by Rob Valincius | May 20, 2026 | Blog
The Conversation You’re Not Supposed to Have There’s an unwritten rule in American small talk: don’t bring up politics with strangers. David Deighton, artist and founder of Triptych Dialogue, has spent the last six years systematically breaking that...
by Rob Valincius | May 13, 2026 | Blog
This week I sat down with one of the most genuinely fascinating guests I’ve had on the show. He’s a systems engineer with more than 20 patents, a medical device designer who has commercialized 26 devices across totally unrelated fields, and the guy who...
by Rob Valincius | May 7, 2026 | Blog
From Research Brewer to Energy Drink Entrepreneur There are not many people who can say they helped develop White Claw, worked as a research brewer at Anheuser-Busch, ran their own brew pubs, did a stint in corporate strategy at FedEx, and then came back to the...
by Rob Valincius | Apr 29, 2026 | Blog
What if a single spontaneous act of kindness at a hotel pool in San Francisco could spark a global movement? That’s the story Nicholas Adkins tells, and it starts with a pair of robot monkey socks gifted to a retired Israeli man named Shlomo. Nick is the founder...
by Rob Valincius | Apr 23, 2026 | Blog
Leave Your Backpack at the Fence This week on Drink O’Clock, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Janet Dickey, head field hockey coach at Westbrook High in Connecticut, certified mindset coach, and founder of Victory Mindsets. Janet is about to head into her...