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The Real Reel

Rewriting the Spirits Narrative and Empowering the Underdog with Bridgette Taylor

The Real Reel

Natalie Barbu

Education, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8982 Ratings

🗓️ 30 August 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Episode 124: Covid had its fair share of challenges for businesses but one industry in particular thrived. Can you guess which one? Yep, it’s alcohol. As Harridan Vodka founder Bridgette Taylor was mixing drinks during quarantine, she began to fall in love with the alcohol industry. It was a space in which she could combine her passion for storytelling and branding with her love of a great cocktail. The journey as a female founder in a male-dominated industry had its setbacks, but it ultimately led Brigette to find a feminist voice that would shake up what people thought a women’s spirit could and should be. As a self-proclaimed harridan, she is rewriting the male-centered narrative and bringing badass women of history front and center This conversation packs a punch as Natalie and Bridgette dive into what it is like to start a spirits business mid-pandemic and how a brand of vodka can be defiant, empowering, and most-importantly, contribute to the perfect cocktail. Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow Harridan Vodka on Instagram @harridanvodka and make sure to check out their website www.harridan.com Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: CUROLOGY - Go to curology.com/real for a free 30-day trial and just pay for shipping and handling! SHAMELESS PETS – Go to shamelesspets.com and use code realreel for 25% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.

0:04.0

Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of

0:16.1

entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.

0:20.9

I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.

0:26.7

Any alcohol that has any inkling of being associated with women is a girly drink and it's only for women.

0:36.0

And so that's what we're trying to do with Herrittin is we're focusing on these heroines of history,

0:42.3

but we're not trying to position it as like you know this

0:45.1

one's a drink for the ladies like we're like this is for anyone who believes

0:49.8

in equality and if you don't believe in equality I don't want you looking at my

0:53.8

brand like you can walk down the aisle is for anyone who believes in equality

0:58.2

and is excited to learn about figures of history that haven't been appreciated.

1:03.4

Hello, hello, welcome back to the real real podcast. I am super excited to be on the mic.

1:17.0

I am feeling a little sick. So if you think my voice sounds different, it's probably because it does.

1:24.0

I feel a little under the weather.

1:26.0

I actually recently got cupping done two days ago,

1:30.0

so I don't know if you guys know what that is,

1:32.0

but it's where they like put some suction cups on your back and I've been going through some

1:39.0

Not issues but I've been I have scoliosis and my back has been hurting a little bit I'm trying to get everything in check I'm trying to you know be preventative so I've been going to a chiropractor and she does other things than just chiropractor stuff but she does

1:55.0

cupping as well and so she was like doing some cupping on me and I read that you

2:02.3

can feel fatigued and you know feel like you have a fever like

2:06.0

feel like flu-like symptoms after you get cupping done because it's releasing

2:10.0

all these toxins from your body so that's what happened so I'm feeling a lot better

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