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Born and raised in England, Claire Pope grew up working as a model and actor, but when her husband received an opportunity for a two year stint in the United States, Claire and her family left all they knew behind. More than a decade later, they're still here, and along the way, Claire has found a new career as a real estate broker in Chapel Hill, NC. In this episode, you'll hear about w...

It's hard to come up with a succinct set of titles for Dereck Whittenburg. After playing basketball at one of the best basketball high schools in the country for arguably the best high school coach of all time, he helped NC State win its second national championship. After a brief international career, he went into coaching, had a broadcasting role at ESPN, produced several major documentarie...

Daniel Ayers grew up in a small North Carolina town, and after graduating college, came back to be a history teacher. He happened to meet Quinn Ray at political events, and the two formed a friendship that turned into one of the fastest growing North Carolina centered podcasts, The Hometown Holler. In this episode, you'll learn about what it looks like to run a podcast, the importance of buil...

Abena Antwi grew up in Ghana, where she played by creating makeup with clay and the rich natural materials around her. She moved to the US and went to college determined to be a pharmacist, but discovered that she could use her passion and talent in chemistry to create cosmetics as well. After an internship at L'Oreal, she decided to pursue cosmetic chemistry, and eventually found a job at Bu...

Dane Jensen is in the world's oldest profession—no, not that one. He's a shepherd, but the sheep that he tends have a very particular job. They're used in the fields of Union Grove Farm, a regenerative farm in central North Carolina focused on producing a new variety of table grape in a sustainable way. Dane was born in California and spent years working in the wine industry in Cali...

Greg Bohlen grew up on a farm, so it might not be surprising that he now runs a regenerative vineyard called Union Grove Farm. What's a bit more surprising is that between leaving his childhood farm and founding Union Grove, he got an MBA, owned a bank at 25 years old, became an investment banker, and then founded one of the most successful venture capital firms in the country. In this episod...

Ray Williams burst onto the British music scene in the 1960s by discovering a young musician named Reginald Dwight, whom you might know better as Elton John. He introduced him to a poet named Bernie Taupin, who would go on to write the lyrics for many of Elton's most famous songs. He continued working for decades as a manager, producer, and "A&R guy" in the music industry before...