Brian Plaideau: RetroCon Spotlight

About this episode

The episode features a conversation about Mardi Gras and the journey of local creatives leading to their participation in RetroCon.

Want to connect with Tj & Plaideau? Send us a text message. The mics heat up with a New Orleans cadence and a grin, and we waste no time jumping from name quirks and Yat roots into the gritty, funny truth of Mardi Gras season. Bathroom strategy, king cake experiments, and parade math set the scene before we pivot into the bigger story: how a small show and two local creatives grew from early credits and live invites to landing a guest table at RetroCon. It’s part hometown diary, part cre...

People in this episode

Host: Tj Sebastian

Guest: Brian Plaideau

Topics covered

• Mardi Gras
• local creatives
• RetroCon
• New Orleans culture
• parade strategies
• king cake experiments

Keywords

• Mardi Gras
• RetroCon
• New Orleans
• king cake
• local creatives
• parade math
• Yat roots

Mentioned in this episode

Products: king cake

Places: New Orleans

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