Stay ConnectedDropTheDis is the podcast all about Augusta, Georgia. We interview leaders in business, the arts, politics, and the community to talk about what they’re doing and their unique perspective on what makes Augusta such a great place. We don’t take sides. We want to tell all sides. Thanks for joining!
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This week we talked to Kristi Jilson and got more knowledge dropped on us than we had planned for! Kristi got to Augusta in 2014 and has been Dropping the Dis ever since! She helps us answer questions like: What IS Westobou? Where does that word even come from? We bet you didn't know that the Savannah River wasn't always called the Savannah River... We highly encourage you to go to westoboufestival.com
This episode is brought to you Augusta Sports Council and the Iron Man, coming up Sunday the 29! Go to AugustaSportsCouncil.org for more information and to volunteer
Thank you to Amplified Events for Powering our audio. Check them out at AmpYourEvent.Com
This week we got to talk to Scott and Russell Joel Brown, who are major "players" in the Augusta Players! (AugustaPlayers.org). They both had totally separate and impressive national acting careers - including Russell Joel Brown actually being on Broadway! - and in Scott's case, a national production career as well. Hear what two guys that have seen it all have to say, and about how Augusta is becoming a central location for theater!
They have a new production coming out soon - Ragtime! - and it's going to be accompanied by something that the city may have not seen since the 20s! What is it? Only Drop Disgusta can tell you...
Thank you to Amplified Events for Powering our audio. Check them out at AmpYourEvent.Com
This week we got to talk to Curtis and Rebekah, who started Augusta Connection (AugustaConnection.com). We get to listen to the perspective of two transplants who have come to Augusta and immediately had a great impact! What is Augusta Connection? What is 706 Day? Just listen to find out!
We also get a second shot at naming the Jalepeno Lime Beer coming soon to Augusta!
Special Thanks to Partridge Inn for being our venue sponsor. Check them out at - its a fantastic location with great history!
Also thank you to Amplified Events for Powering our audio. Check them out at .
This week we got to talk to Anna and Rachel, who started the Augusta Bloggers Community (@AugustaBloggers on Instagram). We get to the bottom of some pretty big questions like: What is modern day blogging? What is a blogging collab? What's the blogging community in Augusta look like?
We also got to try a BRAND NEW, UNNAMED beer from a new brewery coming to Augusta (WHAT?!?) - Yes, it's true. We even got to suggest some names for it (I hope they stick).
Special Thanks to SharedSpace for being our venue sponsor. Check them out at , it really is a great location!
Also thank you to Amplified Events for Powering our audio. Check them out at .
This week we got a chance to talk to almost-local Nancy Hohlwein (she's from right outside of town!) about the crazy path her career has taken from Augusta University to politics to real estate and to working with Deke Copenhaver in the All in Augusta project.
Nancy is super interesting and came prepared with the information you've been wanting to know. Who is investing in Augusta? How many different regions do we have? There have been HOW MANY properties changing hands in Augusta this year? She has your answers folks.
As always we are Powered by Amplified Events, but this week we also recorded AT Amplified Events! Definitely check them out @AmplifiedEventsAug & AmpYourEvent.com
Photography and Videography: Erin Talent | Sound Production: David Bash
This week we got to talk to Sean Mooney of Showpony and Weir Stewart about his journey as a local finding his way into helping build a national marketing brand!
He went from Augusta Tech to the Augusta National! How did this happen? How did he get to Showpony? What IS Showpony?? How has his experience been with All in Augusta? We dig into the details of these questions and much more.
Special thanks to Showpony for hosting us this week and for the awesome swag.
We talk to Sean Cash about his experience as a transplant Morning Show Host who started by battle rapping in Detriot (Just Kidding) and ended up as a country music station morning host in Augusta, Ga. His story is awesome, and he definitely has a great feel for the microphone!
This week we got to record from a radio studio at Beasley Broadcasting! Shout out to them and specifically to the Kicks 99 Team for having us.
This week we got to talk to Aaron Snow, our local Yelp representative! We've all heard the stereotypes about Yelp and its reviewers, time to find the truth from the source! Is Yelp good for local? We've got the scoop...
With some Savannah River Brewery beers, we feel like we're going into August on a strong note. Definitely check our social media for updates on future guests.
We would like to thank PowerServe for letting us use one of their offices as a studio. We would also like to thank Amplified Events for powering our Sound Make-Over. Both of these sponsors were invaluable to making this episode possible!
All Photo Cred to Erin Tallent.
We were so honored to have former Mayor and current Man of Many Hats, Deke Copenhaver on our show this week! He published a book just this past May called "The Changemaker," which has reached an international audience. He chairs the All In Augusta Fundraising Campaign , which raises money towards developing downtown. He runs Copenhaver Consulting, which helps locals in any industry improve their business or nonprofit.
We would like to thank the CVB (Convention & Visitor's Bureau) & Bennish Brown, though he could not be with us for the interview, for having us this week! It's so beautiful on every level (literally, we were on the third floor).
Our drink of the week is whiskey, so watch out for that!
Finally, we'd like to welcome Erin Talent, our new Digital Marketer to the Drop Disgusta Team! She took some great pictures and videos this week, and we couldn't be more excited to have on board. She's quite the Talent!
We wanted to use an episode to talk about how exciting the process of starting this podcast has been for us!
Thanks to all of ya'll that have been listening, we have tons more in store! Special shout outs to everyone that's supported us and interacted with us on social media, message or "@" us to let us know your thoughts.
One last shout out to the All In Augusta campaign, the Young Professionals of Augusta, and every business and organization that we've interacted with so far!
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