Today Greg talks about what took the website down last week, about the new www.pd.net, about a rabbit hole he went down connecting the Battle of Hastings to the fall of the Viking period (a surprise to Greg, but not to historians) and he reads your letters. YT: https://Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: https://www.pd.net  

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#103 DOS attack - Hastings - Letters

Today Greg talks about design changes, dealing with limitations and how failure is a construct. YT: http://www.youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net Coupon code for sticker: PODSTICK

#102 design - tackling problems - dealing with failure - your letters

Greg sets up at about 7:30 and watches the city wake up on his trip to NYC. He tells about what he's done so far. The photo by the way, is of our waiter at the Jazz Club "Tomi Jazz"  YT: http://www.YouTube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: http://www.pd.net Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LoftyPursuits  

#101 Greg in NYC and a temporary special link.

Greg rambles a bit today, with sour updates and his travel plans. He is joined by Vanya the podcat and talks about new projects, about things breaking in the store, gives you a code for a free sticker, and reads your letters. He also updates you on new Patreon Levels. 

#100 Sours - Things Breaking - Travel Plans - URi is back- Letters

Sorry this is late. We had what I thought was  a bad electrical issue here and I was afraid it would push production behind. thankfully it did not. Greg goes down a deep dive into the Scissors he uses for candy making, he talks about Tangerine Sours yet again, and he talks about his Trip to Atlanta and seeing the Calder/Picasso exhibit and the Bansky Exhibit. YT: http://Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: http://www.pd.net  

#99 Scissors - Tangerine Sours and how to get them - Trip to Atlanta ... Calder ... Picasso ... Bansky.

Today I talk about my upcoming trip to Atlanta and about the Art I want to see up there, as well as my experiences I've had through my daughter about looking at music schools for college. We will do a Tangerine Sours update (Spoiler: first 3 batches made!) and your letters. YT: http://www.YouTube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: http://www.pd.net

#98 Trip to Atlanta- Marketing in the high renaissance - Sours update - Letters.

Greg starts the process of leash training his polydactyl  (The next step up from Pterodactyl) 15 year old seven toed candy name Darwin (He has thumbs so he's more evolved), He talks about national biscuit month and what that means at Lofty Pursuits, reads your letters, and of course gives candy updates. YT: www.YouTube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net Works of Shigeo Fukuda: https://www.spoon-tamago.com/2015/07/15/antiwar-posters-by-graphic-designer-shigeo-fukuda/

#97 Taking a cat for a walk - It's national biscuit month - Your letters - Candy updates.

Today Greg talks more about challenges facing the making of Tangerine Sours, mostly packaging at this point and he reads your letters. YT: http://www.YouTube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: http://www.pd.net

#96 More on Tangerine Sours and your letters.

Greg gives an update on the Tangerine Sour Candies and talks about a cool toy whistle he got, originally found in boxes of Captain Crunch cerial from the 1960's YT: http://Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits candy: http://www.pd.net  

#95 Tangerine sour update - Captain Crunch Bosun whistle - Letters.wav

It's a podcast about nothing this week. Just sitting around listening to tropical storm Fred rain on my front porch, and just musing on whatever is on my mind, relaxing, and enjoying a bourbon. YT: http://Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: http://www.pd.net  

#94 Rain on my front porch

This is not a candy podcast, but Greg recounts the Ballad of Marshall Ledbetter as he new Marshal, and it's a story that he felt he needed to tell one more time.  YT: Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net Six, six, six, Dunkin' Donuts A twenty inch veggie pizza from Gumby's Extra jalapenos on the side And a case of Asahi Dry I wish to speak with Timothy Leary Lemmy, jello, and Ice Cube Too Cartoon of Lucky's with filters And bring a CNN news crew Talahasse, Florida Four AM, June 14, '91 Capitol Building's occupied Broke the glass, walked right inside Wouldn't be advisable to enter You don't know the number of hostiles Of it anyone's got guns Or is there's hostages I just want to speak my mind More for you than just one sound bite This whole world is disturbing me I wanna cut a rap record each month And mail my little pinkie to George Bush Agh, agh Where are my friends Where are you Where are you I can't believe it's come to this Sharpshooters on surrounding roofs Traffic blocked off by SWAT troops Evacuate the people inside Pretend we're CNN, say Leary's dead I just want to speak my mind More for you than just one sound bite Twelve forty five, he emerged unharmed J.D. in one hand, in the other, cigars Hendrix t-shirt and his underwear on Guess what, he never had no gun I only broadcast my freakout to the world I was a prisoner for twenty two years When I broke through that door, I was free Not to mention pretty damn lucky (Nowadays, boy, you'd just get shot)

#93 Taking it over by Marshall Ledbetter

This week Greg talks about they way he re-imagined displaying a product in his store and how people interact with things. This lead to understanding what you really sell. He talks about the tangerine sours and a new project toffee and toffee hammers. He also drinks a beer that he helped devise with Ology brewing and reads your letters.   YT: Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net/candy

#92 What do you really sell - Displaying golf Discs - Candy Hammers - It's made to be used so use it - Letters

Today Greg records from the patio at Ology Brewing, where today we are canning a colab beer (and candy) that Lofty Pursuits and Ology made. (Well they made the beer, we made the candy.) We discover some new things about tumbling candy and we read your letters. YT: http://www.Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net Ology: https://ologybrewing.com/

#91 Lofty Pursuits colab with Ology Beer - More on sours and more problems and your letters.

Greg talks about some early business advice that did him well, even 27 years later, he talks about sour packaging and he talks about the new Orchard assortment.   YT: YouTube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net  

#90 If you don't serve your customers, someone else will.

Today GReg talks about how businesses change and a new candy project that is beer related. He gives updates on Tangerine sours, and he reads your letters. YT: Youtube.com/LoftyPursuits Candy: www.pd.net Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/LoftyPursuits

#89 stories of other businesses that change - Tangerine sours - beer candy colab - your letters

A podcast by Greg of Lofty Pursuits, from the Lofty Pursuits YouTube channel. This podcast is about looking at the world, being creative and seeing that art, life, business, since and play are all really the same thing.

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