On this week’s episode, Josh has the chance to catch up with Ben Hillman, president of the chef-inspired burger joint Hi-Pointe Drive-In and co-founder of Chicken Out all through his family’s private equity company, Lewis & Clark Capital.

On today’s episode, Josh goes deep into the mind of Rick Wolf, creator and proprietor of Found Vintage, Found by the Pound and Mednik-Riverbend – one of the most vertically integrated company concepts around. They discuss the booming industry of donated and recycled clothing, $900 vintage t-shirts and monkey fur.

On this week’s episode, Josh has the chance to catch up with Joe Edwards, the “Duke of Delmar”, who is the visionary and developer behind the Delmar Loop – one of the 10 greatest streets in America. Joe opened his first business – the iconic restaurant, Blueberry Hill – in 1972 with the hope of revitalizing a once popular high fashion district in St. Louis, MO.

On this week’s episode, Josh had the honor of sitting with the Dierbergs Markets family – the 3rd and 4th generations of leadership at the grocery chain with St. Louis roots dating back to 1854. Bob Dierberg, Greg Dierberg and Laura Dierberg Padousis shared insights into multi-generational family businesses.

On this week’s episode, Josh sits down with David Wolfe, co-founder of the Urban Chestnut Brewing Company in St. Louis. David, along with his co-founder Florian Kuplent, worked together in the New Products and Innovations division at Anheuser Busch InBev before embarking on their own craft brewing adventure in 2011.

On this week’s episode, Josh had the opportunity to catch up with Melany Robinson of Sprouthouse – a communications agency with offices in 11 markets across the US focused on helping clients in the restaurant and hospitality industry tell their story well beyond traditional PR.

On this week’s episode, Josh has the great opportunity to sit with Brian Lagerstrom, chef and YouTube sensation. Brian, who spent time working with both Niche Food Group and Loafers Stl before leaving professional kitchens behind and embarking on a career behind the camera. What started as a pandemic side hustle has blossomed into a full-time gig – with Brian hitting the elusive 1 million subscriber threshold in July 2023.

On this week’s episode, Josh sits with Rick Erwin, creative director at the City Museum in downtown St. Louis. Housed in the former warehouse of the International Shoe Company, the museum is the brainchild of internationally acclaimed and classically trained sculptors Bob and Gail Cassilly.

On this week’s episode, Josh has the chance to sit with Michael Rubenstein of Wally’s. Established in 2020, Wally's is a luxury travel center proud to serve as the Home of the Great American Road Trip. Specializing in great service, delicious food, clean restrooms, and retail souvenirs for everyone.

In this week’s episode, Josh has the honor of sitting with Ali Hogan and Leslie Gill, the founder and president respectively of Rung for Women – a career accelerator focused on helping women acquire the skills and training needed to uplevel their lives professionally and personally.

On this week’s episode, Josh talks with Loryn Nalic from Balkan Treat Box about growing her wildly popular food concept from a food truck dream to one of the most versatile and exciting food brands in St. Louis.

In this week’s episode, Josh sits down with Jon Franko of Gorilla 76, an industrial marketing firm here in St. Louis that he co-founded in 2006. Jon, in addition to helping his manufacturing clients (read: blue collar brands) grow revenue and retain employees, is a passionate believer in the power of company culture.

Josh sits down with Tamara Keefe, founder, CEO and flavor temptress at Clementine's Naughty and Nice Creamery. In her late thirties, after a very successful career in consumer packaged goods on a global scale, Tamara opened a small ice cream shop in Lafayette Square in St. Louis, MO. Nearly 10 years and multiple locations later, she's ready to grow across the country.

This week, Josh catches up with Dr. Mitch Millstein, Professor of Supply Chain Management at UMSL and co-founder of Supply Velocity, a lean manufacturing and supply chain consulting firm. They discuss how supply chain management is having its “moment”, the secret sauce of becoming a you-can-count-on-me supplier and Mitch’s past work with Josh’s bakery on customer optimization.

This week, Josh sits down with Tricia Zimmer Ferguson, co-owner of the Kaldi’s Coffee family of businesses which includes brands in St. Louis, Nashville, Atlanta, Olympia, WA and the state of Hawaii. They discuss the secret sauce of building regional brands in multiple markets with a common thread of great coffee/tea and even better hospitality.

Last year, AB InBev, thanks in large part to the work of this week’s guest, Greg Belt of EverGrain, was named the most innovative company in America. Greg and his team at Evergrain have created the only upcycled certified plant protein in the world. And it’s all happening here in St. Louis.

Josh sits down with Lorenza Pasetti, CEO of the iconic Volpi Foods of South St. Louis, a 120-year-old manufacturer of artisan cured meats. They discuss the secret sauce of navigating the roll out of a national brand, how convenience stores are re-defining the retail food landscape and guiding a legacy company into the fourth generation.

Dan Abel knows a lot about chocolate. He and his team (including family) have taken two of the most iconic names in Chocolate "Bissinger's" & "Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate," and have generated 20X growth in the bast several years.

The "Big Shark" of bikes, Mike Weiss of "Big Shark Bicycle Company" joined Josh to chat all things two wheels... from popularity, brand partnerships, and the role a global pandemic played in exploding his business, and the industry, in both incredible and frustrating ways.

We’re celebrating Father’s Day this week on the podcast. Josh sits down with his dad, Stanley Allen, to share experiences of growing up in a family business and gain insights into leading with kindness.