🎙️ Go With Your Palate: Sarina & Elias | Brewing Love, Culture & Community with Buunni Coffee This week, we brew up something special with Sarina Prabasi and Elias Gurmu, the husband-and-wife duo behind Buunni Coffee—a brand rooted in Ethiopian coffee culture and built into one of Manhattan’s most beloved community-driven cafés. Sarina and Elias share their inspiring journey of bringing their love story—and their love for coffee—from Ethiopia to New York City, navigating one of the mo...

🎙️ Go With Your Palate: Sarina & Elias | Brewing Love, Culture & Community with Buunni Coffee This week, we brew up something special with Sarina Prabasi and Elias Gurmu, the husband-and-wife duo behind Buunni Coffee—a brand rooted in Ethiopian coffee culture and built into one of Manhattan’s most beloved community-driven cafés. Sarina and Elias share their inspiring journey of bringing their love story—and their love for coffee—from Ethiopia to New York City, navigating one of the mo...

🎙️ Go With Your Palate: Harvest Update 2025 | Inside the Crush With JLO & Nick Reinell It’s that time of year, folks—Harvest Update 2025—and we brought in the heavy hitters. This week, Joe sits down with Copper Cane’s own winemaking rockstars: John “JLO” Lopez, Director of Winemaking, and Nick Reinell, Winemaker, resident crusher of grapes and egos (mostly Fat Mario’s). If you’re a cork dork, buckle up. We dig into everything from this year’s Napa Valley harvest conditions to the never-en...

🎙️ Go With Your Palate: Harvest Update 2025 | Inside the Crush With JLO & Nick Reinell It’s that time of year, folks—Harvest Update 2025—and we brought in the heavy hitters. This week, Joe sits down with Copper Cane’s own winemaking rockstars: John “JLO” Lopez, Director of Winemaking, and Nick Reinell, Winemaker, resident crusher of grapes and egos (mostly Fat Mario’s). If you’re a cork dork, buckle up. We dig into everything from this year’s Napa Valley harvest conditions to the never-en...

Go With Your Palate: Warner | Snob-Free Wine, Real Talk & Confidence in Every Pour This week, we’re joined by Warner, the fearless, funny, totally snob-free sommelier and wine educator behind @confidenceuncorked—the creator shaking up the wine world with honesty, humor, and a mission to make wine actually accessible. From her unconventional leap from Texas advertising to California vineyards, Warner shares how a simple Manchego-and-wine pairing sent her down a rabbit hole that ultimately ...

Go With Your Palate: Warner | Snob-Free Wine, Real Talk & Confidence in Every Pour This week, we’re joined by Warner, the fearless, funny, totally snob-free sommelier and wine educator behind @confidenceuncorked—the creator shaking up the wine world with honesty, humor, and a mission to make wine actually accessible. From her unconventional leap from Texas advertising to California vineyards, Warner shares how a simple Manchego-and-wine pairing sent her down a rabbit hole that ultimately ...

Go With Your Palate: Carrot Top | Comedy, Chaos & The Legend of the Props This week, we sit down with the one-and-only Carrot Top — the legendary king of prop comedy, Las Vegas icon, and a performer who’s been making audiences laugh for over three decades. From his early days on college stages to his long-running residency at the Luxor, Carrot Top has evolved his act into a fast-paced, high-energy blend of prop invention, storytelling, and pure comedic chaos. We get into how his comedy ha...

Go With Your Palate: Carrot Top | Comedy, Chaos & The Legend of the Props This week, we sit down with the one-and-only Carrot Top — the legendary king of prop comedy, Las Vegas icon, and a performer who’s been making audiences laugh for over three decades. From his early days on college stages to his long-running residency at the Luxor, Carrot Top has evolved his act into a fast-paced, high-energy blend of prop invention, storytelling, and pure comedic chaos. We get into how his comedy ha...

Go With Your Palate: Jack Carr | From SEAL Team to Storytelling Titan This week, we’re honored to sit down with Jack Carr—former Navy SEAL sniper turned #1 New York Times bestselling author and creative force behind The Terminal List and beyond. After two decades in Naval Special Warfare leading elite assault and sniper teams across Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines, Jack—always a lifelong literature enthusiast—traded boots for books and built a storytelling empire rooted in authenticity...

Go With Your Palate: Jack Carr | From SEAL Team to Storytelling Titan This week, we’re honored to sit down with Jack Carr—former Navy SEAL sniper turned #1 New York Times bestselling author and creative force behind The Terminal List and beyond. After two decades in Naval Special Warfare leading elite assault and sniper teams across Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Philippines, Jack—always a lifelong literature enthusiast—traded boots for books and built a storytelling empire rooted in authenticity...

This week, we sit down with Matthew Kaner—a storyteller, sommelier, and world traveler whose passport has more wine stamps than most have countries visited. From his early days as a singer-songwriter to running wine bars, producing for SOMM TV, and writing for Men’s Journal, Matt’s journey has always been driven by creativity and connection. Now, through his own brand—Will Travel for Wine Consulting—he’s taking that passion global, blending education, adventure, and storytelling into one unfo...

This week, we sit down with Matthew Kaner—a storyteller, sommelier, and world traveler whose passport has more wine stamps than most have countries visited. From his early days as a singer-songwriter to running wine bars, producing for SOMM TV, and writing for Men’s Journal, Matt’s journey has always been driven by creativity and connection. Now, through his own brand—Will Travel for Wine Consulting—he’s taking that passion global, blending education, adventure, and storytelling into one unfo...

This week we sit down with Danny Wirtz, Co-Chairman of Breakthru Beverage Group and Chairman & CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks. A fourth-generation leader of the Wirtz family legacy, Danny isn’t just carrying the torch—he’s redefining it. At the helm of one of North America’s largest beverage distributors and one of the NHL’s most iconic franchises, he’s steering industries that touch millions of lives. We talk origin stories, innovation in the alcohol industry, and what it takes to balance...

This week we sit down with Danny Wirtz, Co-Chairman of Breakthru Beverage Group and Chairman & CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks. A fourth-generation leader of the Wirtz family legacy, Danny isn’t just carrying the torch—he’s redefining it. At the helm of one of North America’s largest beverage distributors and one of the NHL’s most iconic franchises, he’s steering industries that touch millions of lives. We talk origin stories, innovation in the alcohol industry, and what it takes to balance...

This week we sit down with a guest whose life reads like a movie script—but every bit of it is real. Raeed Hosny went from being a beloved child star in Egypt, portraying cultural icons on screen, to holding top-secret clearance and serving on some of the most high-stakes intelligence missions of the modern era. Raeed takes us on a wild journey—from growing up on film sets in the 60s and 70s to interrogating terrorists, locating weapons caches, and working with the CIA, DIA, and Air Force Int...

This week we sit down with a guest whose life reads like a movie script—but every bit of it is real. Raeed Hosny went from being a beloved child star in Egypt, portraying cultural icons on screen, to holding top-secret clearance and serving on some of the most high-stakes intelligence missions of the modern era. Raeed takes us on a wild journey—from growing up on film sets in the 60s and 70s to interrogating terrorists, locating weapons caches, and working with the CIA, DIA, and Air Force Int...

What do Pokémon cards, AI assistants, and the future of the creator economy have in common? This episode. We’re joined by Jim Louderback, one of the true pioneers of digital media. From his TechTV days to scaling Revision3 into a digital powerhouse and taking VidCon global, Jim has spent his career at the forefront of where media and technology collide. Now he takes us inside his must-read newsletter Inside the Creator Economy, pulling back the curtain on social media algorithms, the platform...

What do Pokémon cards, AI assistants, and the future of the creator economy have in common? This episode. We’re joined by Jim Louderback, one of the true pioneers of digital media. From his TechTV days to scaling Revision3 into a digital powerhouse and taking VidCon global, Jim has spent his career at the forefront of where media and technology collide. Now he takes us inside his must-read newsletter Inside the Creator Economy, pulling back the curtain on social media algorithms, the platform...

This one’s not for the faint. We sat down with Ode “The Jamaican Sensation” Osbourne and Bryan “The Butcher” Battle—two rising stars in the UFC—fresh off their visit to Napa, where they left a lasting impression on the town (and probably a few unsuspecting wine bars). Known for their explosive styles inside the cage and raw honesty outside it, these guys came ready to talk wins, losses, hustle, and what it really takes to climb the ranks of the fight world. From Ode’s journey from Kingston to...

This one’s not for the faint. We sat down with Ode “The Jamaican Sensation” Osbourne and Bryan “The Butcher” Battle—two rising stars in the UFC—fresh off their visit to Napa, where they left a lasting impression on the town (and probably a few unsuspecting wine bars). Known for their explosive styles inside the cage and raw honesty outside it, these guys came ready to talk wins, losses, hustle, and what it really takes to climb the ranks of the fight world. From Ode’s journey from Kingston to...