Damn, that’s a lot of bacon… feat. Mattie King, Mattie’s Diner & The Wafflery
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
Full disclosure here: Mattie’s Diner is the second home for the Raising a Ruckus team.
We love everything about the place; from the building’s backstory, the menu full of non-meated options, the always delightful staff – and Mattie himself. In fact, we fully committed to producing this program in some kind of carbohydrate or pie-related stupor. Now you know who to blame.
We knew Mattie just had to be on our guest list.
This guy is all hustle all the time. He’s the kind of guy who gives New Jersey a good name, and he knows from Taylor Ham, too.
The timing couldn’t be more perfect to drop this week’s episode, since Mattie’s newest venture, The Wafflery, just opened. Yeah, we got the sneak peek invite, and you should be jealous. This place is fantastic, too, with a focus on the Mattie’s breakfast menu and then some.
We’ll talk bacon, waffles, pie, and moving a diner – like the actual building – all the way from Jersey to Carolina – and why folks have all the feels about this kind of food. Put on your fat pants for this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
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On books and broke businesses feat. Alyssa Pressler
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!Shakespeare wrote, “some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.”
That doesn’t exactly translate to business, but it’s a rather appropriate setup for our friend and guest, Alyssa Pressler.We actually go waaaayy back with Alyssa; well before she launched not one but TWO successful small business, and a podcast. All that from someone who never really expected to take the entrepreneurial ride.
She’s got a passion for words and books, you might say. (Haha!) And turning them into a business hasn’t curbed her enthusiasm, either.
Let’s get into it on this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
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We actually go waaaayy back with Alyssa; well before she launched not one but TWO successful small business, and a podcast. All that from someone who never really expected to take the entrepreneurial ride.
She’s got a passion for words and books, you might say. (Haha!) And turning them into a business hasn’t curbed her enthusiasm, either.
Let’s get into it on this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
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On looking the part and then some Feat. Shefalee Patel
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
In his book Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, Austin Kleon wrote, “You have to dress for the job you want, not the job you have, and you have to start doing the work you want to be doing.”
Well… we’re stealing that line as the perfect setup for our guest, Shefalee Patel.
Shefalee is an artist, dancer, creative, and a community connector. Even more so, she recognizes her role as an ambassador to her Indian culture. Her art, her dance, and yes – even the way she dresses – are starting points for folks to learn more.
Y’all, she is wide open, and we love that about her.
Once we stop cutting-up in the booth; we get into her Charlotte story and how she went from a job in government to creative entrepreneurship. DC has a helluva time getting a word in on this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
Cheers!
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A case for Scooby and the Gang feat Ted Rosenau from Petty Thieves Brewing
Here we go! It’s time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
One of the things we love most about this format is that conversations really get a chance to breathe and develop over the time in the studio. And, of course, that means some stuff’s gonna be said that no one ever saw coming.
Case in point: this episode with our man, Ted Rosenau. We actually met Ted long before he cracked the seal on Petty Thieves Brewing. And that long, winding road to opening day was not the surprise in this conversation. At least not until he dropped a casual mention of some supernatural goings-on during the process. Full stop and rewind for us, y’all. Spoiler alert: not Ted’s first go-round with the spectral.
We get into all that, plus the otherworldly inspiration behind the brewery’s curious beer names and eclectic, comfortable tap room. Get the Mystery Machine fired-up for this episode of The Raising a Ruckus Podcast…
Cheers!
PS: Congrats to Ted and the gang at Petty Thieves and their Charlotte Magazine “Best Of” award for “Best Brewery Interior.” Who knew there was a category for that!
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Frank Expression in the first episode where DC cried…
The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!We’re always impressed with folks who make it work from a right brain AND left brain perspective. Frank Expression is one of those cats on our list.
We know him first and foremost for his performance chops. He’s a brass man and a spoken word poet, and he puts them both together in a way that literally goes deep. Like deep enough to really get ya in the feels.
Everyone’s life experience is different, but Frank manages to pull from his, and quite literally express it in a way that’s very special. If you’re open to it, you’ll feel it.
And that’s just the Frank we knew when we started this recording…
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A Beautiful Mess with Tim Edwards
The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
We’re pretty sure everyone, at some point, did some painting when they were younger. Watercolors, fingerpaints… whatever. We sure did. Craft paper decorated with big, fat brush strokes in the shape of stick figures and stuff that looked like animals (or trees?) practically covered the refrigerator at our house. We couldn’t have been more proud if our work was hanging in the Smithsonian.
But at some point, we get self-conscious of our creations. It’s not “real” enough, or artsy enough, or cool enough? Maybe that “C” in art class wasn’t a reflection of our real potential. Who knows. Then we just stop creating altogether.
Tim Edwards believes we’re all still harboring that inner artist. He’s created a judgement-free zone in Splatter Charlotte where anyone – and we mean anyone – can create something all their own.
Cheers!
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It’s a good thing you’re so pretty feat. Brian Lafontaine
The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!
Not gonna lie here; Brian Lafontaine is a really good-looking fella. Approachably handsome, with the manner and personality to match. He’s the kinda guy you’d be happy to introduce to your mom. But then every time you’d call home she’d ask, “how’s that friend of yours, Brian? He was so nice!” (He’s fine, Mom… )
Over the years, Brian has managed to parlay those looks – and a natural talent plus a whole lot of hard work – into a successful career as an actor. Like a legit, making a living, as-seen-on-TV and in the movies actor.
You might have seen him in Ozark, The Hate U Give, Stranger Things, and a ton of other films and shows. Or maybe you even saw him at the Harris Teeter. Yep; he’s managed to be a movie star without giving up the freedom that’s lost to big time fame. Pretty cool.
On this episode of the Raising a Ruckus podcast, Brian Lafontaine talks about making it in the movies, keeping it real in the 704, and his next role as an entrepreneur. Cheers!
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That time Mick Jagger’s people called… With The Savage Way
The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the podcast all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, and big decisions along their journey. Welcome to the show!
The creative path – like that of the entrepreneur – is a big leap of faith. Hell, it’s actually a bunch of them. It’s like playing drunken hopscotch in the dark on a carpet covered in Lego bricks. You learn a ton about yourself and your partners and friends in the process.
Torrie Savage and Paula Bartlett learned plenty about each other, and what they really wanted to do (and not do) in the formative years of The Savage Way. These ladies are so baller they took a completely successful marketing biz and totally blew it up! Of their own volition, of course. Then, they totally reinvented their brand, banking solely on clean graffiti and moss art to make their mark on the ad and marketing scene.
Like LL said, don’t call it a comeback. They’ve been here for years.
On this episode of the Raising a Ruckus podcast, Torrie and Paula talk about taking big chances, doing cool shit, and what it was like when the Rolling Stones called. Cheers!
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Lessons from the art film that wasn't
The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the podcast all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, and big decisions along their journey. Welcome to the show!We met Priya Sircar IRL at a OneBand gig earlier this year, and knew we’d need to get her on the show. She’s a singer, dancer, choreographer, independent filmmaker, actor, mom, and probably a secret agent, and some other cool $#i+ you can’t put on LinkedIn.
She’s also the City of Charlotte’s first-ever Arts and Culture Officer. In just two years on the job, she’s helped put millions of dollars in grants directly into local creatives’ hands. It’s no Austin or Santa Fe, but you gotta start somewhere, right?
On this episode of the Raising a Ruckus podcast, Priya Sircar talks about what it’ll take to get Charlotte to reach its creative potential, what she learned from her own unfunded film project, and if all those liquids were necessary to record this podcast. Cheers!
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