Grade A Nation

Grade A Nation


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E182: Uniform of Youth -- Mystic Ventures from Crypto to Skin Care with MadeMan Jeremy Gardner!
March 18, 2023

After moving out of the public eye for a bit, Jeremy Gardner stops by for a cool conversation. We cover his early years as an only child at tension with his parents for not listening and rebelling aga

E181: A Crypto Green Thumb? Environmentally Conscious Bitcoin Mining w/ William Szamosszegi!
February 19, 2023

William Szamosszegi is the CEO and founder of Sazmining, a project that works with renewable energy hosting facilities in an attempt to provide sustainable powered mining rigs that can be used by indi

E180: Personal Food as Medicine Plans? Talking Elo Health (not Electric Light Orchestra) w/ Ari Tulla!
February 18, 2023

On this installment of Grade A Nation, Ari Tulla, the cofounder and CEO of nutrition service Elo checks in to talk about how better food choices are a core part of a strategy to achieve personal welln

E179: There's Goldbacks in Them Thar Hills! – Talking Physical Gold Money with Jeremy Cordon
February 14, 2023

On this installment of Grade A Nation, Jeremy Cordon, the founder and CEO of Goldback Inc., joins the program. A Goldback is physical gold money that can be used in transactions small and large in sev

E178: Nothing Too Serious -- Painting from Miniature Las Vegas with artist Daniel Matthew York!
February 01, 2023

On this installment of Grade A Nation, Chris Thomas chats with artist Dan York about his delusionism paintings. What is delusionism, you ask? The paintings are certainly unique; some folks will call t

E177: Turning a Negative into a Positive -- Interviewing 80s Music Stars with Robbie Burgess!
January 22, 2023

Robbie Burgess lost his father and attempted to take his mind off the grief by starting an online music station. While struggling to make it financially viable, he wanted to press on and interview the musicians that made the 80s music so memorable to him

E176: A Teen Mom Triumphs Over Abuse and Divorce!
December 21, 2022

Original Summary - On this installment of Grade A Nation, we have the opportunity to hear the amazing life story of Marie Mosley. Marie had a difficult childhood which led to rough circumstances in her teenage and adult years, but she was ultimately able

E175: A Beautiful Mind! Bill Ottman --- CEO and Co-founder of Minds
December 07, 2022

Grade A Nation has the honor of welcoming Bill Ottman on to the podcast. Bill is the CEO and co-founder of the social networking app called Minds. Bill is definitely a polymath with keen insights into a lot of different things, which makes him a Grade A p

E174: The Biktarvy Playhouse Theater Presents the Mike Cotayo Comedy Cavalcade!
December 02, 2022

On this four year anniversary edition of Grade A Nation, Chris Thomas chats with Mike Cotayo. There is a famous joke about Mike: "a comic, a social worker, and an escort walk into a bar, and they're all Mike Cotayo." Okay, enough kidding around! Mike Cota

E173: A Jack of All Trades -- Chatting with Playwright, Actor, and Musician Jack Canfora!
November 26, 2022

Jack Canfora chats with Grade A Nation about his various pursuits over the years. Although Jack has accomplished quite a bit, his heart is in writing plays and the live theatre. On the show, Jack and Chris Thomas talk about: -Jack's passion for the writte