When Brynn Grant grew up in Liberty County, she didn’t think much of Savannah. It was where you went to the doctors or to go to the mall to buy a new coat. Since then, wherever she goes, growth seems to follow. She had a...

Welcome to Where & Why, a podcast where we surface the origin stories of community leaders and influencers.Today, we brought back two guests who have something a bit unusual in common. They both have attended Burning Man - a week-lon...

Today we are in conversation with Clinton Edminister, an Oregon native who ended up in Savannah via Homer, Alaska.Of course, SCAD was the draw for a pioneering videographer, but Savannah also gave Clinton the chance to become a true Rena...

Today we are in conversation with Peter Roberts, gallery manager at Location Gallery on Bull Street. It is a joint project with Austin Hill Realty to promote Savannah artists and raise money for local charities. To date, the project has  d...

Today we are in conversation with the Rev. Michael White, the retiring rector of historic Christ Church Episcopal on Johnson Square.Michael came to Savannah in 2008 to navigate the church through some of its most turbulent times in a his...

Welcome to Where & Why, a podcast where we surface the origin stories of community leaders and influencers.Science and Writing have always competed for space in the brain of Dr. Mark Murphy.He is a noted gastroenterolo...

Welcome to Where & Why, a podcast where we surface the origin stories of community leaders and influencers. Today we are in conversation with Wade Herring, whose day job is as an employment lawyer with the storied Savannah firm ...

Welcome to Where & Why, a podcast where we surface the origin stories of community leaders and influencers. Today our guest is Ivy Council. She is chairman of the board of Goodwill of Southeast Georgia, a member of the board of ...

Welcome to Where & Why, a podcast dedicated to cultivating the science of conversation.Today, our guest is Rexanna Lester. Rexanna's first job was as a tractor parts salesperson in Garber, Oklahoma. Her love of words led her to be a ...

Today we are talking with Molly Carrott Taylor, executive director of the Hidden Gem that is Savannah's Ships of the Sea museum. Taylor came to Savannah after growing up in Kansas, spending summers in Michigan, and going to school i...

Today we are in conversation with Christi Hester, a certified massage therapist at Savannah’s Temple Day Spa. Hester comes from a family of well-known Savannah performers. Her mom and dad were Broadway actors before her father, Billy Hester, wa...

Today we’re in conversation with Sidney Lance, the founder and CEO of Rhoot Man Beverage Company.Sidney was a small town South Carolina boy who went out to see the world, first with his father the preacher and then serving in the U.S. Ar...

When a hurricane washed away her acupuncture practice in the Florida Keys, Candice Nelms followed her gut, and her partner, to Savannah.It was yet another risky move that paid off for this Renaissance woman. Candice has followed “a feeli...

Today, we are in conversation with Ariana Berksteiner, executive director of Emmaus House, which daily serves between 100 and 300 homeless people in downtown Savannah. When she moved to Savannah more than a decade ago, Berksteiner h...

Today, we are in conversation with A.L. Addington. He is former dean of the business schools at Valdosta State University. After a long and successful academic career at schools in Tennessee, Georgia, and Ohio, Addington worked with churches ac...

Citizen Advocacy founder Tom Kohler talks about growing up in Savannah and witnessing how parents of special needs children came together, black and white, to keep and evolve services. To talk with Tom through Coffee and Consulting...

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