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Brandon Peck

Eat It, Virginia!

Personal Records

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Gordon Ramsay

Rachel Ford

Michelle Williams

Danny Mena

Michael Smith

Kate Lee

Chris Staples

Eric Jackson

Jim Hamilton

Luke O'Neil

Evan Campbell

Laura Lee

Eric Morris

Jon Martin

Mellon Collie

OwlTail

On this episode, Scott chats with Brandon Peck from Richmond band, Sea of Storms. Scott and Brandon break down Sea of Storms’ latest album, “Saddest Faction,” which is one of Scott’s favorite records. He even ranked it as one of his favorite albums of the last decade. But first, they chat about quarantine life for a band among other things. For more information about Sea of Storms and this podcast episode, go to speakcies.com/personalrecords.

On this episode, Scott chats with Brandon Peck from Richmond band, Sea of Storms. Scott and Brandon break down Sea of Storms’ latest album, “Saddest Faction,” which is one of Scott’s favorite records. He even ranked it as one of his favorite albums of the last decade. But first, they chat about quarantine life for a band among other things. For more information about Sea of Storms and this podcast episode, go to <a href="http://speakcies.com/personalrecords" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">speakcies.com/personalrecords</a>.

Ep. 15 - Interview with Brandon Peck from Sea of Storms

Welcome to Unlisted!This is the second episode ever and hello and hi to the new subscribers. I’m thankful for everyone for joining me on this journey.Last week, I spoke with Ben Isgur and talked to him about telehealth. You can check that out here.I’ve also been working with Healthify to produce some blogs and a white paper on social determinants of health. The first blog went live last week. It’s a recap on a webinar on how COVID-19 will affect SDoH strategy. That can be found here.If you have a white paper, blog, content strategy, or research work and need help, get in touch at jeff@magnetcoilmedia.comTruth be told, this newsletter is more of a way to learn how to start a podcast (I’m learning to ask more direct questions, for example). Based on the stats, about a fifth of you checking out the email downloaded the podcast. I’m trying to make the written newsletter a separate value add-to to the interviews. But I’m sure this will evolve as we move along. Do you want more text? Less text? Let me know.This one is a bit of a Richmond-centric number. I originally wanted to write about how a restaurant’s decision to open in Phase One is an inherently political statement. I mean, check this chart out from Axios:But, the conversation just didn’t go that way so on today’s agenda is social isolation, community, and the spaces that bars and restaurants provide.On today’s show, we have The Jasper’s Brandon Peck (the interview was conducted on May 13). One of my goals with this product — besides promoting my business and sharing ideas/stats I come across — is to better bring together the conversation how culture influences health and vice versa. Within the healthcare industry, messaging and narratives tend to be buttoned up. You can continuously be bludgeoned with the same buzzwords in varying sentence structures as you move from conference presentation to presentation.But as we know, healthcare is so much more. Brandon bartends in the Carytown shopping district of Richmond, VA. We talked about service industry regulars and unemployment in the industry and how that can influence behavior.We did not talk about the first time I went to The Jasper. My friend Ryan was in town from Boston to attend an Action Patrol reunion. He had just learned he would be a father and may have been served too much. Ryan decided to go to his hotel wherein he slept through the entire show and got on a plane the next morning back to Boston. It was a beautiful failure where no one got hurt. Ryan, you can check out the set from the night before here.That’s the bifurcated content I’m trying to give to my readers.If you’re not familiar, Richmond as of February 2020 had a vibrant restaurant and brewery scene.Last September, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that the growth rate of RVA restaurants has doubled the pace of population growth (9.6% v. ~4% from 2015 to 2019). There’s more than 2,000 full-service and fast-food restaurants in metro area. Bon Appetit profiled the city’s restaurant scene about a year ago and Zagat named it one of the 30 exciting food American cities in 2017.Adding to the RVA restaurant literary canon is this hysterically accurate profile of Nate’s Bagels, the best and most elusive bagel shop in Fist City.I moved back to my hometown of Richmond, VA last November after spending a year and a half in Nashville. Ultimately, I don’t recommend moving to a new city at 36.I made some friends there but I spent a lot of time to myself. Almost too much for my personality and temperament. Craving casual conversations, I would wander and at times walk to Hops and Crafts, a small beer bar located in The Gulch for the singular purpose of being around people but not too many people, ya know.Looking back, I was definitely feeling the effects of social isolation. There’s already a lot of literature on the social determinants of health but COVID-19 is shining a big spotlight on the effects of social isolation.Americans were already in the midst of a “loneliness epidemic” even before COVID-19. And the lack of social connectivity is increasingly being linked to people’s physical health. For example, social isolation or poor social relationships, according to a recent 317-page meta-analysis of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, dementia, depression, anxiety, self-reported chronic diseases, and more.So yea, I left Nashville. For my health. The coronavirus pandemic is only accelerating the social disconnection for some. Human beings are social creatures and, given the associated links of physical health and social connectivity, it’s understandable why many are feeling anxious to get outside and around people when you’re being encouraged to stay home. Talking to yourself can get old pretty fast.Bars and restaurants provide that space for many social and friend groups as well as communal connective tissue for those who may not be fortunate enough to have close friends.Now, those spaces — at least as we knew them — are gone. And it’s unclear how many will return. One RTD headline reads “‘We could very well lose our restaurant in two months’ — Richmond restaurants say they could crumble without more leadership from city”.The CDC recently released interim guidance on three phases for reopening including restaurants. Headlines have characterized this “low key” release to be “quietly” announced after being “scaled back.” It isn’t until Step 2 where guidance says: “Bars may open with limited capacity; restaurants may open dining rooms with limited seating capacity that allows for social distancing.”At the time of this writing on May 25, the city of Richmond is set to begin Phase One on May 29. It’s unclear if and when it will be safe to meet up in communal spaces again and I don’t pretend to have any answers. But I do think it’s important to remember that restaurants and bars and other gathering spaces help provide a sense of belonging for community members. What I can suggest and offer is if there’s someone you’ve been meaning to catch up with, give them a call.Stay safe and hope you’re healthy.Thanks for reading Unlisted. If you enjoyed this interview or newsletter, please share it with a friend.Today’s playlist is curated by Brandon Peck. Get on the email list at magnetcoilmedia.substack.com

Welcome to Unlisted! This is the second episode ever and hello and hi to the new subscribers. I’m thankful for everyone for joining me on this journey. Last week, I spoke with Ben Isgur and talked to him about telehealth. You can check that out <a href="https://magnetcoilmedia.substack.com/p/ben-isgur" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. I’ve also been working with Healthify to produce some blogs and a white paper on social determinants of health. The first blog went live last week. It’s a recap on a webinar on how COVID-19 will affect SDoH strategy. That can be found <a href="https://www.healthify.us/healthify-insights/reimagining-sdoh-innovation-covid-19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. If you have a white paper, blog, content strategy, or research work and need help, get in touch at jeff@magnetcoilmedia.com Truth be told, this newsletter is more of a way to learn how to start a podcast (I’m learning to ask more direct questions, for example). Based on the stats, about a fifth of you checking out the email downloaded the podcast. I’m trying to make the written newsletter a separate value add-to to the interviews. But I’m sure this will evolve as we move along. Do you want more text? Less text? Let me know. This one is a bit of a Richmond-centric number. I originally wanted to write about how a restaurant’s decision to open in Phase One is an inherently political statement. I mean, check this chart out from <a href="https://www.axios.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Axios</a>: But, the conversation just didn’t go that way so on today’s agenda is social isolation, community, and the spaces that bars and restaurants provide. On today’s show, we have <a href="http://jasperbarrva.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Jasper</a>’s Brandon Peck (the interview was conducted on May 13). One of my goals with this product — besides promoting my business and sharing ideas/stats I come across — is to better bring together the conversation how culture influences health and vice versa. Within the healthcare industry, messaging and narratives tend to be buttoned up. You can continuously be bludgeoned with the same buzzwords in varying sentence structures as you move from conference presentation to presentation. But as we know, healthcare is so much more. Brandon bartends in the Carytown shopping district of Richmond, VA. We talked about service industry regulars and unemployment in the industry and how that can influence behavior. We did not talk about the first time I went to The Jasper. My friend Ryan was in town from Boston to attend an Action Patrol reunion. He had just learned he would be a father and may have been served too much. Ryan decided to go to his hotel wherein he slept through the entire show and got on a plane the next morning back to Boston. It was a beautiful failure where no one got hurt. Ryan, you can check out the set from the night before <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlt1sn4hn9s" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. That’s the bifurcated content I’m trying to give to my readers. If you’re not familiar, Richmond as of February 2020 had a vibrant restaurant and brewery scene. Last September, Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that the growth rate of RVA restaurants has <a href="https://www.richmond.com/food-drink/restaurant-news/the-richmond-restaurant-market-has-grown-at-twice-the-pace-of-the-population-in-recent/article_7bc560b2-bc2e-57ac-9161-b9cb8b98bb4c.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">doubled the pace of population growth</a> (9.6% v. ~4% from 2015 to 2019). There’s more than <a href="https://www.richmond.com/food-drink/restaurant-news/every-day-is-a-bad-day-richmond-restaurant-owners-are-doing-everything-they-can-to/article_0bb019d0-8562-5aef-afb9-42da8e63b492.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2,000 full-service and fast-food restaurants</a> in metro area. Bon Appetit profiled the city’s restaurant scene <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/gallery/best-restaurants-in-richmond-virginia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">about a year ago</a> and Zagat named it one of the <a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/gallery/best-restaurants-in-richmond-virginia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30 exciting food American cities</a> in 2017. Adding to the RVA restaurant literary canon is this <a href="https://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/wheel-of-fortune/Content?oid=15748131" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hysterically accurate profile</a> of Nate’s Bagels, the best and most elusive bagel shop in Fist City. I moved back to my hometown of Richmond, VA last November after spending a year and a half in Nashville. Ultimately, I don’t recommend moving to a new city at 36. I made some friends there but I spent a lot of time to myself. Almost too much for my personality and temperament. Craving casual conversations, I would wander and at times walk to <a href="https://www.hopscrafts.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hops and Crafts</a>, a small beer bar located in The Gulch for the singular purpose of being around people but not too many people, ya know. Looking back, I was definitely feeling the effects of social isolation. There’s already a lot of literature on the social determinants of health but COVID-19 is shining a big spotlight on the effects of social isolation. Americans were already in the midst of a “<a href="https://www.vox.com/2020/5/11/21245087/america-loneliness-epidemic-coronavirus-pandemic-together" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">loneliness epidemic</a>” even before COVID-19. And the lack of social connectivity is increasingly being linked to people’s physical health. For example, social isolation or poor social relationships, according to a recent 317-page meta-analysis of <a href="https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25663/social-isolation-and-loneliness-in-older-adults-opportunities-for-the" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine</a>, is associated with an increased risk of heart disease and stroke, dementia, depression, anxiety, self-reported chronic diseases, and more. So yea, I left Nashville. For my health. The coronavirus pandemic is only accelerating the social disconnection for some. Human beings are social creatures and, given the associated links of physical health and social connectivity, it’s understandable why many are feeling anxious to get outside and around people when you’re being encouraged to stay home. Talking to yourself can get old pretty fast. Bars and restaurants provide that space for many social and friend groups as well as communal connective tissue for those who may not be fortunate enough to have close friends. Now, those spaces — at least as we knew them — are gone. And it’s unclear how many will return. One RTD headline reads “<a href="https://www.richmond.com/food-drink/restaurant-news/we-could-very-well-lose-our-restaurant-in-two-months-richmond-restaurants-say-they-could/article_120fdba1-0a0b-5a9b-b3f6-69fb31f11dce.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">‘We could very well lose our restaurant in two months’ — Richmond restaurants say they could crumble without more leadership from cit</a>y”. The CDC recently released <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/php/CDC-Activities-Initiatives-for-COVID-19-Response.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">interim guidance</a> on three phases for reopening including restaurants. Headlines have characterized this “<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/cdc-guidelines-released-at-last-offer-low-key-guide-to-reopening/2020/05/19/c99eb63a-99f8-11ea-a282-386f56d579e6_story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">low key</a>” release to be “<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cdc-quietly-releases-detailed-plan-reopening-america-n1211316" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">quietly</a>” announced after being “<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/14/cdc-guidance-reopening-coronavirus-259565" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scaled back</a>.” It isn’t until Step 2 where guidance says: “Bars may open with limited capacity; restaurants may open dining rooms with limited seating capacity that allows for social distancing.” At the time of this writing on May 25, the city of Richmond is set to begin Phase One on May 29. It’s unclear if and when it will be safe to meet up in communal spaces again and I don’t pretend to have any answers. But I do think it’s important to remember that restaurants and bars and other gathering spaces help provide a sense of belonging for community members. What I can suggest and offer is if there’s someone you’ve been meaning to catch up with, give them a call. Stay safe and hope you’re healthy. Thanks for reading Unlisted. If you enjoyed this interview or newsletter, please share it with a friend. Today’s playlist is curated by Brandon Peck. Get on the email list at <a href="https://magnetcoilmedia.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">magnetcoilmedia.substack.com</a>

'Karaoke ain't coming back anytime soon.' One-on-one with The Jasper's Brandon Peck

Mattias Hagglund

Thomas Leggett

There are places in Richmond that change the game. The Jasper, a nearly two-year-old bar in Carytown that promises "full pours and honest prices," is one of those places.The Richmond bartender power trio behind the The Jasper -- Mattias Hagglund (former co-owner of Heritage), Thomas Leggett, and Brandon Peck (both formerly of The Roosevelt) -- appeared on the Eat It, Virginia! podcast to talk about the biggest surprises they've faced, the changes they've made since opening The Jasper, their current favorite drinks, and separate paths they took that led them to find each other."Tee [Thomas Leggett] and I had been talking about trying to do something for years," Hagglund told Scott Wise and Robey Martin on the Eat It Virginia! podcast. "We looked at a number of spaces around town over the course of three or four years. After Heritage, our other partner Kevin Liu -- who owns Carytown Cupcakes -- found out that this space [3113 W Cary Street] was becoming available and reached out to us and was like 'hey, I know y'all are trying to do something, I have the beginnings of this weirdo idea for a bar, let's see if we can find a way to make it work."The weirdo idea was to open a bar in a state where liquor laws were created to dissuade business owners from doing just that. Virginia law dictates "a minimum 45 percent of the total gross sales must be from food and nonalcoholic beverages. Conversely, alcohol sales should comprise no more than 55 percent of these sales."That could be a difficult threshold to meet for an establishment with a focus on craft cocktails and whose menu is "aimed at satisfying the hunger you get when you're having a drink.""We serve a ton more drinks than we do food generally," Hagglund said. "It's an usual concept for Virginia because we do focus more on being a bar than anything else, as such I think it's been something where we've had to learn new efficiencies and ways to handle volume that we maybe aren't quite used to."So far, it's worked. Garden &amp; Gun magazine. named The Jasper one of the "The South's best new bars" and the bar's Christmas-themed Miracle in Carytown nights produced lines that stretched down the block.Despite their success, the owners of The Jasper still feel a bit misunderstood."One big super important quality of this bar going into opening this place was that this can be anybody's bar," Brandon Peck said. "We like to think we have something for everybody, from a really cool wine list, to cheap canned beer, to cool cocktails, we're open until 2 a.m. every single day. We want to be a bar for everybody and I think a lot of people have this misconception that we are a speakeasy which is kind of funny because we have big wide open windows and a sign that says 'bar' outside."Other topics discussed on the podcast include places -- other than Popeyes -- to grab a killer chicken sandwich and our Eat It, Virginia! podcast sommelier Booth Hardy from Barrel Thief explains why he's pairing Shooting Star Creamery's Aries sheep's milk cheese with vin jaune.Send Scott and Robey your podcast questions and feedback.People, places, and products mentioned in this podcast:Barrel Thief Wine Shop &amp; CaféBooth HardyCarytownCarytown CupcakesCopycat Co.Fire, Flour &amp; ForkHeritageHot Chick RVALa Bete Food TruckLOWCO EateryReservoir DistillerySaisonShooting Star Creamery The Chicken BoxThe RooseveltVirago SpiritsVirginia SpiritsSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There are places in Richmond that change the game. The Jasper, a nearly two-year-old bar in Carytown that promises "full pours and honest prices," is one of those places.The Richmond bartender power trio behind the The Jasper -- Mattias Hagglund (former co-owner of Heritage), Thomas Leggett, and Brandon Peck (both formerly of The Roosevelt) -- appeared on the Eat It, Virginia! podcast to talk about the biggest surprises they've faced, the changes they've made since opening The Jasper, their current favorite drinks, and separate paths they took that led them to find each other."Tee [Thomas Leggett] and I had been talking about trying to do something for years," Hagglund told Scott Wise and Robey Martin on the Eat It Virginia! podcast. "We looked at a number of spaces around town over the course of three or four years. After Heritage, our other partner Kevin Liu -- who owns Carytown Cupcakes -- found out that this space [3113 W Cary Street] was becoming available and reached out to us and was like 'hey, I know y'all are trying to do something, I have the beginnings of this weirdo idea for a bar, let's see if we can find a way to make it work."The weirdo idea was to open a bar in a state where liquor laws were created to dissuade business owners from doing just that. Virginia law dictates "a minimum 45 percent of the total gross sales must be from food and nonalcoholic beverages. Conversely, alcohol sales should comprise no more than 55 percent of these sales."That could be a difficult threshold to meet for an establishment with a focus on craft cocktails and whose menu is "aimed at satisfying the hunger you get when you're having a drink.""We serve a ton more drinks than we do food generally," Hagglund said. "It's an usual concept for Virginia because we do focus more on being a bar than anything else, as such I think it's been something where we've had to learn new efficiencies and ways to handle volume that we maybe aren't quite used to."So far, it's worked. Garden &amp; Gun magazine. named The Jasper one of the "The South's best new bars" and the bar's Christmas-themed Miracle in Carytown nights produced lines that stretched down the block.Despite their success, the owners of The Jasper still feel a bit misunderstood."One big super important quality of this bar going into opening this place was that this can be anybody's bar," Brandon Peck said. "We like to think we have something for everybody, from a really cool wine list, to cheap canned beer, to cool cocktails, we're open until 2 a.m. every single day. We want to be a bar for everybody and I think a lot of people have this misconception that we are a speakeasy which is kind of funny because we have big wide open windows and a sign that says 'bar' outside."Other topics discussed on the podcast include places -- other than Popeyes -- to <a href="https://wtvr.com/2019/08/29/best-richmond-chicken-sandwiches/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">grab a killer chicken sandwich</a> and our Eat It, Virginia! podcast sommelier Booth Hardy from Barrel Thief explains why he's pairing Shooting Star Creamery's Aries sheep's milk cheese with vin jaune.Send <a href="https://www.instagram.com/scott_wise/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scott</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/callmerobey/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robey</a> your podcast questions and feedback.People, places, and products mentioned in this podcast:<a href="https://www.instagram.com/barrelthief/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barrel Thief Wine Shop &amp; Café</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/wilboothhardy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Booth Hardy</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/carytownrva/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carytown</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/carytowncupcakes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carytown Cupcakes</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/copycatco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Copycat Co.</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/fireflourfork/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fire, Flour &amp; Fork</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/heritagerva/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Heritage</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/hotchickrva/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hot Chick RVA</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/labetefood/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Bete Food Truck</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/lowcoeatery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LOWCO Eatery</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reservoirdistillery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reservoir Distillery</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/saisonrva/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Saison</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/shooting_star_creamery/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shooting Star Creamery </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Chicken-Box-Restaurant-Catering-Service/152543134783562" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Chicken Box</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rooseveltrva/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Roosevelt</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/viragospirits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virago Spirits</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vaspirits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virginia Spirits</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Mattias Hagglund, Thomas Leggett, and Brandon Peck: The Jasper