Beth Katz has dedicated her professional life to doing work that benefits the common good.With Durham Bowls, she’s an integral part of an innovative initiative to improve school food for Durham Public Schools. With Upstream Works, she’s founded

Sean Doyle, author and lawyer

Apr 26th, 2019 20m 31s

The day job of Sean Doyle is to be a lawyer, and throughout his career he has resolved roughly 10,000 disputes. However, he is also an author within the poetic nonfiction genre, and his current book is entitled Mud and Dreams: Essays on falling

Candy Carver, artist

Feb 19th, 2019 42m 59s

Candy Carver is without a doubt one of Durham’s most prominent visual artists. Her vibrant style is unique, powerful and easily recognized as truly her own. In this interview, Candy talks about her fundamental motivation to create art at all –

Robbie Roberts & Leon Grodski de Barrera (Part 2)

Dec 18th, 2018 19m 24s

In this second part of the exclusive interview with Leon and Robbie, they share their perspectives on a variety of topics:The so-called Third Wave of coffee, the important inspiration from Italian espresso culture, single origin coffee versus b

Robbie Roberts & Leon Grodski de Barrera (Part 1)

Dec 11th, 2018 17m 7s

If you live in Durham and you like a good cup of coffee, you've undoubtedly visited both Cocoa Cinnamon and Joe van Gogh.The latter was founded by Robbie Roberts in 1991, and he now owns three Durham locations as well as one in Chapel Hill, and

Conor Oberst, singer, songwriter & recording artist

Dec 19th, 2017 23m 13s

Starting in 2013, a gloomy chapter was added to the story of Conor Oberst. All of a sudden, Oberst was falsely accused of having raped a fan at a show at Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro, North Carolina, ten years earlier.The interview you’re about to

Gabriel Eng-Goetz, founder and creative director, Runaway (Part 2)

Oct 23rd, 2017 14m 28s

The second part of the interview with Gabriel Eng-Goetz, the founder of Runaway.In this part, you can hear Gabe share fun stories about getting a visit from Chris Rock in the flagship Runaway store, about a design of Gabe's that simply turned

Gabriel Eng-Goetz, founder & creative director, Runaway (Part 1)

Oct 16th, 2017 15m 3s

Gabriel Eng-Goetz is the founder of Runaway, the coolest and most visible local brand of apparel in Durham. His iconic design featuring a bull and the letters D-U-R-M almost seem like an unofficial logo for the city. Runaway is much more than a

Megan Hannay, CEO & co-founder, ZipSprout

Oct 8th, 2017 11m 42s

Megan Hannay is the CEO and co-founder of ZipSprout, a company that matches businesses with local marketing opportunities. She’s also a columnist for Marketing Land as well as the host of her own podcast, The Zip.Megan is a true liberal arts

Kate Godly, founder & owner of Primitive Energy

Oct 2nd, 2017 12m 30s

Kate Godly is the owner of Primitive Wellness, a family practice and yoga studio. One of her main focus areas as a medical professional is lactation – helping mothers with the crucial task of breastfeeding. Before starting her own business, K

Adam Pyburn, motion graphics specialist

Sep 25th, 2017 11m 37s

Adam Pyburn is a creative professional with a wide range of skills. If you’ve got a project or a business that you’d like to wrap up in all kinds of cutting-edge visuals, Adam could probably do it all. But after a long time of casting a wide ne

Tatiana Birgisson, CEO & founder of Mati Energy

Sep 18th, 2017 16m 1s

Tatiana Birgisson is the creator of Mati Energy, the sparkling tea drink that you may have read about in Forbes Magazine or bought at Whole Foods.In our conversation, we take a step further in exploring the well-known story of Tatiana foundin

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