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Are We Here Yet Podcast

Dec 31, 2025

Empowering Gig Workers 

Tamara Laine is the founder of MPWR, a fintech services platform launching in 2026 to serve the some 80 million global gig economy workers.  This isn't the first founding experience for Tamara, here she is speaking with Nasdaq in 2023 regarding an earlier experience with Card Shop Live. 

MPWR...


Dec 30, 2025

The Later Days of Big Bands: From the Culture Desk

Join co-hosts Joshua Michael Stewart & Scott Graves on a musical look at just what all those Big Band musicians were doing decades after the end of the Big Band Era. 

The popular culture phenomenon of swing music did not end when the record deals started drying up.  The...


Dec 20, 2025

Cohosts Ryan Munn and Scott Graves delve into what’s on the horizon in Vermont tech in 2026. Talk of BETA Technologies recent IPO and its consequences on employment opportunities was high among the list of other companies mentioned that we’re watching in the upcoming year.  The list includes OnLogic, former podcast...


Nov 25, 2025

Rural Housing Report: New Ideas from Otis, MA

We’re joined by Dr. Stacey Schultze, a fifth generation citizen from the Berkshire hamlet of Otis, MA.  After listening to Stacey tell us in detail about the town’s greatest assets we’re feeling good about the resiliency of small town New England.  Alongside...


Nov 20, 2025

Michael Cohen is a partner and founding member of Lean Real Estate, a successful investment firm buying directly from owners.  The team at Lean applies lean manufacturing principles to real estate investment, which has helped the team of three stay focused and well disciplined in every aspect of their operation.  

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