United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce
65 episodes listed below
Corpus Christi business, policy, and community up close.
United We Podcast is a chamber-centered look at the people, policies, businesses, and local institutions shaping Corpus Christi. Its conversations move from federal advocacy and windstorm insurance to pro soccer, maritime careers, aquarium visits, and restaurant-table community talk.
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United We Podcast treats Corpus Christi as a working civic ecosystem, not just a place on a map. The show moves through the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce world with several formats, each aimed at a different slice of local life. The Brief is the most policy-minded lane. Those episodes connect business concerns to City Hall, the State Capitol, Washington, D.C., infrastructure, jobs, growth, insurance, water, and federal advocacy. The tone is practical and sometimes playful, but the questions stay close to consequences for local businesses, residents, and the Coastal Bend economy. In Focus shifts toward member stories. Guests from Corpus Christi FC and the Texas State Aquarium explain how organizations build visibility, welcome visitors, create partnerships, and stay tied to the community around them. These conversations are less about slogans than day-to-day work: social media, game-day exposure, parking logistics, memberships, and public engagement. The Next Wave gives the feed a younger professional voice. Its episodes linger on career formation, adaptability, volunteering, leadership programs, maritime transportation, and the personal reasons people keep choosing the Coastal Bend. Those interviews are informal and sometimes repetitive in a human way. They sound like early-career people figuring out responsibility in real time. The Dish loosens the format further, putting business talk at a restaurant table with food, banking, local events, and coastal hospitality in the same frame. Across the feed, growth is a recurring question. The show often returns to how Corpus Christi can expand responsibly while preserving access, identity, and opportunity. It is strongest when local specifics do the work: TWIA policy details, D.C. issue teams, a first pro soccer team, aquarium operations, a maritime student chasing the water, or a Cajun meal becoming a business conversation. United We Podcast is best for listeners who want to understand Corpus Christi through its connectors. It favors relationships over polish. That makes the show useful for chamber members, local business owners, young professionals, civic volunteers, and residents who want to hear how the region talks to itself while planning what comes next.
Made for: Built for Corpus Christi chamber members, local business owners, young professionals, civic volunteers, and residents tracking the Coastal Bend economy. It also suits listeners interested in how local institutions turn relationships into advocacy and opportunity.
What sets it apart: The show combines chamber advocacy, member storytelling, young professional development, and casual local dining conversations in one feed. Its value comes from specific Corpus Christi concerns rather than generic business advice.
Discover firsthand the stories of resilience, innovation, and collaboration that define our Chamber members. Learn from the experiences of those who are shaping our city's future and gain insights into the strategies, ideas, and initiatives propelling our local economy forward.Whether you're a business owner, an aspiring entrepreneur, or a community member passionate about the pulse of Corpus Christi, join us on this podcast to explore the dynamic tapestry of our coastal commerce and uncover the people and places that make our community thrive.
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A practical look at how a new soccer club tries to become part of a city.
InFocus follows Eron Hemi, the Director of Communications for Corpus Christi FC, as he lays out the range of work behind launching the first pro soccer team in the Coastal Bend.
Alyssa Ramirez connects career mobility with community leadership in the Coastal Bend.
United We opens The Next Wave by framing community leadership as a practical career skill with local weight. Alyssa Ramirez discusses her work as assistant director of student transition programs at Texas A&M University Corpus Christi, her president-elect role with Young…
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InFocus from the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce talks with Corpus Christi FC communications director Eron Hemi about the city's first pro soccer team in the Coastal Bend.
An interview with a young maritime transportation student about his connection to the water and career aspirations.
The Next Wave, a United We Podcast series, features Alyssa Ramirez discussing higher education, young-professional networks, and community involvement in the Coastal Bend.
United We Podcast hosts Zach Castaneda and Maddie Duque interview Treyvon Guillory, Evie Karabinoff, and Maddie Armstrong about their internships at the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce.
Lacey Guzman explains how Corpus Christi International Airport used data and airline meetings to secure Frontier's twice-weekly nonstop Denver route.
David Loeb says Del Mar’s Freedom to Dream program enrolled 2,724 students after projecting 500, creating new college-readiness demands.
Host Al Arreola interviews Marisol Ramirez about her marketing career and her role as General Chair for Leadership Corpus Christi, highlighting local business and community leadership.