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The Denise Ilitch Show is about overcoming adversity, staying positive, and giving back to the world we live in.
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Built On Brotherhood: Twin Brothers Adam and Michael Kazanowski of Gypsy Distillery (opens the original)
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Recorded on-site at Gypsy Distillery, Denise Ilitch sits down with identical twin brothers Adam and Michael Kazanowski, the Birmingham, Michigan natives who built one of the state's fastest-growing craft spirits companies out of the back of a van. Turned down by every bank they pitched, the brothers opened their first distillery in Petoskey in 2017 and launched Gypsy Vodka, funding it through music-festival gigs and reinvested cash flow. That single bottle grew into High Five Spirits, distribute
Service and Second Acts: Evan Fay, Air Force Veteran & Detroit Entrepreneur, and Khadijah Queen, Navy Veteran & Poet (opens the original)
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For America's 250th year, Denise Ilitch talks with two veterans who took very different paths. Our first guest is Evan Fay, who spent 10 years in the Air Force, rising to major as a nuclear missile officer and munitions leader in Wyoming and Alaska. He then moved to Detroit to launch Café Noir in the North End and Roar Brewing Company, the city's first Black-owned brewery. He explains why veterans make strong entrepreneurs, what "Service Before Self" cost him, and how the Lions, Tigers, and Moto
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