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 […]
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 […]
Mark Curtis on Anthem, TV News and Ignite Hope Walk
Longtime Valley broadcaster Mark Curtis, a familiar face at Channel 12, sits down with Eric and Sawana for a wide-ranging and often hilarious conversation. His warmest Anthem tie is the Ignite Hope Walk he hosts with Phoenix Children’s Hospital, a candlelight Saturday-night gathering honoring Anthem’s Katie Wagner that Eric and VIP Mortgage take part in […]
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 […]
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 […]