It's New Orleans: Out To Lunch

Dominik Knoll's [World Trade Center][link1] presides over $60b worth of trade annually through New Orleans. Bill Borne's Baton Rouge based [Amedisys][link2] is one of the biggest players in US healthcare. Dominik and Bill paint a fascinating portrait of New Orleans and Louisiana in the big picture, present and future. [link1]: http://www.wtcno.org/ [link2]: http://www.amedisys.com/

From wetlands to wardrobe: Cree McCree has taken the rodent pest that is eating the Louisiana wetlands and turned it into fur fashion. Feel good about wearing fur again: it's [Righteous Fur][link1] [link1]: http://www.righteousfur.com/

Adrian Simpson from [New Orleans Ice Cream][link1] and Danielle Boyce Batten from [Cool Brew Coffee][link2] are making an allied assault on the nation. [link1]: http://neworleansicecream.com/ [link2]: http://www.coolbrew.com/

The [Elio][link1] is a revolutionary American car that's being built from the ground up in Shreveport. The Von Dutch is a re-imagined classic American motorbike that's being built in New Orleans. Meet Chip Stempeck from Elio and Demetri Melekos from Von Dutch's [US Heritage Powersports][link2]. [link1]: http://www.eliomotors.com/ [link2]: https://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Heritage-Powersports/253245458052544

Live at [Idea Village][link1]'s biggest NOLAbiz party yet - 1,000+ entrepreneurs - with hosts Tim Williamson, Kevin Wilkins, and Robbie Vitrano, inNOLAvation founder Damon Burns, [Creative Alliance][link2]'s Jeanne Nathan, and Webster Pierce Jr whose award winning invention, Wave Robber, is going to save the La coast. [link1]: http://ideavillage.org/ [link2]: http://cano-la.org/

Author of How To Sell Your Business For More Than It's Worth [Michelle Seiler Tucker][link1] lives in New Orleans and sells businesses through her 50 offices across the US. Tracey Moore, founder of [Wirth Moore Realty][link2], sells New Orleans real estate. [link1]: http://www.capitalbbw.com/ [link2]: http://www.worthmoorerealty.com/

Magazine Street is a 7 mile cavalcade of restaurants, galleries, and boutique stores spanning New Orleans neighborhoods from the Lower Garden District to Uptown. The owners of these businesses are as colorful as their storefronts. Bryant Batt sparkles in [Hazelnut][link1], Paul Wilcox shines in [Art and Eyes][link2]. [link1]: http://www.hazelnutneworleans.com/ [link2]: http://artandeyesnola.com/

Colin Grussing is an otherwise perfectly normal person who dresses in fully body spandex, including masking his face, and sells what he calls his [RootSuit][link1] to other eccentrics and rabid sports fans. A man named [Tree][link2] (only) in a wooden bow tie weaves a magical spell over tourists. [link1]: http://www.rootsuit.com/ [link2]: http://www.racontoursinnola.com/

From an office in Canal Street's BioInnovation Center, Dr Aline Betancourt's company [Wibi Works][link1] is pioneering a stem cell arthritis cure. From another office in the same building Billy Bosch is launching body and brain food, [Iconic][link2]. [link1]: http://www.wibiworks.com/ [link2]: http://drinkiconic.com/

New Orlean's most original thinkers: Arman Sadeghpour, co-founder and CEO of [Theodent][link1] the chocolate toothpaste and Sean Simone co-founder of [Yellow Jacket][link2], the cell phone case that's also a 650k volt stun gun. [link1]: http://www.theodent.com/ [link2]: http://www.yellowjacketcase.com/

Abandoning all hope of a serious Mardi Gras conversation, Peter goes for dancers and beads with [Bustout Burlesque][link1] creator Rick Delaup and [Zombeads][link2] founder Anne Rolfes. [link1]: http://bustoutburlesque.com/ [link2]: http://www.zombeads.biz/

New Orleans app builder Neel Sus from [Touch Studios][link1] hears a lot of ideas for phone and tablet apps - is there one more great one out there? Simon Marthinsen's start-up [Plebu][link2] is taking on the other great 21st century every-man tech challenge - build a better website. [link1]: http://touchstudios.net/ [link2]: http://plebu.com/

Sal Palmisano was New Orleans' Enemy Number One when he came up with the brilliant business plan to boot drivers' questionably parked cars. Today he is the pioneer of a whole new set of wheels: [NOLA Pedicabs][link1]. [link1]: http://www.nolapedicabs.com/

Peter referees a debate about the way forward for New Orleans cabs with veteran taxi operator Sheree Kerner from [Nawlins Cab][link1] and Jack Culotta, lead counsel for the drivers of [United Cabs][link2] in their class action lawsuit against the City of New Orleans. [link1]: http://www.nawlinscab.com/ [link2]: http://www.unitedcabs.com/

Peter Ragusa unveils [Better Day][link1], software that aims to replace every medical record in America. Joe Lovett heads up an impressive fund of Louisiana VC investors, [The Louisiana Fund][link2]. [link1]: http://www.betterdayehr.com/ [link2]: http://www.louisianafund.com/

New Orleans songwriter and music professor [Jim McCormick][link1] had two number one hits in 2012, Bucktown All Stars guitar player Reid Wick moonlights as an executive of [The Recording Academy][link2], the Grammy organization. [link1]: http://www.jimmccormicksongs.com/ [link2]: http://www.grammy.com/

Billy Bosch brought us Monster energy drink, now he's launching his own brew, [Iconic][link1] . Benardett Jno-Finn creates [Senica][link2] natural hair and body products. [link1]: http://www.drinkiconic.com/ [link2]: http://www.senicanaturals.com/

Connelly Hayward is the 4th generation of his family to make red beans, he's President of L.H. Hayward and Company who make [Camellia Brand red beans][link1]. Nina Camacho is National Events Director at [Jazzmen Rice][link2]. [link1]: http://www.camelliabrand.com/ [link2]: http://www.jazzmenrice.com/

On our first show featuring only guests with nicknames "Jammer" Orintas and "Paco" Robert take on a Christmas hullabaloo at [Commander's Palace][link1] to talk about [Theo's Pizza][link2] and [Dinner Lab][link3] - New Orleans' secret dining society. [link1]: http://www.commanderspalace.com/ [link2]: http://theospizza.com/ [link3]: http://www.dinnerlab.com/

Business Manager David Francis and Pulitzer Prize winning Director of State Content for [NOLA Media Group][link1] James O'Byrne paint a rosy picture of their revolution as the Times Picayune blazes a trail from newsprint to pixels. (thanks to [Dirty Coast][link2] for show title and T-shirt) [link1]: http://www.nola.com/ [link2]: http://www.dirtycoast.com/