The Renaissance Podcast

Send us Fan Mail “The entrepreneurial experience is overwhelming and exhausting but ultimately, it is liberating.” - Brittany Driscoll Brittany Driscoll is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Squeeze , a way better massage experience. Squeeze is headquartered in Nashville, TN with its flagship location in Studio City, CA and is now franchising nationwide. We loved having our friend and 2022...

Send us Fan Mail This week, Sydney and Walker are joined by celebrated interiors and architectural photographer and best selling author, Alyssa Rosenheck. Some of the things covered in their conversation include: Alyssa’s journey with cancer and how it led her to pick up a camera and do the inner work of nourishing her mind, body, and soul Coming back home to yourself and beginning your own reviva...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we have a special episode for The Renaissance Podcast listeners. We are joined by Julie Solomon, host of the chart-topping podcast, The Influencer Podcast, and the opening keynote speaker of the 2023 Renaissance Women's Summit! Co-hosting this week's episode is Hillary Gadsby, Co-Founder and CEO of Boss Talks, our partner in the Renaissance Women's Summit...

Send us Fan Mail This week, we are joined by Blair Moore of Styled By Blair, a Nashville-based wardrobe styling firm that offers personal shopping and styling services. We discuss Blair's explosive growth on Instagram from using Reels, creating viral video content, and how she grew her following to over 140,000 in just one year. She talks about how age should never prevent you from living her...

Send us Fan Mail We have a special guest in this week's episode, Danielle Breezy, Nashville News 2 Chief Meteorologist. Danielle shares her story of how she got started in the field and the challenges she has faced along the way. From her early days of studying meteorology to her current role as a respected forecaster in Nashville (and on Good Morning America), she discusses the skills and kn...

Send us Fan Mail Born out of a life-long love affair with paper planners, Artful Agenda was founded in 2018 by Katy Allen, a mother, wife to America Idol champion Kris Allen, and creative entrepreneur, as a solution to family scheduling conflicts. Gone are the days of keeping up with both a paper planner and a digital calendar. Artful Agenda gives you flexibility that you cannot find with paper pl...

Send us Fan Mail We always say it on The Renaissance Podcast, but entrepreneurship and wellness go hand-in-hand. That is why we are so excited to kick off 2023 with an interview with bombshell fitness and wellness entrepreneur and influencer Ellen Decker. Ellen's overall goal is to help busy women get a quick and effective workout in, and simply allow them to finally fall in love with their h...

Send us Fan Mail Miss Brooke, owner and CEO of Brooke's Bail Bonding in Nashville, has a calling to bring awareness to the social injustices her clients face due to a broken prison system. Brooke uses her platforms to give a voice to the voiceless, share inspiration and discuss ways to make positive changes within the system, the community, and ultimately, the world. In a male-dominated indus...

Send us Fan Mail Business Owners, listen up and lawyer up! In this week’s episode of #TheRenaissancePodcast, we welcome Allison Manning Carroll, founder of Manning Carroll Law, to the show to discuss mistakes many business owners make when they don’t have legal representation. If you own a business, odds are you want to protect it. Allison is a wealth of knowledge and shares with us common mistake...

Send us Fan Mail From creating and selling multiple businesses to developing a revolutionary fashion technology company, entrepreneurship has been baked into Deanna Meador’s DNA since she was a little girl. Deanna  is the Deputy Director at the Wond’ry, Vanderbilt University’s Innovation Center and the CEO of fashion technology company Couture Technologies.  She began Couture Technologies, alongsi...

Send us Fan Mail We are excited to welcome the first #RenaissanceMan guest to The Renaissance Podcast! Tyler Alkins is an entrepreneur, winemaker, Canadian-turned-Nashvillian, and founder of Love & Exile Wines. He has had an incredible career and founded multiple successful businesses. His story is full of resilience, grit, and passion. Don't miss this week's episode! About Tyler: Wi...

Send us Fan Mail Lauren Lowrey is an Emmy-Award winning TV News Anchor seen nightly on WSMV 4, the NBC affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee.  Her broadcast career has taken her into blizzards, hurricanes, mass shootings and bombings in cities across the South and Midwest. In February 2022, Lauren launched the AMPstigator podcast, for which she serves as Founder, Executive Producer, and Host. In the p...

Send us Fan Mail Tired of witnessing talented women put their dreams on the backburner – or worse, completely lose their spark because they were so far in the trenches – Tiffany Napper launched the Upleveler Society. A Nashville-based Holistic Business Coach and decade-strong entrepreneur, Tiffany is no stranger to the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. But with five successful ventures under her...

Send us Fan Mail This week on The Renaissance Podcast, you have the opportunity to hear from a LIVE panel that was recorded during the second annual Tennessee Women Connect Conference, Abundance Live! The "Women Success Stories" panel was a fun, engaging, and informative panel of women from the Nashville area that have had and are having huge success growing their businesses. From the no...

Send us Fan Mail Emily and Abigail make up The WanderLust girls; bloggers, wardrobe stylists, and friends for the past 22 years. The two besties started their blog in 2010 during their senior year of college. Post-graduation, they moved to Manhattan and took the fashion world by storm. After their first New York Fashion Week, they began to get hired to style cookbooks and campaigns, with their fir...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda Virgillito is the owner & publicist at Squeaky Wheel Public Relations, a locally owned agency specializing in publicity for local food and beverage brands since 2014. She helps local businesses tell their stories through a custom combination of traditional PR efforts, community relations, events and activations, and most importantly, relationships. She has 18 years of e...

Send us Fan Mail Hey Hey! This week on The Renaissance Podcast, we welcome Gretchen Smith and Rita Davidson, the two female powerhouses behind Hey Hey Creative.  Hey Hey Creative is a Nashville-based creative company specializing in event design, execution, and custom experiences. A partner for brands and a champion for small businesses, Gretchen and Rita encourage the process of self-reflection,...

Send us Fan Mail Brielle Cotterman is a TEDx Speaker, Contributor at Entrepreneur, Activist Against Domestic Violence, Publicity Expert, and Celebrity-Maker. She has spent the last decade helping clients to craft and scale Dream careers to 7 figures and beyond by leveraging their personal stories and passions in order to create speaking tours, author award-winning books, procure media placements,...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Charlotte Patton, Owner + Founder, Social Bliss Events Having lived in Nashville for over 18 years, Sarah knows the city inside and out. She is a Vanderbilt alum and entrepreneur at heart. Sarah quit her corporate job seven years ago to run Social Bliss Events full-time. SBE is a full-service event planning company that specializes in itinerary planning and luxury event plan...

Send us Fan Mail Lucia Rios had a big dream: to transform plain old cotton candy into a Latinx-inspired taste sensation. That’s how Twisted for Sugar was born. Rios’s childhood was filled with memories of traditional Mexican  flavors like horchata, churro: she pulled from these culinary roots when she created her business. Starting out as a way for Rios to heal after her postpartum depression, Twi...

Send us Fan Mail With social media influencers making their mark as our industry’s new celebrities, Of Note focuses on fostering authentic content through strategic partnerships and full-service management. The company connects creators and brands to cultivate authentic relationships  through content creation and in-person experiences.  Founded in January 2020 by Katy Shah and India Mayer, Of Note...

Send us Fan Mail Should your business hire a social media agency? Have you ever wondered how social media agencies operate? What they charge? How they work to support a business? In this week's episode, we are breaking down all there is to know about social media agencies and how to know if you should hire one to help grow your business. Some of what you hear in this episode may surprise you!...

Send us Fan Mail “Every voice matters and every perspective is needed. ”  Being cognizant of the negative affects COVID-19 had on women and the work force in Nashville during the pandemic, Jillian alongside her close friend, Christina Tiare Aguila Alejos, established the Girls in Tech Nashville chapter, the child organization of Girls in Tech Global (which just announced moving its HQ to Music Cit...

Send us Fan Mail Kira Lynn and Alane Kovach are two of the three masterminds behind Wanna Spoon Cereal Bar, a cereal-lously delicious new business concept that opened this summer in Nashville's 12 South neighborhood. Wanna Spoon serves up nostalgia by the bowl with 20+ varieties of cereal ( think: Fruity Pebbles, Lucky Charms, and Froot Loops ) . The family-friendly spot goes beyond the bowl...

Send us Fan Mail Collective 615 is a diverse women's co-working community in Nashville designed by women, for women. The membership-based business is made up of passionate entrepreneurs (from small team startups to established solopreneurs) who are ready to connect, collaborate, and elevate their brands beyond expectation.  Kathy Thomas dreamed of opening a women's co-working space that...