The Tea Podcast

Eddie and I will be chatting about his early beginnings in business and how he became the business owner he is today with local CC’s Coffee Houses, Agave in River Ranch and his newest venture, Lucky’s Fire & Smoke on Johnston Street. http://luckysfiresmoke.com — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple. The Music Aca...

Health in Louisiana is more important than ever, especially with the way we eat around this place! So we will be discussing health & wellness with Nurse Practitioners, Jamie Melancon & Kimberly Chu, owners of Cypress Health & Wellness, located at 327 Iberia Street Suite 3A in Youngsville, LA. We will talk about what a nurse practitioner is and can do compared to a physician, and what the differenc...

Amber & I will be talking about her company, 94FT Player Development, a basketball training facility designed to help athletes develop their skills and improve game performance. As an Austin, TX native, she was recruited and played at UTSA, receiving All Conference honors and winning 2 conference championships. While coaching Division 1 at University of Louisiana, she was drawn back to her passion...

On top of her singing career, Erica Fox began making custom jewelry and was inspired to open a collective, called Attakapas Collective, to be a place for other makers with varying ethnic backgrounds. Fox is also a founding member of the Maison Freetown, Lafayette’s first African American Neighborhood Museum and Cultural Center set to open this month. https://ericafox.com/ http://www.maisonfreetown...

Donnie and I are going to be talking about how he became a local business owner of PostNet of Lafayette and what it means to be a small business owner in a city like Lafayette. Check out PostNet at 5520 Johnston in Lafayette or online at https://www.postnet.com — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers of Apple. The Music Ac...

Sean & I will be talking about the churches newest expansion project after Hurricane Delta destroyed a portion of their facility. An $18 million campaign aka generosity initiative is being funded by the church body to go toward building a new facility to accommodate the church’s modern needs & wants. Join us as we get to hear what is happening with this local church. For more on this project, http...

Bradley Beck is a local entrepreneur who first opened his State Farm Agency in 2012 and is in the top percentile nationally. He is also owner of Parlor Salon Studios, a local luxury brand that provides fully furnished, private studios to cosmetology professionals. Parlor Salon Studios currently has 2 locations in Lafayette Parish with a 3rd coming soon to Downtown Lafayette. Lastly, Beck has enter...

We are talking with award-winning author, Alysson Foti Bourque, who began her career as a teacher after graduating from University of Louisiana Lafayette with a degree in Elementary Education. She earned a law degree from the Southern University Law Center in 2007. After practicing law for six years, she traded in writing trial briefs for writing children’s books. Alysson enjoys speaking with chil...

We are talking with young entrepreneurs & brothers, Tiago & Mateo Atwi, founders of a new startup commercial construction company, BOXY Construction. BOXY is a modular construction company designed to streamline the commercial building process by utilizing off-site construction of modular units, Cold-form steel framing, and repurposing of shipping containers. https://boxyconstruction.com — The Tea...

We will be talking with Hunter about S1 Technology, an IT service provider that helps companies in Acadiana and abroad use technology to bring their business to the next level through a combination of technical acumen, business understanding, and cyber-security prowess. https://sltechnology.com — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Servic...

In this episode, we are talking with Denise Gallagher, local artist & published author/illustrator, and 2022’s Festivals Acadiens et Créoles artist. Also with us is Dirk Guidry, a local artist, muralist, painter, and this year’s Festival International artist. Our conversation is centered around their artist careers, their passions for the arts, harnessing their creative skills, and using their ski...

We are talking with Lafayette native, Ooti about growing up next to downtown Lafayette, his involvement in many Louisiana-based skateparks including the concrete skatepark “dustbowl” from 2005-2009 and the most recent public funded skatepark coming soon to Thomas Park. We will also talk about starting Magnolia LA and attempting to build an indoor skatepark and BMX bike shop in Lafayette and eventu...

It’s Festival time! And with that, we have Festival International crew with us today to talk about this exciting year as festivities kick off this month live and in-person after two years! It’s going to be a great episode, lots to talk about as passes for FIL have sold out(yes, it’s still a free event), tons of vendors, musicians, and artists of all kinds; including Festival’s artist of the year,...

We are hanging out with Tim to talk about his coming up story, what led to the creation of Deano’s Pizza, and what his plans are after acquiring Prejean’s Cajun Restaurant. We will also get to know a little more about Tim and what he does outside of “work”. https://www.facebook.com/deanospizzabertrand/ https://www.facebook.com/DeanosSouth/ https://www.facebook.com/prejeansrestaurant/ — The Tea Pod...

We are talking with Jack about how businesses can utilize certain tax incentives and credits to help save money that can ultimately go back into the business. Jack will provide a demo of how the process works and how much some businesses may be able to save. http://strydesavings.com — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard, Authorized Service Providers...

Moncus Park’s, JP MacFadyen, Executive Director. We are talking with JP and Heather about Moncus Park, now that the park is open to the public, what to expect in the coming months and years as phase 2 nears completion and the weather warms up in time for tons of outdoor fun. Be sure to watch live at 1pm today. If you don’t watch it live, it’s still a great listen/watch for all things happening at...

Carencro native, Nina Charles, owner of Nina Bakes Cakes, Nina Creole Food Truck, and now a local baking star in the newly debuted Netflix show, “Is It Cake?”. We will be talking with Nina about her love of baking & cooking, what sparked her passion, and how it all landed her a nice spot on Netflix’s “Is It Cake?”, which debuted today, Friday, March 18th only on Netflix. We would share our passwor...

We are talking with Cynthia about a new book that she has published, called “You, Me, & DNA” Cynthia is passionate about empowering entrepreneurs and business owners by giving them tools to create a profitable business. She is also a attorney, author, and speaker. Cynthia recently published a children's book, You, Me, & DNA. This is the first book in a series that takes a scientific approach to wh...

Jeff is a 30+ year entrepreneur and a business coach for over 6 years. You may know him from his other company Short & Fat, a clothing company designed to fit short and fat men. In this episode, we are talking about Jeff’s work with other business owners as well as his most recent accomplishment of losing more than 100 lbs from his heaviest weight, ever. His journey with weight-loss has given him...

We are going to discuss Darla and Marcelle’s career beginnings in news, some of their most career defining moments, joys and heartaches of the news industry, and ultimately what has kept their passion for delivering news alive in today’s wild news cycle. We will obviously go on a tangent or two about life in Acadiana and what they hope to see in the near future for their careers. To brush up on th...

We are talking with Rusty & Jamie Phillips about their well-established local company, Bourbon Royal Candle Company and their latest business, The Bougie Bar, located in Downtown Lafayette. https://www.facebook.com/BourbonRoyalty/ https://www.bourbonroyalty.com/ https://www.facebook.com/bougiebarlaf/ https://www.facebook.com/thebougiebarbr/ https://mybougiebar.com/ — The Tea Podcast is proudly spo...

https://eatcarolinescookies.com/ Caroline, a 20 year old local business owner, came on to the podcast back in early 2021, about a year ago. Since then, she has gone from being an online & popup only cookie shop selling out of about 400-600 cookies in less than an hour to opening a full brick & mortar shop selling out thousands of cookies a day. We will talk about all that has happened over the pas...

Austin M. Shumaker, Founder & Loan Officer at Neighborly Home Lending http://www.neighborlyhomelending.com/. We will be chatting about the housing market as it pertains to getting a home loan, what to know, what to do, and what not to do! It’s a crazy real estate market and getting a loan is a big part of it all. — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of Acadiana & The Orchard...

Shelly & Keith Bond, Owners at Mel’s Diner in Lafayette. We will be chatting about Mel’s Diner’s origins, history, and it’s connection to the community of Lafayette. We will also discuss renovations, opening timeframe, and touch on why there are so many Mel’s Diners throughout the country as Mel’s seems to be a popular name for diners. — The Tea Podcast is proudly sponsored by The Music Academy of...

Debbey, known as the “Queen of Networking” is a successful marketing professional and founder & president of Lafayette’s Women’s Chamber of Commerce, one of the only(if not the only) Women’s Chambers in the State of Louisiana. A quote from their website says that the mission is “Advancing women in business.” — https://www.lafayettewomenschamber.org/ Join us as we chat with Debbey Ryan about her be...