PODCAST: Cheers! North County Podcast

Title: Cheers! North County Podcast
Role: Host, Writer, Executive Producer
Date: April 2020-Current

Notes: Drinking brings people together. The Cheers! North County podcast features The Coast News columnist Ryan Woldt meeting up for a drink (virtually for now) with interesting people across North County San Diego to learn more about them. Guests range from beer industry personnel to politicians and entrepreneurs.

NEWESTS EPISODES:

For today's show I virtually met up with a very chill Tommy Kramer, the head brewer at Gravity Heights brewpub in Sorrento Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. Gravity Heights happens to be fairly well set up for pandemic service with their large outdoor beer garden.

For today's show I virtually met up with acclaimed surf filmmaker, artist and entrepreneur Taylor Steele about his newest endeavor, Solento Tequila (https://solentotequila.com/) based right out of Encinitas which you can actually already get in North County at Seaside Market, Lazy Acres Encinitas and Harvest Ranch Market.

For this episode of the Cheers! podcast, I virtually met up with Carlsbad City Council Person and candidate for 2022 California State Senate Dr. Priya Bhat-Patel. She's running for the senate seat opening in District 36 which stretches along the Coast from just north of Solana Beach up to Laguna Nigel.

For today's show I virtually met up with Brittany Merrill-Yeng. She's the co-founder, along with her husband Steven, of Skrewball Peanut Butter Whiskey. That is "screw" with k instead of a c.

Enjoy this conversation with Tim Barnes, Founder of The Wine Nest, a new mission driven virtual events platform for non-profit-fundraising, and corporate retention focused on wine and comedy. Check out nest.wine online to find out more about the new platform, how it works or to reach out about setting up a fun event.

On this show I'm virtually meeting up with Meghan Williams and Nathan Serrato of the Escondido Creek Conservancy. Meghan is a development associate and Nathan is their marketing and volunteer manager. We're going to talk about the efforts of the conservancy, how the pandemic has impacted their efforts and some of the special projects they have been working on.

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