All Things Mobile Alabama

05/13/2026

Blake Martin, director of coaching and performance for Telomere, shares his Mobile, Alabama roots. He describes the clinic’s mission as helping people feel good by focusing on “health span”.

Blake emphasizes taking time to talk with patients and prioritizing human-to-human connection. He is a really great guy that cares alot about making a difference in his patients' lives.

So listen in as we get to know Blake!

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Blake Martin, director of coaching and performance for Telomere (parent company of Connexus Clinic), shares his Mobile, Alabama roots and explains why he started Connexus Clinic nearly four years ago after leaving a stable career. He describes the clinic’s mission as helping people feel good and e...

05/13/2026

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05/12/2026

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The Mobile Alabama Business Podcast is a series of interviews with business owners and business influencers in the Mobile, Alabama metro area. We started the project in 2015 as a way of sharing the stories of those that are doing great things in our area. If you are a business owner in Mobile or Bal...

04/29/2026

Chris McNeil, owner of Metro Bonding, Outlaw Bail Bonds, and Mobile Bonding, shares his Mobile, Alabama background, early jobs at a restaurant and Skate World, and how he entered bail bonds in high school.

He explains a bail bondsman’s core role, posting bonds and guaranteeing defendants’ court appearances, along with the realities of tracking fugitives across states and working with law enforcement.

McNeil discusses how the industry has evolved in Alabama with new licensing and education requirements, his leadership as president of the state association. He recounts his involvement with Dog the Bounty Hunter.

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https://www.mobileal.com/podcast/from-skating-rinks-to-bail-bonds-the-chris-mcneil-story

04/15/2026

Im pretty excited about this! Anyone else?

04/09/2026

Join us in this episode as we talk with Reagan Farr, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Ranch.

Reagan shares his background from Louisiana to Nashville, early lessons working at a Baton Rouge drugstore, and how his tenure in Tennessee state government led to founding Silicon Ranch in 2011.

He explains what shaped the company’s strategy as they started during the 2008–2010 downturn. Farr addresses community concerns and pushback around the Stockton, Alabama project, citing a similar experience in Bacon County, Georgia and emphasizing safety, wetlands avoidance, tax benefits, local jobs, and agrivoltaics with sheep and cattle.

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** Show note: Apologies about the sound. We had an issue that meant the audio was not as good towards the end but we felt strongly enough about putting the episode out that we are releasing it.

https://www.mobileal.com/podcast/silicon-ranch-ceo-reagan-farr-on-solar-rural-economic-development-the-stockton-Fuse Project

Reagan Farr, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Ranch, shares his background from Louisiana to Nashville, early lessons working at a Baton Rouge drugstore, and how his tenure in Tennessee state government led to founding Silicon Ranch in 2011. He explains what shaped the company’s strategy as they star...

03/26/2026

In this podcast episode, Joe Carlisle, founder of Vision Handyman and Window Tinting, shares his life story and entrepreneurial journey. Born in Oxford, Mississippi and raised partly in Dallas, Joe worked in his dad’s restaurants, then spent years with Best Buy in retail and home theater installation, learning hands-on skills that later shaped his career.

After his younger brother died, he moved to Mobile to be near family, later bouncing between Hattiesburg, New Orleans, Dallas, and even New Zealand. He pursued standup comedy seriously in Austin before returning to Mississippi later relocating to Mobile and facing major challenges rebuilding Vision Handyman.

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In this podcast episode, Joe Carlisle, founder of Vision Handyman and Window Tinting, shares his life story and entrepreneurial journey. Born in Oxford, Mississippi and raised partly in Dallas, Joe worked in his dad’s restaurants, then spent years with Best Buy in retail and home theater installat...

03/18/2026

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The Mobile Alabama Business Podcast is a series of interviews with business owners and business influencers in the Mobile, Alabama metro area. We started the project in 2015 as a way of sharing the stories of those that are doing great things in our area. If you are a business owner in Mobile or Bal...

03/18/2026

Thomas Irving, owner of Pool & Spa Superstore, joins the podcast to share his background and how he entered the pool industry, helped grow a distribution/retail business, bought the retail business, and built a customer-focused company centered on education and stress-free pool ownership.

He discusses treating “sales” as educating customers, and emphasizes building relationships because Mobile runs on word-of-mouth. He also highlights the importance of a strong team, consistency, and shares personal interests like cooking and travel.

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Thomas Irving, owner of Pool and Spa Superstore, joins the podcast to share his background and how he entered the pool industry, helped grow a distribution/retail business, bought the retail business, and built a customer-focused company centered on education and stress-free pool ownership. He discu...

03/17/2026

Trey Oliver, co-owner with his wife Laura Kennedy of the Lupercalia Art Society, shares his background growing up in Jackson and Mobile, serving four years in the Coast Guard in North Carolina during marijuana-smuggling days, and completing a 47-year public safety career culminating as warden of the Mobile Metro Jail before retiring three years ago.

https://www.mobileal.com/podcast/art-history-and-life-lessons-with-trey-oliver-of-lupercalia-art-society

He recounts early jobs, joining the junior volunteer fire department, and working nights as a dispatcher and jailer in high school. Oliver explains how walking the beach Dauphin Island and seeing the driftwood inspired him to create driftwood assemblage art. He describes Lupercalia as an art society with a gallery that is focused on providing top notch customer service.

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Trey Oliver, co-owner with his wife Laura Kennedy of the Lupercalia Art Society, shares his background growing up in Jackson and Mobile, serving four years in the Coast Guard in North Carolina during marijuana-smuggling days, and completing a 47-year public safety career culminating as warden of the...