Episodes

Today, Rich Lockwood of Motor City Gas joins the show. Following a career in marketing and advertising, Rich needed a change. In 2015 he turned his hobby of home brewing and turned it in to a business. He wanted a …

Today we get a look inside our newly rebranded Wednesday morning group, Network First. This meeting is designed to be the antithesis of those structured networking groups. There's no attendance requirement. There's no ne...

Fortunately, the world of mental health care is becoming less taboo. However, its till remains extremely difficult to navigate in our current health care system. Our guest today is Anton Babushkin, founder and CEO of Start ...

In this wild real estate market, many home buyers are waiving property inspections in order to get the house they want. We can pretty much guarantee you won't do that after listening to today's episode. Emily Burnett will so...

Michael Gordon has the job he's wanted since he was 2 years old -architect. Today we learn about his experience at MGA Architects and with the Royal Oak Chamber. He started his own firm over 30 years ago, almost by …

Today, we learn about, quite literally, a hidden gem in Royal Oak. Habatat Detroit is the country's oldest art gallery dedicated exclusively to glass work. And their pieces are stunning. Our guest today is art consultant Re...

Today, Lisa and Jon are joined by Dan Fischer, the President and CEO of Citizens State Bank on Woodward Avenue. Dan came to the bank in September of 2020 after an illustrious career with financial institutions of all differe...

Today we welcome Jeff Kong of Tri-Covery Massage and Flexibility. They started in Novi but have recently expanded to Royal Oak, offering a number of services and therapies. Tri-Covery expanded right at the beginning of COVI...

Today we again turn the microphone on one of our co-hosts, Trish Carruth from Your Personal Jeweler. Trish frequently mentions that she's a third generation jeweler, but her path to this field may surprise you. She specializ...

Jason and Lindsey Eddleston are the new owners of a Royal Oak institution, Ray's Ice Cream. And after six decades and three generations of ownership, the Stevens family weren't going to sell their family business to just any...

The Royal Oak Leprechauns are back! Today, Jon, Lisa, and Andrea are joined by their GM, Mark Sackett, to talk all things Leprechauns baseball. Mark tells us about joining the Great Lakes Collegiate League and moving the tea...

Laura Rizzo, a former teacher and tennis coach, is now the owner of Luv All Coaching, where she offers professional coaching to everyone from divorcees to corporations. You may see many people call themselves a "coach," but L...

You'll hear more laughs in this episode than any previous episode of the ROCC Pod. That's because our guest, Kiman Agee of The Great Escape Room, can really roll with the punches. He's an actor, and his ad-lib skills are …

Today, we turn the tables on our co-host, Jon Gay of JAG in Detroit Podcasts, and put him in the hot seat. We talk about his radio-turned-podcasting career and get some insight into his personal backstory too! Jon left radio...

JD Lindeberg is an expert on recycling and the circular economy. He's been involved with these ideas since the late 1980's through both Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) and NextCycle Michigan. JD explains the circular econo...

The world has been turned on its ear in the last two years. And that's certainly true in the world of human resources. Today's guest, Jill Berti, started Workery Consulting during the pandemic. She provides outsourced HR s...

The Michigan World War II Legacy Memorial is actually the official state memorial, and it will live right here in Royal Oak, in Memorial Park. Groundbreaking is scheduled for April 7th. Today, we are joined by Judy Maten from the …

The Royal Oak Chamber of Commerce has a great relationship with the city itself, and a big part of that is Todd Fenton, Deputy City Manager of Royal Oak. Todd is our guest today. We start by exploring looking at …

We've had some great guests so far on the ROCC Pod, but some of you have asked to know more about our 4 co-hosts. Today, we put Lisa Bibbee of Keller Williams Advantage in the hot seat, and pick her …

Six and a half years ago, Michael Pesendorfer brought his 37 years of investment experience, and his team at M3 Investment Services to Royal Oak. He says he's finally found a home here - both personally and professionally. ...

Note: In the time between when we recorded this interview with Jeff and when we published the episode, Jeff left ERSI for another opportunity. We have published this episode with his permission to explain the work that ERSI ...

Today's guest is Peter Boyse of Boyse CPA. With the new year here, there are many things you need to know about filing your 2021 taxes, so you don't leave any money on the table. Peter Boyse of Boyse CPA …

Ever since she was a little girl, Patt Trama has always been interested in writing. She's won multiple awards for her work across many different genres. Today, she sits down with Jon, Lisa, Trish, and Andrea to reflect on h...

Today's episode is a bit longer than usual, because there's a lot of important information in it. Royal Oak Chamber member Kathleen Novetsky of AAA Insurance walks us through the recent changes to Michigan's No Fault Auto In...