The Counter Chronicles
A podcast that explores the hustle of entrepreneurship or pursuing your dream career while tackling the realities (health insurance, rent, business failures, a second job!) of that pursuit. Hosted by Agatha Khishchenko, lawyer and former owner of a beloved neighborhood cheese shop, who is obsessed with all things food, restaurants, travel and hospitality.
Episodes
38 episodes
Alissa Timoshkina - writer, activist, cookbook author, and co-founder of Cook for Ukraine
I am so honored to introduce you to today's guest, Alissa Timoshkina. In her teenage years, she left Russia for England. Now, having moved through a career in academia, she is a London based writer, cookbook author, creator of ...
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Episode 35
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49:48
Patrick Miller - chef and founder of Faccia Brutto Spirits
Today's episode is with Patrick Miller, chef, formerly of one of my favorite restaurants, Rucola, in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, and founder, distiller, and creator of Faccia Brutto Spirits. They are a Brooklyn based liquor company that uses a...
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Episode 34
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42:31
Kristen Carbone -- entrepreneur and founder of Brilliantly
Today's guest is Kristen Carbone, founder of Brilliantly, a wearable warming device for survivors of breast cancer and mastectomies. Kristen tragically lost her mother in her early twenties due to metastic breast cancer. The followe...
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Episode 33
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50:22
Katie Quinn -- author, YouTube host, podcaster, creator, exploring all things travel and food
This is the last podcast of 2021 and we are going out with a bang with someone I am very excited to introduce you to. Author, YouTube host, and podcaster, Katie Quinn. Katie has a very popular YouTube channel where she creates video...
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Episode 32
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54:30
Peter Hoffman -- writer, chef, restauranteur, and trailblazer of farm-to-table cooking
Today's guest is Peter Hoffman, a man I've long admired for his greenmarket ingredient driven food, his former restaurants (Savoy, Back Forty, and Back Forty West), his passion and commitment to the land and the food and farmers behind it...
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Episode 31
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53:59
Brian Keyser -- restauranteur, champion of artisan cheese, and owner of Casellula
My guest on this week's podcast is Brian Keyser, owner of Casellula, a cheese and wine focused restaurant in Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. Brian is a veteran of both the restaurant industry and the artisan cheese world, and I...
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Episode 30
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1:10:57
Brewster McCall - food & hospitality industry veteran, director of brand development & leadership at Gourmet Foods International
Today's guest is Brewster McCall. Brewster and I met working in the restaurant industry 15 years ago. He was an aspiring actor and model, with a passion for wine, cocktails and hospitality. Brewster's southern upbringing ...
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Episode 29
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1:17:00
Lisa Marie Falcone -- founder of The Hungry Hippie
Today's guest is Lisa Marie (LM) Falcone, founder of The Hungry Hippie, a vegan food delivery service. LM is on a mission to get people to eat more plant-based meals. We talk about how she transitioned from a career in fashion to o...
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Episode 28
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44:00
Amanda Kerpius -- yoga and massage therapist, yoga teacher, and competitive runner
Today's guest is Amanda Kerpius. We discuss how her career in dance and the arts eventually led to a career in yoga and massage therapy. Amanda is a also an avid runner with many marathons under her belt, and incorporates her love o...
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Episode 27
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42:43
Amy Larson -- founder and entrepreneur of Overseasoned
Today's guest is Amy Larson, founder of the popular business and website, Overseasoned. Amy has created a line of apparel and kitchen accessories that fuses feminism with the culinary world. She has created best selling tag lines, l...
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Episode 26
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44:20
My Parents - Larisa & Misha Khishchenko - Part 2
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed the first episode with my parents, hearing about their life back in the soviet union and their immigration story. Today they share about how they built a life and a business in a new country,...
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Episode 25
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44:34
My Parents - Larisa & Misha Khishchenko - Part 1
Today we have two very special guests on the podcast: my parents, Larisa & Misha Khishchenko. This is a two episode show. In part 1, they discuss their past life in the former Soviet Union, reasons for leaving, anti-semitism, an...
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Episode 24
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1:09:47
Anu Menon & Suyog Mody -- founders of Driftaway Coffee
My guests today are Anu Menon and Suyog Mody, the founders of Driftaway Coffee. Driftaway is a personalized direct to consumer coffee subscription service. Anu and Suyog tapped into their engineering backgrounds in creating and grow...
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Episode 23
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1:02:17
Alice Jun -- founder, entrepreneur, & brewer of Hana Makgeolli
My guest this week is Alice Jun. Alice is an entrepreneur and founder of Hana Makgeolli, an artisanal korean rice wine, brewed and bottled in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Together with her business partner, John, they are making makg...
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Episode 22
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54:59
Cami Jetta - Part 1 - new entrepreneur, restauranteur, and founder of Dinner Party
Today's podcast guest is Cami Jetta. Cami is opening a mixed-use restaurant named Dinner Party in Brooklyn, NY. She took over the lease of a former Mexican restaurant on an iconic street in Fort Greene and will be opening fi...
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Episode 21
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41:11
Jasmine Graham - health coach, fitness entrepreneur, and lifelong learner
Today's guest is Jasmine Graham. Jaz is the epitome of a hustling entrepreneur - after getting laid off in 2008 from her job in the fashion industry, she dove headfirst into opening her own fitness and training business, Pace4Succes...
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Episode 20
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1:20:41
Amy Feezor & Pierre Haberer - the creators of Fed by a Frenchman
Today's guests are Amy Feezor and Pierre Haberer, the duo behind the instagram project Fed by a Frenchman. Amy is an American writer who met her frenchman, Pierre, while living in Paris, and the two have since fallen in love, gotten marri...
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Episode 19
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1:09:18
Beth George - entrepreneur, lawyer, international bagel consultant, and founder of BYOB Bagels
This week's guest is Beth George, founder of BYOB bagels. Beth's first career was a lawyer working as a public defender and in corporate law. She eventually started her own private practice. but when her young son developed in...
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Episode 18
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1:03:42
Karen Ruocco - intrepid career changer, sommelier, and founder of Five Flights Wines & Spirits
Today's guest is Karen Ruocco. She has an incredible story, one that has taken many turns along the way until she discovered her passion for wine in her mid forties, left a lucrative career to pursue wine, became a sommelier and ultimatel...
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Episode 17
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1:28:07
Tory Williams -- photographer and entrepreneur
Today's guest is Tory Williams. Tory is a Brooklyn based photographer with an incredibly diverse portfolio from portraits, celebrities, brand work, food photography and more. We discuss her almost two decade career path, what s...
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Episode 16
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51:40
MJ Adams -- chef, culinary pioneer, and restauranteur
Today's guest if MJ Adams. MJ is a chef who started her career in NYC over 30 years ago. We discuss her pursuit of a culinary career long before sexual harassment and discrimination towards women in kitchens was ever addressed. ...
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Episode 15
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53:06
Jasmine Moy -- business attorney to restaurants, chefs, and hotel owners
Today's inspiring guest is Jasmine Moy. Jasmine is a restaurant lawyer providing legal services to clients in the food, beverage & hospitality industry, from chefs, to restaurants and hotel owners. Jasmine shares her success st...
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Episode 14
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1:02:59
Side Hustle Series -- Lindsey Thalheimer - baker & founder of Tommy Jam
Welcome to the Side Hustle -- a series of special episodes of The Counter Chronicles podcast. The Side Hustle series explores new entrepreneurs that are dipping their toes into the hustle of starting their own business. It's all abo...
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29:00
Allison Kave -- baker, cookbook author, cocktail guru, and entrepreneur
So thrilled to have Allison Kave on the pod this week! Allison was the co-founder of one of my favorite Brooklyn establishments, Butter & Scotch, a feminist bar and bakery. She talks about her first career in the arts, starting ...
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Episode 13
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1:33:38
