It's Baton Rouge Out to Lunch

09/22/2025

Friends Mauree Brooksher & Stephanie Politz founded for love of the game and have turned it into a business. Meet Mauree and Stephanie on Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/09/20/mahjong/
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09/15/2025

At Nexus Louisiana, Tony Zanders is doing something radical in the tech world. Instead of encouraging people with crazy ideas like "The Uber of Pet Grooming" or "The Air BnB of Cosmetic Surgery" they're only financing companies developing tech that will materially help the Louisiana economy. Meanwhile, at Miner Design Company, Nick Miner is looking at doubling the size of his one-man workforce. Tony and Nick join Amy Irvin on Out to Lunch Baton Rouge - listen on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 or
https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/09/14/drawing-conclusions/
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09/08/2025

The jury is out on the cause of Autism, but one thing's for sure: Autistic kids become autistic adults and have even greater difficulty joining the tight labor workforce than other folks. Katie Jenkins sees this first hand at her 3 Autism-specialty Grace Therapy Centers, and that's why she's started Stir, a coffee shop that employs her Autistic grads. Meet Katie on this week's Out to Lunch with Amy Irvin, on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 and https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/09/07/the-autism-coffee-connection/
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07/28/2025

David Slaughter started Orion Laboratories - the state's biggest independent lab - in his garage, Vinnie Carollo is still in the garage - tho this one is 14,000 square feet and has 13 car lifts at Vex European & Exotic Car Repair. Meet David & Vinnie on Out to Lunch with Amy Irvin, on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/07/27/oil-and-blood/
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07/21/2025

Cancel your trip to Brasil and Kentucky! We have killer coffee and bourbon that's being made right here right now in Baton Rouge. Chris Nance from Backbone Coffee Company and John Hampton from Laissez Versez Distillery join Amy Irvin on Out to Lunch Baton Rouge. Listen on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/07/20/one-bourbon-one-coffee/
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07/14/2025

Cinematographer Max Zoghbi says his job is AI-proof because, "You can't AI the human soul." You can believe that, or Velvet Sundown, and ad exec Taylor Bennett says he and his staff of real live humans at MESH spread around Baton Rouge and the US are already incorporating AI into their work in what Taylor calls, "an industrial revolution in advertising." Amy Irvin uncovers a whole lot of cutting edge stuff going on in Baton Rouge on Out to Lunch - on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/07/13/loupe-mesh/
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06/30/2025

Ladies & Gentlemen! That's not a greeting, it's what Amy is talking about on Out to Lunch. On behalf of the ladies, Meredith Waguespack from sports apparel store Sweet Baton Rouge, and for the gentlemen, Albert Pellissier with his program to help men find fulfillment, Man Up! Listen by searching for It's Baton Rouge Out to Lunch on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/06/29/ladies-gentlemen/
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06/23/2025

Hollywood calls feel-good tales about miracle cures "Based on a true story." On this week's Out to Lunch at Mansurs On The Boulevard, we hear two of those true stories. Nikki Thompson from Veganish Vibes and Dr. Lynn Duhe from The Miracle Wellness Center tell Amy Irvin how they came back from the brink of devastating ill health to spread the word about their cure. Lynn through holistic medicine and Nikki through plant-based diet. Listen on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 or https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/06/22/based-on-a-true-story/
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At Miracle Wellness Center Dr Lynn Duhe treats the whole patient, at Veganish Vibes Nikki Thompson serves plant-based food as medicine

06/16/2025

Amy Irvin hosts Out to Lunch at Mansurs On The Boulevard with the restaurant's Executive Chef, Barrett Meeks, and Mansurs' neighbor on Corporate Boulevard, Sucre's Abney Harper. Join Amy, Abney and Barrett on Out to Lunch on WRKF-FM 89.3, on your podcast app, and https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/06/15/on-the-boulevard/
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06/09/2025

Hop on the Kidz Karousel with founder of this super successful chain of early childhood education centers, Tessa Holloway, and founder of dad-centric F.O.A.M fathers on a mission on Out to Lunch - on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 and https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/06/08/daddy-daycare/
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05/26/2025

Michael Hackett founded Hackett Consulting after a major life change. J.T. Hacket is Executive Director of Baton Rouge Companion Animal Alliance. Meet The Hacketts on Out to Lunch Baton Rouge on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/05/25/meet-the-hacketts/
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05/19/2025

Amanda Martin bet teens would like tutoring a whole lot more if they had a cool place to hang out, and she was right - her tutoring business Studyville is spreading across the country. Alicia Vidrine helps fuel LSU Tigers as CFO of the Tiger Athletic Foundation. Meet Amanda and Alicia on Out to Lunch with Oscar Tickle on your podcast app, on WRKF-FM 89.3 & https://itsbatonrouge.la/2025/05/17/studyville-tigers/
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