Podcast Episodes

Hands On Magazine Street

One of the conundrums about being human is, we strive for happiness, but when something makes us happy we grow accustomed to it and, usually sooner t…

2 years, 3 months ago

Meta Business (not that Meta)

There’s a term in theater called “meta.” It’s used to describe a scenario where actors call attention to the fact they’re performing. For example, th…

2 years, 4 months ago

The Jenni Jenna Chronicles

If you’re a theater kid in high school and decide that’s what you want to do with the rest of your life, you’re familiar with the moment you tell you…

2 years, 4 months ago

N.O. Brainer

Dr Nicolas Bazan is a world-renowned neuroscientist with a research lab in Stockholm Sweden and another here in New Orleans. When Dr Bazan was a gues…

2 years, 4 months ago

A Tale of Two Parishes

The city of New Orleans is in Orleans Parish. For reasons that are mainly economic and infrastructure-related, Orleans and neighboring Jefferson Pari…

2 years, 5 months ago

Coffee and Cannabis

In the world of American coffee culture, 1971 changed everything. That was the year Starbucks was born. For much of the country, Starbucks was the fi…

2 years, 5 months ago

Above and Beyond

There are sayings in the English language that employ literal terms but have no literal meaning. For example, when we describe something as “black an…

2 years, 5 months ago

Jim & Josh Ain't In It For The Money

When people talk about their business, there are a number of sentences that raise the red flag of skepticism.

“Let me explain this as simply as I can…

2 years, 5 months ago

Focus on U

I’m sure you’re aware of the many lists that New Orleans finds itself at the top or bottom of. For many years we’ve heard we’re near the top of the l…

2 years, 6 months ago

The Business of Love

If you could sell a product every person on earth wants, you’d have a winning business. Right? So - other than a phone upgrade - what does nearly eve…

2 years, 6 months ago