COFFEE CULTURE with Holly Shannon

Holly Shannon
COFFEE CULTURE with Holly Shannon

This is your coffee podcast and your newest addiction. I'm Holly Shannon, what are you pouring today coffee lovers? Join me for a cup of connection. We will sip, share, and come completely unfiltered, this Coffee podcast is Brewed for Connection. Let me give you the dark roast first, coffee is figurative, are we really meeting up for the shot of caffeine, or are we craving connection? Are you dating? Swipe right for that coffee date! Maybe coffee is your new black! What about coffee culture? Why are Europeans so into their coffee and make fun of our American brew? We will learn why cappuccinos are against the law in the afternoon in Italy, just kidding! Do we need to know about the supply chain and bean sustainability, climate change and its effects on growth of our beloved beans? Is their true crime happening to coffee farmers? How about caffeine for performance? Do you add adaptogens, mushrooms, CBD or THC? Do you have Bulletproof coffee with collagen powder before working out or for recovery after exercise? What are you adding to your coffee? I’ll be talking to you intermittent fasting warriors too! How about that lighter roast chat? How to brew your best espresso? Let’s go visit the baristas and the little coffee shops we adore. Do you listen to Spotify playlists designed for coffee shop listening? Is it really just the vibe? What about brunch? Espresso martinis, bloody Mary or mimosas! Mixologists are having a lot of fun with that liquid nitrogen brew. Do you prefer your coffee addiction with a side of sugar? Yes, I’m thinking about Tiramisu, chocolates, bourbon, beer, so many delicious coffee indulgences, I’ll find them and share them with you. I know there are some cult favorites too. How do you really feel about pumpkin spiced latte? Are you team Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Regular vs. decaf? I know you have opinions here! How did Coffee tables earn that moniker? Is the TV show Friends finally opening Central Perk in 2023? How do you make the best coffee? Let’s learn how to make the best pot of your pour over, french press, drip, and cold brew. So here’s the tea, just kidding, drink coffee for clarity, focus, your health or an excuse to socialize. But make no mistake, coffee is about connection. Join me, Holly Shannon, on my podcast, Coffee. Follow me on social so we can sip together and be a part of this community, there will be Youtube video how-to’s, and NPR style interviews. Life can be hard, but coffee helps. Coffee Culture is Season 5 and dives into the coffee meetup for friendship and connection. It’s not always about the coffee but our need to be there for each other. Both personally and professionally we use coffee as an excuse to gather. But sometimes it is about the brew. This season will address our addiction and allegiance to coffee and fun facts around coffee culture. There will be shorter content for a little sip. Also there will be robust conversation and stories around nostalgia and unique experiences like a coffee meditation. Think of it as our dark roast together. Either way, Coffee is the new black! If you are new to this podcast, my past content here on Culture Factor has traversed 4 seasons! Season 1 covered topics about company culture from the c-suite during a pandemic. It shifted in Season 2 to company culture from the perspective of emerging leaders that were navigating the new normal in the remote work economy. Season 3 dove into emerging technologies in the Web3 space in an educational format creating simplicity out of new topics. It was for the NFT curious and the Web3 confused. Season 4 took an NPR style approach interviewing artists, collectors and businesses. Understanding connection, the value of art and the why behind this new creator economy. How to reach me and Social links here: Email holly@hollyshannon.com Website: https://hollyshannon.com https://linkedin.com/in/hollyshannon1 https://instagram.com/hollyeshannon https://facebook.com/hollyeshan

  1. 05/18/2023

    Sean Cunningham: Director & Producer of Greg In LA, the Next Scorsese and DiCaprio Duo

    Sean Daniel Cunningham is an award winning writer and director of commercials and films. A New York native living in Los Angeles, his work is defined by its subtle comedy and huge heart. Sean was nominated for a Young Director Award at Cannes Lions. His short film, This is When We Met, was featured on tastemakers Short of the Week and the Oscar-qualifying Festival, Hollyshorts. Sean’s feature film Hudson, a dramedy starring Richard Masur, is streaming on Amazon Prime and Apple TV. He's currently working on a dramedy series, Greg in LA, which recently caught some attention after going viral on social media. Little fact: Sean is a singer songwriter too. @Lonesomemotel on Instagram. It has a Lumineers or Mumford & Son vibe. Go listen! Do you continue to submit your music to commercials or movies? Your music is in Hudson, will you try to feature your music in all of your movies? How did you start in film? Let's talk about Greg in LA, my new favorite bingeable series. I had Gregory on my show. You and he have an incredible chemistry working together. You shoot spontaneously, sometimes several episodes at a time. You start with an idea that he finishes and vice versa. That's rare in the business wouldn't you say? What would be a dream project you could create? Season 3 is coming soon. How is Greg evolving in this one? Will we ever meet Beth or will she forever be a figment of our imagination?

    43 min
  2. 04/27/2023

    Imposter Syndrome & Coffee Meetups with Clubhouse Icon, Hiromi Okuyama

    Hiromi Okuyama was born and raised in Toronto, Canada. She is a Content Creator, Martial Artist (5th Degree Black Belt, teaching Karate for 30 years) and Actress. She was also the CLUBHOUSE (Social Audio App) ICON from December to February 2023. Hiromi is passionate about short form video content creation. As an actress since her teens, she has primarily worked on commercials and has been featured in many large company advertisements such as Walmart, Scotiabank, Pizza Hut, Nortel, McDonalds, Tim Hortons, Future Shop and much more. Working in commercials has helped her know how to be effective in Short Form Videos. Her main social media platform is TikTok, where she has over 200k supporters and her branded hashtag is at over 40 million views. She creates fun “Mom Acting Challenges” and has followers from around the world, who do her acting scenes. Hiromi frequently Hosts and Moderates panels on CLUBHOUSE, the popular Social Audio App and is an early adopter (volunteer) as well as a Beta Tester (volunteer) for their new features. In 2021, Hiromi started her own online e-commerce store hiromiokuyama.com with Merch inspired by her supporters and also featuring her Father’s famous calligraphy, continuing a legacy of her cultural heritages. 1. Coffee meetup on Clubhouse, starting merely as avatars! 2. Short-term video on TikTok and Instagram 3. Community based Houses in the Clubhouse App 4. Knowing your audience to understand how the help them find you 5. Owning your audience with email and using profile pics for branding 6. Martial arts, her father is a high ranking karate master 7. Being a teacher and empowering kids through the martial arts 8. Respecting boundaries 9. Store with merchandise and shifting to use the famous calligraphy from her father 10. How we are raised, the differences between Gen Z and Gen X 11. Pivoting and shifting to grow 12. Mental health and periods 13. Social barometer 14. Learning from our mistakes 15. Imposter syndrome, narcissist, having a therapist 16. Choosing how to promote yourself and with whom

    36 min
  3. 04/13/2023

    No One can be Hungry Forever with Jeff Gordinier

    During the past decade Jeff Gordinier has covered the world of food — as a reporter for The New York Times from 2011 to 2016, and as the food & drinks editor of Esquire magazine from 2016 until 2021. Over the years he has also covered movies, music, poetry, and politics — and has contributed to publications such as Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, Outside, Elle, Fast Company, Details, Travel + Leisure, Departures, Breathe, Real Simple, Air Mail, the Los Angeles Times, and the website of the Poetry Foundation. Jeff is the author, most recently, of the 2019 book Hungry: Eating, Road-Tripping, and Risking It All with the Greatest Chef in the World, a portrait of chef René Redzepi of Noma in Copenhagen. He has appeared in the Jeong Kwan episode of the Netflix series Chef’s Table — an episode that won a James Beard Foundation award in 2018 — and in Phil Rosenthal's Netflix series Somebody Feed Phil.  Jeff has taught food writing at Drexel University in Philadelphia, has curated culinary and literary events for the Kaatsbaan cultural center in New York's Hudson Valley, has published (with co-editor Marc Weingarten) a collection of essays about women in music (2015's Here She Comes Now), and is currently developing projects for television.  He lives close to the Hudson River with his wife, Lauren Fonda, and his four children.  1. Cooking, music and Spotify playlists 2. Reading on phones vs real books, is tech creating addicts? 3. Writer's block, creative processes and connection 4. Sober curious 5. Noma's non-alcoholic drinks 6. Recommendations from an Esquire Magazine critic 7. Roma is closing! 8. Seemingly impossible pop-up in Mexico 9. Quit while you're ahead 10. Anxiety with travel for a travel writer! 11. No one is hungry forever 12. Co-creator of Billions and Ocean's 13, Brian Koppelman, book clubs, and trying to read the classics! Catch is hot list below. Jeff's list of books for you! fiction: Signal Fires by Dani Shapiro The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon Suzanne & Gertrude by Jeb Loy Nichols Less by Andrew Sean Greer Goodbye, Vitamin by Rachel Khong Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez True Grit by Charles Portis Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead No One Left to Come Looking for You by Sam Lipsyte nonfiction: Sing Backwards and Weep by Mark Lanegan What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami Simple Passion by Annie Ernaux Stay True by Hua Hsu How the Word Is Passed by Clint Smith poetry: Loose Woman by Sandra Cisneros Skeletons by Deborah Landau Playlist for the Apocalypse by Rita Dove What Is This Thing Called Love by Kim Addonizio Song of Songs by Sylvie Baumgartel The Dream of Reason by Jenny George Beyond Belief by John Koethe

    1h 10m
  4. 04/06/2023

    From Friendship to Profit: The BizBros Story

    Luis & Fonzi Camejo have spent the the last seven years developing strategies and techniques for turning content into profit. Their expertise lies in helping businesses achieve the elusive Frictionless Sale through effective messaging and consistent content creation. With a proven track record of working with top-tier clients like Redbull, Orangetheory, Chet Homes International and F45 Fitness, they know what it takes to turn content into profit. They specialize in transforming long-form content into easily digestible, cash-generating assets that maximize impact and drive business growth. Join them on their journey to uncover the secrets and frameworks that will help your business succeed. 1. Coffee serendipity and community 2. Soccer scholarships and Dad's advice 3. Pitch slap and how to ask for time on Linkedin 4. Covid and rebuilding business, all the pivots! 5. Finding the right business and how to divide their roles 6. The cookie analogy and bringing value to customers 6. Live podcast for better conservation of time 7. Delegating for your zone of genius and outsourcing 8. Seeing opportunity and becoming more creative by letting go of tasks 9. Taking initiative and uncovering opportunities, optimizing your time on what you love for efficiency and for joy 10. Mother-in-law saves the day to help Luis spend more time on his business and with his family 11. Struggling and trying to make everything works sometimes makes it feel like nothing works

    53 min
  5. 03/30/2023

    Turning Pain into Pages: Stash with Laura Cathcart Robbins

    Laura Cathcart Robbins turned a viral essay into a podcast called The Only One In the Room. And she turned her pain into pages with a memoir called Stash, My Life in Hiding that's out now! When she was 44 Laura Cathcart Robbins got sober. That was almost 15 years ago. In the recovery community, it's all about meeting for coffee, it's coffee after the meeting, it's coffee before the meeting. It's coffee. That's how you connect, because we don't meet for drinks anymore, right? Every coffee house became like a haven for her during that time, especially those first couple years. Along with these topics we talk about her new Bestseller where she turned her pain into pages: Stash, My Life in Hiding (links to buy in the show notes) 1. First urban PR agent, or as she said is code for Black. 2. Viral post that became a podcast 3. Her podcast, The Only One in the Room 4. Finding love against her will during drug treatment 5. Creating a platform to be known using blogs, podcasts and speaking before writing a memoir 6. 1440 Multi-University with Elizabeth Gilbert and Cheryl Strayed 7. A writer's retreat where she was the only black woman gave birth to her podcast, The Only One in the Room 8. How school felt like the set of the Brady Bunch 9. Drug and alcohol abuse, having children and postpartum depression (dirty little secret) 10. The rise and fall with Ambien, the drug to help you sleep 11. Parent's Association, attending premieres, playing tennis, ladies that lunch all while chipping off pieces of Ambien to stay present and level 12. All the natural receptors to sleep and survive were bludgeoned with Ambien and alcohol 13. Doctors were lenient because she was good at building a facade, she's dismantling the buildings every day 14. Our identity labels, part of a couple (wife), and how buying milk was the moment she lost her sense of 'self' and had an existential crisis or maybe just a realization. Treated differently even as the ex-husband wife, receiving perks from the marriage, being the Mom of the kids from that marriage. Ego feeding identities. Being on a pedestal in her community. Then to rehab, challenged for the perfect motherhood, divorce, no job, no identity. 15. Invitations to baby showers, wedding showers and spa days: saying yes when you don't want to. The power of saying no. 16. The power of saying Yes and No 17. Scott, her husband, who she met in rehab. Dated for 6 years after sobriety. Their relationship while writing the book, having a podcast, all the social media and marketing. Raising kids and and because they weren't busy enough that embarked on a vegan diet too!

    58 min

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This is your coffee podcast and your newest addiction. I'm Holly Shannon, what are you pouring today coffee lovers? Join me for a cup of connection. We will sip, share, and come completely unfiltered, this Coffee podcast is Brewed for Connection. Let me give you the dark roast first, coffee is figurative, are we really meeting up for the shot of caffeine, or are we craving connection? Are you dating? Swipe right for that coffee date! Maybe coffee is your new black! What about coffee culture? Why are Europeans so into their coffee and make fun of our American brew? We will learn why cappuccinos are against the law in the afternoon in Italy, just kidding! Do we need to know about the supply chain and bean sustainability, climate change and its effects on growth of our beloved beans? Is their true crime happening to coffee farmers? How about caffeine for performance? Do you add adaptogens, mushrooms, CBD or THC? Do you have Bulletproof coffee with collagen powder before working out or for recovery after exercise? What are you adding to your coffee? I’ll be talking to you intermittent fasting warriors too! How about that lighter roast chat? How to brew your best espresso? Let’s go visit the baristas and the little coffee shops we adore. Do you listen to Spotify playlists designed for coffee shop listening? Is it really just the vibe? What about brunch? Espresso martinis, bloody Mary or mimosas! Mixologists are having a lot of fun with that liquid nitrogen brew. Do you prefer your coffee addiction with a side of sugar? Yes, I’m thinking about Tiramisu, chocolates, bourbon, beer, so many delicious coffee indulgences, I’ll find them and share them with you. I know there are some cult favorites too. How do you really feel about pumpkin spiced latte? Are you team Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? Regular vs. decaf? I know you have opinions here! How did Coffee tables earn that moniker? Is the TV show Friends finally opening Central Perk in 2023? How do you make the best coffee? Let’s learn how to make the best pot of your pour over, french press, drip, and cold brew. So here’s the tea, just kidding, drink coffee for clarity, focus, your health or an excuse to socialize. But make no mistake, coffee is about connection. Join me, Holly Shannon, on my podcast, Coffee. Follow me on social so we can sip together and be a part of this community, there will be Youtube video how-to’s, and NPR style interviews. Life can be hard, but coffee helps. Coffee Culture is Season 5 and dives into the coffee meetup for friendship and connection. It’s not always about the coffee but our need to be there for each other. Both personally and professionally we use coffee as an excuse to gather. But sometimes it is about the brew. This season will address our addiction and allegiance to coffee and fun facts around coffee culture. There will be shorter content for a little sip. Also there will be robust conversation and stories around nostalgia and unique experiences like a coffee meditation. Think of it as our dark roast together. Either way, Coffee is the new black! If you are new to this podcast, my past content here on Culture Factor has traversed 4 seasons! Season 1 covered topics about company culture from the c-suite during a pandemic. It shifted in Season 2 to company culture from the perspective of emerging leaders that were navigating the new normal in the remote work economy. Season 3 dove into emerging technologies in the Web3 space in an educational format creating simplicity out of new topics. It was for the NFT curious and the Web3 confused. Season 4 took an NPR style approach interviewing artists, collectors and businesses. Understanding connection, the value of art and the why behind this new creator economy. How to reach me and Social links here: Email holly@hollyshannon.com Website: https://hollyshannon.com https://linkedin.com/in/hollyshannon1 https://instagram.com/hollyeshannon https://facebook.com/hollyeshan

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