It's Acadiana: Out to Lunch
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<p>OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him for sushi at Tsunami in downtown Lafayette. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.</p>
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June 21, 2026
Dry Clean Auto
<p>A fast car and pressed shirt are two things that probably won't ever go out of style. Considering we live in an age of rapid economic disruption, those two facts present a potentially endless business opportunity. <br><br>Everything breaks. It’s a natural law. Everything that can go wrong, will go wrong is how Murphy put it. Scientists call it entropy. In business terms, you’d call it a blue ocean. That doesn’t mean it’s easy. Some stains just never get out of the shirt. </p> <p>Before you panic, though, maybe visit my guest Miles Frank.</p> <p>Dry Clean</p> <p>Miles owns and operates <a href="https://www.crqualitycleaners.com/">C&R Quality Cleaners</a>, a dry cleaning business with four locations across Acadiana. Trained as a mechanical engineer, Miles hit the road as a field service technician after college. Which meant he was away from his family for long stretches at a time. In 1996, the birth of his twins changed his calculus. He started looking for something closer to home. A dry-cleaning business in Crowley came up for sale, and Miles saw his opening and bought it. </p> <p>Over time, Miles added locations and consolidated operations, applying an engineer's eye to efficiency along the way. Today he runs Park Avenue Cleaners in Crowley and three C&R locations in Lafayette. He says the secret to his success is adaptation. C&R invests a lot in updated equipment and has added 24-hour, automated kiosks to cut down on emergency pickups, for instance. </p> <p>Nationally, the dry cleaning industry is worth roughly nine and a half billion dollars a year — and Miles runs a piece of it right here in Acadiana. </p> <p>Auto</p> <p>In some ways, cars have changed a lot. But when it comes down to it, a car is an engine, a chassis and four wheels. No matter the make and model — or whatever computer is doing the driving — it’s going to need a tune-up once in a while, or maybe something more. </p> <p>My guest Mitchel St. Romain can help you. He owns and operates<a href="https://www.drivenresultsauto.com/"> Driven Results</a>, a Lafayette-based auto shop. </p> <p>Mitchel was born in Alexandria but grew up in Lafayette. He spent his early career in sales and marketing. Then a layoff in the oil industry forced a reckoning. Jobless, he turned to his passion: cars. He had grown up watching his dad fix cars the old fashioned way. Mitchel himself has spent the better part of two decades loving and working on an old Porsche. Fixing cars for other people was a natural next step. <br><br>Mitchel started doing repair, paint and body work out of a shop at his house. Word of mouth grew the business and in 2020, he made it official.</p> <p>He keeps the operation intentionally small, working alongside his brother-in-law, with subcontractors brought in as needed, so he can keep the experience personal.</p> <p>Out to Lunch Acadiana was recorded one final time live over lunch at <a href="https://lafayette.servingsushi.com/">Tsunami Sushi</a> before we packed up our chopsticks, picked up our plate lunch, and moved to our new location, <a href="https://www.gravylafayette.com/">Gravy</a>, just a few blocks away in Downtown Lafayette. Join us next week at Gravy. </p> <p>Meantime, you can find photos from this farewell to Tsunami show by <a href="https://www.astormorgan.com">Astor Morgan</a> at <a href="https://pod.fo/e/43609e">itsacadiana.com</a></p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
June 14, 2026
A Different Drummer
<p>People are looking for healing in places they didn't used to look. Acupuncture, sound baths, energy work — once dismissed as fringe, are now very much moving into the mainstream. That shift shows up in the numbers. Wellness is a trillion dollar industry in the U.S. Americans spend more than $6,000 per person each year on it. <br><br>That's the broader current carrying a lot of what used to be considered alternative medicine into wider use. It’s also taken on a much wider meaning. My guest <a href="https://drummershaman.com/">Peter Bulliard works where physical and mental wellness collide. He’s a healer, more specifically, he calls himself a master shaman.</a> </p> <p>Peter Bulliard was born in St. Martinville. He got a degree in art and later nursing, but spent years working as a touring musician, primarily as a drummer, before either of those careers took hold. </p> <p>A brain tumor diagnosis in 1998 changed his trajectory. He began studying healing practices, eventually training with shamans and spiritual teachers across the globe, including a stint at The Four Winds Shamanic School, before transitioning into full-time spiritual and healing work.<br><br>His services include healing sessions, master classes and workshops, property cleansing, personalized mentoring, energy training, death doula services and spiritual guidance. He's also the author of the book Heal Anxiety in One Day. </p> <p>That search for the fabric of reality isn't just happening in wellness. It's happening in our closets, too — a pushback against fast fashion, mass production, and clothes that fall apart in a year. People are turning to the essential fabric of American style: Denim. Dark indigo washes and vintage-inspired silhouettes are back in style. </p> <p>Selvedge mills produce limited runs and the process can produce one-of-a-kind pieces. The fabric has become a natural fit for boutique brands looking to offer exclusivity their bigger competitors can't. If you’re in Lafayette and want a unique show piece, pop by <a href="https://www.sonofatexan.com/">Son of a Texan in Downtown Lafayette, owned by my guest, Sky King</a>. </p> <p>Sky moved often as a kid — rural Kentucky, Texas, Louisiana — and spent much of his adolescence at a remote church camp, which he says shaped his comfort with rural, small-community life. After high school, he skipped college and went straight into restaurant and food service work, which occupied much of his early adult life.</p> <p>It was his grandfather who first taught him to iron and shine his shoes, planting an early interest in clothing and textiles. After his father died about six years ago, Sky began reassessing his direction — and found his way, alongside his wife Katrena, who'd been taught to sew and repair clothes by her own grandmother, toward a business built around longevity and repairability.</p> <p>Son of a Texan opened in 2025. They specialize in selvedge denim and durable, small-batch goods from independent makers — clothing meant to be worn for years, repaired, and passed down.<br>It’s good for business that people are always wanting more. Sometimes the trick is to convince them to slow down and maybe invest in something deeper and more durable, like spiritual balance or a nice pair of jeans.</p> <p>Out to Lunch Acadiana was recorded live over lunch at <a href="https://lafayette.servingsushi.com/">Tsunami Sushi</a> in downtown Lafayette. You can find photos from this show by <a href="https://www.astormorgan.com">Astor Morgan</a> at i<a href="https://pod.fo/e/430660">tsacadiana.com</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
June 7, 2026
In The Beginning Was The Word
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<p>OUT TO LUNCH Business over lunch. Each week Christiaan invites guests from Acadiana's business community to join him for sushi at Tsunami in downtown Lafayette. Beyond the foundations of the Acadiana economy - oil, cuisine, music - there is a vast network of entrepreneurs, small businesses, and even some of the country's largest companies who call Acadiana home. Out to Lunch is the cafeteria of the wider Acadiana business community. You can also hear the show on KRVS 88.7FM.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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