Finding Asheville Podcast

Embracing self empowerment... Nathan sits down with local choreographer and dancer Christine Garvin for the 79th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Rocky Mount, N.C., where do you find a balance between loving one’s body image and at the same time living a healthy lifestyle, why a willingness to be vulnerable and community build is a necessary step in both entrepreneurship and personal wellbeing, why dance can be the ultimate form of self empowerment, and why a personally defeating 9-5 lead Christine to teaching dance full-time. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Failure + sacrifice + hard work = results Nathan sits down with local artist Jeri Bartley owner of Jeribella and co-owner of Copper Fish Metal Arts for the 78th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about how the death of her stepfather lead to her pursuing her passion full time, why pursuing your passion as a living may require living a lifestyle of lesser needs, why buying jewelry made from scraps is more environmentally and morally sound than buying from corporate jewelers, why learning a trade requires a prolonged period of sucking at such trade, and why the working hard cliché is Jeri’s equation for success. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Success = F@#$king hard work? Nathan sits down with local artist, graphic designer, food critic, and publisher of Asheville Flyer for Kids, Stu Helm for the 77th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in the Northeast, how working remedial jobs for seven years was the tipping point for taking his art career seriously, why the key to being a successful artist is adopting a craftsman work ethic, why the internet allows introverts to be successful entrepreneurs, and why Asheville Flyer for Kids is his dream come true. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Creating affordable art... Nathan sits down with local artist Andy Herod for the 76th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Oklahoma, how his initial passion of being an artist took a back seat to a pretty prolific rock career for a decade, why his focus as an artist has been on pumping out a lot of affordable small art pieces versus selling large expensive pieces, and why succeeding as an artist means showing up every single day and doing the work. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.  

Detroit work ethic in an artists' town... Nathan sits down with Jessica Tomasin of Echo Mountain Recording Studio and Jet Up Productions for the 75th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in the suburbs of Detroit, why writing has always been her outlet for creativity, what the studio process looks like for both novice and veteran musicians, why success in the music industry is dependent on finding a balance between entrepreneurship and art, and what is the state and goals of Asheville Musical Professionals. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Waiting for offal things to happen... Nathan sits down with chef Steve Goff of King James Public House for the 74th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in a blue-collar family, why the birth of his daughter turned around his career and turned his life into a life long mission of making her proud, why he has fallen in love with the cuisine of England and peasant food, what he has learned about the culinary world since becoming an instructor at AB Tech, why cooking offal may be a metaphor for his upbringing, and why success can breed fear? This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!  Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Embracing purpose to change business culture... Nathan sits down with Brian Boggs and Melanie Moeller Boggs, co-owners of Brian Boggs Chairmakers for the 73rd episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Kentucky and the Dominican Republic, how frustration as an artist with only being able to tell stories through two dimensions lead to a career in woodworking, why identifying your purpose and your company’s purpose provides a roadmap to creating a business culture you ultimately want, why failure in 2008 despite being in business for 15 years lead to Brian actually thinking about his craft as a business, and how dramatically changing life conditions can prevent you from falling back into unhelpful routines. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super ni

Nathan sits down with artists Mark E. Flowers and Kristy Higby of Mountain Tea Studios for the 72nd episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about why the places you go in life are determined where you get A’s, why now is the best time to get into a career in arts, why to be an artist today is synonymous with being an entrepreneur, why technology has expanded the ability of artists to create work that comments on the world’s problems, and how choosing a career that provides opportunities to make art may be more sustainable than a full blown career as an artist. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Learning to Speak... Nathan sits down with Michelle Baker author, artist, photographer, and creativity consultant for the 71st episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about her new book The Canoe, growing up in a funeral director family, how a dream to become a photographer landed her a computer-programming career, why a fact about how many women authors actually submit op-ed pieces was the tipping point to finally have the courage to share her writing with the public, what her hopes were for The Canoe, and what she learned about the book business. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Finding artistic voice by trusting intuition... Nathan sits down with Phil Cheney artist and co-owner of Cheney Graphics Custom Screen Printing and Signs for the 70th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in South Florida, why finding your artistic voice amounts to trusting your intuition, why he passed on the opportunity to do his own animated television show based on his work, what painting live as a part of Snake Medicine Oil Show was like, and why if for some reason you gave up your dream of becoming an artist there is still time, you just have to listen. This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes! Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Real vs imagined fear...   Nathan sits down with Sara Day Evans owner of Accelerating Appalachia for the 69th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about how she found music early on in life, why she walked away from a music-recording contract, what all is involved with the Accelerating Appalachia process, why business prosperity in the South will require more than a resurgence in farms and textiles, and why success at life is about embracing real fear and disregarding imagined fear?   This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Healthy competition breeds results...   Nathan sits down with Ben Williamson owner of CrossFit Pisgah and Grey Eagle CrossFit for the 68th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Eufaula, Alabama, why achievement has always been as simple as wanting it and going after it for Ben, why CrossFit as an industry tends to market itself through its’ consumers, why community service is not only the right thing to do, but also is a free opportunity for you to market your business, and a little words of wisdom for those 2015 fitness New Years resolutions.   This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Sharing Asheville's food story... Nathan sits down with Debby Maugans and Christine Sykes Lowe of Farmer and Chef South and authors of Farmer and Chef Asheville the cookbook for the 67th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Jacksonville, Florida and Charlotte, North Carolina, what lead to the birth of Farmer and Chef South, the decision to self publish versus going through a book publisher, the psychology of a cookbook consumer, why chefs in Asheville were willing to share some of their best recipes for the cookbook, and what may be next for Farmer and Chef South. This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville. Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!  Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Local ingredients with a side of community & purpose...   Nathan sits down with Julie Stehling co-owner of Early Girl Eatery and King Daddy's Chicken and Waffle for the 66th episode of Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in suburban Detroit, why you first open a business it is a lot like throwing a party every day and you hope people come, what the decision was to open King Daddy’s Chicken and Waffle, why if you want to go into the restaurant business you better be doing it for the love and not the profit, why the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and Early Girl Eatery tend to be mentioned in the same sentence over and over again, and why offering your employees insurance increases the productivity of your business and is ultimately the right thing to do.   This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and

Creating safe spaces for artistic growth...   Nathan sits down with Nina Hart author of ‘Somewhere in a Town You Never Knew Existed Somewhere’, Kaizen-Muse Creativity coach, owner of Writing From The Top of Your Head, and local massage therapist for the 65th episode of Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, what it was like to work with choreographer Sarah Shelton Mann as a dancer in the San Francisco based performance group Contraband, why if your art is making some individuals uncomfortable you are probably on the right track, why most people who haven’t started working towards their dreams are hiding not because of other people’s expectations, but instead from their own ego, and how does one channel creativity?   This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh

Falling in love with getting it done...   Nathan sits down with Tommy Calloway of the Feral Chihuahuas and Tommy Gun Productions for the 64th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. We chat about growing up in Highlands, NC, what it was like to work as a roadie for Disney on Ice, how a live sitcom was the inspiration for the Feral Chihuahuas, why a joy for the process keeps Tommy going after 10 years of performing sketch comedy despite little financial payoff, and what may be next for Asheville’s funniest comedy troupe.   This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Business success is all about building something bigger than yourself, at least according to Diana King owner of Edible Arrangements Asheville.   Nathan sits down with Diana King owner of Edible Arrangements Asheville for the 63rd episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about growing up in Connecticut, why she fell in love with computer programming as a teenager, why the best way to learn to run a business is to be in the midst of running one, why franchises do play a role in the support local movement, and why succeeding in Asheville is not a matter of entitlement, but instead how hard you are willing to work toward your particular career goals.   This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

City permitting, moving the goal posts for Asheville entrepreneurs..   Nathan sits down with Bethany Adams owner of the Rhetorical Factory for the 62nd episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about her childhood ambition of becoming a Broadway actress, why she always wanted to own her own business, why art is ultimately an unspoken extension of the artist without the artist thinking about him or herself while creating their particular art piece, why the city permitting process and dealing with contractors can prevent those not financially fortunate from opening a business, and the next evolution of the Rhetorical Factory.   This episode was mixed at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Finding truth in the moment...   Nathan sits down with Haley Steinhardt owner of Soul Tree Publications for the 61st episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about getting over the fear of self-promotion, growing up in Ohio, what it was like to work for Lark Books, how she built a profitable Reiki business and found the courage to walk away from that same business, why Soul Tree Publications is her new purpose and why life is all about finding truth in the present moment.   This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.

Turning knowlege into practice...   Nathan sits down with Chad Oliphant owner of Smiling Hara Tempeh for the 60th episode of the Finding Asheville podcast. They chat about grow up in Muncie, Indiana, his ambition of becoming a rock star which included performing rock shows in Albuquerque storage units, what he learned at the Kushi Institute in Massachusetts which was later an inspiration for Smiling Hara Tempeh, the goals of Smiling Hara's Kickstarter project to raise money to produce tempeh made with hemp that is grown by US veterans, and why knowledge is just knowledge until put into practice.   This episode was recorded at Mojo Coworking at 60 North Market Street in Downtown Asheville.   Be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes here to get new episodes to download to your listening devices each week and get caught up on past episodes!   Oh and if you are feeling super nice like the Finding Asheville Facebook page here.