This is a very special episode. Bernadette is a consultant, film director and producer… and Lucinda’s big sister! After more than 20 years in the financial services, Bernadette -- a self-proclaimed “driven perfectionist” -- turned a career cris

Joe Magliocco

Aug 2nd, 2018 21m 59s

Joe Magliocco’s career in the spirits business has come full circle. In the 70s, he started selling Michter's Whiskey Gold King Tut Miniature Decanters in college. Today, he’s the President of Chatham Imports, Michter’s parent company. Rashaun

Joe Riggs

Jul 26th, 2018 26m 20s

Joe Riggs was literally born to be in the whiskey business. A Kentucky native whose grandfather was a “craft distiller” of sorts, Joe got his first taste of bartending by memorizing his mom's recipes. He too bartended and competed in cocktail

Bridget Firtle

Jul 19th, 2018 22m 27s

Bridget Firtle went from business school--she has an MBA--to the booze biz. As Founder and Master Distiller at Owney's Rum, she's all about the hustle. Lucinda talks to Bridget about what it took to open a rum distillery in Brooklyn, being a fe

Trap Kitchen

Jul 11th, 2018 17m 7s

From Instagram to cooking for Kendrick Lamar, Trap Kitchen's Malachi “Spank” Jenkins and Roberto “News” Smith are lighting up the culinary world with their one-of-a-kind dishes. Rashaun and Lucinda chop it up with the Compton natives about how

Danny Mena and Kierra Peterson

Jul 5th, 2018 28m 11s

Chef Danny Mena believes what you cook and drink not only says a lot about where you’re from, but also, what you stand for. The owner of Hecho en Dumbo explains to Rashaun and Lucinda why he opened La Loncheria in Brooklyn, the evolution of Mex

MICK

Jun 20th, 2018 27m 53s

The DJ formerly known as Mick Boogie is so much more than that. MICK is also a style curator, angel investor and, most importantly, a dad. Lucinda and Rashaun discuss music, mixtape inequalities, investing in your passions, how to properly part

Celine Bossart

Jun 6th, 2018 22m 21s

Celine Bossart is a spirits writer and social media influencer. Lucinda and Rashaun ask her about how she uses her platform to address inequalities in the spirits industry, female empowerment and her latest venture, THE STAYCATIONERS.

John Seymour

May 23rd, 2018 24m 36s

John Seymour literally grew up behind a bar. He tells Rashaun and Lucinda how that upbringing led to him opening the Sweet Chick restaurant chain, partnering with Nas, getting sober in his 20s and following in his father’s footsteps—even if tha

Von Diaz

May 9th, 2018 23m 46s

Von Diaz uses food to tell stories and share memories -- much in the same way that a great bartender does with their cocktails. The Puerto Rican-born, Southern-raised author and radio producer talks to Rashaun about of her homeland, grandmother

OJ Lima

Apr 25th, 2018 25m 35s

Media executive and author OJ Lima (Vibe, VH1) has always had a taste for the finer things in life, but it was at Complex that he developed his love of bourbon. He talks to Rashaun and Lucinda about secret societies, working with the genius tha

Tim Cooper

Apr 11th, 2018 24m 5s

Tim Cooper has worked at a lot of bars. From the SoHo Grand to The Flatiron Lounge, the veteran barman was there for the birth of the bottle service, has served cocktails to people in bed and worked with Dale DeGroff. Crazy thing is… he doesn’