Homeland Brew Co: Anthem’s New Beer Hall
Anthem is getting a brewery, and Eric Kilstrom and co-host Sawana sit down with the man behind it. Mike, founder of Homeland Brew Co, traces a long road from Midwest beer country to the spirits business in Los Angeles, then to a pandemic-era dream he and his wife chased to Arizona. The brand honors military […]
Homeland Brew Co Marks One Year in Anthem, AZ
Homeland Brew Co just reached its first birthday as an Anthem taproom, and owner Mike Balausky sat down with Eric to look back. Sawana was off this week, so Eric ran the mics solo from the bar. Mike, known around town as Mikey B, talks through the ups and downs of a new small business […]
Mango Bliss: Anthem’s Hand-Spun Fluffy Froyo
Sejal, founder of Mango Bliss, joins Eric and Sawana to share how a love of frozen yogurt, a marketing background, and a passion for lifting up other women became an Anthem storefront. Her signature is hand-spun “fluffy froyo,” churned fresh in front of the customer rather than pulled from a self-serve machine, with chocolate the […]
Rich Digilio: Anthem Electric to Trustpoint Electric & Air
Anthem business owner Rich Digilio traces a path from New York tradesman to local entrepreneur with Eric and Sawana. Licensed as a master electrician at 23, he founded Anthem Electric out of a single truck and, after years of growth and a stint focused on high-level customer service, now co-owns Trustpoint Electric & Air following […]
Peak Performance Hydration: IV Therapy in Anthem
With Sawana out sick, Eric flies solo to host Tom, a firefighter paramedic, and September, a registered nurse, the partners behind Peak Performance Hydration. Built in Anthem and grown organically over about two and a half years, their clinic takes a brick-and-mortar approach to IV therapy rather than a mobile truck, giving patients a stable, […]
iSwing Indoor Golf in Anthem, AZ with Owner Joe
iSwing, an indoor golf facility on the west side of Anthem, Arizona, recently crossed its two-year mark, and owner Joe joined the show to explain how the concept came together. Frustrated that the nearest driving range sat a 20 to 25 minute drive away, he first pictured an outdoor range before rising land costs near […]
Tom Ford of Liberty Plumbing: NYC Cop to Anthem Owner
Tom Ford, owner of Liberty Plumbing, sits down with Eric Kilstrom and Sawana for a candid look at a career built on reinvention. Raised in Queens, he trained as a union plumber before joining the NYPD, then relocated to Arizona after September 11 and chose Anthem as the place to raise his family. He recounts […]
Marc Podell Brings The Back Nine Golf to Anthem AZ
Marc Podell joins Eric and Sawana to introduce The Back Nine, a members-based indoor golf simulator club opening in the Safeway shopping center in Anthem, Arizona. Marc explains why he spent a decade searching for the right franchise before landing on this fast-growing concept, and why a proven model beat building software, courses, and marketing […]
Andrew Z Diamonds: Scott Zychowski on Anthem Business
Scott Zychowski, owner of Andrew Z Diamonds, joins Eric and Sawana to trace a jewelry story that spans three generations and an ocean. His grandfather, a Polish immigrant, ran four shops in New York, and his father Andrew later built a long-running New Jersey store before retiring to Anthem, Arizona. Scott bought the business roughly […]
David Coleman: Anthem Pest Control Grit & Holiday Lights
Pest control owner David Coleman is the debut guest in Eric and Sawana’s new downtown Anthem studio, and he traces a 13-year climb from a single route to a nine-truck operation serving Anthem and the North Valley. He started spraying houses in the early 1990s, learned the trade under Burns Pest Elimination, and built his […]