. And we found ourselves kind of running along the Ridge line of all of the ski slopes. And we're kind of looking up and seeing all the ski runs and we finally made our way to a service. And we said, Ooh, let's turn up. That, how high can we go? And apparently you can go the highest you physically can, but to do so you have to go up. What is essentially a wall of roughly 35% average gradient for 300 meters, the longest 300 meters of your life. [00:46:40] Craig Dalton: It is an actually rideable. [00:46:42] Jess and Sam: So there are two people that we know who have written it on a bike. One of which is me. The other is one Caleb Swartz, who is a Marian university alum who wrote for the bear dev team. And recently completed. Really Stellar's a cyclocross campaign is a private two rider who lives in Missoula. He trains a lot with Howard rots and some of the local Missoula hitters. He rode his XC bike at the race and he was the only person in the race to ride up the entire scramble without take unclipping, walking his bike. [00:47:18] Craig Dalton: All right. There's a big challenge for you people out there. [00:47:20] Jess and Sam: Yeah. So you get to the summit house, there's a feed station. Then you descend down another climb. It's called Taylor Creek, which takes you back to upper Whitefish lake road. And you go back the way you came out back into town. [00:47:35] Craig Dalton: right on. So tell me the distances of the short course in the long course. [00:47:39] Jess and Sam: So the short course. is 47 miles with about. 4,500 feet of climbing in the long course is 90 miles with that 8,200 feet of climbing. We might have to make a couple tweaks. We know we have to make a couple tweaks. So the short course this year, because of some logging that's happened, but it will be. Similar within that range. So it's a good, it's a, it's a good distance. Like the pro the pro dudes last year, Ted and Howard, and a local guy named Andrew, Andrew, Frank, they, we could not believe this. They finished. And just under five hours, we, we were expecting like a five 15, but I would say on average the short course would take you. Around three and a half to four and a half hours in the long course would be close to. I don't know, six, six to seven hours if you're relatively cruising, but it can be a huge range because it's just such a, a hard course. So the benefit of the the three finishers we've mentioned in there super fast time, the road Taylor Creek, the descent that you take back down into town had just been basically flattened by logging equipment. So it wasn't really the gravel that Jess and I had previewed throughout the summer, but it actually was so packed down because of all, it was basically concrete is what it was. And I remember I previewed it actually with Ted on Thursday, before. And we were descending it. And we were looking at each other and saying like, people are going to rip this. Cause I mean, you didn't even have to worry about dodging any kind of rocks or ruts or anything. It literally was just smooth pavement made out of mud that had been flat. And it rained also, which well, we, we say our race is predicated on the views because. I don't think that as Sam went through this course, like you cannot describe these views. They are jaw dropping. When we ride here, we're riding in all the time and it never looks the same. It's just so amazing. But then it poured rain, which cleared out all of the wildfires. So that was the benefit and it was very foggy in the morning of the race and people still that it was like a, just like I said, a different kind of view, but that we, I was like calling the medical volunteers. Like we need to put someone, we need like two people going on that descent, like to medical stations, because I was so afraid that someone was going to be doing like 60 miles an hour down this gravel descent and just fly off into space, but it turned out. We had, I think one of the most advanced medical plans, the forest service actually asked us if they could keep the template of it to use as an example. And we treated a bee sting and that was it. So the other side, Yeah. When you become an event director, you're pretty much just stressed out the whole time about someone getting hurt or something going wrong. [00:50:49] Craig Dalton: a hundred percent. So it sounds like with a fairly rowdy course, you need some pretty capable tires. Is there a size that you recommend? [00:50:57] Jess and Sam: I mean, I am of the camp of you should run as, as big as you can. It's a, it's a big debate for us on our course, because we know again, given the conditions of really the back sections of the course and the climb, like. I think the debate is now whether a hard tail mountain bike is the fastest bike for our course, but there, there are a lot of sections where having a pretty rigid snappy gravel. Where you can just easily put out power very consistently would help, but tire wise, as wide as you can run. I mean, I think, and less than the 36, you will not be caught. You will not have a fun 30, 36 is the minimum that you can do to, I would say like complete the ride. You will not be comfortable. You won't necessarily be happy, but you'll be able to get through. I ride the rose and cert courses around here on my crux, my specialized crux, which is a 2019 model that clears the 38. And I'm pretty comfortable on that bike. I don't ever feel really that I'm under biked. And I went, it's fairly dry and I'm not worried about getting mud in my stays. I will, I can clear a 42 on that bike. And I would say if I could run that consistently without worry of, you know, starting to take pain off, I'd run a 42 easily. I would say that's probably most traveled bikes. We'll clear 42 minimum. But that's, that's the. [00:52:34] Craig Dalton: Yeah, no, I appreciate that. I mean, I think that's one of the interesting thing about taking a survey of all the gravel events out there. It's interesting seeing what people recommend, and I'm always frankly, more attracted to the races that are saying, bring your big tires. You're not going to regret it because it means they're getting creative with course design and really pushing the limits and capabilities of both the athletes and the bikes. So to onto some just not simple. What are the event dates and where can people find out more information about the event and are there still slots available this year? [00:53:07] Jess and Sam: So our date is Sunday, August 21st, and we have a welcome happy hour and scholarship fundraising evening on Friday, August 19th, that packet pickup and some liberal community rides are Saturday, August 20. Our website is the last best ride empty as in montana.com. We have been sold out for some time. We do have a wait list. It's pretty big. So if you got on the wait list now, unfortunately, You're probably planning for 2023, which is actually good because I don't even know if you could find a hotel room or an Airbnb at this point and Whitefish. It's why we send out early communication. Like before Christmas, the year before letting people know, like here's our links to our favorite camping and hotels, and like, here's how to make your life easier to plan to come to this little area. I just want to say as an aside, because we do talk up this course as being. Hard. It was also very important to us, but it is something that you could do if you're trying your first event. And our short course is manageable for anyone trying your first event. And we even have different start waves for the event for people who have different goals. If you want to hang out and meet friends, if you wanna, you know, ride a little more steady or if you really want to. You know, go full gas. Just the introduce that like, you don't have to start in the front and like elbows. So I really want to emphasize that our long course, definitely fitness would be the biggest challenge if you're newer to gravel. But it is inclusive. [00:54:53] Craig Dalton: And then finally, what's the finish line experience? Like what have you designed there? [00:54:59] Jess and Sam: Well, that was really, that was really important to us. And again, we wanted to focus on like our local vendors. And so we have above average race food. We have a local chef named Tim. Good. He has a catering truck. He owns a restaurant here and he has a catering truck called the cuisine machine. So last year you would find Mac and cheese. You'd find corn bread, chicken Marsala pork chops with huckleberry barbecue sauce, watermelon salad. And then we had our local ice cream company out and we had huckleberry ice cream, which is specialty to Montana. We had one, they made one forest called gravel road. And then we had beer vendor, wine vendor, and a local kombucha vendor, and all participants receive two drink coupons so they could use it however they wanted. Yeah. What else? Oh, and we offer bear spray. We never even touched, touched. The wildlife area, but yeah, we also sell bear spray and highly, highly recommend that you ride with it and know how to use it. [00:56:05] Craig Dalton: Well, we'll let people do their own research. As they're thinking about 2023 for this, I love getting these types of events out on people's radar. We realize that they're not unlimited capacity, so you've gotta be able to plan ahead. And I, for one really loved traveling to new areas and experiencing gravel around the country. It just reminds you of what a special place the United States can be and how much amazing outdoor activities is right there on our own country. [00:56:30] Jess and Sam: We would love to have you up here. I mean, if You can come this year, we we'll we know the person [00:56:36] Craig Dalton: one special slot. Nice. [00:56:38] Jess and Sam: special slot for you, but if 2023 works better, we'd love to have you up here. And yeah. [00:56:44] Craig Dalton: Thank you for that. And I appreciate both of your time. It's great to get to know you. And, and again, I hope everybody checks out last, last, best ride. I'll put link in the show notes and we'll make sure everybody knows how to find you guys. [00:56:56] Jess and Sam: Thank you so much. Hope to see everyone. [00:56:59] Craig Dalton: That's going to do it for this week's edition of the gravel ride podcast. Big, thanks to Sam. And just for joining us. I love the sounds of what they've created out there in Montana, and certainly hope to visit it someday and myself. I'll be sure to put appropriate links in the show notes. If you need any more information about last best ride. Huge. Thanks to our sponsor. The feed. Remember you can get 50% off the feed formula. Just visit the feed.com/the gravel ride. If you're interested in connecting with me, I encourage you to join the ridership. Just visit www.theridership.com. It's a free global cycling community based in the slack channel. 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