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MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality Podcast
Join Brian Searl as we discuss important topics and recent news from the outdoor hospitality industry. Our weekly episodes will feature guests ranging from campground owners to companies that provide products/services, and much more.
Episodes
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - March 8th, 2023
Welcome to MC Fireside Chats, a weekly show brought to you by Modern Campground, featuring guests from the outdoor hospitality industry. This episode is…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - March 1st, 2023
In the March 1st edition of MC Fireside Chats, Host Brian Searl, along with a panel of experts, discussed the use of artificial intelligence in different…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - February 15th, 2023
The week’s edition of MC Fireside Chats centered on the recent happenings in the RV and camping industries. Host Brian Searl was joined by recurring guests…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - February 8th, 2023
With the glamping industry’s continued growth, leaders shared their insights on the current state of glamping and the challenges faced in this week’s episode…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - February 1st, 2023
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Fireside Accounting, Host Brian Searl, along with a panel of experts, discusses the future of the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - January 25th, 2023
This week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats has never been more special as hosts Brian Searl and Cara Czismadia announce the newest segment of the show…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - January 18th, 2023
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, show hosts Brian Searl and Cara Csizmadia discussed the possible opportunities and challenges that AI usage may…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - January 11th, 2023
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, glamping industry experts discussed some of the operational and logistical aspects and challenges in the glamping space…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - January 4th, 2023
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, outdoor hospitality experts discussed various trends and provided insights regarding the sector. The discussion kicked…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - December 21st, 2022
This year has been a rollercoaster ride for the outdoor hospitality, outdoor recreation, RV, glamping, and campground industries. While the sectors had their…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - December 14th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats hosted by Connor Schwab, glamping industry experts discussed how owners could utilize their properties to provide a…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - December 7th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, we welcome Jenna Celmer from Basecamp as a special guest host. Over the years, the RV, campground, and outdoor…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - November 30th, 2022
In this special episode of MC Fireside Chats, glamping and camping industry experts from all over the world joined us to talk about the challenges they faced…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - November 23rd, 2022
In this week’s Thanksgiving edition of MC Fireside Chats (MCFC), RV experts and enthusiasts discussed the recent events held to help people in the RV industry…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - November 16th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, this special edition of the show takes place at this year’s KOA Convention & Expo! Podcast host, Brian Searl, is joined by KOA…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - November 9th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, glamping experts joined another discussion on topics surrounding the glamping industry. Recurring guests Ruben Martinez, the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - November 2nd, 2022
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, outdoor hospitality experts discussed various trends and provided insights regarding the sector. In terms of how the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - October 19th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, campground industry experts talked about electric vehicles (EV), EV charging systems, infra, and how parks and…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - October 12th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, glamping experts joined another discussion on pressing issues in the glamping industry. Recurring guest Ruben Martinez, the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - October 5th, 2022
Live at the Glamping Show USA, glamping industry experts held an open discussion on pressing issues in the industry and discussed what has happened at the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - September 28th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we talked to industry experts Shyft Group Specialty Vehicles President Steve Guillaume, IVEE Management Group Director of…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - September 21st, 2022
Are you a campground owner looking to save up on electricity costs? Or are you a camper looking for ways to spend less on camping fees? In this week’s episode…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - September 14th, 2022
In this week’s MC Fireside Chats, glamping experts joined another discussion on pressing issues in the glamping industry. Recurring guest Ruben Martinez, the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - September 7th, 2022
On this episode of MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Fireside Accounting, industry experts discuss the changes and innovations in the outdoor hospitality…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - August 24th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we are joined by RV industry and Outdoor Recreation experts, such as Susan Carpenter of RV Women's Alliance, Curtis Hemmeler…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - August 17th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Firefly Reservations, Kyle Krieg, co-owner of Black Rock Adventure Park and Campground, joined the…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - August 10th, 2022
On this pilot episode of MC Fireside Chats’ glamping-focused show, happening every second week of the month, we were joined by Ruben Martinez, the founder of…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - August 3rd, 2022
On today’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Fireside Accounting, industry experts talked about the latest news and trends in the camping and RV…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - July 27th, 2022
On today’s show, we talked to Rich Schnippel, the founder and president of Encore RV–an Elkhart-based RV OEM manufacturing lightweight and easy-to-tow…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - July 20th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Firefly Reservations, we talked to Simon Neal, Founder of CampMap–a web mapping platform startup that…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - July 13th, 2022
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Let’s Camp, we are joined by Ken Kaplan, CEO of K2 Commercial Finance, who talked about the whys and hows of…
MC Fireside Chats, an Outdoor Hospitality PodcastMC Fireside Chats - July 6th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, experts discussed the latest news in the outdoor hospitality industry, mainly how inflation, gas prices, and other…
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MC Fireside Chats - June 29th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, we talked about Nova Scotia’s booming camping and outdoor recreation industry with Sandra Fraser, the Parks…
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MC Fireside Chats - June 22nd, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we talked to industry experts Eleanore Hamm of RVDA of Canada, Shane Devenish, Executive Director at CRVA, and Susan Carpenter…
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MC Fireside Chats - June 15th, 2022
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, industry experts talked about the glamping industry, the challenges glamping owners are facing, and the future of…
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MC Fireside Chats - June 8th, 2022
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, we talked to entrepreneurs Jonny Feld, President of Field Van, a custom builder of vans and class B motorhomes, and…
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MC Fireside Chats - June 1st, 2022
In this episode of MC Fireside Chats, industry leaders talked about the latest news in the RV, camping, and outdoor recreation, focusing on what’s ahead for…
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MC Fireside Chats - May 25th, 2022
In this week’s episode of MC Fireside Chats, industry experts and content creators talked about pressing news from the RV industry and the Outdoor Recreation…
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MC Fireside Chats - May 18th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be discussing what's on the minds of campground owners with our recurring guests who will appear once a month with us to…
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MC Fireside Chats - May 11th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be joined by Jonny Feld, the President of Field Van, and Garrett Brown, the Co-Founder of Eventure Life for their take on…
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MC Fireside Chats - May 4th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Fireside Accounting, we'll be discussing the latest industry news in our open discussion format with our panel of…
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MC Fireside Chats - April 27th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, sponsored by Campspot Software, we'll be joined by our recurring guests who will appear once a month with us to have a candid…
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MC Fireside Chats - April 13th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be joined by Jon Gray, the CEO of RVshare. It's one of the largest RV Rental marketplaces and we'll discuss the trends he…
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MC Fireside Chats - April 6th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, presented by Modern Campground, we'll be discussing the latest industry news in our open discussion format with our panel of…
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MC Fireside Chats - March 23rd, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats we'll be joined by our recurring guests who will appear once a month with us to have a candid discussion on both the RV Industry…
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MC Fireside Chats - March 16th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be discussing what's on the minds of campground owners with our recurring guests who will appear once a month with us to…
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MC Fireside Chats - February 23rd, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats we'll be joined by our recurring guests who will appear once a month with us to have a candid discussion on both the RV Industry…
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MC Fireside Chats - February 16th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be discussing what's on the minds of campground owners with our recurring guests who will appear once a month with us to…
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MC Fireside Chats - February 9th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll chat with Rae and Jason Miller from the Getaway Couple.
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MC Fireside Chats - February 2nd, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, presented by Modern Campground, we'll be discussing the latest industry news in our open discussion format with our panel of…
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MC Fireside Chats - January 26th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be joined by Patrice McCabe from RV There Yet? a brand new TV series on the Discovery Channel. We'll also be joined by…
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MC Fireside Chats - January 19th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we'll be joined by Kevin Long, CEO & Co-Founder of The Dyrt. Plus, we'll be joined by some brand new recurring guests who will…
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MC Fireside Chats - January 12th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we're covering the first annual Campspot Awards. Selected by outdoors industry panelists, the Campspot Awards recognize…
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MC Fireside Chats - January 5th, 2022
This week on MC Fireside Chats, presented by Modern Campground, we'll be discussing the latest industry news in our open discussion format with our panel of…
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MC Fireside Chats - December 15th, 2021
This week on MC Fireside Chats, we’re wrapping up 2021 with a look back at some of the most important stories. Plus, we’ll chat with a park manager about their…
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MC Fireside Chats - December 8th, 2021
This week we’ll be joined by several guests who will help us discuss diversity in the outdoor hospitality industry. Where are we at now, what can we improve…
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MC Fireside Chats - December 1st, 2021
This week on MC Fireside Chats, presented by Modern Campground, we'll be discussing the latest industry news in our open discussion format with our panel of…
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MC Fireside Chats - November 17th, 2021
The United States and Canadian border is back open, but what does that mean for park owners on both sides? We'll chat with Shane Devenish from CCRVC about who…
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MC Fireside Chats - November 10th, 2021
Raleigh is the host city for this year's ARVC OHCE and we've got several people live from the show who will share their experiences and interview attendees…
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MC Fireside Chats - November 3rd, 2021
This week on MC Fireside Chats, presented by Modern Campground, we'll be discussing the latest industry news in our open discussion format with our panel of…