Ricky Henry - Our head designer and video producer, Rick Henry, talks about retro video games and the retro gaming celebration he and his wife have put together. We talk a lot about video games going all the way back to Pong. We find out about the gaming crash of the ‘80s, the revival in the ‘90s, and how Ricky designed Cincy Shirts’ very own Loveland Froggerman game for our Loveland store.

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Bill Whitlow - Lexington, Kentucky native Bill Whitlow wound up in Covington after stops in Indianapolis and Louisville. The former law student discovered long ago he’d rather be behind a bar, then studying for the bar. Today, he, along with his wife Morgan, is the owner of Rich’s Proper Food and Drink in Covington. We find out how you start a restaurant from scratch, what inspires the latest drink trends, and how Whitlow’s former employers handled a potentially negative viral video.

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Pres. Mike Slaughter - U.S. Playing Card was founded in 1867 and today is headed by a man who grew up across the street from the company’s facilities in Norwood. The operation has since moved to Erlanger, but they still make everything here in the Tristate. Michael Slaughter tells us about the famous incident he saw in Las Vegas, the history of playing cards, as well as the company’s, why there are so many different kinds of playing cards, and the origin of the famous Iraq War Most-Wanted deck.

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Author and director  - Some know e.E. Charlton-Trujillo as a director of films and the occasional TV commercial. Most probably know her as a best-selling author. We talk about how a gal from a small, very rural town in Texas, wound up in Cincinnati. She talks about her passion for the Queen City, how she’s giving back, and her opinion, as a Texan, of Cincinnati chili.

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Legendary Radio  - Not only did Jim Scott start the day for generations of Tristaters, he was also a part owner of Cincinnati’s first professional outdoor soccer team, the Cincinnati Comets who played in the American Soccer League. He was also commissioner of that league for a while. Jim also tells us why the Tristate became so special to him, why he left Cincinnati, only to return, and about moving Gary Burbank’s pillow.

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Experience marketing - Josh Heuser got the party started in college. Literally. He worked his way through NKU renting out area bars and clubs on an off day and filling them with the young people. Then he opened his own bars. In 2009, he started AGAR, an agency that helps create “experiences” around brands. He also helped develop Luminosity and Blink.

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Rusty Griswolds - Gregg Martini was in the band Free Range back in the '80s. They later became Birdhouse, in the '90s. He also co-founded the Rusty Griswolds. He's currently in the '70s cover outfit Gee, Your Band Smells Terrific. Gregg sits down with us in the back of the Hyde Park store to discuss music, marketing, what it’s like to live in a church, run around a big Hollywood studio, and the deal with bock beer

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Lightborne Communications - It started as video production company back in the late ‘80s, and while they still do that, today they are better known for their light and production work for some Super Bowl halftime shows, several country, rock, and pop acts, as well some of the world’s biggest corporations. Chris Gliebe, executive creative director and designer for Lightborne Communications gives us the deets. We talk Katy, Kanye, Audio, and more.  

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Maura and Jenna  - Two more members of the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden family stop by the Hyde Park studios. Maura Messerly is the manager of wild encounters & fun, while Jenna Wingate is the senior Africa keeper. We find out how zoos have changed over the years, what they’re doing today beyond their facilities, what odd animals people try to keep as pets, what we can do as individuals to help conservation efforts, and of course Fiona.

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Illustrator - You’ve seen his work in Time, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone, Mad Magazine, Reader’s Digest, and more. Now C.F. Payne world-renowned Illustrator caricaturist C.F. Payne joins us on The Cincy Shirts Podcast to discuss his work with those publications, making a living as an illustrator in the digital age, and what it takes to become a great at something.

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