Today’s Show Pony Live has a little bit of everything — including some heat.
Ames Russell, founder of AR’s Hot Honey, joins me to talk about the craft behind what I believe is simply the best hot honey on the market.
Ames was one of the originals in the hot honey game, well before seemingly everybody decided they needed to make one. What has always separated AR’s for me is how ridiculously simple the product is: honey and peppers. That’s it. Two ingredients. No additives.
We talk about where the idea came from, the process behind making it, why quality ingredients matter and what it takes to build a food brand in an increasingly crowded category.
And yes, AR’s Hot Honey is a proud partner of Show Pony Media. You can support them and the show by using promo code SHOWPONY15 for 15% off your order.
Then we get into sports.
Does Kyler Murray give Minnesota a legitimate chance to win the NFC North?
I think he does.
Everybody seems ready to crown somebody else in that division, but I’m not ready to dismiss the Vikings. Murray gets an opportunity to reset his career in a fascinating situation, and Minnesota suddenly becomes one of the teams I’m most interested in watching this season.
We also dig into Northwestern’s recent $30+ million donation from a major booster and football parent. In the new world of college athletics, donations like this mean more than simply putting someone’s name on a building. They tell us something about where the sport is headed, how programs are going to compete and just how important wealthy supporters have become.
Finally, we head across the Atlantic.
The Jacksonville Jaguars have quietly spent years building an enormous footprint in the United Kingdom, including a flag football community that has reached more than 250,000 kids under the age of 10.
That number jumped out at me.
The Jaguars aren’t simply flying to London once a year, playing a football game and coming home. They’re attempting to create actual football fans at the grassroots level. If the NFL is serious about becoming a truly global league, what Jacksonville has built in the UK may be one of the most important experiments in the sport.
On today’s Show Pony Live: hot honey, the NFC North, the rapidly changing economics of college sports and the NFL’s international future.
Thanks, as always, for riding with the Show Pony.
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