Raising A Ruckus

Here we go! It's time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  Inspiration can come from just about anywhere, any place, and any time. Whether it's music, art, conversation, a good book, a good nap, or maybe just taking a...

Here we go! It's time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  Full disclosure here: Mattie's Diner is the second home for the Raising a Ruckus team.  We love everything about the place; from the building's backstory, the...

Here we go! It's time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  Shakespeare wrote, "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them." That doesn't exactly translate to business, but i...

Here we go! It's time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  In his book Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative, Austin Kleon wrote, "You have to dress for the job you want, not the job you...

Here we go! It's time for The Raising a Ruckus Podcast; the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  One of the things we love most about this format is that conversations really get a chance to breathe and develop over the time in the studio. And, of course,...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  We're always impressed with folks who make it work from a right brain AND left brain perspective. Frank Expression is one of those cats on our list.  We know him first and foremost fo...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  We're pretty sure everyone, at some point, did some painting when they were younger. Watercolors, fingerpaints… whatever. We sure did. Craft paper decorated with big, fat brush stroke...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the show all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, disasters, and big decisions they made along the way. Welcome to the show!  Not gonna lie here; Brian Lafontaine is a really good-looking fella. Approachably handsome, with the manner and personality to match. He's the kinda guy you'd be happy to introduce to...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the podcast all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, and big decisions along their journey. Welcome to the show!   The creative path – like that of the entrepreneur – is a big leap of faith. Hell, it's actually a bunch of them. It's like playing drunken hopscotch in the dark on a carpet covered in Lego brick...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the podcast all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, and big decisions along their journey. Welcome to the show!    We met Priya Sircar IRL at a OneBand gig earlier this year, and knew we'd need to get her on the show. She's a singer, dancer, choreographer, independent filmmaker, actor, mom, and probably a s...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is the podcast all about rule-breakers, change-makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, and big decisions along their journey. Welcome to the show!  Quick question: did you like school? Traditional "school" ain't for everyone, that's for sure. And, the straight jacket most teachers are fit with gets more constrictive every year. Thank your st...

The Raising a Ruckus Podcast is a program all about rule breakers, change makers, and risk-takers — and the leaps of faith, sleepless nights, and big decisions along their journey. The first episode - also episode 78 ;) - featurers the co-founders of Charlotte is Creative, Matt Olin & Tim Miner. We definetly talked to them about all the fun stuff they are up to at the Charlotte based non-profit, b...