Anything & Nothing Podcast

Vashawne Alexander is a Columbia, SC entrepreneur and the founder of Trash in the Truck, a local junk removal company. Born and raised in Camden, South Carolina, he turned a side hustle into a growing business — and brings the hard-won perspective that came with the journey. In this episode, Vashawne talks about growing up in Camden, getting into entrepreneurship, building Trash in the Truck from...

Burna Gramz is a Columbia, SC artist and music producer with a multidisciplinary creative practice — beats, visual art, the SC Aliens cartoon series, and more. He brings a deep love of classic hip-hop and a producer's ear to a wide-ranging conversation with host Robin Heaston. In this episode, Burna talks about his journey into music production, the craft of beat-making, his cartoon work, manifest...

Today I'm speaking with Dr. James E. "Doc" Fisher — a former Marine, lifelong educator, and analytical philosopher now affiliated with ERA USA. Born in 1933 in the Flint Hills of Kansas, Doc earned his doctorate from Indiana University in 1971 and went on to teach philosophy at Quincy College, Southern Illinois University, Allen University, and Cairo American College in Egypt. At 93, he's curre...

Today I'm speaking with Sam Vohra — suit designer at Paul the Designer in Pattaya, Thailand. Sam grew up in a small town about 260 kilometers north of New Delhi before relocating to Thailand to build his business. We chat about bespoke suits, custom tailoring, his journey from northern India to Pattaya, and the craft of dressing people well. Check out their suit shop in Pattaya Thailand at Soi 13/...

Today I'm speaking with Mark Ostendorf — recently retired, transitioning back home to Fort Mitchell, Kentucky after closing shop in Camden, South Carolina. Mark grew up on a rural farmland in northeast Indianapolis as one of nine siblings, raised four children, and now has seven grandchildren. We chat about retirement, family, life stories, and the long arc of building a meaningful life. ━━━━━━━━━...

Today I'm speaking with Phillip (Marshall) Kelley — founder and owner of Nylah's Squeeze Eazy, Warrior MMA Fitness & Personal Training, and Lockdown Security and Protection. Phillip has multiple business ventures and charity endeavors. We chat about his businesses, philanthropic work, life theory and stories, and what drives him to keep building. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━...