Mobile Mike Detailing and Free Kids Fishing in Anthem
Anthem’s downtown studio hosts Mike of Mobile Mike Detailing, who turned a mechanic’s background into a fully mobile car-care business over the past three years. He brings his own generator and spot-free water straight to a driveway or office lot, handling everything from ceramic coatings and polishing to stain and scratch removal on cars, boats, […]
Anthem Krav Maga: Real-World Self-Defense
Matt and Stephanie, the couple behind Anthem Krav Maga, joined Sawana to explain what sets their self-defense school apart, with Eric chiming in from off camera. After running schools in the Chicago area, they have taught in Anthem for eleven years, and Matt counts more than three decades teaching self-defense full time. He sorts martial […]
Inside F45 Anthem: Fitness, Community & Healthy Aging
The studio behind F45 Anthem sits down with Eric and Sawana to explain what sets its 45-minute functional workouts apart: group-class energy paired with certified coaches who move through the room offering real personal-training attention. They unpack the studio’s recent HYROX race simulation, the strength, cardio, and hybrid formats, and the recovery tools now on […]
Joe Alvarez on Anthem Rotary and By the Bucket
Joe Alvarez is one of Anthem’s busiest community volunteers, and this conversation traces how he got there. He explains landing in Arizona through his job with Boston Market, then renting a home that the very realtor steering him toward Anthem happened to own herself. After leaving that company, Joe signed on as a consultant with […]
Infinite Jiu-Jitsu Anthem: Jeff Albrecht’s Community Gym
Jeff Albrecht joins Eric and Sawana in the secret room at Amped Coffee to talk about Infinite Jiu-Jitsu and MMA, the Anthem gym he co-owns with partners Jeremy and Josh. A former retail executive from Los Angeles, Jeff found the sport about a decade ago and moved to Anthem in 2020, later buying the gym […]
Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Anthem’s Poker Fundraiser
Corporate development officer JD stops by Eye on Anthem to explain how Phoenix Children’s Hospital keeps more than 170 specialized programs running almost entirely on donations. He walks Eric and Sawana through favorites like animal-assisted therapy, the redesigned Child Life Zone, and the One Darn Cool School, where eight master’s-level educators teach kids bedside using […]
Victory Autism Academy Opens Anthem AZ Campus
Eric and Sawana welcome Kayla Whiteoff, director of special schools for Victory Schools, to talk about the brand new Victory Autism Academy campus that just opened in Anthem. Housed in the former Carus Academy building off 42nd Street, the campus started its first day with 13 students and grows through word of mouth rather than […]
Dino Cotton on Anthem’s Growth and Community Council
Dino Cotton returns to the show for a wide-ranging talk about where Anthem is headed. As chairman of the Anthem Community Council, now in his sixth year, he lays out the scale of development approaching the area: a Walmart gas station, a Fry’s station near Boulder Creek High School, and a massive planned community south […]
Pastor Randy Williams on Sonoran Chapel in Anthem, AZ
Broadcasting from the tucked-away ‘Narnia room’ at Amped Coffee Company, Eric Kilstrom and co-host Sawana welcome Pastor Randy Williams for a candid conversation about faith and community in Anthem. Randy explains why the congregation formerly known as Palmcroft Anthem, and Arizona Hills before that, is starting fresh under a new name: Sonoran Chapel. He reflects […]
School Safety in Anthem: Wendy of Rocky Mountain Consulting
In the debut episode of the Eric’s Eye on Anthem YouTube podcast, Eric Kilstrom and new co-host Sawana welcome Wendy, founder of Rocky Mountain Consulting, an Arizona firm devoted to school safety. Wendy explains the services her team delivers, including threat and vulnerability assessments, written emergency operations plans, family reunification planning, and staff drilling. She […]