Just like I told you, here’s the link to see the best holiday lights in Utah! We encourage you to visit some of these places before they are gone for the season. Come back for our adventure this week because you may hear more about lights!!!
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This week we sit down with the owners of Utah Natural Meat, Shayn and Kristen Bowler. A local couple that is raising cattle, sheep, goats, chickens and more and selling them in West Jordan.
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We get to talk to them about their business, life in Utah and why what they do is so awesome. Just like most folks we interview, the Bowler’s love the diversity of the community in Utah as well as the landscape.
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Utah Natural Meat is one of the only places in Utah where you can get raw milk. This is such a sweet family, and they are providing a great service to the people in Utah. Go visit them, say hi, and buy some good food!
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This week we go deep with the founder and director of Ruff Patch Rescue, Stacie Ward. A native Minnesota woman, who came to Utah in 2006 and didn’t waste time starting to rescue animals here. By 2008 she and her husband started Ruff Patch and continue to go strong. We talk about fosters, adoptions, and how they name their rescues. Please keep an eye out on their social media for their Christmas auction coming up soon!
Stacie Ward, Ruff Patch Rescue Co-Founder
Jeremy’s honey harvest is amazing this year and we hope they survive through the winter to give us all yummy honey again!
Honey Harvest 2022!!!
Thank you to Folk Hogan for our intro and outtro music.
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This episode we take the show on the road! We are recording in the Red Rock Brewery with Michael Druce. We get to check out the operations, the beer store and talk all about the beer and story behind Red Rock.
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We start off talking about Michael’s history, and find out, much like Jeremy, he’s an Idaho boy to start. The two of them wax poetic about the old days in Pocatello, before we push them to get on with the beer history portion of the show. It turns out that Michael has loved Red Rock since it began back in 1989, as the LLC was introduced to American business. He has been drinking their beers since the first week of the pub being open.
We take a trip through tastings of various beers. We start with their hands down most popular, Elephino. A nice IPA that they can’t seem to make enough of to be honest. We get a taste of their Pride Beer, Double White Rainbow, and my favorite, their Anniversary Imperial Red. We also get to taste their Marvela, which happens to be their #2 selling beer. Jeremy and I are in love, and highly recommend it to all.
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But we also get to talk about some other stuff they have done in the community. Aside from winning an insane number of awards and being a big part in legislative changes, it turns out they do special projects. For example, Harmons has engaged in it’s own line of beer, and none other than Red Rock is collaborating with them on it. We got to sample the 24/7 365 American Lager, and it’s the perfect lawn mowing beer if there ever was one!
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Red Rock has been around since the start, only Squatters is technically older. And they continue to be a big part of the community and local brewing scene. You can’t ask for a better community steward than them.
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This week Jeremy and Julia tells us all about Julia’s collaboration with Alexi at a Cocktail Collective event. Folks who attended made spells jars and learned how to make cocktails. This will be an ongoing thing between the two each month so check out their websites for dates, times, locations, and ways to register. Additionally, Julia will be at Pride Fest, West Fest, Herriman Town Days and Riverton Town Days, if you want to stop by and support her. When you do, mention you heard about her on the podcast, and you’ll earn a free crystal!
Chris talks about the craziness of Orlando and how strange it is there. If you want a theme park, that’s where you should go because it’s not all Disney!
Voting for Best of Salt Lake has begun and goes through April 6th. Our friends at K9 Design, Kudos 2 Canines, Ruby Snap, Olio, etcetera, will be there to vote for, so go do the thing!
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This week we’re super excited to have had Orian Collinsworth the owner and proprietor of Pirate O’s Gourmet Market on the show. To those of you who know, you know and to the rest of you, let’s learn. We start out learning that our guest was born in Yukohama, Japan while his dad was there for the military. After traveling all over and losing his mother, his family ended up on Spokane, WA where his father was decommissioned right before Vietnam and became a Baptist minister.
Orian ended up in Idaho where he attended Boise State College and was the first graduating class of Boise State University. There begins he illustrious travels to play foosball and him landing in Utah where he started working for a natural foods’ distributor. He survived several sales to larger companies until he ended up working for Walmart. That didn’t last long and after losing his job, he worked with another retailer to start a store modeled after Trader Joe’s. Evolution has created what has now become Pirate O’s. A fantastic gourmet grocer who also sells fun and exotic candies, has a special hot sauce wall and pasta room. Where else can you easily buy a $200 bottle of hot sauce?!?!
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Orian said customers used to come in for ‘that one thing’ but now his customers come in for regular shopping. And don’t forget the deli. While dining in is still not an option, carry out is. The number one seller is #15, so go in and enjoy it. As a side note, the building was built in 1976 as the Fort Douglas Theater and moved to its current location where Orian plans to keep expanding and maybe even open a second location. We also learned about a POW’s first right of refusal and many other stories he had to share. Take a listen to the episode and hear about a fantastic person’s journey to create a fantastic place that can only be found in Utah!
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Orian’s favorite thing is Snowbird and powder from the past. Skiing may not be what it once was, but it’s something that is still enjoyable and fantastic and uniquely Utah.
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Meet Molly Kohrman, founder and head chef at Brownies Brownies Brownies! a local baker and you guessed it, brownie specialist. Molly is from the east coast, Philadelphia to be precise, and came to Utah, following the rest of her family moving here. Molly is a strong supporter of the community and a great inspirational local Utah business woman.
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In talking to Molly we were all shocked at how she started her business here in Utah. She tells us all about how she got into baking and a love of brownies of course, but it is the actual adventure in starting a business that is worth hearing about. She spent a lot of time prior to starting, getting help from a wealth of amazing small business resources available for free in the state of Utah. From the Utah Small Business Development Center to the Women’s Business Center of Utah, to the public library, she talks us through all the resources she had available to get started the right way. Needless to say Chris and Jeremy wished they knew of such resources.
Molly is also a strong community advocate. She has helped give back in numerous ways through the years she has been in business. She tells us a lot about the community fund raisers she does during the show. We also get to hear about how she likes to collaborate with other businesses since Utah is such a loving business community.
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Of course no show about brownies would be complete without talking about the brownies themselves, and we do a lot of that. From Molly’s favorites, to how she decides what to make to our suggestions, and we all leave very hungry.
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This episode we sit down and talk with Alexi Fisher, the owner of Hammered Copper, a local bartending company. We talk through a ton with Alexi, from where she started, all the way to how she has become so successful as a business woman of color, in the booze business, all while in a white conservative state like Utah.
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We take a deep dive into her experiences as a black woman growing up, and how they have had an impact on her business and her choices. She has been through a pretty insane life, and has come out on top. She is very inspiring for anyone, but especially empowering for other people that want to do something in their lives and stand up for themselves.
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She has been expanding her business, and now has an educational setting, The Cocktail Collective, where she teaches everything from how to make glorious cocktails to pairing drinks. She has relationships with other local businesses that make the experience for her students even better. She offers group courses, online classes and will even customize for your needs. She’s a great mixologist, and you won’t be disappointed taking one of her courses.
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She also has a podcast, The History of Drinking. So needless to say she knows her stuff in terms of liquor. It makes for good conversation about Utah liquor laws and how they have influenced her. We really had a blast with her, and hope that you enjoy the conversation as well.
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In this episode, Chris is a fan of the FAUCI Act, though still not a fan of Chris Stewart. The Gates Thanksgiving dinner was very prayerful if a little less than tasty. However, they made the most of the long weekend by doing a little rock hounding. They discovered Wonder Stone Quarry and found rocks that are only in Utah and Nevada. Chris and Bre spent a quiet, low-stress weekend eating Turkey and decorating for Christmas.
We were so excited to finally sit down with Robyn Carlson from Kudos 2 Canines. You’ve heard us talk about Robyn and Kudos on many earlier episodes. Robyn was born in Salt Lake City but had a restless, single mom who moved them around a lot. First doe the Fairview area, onto Corpus Christi, Texas, back to Utah, then to Montana and back to Utah.
Robyn Carlson, Kudos 2 Canines
Robyn has always been drawn to and had dogs. In high school she started volunteering with Furburbia and No More Homeless Pets. After high school, she moved to North Carolina to nanny. While in NC she also worked at the SPCA. Robyn’s boyfriend (now husband) was here in Utah so when she came back to him, she started back at Furburbia and worked as a liaison with the Humane Society. She found a love for the rescue side of pets but also found it can be exhausting. Robyn then moved into the vet world and all the way up to head surg tech with the Humane Society.
While pregnant with her first child and she ran into a trainer friend at PetSmart. They were hiring and Robyn found her love in pet education. She had never been a trainer before but worked her way up to Area Trainer for Utah PetSmart’s and did that for about seven years. Robyn loved what she did but not where she was doing it.
In 2012 she made new year’s resolution to start her own business and she opened the early version of Kudos 2 Canines in February of 2013. Her inspiration for the change, her now 14-year-old Bernese Mountain Dog, Tucker. Robyn often refers to Tucker as her partner and he is the logo and the official mascot for K2C. Tucker gave her the confidence to dot the job. He has worked as a therapy and service dog and have won many awards together.
Tucker, Kudos 2 Canines
Robyn’s business started as a travelling group training. She rented rooms in rec centers, a CrossFit gym and even held classes in driveways. She was then able to open her first training center in South Salt Lake. A location they outgrew almost before they moved in. The were there for two years before moving to their current location, which they have now outgrown. Robyn and K2C just closed on a new place, near to the first location, and they will own this building.
Compared to other doggie day camps, K2C is not a free for all. Robyn and her staff of trainers lead a structured day where dogs get to play but also get to learn. In addition, K2C takes breeds that other training facilities may not. They also take puppies after their second round of shots and pups don’t need to be spayed or neutered to attend. During COVID, folks decided to get dogs and those dogs needed training. K2C started to get away from their core values: education. So about six months ago, she and her staff decided to limit their class sizes to 20-30 dogs a day, to require education in order to attend day camps and pups can get more one-on-one training. K2C also does ‘out and about’ classes where the dogs go on field trips and group classes go out into the real world to help dogs get along in public.
You are your pets best advocate and K2C can help you both learn how to work best together. Also, if you are fostering dogs, Kudos offers discounts on classes and day camp. Robyn built her business on word of mouth and recognition because she truly believes in the work she and her staff do. They have won awards and are growing by leaps and bounds. Starting in January their new location is 55 E Miller Avenue in South Salt Lake. The new facility will enable Robyn to continue expanding on her dream. They will have space for a pool and plan to be a one stop shop for training, grooming and specialties, along.
Please listen to the episode to learn more about Robyn’s favorite dogs, her plans for Kudos 2 Canines future and how to take care of your doggo. Visit them at www.kudos2canines.com for more information about training and classes. They also have a massive Facebook presence with many groups set up for special projects they do. We love this organization, and they give back to the community so go and support them.
Chris forgot to ask Robyn our signature question but at the beginning of the interview she talks about Utah’s landscape. She mentions mountains to the north and red rocks to the south. This is a tried-and-true answer that never gets old because it’s true, Utah landscape is AMAZING!
Unfortunately, this episode ends on a sad note. Many of you may already know this if you follow Jessica on social media (yes, former host, Jessica), but her father passed away Thanksgiving weekend. Jessica’s father spent the last week of his life in the hospital, so she has organized a GoFundMe for her stepmother in order to help with expenses. If you can, please go donate to the fund. You can follow the link or find it by searching for Dan Richardson End of Life ICU Expenses.
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Episode 232 We are celebrating Utah for election night! How you ask? By not talking about the election!! Instead we had one of the founders of Utah Taste Off , Lacey Page, join us to talk about the food movement they started here in Utah!
Utah Taste Off was formed by Lacey’s business partner, Kristy Stoner, just about a year ago! Kristy threw a sugar cookie party for her friends in the fall of 2019 to find the best sugar cookie in Utah. The party was a hit! So much a hit that they decided throwing these tasting parties should continue to happen.
Then COVID happened.
COVID didn’t slow these women down! Utah Taste Off has grown out of a necessity to support local business.
What is Utah Taste Off? 6 different treats, either sweet or savory, from 6 different places. You pick up your treats at a designated spot. The treats come with instructions and a placemat for each item during the taste off. The qualifications to win are taste, texture, and appearance. You put votes in online and wait to see who won the week’s box! Utah Taste Off is a way to find new places you’ve never heard of, as well as compare what you thought you loved and get surprised by a new place.
The company grew from 2 people on staff to now 20. They have turned this idea, that started with a simple cookie, into a super fun business. Due to the immense feedback and enthusiasm of the community, they are now offering kits once a week. Each week is an element of surprise. It gives a feeling of you have got to buy it cause you don’t know what is going to be in it. Utah Taste Off is reinventing the food wheel every week.
What are some of the food items they’ve competed over the last year? Cheese, salsa, macarons, mac and cheese, hand pies, rice krispie treats, donuts, cinnamon rolls, cookies, BBQ, soup, and MORE!
There are 3 pick up days as well as several pick up locations. Wednesday before pick up is when the next taste off is announced. Pre-order Sunday-Monday. Pick up’s are Wednesday-Friday depending on where you are in the valley.
When Utah Taste Off started they were delivering, in the range of, an average 100 kits and not as often. Now they are preparing and selling an average of 600+ kits. Each kit is $45 for two people. Right now they are offering a week by week box pick up, however with the success of each week they are looking at a subscription schedule!
What is the best part of doing Utah Taste Off? Lacey said it is finding new businesses. Both big and small names.
If you haven’t done a box yet, we highly suggest getting the upcoming New Years “Best of” Taste Off. Follow them on Instagram and Facebook for the announcement.
Something else that is incredible about Utah Taste Off is that they have given over $200k dollars back to over 200 local businesses with their program.
We asked Lacey what the most interesting thing she has discovered about Utah has been. The uniqueness of Utah Mountains, desert, lakes, red rock and such a variety of things to do outdoors is what she loves about Utah the most. She said skiing, being at Lake Powell, all the things!
Visit Utah Taste Off on Instagram, all of their links are on Link Tree, and on Facebook to see what the upcoming boxes are, give away’s, and Utah Taste Off Asks!
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Episode 222 was a blast with entrepreneur Tom Milligan. Tom was a long time call center guy that happened to have an epiphany one night to make divorce easier *experience speaks volumes* and find a cheaper way for level headed folks that just need an out. That is where Our Divorce comes in! We talk the business launch, but also about his life and how he got to creating this very clever and efficient business.
How does it work? Our Divorce is a self-service divorce resource. From their website, OurDivorce™ makes getting a divorce easier than ever and leaves you in control. Don’t pay an attorney. Don’t let a Judge make decisions about your life. Tom and his team have worked extensively to follow and abide by each state law, because believe it or not, they are all different! He really wanted to streamline and create a divorce process that wouldn’t rake everyone through the coals and be as amicable as possible. They launched on August 31st and already have a wait list!!
If you see their billboards around town, let us know!!!
Follow Our Divorce on their YouTube Channel, their Facebook, and of course you can find more information if you … or if you’re asking for a friend… need someone at OurDivorce.com.
This week is also our monthly famous Utahn! We thought we had it in the bag with this one. That there would be tons of information, and there was, but in a round about kind of way. We feature the Winder Family this month.
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Well, Jessica made it back from star-gazing for episode 221! She spent a few days in Capitol Reef for her first time doing some hiking, visiting Torrey, watching the Perseid’s Meteor Shower, and Hell’s BackBone Grill, in Boulder, for a lovely dinner. In case you didn’t know, Capitol Reef is a dark sky park and Torrey was the first designated town in Utah to be a dark sky location. As of 8.28.2020 Utah now has 17 with East Canyon State Park being announced in August.
Utah has so many incredible local brewer’s and the list is growing. Utah Ale Trail has a comprehensive list of Utah Brewers.
Our guest this week knows about local! Matt Eau Claire, the owner and creative mind, of Clear Water Distillery Co. joined us to talk about Utah County’s FIRST *yes you read that correctly* distillery! Three years ago Matt was working in software and never knew that he would be owning his own distillery. It is also Utah’s first distillery to offer up community ownership.
They took a huge risk and opened at the beginning of COVID-19 and so far are seeing success! Located in Pleasant Grove, Utah Matt wanted to create something very unique. Armed with a curious mind, he wanted to know if you could create a distilled sangria. From there they started vapor infusing liquors. Sounds pretty cool, huh? Something really awesome about Clear Water is that there are 8 different categories of spirits, and they don’t fit into any of them.
Matt and his team decided to have their bottlings’ named after historical figures. So far Lorenz and Josephine have made their home at Clear Water. Lorez is named after the Danish explorer known for his Arctic exploration. Josephine is the name sake of the Josephine Baker. Not only was she an entertainer she was also an incredible civil rights activist.
It was also important for Matt to be able to give to charity. International Art Foundation and the Ocean Conservancy hold a special place for him and Clear Water.
Photo: Clear Water Distilling Co.
We asked Matt what the one thing that make’s Utah so special. He said that being indoors in Utah is a SIN! Matt said he loved Utah so much he moved back. He said it is so special because it is 80% public land. You get to relax and enjoy the diversity in the wilderness.
You can follow Clear Water Distilling on their website to set up a time to visit their store to purchase their liquors/hand sanitizer and take a tour! You can also follow them on Facebook and Instagram for upcoming news on new flavors and events!
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