Out to Lunch

Alt Ed – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

Quality education is a challenge. It seems like many of our schools are losing ground, as public funding for education is being cut. At the same time, there’s a greater emphasis on alternatives to the traditional school system and an increased interest in things that helps us think outside the box. Ashley Heard has spent…

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Hot Cocktails – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

Some of us find relief for our stress through exercise or meditation. Others find their salvation after a long hard day in a good strong cocktail. Either way, local entrepreneurs have found a way to build businesses around our inherent need to unwind and escape. Stefan Boone, with his wife, Mercy Kitchen Boone, is owner…

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Hydrated and Healthy – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

As Americans have become more health conscious in recent years, they’ve begun to pay more attention not only to what they eat but also what they drink. That’s created opportunities for local entrepreneurs, who are building businesses around healthful beverages.   Ash Shoukry is the owner of The Big Squeezy, a local chain of shops…

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On The Air – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

We live in a media-saturated world, dominated by 24/7 cable news networks and an ever-growing list of social media platforms that keep us updated, informed, and inundated with more information than we could ever hope to process. How do you make sense of it all? And how do you make money at it? On this…

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Artsy Distilling – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

Not so long ago, they used to roll up the sidewalks in downtown Baton Rouge at 5 p.m, or so the saying went. And it wasn’t far from the truth. Today, however, downtown is a burgeoning district, home not only to state office buildings and law firms, but to apartment complexes, restaruatns, museums and galleries…

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TV Tommy & Mixmaster Jim – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

Louisiana has gotten a lot of attention over the last 15 years for the program that transformed the Bayou State into Hollywood South. Today, the tax credits that attracted major motion pictures to studios in Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Shreveport have been scaled back by the Legislature and savaged the burgeoning film business, but…

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Doing Good – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

Nonprofit organizations make a huge impact in the community. With decreased government funding for badly needed social services, nonprofits are more important than ever. But assessing need, figuring out how to make the most impact, and then raising money is a challenge.  There are all sorts of ways to make it work, but you have…

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Snaps – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

Baton Rouge is rife with talent. Not just entrepreneurial and tech talent, which we focus on a lot on this show, but creative talent. Artists, writers, musicians, and photographers.    Nature photographer C.C. Lockwood’s sublime images of Louisiana’s lush swamps, moss-laden oaks, endangered wildlife and fragile ecosystem have earned him international acclaim and a place…

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Dr. & Dr. Concierge – Out to Lunch – It’s Baton Rouge

We hear a lot about the disruption economy – how Amazon is changing the face of retail, or how Uber is changing the way we get around. But there are more subtle – yet equally significant changes—at work in a variety of sectors, including philanthropy and medicine. And it’s not necessarily bearded, hipster millennials in…

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