Quarantine Creatives is now Willoughby Hills. Join TV producer/director Heath Racela as he chats with interesting guests with unique perspectives on our ever evolving relationships to work, home, community, culture, food, the environment, and more. heathracela.substack.com
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Bi-weekly conversations with top-notch Miami University alumni exploring the common traits that bring people to Oxford, Ohio and how that helped them with their professional successes.
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Beyond High Street: Jillian Griffiths, Chief Financial Officer at Clayton Dubilier & Rice
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On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with Jillian Griffiths, a 1992 FSB accountancy alumna, about the importance of giving feedback, what Jillian did during a sabbatical from work in 2000, and why Sunday night was her favorite night of the week while she was at Miami.…
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123. Reporter Sarah McCammon on Leaving the White Evangelical Church
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Sarah McCammon is NPR national political correspondent, co-host of The NPR Politics Podcast, and covered the 2016 Trump campaign for the White House. Her new book The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church chronicles her personal faith journey, and similar paths of former Evangelicals who have since parted ways with…
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122. Author Richard Rothstein on America's Deliberate Segregation
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Richard Rothstein is the author of The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America and Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law, which he cowrote with his daughter Leah Rothstein. Richard joins Heath to discuss some of the historical background of how we became such a segregated country…
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121. Reporter Sarah Mock on American Agriculture
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Sarah Mock is a seasoned agricultural reporter and author of two books: Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm and Big Team Farms: Growing Farms Differently. She is also the host and producer of the new podcast from Ambrook Research: The Only Thing That Lasts. Sarah was raised on a farm in Wyoming and has had agricultu…
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Mary van Praag, Global Chief Executive Officer at Milani Cosmetics
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Mary van Praag, 1987 Farmer School of Business marketing graduate, talks with FSB dean Jenny Darroch about why she went into consumer products, being named "Brand Builder of the Year," and why the Western Campus is her favorite place at MiamiBy Jenny Darroch
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120. Designer Francisca Gajardo on Fixing the Fashion Industry's Waste
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Francisca Gajardo is a Chilean fashion designer who specializes in upcycling old clothing into new garments. She grew up in Northern Chile, near one of the largest clothing dumps in the world. She joins Heath to discuss what she's seen first-hand at the clothing dumps, how the second hand markets of Chile inspired her career in fashion design, and …
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Mike Smerklo, Co Founder & Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures
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Mike Smerklo, an entrepreneur, investor, and author who graduated from the Farmer School of Business in 1991, joins Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch to talk about being first in his family to go to college, being a fan of morning classes, and how he spent his Sundays during the Bengals' seasons.By Jenny Darroch
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119. Richard Frishman and B. Brian Foster on Ghosts of Segregation
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Richard Frishman and B. Brian Foster, Ph.D. are the duo behind the incredible new book Ghosts of Segregation: American Racism, Hidden in Plain Sight. Rich is an award-winning photojournalist who spent several years traveling the country, photographing signs of American racism in our built environment. Brian is a professor of sociology at the Univer…
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Kia Nalls, Work-based Learning Solutions Creator at Sinclair Community College
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On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School of Business dean Jenny Darroch sits down with Kia Nalls, a 2001 finance and accountancy graduate, to talk about the scholarship that brought her to Miami, the importance of proper etiquette, and how she transitioned to working in higher education.By Jenny Darroch
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118. Architect Vishaan Chakrabarti on Making Cities Work for Everyone
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Vishaan Chakrabarti is a New York based architect, the founder and creative director of PAU, the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, and the author of the book A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for an Urban America, and the upcoming book The Architecture of Urbanity: Designing for Place, Pluralism, and Planet, scheduled to be released later this…
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Roger Howe, U.S. Precision Lens (retired)
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Farmer School of Business dean Jenny Darroch talks with Roger Howe, retired owner of U.S. Precision Lens and philanthropist, about his time in Oxford, his 60 years of friendship with Dick Farmer, and how he and his wife helped create the Howe Center for Writing ExcellenceBy Jenny Darroch
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117. Filmmakers Melinda Maerker and David Clayton Miller on the LBGTQ+ Experience in the Midwest
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Director Melinda Maerker and producer David Clayton Miller are the duo behind the new Hulu documentary We Live Here: The Midwest, which looks at how Midwestern LGBTQ+ families are faring after increased discrimination in the Heartland. Melinda and David join Heath to discuss some of the behind the scenes stories from the film, including the origins…
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Amy Armstrong, Co-Parent Coach, Coach Trainer, Mediator at The Center for Family Resolution
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Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with 1983 Miami University secondary education graduate Amy Armstrong about her pivot to adult education, her interest in how we learn, and the importance of allowing ourselves to be comfortable in being uncomfortable.By Jenny Darroch
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116. Author Patric Richardson on Sustainable Cleaning and Vintage Decor
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Patric Richardson, also known as the Laundry Evangelist or The Laundry Guy, is back for his second appearance on the podcast. Patric joins Heath to discuss his new book House Love, which contains advice and ideas for sustainable cleaning methods. The book also helps timid homeowners and renters embrace using vintage items for decorating their homes…
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115. Author Andrew Leland Explores Blindness
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Andrew Leland, a writer, journalist, audio producer, and podcast host. His new book The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight is a thoughtful and deep exploration of blindness, looking at both the personal and the societal implications of what it means to be without vision. In the book, Andrew visits a blind convention in Florida, a tr…
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John Altman, serial entrepreneur and business leader
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Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch chats with 1960 grad John Altman about the reason he came to Miami instead of joining the Navy, why he feels he didn't thrive in big companies, and his longtime passion for flying.By Jenny Darroch
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114. Craic Sauce's Brian Ruhlmann on Community Focused Entrepreneurship
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Brian Ruhlmann founded Craic Sauce as a side business in 2017. By 2020, he was able to focus full time on hot sauce. Brian's sauces are unique because he sources some of the best ingredients from local farms in Massachusetts and his sauces often involve more ingredients than in a conventional sauce, resulting in a ton of flavor. Brian joins Heath t…
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113. Journalist Rebecca Clarren on the Parallel Histories of Jews and Lakota
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Rebecca Clarren is a journalist who has spent the last 20 years documenting stories of Indigenous Americans. Rebecca’s reporting collides with her personal history in her new book The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance, which explores how her Jewish immigrant ancestors were gifted land by the U.S. government that had previ…
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George Heath, Board of Directors of Sea-Land Chemical Company, former group president at Sherwin-Williams
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George Heath, 1990 Farmer School MBA graduate, talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about his pivot from graphic design to business, the impact of former dean James Robeson on him, selflessness vs. selfishness, and the sport he dreamed of going into as a pro.By Jenny Darroch
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112. Author Kim John Payne on the Power of Simplicity
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Kim John Payne is an educational consultant and author of several books including Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of to Raise Calmer, Happier, More Secure Kids. For nearly three decades, Kim has served as a family counselor, consultant, and trainer for more than 200 public and independent schools. He believes that reducing the t…
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111. Playwright Larissa FastHorse on Building Inclusive Theater
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Larissa FastHorse is a member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation and the first known Native American female playwright to have her work produced on Broadway. She wrote The Thanksgiving Play, a farcical look at four white people attempting to tell a culturally sensitive version of the Thanksgiving story to elementary students, which ran at the Hayes theat…
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110. Journalist Taylor Lorenz on Social Media, Influencers, and Gen Z
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Taylor Lorenz has been chronicling digital culture and social media for The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, The New York Times, and her current role at The Washington Post. She has made her name as an expert and well-sourced documentarian of the latest trends and cultural relevance of platforms like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Vine, and TikTok. Taylor j…
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109. Farmer and Author Beth Hoffman on the Economics of Farming
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Beth Hoffman is an author, journalist, and farmer. She spent much of her adult life in the San Francisco area as a journalist focused on writing about food and agriculture and a professor at the University of San Francisco. In her late 40s, Beth and her husband John decided to return to his family farm in Iowa to work as full time farmers. From tha…
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108. Activist Saira Rao on American Racism and Gun Violence
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Saira Rao is an author, filmmaker, and activist. Along with Regina Jackson, Saira founded the group Race 2 Dinner in 2019, which encourages white women to have radically honest conversations about race. The dinners were so popular that Saira and Regina distilled their essence into the book White Women: Everything You Already Know About Your Own Rac…
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107. Author Jane Wong on Writing, the Immigrant Experience, and American Identity
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Jane Wong is a poet, author, and professor of creative writing and literature at Western Washington University. Her new memoir Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City is a series of essays about her life experience. She joins Heath to discuss the strained relationship she's had with her father after he left the family because of a gambling addiction, the …
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106. Author Sandra Goldmark on Fixing "Stuff"
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Sandra Goldmark is a theatrical set and costume designer, professor of sustainability at Barnard College, and the author of the book Fixation: How to Have Stuff Without Breaking the Planet. She joins Heath to discuss how owning things is part of being human, how her work as a theatrical designer informs her relationship to stuff, the parallels betw…
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105. Travel Host Jeff Jenkins on Making Travel Inclusive
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Jeff Jenkins is a travel blogger and influencer who founded Chubby Diaries after he noticed that there was a lack of content catering to plus size travelers. He has spent six years traveling the world now looking at ways to make travel more inclusive for all people. His new show Never Say Never premiered on Nat Geo and is now streaming on Disney+ a…
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104. Author Luke Russert on Grief, Travel, and Political Media
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Luke Russert is the son of legendary Tim Russert of NBC News. When his father passed away unexpectedly in 2008, Luke followed in his father's footsteps, becoming a Capitol Hill reporter for NBC News. But it took him 8 years to realize that he wasn't fulfilled in that line of work. He then spent 3 years as a world traveler, visiting six continents t…
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103. Birder Christian Cooper on Protecting Nature and Civil Rights
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Christian Cooper began birding when he was a young child and it's been a lifelong passion. Based in New York City, he frequents Central Park to watch for migrating species. After a viral incident in 2020, Christian was thrust into the spotlight, which he has turned into positive projects. His new show Extraordinary Birder recently premiered on Nat …
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102. Carpenter Mark Ellison On Craft vs Art
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Mark Ellison has been a New York City based carpenter for more than 40 years, working on some of the most custom renovation projects for some of the wealthiest people on the planet. He joins Heath to discuss his new book Building: A Carpenter’s Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work, which describes his philosophy on building and life and recounts th…
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101. HGTV's Ben Napier On Perfecting Small Towns
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Ben Napier is the co-host of HGTV's Home Town and Home Town Takeover. He joins Heath to discuss the work that he and his wife Erin have done to make their hometown of Laurel, Mississippi a thriving city. He also talks about how he's taken the lessons learned in Laurel and translated them to Wetumpka, Alabama and Fort Morgan, Colorado. In addition t…
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100. Actor Nick Offerman On Wendell Berry, Love, & Comedy
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Nick Offerman is an actor, woodworker, author, and touring humorist. On the 100th episode of the podcast, Nick joins Heath to discuss his approach to comedy in his live stage show, his scholarship of the works of Wendell Berry, and why he thinks nearly all of our problems can be solved with love. Get full access to Willoughby Hills at heathracela.s…
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99. Photographer Matt Sexton Makes Cleveland Shine
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Matt Sexton is a landscape and drone photographer who began taking pictures of landmarks around his hometown of Cleveland during the pandemic. He has gained a fast following on social media for the optimistic portrait that he paints of the city as well as for how he looks to other world cities to make Cleveland a better place. Matt joins Heath to d…
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98. Smithsonian Curator Bethanee Bemis on How Disney Impacts American Culture
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Bethanee Bemis is a museum specialist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and the curator of the new exhibit Mirror, Mirror: Reflections of America in Disney Parks. She’s also the author of the book Disney Theme Parks and America’s National Narratives, Mirror Mirror For Us All. She joins Heath to discuss how Disney has reflecte…
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Francie Henry, Regional President at Fifth Third Bank
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On this episode of Beyond High Street, 1986 Farmer School graduate Francie Henry talks with FSB dean Jenny Darroch about meeting clients where they are, relationship building, and the class she wishes she'd have taken while at Miami.By Jenny Darroch
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97. Architect Sarah Susanka on Living a 'Not So Big Life'
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Architect Sarah Susanka is the author of the Not So Big House series of books, which advocate for building smaller homes of a higher quality, rather than focusing solely on square footage. She joins Heath to discuss 25 years since the publication of her first book, the parallels between a Not So Big House and the New Urbanist movement, and her own …
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96. Author Alexandra Lange on the History and Future of Shopping Malls
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Architecture and design critic Alexandra Lange is the author of “Meet Me By the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall.” She joins Heath to discuss the problems malls tried to solve, strange modern malls like New Jersey’s American Dream, and why malls hold so much potential for our future needs. Get full access to Willoughby Hills at heathracela.s…
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Steve Katzfey, Chief Procurement Officer at Stanley Black & Decker
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2002 grad Steve Katzfey talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about how his college interests moved from paper science to marketing, the impact of his time in Luxembourg, and his Upham Hall deck memories.By Jenny Darroch
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Michael Moses, Executive Managing Director, GBX Group
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In our first episode of 2023, Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with 1989 accountancy graduate Michael Moses about his path into real estate finance, the advantages of early morning classes, and why Sunday night -- not Thursday -- was his favorite day of the week at Miami.By Jenny Darroch
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Shawn Manns-Collins, SVP Consumer Bank CFO, Fifth Third Bank
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Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch talks with 1998 accountancy and finance graduate Shawn Manns-Collins about life as a student-athlete at Miami, the unexpected conversation that led her to get her MBA at Miami, and her thoughts on managing the family-work balance.By Jenny Darroch
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Will Grant, Associate Wealth Planner at Kovitz
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2017 Farmer School finance grad Will Grant talks with FSB dean Jenny Darroch about how caddying helped him get to Miami, being a morning person (sort of), and the opportunity students should search for during the winter term.By Jenny Darroch
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Suraj Maraboyina, Executive Producer/EVP of Investor Relations, Creative Wealth Media
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Suraj Maraboyina, 2001 Miami University graduate, talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about how he almost double majored in finance, the Miami students he's mentored who now work with him, and what's big in streaming movies these days.By Jenny Darroch
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Katie Binns, Director of Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Indexes, Morningstar
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2009 accountancy graduate Katie Binns talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about her time in Hong Kong, the impact of accountancy professor Brian Ballou, and the side effect of wearing a Miami sweatshirt to a coffee shop years ago.By Jenny Darroch
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Michelle Herrick, Head of Real Estate Banking, JP Morgan Chase
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On this episode of Beyond High Street, 2003 finance graduate Michelle Herrick talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about the importance of personal support networks, the key to work-life balance, and a summer class at the Middletown campus that changed her career path.By Jenny Darroch
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Neal Restivo, Chief Executive Officer at Oatey Company
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On this episode of Beyond High Street, Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch and 1982 Farmer School of Business accounting graduate Neal Restivo discuss the importance of diverse teams, giving back, and the family tradition he started at Miami University.By Jenny Darroch
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95. The Great American Recipe Host Alejandra Ramos (Quarantine Creatives)
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Alejandra Ramos is a chef, food writer, and television personality who hosts the new PBS competitive cooking series The Great American Recipe. Alejandra joins Heath to discuss the filming of her new show during the pandemic, the evolving definition of American food, plus her journey to sharing recipes on TV and her work as a contirbutor to TODAY. T…
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Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch chats with Wish CEO Vijay Talwar, a 1993 FSB masters of accountancy graduate, about coming to America, his work with Wish, and believing in second chances.By Jenny Darroch
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94. Fat Moon Mushrooms Farmer Elizabeth Almeida (Quarantine Creatives)
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Elizabeth Almeida is the founder and owner of Fat Moon Mushrooms, a certified organic grower in the Boston area. She joins Heath to discuss how she kept her mushroom farm afloat during the pandemic, the importance of a resilient local food system, and the wisdom waiting to be discovered in the forest. This is a public episode. If you would like to …
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2018 Miami University graduate Charlie Dauch talks with Farmer School dean Jenny Darroch about how he ended up at Miami, what playing sports can teach you off the field, and the workings of the Cintas Management Training Program.By Jenny Darroch
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93. DAME Magazine Founder and Publisher Jennifer Reitman (Quarantine Creatives)
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Jennifer Reitman founded DAME Magazine as a woman-owned and operated online publication with smart features about contemporary issues. She joins Heath to discuss the challenges of running an independent media company, how she finds and cultivates talented writers, dealing with the exhaustion that many readers feel from the news, and the role of soc…
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