LA Golf Founder Reed Dickens - LA Mag

Bryan and Gina reunite remotely this time to discuss the time that's passed since their recent on location episode including their respective Fourth of July festivities. Later they welcome in Fig8th's Director of Lifestyle Brian Summers to discuss his multifaceted role curating community and more for tenants of the luxury high rise at which he works. As the show wraps up, Brian helps the hosts make a craft cocktail of his own design as they enjoy a drink to wrap up the episode.

Bryan and Gina record LIVE from the Beverly Hills headquarters of LA Golf as they're joined by the founder of 'LA Golf' Reed Dickens. They dive deep into Reed's fascinating past from a small town Louisiana upbringing to how he found his way to the White House as a key aide to President George W. Bush and beyond. They also touch on his time working in the baseball equipment industry before finally founding LA Golf and how his equipment is helping to revolutionize the game as he efforts to disrupt an industry that he feels has been stagnant for decades.

Gina and Bryan open the show recapping Gina's recent trip to a show favorite desert getaway at the Fairmont Scottsdale Princess resort. They then welcome in Garagiste Wine Festival co-founder Stewart McClennan and Sommelier Melanie Webber to learn more about their upcoming Los Angeles festival on June 22nd at the Glendale Civic Auditorium. Stewart and Melanie then walk Bryan and Gina through some of the wines that will be present at the festival as they do their first ever podcast wine tasting.

Bryan and Gina open the show discussing their respective holiday weekend activities which saw Gina laying very low while Bryan traveled out to the desert with family for a weekend of relaxation and friendly disagreements. They then mutually discuss their experiences seeing the latest summer movie tentpole 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga' before Bryan highlights a new restaurant that he lauds as a welcome addition to a part of town lacking in good dining options.

Bryan opens the show asking Gina about her recent trip to the 'Happiest Place on Earth' as she joined radio royalty on a guided trip to Disneyland including a visit to the little known private restaurant inside New Orleans Square, Club 33. They then welcome on the king of NSNG living Vinnie Tortorich to discuss his upcoming fourth documentary examining the "Keto" food industry on the heels of his previous offerings Fat, Fat 2 and Beyond Impossible. They also discuss the unfortunate return of Vinnie's cancer and why he's optimistic about fighting it.

Bryan and Gina reconnect to discuss their weekends bouncing around Los Angeles which saw Bryan visiting the local cineplex and Gina getting her first traffic ticket in quite some time. Bryan also reviews the new Ryan Gosling summer movie 'The Fall Guy' that had a disappointing opening based on box office numbers but which he is optimistic will end up being successful based on word of mouth as people see it and recommend it to friends.

Bryan and Gina reconnect and open the show reminiscing about their respective weekends with Bryan celebrating a momentous milestone and Gina heading to the desert for a birthday celebration. They then welcome in their guest Angel Carter Conrad to discuss her work with the newly launched Kids Mental Health Foundation as well as new previously unreleased music from her late twin brother Aaron Carter.

Bryan and Gina reconnect after their respective weekends to discuss their Los Angeles experiences including Bryan's return to the glorious splendor of In-N-Out after an extended hiatus and Gina returning to the LA airwaves. After Gina shares some of her time on Good Day LA+, they turn to questions from you, the listeners and cover questions on movies, their relationships with Adam Carolla, travel tips and much more.

Bryan and Gina reconnect to discuss their respective weekends including Gina's mind numbing statistics homework and Bryan's proud father moment attending his daughter Tessa's first baseball game. They also discuss some of the entertainment they've been consuming recently with Gina's household diving heavily into old episodes of 'The Twilight Zone' while Bryan hit the theaters for the new much discussed Alex Garland offering 'Civil War'.

Bryan and Gina link up to discuss their weeks which saw Bryan off to a sporting goods store for some unique purchases and Gina off to the Inland Empire for some quasi-extreme sporting fun. Later they welcome in their guest this week, someone who is very near and dear to Gina, her plastic surgeon Dr. Elise Min. They discuss Dr. Min's methodology of how a surgery comes about from a patient's initial meeting with her patient care coordinator all the way to their post operative follow up with Dr. Min, and more.