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New Ways of Looking at Bookselling: Subscription Services, Ecommerce and Audio Books with Letters Bookshop
This week we’re welcoming Land Arnold of Letters Bookshop. Land and Carrie begin by catching…
From Side Business to Book to Brick and Mortar with The Zen Succulent’s Megan Cain
This week we’re welcoming Megan Cain, owner of The Zen Succulent with locations in both…
What to Do When You’re Expecting to Start a Business: Advice for Potential Entrepreneurs
This week we’re welcoming Jonathan Walls, a potential business owner who’s developing a board game…
Breaking the Mold with Alabama Home Girl’s Maddie Roberts
This week we’re talking with Maddie Roberts, realtor and cofounder of Alabama Home Girl Group,…
Tech Startup Fundrage Turns Passion into Profit
This week we’re welcoming Maria Underwood, founder of the Chrome extension Fundrage that follows along…
A Bookstore that Serves the Prison Community
This week we’re talking with Johnny Ardis, board member of Open Books and The Prison…
About the Localist Podcast
@crollwagen on InstagramA conversation with local makers and independent entrepreneurs.
Author and local business advocate Carrie Rollwagen invites mom-and-pops, freelancers, side hustlers, and start-up founders to talk about the ins and outs of how they got their start, the pros and cons of owning your own business, how they handle the hard stuff, and yes, even the mistakes they’ve made along the way. Carrie and her guests get into the nitty-gritty details: staffing, funding, hiring, and inspiring — and everything in between.
First-hand accounts of running a business
As a former small business owner, Carrie knows the struggles and triumphs of owning a business first-hand, and that experience helps her ask questions that are often ignored — questions about failure as well as success, and details about exactly how entrepreneurs face challenges, grow their businesses and work with their staffs.
The Localist Team

Carrie Rollwagen
Host
Carrie produces and hosts the podcast. She’s author of the Localist book, co-founder of Church Street Coffee & Books and VP of Infomedia.

Michelle Phillips
Show Runner
Michelle loves books, taking cute pics of her dog and listening to podcasts. She’s the one who writes such detailed show notes every week.

Brad Davis
Sound Engineer
Brad is a musician and web developer, and he makes sure the podcast sounds great in your headphones or coming through your car speakers.

Alana Harmond
Outreach Manager
Alana loves Bon Iver and her collection of 100+ houseplants. She researches and books our podcast guests and helps with our Instagram.

Beka Harmon
Production Assistant
Beka loves hiking and her dog, Buster. She lives in Vancouver, WA, and takes care of important details like getting the podcast posted.