Angles With John Richmond

About Angles With John Richmond

John Richmond is the Co-Founder & CEO of Richmond Vona, a 3x Inc. 5000 personal injury law firm in Buffalo, NY. Angles is where he has real conversations with interesting people from Buffalo and Western New York. Not about their titles or accomplishments. About how they actually got here. Their process. What keeps them rooted. The decisions that shaped them. You'll hear from scientists and artists, rappers and historians, business owners, and preservationists. Success from every Angle. Angles is your space to hear real stories and think differently. New episodes drop every Wednesday on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and all major platforms.

Publisher

John Richmond

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 May 2025

Latest episode

21 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   21 Oct 2026

   Ep73: Erin Grajek - Buffalo Botanical Gardens, the $31M Expansion, and Leading Through Loss

   John sits down with Erin Grajek, President and CEO of the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens - a 126-year-old Olmsted-designed Victorian conservatory that is right in the middle of a $31 million expansion. Erin came in as marketing director in 2006 on a snowy day after her mentor pushed her to apply for a job she was convinced she was underqualified for. She has been there ever since, wearing every hat from planting mums to running the gift shop to leading what is now one of the most a...

2. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Ep72: Kyle Zappia - The E.M. Cotter, the World’s Oldest Active Fireboat, Right Here in Buffalo

   John sits down with Kyle Zappia, President of the Edward M. Cotter Conservancy. The E.M. Cotter is the oldest active fireboat in the world - built in 1900, docked at 155 Ohio Street since the day it arrived in Buffalo, and still breaking ice and responding to fires on the waterfront today. Kyle retired after 20 years with the Buffalo Fire Department, got restless, showed up at the boat to volunteer a few hours a week, and a year later was running the whole conservancy. The conversation...

3. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Ep71: Matthew DiCamillo - DiCamillo Bakery, a 100-Year Family Business, and the Art of the Turnaround

   John sits down with Matthew DiCamillo, fourth-generation co-owner of DiCamillo Bakery in Niagara Falls - one of the most beloved and enduring food brands in Western New York. Matthew’s path to the bakery was anything but direct. He spent a decade as a classical voice major, adjunct professor at Elon University, and aspiring opera performer before the 2008 financial collapse closed the door on arts funding and forced a reckoning. He came back to Buffalo, got his MBA at UB while baking bread at...

Who has been a guest on Angles With John Richmond

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sal Capaccio
• Jon Palmeri
• Sara Heidinger
• Tom Moriarty
• Caitlin Moriarty

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

468

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

66

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

32

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