Stories with Soul

The New York Times Bestselling author of The Defined Dish and The Comfortable Kitchen, Alex Snodgrass is also a recipe developer, food stylist, author of three cookbooks, and creator of SideDish Dressings, a multi-purpose salad dressing line with Paleo and Whole30 approved options. Since Alex was a young girl, she was by her mom’s side helping in the kitchen. In college, she began cooking for her...

Abel Casillas, member of the Squeezebox Bandits, shares his love for honky tonk and Tejano music, how he worked hard to buy his first accordion, and how their band found their unique sound. The Squeezebox Bandits are an accordion led Honky Tonk band with a Tex Mex flavor and have headlined shows at Gruene Hall, Billy Bob’s Texas, and the State Fair.

A renowned fashion and watch artist, Matthew Miller talks about his journey creating art and finding his niche. Since childhood, people have called him the Sunflowerman and in this episode, he explains the origins of his beloved nickname. Don’t miss this episode full of fashion commentary, the discussion of time as an illusion, and the stories of a nomad.

Fort Worth Ambassador, Tom Martens, shares how he became the Associate VP of Creative and Branding for Visit Fort Worth and the Director of Hear Fort Worth. His dream was to build a community around the musicians of Fort Worth, supporting locals while also improving the local economy through tourism. From a Lockheed USB Drive with music made by Fort Worthians to the city’s music video, Tom reveals...

Fort Worth native, Sarah Ayala, talks openly about her journey becoming a full-time artist. Sarah shares how she dropped out of TCU to pursue an art career, even though she hadn’t really explored the art world, and how it worked out. Not only has she been a successful full-time artist for five years, Sarah Ayala can’t be boxed in. She is always trying new methods. Currently, she is creating her fi...

With restaurants from Seattle to Knoxville, celebrity Chef Tim Love is known for his Western Urban Cuisine including local favorites like Lonesome Dove Bistro and the Woodshed Smokehouse. From bootstrapping his ideas by selling beer or gambling to open restaurants, Tim has never let anything hold him back from chasing his dreams or opening a new concept. Having opened a hotel to a music venue to a...

Country Music legend, Pat Green, invites Jamey behind the scenes of his life, sharing with him how he landed in the perfect position to be a trailblazer for Texas Country Music. By taking big risks (and bribing artists like Willie Nelson), he hustled to transform his dreams from aspirations to reality, and Pat isn’t afraid to admit he’s made mistakes along the way. This is one story you won’t want...

With a deep passion for creating good content and telling good stories, Richard Connor tells his journalism journey. From writing the police beat one summer to being the editor of the Star Telegram for eleven years to owning the Fort Worth Business Press, Richard Connor shares the highlights and lowlights of his time in the industry thus far. Plus, he explains the positive impact newspapers have o...

Abraham Alexander is known for his authentic lyrics, soulful charm, and of course, his one-of-a-kind sense of fashion. Before embarking on a solo career as a musician, Abraham Alexander’s future was up in the air. Coming off a career ending injury playing soccer and working as a bank teller, Alexander found himself back at the start: lost. Since then, Alexander has found his path and solidified hi...

In this episode, Grace Mitchell shares how her love for creating beautiful things started at a young age, how she handled intense setbacks and losses, fought for happiness, pursued her passions, and continues to make her family her main focus. She tells how she attempts to embrace the imbalance of life and enjoy it’s seasonality. Knowing that she could be consumed by her work, she always wants her...

From the age of six, Nancy Lamb was creating art and by fourteen, she was teaching six year olds how to make pottery. All of her life, she’s focused on capturing the world around her. Known as the patron saint of the arts in Fort Worth, Nancy Lamb also beautifully supported her fellow Fort Worth artists during 2020 by highlighting 490 artists on her social media. In this episode, she shares with J...

In this episode, Marc Istook shares how he chased his dreams to LA and back. He shares his journey of risking it all, putting positivity into the world, making sacrifices, leapfrogging from gig to gig, and how he’ll never get over where his career has taken him. Today, he’s back in Texas waking up DFW every morning and it’s a combination of everything he loves. Don’t miss Marc Istook sharing how h...

Originally, Chef Jon Bonnell started out as a Math and Science teacher for middle and high schoolers. He quickly discovered that he didn’t appreciate being bored. Having grown up with parents who loved good food and were fine chefs in their home, Jon Bonnell noticed that he spent all his time cooking, and so this fourth generation Fort Worthian pursued the idea of becoming a chef. Since then, he’s...

Since middle school, Betsy Price has been volunteering in her community and making a difference. Having run a successful business for seventeen years, she became a pro at juggling her work, family, and community. Before running for tax assessor and eventually mayor, she was a Cub Scout leader, Junior League Member, and Sunday school teacher, just to name a few. Listen to this episode and learn how...

Katey McFarlan grew up reading European blogs in middle school as she pursued help for an autoimmune disorder. The connection she felt and the help she received were a huge relief during an especially hard season. Now as a wife and mother of two and a blogger herself, Katey’s primary focus is on offering other women the same comfort she found years ago. Jamey and Jimmy get to hear her whole story...

When you grow up in a family that’s been ranching West Texas for seven generations, family expectations are inevitable. For Lou Lambert, that meant at least one semester at his father’s and grandfather’s alma mater, TCU, and a commitment to working hard wherever he ended up. While attending TCU, he discovered that a love of cooking paired well with his willingness to work hard, and those two ingre...

For Fritz Rahr, staying in Fort Worth after graduating from TCU meant he was opting out of the family business. After trying his hand at home brewing while climbing the corporate ladder, Fritz realized it was time to change the course of his own life. That meant instead of being an employee at his family’s malt production company, he would be a customer instead. Since its founding in 2004 as the f...

Even in high school, Frank Moss was standing out with his style in the Distinguished Gentlemen group, wearing a suit or button down every Tuesday. In college, he “rode the wave” into a new focus — rapping — which changed his wardrobe but not his passion: fashion was one of several subjects he rapped about. Later, Frank continued to ride the wave as his custom suit side hustle became his full-time...

Taylor not only shares her story — from an accident that confirmed her passion for helping others to her journey back to health — she also provides a great definition for success. As a board-certified family nurse practitioner and family medicine practitioner, Taylor offers clients both a traditional and integrative approach to wellness. She shares her journey from marketing novice to expert with...

To go from a bartender at a chain restaurant to an executive chef and part owner of several creative concepts is no small feat. On this episode of Stories with Soul, Jamey and Jimmy sit down with Chef Stefon Rishel of Wishbone & Flynt to hear his journey. While Stefon is known now for his fun personality, it was his wife who helped him see that his bartending alter ego was actually his true se...

Josh Weathers is a local musician and co-founder of the nonprofit, Love Like You Mean It. He joins Jamey and Jimmy in the studio to talk about how his father’s blessing gave him the freedom he needed to leave school and what led him to press pause at the height of his career. Josh shares the story how adopting their first daughter internationally led to starting an orphanage with his wife, Kady. T...

Kari is the founder of MELT Ice Creams and an ultrarunner who has run The Grand Canyon and Leadville. Kari joins her neighbors, Jamey and Jimmy, to share how traveling helped her realize Fort Worth was missing good local ice cream and her decision to fill that void. Kari shares about how both starting a business and getting to the next level sometimes means going all in. Listen along to hear how K...

Jamey Ice and Jimmy Williams are best friends, entrepreneurs, and now the co-hosts of Stories with Soul. On each episode you’ll listen in on their conversations with Fort Worth leaders, artists, and business owners. In this prequel, Jamey and Jimmy interview each other, discussing their vision for the show, the origin of their friendship, and their transition from neighbors flipping one house as a...