Shut Up and Listen: Small Town Stories
Shut up and listen: Small Town Stories with Sarah and Renee is podcast celebrating the thousands of stories of local folks just like you and me. Renee Smith is the President of FEDC and Sarah Stephens Krupp is the Project Administrator of FEDC. You can't help but enjoy their regular sparring match! New podcast episodes will drop the third Wednesday of each and every month. https://linktr.ee/sulwithsarahandrenee.
Episodes
46 episodes
Shut Up and Listen: Ignite 419
Part of our job is to support the region through workforce development. In doing so, we hear from professionals and entrepreneurs all the time, and we've found they all have similar questions: What do I need to know about tax law? What happens ...
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Season 3
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Episode 40
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19:34
Shut Up and Listen: New Superintendent
"Enroll, employ, enlist - I want kids to know there’s a reason they’re at school and everyone there is going to hold them accountable because we care."@fostoriasuper a.k.a. Jason Longbrake nailed his first podcast interview. ...
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Season 3
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Episode 39
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19:32
Shut Up and Listen: Interview with Financial Design Agency of Ohio
Aaron Smith and Weston Reinbolt take a seat on the couch and it was honestly hard to keep a straight face, at times… Maybe it was because we learned that Weston shops for Aaron’s shoes for him, or perhaps it was the point in our conversation wh...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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32:34
Shut Up and Listen: Matt Kibler with Northwest State and Custom Training Solutions
Here he is - a blast from our not-so-distant past! Matt Kibler is the Director of Business Development for Custom Training Solutions which is a division of Northwest State Community College. Those who interact with us during our day-jobs may re...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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27:59
Shut Up and Listen: Interview with Do Some Good Marketing
Well, this interview has certainly been a long time coming! And she's possibly our most reluctant guest, yet.Ashley Barger has been the woman behind the scenes of this podcast since it began in February of 2022. We've relied on her to c...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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17:14
Shut Up and Listen: 2023 Recap and 2024 Kick-off
Whoopsies… it’s been a minute! Hello, 2024! Sarah and Renee revisit and recap their annual meeting which took place last month and encompassed the collective results of their economic development, chamber of commerce, and convention...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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22:39
Riding Around with Renee: Katie Six and Charter Steel
We're sharing Fostoria Economic Development Corporation's video podcast series, ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕖. In each episode you’ll meet some of the business leaders from the area. Join the adventure as Renee Smith, President of the Fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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14:50
Riding Around with Renee: Ron Burns, Entreprenuer
We're sharing Fostoria Economic Development Corporation's video podcast series, ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕖. In each episode you’ll meet some of the business leaders from the area. Join the adventure as Renee Smith, President of the Fo...
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Season 3
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21:29
Riding Around with Renee: Brook Piper and Callie's Performance Products
We're sharing Fostoria Economic Development Corporation's video podcast series, ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕖. In each episode you’ll meet some of the business leaders from the area. Join the adventure as Renee Smith, President of the Fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 38
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18:45
Riding Around with Renee: Bruce Shook and Lenny Clouse with Clouse Construction
We're sharing Fostoria Economic Development Corporation's video podcast series, ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕖. In each episode you’ll meet some of the business leaders from the area. Join the adventure as Renee Smith, President of the Fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 37
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20:20
Riding Around with Renee: Bridgett Mundy and Independence House
We're sharing Fostoria Economic Development Corporation's video podcast series, ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕖. In each episode you’ll meet some of the business leaders from the area. Join the adventure as Renee Smith, President of the Fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 36
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22:05
Riding Around with Renee: Ford Mennel and The Mennel Milling Company
We're sharing Fostoria Economic Development Corporation's video podcast series, ℝ𝕚𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝔸𝕣𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕖. In each episode you’ll meet some of the business leaders from the area. Join the adventure as Renee Smith, President of the Fo...
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Season 3
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Episode 35
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11:39
Shut Up and Listen: The New Fostoria Ohio Mayor
We came, we laughed, and we closed a chapter. At the same token, we introduced a new chapter for our community. "Former Mr. Mayor meet the NEW Mr. Mayor!"It's true, our time on the couch with Eric Keckler is officially coming to a close...
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Season 2
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Episode 34
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33:08
Shut Up and Listen: Interview with Wood County Plays
For this episode, we had the sincere pleasure of hosting Ryan Wichman, meteorologist for WTOL11 (Toledo), who is also the founder of Wood County Plays. Wood County Plays is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that designs, fundraisers, an...
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Season 2
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Episode 33
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32:22
Shut Up and Listen: Again, with the Mayor
Fostoria, Ohio Mayor, Eric Keckler, has made another appearance on the couch for Episode 32. This may, in fact, be one of his last-hoorahs as mayor, and so he gets right down to business by sharing more about details his capstone project: the S...
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Season 2
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Episode 32
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18:04
Shut Up and Listen: Interview with Michele Cochran
Michele Cochran is the Executive Director of the Greater Fostoria Community Foundation. She wears a multitude of hats in her role and in her community, but today we're talking about the direct impact she's both seen and had on Fostoria.M...
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Season 2
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Episode 31
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16:59
Shut Up and Listen: Jocelyn Reinhart-Scaife, the NEW Chamber Director
A new day, a new era...Jocelyn Reinhart grew up in Fostoria, did some of her college work in the city and then settled back in with the family business before recently getting married. And on August 1st, she started her new position as ...
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Season 2
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Episode 30
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20:00
Shut Up and Listen: Chase Eikenbary, Regional Growth Partnership
If you thought Sarah&Renee were the most dynamic of duos, just wait til you hear from Chase Eikenbary, V.P. of Project Management for Regional Growth Partnership of Ohio. You will instantly see she's a necessary component to the team and, d...
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Season 2
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Episode 29
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57:27
Shut Up and Listen: Interview with Rebekah Marr, CO.STARTERS
You've heard it from us multiple times on this podcast and we're finally interviewing the lady who got us hooked on the program! Please help us welcome Rebekah Marr, CO.STARTERS to our virtual couch!CO.STARTERS is a 10-week accelerator ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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39:54
Shut Up and Listen: Interview with Roberta Streiffert
Our guest, Roberta Streiffert, joins us on the couch to give us some background on her role as Sr. Rural Development Specialist for the Great Lakes Community Action Partnership, as well as more details on the road that led her to this role. At ...
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Season 2
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Episode 27
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34:21
Shut Up and Listen: Ashley Reinhart's Special Students
This is a very vulnerable and enlightened episode because it showcases one small town story that truly has impacted dozens of lives and will impact so many more lives in the years to come!It was our pleasure to meet with Ashley Reinhart...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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40:00
Shut Up and Listen: Say It to My Face
Do you feel like the art of communication is lacking in 2023? Are you a target for negativity because of your work or job role? How do you deal with it, or not deal with it? Sarah&Renee discuss their ‘Facebook diet’ and the dis...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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31:46
Shut Up and Listen: It's Our Birthday
Turn-about is fair play... Our 2022 guests joined us for our first birthday party where THEY got to ask US all the questions. And, we kept the mic hot through all the anecdotes in between.Some questions were exact replicas of what...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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51:39
Shut Up and Listen: Workforce Development with Jason Yoakam
There's so much to say as we kick-off 2023 ... And it's time for us to start hitting on the bigger issues: Workforce is potentially an international issue that we focus on daily. How do we support our community by, essentially, ‘cre...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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26:25