What the Nell!?

Can playing video games bring people together and help kids at the same time? Chris O’Mealy is doing exactly that—and his story has a few lessons for anyone building an audience, a business, or a community. Chris returns to the What the Nell!? Podcast to talk about Extra Life, charity gaming, and the relationships that grow when people keep showing up for something they love. A streamer, podcaster...

What do pro wrestling and growing a YouTube channel have in common? More than you’d think—and Joey Image has stories to prove it. From wrestling promos to product reviews, we’re talking about personal branding, getting comfortable on camera, and making content people actually find useful. In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell Tice sits down with retired independent professional wres...

Bad podcast audio left me with an unusable episode—and a weekly release deadline. So I hit record and talked about what podcast hosts and guests need to consider before their next recording. In this impromptu episode of What the Nell!?, I’m sharing the reality of podcast recording problems: checking your equipment, choosing your recording space, dealing with technology hiccups, and keeping your co...

You can love your business and still feel completely stuck in it. After six years of entrepreneurship, I had plenty of ideas—but I was struggling to find clear direction. This is the honest story of why I said yes to a business retreat in the Dominican Republic, and what I brought home. In this solo episode of What the Nell!?, I’m sharing the creative frustration, lost clients, and second-guessing...

What does “making it” actually mean when your creativity has to pay the bills? Nashville songwriter, Trop Rock musician, and author Beth Travers joins Nell Tice for an honest conversation about creative entrepreneurship, fear of rejection, and building a career you actually want. Beth shares the realities behind the music: preparing for gigs, marketing yourself, building relationships, and balanci...

Five years after Fun 101.3’s final broadcast, Dennis Mitchell, Michelle Cruz, Vince Knight, and Ronnie Ramone reunite to share the stories behind the microphones, the laughter, and the goodbye. If you grew up listening to 101.3 The Rose or made Fun 101.3 part of your daily routine in Central Pennsylvania, this conversation is for you. On this special episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell Ti...

Why does one comment get under your skin? Why do you react in ways you later wish you hadn’t? This conversation about shadow work explores the emotional patterns we carry and the questions that can help us understand them. On this episode of What the Nell!?, Nell Tice sits down with Marine veteran and Souls on Fire founder Aaron Thorpe for an honest conversation about self-worth, childhood experie...

Worried about what people think every time you post yourself or promote your business? Let’s talk about showing up anyway, even when your confidence takes a hit. In this solo episode of What the Nell!?, I’m sharing how second-guessing a simple social media photo and arriving late to a meeting turned into a very honest conversation about entrepreneurship, criticism, and caring a little too much abo...

AI can save a business owner hours, but automate the wrong thing and customers may stop trusting you. In this episode, Nell Tice breaks down what to automate with AI, what should stay human, and how to make your business more efficient without making your relationships feel fake. AI can help entrepreneurs manage calendars, research topics, repurpose content, draft emails, organize data, build spre...

Your top salesperson just got promoted to manager. Six months later, the team is falling apart and nobody knows why. It's one of the most common — and most expensive — mistakes in business. In this episode, executive leader and leadership coach Jeremy Schreifels breaks down why being great at a job doesn't make you great at leading people, and what to actually look for before you hand someone a ti...

Entrepreneurship promises freedom, but what happens when your business begins to feel like the job you left? In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell gets honest about entrepreneur burnout, the pressure of being your own boss, and the corporate habits that can quietly follow you into business ownership. After spending 13 years in a corporate leadership role, Nell left to build a busine...

Krista Patterson, CEO and co-founder of Positioning Collective, joins Nell Tice to explain how clear business positioning helps founders communicate their value, build authority, make faster decisions, and create marketing that actually connects. In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, Krista reveals why many supposed marketing problems are really clarity problems. She also shares a simple...

I built a podcast app and launched a digital product store, and they’re both designed to make entrepreneurship a little less overwhelming. In this solo episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, I’m taking you behind the scenes of the new What the Nell!? app and Rogue Current Studio, where business owners, creatives, side hustlers, and entrepreneurs can find practical tools to help them move forward....

Think you’re too old, too established, or underqualified to begin again? At 79, Coach Jay Sargeant is creating his eighth reinvention after building seven completely different careers. In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, entrepreneur, trainer, author, and self-described patron saint of late bloomers Jay Sargeant shares the patterns that helped him repeatedly build a new life without wa...

I went to Greece expecting beautiful beaches, incredible food, and a much-needed escape. I came home questioning whether American businesses have become so focused on speed and efficiency that we have forgotten how to make people feel. In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, I’m sharing four business lessons inspired by my time in Athens and on the island of Karpathos. These are not compli...

I hit record with no plan for this episode — and that's exactly the point. If you're a business owner who can't remember the last time you truly stepped away, this one's for you. This week on the What the Nell!? Podcast, I'm getting honest about something that snuck up on me: burnout. Months of nonstop travel, back-to-back projects, and a brain that never shuts off finally caught up with me — and...

Think it's too late to start a business after 40? It's not — and you're not starting empty-handed. In this episode, Nell shares exactly how she walked away from a 13-year career as a COO to build her own business, and what she wishes she'd known first. The internet loves a 22-year-old founder story, but experience, relationships, and resilience count for a lot more than people admit. Whether you'r...

Most people creating content online are sitting on digital products they haven't made yet — and leaving income on the table because of it. In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell walks through 10 digital products every business owner, entrepreneur, and creator should be building right now — ranked from the easy wins to the most profitable. No fluff, no "someday" advice. Just a short,...

Are business owners being sold strategies that were never built for them in the first place? In this raw and wildly honest conversation, Suzanne and Paige from The Brain Grenade Agency break down why so many entrepreneurs feel stuck, scattered, and burned out from trying to follow someone else’s blueprint. On this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, we talk about business strategy, coaching in...

Jay Sapovitz helped scale Marquis Jet from zero to over $1 billion in under five years — flying private, hanging backstage with Mick Jagger, living the kind of life most entrepreneurs only dream about. Then it all came crashing down. In this episode of What the Nell!?, Jay sits down with Nell for an honest conversation about ego, failure, recovery, and the long road back to building something real...

Business owners are told to “just post consistently,” but what happens when you’re burned out, overwhelmed, and still not seeing results? In this Season 5 kickoff of What the Nell!?, Nell gets honest about one of the biggest struggles entrepreneurs face: staying consistent with content creation when life, decision fatigue, chaotic workflows, and lack of accountability get in the way. Nell shares w...

In this season four finale of What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell reflects on a year of growth, guest conversations, creative pivots, business lessons, and the messy reality of entrepreneurship. Nell looks back on standout moments from the season, including meaningful guest interviews, the success of The Ecopreneur’s Edge with Mikee Bentz, her first major podcast sponsorship with Taelor.ai, and the audi...

Chris O’Mealy joins Nell on the What the Nell!? Podcast for a hilarious, heartfelt, and wildly entertaining conversation about independent wrestling, life behind the scenes at Disney, opening The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, content creation, recovery culture, and why creators need to keep going even when support feels hard to find. Chris has been involved in independent wrestling since 2005,...

Ever feel like you have nothing left to say, no creative spark, and no perfectly polished plan? In this solo episode of What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell gets real about almost skipping a recording, feeling uninspired, and choosing to show up anyway. This episode is for entrepreneurs, creators, podcasters, business owners, and anyone trying to stay consistent when life feels chaotic. Nell talks about...

What if the biggest thing holding creators and business owners back isn’t a lack of followers…but a lack of connection? In this episode of the What the Nell!? Podcast, Nell breaks down the real difference between building an audience and building a community — and why creators with tiny followings often outperform influencers with massive numbers. From vanity metrics and viral content to trust-bui...