Back in Season 1 of South Bend Beat, we had Mayor Pete Buttigieg on the podcast. We talked about his upbringing in South Bend, his path to becoming Mayor and a pretty cool story about an interaction he had with Barack Obama. After Season 1, we sent the same five questions to all of our guests and published their answers in a series on the Alpha Dog Agency blog. I thought it would be timely to re-publish all of the questions we asked Mayor Pete and his answers. The only new ad

We made it to the final installment! And this is my favorite question. I hope all of you enjoyed this series. You can listen to all of these guests on Season 1. Be sure to listen to Season 2, releasing this fall. I asked each guest the same five questions and will be posting their answers to each question, one blog at a time. Their answers will be listed in order of appearance. I'll also be adding my answers at the bottom. The point of this series is to dive into the habits a

We all spend a ton of time on our phones. With this installment, I asked Season 1 South Bend Beat guests which apps are their favorite. I asked each guest the same five questions and will be posting their answers to each question, one blog at a time. Their answers will be listed in order of appearance. I'll also be adding my answers at the bottom. The point of this series is to dive into the habits and rituals of local, successful personalities. Each and every guest on South

You know how they spend the first hour of their day, now let's see how they spend the last hour of their day. I asked each guest the same five questions and will be posting their answers to each question, one blog at a time. Their answers will be listed in order of appearance. I'll also be adding my answers at the bottom. The point of this series is to dive into the habits and rituals of local, successful personalities. Each and every guest on South Bend Beat is just that and

Now that you know which books our Season 1 guests are currently reading, it's time to move on to another question. What does the first hour of their days look like? Some people are fanatic about starting their day off in a certain way while others are pretty relaxed about it. I asked each guest the same five questions and will be posting their answers to each question, one blog at a time. Their answers will be listed in order of appearance. I'll also be adding my answers at t

Over the next couple weeks, I'll be posting five blogs related to South Bend Beat. I asked each guest the same five questions and will be posting their answers to each question, one blog at a time. Their answers will be listed in order of appearance. I'll also be adding my answers at the bottom. The first question I asked each of them was - What books are you currently reading? I received answers from readers and non-readers alike. Hopefully there are a few suggestions for yo

Mayor Pete joined the Alpha Dog team on the South Bend Beat podcast to discuss all things South Bend, weird foods he's eaten and getting stuck on elevators. He also told us a hilarious story involving Obama and what it was like to ride around South Bend with Mark Zuckerberg. On Tuesday, we released our latest episode of the South Bend Beat podcast, featuring Mayor Pete Buttigieg. It's a quick 30 minute listen and it's not the usual interview questions you hear Mayor Pete answ