The Charlotte Podcast

A bonus pod where we ask Nata Edwards gives us the State of the Union for the Panthers and Hornets, and shares some advice for Charlotte sports fans.

We were joined by April Smith of Social Ape Marketing to discuss starting a business in Charlotte, social media and how to pronounce the word “GIF.” We also learned about a very special chair for a very large president and were lifted up by Supportive Guy.

Today we were joined by the lovely Jemayne King to talk about shoe culture, his class at Johnson C. Smith and Sole Food Brand. John walks us through the history of the world’s greatest missing document (The Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence) and we are lifted up on angels wings by Supportive Guy’s words.

Today we were joined by the incredible Sarah Crosland. We discussed her relationship to Charlotte, her new book, and shared some laughs. Enjoy!

The always great, never watered down, Nata Edwards has returned to the Queen City and joined us to talk sports media, what he missed about Charlotte, and fill the podcast studio with #knowledge. We also discussed the original Charlotte Hornets and Supportive Guy supports the Panthers rookies.

Today we were joined by Katherine and Melissa for an amazing conversation about the North Carolina Outward Bound School. We also learned what a Yadkin is and unfortunately sang some Supportive Words from Supportive Guy.

Today we were joined by Haley Bohon to talk about the growth of Skillpop and answer some ridiculous questions. We also learned about John Nolen and were treated to poetry written by Supportive Guy. n

Today we were joined by John Short of Open Streets 704 and John Lincoln of MORA to discuss their organizations. John (host of this podcast) also educates us about Queens Table and Supportive Guy eulogizes some guy not named John (Don Rickles).

Today we were joined by our BFFL to talk about all the nice things about Charlotte. We also learned about the history of 1969 and we read a radio play written by Supportive Guy.

Today we sat down with Seth Ervin and Shelia Bumgarner of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library. We talked all things library past and future, and even learned about some hidden secrets of the uptown branch. Spooky! We also learned about the Duke Mansion in the history section and had a special guest join us for some library-themed Supportive Words. You can connect with the library at https://www.cmlibrary.org/ or @cmlibrary on Twitter. Library - 2:55 History - 30:50 Supportive Words - 42:10

Today we were joined by Denise Burkard, the Lead Partner for Seed20, and Susan Daniel, the Executive Director of Social Venture Partners, to talk about the Seed20 program and what is does for the Charlotte community. We also were also "speed dated" the following semifinalists: KNOW Charlotte (Levine Museum of the New South) 20:34 MusicalMinds NC - 2701

Today we were joined by Brittany and Abhishek from HACKATHONclt to talk about their upcoming (amazing) event. We also learned about the history of moonshine in Charlotte and Supportive Guy cured our March Sadness.

We partnered with Seed20 to showcase the nonprofit in this year’s class. In today’s podcast we “speed dated” four of the semifinalists. Queen City Robotics – 1:35 Lily Sarah Grace – 9:40 The Pollution Detectives – 15:09 The Red Boot Coalition – 22:32 Part 1 was released on Monday.

We partnered with Seed20 to showcase the nonprofit in this year’s class. In today’s podcast we “speed dated” four of the semifinalists. BELL - 5:55 Great Outdoors University - 11:10 UMAR - 18:15 ArtPop - 26:34 Part 2 will be released on Wednesday.

In our second episode this week we were joined by the voice of Queens Basketball Phil Constantino, Alyssa Sharpe of the STEMinism Podcast and Chuck Cole of Trees Charlotte to discuss three completely different but equally amazing topics. We also learned about the history of BELK! Don't forget to listen to #ThePoddies!