Coffee With Strangers Podcast
1) Urban Hang Suite Is More Than A Coffee Shop In Richmond VA
This week we're at Urban Hang Suite to celebrate Kelli and team on the two year anniversary of UHS. Through getting started to a global pandemic and racial protests and riots outside their front door,...Show More
2) AnnMarie Grohs - Let's Move, Richmond
This week we're catching up with CWS alum AnnMarie Grohs. AnnMarie was one of the first true strangers we had on the show. Back in 2015 Boho Studios had been open for about 18 months and had only one ...Show More
3) Hamilton Glass - Richmond Is Exploding
Kelli's at Urban Hang Suite to grab drinks with artist Hamilton Glass. Ham's art has already graced some notable buildings in Richmond, now his Mending Walls project is putting artists together to do ...Show More
4) Nate Daniels - So You Want To Be A Pro In Richmond
After stints in the NFL and a successful career in the Arena Football League, including a 2005 American Bowl championship with the Richmond Bandits, Nate Daniels decided to put roots down in Richmond ...Show More
5) Richmond Is The James River
Kelli's in Shockoe Bottom and along the James River to experience notable points in the River's contributions to Richmond's history as well as visit with Justin Doyle from the James River Association ...Show More
6) Melody Short - Richmond, Where Black Entrepreneurs Can Learn, Grow And Own
This week we're catching up with CWS alum Melody Short. We had Melody on the show back in June of 2017 and, wow, a lot has changed for her since then. She's launched the Richmond Night Market and rece...Show More
7) Eric Jackson - Richmond Is Black Beer
Kelli's at Triple Crossing downtown to grab drinks with Eric Jackson. Originally from Portsmouth, Eric's been in Richmond just over two years and already had an impact on the craft beer scene and been...Show More
8) Melissa Face - Richmond Could Grow From Reading And Listening
Looking for something more relevant to offer her students for summer reading, Melissa Face, a teacher and writer, assigned The Hate U Give. The parallels between Angie Thomas' 2017 fictional book and ...Show More
9) Richmond Is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Kelli's in Jackson Ward to visit the area where Bill "Bojangles" Robinson grew up, check out The Jefferson Hotel where he was discovered, and visit his monument in Jackson Ward celebrating his life.
10) Ashley Hawkins - Richmond is Re-contextualizing Monument Ave.
Kelli and Matt are back at Marcus-David Peters Circle to visit with past guest Ashley Hawkins of Studio Two Three to hear what they're doing to re-contextualize Monument Ave.