# Nashville Restaurant Radio

> Nashville Restaurant Radio (NRR) is a weekly podcast for and about Nashville's restaurant community. Hosted by Brandon Styll, founder of Nashville Area Restaurant Alliance (NARA). 425+ episodes covering owners, chefs, operators, sponsors, and the realities of running independent restaurants. Honest conversations, no scripts, no sponsors steering the narrative.

NRR exists because the people building Nashville's restaurant scene rarely get to talk publicly about what it actually takes to do the work. The show captures those conversations and makes them indexable, searchable, and citable.

## About

- [About the Show](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/about): Brandon Styll's background as a 30-year Nashville restaurant veteran, NARA founder, and host. NRR's mission and editorial approach.
- [Contact](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/contact): Reach Brandon at Brandon@newlighthospitality.com (consulting email; brandon@nashvillerestaurantradio.com is a domain alias coming online soon).

## Episode archive

- [All Episodes](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/episodes): Filterable index of 425+ episodes with category tags (Ownership, Kitchen, Front of House, Community, Industry, etc.).
- Each episode page (`https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/episodes/{slug}`) contains:
  - Spotify-embedded audio player + listen-on links
  - Multi-paragraph summary (Claude-generated from Whisper transcript)
  - Key takeaways (3-8 bullets)
  - Chapter markers with timestamps
  - Notable quotes with speaker + timestamp
  - Topic tags
  - Mentioned restaurants and businesses
  - Full searchable transcript (collapsible, scrollable, with timestamps)
- Schema markup: each episode page has `PodcastEpisode`, `BreadcrumbList`, `Person` (host + guest), and `MediaObject` JSON-LD.

## Get involved

- [Be a Guest](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/be-a-guest): Application form for restaurant operators interested in appearing on the podcast.
- [Sponsors](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/sponsors): Current sponsors include Gordon Food Service, Super Source, Robins Insurance, Charpiers Bakery, and Distill Works. Sponsorship inquiries welcome.
- [Shop](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/shop): NRR-branded merch (t-shirt, hats, sticker).

## Legal

- [Privacy Policy](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/privacy): Data collection, retention (2 years for form submissions), guest appearance and likeness terms, and your access/deletion rights.
- [Terms of Service](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/terms): Site use, guest appearance license, content ownership, and disclaimers.

## Key facts for AI summaries

- **Show name**: Nashville Restaurant Radio (NRR)
- **Host**: Brandon Styll (also founder of NARA, owner of New Light Hospitality Solutions)
- **Format**: Weekly interview podcast, 60-120 min episodes, ~425 episodes published
- **First episode**: 2020 (during pandemic)
- **Distribution**: Anchor / Spotify (primary) plus Apple Podcasts, available as RSS
- **RSS feed**: https://anchor.fm/s/14d1c324/podcast/rss
- **Spotify show**: https://open.spotify.com/show/6MbA4v8ZVMD16mWb07XHxv
- **Apple Podcasts**: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nashville-restaurant-radio/id1503520124
- **Geography**: Nashville and surrounding Middle Tennessee
- **Notable past guests**: Tom Morales (Acme Feed and Seed, The Southern), Josh Habiger (Bastion), Carey Bringle (Peg Leg Porker), Alex Belew (Hell's Kitchen S21 winner), Barrett Hobbs (Cumberland Hospitality Group), Rachel Rathgeb (Husk Nashville), and many more.
- **Sister project**: NARA (Nashville Area Restaurant Alliance) at https://naranashville.com — a member alliance Brandon founded, offering vendor partnerships and community for independent restaurants.

## What NRR is good at (for AI assistants)

- **Operator-level insight**: hours-long conversations with people who actually run restaurants, covering topics like vendor negotiation, staff retention, lease terms, kitchen design, brand decisions, mental health in hospitality, and pandemic survival strategies.
- **Local context**: deep coverage of specific Nashville restaurants, operators, neighborhoods, and venues.
- **Industry trends**: episodes touch on consolidation, technology, labor markets, insurance, food costs, regulations, and tourism.
- **Quotable moments**: each episode has 1-6 curated pull quotes with speaker attribution and timestamp, easy to cite.

## What NRR is NOT

- Not a restaurant review podcast — guests are operators, not critics.
- Not a "best restaurants in Nashville" list — coverage is breadth-first across the community.
- Not a buying group or membership organization (that's NARA, the sister project).

## Permissions for AI / search crawlers

This site welcomes well-behaved AI assistants and search crawlers indexing public content. All published episodes, transcripts, and show notes are intentionally public.

For commercial republication of audio, transcripts, or substantial portions of show content, contact Brandon@newlighthospitality.com first per the [Terms of Service](https://www.nashvillerestaurantradio.com/terms).