REal Talk with Kandi and Garrett

REal Talk w/ Kandi and Garrett
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🎙️ REal Talk with Kandi & Garrett is your go-to podcast for real life, real estate, and real talk—all from the heart of Amador County and beyond! Hosted by Kandi Thompson, a real estate broker, mom, wife, and proud woman of faith, and Garrett Gray, a retired U.S. Marine with a passion for people and property—this dynamic duo brings you honest conversations, expert insights, and a whole lot of personality. New episodes drop weekly—don’t miss out on the laughs, the learning, and the local love from market updates, real life stories and local and national news. 👉 Like, follow, and share!

  1. 7h ago

    🎙️ Candidate Crawl: Meet Susan Feist | Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett

    🎙️ Join Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett as we sit down with Susan Feist, a current Sutter Creek City Council member running for re-election! Susan is also the winemaker at Feist Wines, with a background in local business and city government. 🗳️ Get to know Susan ahead of the November 3 election! ▶️ Watch Susan’s interview:https://youtu.be/5JVhvWxY4s4 📧 Public business email: susan@feistwines.com. 💬 Watch, share, and join the conversation!🔗 Find more Real Talk episodes: https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg

  2. 8h ago

    🎙️ Candidate Crawl: Meet Mayla Swift-Burgess | Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett

    🎙️ Kandi & Garrett sit down with Mayla Swift-Burgess, who is running for Sutter Creek City Council! Mayla is a certified public accountant with Castillo, Bordwell & Swift CPAs, and her professional experience includes local government auditing which she feels would be beneficial on the City Council. 🗳️ Get to know Mayla ahead of the November 3 election! ▶️ Watch Mayla’s interview:https://youtu.be/3h8UQsb9JhU 📲 Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayla.swift📧 Public candidate email: maylaswift@yahoo.com. 💬 Watch, share, and join the conversation!🔗 Find more Real Talk episodes: https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg

  3. 8h ago

    🎙️ Candidate Crawl: Meet Aaron Linker! | Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett

    🎙️Aaron Linker, an Amador High School graduate and Sutter Creek resident, joins Kandi & Garrett to talk about his run for Sutter Creek City Council! He’s excited to see younger generations begin playing a role in local politics and getting involved in their community. 🗳️ ▶️ Watch Aaron’s interview:https://youtu.be/IDZXNYPMZ2o 📲 Connect with Aaron on Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/hello.im.aaron 📧 Email Aaron: aaronthomaslinker@gmail.com 💬 Watch, share, and tell us what matters most to you!🔗 Find more Real Talk episodes: https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg

  4. 1d ago

    🎙️ How did we start a podcast? | Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett | Ep 49, Season 2

    🎙️ From Kandi’s front office to our own studio, we’re looking back at how Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett began and what we’ve learned along the way! In honor of International Podcast Day on September 30, Episode 49 of Season 2 takes you behind the scenes of our podcast journey. 🎬 We’re talking lighting, cameras, stands, microphones, programs, and the tools that have helped us keep growing. If you’ve thought about starting a podcast or wondered what goes into ours, come join the conversation! 🎧 ▶️ Watch Episode 49, Season 2:https://youtu.be/u6HY13XHptI 💬 Have questions about any equipment or programs we use? Drop them in the comments or email us!📧 realtalkwkg@gmail.com Follow along on our journey!👍 Like this video🔔 Subscribe to our channel📲 Follow us on your favorite platforms↗️ Share with someone who’s thinking about starting a podcast! 🔗 Find all our platforms and catch up on Real Talk:https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg #RealTalkWithKandiAndGarrett #InternationalPodcastDay #StartingAPodcast #PodcastEquipment #BehindTheScenes

  5. Sep 25

    🏡📉 The Real Estate Market Is CRAZY… Here’s What We’re Actually Seeing 🏡 | Ep. 48, S 2 | Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett

    Is the real estate market crazy right now… or are buyers and sellers just playing by two completely different sets of rules? 🏡📈 Kandi & Garrett break down what we’re actually seeing in the market every single day. In Episode 48 of Season 2 of Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett, we’re talking about the market we’re experiencing every single day as REALTORS® in Northern California. No crystal ball. No pretending we know exactly what comes next. We’re sitting in the same shoes as real estate professionals across the country, navigating changing interest rates, buyer hesitation, seller expectations, affordability, inventory, negotiations, and a market that can feel completely different from one property to the next. In this episode, we dive into: 🏡 What we’re seeing from buyers right now🏡 What sellers need to understand about today’s market📉 Interest rates and how they’re affecting decisions💰 Pricing, offers, negotiations, and affordability📊 What we’re experiencing in our Northern California market🔮 What we think could happen next, without pretending we can predict the future💡 Strategies buyers and sellers can consider in the current market🎙️ And plenty of real-world perspective from two REALTORS® living this market every day This isn’t a national market report filled with predictions. It’s the real estate world according to Kandi & Garrett, based on what we’re seeing, hearing, and experiencing firsthand. Kandi Thompson and Garrett Gray are Northern California REALTORS® with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Divine Properties. 🎥 WATCH THE FULL EPISODE:https://youtu.be/HMolSaqU6kU 🔗 FIND REAL TALK ON ALL PLATFORMS:https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg If you enjoy Real Talk, SUBSCRIBE to the channel, LIKE this episode, SHARE it with someone thinking about buying or selling, and drop a COMMENT below. What are YOU seeing in the real estate market where you live? Are you buying, selling, waiting, or trying to figure out what your next move should be? Real Talk with Kandi & GarrettReal life. Real stories. Real conversations.New episodes every Friday. #RealTalkWithKandiAndGarrett #RealEstateMarket #NorthernCaliforniaRealEstate #RealEstate #HomeBuying #HomeSelling #InterestRates #Realtor #CaliforniaRealEstate #BerkshireHathawayHomeServices

  6. Sep 21

    ✨Ione has struck Gold with the new and improved location of Gold's Bakery✨ - Getting to Know Amador County

    ✨ WE STRUCK GOLD IN IONE! ✨ This week on Getting to Know Amador County, Kandi & Garrett are heading to Ione to visit the new and improved Gold’s Bakery at 31 E. Main Street! ▶️ WATCH THE FULL EPISODE:https://youtu.be/bovqtOHOklc 🔗 FOLLOW REAL TALK ON ALL PLATFORMS:https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg Gold’s Bakery is more than just a bakery. It’s part of a longtime, generational Ione family continuing to invest in the community they call home. We sit down with Ronnie Gold and take you inside their beautifully renovated location to see what they’re bringing to Main Street Ione. 🥪 Sandwiches🥗 Fresh salads🍪 Sweet treats🥐 Cinnamon rolls🥖 Spectacular loaves of fresh bread…and plenty more! 📍 Gold’s Bakery31 E. Main St., Ione, CA ⏰ Tuesday–Saturday | 10:30 AM–4:30 PM🎉 Special events available on Sundays and Mondays Come along as we meet Ronnie, tour the new space, talk about the Gold family’s roots in Ione, and show you why we think you just might STRIKE GOLD when you stop by! Getting to Know Amador County takes you inside the people, places, businesses and stories that make our small towns special. If you love discovering Amador County with us: 👍 LIKE the video💬 COMMENT with your favorite thing from Gold’s Bakery📲 SHARE this episode🔔 SUBSCRIBE and follow along as we continue Getting to Know Amador County! #GoldsBakery #IoneCA #AmadorCounty #GettingToKnowAmadorCounty #IoneCalifornia #ShopLocal #SupportLocal #SmallTownCalifornia #NorthernCalifornia #AmadorCountyCA #RealTalkWithKandiAndGarrett

  7. Sep 18

    📼 Home Videos, Online Predators & a HUGE Military Scam 🚨 | Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett | Ep. 47 S 2

    📼Home Videos, Protecting Our Kids Online, Email Scams & a Military Scam You Need to Hear About🚨 Some episodes have a plan. This one went wherever the conversation took us. Episode 47 of Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett is very real, very unscripted, open and honest. We’re talking about memories, our kids, technology, scams, online safety and a story involving military members that you’re going to want to hear. ▶️ WATCH THE FULL EPISODE:https://youtu.be/v6sTPElraSk It all started when Kandi came across old home videos of her girls from about 21 years ago. The little voices. The personalities. The everyday moments you think you’ll remember forever, until suddenly two decades have passed. That led us to a conversation we think every parent should hear: 📹 VIDEO YOUR KIDS.Not just the birthdays, graduations and big events. Record the ordinary days too. Their voices. Their laughs. The silly things they say. The way they interact with each other. Someday, those ordinary moments may become the videos you treasure most. And if your family memories are still sitting on VHS tapes, MiniDV tapes or other old formats, this is your reminder to think about converting them to digital before those memories become harder to access. Then the conversation takes a completely different turn. 🚨 We’re talking scams, online predators and protecting our kids. How do we teach kids to recognize that the person behind a screen may not be who they claim to be? What red flags should parents be watching for? And how do we have those conversations without assuming our kids already understand the risks? We also get into: 📧 Email scams and the red flags we’re seeing🔐 Protecting personal information online👧 Helping kids recognize potentially dangerous online interactions📱 Why parents need to stay involved in their kids’ digital lives🎖️ A long-running scam targeting military members and families😂 And, because this is Real Talk, plenty of completely unscripted conversation along the way NOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU:What are YOU doing to protect your kids from online predators? Drop it in the comments. Your suggestion might help another parent. Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett is about real life, real stories and real conversations. No scripts. No pretending we have everything figured out. Just the same kinds of conversations you’d have sitting around with friends. 🎙️ New episodes every Friday, talking about everyday life and whatever gets us talking that week. 👍 Like this episode💬 Join the conversation📲 Share it with someone who needs to hear it🔔 SUBSCRIBE so you don’t miss the next Real Talk Friday Missed an episode? Go back and catch up on the ones you’ve missed. And you can find Real Talk with Kandi & Garrett across all of our platforms. 🔗 Real Talk Links:https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg #RealTalkWithKandiAndGarrett #RealTalk #Podcast #HomeVideos #FamilyMemories #OnlineSafety #ProtectOurKids #OnlinePredators #EmailScams #ScamAwareness #MilitaryScams #Parenting #DigitalSafety #RealConversations #PodcastFriday

  8. Sep 13

    🎙️Meet James Marzano 🇺🇸 | 8 Years on the School Board & Why He Keeps Serving | District 3 | Candidate Crawl

    🎓 Who is James Marzano, and after nearly eight years on the Amador County Unified School District Board, why does he want to keep doing this work? In this Real Talk Candidate Crawl with Kandi & Garrett, we sit down with James Marzano, District 3 School Board representative, to get beyond the board meetings and decisions and learn about the person who has spent nearly eight years serving our local schools and is now set to serve another four-year term uncontested. 🗳️ 🇺🇸 Veteran. 👨‍👧‍👦 Father. 🏈 Football coach. 🏫 School Board member. 🤝 Active community member. And most importantly, someone whose heart is truly with our kids. James' story started long before he joined the School Board. We talk about where he came from, his childhood, the challenges that helped shape him, how he rose above difficult circumstances and became a proud member of our military, and how those experiences influenced the father, coach and community member he is today. ❤️ Then we get into his nearly eight years on the School Board, and they certainly haven't been uneventful. 🏫 We talk about the upcoming consolidation vote and the difficult decisions facing our district. 🔄 We discuss the significant turnover within the district's cabinet and leadership, what that journey has been like from a board member's perspective, and what he has learned through all of those changes. 😷 We go back to COVID, when our schools faced circumstances no one could have anticipated. James shares what it was like sitting on the Board and navigating decisions during one of the most challenging periods our schools, students and families have experienced. ⚖️ Through leadership changes, difficult votes, community disagreements, COVID and many other challenging moments, we wanted to know: Why does he keep doing it? ❤️ For James, so much of that answer comes back to the kids. 🏔️ James represents District 3 and our upcountry families, bringing the experiences and needs of that community with him when he takes his seat at the board table. We talk about why that representation matters, what nearly eight years of service has taught him, and what he hopes the next four years will bring for our students, families and schools. 🎙️ Candidate Crawl isn't about endorsements or telling you how to vote. It's about giving our community an opportunity to get to know the people who are making decisions on behalf of our families and our kids. 🗳️ James may be running uncontested, but that doesn't make this conversation any less important. He will continue representing District 3 for another four years, and our community deserves the opportunity to hear his story, understand his perspective and learn why he keeps showing up. 🎥 WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW WITH JAMES MARZANO👉 https://youtu.be/ZYCp_YSTOy0 📲 CONNECT WITH JAMES MARZANO Have a question for James or want to reach out to him directly in his role as your District 3 School Board representative? 📧 Email: james.f.marzano@acusd.org📱 Phone: (408) 394-9547 🗳️ MEET THE OTHER SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATES As part of Real Talk Candidate Crawl, we interviewed the School Board candidates individually. No candidate was allowed to watch another candidate's interview before completing their own, giving everyone the same opportunity to answer our questions and share their story without hearing another candidate's responses first. 🎙️ Want to learn more about the other people running to represent our students, families and schools? 📺 Watch the other School Board Candidate Crawl interviews here:👉 https://www.youtube.com/@REalTalk-KG 📌 Shane Crowe did not participate in a Candidate Crawl interview due to scheduling. 🎤 Real Talk Candidate Crawl with Kandi & GarrettGetting to know the people who want to lead. 🔗 Follow Real Talk and find all of our links:https://linktr.ee/realtalkwkg #JamesMarzano #CandidateCrawl #AmadorCounty #ACUSD #SchoolBoard #District3 #AmadorCountySchools #Upcountry #LocalElections #RealTalkWithKandiAndGarrett

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🎙️ REal Talk with Kandi & Garrett is your go-to podcast for real life, real estate, and real talk—all from the heart of Amador County and beyond! Hosted by Kandi Thompson, a real estate broker, mom, wife, and proud woman of faith, and Garrett Gray, a retired U.S. Marine with a passion for people and property—this dynamic duo brings you honest conversations, expert insights, and a whole lot of personality. New episodes drop weekly—don’t miss out on the laughs, the learning, and the local love from market updates, real life stories and local and national news. 👉 Like, follow, and share!

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  • Creator
    REal Talk w/ Kandi and Garrett
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    108
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © REal Talk w/ Kandi and Garrett
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