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#56 The next flag and travel flavor assortment - Bear Safety - Letters

Greg goes down a few rabbit holes here with the flavors he's working on, and he finds humor in Florida's "Human-Bear Conflict Response Policies and Guidelines" manual. He also reads letters.The photo for this weeks podcast is by Brian Crum. I wonder if he'll ever find out that I ...

#55 The return of Pumpkin Spice and other seasonal flavors.

Today Greg continues his confusion over pumpkin spice and talks about upcoming seasonal candy like for Halloween and Christmas. He also reads your letters.YT: www.Youtube.com/LoftyPursuitsBuy Candy: www.pd.net

Test no dialog rough cut of new video

I thought you'd like to see the rough cut of our new video. It may take a few minutes to upload and render on youtube. The link is not and will not be public.

#54 the making of the History of the Egg Cream video.

In this episode, Greg reminisces about making the video documenting the history of the NY Egg Cream and his day running around Manhattan shooting it.

53 Going down the rabbit hole of music, updates and letters

Greg this weeks deconstructs on of his favorite songs "I Want you to be my baby" by John Hendricks. He thought it was written by Louis Primia, but it was just sung by him, and apparently a lot of others. Lots of updates, talks about upcoming candy for Thanksgiving and Halloween, and of cours...

#52 Flags and flavors of the world - More on the jukebox - Jakes Kiwi

Today we go further into what we are doing about the taste trip around the world. Since we can't travel in person, perhaps we can do it with candy flavors. We hope to do a series of international flavors done with the flags of the countries where the flavors are know from.The Jukebox I'm mak...

#53 Travel with world with your taste buds, a new computer, a great escape of a podcat an letters.

I built a new computer to edit videos and audio on and it's greatOne of our podcats had a three day outdoor adventure (Spoiler, her returned)New candies ideas from a letter we got last week that we are going to go forward with, tastes of the world. If you can't travel, we will bring the worl...

#50 More interviews from the fungus festival - upcoming candy - letters.

At Lofty Pursuits we did this video on making candy from Candy Cap mushrooms that you can see here.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGZMKAXkYY4We could not fit all the interviews in, so I added some of the more interesting bits to this podcast, and we talk about upcoming projects and of course read y...

Podcast #49 building a digital jukebox, letters, and more mushroom candy

Greg is making a digital jukebox for the store, because he needs more to do with his time. He talks a little about candy and he reads letters.

I need feedback. Candy Cap Mushroom Video

This is a sneak peek at part of the next video I'm editing, it's hard. So many hours of footage to go through to build the story.So I am working on this video, I have been for quite a while, and I need some feedback.1. Is it interesting. Are their parts that make you lose interest?2. Can you...

#48 Banana Plants - Stress - Art - Letters

Today Greg talks about planting some Gross Michel bananas, he got some sprouts from a guy in south Florida and hopes to have some nice rare more flavorful bananas in the next few years. He talks about covid-19 changes for his store (again, there is no end to these it seems), he talks about art and o...

Podcast #47 Old Glory candy, why Gross Michelle was pronounced the way it was, more store updates, letters and more

Today we talk about all sorts of things, while two of my cats (Caterine and Vanya) decide to visit and possibly express their opinion on the podcast.

Podcast #46 on being happy, new machines, safety renovations, Flag candy and letters,

Today Greg things about having a good day and talks about the current projects.You can order a protytpe bag of our Candy Cap mushroom candy here: https://www.pd.net/node/171This link will change to a production link when the real candy comes out.

Lofty masks

I wanted my staff to be fashionable, so I thought I'd make some custom masks, and get some custom fabric printed. Yo can probably tell the design I based it off, but it has ice cream cones in the starts, chess board in the diamonds, and banana image candy in the circles.If I were to sell these, ...

New machine

I needed to show off a new machine I got. Well new about two years ago. I finally found good enough machinists to get it working again. It's a cutter, to do what I do with the anvil. My wrists have been hurting more and more the longer I do this, and I wished I had this machine. I only knew of t...

#45 Being a kid in a candy store, and interview with the expert

Today I do something different, I do an interview. Today I talk to Jane my daughter who literally grew up at Lofty Pursuits. I've never really talked to her about her perceptions about the business before. Its there every day, and it just is not something we've done. This is a bit longer tha...

Podcast #44 Stories about Laundry Tablet candy and more

Greg talks about some encounters with fame, upcoming candies in development, and tells the story of when he made candy that looked like a laundry tablet and what proctor and gamble told him.Get our candy : http://www.pd.net YT: http://www.youtube.com/loftypursuits

#43 Rambles about things we are doing, letters, books and how the circus is adapting to quarenteen

Vote for us here before May 30thhttp://www.loftypursuits.com/voteGreg rambles a bit about things happening to Lofty Pursuits. I apologize it's a bit rushed for me on a podcast, but I got it out, so that I take as an accomplishment.http://www.pd.net <-- get candy herehttp://www.youtube.com/lofty ...

LoftyPursuits post Episode #42 The origins and Horehound flavor and it's family of plants, Resigning a restaurant for post COVID-19, Drive in theaters from patreon

Episode #42 The origins and Horehound flavor and it's family of plants, Resigning a restaurant for post COVID-19, Drive in theaters

Greg explores where Horehound fits in the family of plants and flavors, talks about redesigning a restaurant for post COVID-19, and talks about wanting to open a drive in movie theater.

Horehound & Marshmallow Root Cough Drops

I thought you'd like to know first.Horehound promotes salivation, and Marshmallow Root soothes your throat as it sticks to the sort bits. This cough drop recipe has been made for over a hundred years. Keep in mind, this is marshmallow root, not marshmallow flavor, so it's not going to effect...

#41 Thoughts about the future of businesses due to COVID19 and Letters.

Greg muses on what history has taught us and does some predictions of what could change in society due to the universality of COVID19, he also reads letters, but weirdly does not talk much about candy.Two in one day? Getting ahead again I hope.

#40 Kitten Smitten - Horehound and Marshmallow Cough Drops - How business adapted to past epidemics and how they changed

Greg gets a new kitten he also talks about the next cough drop he is making this time with marshmallow root a plant from France they no longer use in marshmallows the candy, but that does make your throat feel good. He also talks about how other pandemics changed how we did business and created new ...

Podcast #39 Sorry it took so long.

Sorry about it taking so long. I know I'm behind and I hope to catch up and get ahead again, just not sure how that will happen.Today's podcast is about what I've been doing the past few weeks, about the history of cough drops and about a book series I've been reading.

Sorry for being quiet

So much going on. I've been working 18 hour days transforming the business for the current situation. We have as many people working as many hours as were were before COVID-19, so I think we're doing good.We made the first cough drops on an old cough drop roller we have, and they are up for ...

Podcast #38, more on what I'm doing, how I can handle hot stuff and upcoming candy projects

In this podcast I discuss more about the transformation of Lofty Pursuits due to the Corona Virus, I get a letter from a fan in Indonesia and I tell her about my metal working experience. and I talk about mushroom candy. Not that kind of mushroom.

More on the transformation of Lofty Pursuits

Yup, like the last podcast, late and shorter. Sorry about that. It's been a weird week folks and it's been a week of being reactive not proactive. With things changing so fast that's the only option. Thanks for supporting what we do. I'll try to get closer to schedule next week.... T...