Our guest this week is Bear Degidio. This episode has been in the works for months, and we had a blast finally making it happen. We figured we might as well let the professional who wrote Bear's company website have center stage for this episod...

Building $5,000,000 custom homes was not what Ross thought he would be doing as he prepared for the fire academy in his early twenties. Fast forward twenty years and Mr. Savage is the head General Contractor and owner of KRS Development right h...

We had our friend Adam on the show right before Covid-19 hit. We kept from publishing the episode due to our attempt at putting out episodes that pertained to what we were all going through with regards to the quarantine. Now that ...

Mike Shapiro, real estate, finance and tech guru, is back for a very overdue part II. If you haven't listened to part I make sure to go listen to Mike on episode 3. This episode is all about what Mike has been up to since the last ...

Executive Chef Anthony and his wonderful wife, Nancy are our special guests on the show for episode 25! Their story is inspiring. I don't want to give too much away, but long story short, Anthony was a corporate chef for 15 years until Covid hi...

Whether you're a fan, or a hater, if you're a local, you've probably seen this week's guest on Instagram @ocinstanews. Cedric and I had never met Chad Towersey aka Unkle Tito before recording this episode. We both had our preconceptions about t...

Star of HGTV’s hit show Flip or Flop, our good friend and colleague, Tarek El Moussa is this week’s guest. If you’ve seen Tarek on Instagram or TV and think he’s always been successful, this episode is for you. Did you know he self funded the p...

Welcome to the first episode of the second generation of The CGTV Podcast! We have a brand new intro that we’re pretty hyped about. Recognize the voice? If you’ve been following the show from the beginning, our hope is that we can continue to b...

Local restauranteur, Kevin Franke, is our guest this week. He is one of five owners of four restaurants in Orange County. We recorded this episode inside the beautiful dining room of OLEA in Newport Beach near Westcliff Court off of 17th St.&nb...

Jeni is a straight up rockstar. We had her on the show before the Covid crisis, and we didn’t air the episode because we had an issue with the audio and it wasn’t very relevant within the context of the global pandemic we were experiencing.&nbs...

If you’re local to Newport or Costa Mesa, you’re probably very familiar with the best breakfast spot around: Haute Cakes Cafe. Their orange ricotta pancakes are famous, and if you catch Blake there for breakfast he’ll be chowing down on the Ser...

Rich Lambourne won an olympic gold medal in Beijing as a member of the 2008 USA Mens indoor volleyball national team. He now lives hear in Costa Mesa and is coach to the top mens beach volleyball duo in the US, Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb. Blake...

Travis and his wife Aubree are Newport Beach locals. We met through one of our listings in Eastside Costa Mesa. Travis has a degree in landscape architecture from Cal Poly, and since graduating he’s used his technical knowledge, along with his ...

Nicole and her husband Matt are the owners of long time local favorite restaurant, Buddha's Favorite Sushi on Lido Isle in Newport Beach. Hear how the last year has been since they took over the joint, and how they're pivoting to delivery and t...

Our friend, Travis, left his career of 13 years as a Navy Seal only 1 year ago. Since getting out of the Navy, he has started his own business as a tactical instructor for local police departments, SWAT teams and individuals who want to hone th...

Have you ever thought to yourself, “I know that a mortgage is a monthly house payment, but I don’t really know anything else about the mortgage industry?” If the answer is yes, then you’ll learn a ton from this episode with our good friend, Rob...

In light of the Corona Virus pandemic, we want to shift the show’s focus to being the voice of the local community and the business owners who are being impacted by the stay at home order forcing restaurants, bars and other non-essential busine...

Andrew Pavlovich is the Co-owner of Etre Bespoke, a custom mens clothier in Newport Beach. If you have ever thought about having a custom suit made for you or your husband, this episode will tell you exactly why that is the best decision you co...

Blake and Cedric give their hot take amidst the dynamic landscape of the Corona Virus, and the implications it has for the economy, the community, and the real estate market in coastal Orange County.

Erik Hale sits down to talk about where Locale Magazine started and the struggles of starting a new media company during a recession.

Ryan Fischer, owner of CrossFit CHALK in Costa Mesa, talks about how he grew his online business from $2,000 a month to a multi-million dollar international platform.