Inspired by the start of SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas this month, Mathias and Brandon explore what it would take to build a similarly-spirited…

Olympia’s loudest iPad advocates react to Apple’s announcement of iPad 2, arguing that the device is changing the way the public evaluates the value…

In the shadow of Mount Rainier’s birthday, Mathias and Brandon brainstorm business ideas for the local lodging industry to take advantage of Olympia’s unique…

In a city that prides itself on doing sustainable business, Mathias and Brandon highlight a large-scale example immediately to the west of Olympia: Grays…

With so many locals singing about “social media,” Brandon sounds off on what the buzz word means about the web. Mathias and Brandon take apart…

Olympia business owner and cook Kenny Trobman drops in on the live show to bless the city with news that he’s opening a new…

After a frustrating experience with The Olympian’s iPhone campaign, Brandon questions whether there’s a need for traditional newspapers in cities like Olympia.

Mathias shares his Sunday adventure with a chicken, lemon and Jamie Oliver. The story reveals a cheap trick for roasting delicious chicken that’s tender,…

In response to an earlier discussion about saving local newspapers, Mathias and Brandon answer questions about whether bloggers can be trusted to replace traditional newspaper…

While the City of Olympia opened the doors to its swanky new City Hall and politicians decided the fate of downtown’s isthmus, Mathias and Brandon…

Designer, artist and screen printing business owner Mark Malsbary sits in on the inaugural episode of “You Make Olympia.” Malsbary talks about growing a high-end…

Jeff Bert, co-owner of Gravity Beer Market in Olympia, crashed the live show Friday to walk Mathias and Brandon through four of his favorite…

The day after the Washington Tourism Alliance’s industry summit, Mathias and Brandon question the shift toward privatizing the state’s tourism marketing. They highlight sore…

Following a week of protest rallies in downtown Olympia, Mathias and Brandon discuss what’s worth protesting. Brandon picks apart the rally’s messaging, while Marcus Dehart…

Einmaleins Live hits the road for the Seattle Mariners’ 2011 season home opener at Safeco Field. Mathias and Brandon spend their trip to “The Safe”…

Olympia’s most outspoken advocate for its youth, Adam Fletcher, joins You Make Olympia host Mathias Eichler in its second episode, focusing on empowering young…

Mathias and Brandon run to one of Olympia’s most serene spots, Tumwater Falls Park, to announce their latest product: Einmaleins.tv The guys discuss the…

Amidst a crowd of Arts Walk patrons and merchants, Einmaleins Live joins Olympia in celebrating the city’s best community event, while begging for support to…

With the addition of “Bonjour Cupcakes” to Capital Way last week, downtown Olympia now sports two top-shelf cupcake sweet spots. Host Mathias Eichler pits the…

Downtown Olympia’s toy haven, Wind Up Here, dropped big news Monday and Einmaleins.TV’s “Live Life Loud” jumped at the chance to see what’s up.…

Children’s artist Scott Anderson, owner of Hatched Egg’rs, sits down with You Make Olympia’s Mathias Eichler in Episode 3 of the show to discuss…

Just a day after stocking their shelves, Olympia’s newest wine destination, Grand Vin Wine Merchants, opened their doors to “Live Life Loud” host Mathias Eichler…

After boarding a large shipping vessel at the Port of Olympia Saturday, host Mathias Eichler gets an inside look at downtown’s discreet industrial turf. Marine…

On the eve of the rebirth of Seattle’s soccer rivalry with Portland, Mathias Eichler takes his Sounders gear and a ball to Lacey’s Regional…

Upon hearing news that the Lacey City Council invited Artspace USA to pitch their community-building model to the city, host Mathias Eichler ran…

Seattle Sounders season ticket holder Randy Roedell trucked Mathias to Qwest Field Saturday for a nail-biting match with Sporting KC. Mathias joins the “March…

Mathias Eichler introduced Einmaleins’ new show: “Don’t Watch This”. A show where we talk about the latest and greatest and opinate on what is coming…

Brandon and Mathias have pizza with extra cheese and a good helping of people watching. People using their smart phones beat people reading the free…

Guess what I found out? Storing building instructions for LEGO kits as PDF’s in iBooks on your iPad is nothing short of brilliant.

Mathias dives deeper into what Einmaleins is up to: Make Olympia remarkable. Disrupt what’s the status quo. Connect the community in a meaningful way.

To celebrate June’s First Friday and a killer first month of Internet broadcasting on Einmaleins.TV, Olympia’s Internet broadcast network invited local geeks to its “Olympia…

Host Mathias Eichler lives life loud at U2’s sellout concert Saturday at Qwest Field. The episode packs concert footage, music and commentary from U2’s Olympia-based…

“Live Life Loud” crammed itself into Tumwater’s Olympia Brewery public visioning meeting Tuesday, chatting with residents, architects and leaders about what will come of…

After Groupon filed their IPO papers last week, Jason Bynum sounds off about the ridiculousness of deep discount marketing.

Mathias love U2 and ‘Where the Streets have No Name’ is his favorite song of all time. No really, of all time.

What would it take to land a spaceship in Olympia?
Steve Jobs asked the Cupertino City Council to let him build his new…

Longtime Olympia cook Kenny Trobman opened the doors Friday to his new Mediterranean deli, The Gyro Spot, for its grand opening in downtown. Live Life…

Don’t make your business a personal page. I’m not a friend of your business.

Stay ahead, take charge, make decisions and move forward!

How the internet is used to fight back against those who riot the streets. And gives voice to people in a fascinating way.
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“Live Life Loud” host Mathias Eichler met Alpine Experience’s challenge Saturday to tackle a list of urban adventures as part of the outdoor retailer’s kick-off…

Kicking off an ongoing series of personal interviews with Olympia City Council candidates, Steve Langer joined “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler for a conversation…

Inspired by a fantastic sunset and the movie Inception, Mathias drinks beer and meets you in your dreams.

More musings from the deck. Get yourself up, pull yourself out and start the day fresh. You can win, Olympia.

Do we need to put makeup on Olympia? Or can its personality shine on it’s own. Brandon thinks it can.

Mathias sits again on the deck. This time he plays with sand and talks about this brave new world.

Mathias says a big Thank You to everyone who ordered our first exclusive DNTSTOP shirt. They are being printed this weekend. And there is more…

Family Glauer took a break from their cycling trip around the world to visit with Live Life Loud’s Mathias Eichler and share stories from their…

In this romantic night-time episode Mathias discusses many thing, among them, taking your life in your own hands the best iPad sleeves in the world…

Mathias Eichler answers this question. One that ended up being a lot harder to answer then he first thought.

After an fantastic tour of the Olympia Brewery grounds in Tumwater Mathias Eichler reflects on how story-telling can help answer important questions.

ABC chooses to show infomercials instead of the Women’s Soccer Cup Final. America, where is your national pride?

Mathias Eichler thinks that websites that are considered just marketing are highly undervalued for what they could be for your business.

Olympia mayoral candidate Dick Pust sat down with “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler for a personal chat about the former KGY radio voice’s…

Mathias Eichler loves the Pass, loves to support Washington State Parks, but please can someone design a cooler pass?

Olympia mayoral candidate Karen Rogers sat down with “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler to offer her take on how to bring more residents and…

Olympia Assistant City Manager Jay Burney takes “Live Life Loud” host Mathias Eichler behind the scenes of the new Hands On Children’s Museum in the…

Engage, people! If you choose to have a presence on Twitter and Facebook for your business, don’t just push your content. But interact and respond…

Olympia mayoral candidate Stephen Buxbaum sat down for a relaxed chat with “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler about development, urban housing, when to say…

In its first episode, “Go Outside and Play” follows Olympia’s outdoor athletes from Capitol Forest to downtown Olympia in their multi-sport race to win the…

Here’s a question: How do we, ‘the young kids’ connect, gain respect and share with the older generation?

After the S&P drops the US credit rating form AAA to AA+ Mathias suggests, that this has less to do with spreadsheet calculations but with…

Mathias makes the case for social media as a way of reaching, caring and connecting with a much larger crowd. Opportunities for connections are everywhere…

Here is the big idea for Olympia. Wake up, and do something new today.

Democritus Blantayre sits down for a heady conversation with “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler about running for office in an effort to bring “Direct…

After a lengthy Twitter conversation Mathias sits down and shares some different thoughts on ‘buying local’ and how to make sense of it all.

After talking to all the City Council candidates and so many are dreaming of more and bigger retail options to save this place, I am…

Gary V. stopped doing wine videos and Steve J. stopped leading Apple. Where does that leave us?

Olympia City Councilwoman Rhenda Strub keeps “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler laughing throughout a fun and heavy conversation about why Arts Walk is only…

Four years of Einmaleins in downtown Olympia. A look back, a status update and a exciting look into the future.

Sitting in the Sun along the Chehalis Western Trail Mathias wonders how well we know our culture.

Sometimes working together can get you better results. Sometimes.

Olympia City Council candidate Brian Tomlinson sat down with “You Make Olympia” host Mathias Eichler for an election season chat about which must come first…

Alpine Experience sent Einmaleins.TV down the Chehalis-Western Trail for its “Master of Faster For a Cure” run, walk and stroll event that helped fight childhood…

The City of Tumwater, real estate professionals, architects and planners take “Live Life Loud” host Mathias Eichler on an exclusive ride through the vaunted Olympia…

I asked all council candidates this question. Here is what I think of their answers, and wonder if you can do a better job.

The Alpine Experience sent Einmaleins.TV into downtown Olympia for its two-day fall Arts Walk event to soak up the live music, art showcases, fresh food…

No, I’m not being an a$$. I am excited for the future. One, where people can as easily start and run their own business, as…

Here in Olympia we love to talk about what other people are doing. How about we get up and do it?

Monsters and trick-or-treaters flocked to more than 50 downtown Olympia storefronts to get outside and play on Halloween, and host Mathias Eichler brings viewers along…

Yeah, those pesky, dumb looking bar codes for smart phone readers that promise the moon and fail to deliver - I hate them.

Mathias says thanks to all the great businesses that made the Einmaleins network happening in 2011.

Opening up 2012 with some thoughts on power lines and power brokers. Mathias discusses the snow storm in Olympia and the World Economic Forum in…

Mathias takes a look at Pinterest, the new hot social sharing platform everyone is buzzing about.

Mathias takes a look at the rise of the app store economy and what that means for Main Street USA.

Sometimes you gotta dream big and chase the dream. Sometimes you gotta dig deep and let small iteration speak to the progress of you work.

Seth and Mathias discuss launching your small business in this global economy. Welcome to our new podcast, this is exciting!

Mathias challenges the startup community to not just build business to sell but to build legacy.

Mathias catches the Ski Bus to White Pass with Alpine Experience and has fun in the snow.

Mathias Eichler gets invited to join ‘Sustainable Thurston’ a community-wide conversation about the future of Thurston County.

Jason has some beef with Kickstarter campaigns and tells us what it takes to run a successful one.

I once called Olympia ‘Basecamp’ and after visiting Staircase at the Olympic National Park this weekend I was reminded of that. And I was reminded…

We’re starting things up.
A personal thought on “The Rise Of The Tech Bandits” and on how to start things up.

Jake and I talk about a far away place called Southern California. I teach him the ‘Wort der Woche’ and we talk about how many…

I’m sitting down with Douglas Scott, the Rick Steves of the Olympic Peninsula, who wants you to fall in love with the Olympic National Park…

For one last time I am sitting down with Brandon in the Einmaleins studio to discuss the last year of media production, his upcoming move…

Rob Richards is back and we talk about the World Baseball Classics (finally someone who cares about that game) building a tech shop in our…

Seth and Mathias share their passion for food and wine and business that is run as if there’s a unicorn hiding in the back room…

Brian Wilson is Olympia’s new Downtown Liasion/Code Enforcement Officer or as he likes to call himself: “Downtown Listener”. We talk about the recent events at…

Faith has worked with plenty of government agencies over the years and surprisingly she still is excited about paying her taxes. We talk about how…