Welcome to the Single Tree Nation Show, where host Charlie Eblen, the founder of Single Tree Wood Fire Barbeque, talks about digital hospitality and storytelling with fellow restauranteurs, entrepreneurs, and small business owners. Each week, Charlie sits down with a new guest to discuss the challenges and triumphs of running a small business in today's digital age. From marketing strategies to customer service, the Single Tree Nation Show covers it all, offering valuable insights and tips for anyone looking to improve their digital hospitality game. So join us and learn how to tell your business's unique story and connect with customers in a meaningful way.
Part 2 of our Veterans BBQ Camp series — and this time it's the founder's story. Charlie Eblen and Derry Wells sit down with Franka Magana, the man who started Veterans BBQ Camp, to hear where it all came from: his own story, the moment the idea took hold, and how a camp built around fire, food, and fellow veterans grew into what it is today.
If you caught Part 1, this is the one that fills in the why. If you didn't, start here — then go back.
Listen in for all the greatness. Rutherford County's first-ever Veterans Day Parade is Saturday, November 14th at 10:00 AM, going down Main Street in Murfreesboro.
Volunteer or sign up to participate at rucoveteransdayparade.org
Get involved with the show: charlie@singletreebbq.com | 615-307-0120
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"Cooking, smoking, grilling — it truly is therapeutic for all veterans. And when you bring them all together, you can see the spirits lift. It brings the camaraderie back." Single Tree Nation hits the road!
Charlie Eblen and Derry Wells head to Rural Hill Farms in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, for the final day of the 7th annual Veterans BBQ Camp, founded by Marine veteran Frank Magana of Hearty Hog BBQ. For several days, veterans from the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force and beyond learn everything from wood selection and butchery to brisket, pork butts, ribs and chicken from pitmasters and subject-matter experts.
But as every vet Derry talks to makes clear, the barbecue is only half the story. The real takeaway is the kinship, the brotherhood and sisterhood, and a place where veterans can finally let their guard down.
In this episode:
• Derry interviews camp participants: Paul,, Jason, Ramona, Tom and more
• The "magic numbers" of low and slow (225–250°F)
• Steak lessons from a national champion, tama white sauce and bacon-wrapped jalapeñodates
• A three-year waitlist that was "100% wort • Charlie's new trick: writing cook times right on the smoker with welder's chalk
• A shout-out to friend of the show Carey BSpirits, one of the camp's sponsors
• Friday Feel Good: love the people around you, keep your circle small and make it meaningful
Part 2 drops next week with our sit-down with founder Frank Magana.
You won't want to miss his story.
Want to get involved with the show?
Reach out to Charlie at Charlie@singletreebbq.com or 615-307-0120
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9 Oct 2026
They Moved to Murfreesboro on Faith: Believe Social's Savannah & Lane Knight
Savannah and Lane Knight run Believe Social, the creative marketing agency behind Single Tree BBQ's socials — and this year they packed up a small town in Mississippi and moved to Murfreesboro on faith. Charlie Eblen and Derry Wells sit down with both of them on the couch.
Savannah built the agency four years ago working with boutiques; a client with multiple dealerships kept bringing her to Tennessee until "once every six months" turned into every month. Lane, five years an operator at a paper mill, told her he'd only move if she could replace his income. She did. "Honestly, all God is all I have to say about that."
Then it gets into the work: why they're not just making posts to make posts, how analytics drive every piece of content, why both of their work ethics are "insane," which platforms skew which way (and where the bots live), and the Single Tree post that went controversial without trying — plus why Derry Googled Mediterranean food in Murfreesboro and Single Tree Barbecue came up first.
Also in this one: Charlie's Mississippi golf story that ended with a fistfight on the 18th green and Uncle Peach putting $1,000 on Herschel Walker's number, Trinidad Chambliss and owning your mistakes, whether politics should touch your friendships, flashlight conversations, "Do y'all's ears not pop?", and an Oscar Wilde Friday Feel Good.
FIND BELIEVE SOCIAL
• Instagram: @believesocial_
• Facebook: Believe Social
• 601-596-9805
CHAPTERS
0:00 Cold Open
0:24 Intro
0:33 Welcome Back to Single Tree Nation
3:31 Savannah & Lane: Who They Are and What Believe Social Does
4:16 Purvis, Mississippi (20 Minutes South of Hattiesburg)
5:30 Charlie's Mississippi Golf Trip
11:25 Fistfight on the 18th Green
13:30 Uncle Peach Puts $1,000 on Herschel Walker
19:03 "Lane, We're Moving to Murfreesboro"
20:50 "All God": How They Ended Up in Rutherford County
21:40 "Do Y'all's Ears Not Pop?"
23:10 Why Hire an Agency? Analytics and Work Ethic
24:14 The Post That Went Controversial
26:30 Owning Your Mistakes (Trinidad Chambliss)
31:02 Which Platforms Skew Which Way
33:55 Bots, Comments, and "Facebook Is Still Your Front Yard"
35:55 Politics Shouldn't Touch Your Friendships
38:25 Googling Mediterranean Food in Murfreesboro
40:17 Why Savannah Wants Every Post Perfect
43:00 Mac or Beans? And Flashlight Conversations
46:33 Favorite Platforms and Doom Scrolling
49:40 Friday Feel Good: "A Good Friend Will Stab You in the Front"
50:48 How to Reach Believe Social
Rutherford County's first-ever Veterans Day Parade is Saturday, November 14th on Main Street in Murfreesboro — volunteer or sign up at rucoveteransdayparade.org
Get involved: charlie@singletreebbq.com | 615-307-0120
Single Tree Nation is part of the Spread The Positive Network
#SingleTreeNation #BelieveSocial #SocialMediaMarketing #Murfreesboro #SmallBusiness
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