This week Kat Kezon, host of the Carbonated Conversations Podcast, sits down with Sumner Bender, the Executive Director of Main Street's beloved Nickelodeon Theatre, South Carolina's only nonprofit arthouse cinema. As a Columbia native, Sumner shares her experiences growing up and becoming a young professional here in the Soda City. With a career defined by storytelling in every form, Sumner recalls her childhood shaped by a love of big characters, her time teaching theatre through the COVID pandemic, and the kismet timing of her takeover of leadership. You won't want to miss it!

This week, host Kat Kezon is joined by Richard Hurteau of Richard and the Twins! Richard, a self-taught guitarist from McClellanville, talks about following his lifelong dream of making music from garages in McClellanville to writers rounds in Nashville to various beloved venues here in Columbia, SC. Richard offers incredible calls to action for our listeners. Stick around to the end of the episode to hear "Manifest" by Richand and the Twins off their EP released this May and be sure to stream Richard and the Twins wherever you like to listen!

This week host Kat Kezon is joined by Licensed Professional Counselor and owner of Kayla Sweet Counseling, Kayla Sweet Hagler. Through her work as a therapist, Kayla identified a gap and need for Queer-centric mental health spaces in Columbia, SC and went on to build her own Queer-forward practice, Kayla Sweet Counseling. Kat and Kayla discuss the many hats Kayla wears as a therapist, businesswoman, wife, and mother, all with Columbia, SC as the backdrop of her very full and beautiful life. She even reveals where to find the best matcha in the city. You won't want to miss it!