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Out To Lunch
1:03 pm
Mon April 1, 2013

The Great American Auto Revolution

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Peter Ricchiuti, Demetri Melekos of US Heritage Powersports, and Chip Stempeck of Elio Motors.
The Elio.
The Von Dutch motorbike.
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We're making cars and motorbikes in Louisiana, and right here in New Orleans!

The Elio is a revolutionary American car that's being built from the ground up in Shreveport. The Von Dutch is a re-imagined classic American motorbike that's being built in Central City New Orleans.

Today on Out to Lunch we meet Chip Stempeck from Elio and Demetri Melekos from Von Dutch's US Heritage Powersports.

Out To Lunch
1:25 pm
Mon March 25, 2013

Idea Fest

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Tim Williamson, Damon Burns, Jeanne Nathan and Peter Ricchiuti
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Out to Lunch is on board this week with the Idea Village's fifth annual entrepreneur showcase — Idea Village's biggest NOLAbiz party yet, with 1,000+ entrepreneurs.

We're joined by hosts Tim Williamson, Kevin Wilkins and Robbie Vitrano, inNOLAvation founder Damon Burns, Creative Alliance's Jeanne Nathan, and Webster Pierce Jr., whose award winning invention, Wave Robber, is going to save the Louisiana coast.

Out To Lunch
1:48 pm
Mon March 18, 2013

Sell Sell Sell

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Michelle Seiler Tucker, Peter Ricchiuti and Tracey Moore.
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If you don't have a buyer, you don't have a business, and today on Out to Lunch Peter Ricchiuti gets to the heart and art of the sale.

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Planet Money
6:45 pm
Sun March 17, 2013

Planet Money: New Jersey Wine

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Originally published on Fri March 15, 2013 7:43 pm

Sometimes your success depends on how your competitors behave. People judge you not just by your product, but by the product that your rival down the street makes.

This is a problem for Lou Caracciolo. He's trying to make high-quality wine, from grapes he grows in New Jersey. But Jersey wine already has a reputation — and fancy isn't it. On today's show: Can New Jersey become the next Napa?

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