Podcast

#021 - Today we talk with Oakland native, resident and entrepreneur Nicole Felix Borders of Pound Bizness. Pound Bizness is literally a labor of love. Nicole’s husband Reggie made 4 pound cakes from a family recipe for Nicole’s mom to take to the church fish fry. She came home with a dozen orders....

#020 - Today we talk with Oakland resident and entrepreneur Aram Cretan of Federation Brewing, a producer of award winning craft beer. Aram created Federation with his childhood friend and then roped in his retired “banker” dad to keep the books. What started as a home brewing project over 10 years ago grew into brewing for friends' weddings. ...

#019 - Today we talked to Brady Bellis from Oakland’s Rocky’s Market. The original store is located in the Oakmore neighborhood (440 Leimert Blvd, Oakland). Rocky’s is more than a local independent grocery store, it is a community fixture. Brady and his Oakland native partner Corinne Kinczel bought the Oakmore store in 2016 from the original owner, Rocky, who tried to rescue the store from a series of unsuccessful ownerships. They opened...

#018 - Today we talked to Imani Glove from The Lemonade Bar. The Lemonade Bar specializes in fresh squeezed lemonade and organic handcrafted frozen lemonades. She and her husband Cedric started off with a hot dog cart, but ditched the dogs in favor of the lemonade.

#017 - Today we talked to Maria Fernandez from Red Bay Coffee Roaster. Red Bay was founded in 2014 by Keba Konte, a renowned artist and successful food entrepreneur with deep roots in the Bay Area specialty coffee and hospitality industry.

#016 - Today we talk to Tina Wolfe and David Dranitzke from Much Better Butter. Tina has been roasting seeds for some time. After working through nut allergies in her kids’ classrooms, she began experimenting on sunflower seed spreads and Much Better Butter was born.

#015 - Today we talk to Raquel Navarro and Susan Eggett from Oakland cocktail Week. They started Oakland Cocktail Week in 2018 to celebrate the “watering holes and mixologists” in Oakland. After being thrown a curve-ball by COVID, they hope to return with an in-person Oakland Cocktail Week in the spring of 2022.

#014 - Today we talk to Ari Takata-Vasquez, the Executive Director of the Oakland Indie Alliance (“OIA”). OIA is a member-lead nonprofit organization made up of and operated by 400+ local independent business owners who have united to preserve Oakland’s variety, energy, and social fabric.

#013 - Fall 2021 Oakland Real Estate Round-up Series (Episode 3 of 3). This is the third episode of the Fall '21 Oakland Real Estate Round-up. Today we talk to June Mc Daniels who is a top producer with the Better Homes and Gardens Reliance Partners Real Estate and Brenda Wyatt who is an Oakland native and top producer at All California Mortgage.

#012 - Fall 2021 Oakland Real Estate Round-up Series (Episode 2 of 3). This is the second edition of the Fall '21 Oakland real estate market. Today we talk to Shawneequa Badger of The Badger Real Estate Group of Corcoran Global Living and Rouvaun Walker of Phinance US Mortgage Company.