Host Dave Fiore sits down with Jon Jopling, owner of Real Talk 93.3, Tallahassee's only locally owned FM radio station. Jon has had a lot of different jobs – jazz musician, instrument repair tech, wedding band owner and radio salesman. None of them were part of a plan, and somehow they all connect.

He grew up in Miami, met his future wife in band at 14, and earned a jazz performance degree at FSU. He spent years building an entertainment company before a chance conversation with a wedding client opened an unexpected door into radio sales. A few years later he was running the station. A few years after that, he bought it.

In between, he and his wife navigated her cancer diagnosis early in their marriage, years of IVF, and his own cancer scare at 37. Life kept interrupting, and they kept going.

Dave and Jon talk about music, marriage, what local radio is actually for, and how you end up buying a business you never set out to own.

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How I Got Here is hosted by Dave Fiore and features Tallahassee leaders, entrepreneurs and changemakers sharing the experiences and pivotal moments that shaped their journey. The show is produced by Fiore Communications, a Tallahassee-based strategic marketing firm that helps businesses build trust with the audiences that matter most. Visit hightlh.com for more great episodes and to suggest a guest or sign up for email updates.

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On this mini-episode of How I Got Here: 5 Years Later, host Dave Fiore catches up with Episode 19 Guest Skip Foster.

Skip shares about the origins of Red Tape Florida, his unchanged thoughts about growth in this community and creating a new lane advocating for opinions he views as underrepresented.

If you have not already, please also listen to Skip's original episode. It will put some context to this conversation and add additional insight into his journey.

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Host Dave Fiore talks with Tasha Pizarro, owner of Momma P's Ice Cream — Tallahassee's only old-school neighborhood ice cream truck. But as Tasha will tell you, she's about a lot more than ice cream. Her mission is simple: bring joy, create memories and build real relationships in the community she serves.

Tasha grew up in Rapid City, South Dakota, raised by a single mom and shaped by early lessons in hustle and responsibility. From delivering newspapers in blizzards at 10 years old to working at one of the busiest McDonald's in the Midwest, she learned systems, discipline and the value of showing up. That foundation carried her into a 12-year career in education that eventually led her to Tallahassee.

After a difficult school year stripped the joy from the classroom, Tasha made the unexpected decision to walk away from teaching and finally pursue an 18-year-old dream: a super cute, polka-dotted ice cream truck. What followed was a crash course in entrepreneurship — navigating Florida's commissary laws, cold-calling businesses and schools, surviving a blown engine and even pivoting during COVID to keep the business alive.

They talk about resilience, faith, relationships and what it really means to serve people, because for Tasha, the ice cream is just the vehicle. The real work is connection.

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