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This week's Access Louisville podcast has a bit of everything.
We talk about Shaquille O'Neal's departure from the board of Papa John's International Inc. as well as Mitch McConnell's plans to step down as Senate Republican Leader.
After that we get into some real estate news: A piece of property in the Highlands between Baxter Avenue and Bardstown Road, that was for a long-time home of KFC, is up for sale. We've also got news on a new development in NuLu, which will be called NuLu Marketplace North.
After that we talk with Reporter Stephen P. Schmidt, who tell us about a mystery-infused experience being offered by Bardstown Bourbon Co. that he recently attended. And we talk about Jack Harlow's upcoming festival at Waterfront Park. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more. 

Access Louisville Live! Join us for a live recording of the Access Louisville podcast on March 26 in Downtown Louisville. Guest will include former Mayor Jerry Abramson and philanthropist Christina Lee Brown in a discussion on Louisville's biggest milestones. You can register for the event here.

Plenty of people know Michael L. Jones as Louisville Business First's economic development and restaurants reporter. But he's also a music guru, local history buff and author of three books.
On the Access Louisville podcast this week, we talk with Jones (a regular on the show) about his latest book  "Soulful Sounds of Derby Town," which just launched.  Jones and his collaborators on the book look back at some of the history of Black music in Louisville.
On the show, he tells us about how the book is a culmination of eight years of work.
"You can imagine six music nerds sitting and talking about who's important enough to go in the book — should they go in gospel? Should they go into jazz?," Jones said on the show.
The pages are filled with stories about musicians who began in Louisville and went on to make a mark in the industry at large. As Jones explains,  singer Helen Humes and jazz trumpeter Jonah Jones were among a slew of people who got their start playing in a community band here in Louisville.
The book is going from the "page to the stage" on March 2 with a book launch event and performances by some of the living musicians featured in it. That takes place at Kentucky Performing Arts and tickets are available here.
Also on this week's show, we chat about the lineup that was just announced for Louder than Life — a metal focused music festival that is happening again this September.
And late in the show, we talk about a leadership change at Endeavor Louisville and some of the things that are happening with the local startup scene.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services. Access Louisville Live is coming up. Be apart of it as we record a live episode of the show on March 26. Tickets are available here. 

How do you know when you've made it in Louisville? Well, you get on Louisville Business First's Power 50 list, of course.
The Power 50 is  LBF's annual special section highlighting 50 of the most influential people in Greater Louisville’s business and related communities.
We talk about who's on the Power 50 and how they were picked on this week's Access Louisville podcast. LBF Editor Shea Van Hoy is on the show to tell us about some of the new faces on the List as well. We rolled out the Power 50 list in two separate lists earlier this week (Here's the first 25 post; and here's the second 25 post.) We also debut our Five on the Rise list of up-and-coming leaders, which you can find here.
Later in the show we talk about the latest in a plan to upgrade the Kentucky Exposition Center. Schmidt Associates was recently picked as the architect on the long-term project. That said, there is some concern that it's all moving too slowly.
Lastly on the show I tell you about our upcoming live event: Access Louisville Live, which will include networking and a live podcast on March 26. Register here.
There's also a quick mention of this story about 2-way street conversions.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts and more.

We've got a classic roundup of restaurant news on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
First, we chat with Reporter Michael L. Jones about Spinelli's Pizza making a return to Downtown Louisville. It's going into space at the corner of Fourth and Chestnut Streets that formerly housed Riot Cafe, providing a space for a good lunch as well as live music.
We also have updates on a new pickle ball retailer, called MatchSet, which is heading into Westport Plaza. We've got a story about Gustavo's moving a location in Prospect and a new strategy to own more of its real estate. There's details on a new golf simulator venue, Five Iron Golf, coming to NuLu. And finally, we've got news on two Louisville chefs who were named James Beard semifinalists.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular services including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

We talk about the Netflix series 'Wrestlers' on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
Al Snow, partner in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), joins us to share what it was like to film the show as well as some of his inspirations during his career and what happens next.
Reporter Michael L. Jones is also on the show to talk about covering OVW and some of the business people behind it for a recent story in Louisville Business First.
As he explains, the main arc of “Wrestlers” documents the sometimes turbulent relationship between Snow, and Matt Jones, founder of Kentucky Sports Radio, the managing partner of a majority ownership group that includes Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg.  
Snow, a former WWE wrestler, is devoted to preserving the traditions of wrestling, including the outrageous storylines, while Jones is trying to modernize the way the OVW operates to increase its revenue.  
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services like Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Vince Tyra, the former athletic director for the University of Louisville is caught in a corporate crossfire in Canada. Montreal-based Gildan Activeware Inc. had recently departed ways with its CEO and named Tyra as his replacement.
But now an investment firm, Browning West LP, is calling for Tyra's termination arguing he has "weak" credentials.
Reporter Joel Stinnett tells us about the story on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
Later in the show we talk about Sports Illustrated's new deal with Churchill Downs, giving the brand naming rights on a new space at the famous racetrack. We also talk about SI's brand recognition in a crowded sports media space.
Later, Reporter Stephen P. Schmidt tells us about predictions for the bourbon industry in 2024. He recently wrote a two-part story on the topic: Here's part one and part two. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services such as Apple Podcast and Spotify. 

The team at Access Louisville and Louisville Business First have once again set out to predict the future. 
On this week's episode we look at what 2024 will hold for the Louisville community. 
We tackle a large range of topics in our predictions, from sports to M&A to construction projects. 
You will have to listen in on your favorite podcast streaming app to hear all of them but here are just a few:

• The One Park construction project will begin.
• Louisville will land a Margaritaville Hotel — been talking about that one for a while, haven't we?
• Racing Louisville will make the playoffs — they do have a new coach after all.
• And Bob Dylan will come to town for his new venture.

The predictions show is a favorite Access Louisville tradition.
In fact, last week on Access Louisville, we traveled back in time to our 2023 predictions to see how they aged in hindsight. We only got a few right — but one of us did make a successful prediction on how Mayor Greenberg's economic strategy would roll out with more involvement from the business community. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First.  It’s hosted by David A. Mann. Our guests this week are Joel Stinnett, Ellie Tolbert and Michael L. Jones
It's available on popular podcast services, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify, which are linked above. You also can listen to the show in the player above.

Louisville is famous for its bourbon distillers, but what about the folks mixing cocktails behind the bar?
With Christmas and New Year's Day approaching, we thought now might be a good time to check in with one person who does just that each day.  Randi Densford, beverage director for Barn8 Farm Restaurant & Bourbon Bar.
Densford tells us about how each season on the farm influences the cocktails, upcoming flavor trends and gives us some insight into how to make a career out of being a beverage director. 
Barn8 Farm Restaurant & Bourbon Bar is located at Hermitage Farm in Oldham County. In addition to being a restaurant, it's an attraction that showcases a bit of Kentucky's agricultural roots. 
Densford has 11 years of restaurant and bartending experience. She's a Louisville native and a graduate of Sullivan University with a bachelor's degree in culinary arts. 
She previously worked at Decca, a former NuLu restaurant and Bardstown Bourbon Co., a distillery with its own restaurant on campus. She's been with Barn8 at Hermitage Farm since late 2019, ahead of its opening in early 2020.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can follow it on popular podcast services to never miss an episode. 

We've got a bit of news and a special guest on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
Lincoln Crum, of Lincoln Crum Realty & Auctions, joins the show to talk about his newest venture called My Local Santa. Crum talks about the business he's building around performing as St. Nick at corporate and other events.
Crum tells us how his work being Santa Claus, which he sees as a second career, has been a rewarding endeavor both financially and spiritually.
As usual we go over some recent news as well.
Reporter Michael L. Jones is on the show and tells us about Mayor Craig Greenberg's recently finalized economic development plan.  And Reporter Eleanor Tolbert tells us about an event center that's coming to Progress Park — a Louisville "glampground."
We've also got news on a new Indian-Mexican fusion restaurant that recently opened, called Tikka Tacos, and an update on a land purchase by the Parklands of Floyds Fork.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services. 

We've got a little bit of everything on this week's Access Louisville podcast — starting with a little news from the bourbon world.
We lead with Reporter Stephen P. Schmidt who tells us about a couple of large projects in the works from Angel's Envy. We also talk about the roots of a Kentucky bourbon brand called Never Say Die.
After that, we switch gears and talk about health care and the need for nurses with Mark Vogt, head of Galen College of Nursing. He tells us about how his organization is working to ease a nursing shortage as well as challenges that have arisen in the profession that have taken place since the Covid-19 pandemic. 
At the end of the show we talk about some retail news, including the sale of the Paddocks Shop and a new manager at Racing Louisville FC. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services. 

Looking for a few things to do around town to get you into the holiday spirit? We've got a few suggestions on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
Typically we discuss local news on the show. But since it's a holiday week, LBF Editors David A. Mann and Haley Cawthon and Reporters Michael L. Jones and Eleanor Tolbert sit down to chat about some of their favorite holiday traditions as well as new things to try out. 
A few things we chat about:

• Hayrides at Hayswood Nature Reserve in Corydon, Indiana
• Cutting down Christmas trees at Huber's Orchard and Winery
• Watching a Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
• Fête De Noël Winter Holiday Festival in Paristown
• Ice skating in Downtown Jeffersonville

We'll be back for our usual news chat next week. Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services.

Changes are likely coming to Transit Authority of River City (TARC) by virtue of the fact that the agency is getting a new leader soon.
LBF reported earlier this week that Carrie Butler, who has led the organization in recent years, has submitted her resignation. So we talk about what that might mean for the future of TARC on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
This leads into a discussion of transit in Louisville overall and why it's just not popular among most residents.
After that we talk about a couple of other high profile leadership changes at Louisville organizations, including the upcoming departure of Tori Murden McClure from Spalding University and  a new CEO for Seven Counties Services.
After that we get into a little restaurant news, including new locations for Noche Mexican BBQ and Charleys Cheesesteaks.
We also chat about the soon-to-be open Derby City Gaming Downtown and its slick new 3-D video board.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services.

A couple of recent restaurant stories lead this week's Access Louisville podcast.
LBF Reporter Michael L. Jones is on the show to talk about a few stories he's authored lately, including the recent closure of Manhattan Grill in Downtown Louisville,  a new Oxmoor Center location for The Eagle, a fried chicken restaurant that's also in the Highlands, and a new location in Old Louisville for Fleur de Tea.
After that LBF Senior Reporter Joel Stinnett is on the program to talk about safety grades for Louisville hospitals coming from The Leapfrog Group. We go over which hospitals got which grades and what those could mean.
In other health care news, we also discuss the recent acquisition of SentryHealth and the story behind that Fast 50 company.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Google Podcasts. 

Building a network can be an invaluable thing both in business and other aspects of life.
We talk about networks, upcoming events and even share a few tips on networking on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
The heart of our show this week is an interview with Chris Redd and Ricky Mason, co-founders of Network n' Chill. They tell us about how they started their organization to bring people together as well as talk about their individual entrepreneurial efforts.
After the interview, we share a few tips for networking. And we highlight an event that's coming up — Louisville Business First's Diversity, Equity & Inclusion event on Nov. 9. Redd and Mason will be joining us for that one.
After that we go over some recent news, including a big move for a Downtown Louisville employer, ComputerShare. And we talk about a law firm, Gray Ice Higdon, that's locating in St. Matthews.
And finally we go over some area restaurant news — including a new Filipino restaurant coming to Middletown, an expansion by Jack in the Box, and the closure of one Comfy Cow location. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services.

More than 100 Louisville leaders recently went to Boston to see what economic lessons they can learn.
Now, sure, Boston is a much bigger city than Louisville but that doesn't mean there aren't examples we can't follow. We talked about that this week on the Access Louisville podcast with LBF Reporter Michael L. Jones, who was on the trip. Camilla Schroeder, president at Advance Ready Mix Concrete, who helped organize the trip with Greater Louisville Inc. is also on the program to tell us about it.
You can find recent coverage of the trip here: 

• Boston tourism improvement district illustrates of potential of new Louisville district
• What Louisville can learn from Boston's reduction in gun violence
• Boston Longwood Collective is a model for LOUMED in Downtown Louisville
• Chasing innovation might not be the best economic development strategy
• Partnership between business and educational communities key to talent attraction and retention

Seldom have we seen such big week in local business news — and we unpack it all on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
First, there was Humana Inc.'s news that a new CEO would be coming in next year. LBF Reporter Joel Stinnett shares a bit of background on the new Humana boss, Jim Rechtin, who comes from a Nashville company that saw its share of financial difficulties.
The leadership change at Humana comes at a time when we've seen a the company decrease its presence in Downtown Louisville with the onset of remote work.
After the Humana discussion, we talk about Kroger, which just broke ground on a new store in the area. Sure it's not as big as a CEO change at Humana but it's not every day when a big new store is announced.
Finally, we round out the show with some talk about United Auto Workers decision to go on strike at the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. The strike could have a ripple affect on the company as a whole.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services.

Maggie Payette Harlow joins the Access Louisville podcast this week.
We talk to Harlow part of our celebration of women-owned businesses locally and nationally. Check our coverage in the linked stories.
During the show Harlow, who is the CEO of Signarama Downtown, tells us about the next phase of her careeer, trends in the industry and some of the local signs she is most proud of. Of course, we could resist the opportunity to ask her life has changed since her son, rapper Jack Harlow, rose to fame in recent years.
Later in the show, we talk about an economic development event in Eastern Kentucky, called the SOAR Summit (short for Shaping Our Appellation Region). We also go over upcoming changes at  the former Glenmary Country Club property in Louisville.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services.

NuLu is far and away one of Louisville's most popular neighborhoods for locals and visitors alike. But that's doesn't come without a few issues.
Those are discussed on this week's Access Louisville podcast. Haley Cawthon, assistant managing editor - digital for Louisville Business First discusses some of the issues impacting the neighborhood with LBF Reporter Michael Jones. As he explains, there has been a proposal that would create a new taxing district that would address issues like cleaning up trash, assisting the unhoused and helping people feel more safe. Not everyone is onboard with the tax proposal, saying the city should already be handling this issue.
Later in the show, and speaking of people who need homes, the LBF crew talks about new affordable housing projects. One in Louisville and another in New Albany but they both seek to address community needs. LBF Reporters Ellie Tolbert and Joel Stinnett are in on that discussion.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. Cawthon is filling in this week for regular host David Mann. It's available on popular services, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

The Boxhill Estate, a mansion in Glenview that's owned by Bellarmine University, is going on the auction block after being listed for sale for a large part of this year.
On this week's Access Louisville podcast, Haley Cawthon, assistant managing editor — digital for Louisville Business First, tells us her experience learning about the history of the house — which is a bit of a local legend.
After that, we talk about an entrepreneur who wants to distill the first bottle of bourbon in space. It's a bit of a walk — er, flight, I guess — but he believes he can age bourbon faster in orbit thus creating a 30-year flavor profile in a matter of months. The bottles, naturally, would fetch a high price among collectors of such things.
Back on earth, we talk about Drake's new location, impressions on Pig Beach BBQ, a new office building and the price of flights at Muhammad Ali International Airport. 
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. You can find it on popular podcast services. 

We cover a couple of interesting local disputes on this week's Access Louisville podcast.
First off, Reporter Michael L. Jones tells us about a copyright infringement lawsuit involving the Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels and the Kentucky Colonels International. The HOKC won a judgement against the KCI but it looks like an appeal is in the works.
After that we talk about a bankruptcy case for Louisville restaurant chain Green District. And after that, we talk about the closure of the Fern Valley Strike and Spare, which comes after a land sale but not without a bit of social media discord.
After that we switch gears and talk a possible IPO by Louisville health tech firm Waystar. And we go over a few restaurant and retail stories involving a new taco joint — Bakersfield coming to the Highlands; and a new retailer, BJ's Wholesale Club, coming to Jefferson Mall.
Access Louisville is a weekly podcast from Louisville Business First. It's available on popular podcast services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and more.