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Cosmic Koolaid

Everybody has
an unasked story.

Cory asks. Asheville & beyond.

Watch the episodes Pull up a chair

Not from
around here.

Conversations that start somewhere else entirely — and always land where the good stories live.

Asheville,
North Carolina.

Where the koolaid gets brewed. Small town, big signal.

25 episodes.
Zero filter.

The first 25 opened the door. The next conversations can go anywhere.

This fall it goes
full time.

first time ever. no brakes.

The tap opens
Fall 2026.

New season. New guests. Same purple planet energy.

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Fall '26the full-time era
the announcement

The full-time era
starts now.

For two seasons, Cosmic Koolaid ran on stolen hours — nights, weekends, whatever was left over. This fall, the show becomes the job. The chair opens wider: business, public life, science, food, belief, entertainment, and the stories that refuse a category. Leaders, builders, creators, and unexpected voices. Same purple planet energy.

Western NC · East TN · Upstate SC · Franklin & North Georgia

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the back catalog

25 pours
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Cory Short seated at the Cosmic Koolaid studio table
your host

Cory Short.

Host, producer, and the guy who built a studio in the Blue Ridge mountains so the conversations could come to him. Cory has spent 25 episodes proving one thing: everybody — touring pros, backwoods legends, TikTok outlaws — has one story they've never been asked for. He asks.

pull up a chair.
your seat's already lit

Be a guest.

A title can start a conversation. Your story is what keeps us at the table. Leaders, makers, fighters, thinkers, and people we haven't met yet: the chair is open. Recorded at Cosmic Koolaid Studios and on location across the region.

Tell us your story Have a booking code?

90 minutes with Cory. Guest arrival at 10:00 a.m. Recording from 10:30 a.m. to noon, Eastern. A meal is included; we'll confirm the location and meal plan with you.

pour with us

Good conversations.
Great company.

Have a place worth pulling up a chair? We're looking for restaurants and regional businesses to host episodes, provide a meal, or sponsor the show.

Hosting and meal partnerships can include an episode acknowledgment, restaurant credit, and agreed social mentions and tags.

Let's talk partnership

Part of the Cosmic Koolaid story

Trinity Pharms
Hemp Co.
Silverados
Music Park