

The Post Shift Podcast with Shawn Soole
Shawn Soole
The Post Shift Podcast with Shawn Soole dives into the business of hospitality with raw, honest conversations on entrepreneurship, leadership, mental health, and modern hospitality culture. From industry icons to rising stars, each episode unpacks real stories, hard lessons, and fresh ideas that help bar and restaurant pros thrive. Tune in for unfiltered insights into what it takes to build a lasting, meaningful career in today’s fast-changing hospitality world.
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Jun 16, 2020 • 58min
Shot #90 - Online Marketing with Kristoff Coates of Exemplar LM
We deep dive into an online presence, website design and social media marketing for all types of businesses from large to small. Trying to demystify how to create a reliable, sustainable and effective online strategy to get the biggest bang for your buck. Kristoff and I have partnered to build Exemplar LM, a specific media company for the beverage industry.
Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.
“Tales of the Cocktail” - Top 10 Best Broadcast or Podcast (2020).
New episodes posted every Tuesday and Friday.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole
FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgDDJZM7HvJiQCaqmXEVNA

Jun 12, 2020 • 1h 14min
Episode #73 - Christina Veira of Side Duties
Had an amazing and raw conversation with Christina Veira of Side Duties about the state of the industry, who work in advocacy and training, intersectionality in the industry along with some in-depth advice pieces of changing the culture in venues across the country and globe. If there is any episodes that you listen to, this is the one.
Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.
“Tales of the Cocktail” - Top 10 Best Broadcast or Podcast (2020).
New episodes posted every Tuesday and Friday.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole
FOLLOW US ON YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGgDDJZM7HvJiQCaqmXEVNA

Jun 9, 2020 • 6min
Shot #89 - Mash-up, Side Hustles and Entrepreneurship
This week's Post Shift Shot is a mash-up of advice about side hustles and entrepreneurship over the last year and a bit. I think side hustles, projects and entrepreneurship are more important than ever.
Share a dram with the hospitality industry’s top global talents: bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry aficionados. Shawn Soole has lived, breathed, and imbibed hospitality for decades. Now, he delves into the advice, opinions, and provocative stories that are helping to define the creative, culturally-necessary space of ‘modern hospitality’—covering topics from front-of-house service, to back-end business operations, and every inch between.
“Tales of the Cocktail” - Top 10 Best Broadcast or Podcast (2020).
New episodes posted every Tuesday and Friday.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

Jun 5, 2020 • 1h 11min
Episode #72 - Lauren Mote and Jonathan Chovancek from Bittered Sling
Had a great chat with the husband-wife team behind Bittered Sling Bitters based right here in BC, a great bitters line that has been slowly taking over the globe for the last 8 years. We chat their backgrounds and get into the thought processes behind the brand, them meeting and the true nature of drinks entrepreneurship.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

Jun 2, 2020 • 37min
Shot #88 - Miles Jones of Campari Group
This is a great episode with Miles Jones, Senior Commercial Manager Western Canada for anyone who ever wondered how brands like Aperol and Campari went from obscure to mainstream in five years, this is a really great insight how you can take a brand and make it mainstream using a couple of specific tips and tricks. Worth the listen to learn the mantra behind the whole Campari Group, not just their bitter line up.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

May 29, 2020 • 28min
Episode #71 - Speed Rack with Lynnette Marrero and Ivy Mix
Have you ever wondered the driving force behind Speed Rack to take it from a humble idea to a worldwide phenom? We have a chat with the dynamic duo behind the competition, the early days, the global success and the future.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

May 26, 2020 • 58min
Shot #87 - Rhumbishop Interview
This is from an interview with Eugene from Rhum Bishop in Kenya, chatting about hospitality, industry mentorship and entrepreneurship.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

May 22, 2020 • 1h 15min
Episode #70 - Simon Ford of Ford's Gin
I have always admired Simon Ford, he was always a brilliant marketer and ambassador for the brands he backed. I wanted to get to the bottom of why he gave up a fantastic gig for taking the risk on his own brand, the pitfalls, the losses and the wins. Gets very raw on the topic of drinks entrepreneurship, if you are thinking of getting into business yourself, listen to this first.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

May 21, 2020 • 55min
Shot #86 Special Edition - Haley Forest of Italicus
Haley was actually one of my very first podcasts back at San Antonio Cocktail Conference in Jan 2019, but I butchered the audio and had to scrap the interview. So happy that I reconnected and got to chat to her about her obsession with food, drinks and of course her beloved Italicus.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole

May 20, 2020 • 59min
Shot #85 Special Edition - John Gakuru Of Sweet and Chilli
John is the man behind some seriously amazing events like World Class, Coachella and more. How did he go from bartending at a TGI Fridays in South Hampton to running a massive event, advocacy and training company in the US and everything in between.
Join us every Tuesday & Friday as award winning industry stalwart, Shawn Soole interviews some of the hospitality industries top talents from around the world including bartenders, venue owners, distillers and industry supporters. Get points of view, advice and the backstories every week.
Brought to you by www.soolehospitality.com
FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM – Shawn Soole https://www.instagram.com/shawnsoole/
Soole Hospitality Concepts https://www.instagram.com/soolehospitalityconcepts/
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER - https://twitter.com/ShawnSoole


