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Vera House Podcast
Vera House
22 episodes
2 days ago
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond entrepreneur Hayden Mater sits down with us to unpack the ethos behind Mater Made — a watch brand built for real life, not glass cases. Hayden Mater is a serial entrepreneur, father and husband, and an explorer making timepieces that inspire curiosity, endurance, and a life well-lived. Shop now at Mater Made: https://matermade.com Follow Mater Made: https://www.instagram.com/mater_made https://www.youtube.com/@MaterMadeofficial ht...
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Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond entrepreneur Hayden Mater sits down with us to unpack the ethos behind Mater Made — a watch brand built for real life, not glass cases. Hayden Mater is a serial entrepreneur, father and husband, and an explorer making timepieces that inspire curiosity, endurance, and a life well-lived. Shop now at Mater Made: https://matermade.com Follow Mater Made: https://www.instagram.com/mater_made https://www.youtube.com/@MaterMadeofficial ht...
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Vera House Podcast
Adventure on the Edge of Time: Richmond's Hayden Mater on Building Watches for Real Life #022
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond entrepreneur Hayden Mater sits down with us to unpack the ethos behind Mater Made — a watch brand built for real life, not glass cases. Hayden Mater is a serial entrepreneur, father and husband, and an explorer making timepieces that inspire curiosity, endurance, and a life well-lived. Shop now at Mater Made: https://matermade.com Follow Mater Made: https://www.instagram.com/mater_made https://www.youtube.com/@MaterMadeofficial ht...
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2 days ago
1 hour 26 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Folklore, Fights & Phones (boyfriend bootcamp, hidden pools, government boxing and best rooftops) - Unscripted #021
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Less buzz, more clarity. We open with adaptogens over caffeine—Kin, L-theanine, lion’s mane—and why “awake” doesn’t have to mean jittery. Then we launch Boyfriend iPhone Bootcamp: turning a running joke into basics that actually matter—angles, light, distance, framing. From there, a tour through Richmond’s layers: 18th-Street throwbacks (Tiki Bob’s, Alley Cats, On The Rocks), the Altria/Mosque pool that used to exist, underground wat...
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1 week ago
1 hour 9 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond is Sober-Curious: How Jody Sidle Reimagined Drinking Culture with Point 5 #020
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Visit Point 5 at 3435 West Cary St, Richmond, VA point5rva.com In this guest interview, we sit down with Jody Sidle — founder and driving force behind Point 5 in Carytown (Richmond, VA) — to talk about the sober-curious wave reshaping how Richmond goes out. 2 books we mentioned in conversation: • Drunk: How We Sipped, Danced, and Stumbled Our Way to Civilization: ⁠https://amzn.to/48XY5pU⁠ • Alcohol Explained by William Porter: ⁠https...
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1 week ago
1 hour 29 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond’s Haunted Secrets: a Vera Very Halloween Special (Ghosts, Skinwalkers, Cemeteries, and Werewolves) - Unscripted #019
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond’s haunted season, told by people who live here. We trade first-hand moments and local lore: a green, hologram-like “entity” outside the Poe Museum that refused to appear on camera; the Iron Dog of Hollywood Cemetery and the child it guards; late-night reports of voices at the Science Museum; and the suburban myth that won’t die—the Henrico werewolf.&nbs...
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 14 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Gun Hole, Small Town RVA Video Game, Henry Box Brown, and the Windshield Manifesto - Unscripted #018
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond doesn’t need fiction; the lore writes itself. We start with the city’s running list of urban legends—the Addison Street “gun hole,” the Church Hill tunnel collapse, the Richmond Vampire, the tank down Broad, Francine the Lowe’s cat—and ask why these stories stick longer than headlines ever do. From there, the conversation pivots to “conductor” leadershi...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Barbers Open the Door to Mental Health and Financial Wellness – Universal Health Chair Network #017
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Learn more about the Universal Health Chair Network here: https://uhcnetwork.org https://www.instagram.com/universalhealthchair Richmond’s most trusted third space isn’t a clinic — it’s the chair. This episode sits with Abdul Winfield (AB), Ali Bey, and Sharita “Ri” Edwards, the trio behind the Universal Health Chair Network (UHCN), to break down a simple but radical move: bring mental, physical, and financial health into the places ...
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3 weeks ago
1 hour 8 minutes

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Richmond Rules, Rituals, and Raids (VCU hazing, FBI Raids, NA bar scene, RVA Festivals, Bikes and more) - Unscripted #016
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here 10% OFF your next alternative beverage purchase at Point 5 in Carytown: https://verahouse.co/point5 Richmond is a city of rules, rituals, and raids—and this episode threads them together. We start with Francine, the Lowe’s cat finally found, Reddit sleuthing turned street festival, and how a neighborhood inside joke becomes citywide folklore. From there, festival season takes over: Dogwood Dell’s free lineup and the way RVA gathers when ti...
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4 weeks ago
1 hour 3 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond's Biggest Celebrity is a Cat (Where's Francine, Turnstile at Browns Island, Hadad's lake, walkable RVA, Carytown pedestrians, etc) - Unscripted #015
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s unofficial (maybe official now?) mascot went missing, and the city can’t stop talking about it. We open with Francine, the Lowe’s cat — security footage, petitions, interstate rumors—and what a community chooses to call “news.” From there, the episode ricochets through rideshare absurdity, a Monument Ave flip-and-selfie that went viral, and a night at the riverfront where Turnstile meets Browns Island policy: pepper-spray claims...
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1 month ago
54 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond's Creator Economy is Growing: How Melissa Eaton Grew Her Brand to 300K+ Followers #014
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s creator economy is growing fast. In this episode, our guest Melissa Eaton (Top Drawer RVA + Simplify Social) breaks down how she built an audience of 300K+ and turned it into real revenue—without chasing vanity metrics. We get into Facebook payouts vs. YouTube, pricing UGC so you’re paid even if you don’t post, and the content-bank system that lets one shoot fuel ten clips across platforms. We talk platform strategy (TikTok, Ree...
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1 month ago
1 hour 2 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond is Keeping Secrets at City Hall, Carillon etc (SWAT raids, water crisis, FOIA requests, traffic surveillance, biceps 4 jesus) - Unscripted #013
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond might be keeping secrets — or trying to. We trace a week where public records stall at City Hall, deleted plant videos fuel citizen sleuthing, and new red-light cameras multiply in the name of safety. At dawn, a Nextdoor rumor sends us to the Carillon lawn, where we explore a free men’s workout? In this episode FOIA, stonewalled: requests delayed, whistleblowing punished, and the cost of fighting for basic transparency.Water cri...
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1 month ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Before the Rebrand (6th Street ghosts, RVA parties, Scott’s Addition, and broken elevators) - Unscripted #012
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond as home base, myth as mirror. We open with the so-called “Richmond curse”—the urban legend that no matter how far you go, you end up back here—and why distance (and a little travel) clarifies what the city actually offers now: a growing riverfront, an amphitheater era, and momentum that didn’t exist a decade ago. Then the practical: free early-morning Uber rides to RIC via GRTC vouchers (4–6 a.m., one tri...
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1 month ago
1 hour 6 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Oddities Beneath Richmond (hidden springs, buried trains, lost ballpark, dating apps, Short Pump, and more) - Unscripted #011
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond keeps secrets. This episode pulls them up to the surface—starting with Mayo Island: once a downtown ballpark where legends supposedly launched homers into passing train cars, now a $15M city purchase slated to become public parkland. From there we trace riverfront moves to Browns Island’s amphitheater, then pivot to a photo of Monument Avenue as a tobacco field—proof that the city changes faster than our memories. We head into Bro...
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1 month ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Vampire & Hidden Trains (VCU discoveries, Watermelon Festival, Texas Beach, RVA311, and more) - Unscripted #010
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond’s folklore runs deep — and in this episode we dig up a few of the city’s strangest myths and modern problems side by side. We start with the infamous Richmond Vampire and the buried train beneath Church Hill, exploring how urban legends take root when tragedy and mystery overlap. From there, the conversation shifts to science: the discovery of fossilized human teeth in Ethiopia, where VCU researchers are helping rewrite the story ...
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2 months ago
1 hour 7 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond’s Forgotten Mummy (government hostages, ADD brains, speedhumping chaos, rva cold cases) - Unscripted #009
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here We open with the strange saga of Richmond’s forgotten mummy — a body left under bricks for nearly two decades before anyone thought to ask questions. From there, the conversation spirals into the absurd and the political: the story of Eric Morales Garcia, the man who locked government officials in a room as an act of protest, raising questions about rebellion, justice, and whether Richmond could use a little more chaos. But that’s only the...
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2 months ago
57 minutes

Vera House Podcast
The Importance of Flow: Why Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Ignores | Lamha Cumasach #008
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Veronica Jones never set out to be a massage therapist — she stumbled into it by accident. What began as a way to make money became a calling, a path to healing that combines bodywork, intuition, and holistic care. As the founder of Lahma Cumasach, Veronica now guides women and mothers through massage therapy, lymphatic detox, and doula services that focus on rest, restoration, and flow. In this episode, she shares: How being “tric...
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2 months ago
42 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Hot Boy Richmond Summer (Farmer's markets, Nascar, Jay walking, VCU, Cycling & Fake Wrestling) - Unscripted #007
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here We kick off Richmond’s “Hot Boy Summer” with a debate over whether NASCAR’s raw chaos outshines F1’s polished precision, and why endurance athletes willingly subject themselves to cycling’s masochistic grind in the name of “Type II fun.” From there, we stumble into the absurdity of pedestrian planning — jaywalking tickets, newly raised curbs, and the question of whether Richmond is actually designing its streets for people or just pretendi...
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2 months ago
47 minutes

Vera House Podcast
The Art (and Grit) of Doing Kitchens Right in Richmond with James River Kitchens #006
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Bradley Jones and Caleb Attalah left the comfort of a big-box retailer to build something better: James River Kitchens. In this conversation, they share the pivotal lunch that sparked their business, the values that set them apart, and the lessons learned from years of creating kitchens that pair function with beauty. We talk about: The turning point that made them walk away from corporate lifeWhy they refuse to cut corners, even when it c...
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3 months ago
51 minutes

Vera House Podcast
From Keys to Care: Tehran Jones is Making Senior Transitions Easier for Families in Virginia #005
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here From growing up in Richmond, Virginia’s Jackson Ward and the projects of Gilpin Court, to breaking a cycle of incarceration, Tehran “Tye” Jones has lived a story of resilience, redemption, and relentless drive. In this powerful conversation, Myke sits down with Tye as he opens up about his father’s 28-year prison sentence, the moment fatherhood forced him to change course, and the values he’s instilled in his own children to ensure they ne...
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3 months ago
36 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Richmond Poop Water, Leo the Mobster, Ancient Pyramids, and Other Fun Tales - Unscripted #004
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here We start with Richmond's ambitious plan to fix the James River's decades-long sewage problem, but somehow end up exploring everything from naked beach regulars to ancient pyramid conspiracies. Our studio's wild past as Smitty's bar reveals a darker side of Richmond history involving Leo Joseph Coury, a restaurant mogul turned hitman-hiring fugitive who exploited the gay community in the 1970s. From there, we journey through America's rebe...
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3 months ago
52 minutes

Vera House Podcast
How Katie Brown Ditched Her 9-to-5 to Build a 70K Food Brand on Instagram #003
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here In this episode, Myke sits down with Katie Brown, a local Richmond founder of Real Food With Gratitude, to dive deep into her journey from corporate sales to building a 70K follower food brand on Instagram. Katie shares the brutal honest truth about content creation, the pivot from photography to video content, and how she monetizes her passion for real food. https://realfoodwithgratitude.com What You'll Learn: • How to transition from a...
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4 months ago
43 minutes

Vera House Podcast
Got thoughts? Throw them at us by sending a text here Richmond entrepreneur Hayden Mater sits down with us to unpack the ethos behind Mater Made — a watch brand built for real life, not glass cases. Hayden Mater is a serial entrepreneur, father and husband, and an explorer making timepieces that inspire curiosity, endurance, and a life well-lived. Shop now at Mater Made: https://matermade.com Follow Mater Made: https://www.instagram.com/mater_made https://www.youtube.com/@MaterMadeofficial ht...