Interviews Episodes

Send us a text Yogi Aaron shares his incredible journey from a young athlete plagued by tightness and injuries to becoming a pioneering yoga teacher who is leading a rebellion against harmful stretching. After decades of practicing yoga himself and worsening back and hip pain, he discovered that stretching was the culprit causing his issues. He retrained as a muscle activation specialist and developed his own yoga style called Ayama that focuses on stability, proper breathing, and activating rat...

Send us a text In this fascinating interview, comedian turned author Dick Wybrow details his winding career path from doing stand-up to working in radio before becoming a full-time novelist. He provides an insider's look at the changing landscape of radio over the decades, from locally-run stations to corporatized programming. Dick also opens up about his writing process, explaining how he wakes up early to write and lets his characters guide the story organically, with reader feedback shaping f...

Send us a text In this fascinating interview, comedian turned author Dick Wybrow details his winding career path from doing stand-up to working in radio before becoming a full-time novelist. He provides an insider's look at the changing landscape of radio over the decades, from locally-run stations to corporatized programming. Dick also opens up about his writing process, explaining how he wakes up early to write and lets his characters guide the story organically, with reader feedback shaping f...

Send us a text Curveball and Jonathan Green dive deep into our AI-powered future on Living the Dream. Jonathan chronicles his rise from unemployed to celebrity ghostwriter, crediting AI for streamlining workflows. He defines AI as technology that thinks independently, using chatbots as an illustration. Jonathan insists treating AI like servants backfires - being conversational bears fruit. While AI excels at accelerating skills acquisition and content creation, plagiarism remains a concern. This...

Send us a text In this fascinating interview, Stan Goldberg takes us through the many chapters of his life journey - from his involvement in the civil rights movement in the 60s, to becoming a professor and developing a love for blues music, to retiring early due to health issues and finding meaning by volunteering for hospice patients. Goldberg has lived an incredibly rich life full of purpose, even in the face of serious illnesses like cancer and Parkinson's. His stories of caregiving, chronic...

Send us a text In this episode of Living the Dream, host Curveball interviews high performance expert Paul Teasdale about his experience in Formula One and helping organizations achieve peak performance. Teasdale shares key insights from his time at McLaren like making decisions at the point of most knowledge instead of through a hierarchy. He explains how principles from unexpected fields like sausage manufacturing can be adapted to other industries through models like his "reframe" framework....

Send us a text Travis I. Sivart is a prolific author of Fantasy, Science Fiction, Social DIY, and more. He's created a shared universe that connects his cyberpunk, fantasy, and steampunk worlds by a shared thread, and writes characters that readers connect with and who feel real. You can find Travis live-streaming the writing and editing of his latest project from his home in Central Virginia, surrounded by too many cats. Other Random Facts: Began creating stories at age 5, and started writing ...

Send us a text JOHN KRONDES AND ELVIS PRESLEY HIT TEAM BRING BACK MEMPHIS SOUND WITH 1ST NEW RECORDINGS SINCE 1977. ROCK 'N ROLL HEAVEN HAS SPOKEN AND THE SILENCE IS BROKEN! SHOCKINGLY, THE MEMPHIS ROCK IS BACK ON THE WORLD'S AIRWAVES. JOHN KRONDES UNITES WITH ELVIS PRESLEY AND ROLLS OUT NEW MUSIC WITH THE ORIGINAL ELVIS PRESLEY MUSICIANS AND SINGERS. John Krondes dazzles radio and fans worldwide with new recordings with all the King's music entourage. Fans re-mourning the loss of Elvis Presley...

Send us a text JOHN KRONDES AND ELVIS PRESLEY HIT TEAM BRING BACK MEMPHIS SOUND WITH 1ST NEW RECORDINGS SINCE 1977. ROCK 'N ROLL HEAVEN HAS SPOKEN AND THE SILENCE IS BROKEN! SHOCKINGLY, THE MEMPHIS ROCK IS BACK ON THE WORLD'S AIRWAVES. JOHN KRONDES UNITES WITH ELVIS PRESLEY AND ROLLS OUT NEW MUSIC WITH THE ORIGINAL ELVIS PRESLEY MUSICIANS AND SINGERS. John Krondes dazzles radio and fans worldwide with new recordings with all the King's music entourage. Fans re-mourning the loss of Elvis Presley...

Send us a text Katherine Pendergast’s beloved 11-year-old Great Dane, Carmela, passed away on February 19, 2022. Katherine and Carmela were a certified pet therapy team for the majority of Carmela’s life. They volunteered, working with children in their community. Carmela always knew it was time to work when she wore her uniform. She was an incredible dog and brought a smile to many children throughout her career. Katherine’s other Great Dane, Meadow, passed away on May 5, 2022, just shy of her...

Send us a text Dr. Juan Santos is a licensed mental health counselor, speaker, author, course creator, and the founder of Santos Counseling PLLC, a counseling and consulting company focused on helping individuals, couples, and families heal and move forward. He has been featured on television, new stations, universities, podcast, magazines, and in radio. He enjoys delivering supportive messages on themes that include becoming your best self, developing a healthy mindset, finding meaning in life...

Send us a text Rylo Kinn is a dark fantasy Indie author whose debut novel, The Dragon's Flute, is the first of five in the Drakonia series. Born in Sechelt B.C. CanadaRylo started out as a hobby writer when his close friend Riegan (Rie Lowe Digital Marketing) read his manuscript and loved it. She encouraged him to become a published author and has aided him since. On June 5th 2022, The Dragon's Flute was released on Amazon, where it reached number one in paper back sales and number three on Kin...

Send us a text “Australia’s The Long & Short of It are a country duo blending traditional and modern varieties of the style into their own unique musical concoction.” — Vents MagazineThe Long and Short of it are David Baird and Patsy Toop OAM, who first met in 2007 and already have an impressive resume to boot that includes six album releases, two EP’s and have earnt themselves a slew of Awards. However, it is the pairs live performance that has earnt the adoration of fans and critiques alike.In...

Send us a text Tyler Wittkofsky is a multi-genre author, podcaster, mental health & travel blogger, and award-winning marketing and communications professional from the southern coast of North Carolina where he currently resides with his wife Grace and dogs Dutch and Belle. His first novel, (Not) Alone, was based on true events surrounding the struggles of mental illness. The Seeds of Love: Sunflower Kisses Book One was his debut romance novel centered around a mentally ill young man. His first...

Send us a text Roger Pollard is a author, motivational speaker, and a High School teacher for 15 years and counting. Roger has also been a Football Coach for 13 years and he also spent 10 Years as a Head Football Coach. Roger is a 1st time author of a motivational book series. 3 book series, 1st informational 2nd directional and 3rd an explanation of the values. Roger says book 1 is The book everyone should read. We focus so much, specifically in the education system, on what we have done, that...

Send us a text Avi Wolfson leverages a career as a licensed realtor, professional salesperson, 3 time axe throwing champion, and best-selling author to help audiences directly as a professional speaker. Wolfson, an expert in resilience, entrepreneurship, and self-discovery, inspires others with his story of overcoming childhood trauma and mental health challenges and finding work-life balance. In addition, Wolfson is a proponent of failure as part of the success process, giving back positivity ...

Send us a text Barry Krakow, MD is a board-certified internist and sleep medicine specialist, internationally recognized for the discovery and implementation of the most advanced approaches to solving the disabling sleep problems experienced in mental illness. His new book, Life Saving Sleep: New Horizons in Mental Health Treatment opens up a revolutionary system for treating mental health disorders by targeting the underlying sleep dysfunction. His work appears in leading scientific journals s...

Send us a text Chris Hood is a digital strategist, thought leader, speaker, and author with over 35 years of experience in business development and digital strategy. Today Chris consults with the largest companies in the world on his book, Customer Transformation, that helps organizations align with their customers and increase business value. Chris also covers these topics on his podcast, "The Chris Hood Digital Show." Chris previously worked at Google as the Head of Business Innovation and St...

Send us a text Chris Hood is a digital strategist, thought leader, speaker, and author with over 35 years of experience in business development and digital strategy. Today Chris consults with the largest companies in the world on his book, Customer Transformation, that helps organizations align with their customers and increase business value. Chris also covers these topics on his podcast, "The Chris Hood Digital Show." Chris previously worked at Google as the Head of Business Innovation and St...

Send us a text Pascal Dennis is a man of many passions. A professional engineer by day, he is also an author who has published five business novels and a book of poems. When Pascal steps away from his desk, he straps on a guitar. In addition to his accomplishments in business, Dennis is a prolific singer/songwriter.In recent years the Toronto-based musician has written over 100 songs. He has produced three albums of original material as well as a string of singles. With roots in Classic Country...

Send us a text As a conjoint lecturer with UNSW and an RACGP accredited supervisor, Dr. Alex Joannou has been training medical students, International Medical Graduates, and General Practice Registrars for more than 20 years to help people achieve that true feeling of peace that comes with healing. Along with that, Dr. Joannou has learned a lot about the human psyche in his 40-year medical career as the Practice Principal of Northside Health (a 12-doctor medical center).Dr. Joannous practice ha...

Send us a text A.X. Foster is the author of Gavel to Gavel, a murder mystery/legal thriller, and Book 1 in The Seneca County Courthouse Series. Mr. Foster draws inspiration and material from his time as a former top prosecutor in a major Washington, D.C. area State’s Attorney’s Office and his current work as a criminal defense attorney. A conversation with A.X. Foster is an opportunity to discuss how high-profile criminal cases coupled with 35 years of courtroom litigation experience inspired h...

Send us a text Rachel Zemach became Deaf at age ten so she has speech. A career teaching Deaf students in a public school had her completely revising her sense of identity. It awoke a passion in Rachel, as well as outrage, about the abysmal state of our education of 85% Deaf/hard of hearing children in the US. This is un-necessary, for its solutions are simple and strongly advocated by Deaf adults, however the hearing world does not have access to this vital information. Parents are told by spe...

Send us a text Portia Mason was born and raised in California. Portia lost her eyesight completely at the age of fourteen years old. Even while living with her vision loss, she wanted to be a nurse. She learned that she could not but needed to find something else to do as a career. After graduating high school, Portia decided to go to a local Community college and get her degree in Business Administration. It took her four and a half years to finish but she did it. Portia did face some challeng...