The 99% Local Podcast

Dre Rodriguez is the founder of Goon, a brand & boutique focusing on fine goods and good times. In 2021, Dre and his wife left California and headed to Columbia, Tennessee. For years, Dre has wanted to open a place where people can hang out, share a common interest, and engage in community. After fighting the feeling, Dre did something about it. Enter Goon - a brick and mortar & online boutique tucked between Highland Avenu...

Seth & Megan Marcum are whole family health coaches who are experts at showing families realistic ways to eat healthy and lose weight - without losing their minds. Seth and Megan are parents who know that no matter how much you plan and prep, kids always throw a curveball. When Seth and Megan began this journey to help families, there were a lot of myths about diet and exercise that they fell for in the beginning like thinking ...

Greg & Carla Gibbs are the founders of Ox and Cart Leather, which all began with an appreciation for leather & leather crafting. Greg has always enjoyed creating and designing things, so when he started working with his first piece of leather, he was hooked. A hobby that started in his office has turned into a passion. Missions has always been a big part of the Gibbs' hearts, giving inspiration for the name "Ox and Cart", a...

Heather Griffin is a Franklin, TN resident of 20 years and is the publisher of Macaroni KID Franklin. Macaroni KID National is the is the nation's largest single publishing platform answering the question for families: "What are we doing today?" for more than 3 million families in 4000+ communities across the country. Bringing it back home to here in Nashville, Williamson County to be specific, Heather publishes weekly, hyper-local...

Roy Mangrum and Terry Barga have joined forces and picked up the torch to continue on with the Music City Fit Expo! Terry has many years of personal training experience with countless success stories and has dedicated his life to helping others better their own. Roy is also an entrepreneur who started out as a vendor at the Music City Fit Expo and has now grown a successful clothing line for the fitness community.

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Jessica Kaplan and Zoe Antell are the founders of Ready Dress Go. This venture by Jessica and Zoe pioneers affordable, fashionable and comfortable women’s business attire. Ready Dress Go is revolutionizing the way in which young women dress to enter the professional world. As students at Vanderbilt University, Jessica and Zoe started being exposed to opportunities within the business world, including networking events, coffee chats...

Zach and Pam Graham are the founders of Sticks & Stones Axe Company, bringing the trend of axe throwing to Williamson County, Tennessee. Before opening their storefront in February 2022 in Franklin, TN., Zach and Pam held professional careers that started out in public service. Zach served seven years in military before becoming a firefighter and Pam was a 911 emergency dispatcher for 15 years. Wanting a more simple way of the ...

Tyler Logel, otherwise known as the Nashville Bike Guy, is a bike courier serving downtown & midtown Nashville. Tyler's story begins where many did when COVID-19 hit and then he found a need and a niche market in downtown Nashville and became THE hyperlocal delivery guy on a bike. Tyler wanted to show more people that this was an efficient and eco-friendly way to serve Nashville, not to mention super fun, while also creating hy...

Austin and Colin are a Nashville based comedy duo comprised of funny guys, Austin Bever and Colin Copper. The pair co-own Mac N’ Cheese Media along with their friend and CEO, Sean Webster. Due to the success of their 2016 music video “Welcome to Nashville”, the longtime friends continue their active comedy partnership. Austin and Colin primarily focus on viral internet content, with many popular songs, music videos, skits, and adve...

Cassandra Coleman, a native of Columbia, TN, started singing at a very young age and has the journey from posting YouTube covers and being a coffee shop manager to gracing America's television screens on American Idol, and finishing within the Top 10. Post-Idol, Cassandra will soon be working on new music in 2022, but is currently focusing her efforts on a festival she is creating in her hometown, called the Columbia Indie Fest, wh...

Josh Galigher is a certified bail-bondsman and bounty hunter who started the Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team back in 2013. Josh and his team has been responsible for hundreds of arrests and is one of the leading bail enforcement teams in West Tennessee. If you have ever enjoyed watching the live action of shows like Cops or Live PD, you're going to want to check out Josh's TikTok where he frequently live streams his captures.&nbs...

A.W. Miller is a father, husband, homesteader, author, and accomplished voice actor with over 37 titles to his credit as well as providing a variety of voices for video games, commercials, and apps. Miller is also the Arts, Clubs, and Enrichment Director at Valor Collegiate Academies in Nashville. Miller started out in radio where he wrote, produced, and voiced well over 500 radio spots before honing his voice for TV, film, and web...

Ray Solorio & Dustin Johnson make up the The Nashville Flippers. Ray and Dustin are a couple guys who reside in Hendersonville, TN and are in the world of retail reselling/flipping and sharing their adventures online with the mission of helping other people find hidden treasures and flip them for some quick cash, whether these items come from local bargain stores, thrift stores, your local Walmart or Target clearance aisle, or ...

Casey Maples and Jeremy Fyke started a craft hot sauce business called Two Heads Hot Sauce and business is booming! Since 2020, Two Heads has been smoking and blending hand-picked peppers into a variety of hot sauces. Casey and Jeremy are just two good lookin’ bald dudes from White House, Tennessee who have turned their pepper addiction from passion project to booming business. These guys are fusing smoked peppers from around the w...

Mick Khoury, better known as Pedal Tavern Mick, is licensed to drive (and born to do it!) a Pedal Tavern through downtown Nashville while entertaining his guests, while also being responsible for their welfare and safety along the way. Mick provides a high-energy, lighthearted and welcoming experience for tourists to Nashville and has become one of the most requested Pedal Tavern tour guides in Nashville. A lot of Mick's popularity...

Tom Cunningham & Anthony Laney founded Grazr, with the purpose to source local food while supporting local farmers. Grazr is an online marketplace for buying and selling meats locally, providing an end to end farm to table platform. The Grazr platform links farmers, processors and consumers for more accessible, farm-fresh meats. As farmers, Tom and Anthony experienced the headaches in bringing animals to local markets. Restrict...

Dawn Burns, better known as The Nashville Mom is a Nashville lifestyle blogger and influencer. The Nashville Mom is a place for families to connect with kid friendly events, restaurants and things to do in Nashville AND is one of the most highly followed family oriented blogs and social media accounts in the Nashville scene! Dawn and her family love exploring all things Nashvilles and sharing their adventures. Dawn loves connecting...

Peter Hartzell is the founder and president of Tree House Media. After working on a Business Marketing and Media Arts degree from the University of Montana, and receiving an Audio Engineering certification from the Recording Workshop, Peter developed his 15+ year career as a creative marketer. He is an expert in coaching and helping businesses of all sizes and individuals invite their ideal clients into their story and brand.