Welcome back to Season 2! We have an amazing line-up of guests on the show for you. We’re chatting with the architect of Minnesota’s pandemic response, a prominent teacher-tiktoker, a senior advisor at the Gates Foundation, an actress from the TV show Dave, and so many more. Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss an episode. In today’s episode, we’re talking with Erin Flavin, owner of Minnesota’s first non-alcoholic beverage shop, Marigold (now with 2 locations) as well as the owner of her salon, Honeycomb. She is on a mission to make NOT drinking cool. And if her first year in business is any indication, she’s well on her way.  We chat about how the pandemic made her rethink a lot, including her relationship with alcohol. We also discuss how she’s moved throughout her career in both hair and entrepreneurship. And, we get a first-hand look at the rise of the NA movement, both in Minnesota and across the US.  By the way, Marigold has a bunch of great events going on to celebrate Sober October, including a weekly golden hour. More here: https://shop.honeycombmpls.com/pages/events  New episodes released every Thursday wherever you get podcasts.  ☕️ Season 2 is presented by SK Coffee, a specialty coffee roaster, based in Minnesota, shipping worldwide. Learn more: https://bit.ly/skconnection  Connect with the show  Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConnectRequest  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connectionrequest/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@connectionrequest  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@connectionrequest  Email: connect@shrugcontent.com    Connect with Joel  Twitter: https://twitter.com/joelleeman  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jleeman/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joelleeman/ About Connection Request  Connection Request is a podcast about career journeys, produced by Shrug Content. Hosted by Joel Leeman, a producer and strategist who has spent the past 10 years making media for the Internet, the show profiles a variety of fascinating people, digging into how they spend their waking hours, what they’ve learned along the way, how they make decisions, and why they do what they do. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.