It's Independence Day weekend! Let's talk pool hangouts, hot dogs, beer, opportunity, history, and living in the greatest Country on earth!

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Ted Smith is the Chief Innovations Office for our great city of Louisville, KY. He joins us to talk Louisville Innovations, entrepreneurship, and Google Fiber.

#19 Louisville Innovation Chat with Ted Smith

2016 Master's, Tesla Model 3, Amazon Echo, the genius of Elon Musk & Jeff Bezos, Intensity & Discipline. We talk about all this and more.

#18 Masters, Tesla, Alexa, Intensity

Tendai is a 3-time High School State Champ Wrestler, Collegiate athlete, and CEO of SuperFanU. He shares how his experiences as an athlete have guided his professional career, educates us about SuperFanU, and tells his father's incredibly inspiring story.

#17 Tendai Charasika

Jeff Ames is the founder of Bluegrass Barrels. His company sells customized miniature Bourbon barrels. Customers use these barrels to age their own Bourbon mixed drinks for a short period of time. The end result is a unique flavor that cannot be duplicated.

#16 Jeff Ames

Ashley Drake is an entrepreneur, Captain in the armed forces, and founder of The Natural Grip. She presented The Natural Grip on Shark Tank and managed to earn an investment from Robert Herjavec. We talk to her about that experience, and dig into what gives her such an amazing drive for success.

#15 Ashley Drake

Todd Earwood is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. He has built several web based businesses included a daily web video site and a local deals site called tryitlocal. His most recent venture, moneypath, helps businesses turn their web pages into lead converting & selling machines. Todd recently partnered up with Rob May (Swantastic guest #4) to form Half Court Ventures. Their focus is early stage machine learning and AI related companies.

#14 Todd Earwood

Landon and Andy debate rules changes that would make every sport much better. Eliminate offsides, intentional walks get 2 bases....and FREE THROWS OPTIONAL! BONUS comedy section near the end.

#12 Sports rule changes that would be Swantastic!

Todd Wellemeyer is a retired MLB pitcher turned restaurant entrepreneur. He was drafted fourth round by the Chicago Cubs, which began a 9 year MLB career. He is currently investing in restaurants and has built a diverse portfolio of delicious destinations in Louisville, KY. Todd gives us an in depth look into the world of professional baseball, and shares some of his experiences in the restaurant business.

#11 Todd Wellemeyer

Louisville is one step closer to getting Google Fiber. What are some of the road blocks that Google may encounter? When should Louisville expect Google Fiber to go live? How should entrepreneurs pitch to journalists? Jason Hiner joins us to discuss.

#10 Google Fiber, F Yeah!

Brandon Powers is an inventor, developer and entrepreneur. He is the founder of LensFactory.com.

#9 Brandon Powers

Superbowl party tips from the world's leading expert, Landon Swan -- along with non-expert score and betting predictions from the Swantastic Crew. BONUS: Boob sweat, hot sheets and celebrity chat with Alli Truttmann. This episode is the perfect drive-time companion for Superbowl weekend--- enjoy!

#8 How to Party -- Superbowl Hollywood Style

Alex is an entrepreneur and founder of Beam Dental, a connected device company taking on the dental insurance marketplace.

#7 Alex Frommeyer

We discuss why you should not guard you business idea and the link between exercise and productivity.

#6 Short Hair, Don't Care

Rob is an entrepreneur, futurist and writer. He founded backupify, which was acquired by Datto for $50-100 million. He is starting a new artificial intelligence company called Talla.

#5 Rob May

Interesting people, entrepreneurs, and bourbon-- live from the #WinZone

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