Hold The Standard Podcast

PODCAST: LA’s King of Specialty Coffee Discusses Deliberate Practice

In this episode of the Hold the Standard Podcast, I sat down with legendary barista and café owner Christopher “Nicely” Alameda better known simply as Nicely to talk about craft,

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The Collectivist, Individualistic Questions We’ll Never Answer (But, Need to Ask)

Let’s call our kettle black. The United States of America is one of the most infamous (mostly successful) individualistic societies in the history of humankind. That said, societies live on

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PODCAST: Nick Monica Tackles Hospitality with an Artist Mindset

In this episode of the Hold the Standard Podcast, Logan Gelbrich sits down with restaurateur and entrepreneur Nick Monica to explore how the kitchen became his dojo for growth, grit,

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The Mental Game that Made Mark Ronson the Best DJ in the World

Legendary New York DJ turned music producer, Mark Ronson, aged himself when he described DJing before the iPhone era, but his story is too good not to share. Mark described

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PLAYLIST: “Smoke Show Starter Kit”

Listen, having a creative outlet is healthy. We’re not sure what was going through my head when I made this playlist, but I bet the ratio of songs you’ve never

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