The week the guys talk about the 2016 movie, The Founder, a period drama that tells the story of Ray Kroc, a salesman who turned two brothers’ innovative fast-food burger joint (McDonald’s) into the biggest restaurant in the world.

Caleb and Chris reflect on Kroc’s ambition, persistence, and ruthlessness, and how any of these talents (when taken to their extreme) can do as much harm as good. The guys also take some time to reflect on entrepreneurship more broadly, including the challenges of starting a business, and the personal sacrifices involved, using Kroc’s story as a point of comparison.

The conversation touches on balancing ambition with personal life, the importance of persistence, and the realities of the business world compared to idealized social media portrayals.

Check out the guys’ chat about this movie on the platform of your choice.

Special thanks to Indicium for editing this episode!

Hey Everybody, we just found out over the weekend that the Sippi Podcast has made it to the final round of the Top Five Podcasts for Festival South’s Best of the Pine Belt! Sincere thanks to those of you that nominated and then voted for us to make it to this final stage!

You can hear the guys briefly chat about it on the podcast player of your choice. If you want to check out the other South MS podcasts that made it to the final round, click here!

The Sippi Podcast is back with Season Four! The hosts, Caleb & Chris, return after a six-week break and discuss their time off, with Caleb providing an update on his dissertation and coffee business. They also discuss the current state of podcasting, noting high failure rates and the rise of celebrity-hosted shows. A significant portion of the episode focuses on the increasing impact of artificial intelligence, particularly new AI tools for conversational interaction* (see the duck quack footnote below) and coding, and the hosts ponder the ethical considerations and rapid advancements in the field. Finally, they introduce tariffs as a future topic for discussion due to perceived misinformation and their real-world effects on businesses like Caleb's coffee shop.

*And yes, duck quacks were inserted into the episode because one of the AI bots decided to overshare information about Chris’ personal life. Fortunately for him, it’s not a video podcast or you would have seen how much he was blushing when this unexpected event occurred!

Sincere thanks to Chris for editing this episode. He really wanted to edit this one for some reason…

Listen to the guys discuss their various scattered topics on the podcast platform of your choice!