Jun 30, 2020
Fresh Fest, the first Black beer festival in the country, is moving online due to COVID-19. In this episode, we chat with co-founder Day Bracey about how the pivot to digital will allow more accessibility and how he believes that digital components will permanently change the events landscape long after coronavirus. But...
Jun 23, 2020
In this episode, we chat plants with Natasha Brittain, one of the owners of Shadyside Nursery. From a very young age, this self-proclaimed #plantlady would ask her mom for spending money that she would use to buy plants (coleus, specifically). Brittain shares some of the benefits of caring for plants and we discuss why...
Jun 16, 2020
Meet Ian Smith, a Pittsburgher with a passion for stand-up paddleboarding. For the past 10 years, SurfSUP Adventures has helped folks to explore our local waterways via tours and classes. First Waves, their accompanying nonprofit organization, “uses stand-up paddleboarding, the art of filmmaking, and digital media as...
Jun 9, 2020
Founded in 2017, Hello Neighbor is a local non-profit organization that supports recently resettled refugees via mentorship and a range of programming designed to help them settle in Pittsburgh. In this episode, we chat with founder and CEO Sloane Davidson about how the organization got its start and how they changed...
Jun 2, 2020
Doug Derda knows barbecue, so we asked him to share some of his secrets. His website, Yinz Love BBQ, is a compendium of all things rubbed, smoked, and sauce-slathered in Western Pennsylvania. There’s a directory so you can source some good barbecue, a blog where he shares industry news and his competition experiences,...