Episode 36 || Entrepreneurship + The New South

From the Front Porch

The Bookshelf Thomasville

Fiction, Society & Culture, Books, Arts:books, Arts

4.7 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2015

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Annie chats with Florida State University entrepreneur-in-residence Christine Nieves; the two discuss porch swings and creativity, the importance of connection, and life in the new South (hint: it's a lot of storytelling and hard work). Christine also lists her favorite spots in Tallahassee and Thomasville: Quarter Moon Imports, Black Dog, Ripe City Urban Farm, Railroad Square, Fermentation Lounge, Grasslands Brewery, Jonah's, and Sweet Grass Dairy. Follow Christine on Twitter, Instagram, and Tumblr. Rate and review From the Front Porch on iTunes here.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 36 of From the Front Porch, a collection of conversations on books, small business, and life in the South.
0:09.0	I'm Annie Jones, owner of the bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and today I'm joined by Christine Neves, an entrepreneur in residence at Florida State University.
0:22.2	Christine and I will be chatting about books, entrepreneurship, and what makes living in the New South so special.
0:28.5	I hope you'll stick around and also check out former episodes of the podcast at www.
0:34.7	www.bookshelfththomasville.com or on iTunes.
0:39.4	Hi, Christine. Hi, Christine.
0:40.8	Hi, Annie.
0:41.8	Welcome to my studio, also known as my small office slash closet.
0:47.2	I love.
0:47.9	I feel, it feels so cozy in here.
0:50.1	It's great.
0:50.9	Okay, so I just wanted to kind of get right into the discussion.
0:54.6	In conversations we've had in the past, I know that you're pretty new to the South.
0:58.2	So you're originally from Puerto Rico.
1:00.2	You've lived in Oxford, Princeton, Philadelphia.
1:03.0	What in the world brought you down to down south?
1:06.6	Well, so the short answer is love.
1:09.4	I was in Princeton when I met my now partner, who is now faculty at FSU.
1:16.4	Okay.
1:17.4	And for a long time, I was really hesitant to move to Tallahassee because I had never heard of Tallahassee.
1:22.8	And it's so embarrassing, I just didn't know.
1:24.9	And I didn't know how charming and welcoming this
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