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Meaning Is About Making a Difference, Not Having An Audience With Jocelyn Potthoff- #218

April 27, 2026 • Donna Drake • Season 6 • Episode 18

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Donna talks to Roger Branco the Co-founder and Lead Groomer of the Puppy Tale Lodge. The Puppy Tale Lodge is a family-owned pet salon and care facility in New York City's Upper East Side, offering professional dog grooming, daycare, boarding, and retail services. Founded by an award-winning groomer, it focuses on safe, compassionate, and cage-free socialization, with services often used for daily care or overnight stays in the city.

Donna talks to Jocelyn Potthoff founder of CleanLeash. CleanLeash is a branded, multifunctional attachment for dog leashes that combines a waste bag holder with built-in hand sanitizer, designed to make dog walking more sanitary and organized. It is a "grab-and-go" accessory that clips onto standard leashes to prevent messy hands during cleanups. It is often referred to as a "poop bag holder" or "clean leash attachment.

Donna chats with Kat Dupre VP of Marketing and Co Founder of Lunchbox. LUNCHBOX® is Real Food for Dogs! These are human grade meals for dogs that are complete and balanced nutrition, forget about the mush in a bag, we are talking REAL FOOD! Food that looks and smells so delicious that even you'll want to eat it, and you actually CAN!

Donna attends The NYWIFT 2026 Muse Awards. Donna talks to Kuye Youngblood NYWIFT Board of Director, Hwather Brittain Vice Chairman of the Garden State Film Festival, Lauren Concar Sheehy Garden State Film Festival Executive Director, Rafael L. Espinal of Madein NY Commissioner, Nancy Giles Mistress of Ceremonies, Maysoon Zayid, Actor and Comedian, Maria Soccor, Actor and Producer, Rebecca Damon Sag/Aftra Executive Director, Jamie Brewer, Actor and Model, Joy Reid Journalist, Author and Producer and Izzy Harrison WNBA Athlete.

Donna attends The Marvels of Media Festival 2026 and talks to Dani Bowman, Celebrity Ambassador of The Moving Image, Josh Sapan, Founder of Marvels of Media, Jackson Tucker-Meyer, Playwright and Filmmaker, Beardsley Roseberry, Fimmaker, Arabella Hayward, Filmmaker, Susanna Hunt, Writer and Director, Steven Fraser, Director and Animator, Aziz Isham Executive Director of MoMI, Miranda Lee, Film Programmer of MoMI, Tamir Muhammad, Associate Director of MoMI and Autistic Barbie, Special Guest