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Behind the NumbersHow Wholly Stromboli Turns Data into Discipline (and Profit)World Pizza Champion Melissa Rickman pulls back the curtain on how Wholly Stromboli runs with the discipline of a national chain on just one (soon to be two) locations. Discover how her team drives food costs down to 18.5%, right-sizes staff from 48 to 38 employees, and has tracked more than 866,000 dough balls since 2010. From portion control with engraved scoops to AI-driven menu pricing, Melissa shows why treating a restaurant like a real business is the key to profitability and peace of mind. If you want your restaurant to scale—or simply survive—this is the playbook.Conn...
2025-09-2651 min
Wild Precious LifeThe Dry Season with Melissa FebosMelissa Febos is the author of five books, including the national bestselling essay collection, GIRLHOOD, which has been translated into eight languages and was a LAMBDA Literary Award finalist, and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism. Her craft book, BODY WORK, was also a national bestseller, an LA Times Bestseller, and an Indie Next Pick. Her latest, The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex, is out now. She’s the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and the Jeanne Córdova Nonfiction Award from LAM...
2025-06-031h 06
True SunlightTSP #85 - JP Miller’s War Against Protesters Heats Up: 28 Lawsuits Filed + A Deranged 911 CallInvestigative journalists Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell continue shining sunlight on the Mica Francis story. On today’s episode, a former church member being sued by JP Miller turns the tables on him with a fiery counterclaim. According to court filings, THREE DAYS before Mica’s death, JP asked this church member to write “Dedicated to Mica” on the website of the church’s Dare2Care program, a mission that was important to Mica. Was this unfortunate timing? Or does this point to something more nefarious?The former church member also accus...
2025-01-301h 00
Brave Writer257. The Right to Play: An Interview with Eloise RickmanWhat does it mean to be adultist? Do children have a right to not brush their teeth… or the right not to have cavities? Eloise Rickman joins the show today to discuss her new book, “It's Not Fair, Why It's Time for a Grown-Up Conversation About How Adults Treat Children.”We have a big juicy conversation about human development, education, societal structures, lived experiences, and the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.If you’re looking for absolute answers, then this episode isn’t for you. But if you want to hear three homeschool...
2024-10-0252 min
Composer Chats1.29 - Mark AdlerMark Adler brings to his work as a composer a broad background in both film and music. At age 16 he created an award-winning animated short which the New York Museum of Modern Art acquired for its permanent archive collection. A year later, he was the recipient of an American Film Institute grant for his original screenplay. He studied piano privately for fifteen years, and was initially a music major. His return to music followed graduation from film school at UCLA, where he studied film scoring with David Raksin. In the early '80s Mark played keyboards for a number o...
2024-05-281h 17
The Hot Slice175. Perspectives from Pizza & Pasta Northeast 2023, Part IISend us a textThe Hot Slice was back on the pizza show floor interviewing pizzeria pros at Pizza and Pasta Northeast on October 1-2 at the Atlantic City Convention Center. This is Part II of a two-part series of short interviews. We get the pulse of the industry from the exhibit hall.In this episode, Jeremy and Denise chat with:Melissa Rickman, Wholly Stromboli, Fort Lupton, ColoradoOthoniel Cruz, Tre Amici, Bayamon, Puerto RicoPasquale DiDiana, Bacci Pizzeria, Chicago, IllinoisAndrew Scudera, Goodfellas, Staten...
2023-10-1919 min
Digital HospitalityOperating a Stress Free Restaurant with Stephanie Bernstein
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.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block} Eric and Melissa Rickman are the CEO and Operators of Wholly Stromboli (@wholly_stromboli) in Fort Lupton, CO. Now 14 years in, Wholly Stromboli was the manifestation of a lifelong dream for Melissa. “Melissa Rickman: It was something I wanted to do my whole life.” she tells h...
2023-09-2814 minThe Hot Slice167. Melissa Rickman – Pizza & Pasta Northeast Keynote & MoreSend us a textThis week on The Hot Slice Podcast, Jeremy and Denise sit down with Melissa Rickman, owner of Wholly Stromboli in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Rickman, a seasoned pizza business maven, regularly contributes to the educational lineup at Pizza Expo and Pizza & Pasta Northeast. She has written articles for Pizza Today and has led a variety of seminars and food demos at the two aforementioned shows.Now, she’s prepping for her biggest stage yet — delivering a keynote address at PPNE 2023 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.We talk with Melissa about the...
2023-08-2438 minThe Hot Slice165. Desserts, Pizza & Pasta Northeast & More!Send us a textThis week on The Hot Slice Podcast our Editor-in-Chief, Jeremy White, reads some letters he's received recently from pizzeria operators regarding dessert sales in their shops. Desserts can often be challenging to move, but they can create great incremental revenue when a well-thought-out dessert program is put into place. In this installment, two operators chime in via e-mail with what's working for them. These letters came in as a response to a Commentary Jeremy wrote asking for insight into dessert sales and how to improve them.The attention also is on...
2023-08-1018 min
It Gets GoodMay Wrap Up | Episode 9 Please enjoy this SPOILER FREE episode of the It Gets Good podcast! Join us for our first monthly wrap up episode! We'll be going through all of the books we read during the month of May by rating and sharing what we loved and didn't love so much. It was the weirdest reading month for Kyleigh, who had TWO 1-star ratings, Micaela only read four books, which is not the norm for her & Hannah had a handful of 5-star reads because she is better at picking books than Kyleigh is, clearly. P.S. Apologies if...
2023-06-0722 min
Listen to the Best Full Audiobooks in Mystery, Thriller & Horror, EspionageWilliam Boyd: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Restless and more by William BoydPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/622570 to listen full audiobooks. Title: William Boyd: A BBC Radio Drama Collection: A Good Man in Africa, An Ice Cream War, Restless and more Author: William Boyd Narrator: Eileen Aitkin, Tom Goodman-Hill, Fenella Woolgar, Niamh Cusack, Bill Paterson, Ben Miles, Alison Steadman, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Full Cast Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 10 hours 1 minute Release date: April 27, 2023 Genres: Espionage Publisher's Summary: A collection of BBC dramatisations and readings of William Boyd's award-winning novels and short stories One of Britain's foremost contemporary writers, William Boyd is renowned worldwide for his bestselling novels, which have...
2023-04-2705 min
Indie Film Hustle Podcast: Filmmaking | Film School | Screenwriting | Film Marketing | Independent Film | Cinematography | Film Festival | Filmmaking Podcasts I MoviemakerIFH 648: From Indies to Producing Oscar® Winners with Cassian ElwesCassian Elwes began his producing career with 1984's Oxford Blues, starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy, and has enjoyed continuing success in film. His earlier roles include Men at Work with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, The Chase with Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, and Henry Rollins, and The Dark Backward with Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and Rob Lowe.
In 1989 he produced the independent film Never on Tuesday, which featured a cast of cameos including Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Nicolas Cage, and Cary Elwes.The Hollywood Reporter has said that Elwes was "involved in a virtual who's who of...
2023-01-051h 08
Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking PodcastIFH 648: From Indies to Producing Oscar® Winners with Cassian ElwesCassian Elwes began his producing career with 1984's Oxford Blues, starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy, and has enjoyed continuing success in film. His earlier roles include Men at Work with Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, The Chase with Charlie Sheen, Kristy Swanson, and Henry Rollins, and The Dark Backward with Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, and Rob Lowe.In 1989 he produced the independent film Never on Tuesday, which featured a cast of cameos including Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Judd Nelson, Nicolas Cage, and Cary Elwes.The Hollywood Reporter has said that Elwes was "involved in a virtual who's...
2023-01-051h 08
Film LagDie HardDo Christmas wishes come true? You bet your bare feet they do! Mel must have made the Nice List because she finally gets her wish: a Die Hard viewing. Strap in for an explosive convo about why this Holiday classic is so fun to watch and a stocking full of trivia you might not believe. It’s worth a listen just for the trivia, but hearing us try Alan Rickman’s accent doesn't hurt either. Ho….Ho…..Ho.
2022-12-3043 min
The Waterline Live - Connecting to COP26Connecting the Humber to COP26 - Part 2The Race to Zero: This week the UN launched its Sports for Climate Action targets and requirements, calling for a 50% cut in greenhouse gasses by 2030 and zero emissions by 2040. In this edition of the Waterline Live we hear from athletes and sports specialists with their concerns for the environment from the Extreme Hangout stage at COP26.
This edition features:
Hannah Mills, double Olympic Gold Medal sailor.
Allegra Stratton, The UK Prime Minister’s spokesperson on COP26
Julie Duffus, Sustainability Senior Manager, International Olympic Committee
Alexandra Rickman, double Paralympic Bronze Me...
2021-11-0528 min
Extreme Hangout at COP26Sport's Race to ZeroThis week the UN launched its Sports for Climate Action targets and requirements, calling for the sector to make a 50% cut in greenhouse gasses by 2030 and zero emissions by 2040. In this edition of the Extreme Hangout at COP26 Podcast, we hear from athletes and sports specialists with their concerns for the environment from the Extreme Hangout stage at COP26 in Glasgow. Don't miss the free panels continuing throughout the weekend and all next week to 11th November. In person or online. Full details at: https://extremehangoutevents.com/ This edition features:Hannah Mills, double Olympic Gold M...
2021-11-0531 min
The Success Podcast With Michelle Rickman and Jose Angel Manaiza JrTHE MOMMA SUNSHINE: The Life of Melissa EliyahooIn this episode, Melissa Eliyahoo known as Momma Sunshine shares her secrets to self love and self healing through her own expertise. She walks Michelle Rickman to enlightenment with her own personal experience dealing with her son who was diagnosed with cancer. Her commitment to heal others is compelling and inspiring. Her famous quote: “You can’t authentically LOVE others, until you LOVE yourself.”
She shares vividly:
“The depth of LOVE, that we have for others, can only go as deep, as the LOVE that we have for ourselves.
We may think, we LOVE our partner, our kids, parents siblings and frie...
2021-09-2939 min
The Hot Slice47. The Pizza Today Team Talk Critical Industry IssuesSend us a textThe team at Pizza Today gather to discuss what’s happening right now in the pizzeria industry. We’re tackling the worker shortage, a big push to switch to the Delivery and Carryout Only model, online ordering and the state of industry as dine-in resumes. Get the inside scoop on Pizza Expo 2021. See how you can get four free tickets to the show by winning our Pizza Expo 365 Pizza Box Challenge.Show Notes: Here are links to some of the topics we discussed on the show that you should check out.
2021-05-0641 min
The Hot Slice32. Melissa Rickman - Menu Changes, Showing Staff Love and Common Startup MistakesSend us a textThe energetic and savvy entrepreneur Melissa Rickman of Wholly Stromboli in Lupton, Colorado, drops great advice on menus, employee retention and startup mistakes. She’s also a frequent speaker at Pizza Expo.Melissa talks:COVID-19 impact and shiftsOutdoor DiningMenu ChangesStrategic and expansion planningStaff ProgramsCommon business startup mistakesCatch Melissa’s Checking In With episode: https://www.pizzatoday.com/news/videos/checking-in-with-melissa-rickman-wholly-stromboli-fort-lupton-co/Go to PizzaExpo365.com to register for Pizza Expo 365 to watch in-depth seminars led by Melissa in our On-demand Video Library.--- Send in a voice mess...
2021-01-2129 min
Nearly SacredNearly Sacred Episode 3 David Bowie, Alan Rickman, St. Sulpice, Rennes Le ChateauOriginal air date was approximately January 2016. The body count starts to stack up. Original notes follow.
“Musicians are dropping like flies lately–especially magical ones,” said Joe Bill. “Yes, everything is becoming highly surreal,” said Melissa. “You know what that means, don’t you?” asked Joe Bill. “It’s time for us to do a podcast linking all these things up.” “Hey, you know what? It is nearly St. Sulpice day,” said Melissa. “Sure enough. I wonder if it all relates?” asked Joe Bill. Somewhere outside of both Joe Bill and Melissa the faint sound of a sucking wormhole was audible.
2020-11-091h 10
This is Reportage Podcast24: This is Us: Photographers on CoronavirusSo excited to be releasing an extra special episode of the This is Reportage Podcast today! Instead of featuring a single guest, we have an incredible 47...! That's right; we're honoured to be featuring 47 of our members - tune in to hear wedding photographers from all over the world talk about how they're dealing with the current pandemic, from advice on handling postponements, to suggestions on what to watch on Netflix; business tips to motivational mantras, and really everything in between. It's so great to hear their voices and listen to their thoughts; we hope this wide variety of opinions helps...
2020-04-161h 20
A Reel EducationEpisode 107 – Die HardWe conclude our Crime Spree series (for now) with the ultimate Christmas action movie – Die Hard! Elliot James is our unsuspecting novice and he joined us to watch Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman chew scenery and destroy a building. This child of the Rambo genre actually created a genre of it’s own (the “Die …
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2018-01-1600 min
Across the Airwaves Podcast (Network Archive)Across the Airwaves Episode 255 (Enhanced) "The Love Boat"Everybody sing, we're sailing on The Love Boat! Filled with Zombies and gore! This week, we review the second season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead! As flesh-eating zombies attack on the high seas, we move over to the East to cover the final two episodes of Sleepy Hollow's third (and final?) season with this week's Castle, and finally we move back to the mid-west to talk all things Supernatural! Plus, we cover our favorite sitcoms such as The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family! There's also news about Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Sherlock Season 4, Doctor Who, Doctor S...
2016-04-131h 01
Silver Screen Queens152: Eye in the SkyA thoughtful film that gives us the last live action performance of the great Alan Rickman, EYE IN THE SKY takes a well-researched deep-dive into the ethics of drone warfare. Helen Mirren is the bellicose British colonel in charge, Aaron Paul pilots a drone from the Nevada desert and Rickman’s General tries to convince his political overlords of the merits of a military solution. Meanwhile, newcomer Aisha Takow humanises the people in the collateral damage radius.
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2016-04-1235 min
Across the Airwaves Podcast (Network Archive)Across the Airwaves Episode 255 (Standard) "The Love Boat" Everybody sing, were sailing on The Love Boat! Filled with Zombies and gore! As this week, we review the second season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead! As flesh eating zombies attack on the high seas, we move over to the East to cover the final two episodes of Sleepy Hollow's third (and final?) season with this week's Castle and finally we move back to the mid-west to talk all things Supernatural! Plus, we cover our favorite sitcoms such as The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family! There's also news about Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Sherlock Season 4, Doctor W...
2016-04-121h 01
Across the Airwaves Podcast (Standard MP3)Across the Airwaves Episode 255 (Standard) "The Love Boat" Everybody sing, were sailing on The Love Boat! Filled with Zombies and gore! As this week, we review the second season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead! As flesh eating zombies attack on the high seas, we move over to the East to cover the final two episodes of Sleepy Hollow's third (and final?) season with this week's Castle and finally we move back to the mid-west to talk all things Supernatural! Plus, we cover our favorite sitcoms such as The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family! There's also news about Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Sherlock Season 4, Doctor W...
2016-04-121h 01Across the Airwaves Podcast (Standard MP3)Across the Airwaves Episode 255 (Enhanced) "The Love Boat" Everybody sing, were sailing on The Love Boat! Filled with Zombies and gore! As this week, we review the second season premiere of Fear the Walking Dead! As flesh eating zombies attack on the high seas, we move over to the East to cover the final two episodes of Sleepy Hollow's third (and final?) season with this week's Castle and finally we move back to the mid-west to talk all things Supernatural! Plus, we cover our favorite sitcoms such as The Big Bang Theory and Modern Family! There's also news about Game of Thrones, Star Wars, Sherlock Season 4, Doctor W...
2016-04-1200 min
Xanadu Cinema Pleasure DomeEpisode 100: The Future Is DomesDear listeners, we have made it to EPISODE 100! Be prepared to pump power by the hour, because this episode is all about an apex predator of bad movies: the glorious 1980 musical trainwreck, The Apple!
For this momentous occasion, we have been joined by former guests Pat Harrigan (from the Get Off My World podcast) and Eric Knight (of Vilification Tennis fame). Together, we surge with joy about this magnificent glitter bomb.
If you would like to drink along with our giggling, we recommend all of the following: Ali Sangiovese (Pat’s pick), Third Street Brewing Lo...
2016-01-281h 57
Nearly SacredNearly Sacred Episode 3 David Bowie, Alan Rickman, St. Sulpice, Rennes Le Chateau“Musicians are dropping like flies lately–especially magical ones,” said Joe Bill. “Yes, everything is becoming highly surreal,” said Melissa. “You know what that means, don’t you?” asked Joe Bill. “It’s time for us to do a podcast linking all these things up.” “Hey, you know what? It is nearly St. Sulpice day,” said Melissa. “Sure enough. I wonder if it all relates?” asked Joe Bill. Somewhere outside of both Joe Bill and Melissa the faint sound of a sucking wormhole was audible.
In this episode Joe Bill and Melissa explore the notion that David Bowie and Alan Rickman were ma...
2016-01-1530 minXanadu Cinema Pleasure DomeEpisode 52: Goth BakingGrab your razors, dear listeners, because this week, we go in depth about screen and video versions of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street! And to join us for our analysis, we grabbed two people who had never, ever seen any version of Sweeney Todd before: David Justin and Barb Lind!
If you would care to drink along with the fountains of blood we discuss, we suggest either Castle Rock Winery Pinot Noir or La Granja Garnacha Syrah. Both were fine and inexpensive selections for our evening of murderous musicals, and at least one of th...
2015-02-051h 07