Episode 550 Cory Brown How Cooking Supports Veterans After Military Service Transcript

This transcript is from episode 550 with guest Cory Brown.

[00:00:00] Scott DeLuzio: Life after the military can feel pretty empty without the the structure and comradery that we once knew. You might start feeling all alone. You might try to fill that emptiness with something that seems like it’ll fill that hole, but you may eventually think that nothing will ever be able to fill the void.

[00:00:20] Cory Brown, our guest today hit that point after the Army. Uh, during his corporate career, he did all the things that he was supposed to do, but none of it was as fulfilling as he knew it could be. So he set off to build something of his own. Uh, he started a show, uh, eat Your Feelings is the name of the show, which became a show where cooking and conversations came together in, in one, uh, kind of u unique place.

[00:00:47] Uh, this episode. We’re gonna get into how we can find a way to fill that void, uh, even if it means starting with something as simple as cooking a meal. But before we get into, uh, [00:01:00] that, this episode, I wanna take a moment to raise awareness for something that’s deeply important to our community. The Global War On Terrorism Memorial Foundation.

[00:01:08] This organization is working to build a permanent national memorial in Washington DC to honor the service members, families, and civilians who are impacted by the global war on terrorism. This memorial will be a tribute to those who served, and also a way to ensure that their sacrifices are recognized and remembered for generations to come.

[00:01:28] If you’d like to learn more or find out how you can support their mission, visit GWOT memorial foundation.org. Now, let’s get into today’s episode.

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[00:01:50] Scott DeLuzio: Hey, Cory, welcome to the show. Really glad to have you here. Looking forward to this conversation, and you know, gonna learn a little bit more about you, your background and everything and, and kind of getting into, into the [00:02:00] story here. But but welcome to the show.

[00:02:01] Cory Brown: Scott, thanks so much. I’m pumped, man. Let’s

[00:02:03] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. So, so you served in the Army.

[00:02:06] Tell us a little bit about your your, your transition you know, kind of your, your time in the, in the military, kind of transitioning out of the military and you know, kind of how that led to where you’re at today.

[00:02:16] Cory Brown: Yeah. So it’s been about 10 years since, I was in, and I did a, think nothing in my career was traditional. Still probably not. But, you know, joined up, I was in the guard. I did some active duty time as well, you know, after nine 11,

[00:02:31] Scott DeLuzio: Mm-hmm.

[00:02:32] Cory Brown: When went to to Iraq in oh 7 0 8. Spent some more time in the guard moved from Alabama Guard to to, to the Maryland Guard where I kind of finished things up.

[00:02:42] We had a nice little NATO exercise in Germany and then it’s like, that’s pretty good, pretty good Swan song, I think. And so, we, and I say we, like I have, there’s two of me here. Out in 2015. The Army was basically at the point. I was a [00:03:00] little slimmer than I am now, but I had, definitely it was definitely time to make a different choice in careers.

[00:03:05] And so the army was very kind in helping me decide that, that that was indeed time.

[00:03:11] Scott DeLuzio: I ask you to be successful elsewhere is, is kind of the,

[00:03:14] Cory Brown: yeah, you wanna grow your beard out, you no haircuts for a while we’re, we’re down for that.

[00:03:18] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:03:20] Cory Brown: 2015 I came. Back home and finished up a master’s degree that I had been working on before a while graduated from that master’s program also around the same time. And then I just kind of, I was working for a small little shop and Montgomery, Alabama, and we decided to, we had decided at that point I had moved up to DC and. I opened up an office for, for our little shop in DC and that’s it was like a a general consulting firm for political campaigns and

[00:03:54] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:03:55] Cory Brown: things like that.

[00:03:56] And were getting into polling and research and [00:04:00] things of that nature. And so I opened up that DC office. A couple years later, I’ve, I got a job at a, at a, at a larger corporate polling firm. And then I did that for. For about seven years and hell now we’re in, what is this is Nov? this is November. I’ve been away from that corporate job September of last year

[00:04:22] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:04:23] Cory Brown: trying to figure out, you know, like what I’m gonna do and maybe open up my own shop, which we did in January. A business partner of mine and I decided to do our own thing, you know, like we took all the gripes and things that we’d had. the previous, you know, jobs that we’d had and said we could do it better. Boy did we pick a time. Like we, we were like, well, let’s get into government consulting. And then Elon was like, no, don’t think so. we’re gonna doge that out.

[00:04:47] Scott DeLuzio: Right.

[00:04:48] Cory Brown: But yeah, it’s been a weird year, but I’ve been excited because I, we started that business and then I also started my show, eat Your Feelings.

[00:04:55] Which has been a passion project of mine and it’s, it’s just been. [00:05:00] It’s been a year of ups and downs, but I’m very excited that, you know, it’s not I, I, I have learned that it’s never too late.

[00:05:07] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:05:08] Cory Brown: even at ripe old age of 47, like new territories to conquer and, and I’m excited to, to try to, try to that.

[00:05:16] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, you could definitely teach it an old dog, new tricks and, and you can you know, always reinvent yourself and, and find that new thing. You know, pretty much at any stage along the way and. And you know, I’ve done that myself several times throughout my career as, you know, just kinda reinvent things and say, Hey, this just isn’t serving me anymore.

[00:05:32] It’s not working for me, and it’s, it’s not fulfilling and I wanna try something new. So I go try something new. And, and you know, I’ve, I’ve talked to many people on this show who have had similar kind of things where I you know, maybe, maybe the corporate grind was just. Killing them, you know, taking their soul basically.

[00:05:47] And you know, they wanted to go try something on their own, and they they did and they loved it, and they, and they’re just having, you know, the time of their lives doing this, this kind of stuff. So, you know, kinda like you said, you know, fi you had a few gripes with, with the job that you had [00:06:00] and you know, now that you’re, you’re kinda the boss, you can, you can kind of do things the way you want and, and none of those gr gripes really have to be an issue anymore, you know, going forward.

[00:06:08] Right.

[00:06:09] Cory Brown: If anybody’s gonna cause me stress, it’s gonna be me, you

[00:06:11] Scott DeLuzio: Right. And I mean, we’re, we’re good at that as it is. We, we can, we can cause ourselves a whole heck of a lot of stress, but, you know, that’s, that’s our doing and we, we gotta figure that out. It’s, it is not like, you know, we have, we at least have control over that. It, it’s not like you have to convince somebody else to.

[00:06:27] Stop giving you stress or whatever. So, but you mentioned your show eat Your Feelings. Tell us a little bit about that, that show and kind of how, how that came about. And I, I know you said it’s kind of a passion project, but you know, what, what kind of what kinda show is it and, and what can the audience kind of hope to take away from it?

[00:06:42] Cory Brown: So I don’t know how much you like cooking. I like cooking.

[00:06:46] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah,

[00:06:46] Cory Brown: eating. cooking and eating go hand in

[00:06:49] Scott DeLuzio: they kind of do. Yeah.

[00:06:50] Cory Brown: The impetus of the show was if I had to look at the, the foundation, it’s all about [00:07:00] Mental health awareness that you and I talking to, you know, like-minded people and even some, not like-minded people about a lot.

[00:07:09] I’m sure

[00:07:10] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:07:11] Cory Brown: it came from loss. You know, it came from needing to find purpose the purpose for me wasn’t gonna be like, I need to make more money. I need to, this or do that for my own fame or. raise my profile, like my purpose was not in any of that stuff, which kind of gets juxtaposed in in corporate America,

[00:07:36] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:07:37] Cory Brown: think one of the reasons why I decided try to do my own thing. But it came from this place where needs to be more talking, there needs to be more There needs to be more. Comfort with people, being able to share their feelings and being

[00:07:56] Scott DeLuzio: Hmm.

[00:07:57] Cory Brown: talk to people and being able to be [00:08:00] seen and be heard. I knew that I couldn’t go different, a couple different directions with it.

[00:08:05] I couldn’t go down this woke avenue where it was like, I just wanna identify like victim mentalities. And I, I wasn’t interested in that

[00:08:15] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:08:16] Cory Brown: and I knew I couldn’t go down this road of like. Just making it this boring clinical, like it was a VA presentation, you know, and I’m wanting people to come engage with it. the cooking and the acting like a jackass, you know, like that. kind of became the sugar coating to the pill the mental health awareness

[00:08:39] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:08:40] Cory Brown: my co-host and I knew that that was kind of the vehicle for us to be able to deliver that kind of real talk authenticity. Like, we can pull you in with some of the recipes and some of the silliness, but we’re also gonna like, you know, one second, we’ll have you laugh in the other second.

[00:08:58] Maybe you’ll shed a tear. ’cause like [00:09:00] that’s, that’s what life is. You know, like I’m sure you, Scott went through many times where to get through difficult situations. You pulled out the old, you know, graveyard humor with your buddies

[00:09:11] Scott DeLuzio: Oh yeah. Mm-hmm.

[00:09:13] Cory Brown: you know, some of those like unit cookouts. A lot of times food is what kind of like made things easier for us, right?

[00:09:22] And so I wanted to take that, turn it into something tangible that people could engage with. And the YouTube of it was like, I wasn’t going to, you know, the food network or a e and trying to pitch this,

[00:09:34] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:09:35] Cory Brown: ’cause I have no idea how that works, but I can make a YouTube video. And so using all the experience I have and this little team that I created, we, that’s kind of our, we hope that gives us a leg up.

[00:09:47] Like we’ve got marketing communications, you know, agency experience. Can we take all of those lessons learned and like build a brand and a YouTube channel? Not from the standpoint of like being a [00:10:00] 20 something year old YouTube creator, but like, apply all these lessons learned. And that’s, you know, that’s, I mean, we’re nine, maybe 10 weeks now from kind of starting up.

[00:10:12] And feel like we’re, we’ve got good traction and we’re, we’re feeling really good.

[00:10:17] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. And as you’re you’re talking, I’m, I’m starting to think about. Food and you know, kind of how it relates to, you know, kind of everything you were just talking about there. And I, a couple memories came to mind as, as you’re talking, and some of them are, are really impactful memories that I have. And they all took place over a meal with somebody, you know, and it didn’t have to be a great meal.

[00:10:42] It could have even been a meal that you had in the Army that.

[00:10:44] Cory Brown: Mm-hmm.

[00:10:45] Scott DeLuzio: know, it wasn’t, you know, let’s just face it, it wasn’t, wasn’t the best food,

[00:10:48] Cory Brown: Gimme

[00:10:49] Scott DeLuzio: all the time that,

[00:10:49] Cory Brown: you know? That’s right.

[00:10:50] Scott DeLuzio: yeah, yeah. I mean, sometimes you’re out in the field and you get lucky and or, or maybe it’s you know, a holiday or something like that and, and you might get lucky.

[00:10:58] But, but so [00:11:00] sometimes it, it wasn’t even necessarily. Because it was a great meal. It was the company that you had, it was the yeah, sure. Food was a part of it that, that kind of brought everyone together. And ideally you, when you have control over it, you’d like it to be a good meal. Right. But, but some of those, those great memories were, were because of sitting, sitting down at the table together and, and having you know, either some laughs or some tears or, or whatever it was.

[00:11:24] And. That brings people together in a way. And I think you know, while cooking in, from your perspective, it’s probably probably a creative thing too. You know, you, you get to express yourself a little bit, try, try different flavors and try different, you know, types of cooking and things like that. But particularly for, for the veterans who maybe aren’t getting together with people as, as often, if there’s, I don’t know, you know.

[00:11:51] Potluck dinner at A VFW or something like that. Like bring some food and, and you know, go meet with people and, and like-minded people maybe, [00:12:00] and, and, and kind of get together with those folks, right?

[00:12:02] Cory Brown: Yeah, I mean my, my cohost said he’s I love this, but he says, everybody’s gotta eat everybody’s gotta go through shit,

[00:12:10] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:12:11] Cory Brown: you know? And took that literally. then like, put it, put it at the intersection. This thing of like what you’re talking about is like those moments food is, is maybe not necessarily central, but it’s, it’s there.

[00:12:27] It’s a, it’s present and it’s opening the door for fellowship. Right. And camaraderie. And even sometimes, you know, difficult conversations that need to be had that are easier to have. When there’s food involved, when there’s cooking involved,

[00:12:46] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:12:47] Cory Brown: us, the cooking aspect is actually, for me especially, it’s very therapeutic, right?

[00:12:52] I can get in and not every time. Now, sometimes I can get stressed af when it comes to cooking, but a lot of [00:13:00] times I go to the kitchen because I’m gonna be by myself, and I know that the outcome. It’s something I’m gonna share with my family or share with, you know, somebody else. And I’m, I’m proud of that.

[00:13:14] I want that. I want them to enjoy that. But like that moment that’s happening where I’m cooking, that food is mine. Right? No. And I, and, and people know, like here in this house, there’s, Cory wants to be alone cooking and when Cory’s happy that other people are around cooking and like, I, I, I use it for both of those moments because it helps in both of those situations.

[00:13:36] Scott DeLuzio: Right. Yeah, but it’s funny as, as you’re, you’re mentioning that I, I think of my, my daughter, she’s 13, she loves to cook and bake and she loves being in the kitchen. Like, that’s just her. She finds a lot of joy in, in, in that. But, but very often when she’s in the kitchen and she’s, she’s cooking or baking something, she doesn’t want anyone else around.

[00:13:55] Like, don’t, don’t mess up my, my flow. I have, I have my ingredients where I want ’em. I have my, [00:14:00] my mixing bowl. I have my, everything that I, I need where I want it. Don’t, don’t come in here and start messing up my kitchen when I’m, when I’m cooking. And,

[00:14:06] Cory Brown: at me like that? Just go, you know?

[00:14:09] Scott DeLuzio: It’s like you’re just calm down, you’re gonna be able to eat it in just a minute. Like, just let me finish here. You know? And but, but you’re right. It, it’s, it’s a, a way to like a lot of times people will, will use art or you know, other things where you can just get. Really engrossed in it and, and really involved in whatever it is that you’re doing, and you kind of turn off all the noise, all the, the, that stuff that’s going on in your head or, you know, things that you’re worried about at, you know, work tomorrow or, you know, the things that you got going on.

[00:14:38] You, you can just kind of be present in the moment. You’re, you’re, this is what you’re working on, right? Yeah.

[00:14:44] Cory Brown: it. And that can be, you know, that, that what the hyper vigilance, right? Like you just need somewhere to put all that,

[00:14:54] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:14:55] Cory Brown: like in a place where you feel safe and you feel like you’re in control, And you [00:15:00] just can focus all of that negative energy, all of that weird energy into something.

[00:15:06] Scott DeLuzio: Mm-hmm.

[00:15:07] Cory Brown: what I, I’m a big a believer in. There’s no one size fits all thing, right? Like you can’t have this overarching view on therapy

[00:15:16] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:15:16] Cory Brown: are different people. And if you like to go surfing and that helps you, if you like to do horseback riding, if you like your service dog, if you like, whatever it is, know, like find it, know, and it, and once you find it, you’ll know because it gives you that release.

[00:15:32] It gives you that place to dial in. That can help so much when you know, like. You’re out driving and you go under an OO overpass or you see stuff on the side of the road or you’re firework, like all the different things that people talk about.

[00:15:48] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:15:49] Cory Brown: For me, the kitchen is really a place where I can really, that in the garden, you know, I can just, I can just let myself deal, with [00:16:00] things and, and

[00:16:02] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:16:02] Cory Brown: helpful for me.

[00:16:04] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. Again, like you said, there is no one size fits all solution to any of this. So someone might be out there and be like, you know, I, I, I don’t like cooking. This is, this is not for me. Well, it doesn’t have to be for you. You, you don’t have to be a great chef or, or baker or, you know, anything like that.

[00:16:19] Like you said, garden too, you know, there, there’s, there’s something else there. It, it could be working on a car, you know, if you, if you’re more mechanically inclined, you, you go work on your car or go. And whatever do, do, find something that you can kind of focus all that that energy into and make it something productive.

[00:16:40] Something that is you know, brings you some joy and happiness and, you know, whatever. It could be in a bucket of golf balls at the driving range or something, you know, whatever it is. Like you need to just be focused on whatever that activity is. In that moment and not be worried about all the other crap that’s going on in the world and in, in your world and other people’s worlds and, and things like [00:17:00] that.

[00:17:00] Just be present in that moment. And I think that’s kind of the gist of that. But in, in this case, in, in your, your case, what you’re talking about, you know, cooking and in preparing food in general is, is something that, that you do, that you found has, has worked for you and, and you get to share that now, you know, through, through the show.

[00:17:18] You, you can share that with other folks and. Like you said, have some laughs, have some tears maybe. But, but one of the things that, that you mentioned earlier, you know, if, if everyone came together and, and like sat down for a meal and they’re, they’re talking and, you know, working through stuff if there was no food involved, they’d really have no reason to come to that table and sit down and, and have conversations and, and whatnot.

[00:17:45] They would be probably a little more awkward of a conversation ’cause it, there might be some of those awkward silences, right? Which, when you’re eating, that’s cool because you can just put a bite of food in your mouth and, and it kind of takes care of that awkwardness a little bit. ’cause you have something to do there.

[00:17:59] And so, [00:18:00] you know, someone else could be talking, you can eat and then, you know, switch and vice versa. And, and that way. It makes it a little bit easier to have some of these conversations and, and to listen to other folks and, and to be able to express yourself and, and, and say the things that you wanna say.

[00:18:15] You know, just having that, that opportunity to come together over a meal. You know, and or even in the kitchen, you know, maybe, maybe you’re the type of person who wants the help in the kitchen and you want to be together with someone, but while you’re doing that, you can have a conversation too. And, and you get to do those kind of things together.

[00:18:32] You know. Even creating memories like I mentioned earlier. You know, you, you can be you know, it doesn’t have to be every single meal is gonna be creating memories, but you never know, you know, as, as you, as you do these things, some of them may, may stick out with you for the long term, you know?

[00:18:45] Cory Brown: Yeah, we

[00:18:46] To feel like it’s like two dudes in the kitchen just hanging out.

[00:18:50] Scott DeLuzio: sure.

[00:18:50] Cory Brown: You know, and Sam my co-host is not a veteran. He was not in the service. And I like that because our audience is not just [00:19:00] veterans. Well, I, I care about veterans and I, and I want to address those issues that veterans have. I also know that there’s a lot of other communities that have those issues,

[00:19:10] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah,

[00:19:11] Cory Brown: is not just ours, you know, we don’t own it.

[00:19:13] Scott DeLuzio: sure.

[00:19:14] Cory Brown: And so him being a civilian. You know, it helps, I think helps me realize like, Hey, there’s other that we’re talking to here. There’s other audiences that are impacted by these things.

[00:19:29] And

[00:19:30] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:19:30] Cory Brown: again, we go right back to that. Everybody has to go through stuff kind of mentality. And what we wanted to do is just like you’re saying, Scott, is like, have this moment where it feels real,

[00:19:41] Scott DeLuzio: Mm-hmm.

[00:19:42] Cory Brown: where we’re, and it, and it, for us, it’s the same thing like. It’s

[00:19:46] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:19:46] Cory Brown: talk about some of this stuff, we just committed to saying, well, how do we want other people to do this if we can’t do it?

[00:19:54] Scott DeLuzio: That’s right.

[00:19:54] Cory Brown: even though it’s hard for us to talk about some of this stuff, even if it’s hard for us to like be vulnerable, [00:20:00] we’re there in that kitchen backing each other up. And it does make it easier

[00:20:03] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:20:04] Cory Brown: you’re, when you’re trying to like get through a recipe or you’re trying to like. Figure out how to, Hey, am I hitting these themes and the flow of the show?

[00:20:15] But yeah, I mean, it’s, it’s kind of magical.

[00:20:17] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, and the more you do anything, the easier it it is gonna get. In general, you know, I, I’m sure someone’s gonna come. Some example of something that’s gonna be incredibly difficult. That doesn’t matter. If I did it a thousand times, it’s still gonna be difficult, but, you know, whatever. You get the point.

[00:20:32] Like the more you do something in general, it’s gonna get easier. And so, like in your case, like what you were just saying, if hey, this is, this is some tough stuff for me to open up about. And maybe the first time you, you, you talk about it, you don’t really get into the nitty gritty details. You just kind of surface level and you start talking about it.

[00:20:47] But you know, you’re kind of like dipping your toe in the water of something that you’re, you’re not too sure about. And then when you realize like. Hey, that wasn’t too bad. I, I was, I was able to say what I needed to say and that, you know, [00:21:00] didn’t, didn’t come out and bite me. And, and I, I guess I’m okay, so maybe I can go into a little bit more detail next time and then the next time, maybe even a little bit more and until it gets a little bit easier.

[00:21:09] But when you have that, that distraction of some other activity, so for example, like, like cooking in, in this case you have that other, that that distraction that. Hey, you know what I, I, I said what I wanted to say right now, and now lemme just go back to cooking. And it’s not like an, again, another awkward silence or, or kind of moment like that.

[00:21:28] So, so you can, you can do that. And you know, in, in doing what you’re doing, you’re, you’re leading by example and you’re showing other people like, Hey, it, it’s okay to be vulnerable and to say what you need to say and, and to open up and talk to people and like it

[00:21:42] Cory Brown: helpful just to hear somebody else saying those things.

[00:21:45] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. You’re, I mean, you’re.

[00:21:46] Cory Brown: from people that’s like,

[00:21:48] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah,

[00:21:49] Cory Brown: but like watching you guys, that’s helpful to me. And I’m, I’m like, cool man. That’s good. That’s what, then we’re doing the right thing and

[00:21:58] Scott DeLuzio: yeah. No, absolutely. [00:22:00] And, and it gives the people almost permission to go out and, and you know, start. Kind of almost copying what you’re doing and you know, whether it’s cooking or they find something else, that that is their thing. But it allows them to, to say, Hey, you know what, if this guy can do it, I dunno, why, why can’t I do it?

[00:22:18] You know? And you know, that could be the thing that just kickstarts somebody else’s you know, recovery journey. So it, it’s great that you’re, you’re, you’re doing what you’re doing and, and that you’re, you’re putting it out there, you know, basically for the world to see. Right. And anyone out there can, can pretty much check it out.

[00:22:35] But you know, as, as, as you’re having these conversations and, you know, and you’re, you’re cooking at the same time you, you said before it’s, it’s really just two guys in the kitchen, you know, cooking and, and sharing stories and, and chatting, things like that. Tell us how, how, like your, your typical episodes kind of kind of come together and I, I know it’s a, you know, kind of a, a newish thing.

[00:22:56] So, you know, your vision anyways for, like, for [00:23:00] the listeners who wanna, you know, maybe check it out. What, what do you, how do you see the, these episodes kind of coming together in the future? And you know, how it how, how it’s gonna kind of impact the audience as far, like what their takeaway is it, is it more on the cooking of the recipes or, or things like that?

[00:23:14] Or is it more on the conversations and, and the other stuff surrounding it?

[00:23:17] Cory Brown: Yeah, that’s a lot. Let me unpack that, Scott.

[00:23:21] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:23:22] Cory Brown: you’re asking a lot of this

[00:23:23] Scott DeLuzio: I’m getting deep.

[00:23:23] I.

[00:23:24] Cory Brown: so. When we got to thinking about what the show was gonna be like, I had a lot of influences. You know, I’m a big, huge fan of Maddie Matheson. For people that don’t know who he is, should go check him out.

[00:23:37] He’s a chef in Toronto, but he’s on the Bear. That TV show on fx and just a cool dude, man, like he’s involved in so many things. His energy makes me feel like I need to have more energy. But he was one of those guys that influenced me. There’s another, there’s, there’s, there’s no shortage of cooking shows on YouTube, but I wanted to have some of that [00:24:00] professionalism in, in the way the look and feel of the show. I felt like one of our d differentiators was going to be real talk, the mental health aspect. And so I needed to figure out a way. To have the cooking show and be able to do that. And that actually ended up being the hardest part as you can imagine there, the, there’s a very important thing a cooking show has to do.

[00:24:21] It has to cook a recipe. So that definitely gives you, like, you’ve got to get through that. Like if you, otherwise you’re failing, right? So the look and feel of Eat your feelings show that. Kitchen, professional kitchen. We have four cameras. It’s a multicam seven mics. You know, it’s, it’s supposed to look and feel like, like a cooking show.

[00:24:45] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:24:46] Cory Brown: At the same time, we have a flow that we have to go through that not only accounts for cooking a recipe, but also making sure we’re gonna hit the right themes that we’re going for, that we’re tying the dish [00:25:00] into the themes. And if we have a guest come on with us, you know? even makes that more difficult because now you’re, you’re having to make sure that other person is included in the flow and the feel. We do some side stuff as well, like some filmed stuff that not, you know, it looks like an iPhone film thing. It’s not, it’s not as professional

[00:25:20] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:25:21] Cory Brown: the show, but the show itself was, so season one, it was like a mini season. We did four episodes. season one, the last one will drop soon. We filmed all four of those episodes in one day. One is ’cause it costs a lot of money and you know, you have to, you have to be budget friendly. That was something that we said if we do more seasons, we are never gonna film four episodes in one day again. And we’re actually gonna get, we’re actually getting ready, Scott, to do season two in just a couple weeks.

[00:25:58] So we’ll be filming 10 episodes over [00:26:00] four days.

[00:26:00] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:26:01] Cory Brown: The more you go through this, the more you learn. I, there’s so many things I didn’t know about, like that was gonna be like. I had been on shoots for like commercials, you know, and working with agencies on like a 32nd, 92nd commercial, but one I’d never been in front of the camera, and two, I’ve never been, this long form thing was very new to me, so a lot of it was just like, we’re gonna screw around and screw up and like, let’s see what happens.

[00:26:29] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:26:30] Cory Brown: And you know, you film maybe for like an hour just to get down, like that gives you enough content to then edit it down to 15 minutes or so. So we started learning all those things and really, like none of the dialogue is scripted or anything, but it’s, things are scripted out enough to give us the guardrails we need to get through a recipe they’re scripted out enough for us to like. Know when certain things need to happen or at least when to integrate certain parts of

[00:26:59] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:26:59] Cory Brown: [00:27:00] into the show or whatnot. But yeah, I mean, I feel like I’m still learning. I’m gonna probably learn a whole lot. I’m the kind of guy who I’m always learning. Like I, you know, I’ll go to my grave learning like how deep actually six foot actually is.

[00:27:15] You know, like that’s, that’s how I feel. That’s how I approach life.

[00:27:19] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. And part of what you’re, you’re just saying is, I think important no matter what you’re doing is to keep trying things. And yeah, of course you’re gonna try something and you’re gonna mess up. You’re, you’re gonna fail at, at one point or another at what, whatever it was you’re trying to do. But that’s part of the learning process and that’s, that’s fine.

[00:27:40] And, and if you’re not, if you’re not trying to push yourself and try new things and everything that you’re, you’re just gonna. Get the same thing that you’ve always gotten. And so you know, it, it makes sense that like, hey, you’re starting something new. Yeah, of course it’s not gonna go a hundred percent smoothly right out, out the gate, you’re, you’re gonna have a couple stumbling blocks.

[00:27:59] I mean, [00:28:00] when I started this show, I didn’t have a clue how to do a podcast. I didn’t know all the technology that goes into it. I didn’t know any of the cameras in the lighting and the microphones and all the things that that you need and. I was like, you know what? Screw it. I’m, I’m not gonna get any better sitting here twiddling my thumbs, thinking about it.

[00:28:16] I might as well just start doing it. And then when something doesn’t work, I’ll understand, Hey, well that didn’t work. Don’t do that again, dummy. You know, and, and move on. And, and so like that I think is it’s, it’s not just about cooking. It’s just not about a YouTube show, not about a podcast. That’s about pretty much anything that you, you’re trying to accomplish is like.

[00:28:36] The best time to start was yesterday, and the next best time to start is right now. And so like just get started. Is it gonna go a hundred percent smoothly? Nope. Guaranteed. It’s not. Is it okay? Yeah, of course. You know.

[00:28:49] Cory Brown: balance you have to strike, right? Like, I

[00:28:50] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:28:52] Cory Brown: as I’m here. At this age, there’s so many things that I’ve, I’ve, I’ve just made up my mind to [00:29:00] do that I wish I would’ve thought about earlier, or I knew earlier. You know, be fearless, be shameless, but find the balance in those things

[00:29:10] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:29:10] Cory Brown: like you’re saying. You know, we’re going through the process right now of trying to pick up sponsors, trying to pick up guests, and one thing I tell Sam, who’s a good bit younger than me. It’s like, listen, I know what the answer’s gonna be. If I don’t write so and so an email asking them something, I know what that’s gonna be like.

[00:29:29] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:29:29] Cory Brown: that we don’t get anything, right? I’ve had many more people not write me back, but it’s the ones that do write back that make that fearlessness and that drive on attitude like so important and something that I like if I’m telling somebody things who I, oh, I’m scared of. This or I’m, you know, like, what if it doesn’t work out?

[00:29:54] Or what if they tell me no? Or like, well, I mean like, they won’t tell you yes either if you don’t ask [00:30:00] them,

[00:30:00] Scott DeLuzio: Right.

[00:30:01] Cory Brown: if you don’t take that leap and do this thing, you know, like I have no business creating a YouTube show. Right. And even if it fails, like why myself I have the capabilities to do it from doing it?

[00:30:16] You

[00:30:16] Scott DeLuzio: Right.

[00:30:17] Cory Brown: Like, but if you don’t do something, if you let your fear. Keep you from doing something, then you know how that’s gonna turn out.

[00:30:26] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:30:27] Cory Brown: And

[00:30:27] Scott DeLuzio: hundred percent guaranteed.

[00:30:28] Cory Brown: like, just gonna, gonna email everybody I want to, I’m going to all these actions that I want to, you know, because that’s what I feel like I need to do. The thing will not fail I didn’t act. That will not be the reason that it

[00:30:44] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:30:44] Cory Brown: work out. And that that’s been, you know, I’d say something over the, just the last couple years. just realizing that and owning that, just being stubborn enough to not let any of those past [00:31:00] feelings hold me back.

[00:31:01] I feel like that’s part of the reason why there’s, you know, I feel like this is the momentum’s good. We are getting some cool guests coming on. You know, like there, there’s things that are happening

[00:31:13] Scott DeLuzio: Yep.

[00:31:13] Cory Brown: think is directly correlated with the action taken. And I, I wouldn’t have, I didn’t, 10 years ago I would not have done that.

[00:31:22] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:31:23] Cory Brown: years ago I might not have done that.

[00:31:26] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. And again, that’s all part of life. It’s part of learning and part of growing as a person. And, you know, for you maybe it, maybe it took doing the show to get that lesson, you know, kind of drilled into you. But,

[00:31:39] Cory Brown: Yeah.

[00:31:40] Scott DeLuzio: you know, for other folks, I don’t care what it is that you’re trying to do, if, if you don.

[00:31:45] Do some sort of action or ask or you know, something along those lines. The answer’s gonna be no, it’s just not gonna happen a hundred percent every single time. You’ll, you’ll never get what you’re looking for if you don’t do something for it. It’s not just gonna [00:32:00] fall in your lap, you know, you’re not for you, you’re not gonna just have that, that you know.

[00:32:05] That perfect guest that you, you’ve had on, on, on the in the back of your mind, like, I’d love to have this person come on the show, be a guest. This would be a perfect fit. It would be, it would be wonderful. They’re not gonna just call you up one day and be like, Hey, by the way, I saw your thing and I, I wanna, I wanna be a guest.

[00:32:19] You know, they might, you know, at, at some point in time, but you can’t, you can’t count on it to happen.

[00:32:25] Cory Brown: For it, it’ll never happen. That’s

[00:32:26] Scott DeLuzio: yeah, exactly.

[00:32:27] Cory Brown: yeah, it’s just, go get it. You know?

[00:32:30] Scott DeLuzio: Exactly.

[00:32:30] Cory Brown: if you want it, go get it.

[00:32:31] Scott DeLuzio: I’ve had, I’ve had some folks on this show that I reach out to really not expecting any kind of response back. I was just like, Hey, if it happens, great. If it doesn’t, yeah. Alright, well I gave it a shot, you know?

[00:32:43] And sometimes it’s taken some time, you know, some it, it wasn’t like I got a answer and then, you know, the next day we’re recording an interview. Sometimes it’s taken a few months or so just to work out schedules and all the, all the stuff that you need to do. But, you know, eventually it happens and, and it’s, again, not every single time, but.

[00:32:58] It wouldn’t have happened [00:33:00] if I didn’t reach out. So, so I guess, you know, take, take the initiative and, and do the things that you need to do. Doesn’t, and again, it doesn’t matter what it is, it doesn’t have to be a YouTube show or a podcast or, or any of that kind of stuff. It could be your, your, your business, whatever it happens to be, your, your job.

[00:33:15] It could be stuff in relationships, it could be stuff in you know, even taking charge of your own mental health. You know, if it, if it’s like, Hey, I, I, I really need to go talk to someone about this. I know I do. But. I’m just not Well then you can’t expect anything to get better. If you’re just gonna sit, sit around doing the same thing that you’ve always done, maybe you do gotta go pick up that phone and make a phone call and, and, and make an appointment with someone, but you know, they’re not gonna call you and make the appointment for you.

[00:33:39] You know, you, you’re gonna have to do that for yourself.

[00:33:41] Cory Brown: the promise is not like it’s gonna be easier, you know, it’s not. When I talk to veterans who are trying to figure out what to do, if they’re lost their purpose, even, you know, people in the corporate world who I wanna work at this [00:34:00] specific place, or I wanna. Get to this role or I, you know, the magic pill is not that. It’s gonna be easy. Matter of fact, it’s probably gonna be some of the hardest stuff you’ve ever done.

[00:34:13] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:34:14] Cory Brown: But I think that if you can match the desire for change, right, or the desire for what’s next with the passion it, think what ends up happening is that work you’re put into it, it’s more

[00:34:30] Scott DeLuzio: Mm-hmm.

[00:34:32] Cory Brown: It puts a, it puts something in that hole that was there. And it’s, it’s not just something, it’s something that you can look at and say like, I’m proud of this,

[00:34:39] Scott DeLuzio: You’re right, right?

[00:34:40] Cory Brown: I’m glad I did this,

[00:34:42] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:34:42] Cory Brown: making a difference. You know? And like, I think too many times we get stuck in this place where like, I just wish it was easier.

[00:34:50] Or like, well, like, that’s not how it’s gonna work out most of the time. But it’ll feel better. Like you’ll. You’ll find out that like, even if [00:35:00] it’s you’re working harder than you’ve ever worked before, you’re gonna feel so much better up here and in here it, it just needs to be worthwhile, right? It needs to be something that’s worthwhile.

[00:35:12] Because like, if you’re, if you’re grinding and you’re pushing and you’re doing it for all the wrong reasons, or if you’re doing it for like reasons that just don’t really fulfill you in here, yeah, it’s gonna suck.

[00:35:23] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:35:24] Cory Brown: So you gotta match all that stuff up together.

[00:35:26] Scott DeLuzio: Right. Exactly. Yeah. I think that fulfillment piece and that, that meaningful piece is, is a huge piece of it. Because without that, you’re right that that’s just gonna suck your soul dry and, and you’re just gonna be. You’re gonna be hating every second of it. If it, if it’s something that’s hard that, that you have to do and you hate it, like don’t like.

[00:35:48] Cory Brown: I mean, life is hard. Like,

[00:35:49] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:35:49] Cory Brown: is is finite. So. You have to take advantage of the time that you have and that, you know, I feel like I’m talking about a bunch of [00:36:00] different things, but it all for me means that every I try to spend in a way that I think right and

[00:36:11] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. Mm-hmm.

[00:36:12] Cory Brown: like meaningful to your point I want to be able to look back at the end of the day and say like, oh yeah, I contributed to. To this and that and, and, but those things aren’t being, you know, they’re meaningful and they’re, they’re purposeful and they have effects, good effects, positive effects on, on yourself and other people. And I think that’s, I, I waited way too long, I think, to get this sort of mindset,

[00:36:40] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:36:41] Cory Brown: it’s made a huge difference though I’m working, you know, as hard or harder than I. Than I have been in quite some time. The, the, the stress is different. It’s not, it’s not so harmful to me. You know, it doesn’t make me feel so bad. My family’s notices a [00:37:00] difference. The people that I’m around notice a difference, you know, and, you’re like, okay, well this is worth it, you know?

[00:37:07] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. Yeah. And a lot of times, you know, to kind of push yourself in that right direction, you kind of need that external motivation sometimes. Like, Hey, you know, I, I want to be better for, fill in the blank, whoever that person is, my kids, my wife, my, you know, whoever you know, I, I wanna be better for that.

[00:37:25] And so what, what is it I need to do? Maybe I, maybe I need to get my ass off of the couch. And, and, you know. Get some sunshine on my face or go, go talk to somebody or you know, just find that thing to get that spark back inside of you. But, but sometimes you do need that, that kind of external motivation.

[00:37:42] But,

[00:37:42] Cory Brown: Yeah.

[00:37:43] Scott DeLuzio: You know, at the end of the day it, it, it comes back to you and, and you have to want it. And for whatever your reason is, I guess at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter. But you have to want it for one reason or another, and, and. If, if you don’t do the the thing, it’s [00:38:00] not gonna be done for you, you know, whatever that thing is.

[00:38:02] Right.

[00:38:02] Cory Brown: Yeah, I think it, I think it should matter, right? Like I think a good buddy of mine, and we were talking about this the other day. I

[00:38:09] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:38:09] Cory Brown: mean, the DC hustle is, they, it’s a real thing, right?

[00:38:12] Scott DeLuzio: Sure.

[00:38:13] Cory Brown: lots of places like that, right? Where you grind, you’re like, ah, you know, I just, I just, I’m gonna grind it out.

[00:38:19] I’m gonna just keep pushing. My work ethic is solid. And I said, that’s perfect, but there’s a million people that can say that

[00:38:28] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah,

[00:38:29] Cory Brown: that. They are, but can they say that their compass is pointing in the right direction?

[00:38:33] Scott DeLuzio: sure.

[00:38:34] Cory Brown: You know, whether it’s like. I mean, ethically moral, whatever, right? But like, the outcome like a materialistic, you know, oh, I just want to, I wanna drive value for Apple shareholders.

[00:38:47] You know, like, like what, where’s the like common, like do more for your common man kind of thing. I think that is a huge piece of what will make somebody feel whole,

[00:38:59] Scott DeLuzio: [00:39:00] Yeah.

[00:39:00] Cory Brown: especially if they’re hurting and they’re, and they’re struggling. So it’s not just the effort and the, and the grind. I’m willing to grind, know, sun up to sundown. But is if you’re doing all that grinding effort, is your compass pointing in a good direction?

[00:39:19] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, no, you’re right. Absolutely. It, it does need to be pointing in in a good direction and one that makes you feel. Full on the inside, you know, and I don’t mean from a food perspective, but you know, for, you know, fill in your soul with, you know, something good that, that you can look back on and say, you know, this is, this is a good thing that I’m doing.

[00:39:37] This is not, it is not just, Hey, I’m, I’m out there just grinding ’cause I wanna make. A million dollars or, or whatever, you know, you’re, you’re out there grinding for a, a purpose. And, and I think when I, when I was saying, you know, it doesn’t matter what that is, I, I think to that point, what I meant was everyone’s purpose is gonna be different and where, where that compass’s point is gonna be different for you than it is for me and, and for the [00:40:00] next guy.

[00:40:00] And, and so, you know, where it is, it’s important to that individual, but, you know, ultimately you know, I’m not gonna tell you where, where your compass needs to be pointed. Because that’s, that’s up for you to decide, you know, it should be pointed in a, a good direction for sure, you know, not, not doing evil and being, being a, being a bad person.

[00:40:18] But,

[00:40:19] Cory Brown: Do

[00:40:19] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah, we, we, there’s enough of that in the world. We don’t need any more of that. So, so for, for folks who are, are out there listening to this and they’re, they like food, they like cooking, they, they like, you know, kind of the, the gist of what, what we’re we’ve been talking about here? I’m, I’m sure, I’m sure there’s some folks out there who want to get in involved with the show.

[00:40:38] You know, either, you know, as, as a listener, maybe even say, Hey, throw the hat in the ring and could I be a guest? And, and maybe, maybe that will land in your, your plate or, or land in your lap. You know, you know, where can people find the show? I know you said YouTube, but you know, kind of, kind of tell people, you know, what the channel is and, and all that kind of stuff too.

[00:40:54] Cory Brown: So on YouTube, we’re at Eat Your Feeling Show.

[00:40:57] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:40:58] Cory Brown: On Instagram and TikTok, [00:41:00] we’re at Eat Your Feeling Show. We tried to keep it simple, right?

[00:41:02] Scott DeLuzio: That is simple,

[00:41:03] Cory Brown: there was already so many letters involved. We’re like, oh man, we better not change it up

[00:41:06] Scott DeLuzio: right?

[00:41:07] Cory Brown: to platform. Even the website Eat Your Feeling show.com. I think that’s we’re trying to be on all of the platforms we’re trying to be consistent.

[00:41:18] We’ve got a wonderful social media editor who keeps us on. On track and making sure that there’s

[00:41:25] Scott DeLuzio: Okay.

[00:41:25] Cory Brown: and like, she’s awesome. That’s the first, first one of the first hires we had and I was very happy to make. And so yeah, that the, all the TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube we’re gonna be on all of them.

[00:41:37] The, the actual full cooking episodes on our YouTube channel and then all the other platforms, you know, there’s clips and we’ve, we’re experimenting with some some short form. Recipe cooking and we, we will put those recipes in those descriptions for those videos. But like for the most part, the long form, full episodes the [00:42:00] show you can find at YouTube.

[00:42:01] Scott DeLuzio: Excellent. Excellent. Any last advice or any last kind of closing comments that you might have for, for folks who might be listening? You know, again, shows largely veteran base, so you know, Lisa, an audience that you’re familiar with, but,

[00:42:14] Cory Brown: sure.

[00:42:15] Scott DeLuzio: you know, for them or their families or, or someone who might be struggling out there either with mental health challenges or seeking the, you know, community to, to be a part of anything that you might have to kind of close it out.

[00:42:25] Cory Brown: Yeah, I’d say to somebody, you know? I mean, obviously you can find a therapist. That’s the best course of action to find a professional. And I know sometimes that can be harder than it needs to

[00:42:38] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:42:39] Cory Brown: And, you know, treat your mental health like you treat your physical health. If you, if you busted your knee hurt your back, you’re gonna go see a doctor. Like, don’t let your your mental health be any different than that. sometimes you’re not just gonna settle on a doctor, right? You’re gonna wanna shop around a little bit.

[00:42:56] Scott DeLuzio: Mm-hmm.

[00:42:57] Cory Brown: the one that works for you. Same thing with a [00:43:00] therapist, right? Like, don’t, don’t rule out therapy because you, you had one therapist, you didn’t like them.

[00:43:05] So

[00:43:06] Scott DeLuzio: Right.

[00:43:06] Cory Brown: to get out there and, and shop around. But even if you don’t go to a therapist, you know there’s people in your life that will help you. You’ll be surprised what a person will do for you if they only knew you needed that thing to be done.

[00:43:19] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:43:20] Cory Brown: go out there, find those people in your life that are meaningful to you and talk to them and. Give them the option, the opportunity to wanna be there for you, because I’d say nine times outta 10 people wanna do that.

[00:43:34] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:43:34] Cory Brown: to be there for their loved ones, for the people they care about. I,

[00:43:39] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah.

[00:43:39] Cory Brown: I know it’s hard, but you would be surprised how good you feel. just taking that step and opening up and just having somebody there to talk, talk to things, talk with about things.

[00:43:51] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah. Absolutely. And, and to your point, how many people out there have gotten a bad haircut but they still go get it, get their hair cut, you know, like, just ’cause [00:44:00] you had one bad experience doesn’t mean you’re gonna just stop altogether, right? Like, yeah, sure, you, maybe you’re gonna go find a different barber shop to go to, but you’re still gonna get your haircut at some point.

[00:44:08] So,

[00:44:09] Cory Brown: That’s

[00:44:09] Scott DeLuzio: You know, same thing with, with your physical health, same thing with your mental health. Just ’cause you had one bad experience doesn’t mean that they’re all gonna be bad. They may be uncomfortable for sure. But sometimes, like we were saying before, sometimes you might need that to get you through.

[00:44:24] Cory Brown: can work through that.

[00:44:25] Scott DeLuzio: Yeah,

[00:44:26] Cory Brown: You just

[00:44:26] Scott DeLuzio: yeah,

[00:44:26] Cory Brown: them. Be willing to just be willing to get out there and like, don’t, don’t, don’t hold it in, don’t keep it in,

[00:44:32] Scott DeLuzio: yeah,

[00:44:33] Cory Brown: don’t, think you gotta do everything by yourself. Right. We

[00:44:37] Scott DeLuzio: yeah.

[00:44:37] Cory Brown: we want. To help each other. Right. I think it just sometimes we just gotta open up.

[00:44:42] People gotta know

[00:44:43] Scott DeLuzio: I mean this, this show I think is a great example of that. I mean, we’ve. We’ve had hundreds of guests on this show talking about all different types of, types of topics, and I don’t think there’s a single guest out there that I’ve had yet that if, if somebody came to them and was like, Hey, I, I’m, I’m having some, some trouble.

[00:44:58] I’m having some struggles. I, I [00:45:00] need some help and, and whatever. I don’t, I don’t think there’s anyone out there that I’ve, I’ve talked to who would just be like, well, you know, tough, you’re on your own. You know, like, no. They, they want, like you said, they want to help. And there’s, there’s people who like I’d be pissed if someone like just.

[00:45:13] Refused to talk to me about something, you know, and, and they just, you know, went off and tried to struggle on their own. And I find out later, like, this guy’s struggling, and they didn’t even say anything. It’s like, what the hell? You know, so.

[00:45:26] Cory Brown: on your own. You don’t have to be on your own.

[00:45:28] Scott DeLuzio: Exactly. So great words of advice. Great way to, to kind of close this out.

[00:45:33] I will have links to your, your show, the website, the YouTube channel, and all that kinda stuff in the show notes for the listeners. So, so check it out there. Cory, thanks so much again for coming on the show. Thanks for all, all that you’re doing. I think there’s a great take on on mental health the Eat Your Feelings.

[00:45:48] I know sometimes there’s a you know, association there with, you know, binge eating or, you know, coping mechanisms with, you know, just eating too much or, or things like that. But, but this is a, a different approach [00:46:00] and it, it’s a refreshing approach. I think it’s, it’s a great way to incorporate food.

[00:46:05] And the mental health side of things and bring ’em together and, and show people that it’s okay to open up and talk and, and do the things that bring you some joy, bring you some, some comfort in life and, and you know, maybe it’s a little bit of Dr. Phil mixed with I don’t know, an emerald or something like that too.

[00:46:19] But, you know, it, it might be you know, something like that if you know, people are, are out there and they’re, they’re, they’re struggling this might be the thing that that helps helps get them moving in the right direction. So, so thanks again for all that you do.

[00:46:30] Cory Brown: Well, Scott, thank you for allowing me this platform. I enjoyed this conversation. It was great, and I, you know, go check it out. People, I feel like 60% of you will mostly enjoy almost everything we have there.

[00:46:44] Scott DeLuzio: Well, hopefully it’s it’s a much bigger percentage than that, but, but but we’ll, we’ll get some people sent over your way and yeah, definitely, definitely go check it out, subscribe and all that kind of stuff. I know I’m going to, and, and you know, I think it’s, it’s definitely a great platform.

[00:46:57] So, thanks again Cory and looking [00:47:00] forward to some of those recipes.

[00:47:01] Cory Brown: Appreciate you, Scott. Thanks.