Fort Mill
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Sep 30, 2026
Marty McGillanGUEST
Eddie Payne tried to hire me down at Upstate.
Marty McGillanGUEST
My oldest son, Riley, was a senior at Fort Mill.
Marty McGillanGUEST
I'm like, Like, I'm not doing this, man.
Marty McGillanGUEST
Like, senior year, don't want to miss it.
Shayne BoyleGUEST
Yeah, I play football.
Joby MartinHOST
Fort Mill High School, shout out to
Shayne BoyleGUEST
them.
Shayne BoyleGUEST
Football, baseball, walked on at Charleston Southern.
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Shayne BoyleGUEST
Yeah.
Shayne BoyleGUEST
Something like that across all the platforms.
Joby MartinHOST
And you're from Fort Mill? Fort Mill, yep.
Joby MartinHOST
For those of you that don't know, small town South Carolina.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
I wanna start by, by just painting a picture and reading a headline.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
And so in 2024, Stanley Black & Decker closed a plant in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
It's just about 45 minutes south of me.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
Fort Mill's a wonderful place.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
Um, but this factory was important because it built DeWalt cordless power tools.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
And with this announcement, there were about 192 jobs that were, were lost.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
But these two happened in the same year, in the same country, on the same product line for DeWalt.
Aaron AlpeterHOST
And what makes it really interesting is in 2013, DeWalt spent a fortune convincing everybody in the States that they had come home and that they opened these factories, and yet in 2024 they quietly left again.
Trevor MaxwellHOST
Um, so before we get to, well, before we even get into things, tell us a little bit about who you are, where you live and who your family is.
Bob LaneGUEST
I am a 71 year old man, uh, living in, uh, South Carolina, Fort Mill, uh, actually it's Indian land, which is a part of Fort Mill, uh, which is about 400 yards from the North Carolina border.
Bob LaneGUEST
So, uh, For the golfers out there, it's a driver and a three-wood.
Bob LaneGUEST
And I could be walking in North Carolina.
Matt SmithHOST
As if we didn't know it.
Matt SmithHOST
Fort Mill, all over Westwood, 63-21.
Matt SmithHOST
Fort Mill serving notice.
Matt SmithHOST
Still undefeated.
Matt SmithHOST
Whitmire, 30.
Thomas RichardsGUEST
And I started out doing farmer's markets.
Thomas RichardsGUEST
And then I started getting into commercial sharpening, sharpening for restaurants in Uptown Charlotte, Fort Mill, Rock Hill, Weddington, Waxhaw area.
Thomas RichardsGUEST
And then gradually progressed up here to the Lake Norman area.
Thomas RichardsGUEST
So I've been blessed.
AnthonyHOST
That's a whole other topic.
AnthonyHOST
Benjamin and Thomas in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
AnthonyHOST
I see California, some Colorados, Oklahoma, Texas, Florida.
AnthonyHOST
Bryson and Addie, hello.
AnthonyHOST
My thing's just going totally bonkers and berserk, you guys.
AnthonyHOST
Bryson and Addie in Florida.
AnthonyHOST
Benjamin and Thomas in Fort Mill, South Carolina.
AnthonyHOST
I think I've said some of these already.
Stephanie PowersHOST
But I used to walk through the woods from 2014 to 2016.
Stephanie PowersHOST
I would take two-hour walks through the woods, Fort Mill, South Carolina, Ann Springs, Close, Greenway, shout out to them, and I would talk to myself.
Stephanie PowersHOST
At first, like the first six months, it was in my head.
Stephanie PowersHOST
And then the next six months, it was like partially in my head, and then I would mumble some words.
Devyn WhitmireHOST
From Discover South Carolina, it's the Palmetto Porch.
Devyn WhitmireHOST
Today, we are in Fort Mill speaking with a man who knows how far a chili pepper can push the limit.
Devyn WhitmireHOST
Smokin' Ed Curry is the founder of Pucker Butt Pepper Company in Fort Mill and the breeder behind two Guinness World Record holders, the Carolina Reaper and its successor, Pepper X.
Devyn WhitmireHOST
But Ed's story goes beyond the spice.
Ed CurrieGUEST
I'm Smokin' Ed Curry.
Devyn WhitmireHOST
How did getting sober change the direction of your life?
Ed CurrieGUEST
up until then up until then nothing mattered my family pretty much had disowned me once i woke up from my detox everything mattered everything i did mattered and i knew that god had put me on the path for peppers and i had to get back to that
Devyn WhitmireHOST
Why did you choose Fort Mill in particular to start your business?
Aeon2511GUEST
Close enough.
Aeon2511GUEST
20, 20 minutes, like Fort mill.
Aeon2511GUEST
Yeah.
Aeon2511GUEST
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