What would you do if your teenage son came home and suggested you buy his after school job? Would you take him seriously? What if that job was a cozy bookstore in the quaint, seaside town of Mystic, Connecticut? Sounds fabulous. When Annie Phil

Episode 5: Lifelong Business Exec Helps Hundreds of Local Businesses All Under One Roof

Feb 14th, 2019 40m 4s

Dani Marten knows how to run a business. For years she traveled the country as a management consultant helping others improve their businesses. Then, she took up an unlikely hobby that changed her life. She now lives in Bryant, Arkansas and own

Episode #4:Feeling Winter Burnout? Fight it like an Alaskan at the Iceworm Festival

Jan 29th, 2019 34m

Over fifty years ago, in a bar in icey Cordova, Alaska, patrons decided to fight the winter blues with a festival. They'd have pageants, games, and feats of Alaskan-style strenghth. They needed a theme. In a state known for bears, moose, and de

How to Go from Newbie to Mayor: Matt Seale of Ocilla, GA

Dec 10th, 2018 56m 55s

When Matt Seale visited Ocilla, Georgia with his Georgia Tech fraternity brother, he never imagined he'd find himself the town mayor years later. But as he puts it, "life is a journey." Listen as Matt tells us how he ended up in the rural town

Episode #2: Karyn Sylak, Musician, Port Charlotte, Florida

Nov 16th, 2018 30m 41s

Karyn Sylak has been playing in bands around Southwest Florida since the 1980s. We talk about working with other musicians, the state of popular music today, and the best place to see bands today. (Hint: It's a type of venue I had never heard o

Episode #1: Pepin, Wisconsin's Lu Lippold of the Flyway Film Festival

Oct 22nd, 2018 21m 53s

Small Town Sunshine celebrates America's small towns and the people that make them great. In this episode, I talk to Lu Lippold, interim executive director of the Flyway Film festival in Pepin, Wisconsin. Think film festivals happen only in big

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