Random Run In : MAINE Man with a Lock on 'Personality'
Release Date: 07/18/2023
Why Put Your Money In The Red Salvation Army Kettle?
The Debbie Nigro Show
Thanksgiving kicks off the annual bell ringing next to all those red Salvation Army donation kettles. This year's message. They need you more than ever. The Salvation Army is going to be serving the needs this year of close to 24 million people here in the United States. In case you didn’t know it, the donations that you give in your area, stay in your area, to help the local people that really need help. Kenneth Hodder, the National Commander of the Salvation Army, a dynamic guy with a Harvard education and a great personality, stopped by my radio show to bring us all up to...
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American Christmas: Bringing Holiday Magic to Life 365 Days of the Year
The Debbie Nigro Show
We’re already into Christmas? Didn’t I just take off my Halloween Costume? If like me, you’ve been feeling that the holiday season has been arriving earlier and earlier each year, it’s not your imagination. It has in fact been speeding up, because the businesses and destinations that invest in holiday displays invest a lot, says Dan Casterella, the Chief Executive Officer of American Christmas, and they want to capitalize on their investments. American Christmas is the company behind the scenes creating the breathtaking holiday displays in 6 states including the iconic...
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Kailen Rosenberg Might Be Your Answer To Finding Real Love
The Debbie Nigro Show
Kailen Rosenberg known to millions as Oprah’s love ambassador on the award-winning series (OWN and BBC Worldwide) joined me on Halloween to talk about finding real love. So happens just before she joined me on the radio, I had read a story in the NY Post about the number of people who were wearing 'sexy' Halloween Costumes in the hope of getting lucky with a sweet treat of the human kind by nights end. The results of a survey taken by a sex positive dating app named 'Pure' said 72 % women and 43% of men would be wearing 'sexy' Halloween costumes this year. I’m sure for some...
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Pet Parents Get Ready for What’s Coming with AI! Your Dog Will Talk To You?
The Debbie Nigro Show
Will pets be able to tell you what their bodies need? What kind of toys they want? In a human voice? Soon apparently, if Founder Andy Gibbs vision for the very first company to bring ‘Generative AI’ to life in the $120B pet industry comes to fruition. It all started the day Andy’s’ wife noticed his dog Roland’s water bowl was empty and hollered to him “Can’t you make a smart water bowl that tells me when it’s empty and needs to be refilled?” Andy was sparked and started researching why dogs need water and decided he needed to track their water...
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Halloween is The Candy Industry’s Super Bowl
The Debbie Nigro Show
Halloween is the big showcase moment for the candy and confection industry. Kind of like their Super Bowl. The industry generates $42 billion in retail sales every year and employs 58,000 people working in 1600 manufacturing facilities across all 50 states, with another 635,000 jobs in related fields. Sweet! I invited Carly Schildhaus from the National Confectioners Association, to join me for a conversation about some sweet insights from a survey they just took about all things Halloween, including the list of the top three candies this year, and how much candy you’re...
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'The Joy Strategist' Gives You Permission To Change But Can You?
The Debbie Nigro Show
Music Industry Executive Grace Harry wants to show you how to break through whatever creative or emotional rut is keeping you from tapping into your ability to feel true joy in your life. She knows how to guide creative people because that’s what she did for 30 years while guiding musicians and artists at Island Def Jam and Jive Records. Now Grace Harry is “The Joy Strategist’ - sharing her authentic self and what she learned to help you get you to where she had to get herself… back to center, dismantling your ego and culturally conditioned limiting beliefs. Grace...
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Did You Know You Have to ASK for a Liver Cancer Screening? Catching it Early is KEY
The Debbie Nigro Show
Liver cancer cases are rising dramatically across the United States. It's more important than ever to raise awareness about the potentially deadly disease and encourage screening. But seems you have to ASK your Dr. for a liver cancer screening test. Especially if youre at risk. Dr. Nadine Abi-Jaoudeh, Chief of Interventional Radiology and Director of Clinical Research at the University of California, Irvine, is spreading the word about the importance of understanding your liver cancer risk and asking your doctor about screening. Please listen to this important information in this...
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I'm Italian American But Was Wavering on 'Columbus' I Needed To Get The Facts
The Debbie Nigro Show
Hearing Negative Information About Someone You Thought Was Cool Is Always a Bummer. Changes how you feel about them for sure. Which is why I needed to talk about Christopher Columbus. I've always celebrated my Italian American Heritage on Columbus Day. That one day a year, to have fun with and honor all my fellow Italian Americans here in the U.S. and honor all the Italian Immigrants who came over and worked so hard with their hands to help build this country. I'm aware Italian immigrants were persecuted badly, but I'm not sure everybody knows just how bad. Bad. Growing up...
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A Company Was Born out of A Mother's Struggle To Give Birth
The Debbie Nigro Show
Repurposing Sterile IVF Needles is how now Mom of twins, Jamie Kushner Blicher coped with her infertility journey. Jamie an artist, who was emotionally struggling with what seemed like a never-ending process, took those one of those damn IVF needles one day, pumped it full of ink, and pushed out all her emotions onto a canvas! She then shared her art on social media without explaining. And that was how her company 'Glitter Enthusiast' was born. When she did share the heavy secret backstory of her art, a large and incredibly encouraging community cheered her on. Today,...
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How's Shipping Those Lobster Rolls Around The Country Going?
The Debbie Nigro Show
Did You Catch National Lobster Day? The people at GOLDBELLY reminded me in an email. GOLDBELLY ships Americas Most Iconic Foods Nationwide. When I saw my friend Andrea Anthony's Restaurant pop up in the email, the famous LUNCH Lobster Roll, in the Hamptons, I was curious to know how her new expansion into shipping Lobster Roll's to people all over the country through GOLDBELLY was going. She'll tell you herself in this fun podcast of our live conversation on The Debbie Nigro Show. Andrea is the most hands on businesswoman I've ever met. Refreshing to know in this day and age of...
info_outlineRio’s Road Sign called us and Russell the owner captivated us.
A stand out random run-in on our return road trip from Prince Edward island Canada traveling through Maine .
Rio’s is a wow and deliciously different if youre ever in the area on your own road trip through Maine. Best chicken dinner ever and the cavatelli with kale etc. had me licking my plate.
Our unplanned random road trip stop at RIO's included live music, incredible ambiance inside and meeting a dynamic guy named Russell Manton.
He’s the 'R' in RIO. The "I" is for his beaituful daughter Illinca and the 'O' for his brilliant wife from Romania ( 2 masters!) Oana. We met all 3.
Russell does some awesome things besides own and run RIO with his wife, that fabulous restaurant located at 357 W. Main Street in Searsport, Maine. He owns one of only six companies in the U.S. that makes the electronic room key door locks for hotels!
For the record those hotel room key cards do not contain your personal information as many of us including me always thought they did.
You're gonna love meeting Russell Manton who checks in live from Nantucket where he's installing more of his electronic hotel room locks, in this podcast of our live conversation on The Debbie Nigro Show. His Scotish accent is just fabulous. So's his personality.
As new strangers go - He’s a keeper!