Entrepreneur and restaurateur Jeff Ruby joins us to discuss his storied life and career. We hear how a kid from New Jersey becomes a Reds fan and later winds up in the Queen City, pals and business partners with players from his favorite team. Jeff also tells us about how his high school football coach helped him turn his life around, the science of disco, celebrity tales, and more.

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We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia. 

Tim Perrino is the executive director of Cincinnati Landmark Productions. From 1990 to 2013, they performed on, and managed, the Showboat Majestic. He joins us to talk about growing up in Western Hills, a little about Elder football, and a lot about running a showboat.

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Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia. 

Bobby Slattery owns and operates what can only be described as the 50 West empire along Wooster Pike just outside of Mariemont at the corner of Newtown Rd. He sits down with us and  talks to us about his first job out of college with a cellphone company, starting 50 West, the world of craft beers, the expansion of the 50 West campus, and more.

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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MaryBeth Wilker owns Wilker Design right on Riverside Drive a.k.a Eastern Avenue in Columbia-Tusculum. She's also a member of the 3 East Business Association and talks to us about the communities that make up that group: Columbia-Tusculum, Linwood, and the East End. MaryBeth gives us a little history of the area, talks about some of the exciting places therein, and previews this fall’s Home-O-Rama.

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia. 

James Mainger  is the Genealogy & Local History Reference Librarian, from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. He talks with us about the flu epidemic of 1918, the library's genealogy resources, and how you can use them to trace your roots, the oldest books in the library, changing technology, and more.

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia. 

Gary Burbank is a radio legend in Cincinnati and indeed nationwide, thanks to characters like Gilbert Gnarley and Earl Pitts, American. He joins us to talk about the time Elvis gave him a lift-- and for the first time, we get the complete, verified story. Gary also talks about "Sports or Consequences," including the time Bob Evans stopped by the studio, the same day a Penthouse pet showed up. We’ll also hear about Gary’s early days as a musician and why he chose to pursue radio, which included stops at WAKY in Louisville and CKLW in Detroit. Careful crossing that border. Shop our Gary Burbank Collection HERE.

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia. 

Heather Johnson moved to Cincinnati from Iowa to work in advertising. In an effort to make friends, she dabbled in stand-up comedy before starting a food blog. Today she’s on the verge of doing that full-time, what with her blog getting hundreds of thousands of hits a month. She talks to us about the beta vs. VHS battle in the blogging world, Cincinnati chili vs. “other chili,” and her initial reaction to the former, reverse engineering dishes to create copycat recipes, the unique things she gets to do as a top food blogger, the best kind of steak to buy, and more.

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia.

Can you believe it took us to Episode 119 to talk about the history of Cincinnati chili? We did have Roger David, CEO of Gold Star, on Episode 55, but now we get a detailed overview courtesy of Dann Woellert who wrote the book on Cincinnati chili; literally. The Authentic History of Cincinnati Chili, published in 2012. Also tells us about other food topics he’s written on, including, candy, and old restaurants. 

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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Instagram: @CincyShirts

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The Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia.

Comedian-As many of you know, one of the owners of Cincy Shirts, Josh Sneed, gave up a career at P&G to pursue stand-up comedy. But he’s not the only person to do that. Indeed, there are a few others including Fairfield native Rajiv Satyal, who joins us via Skype from Los Angeles to discuss his journey from good corporate job to stand-up comic. He also talks about working with Dave Chapelle, combining his comedy and marketing backgrounds, embracing his Indian heritage while also maintaining a mainsstream comedy career AND there’s tea. A rather, intense, shall we say, run-in with another comic.

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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Twitter: Cincy Shirts Official Twitter Page

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Snapchat: @CincyShirtsThe Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia.

The son of boxing legend Aaron “The Hawk” Pryor, and a Cincinnati native, Aaron Pryor Jr. joins the podcast to discuss his father’s storied career, including a little feature film talk. He also talks about his own experiences as a professional boxer, the state of the sport, and what it takes to excel in the ring. 

Be sure to listen for the special promo code for 20% off near the end of the episode.

Support the show my donating via PayPal or Venmo: podcast@cincyshirts.com

Find great Cincinnati vintage T-shirts, including defunct teams, stores, and more.

We also have apparel for Fiona the Hippo, FC Cincinnati, and baseball.

Also, check out all our fundraising T-shirts. We’re helping our zoo, local hospitals, local restaurants and more during the COVID-19 crisis. 

Get social with us:

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Twitter: Cincy Shirts Official Twitter Page

Instagram: @CincyShirts

Snapchat: @CincyShirtsThe Cincy Shirts Podcast theme is “Cincinnati” by Big Nothing who are actually from Philadelphia.