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Ep. 340: Gogo Germaine – Author of “Glory Guitars: Memoir of a ’90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrrl”

I don’t remember how I came upon Gogo Germaine’s book the first time, but as soon as I became aware of Glory Guitars: Memoir of a ’90s Teenage Punk Rock Grrrl I knew I had to read it. So I ordered my copy, devoured it, and then reached out to Gogo directly. We sat down…

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Ep. 283: Dr. Michele Borba – Parenting & Child Expert, Educational Psychologist, Best-Selling Author

Michele Borba, Ed.D. is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, and parenting child expert recognized for her solution-based strategies to strengthen children’s character, resilience, and reduce peer cruelty. A sought-after motivational speaker, she has spoken in 19 countries and five continents, and served as a consultant to hundreds of schools and corporations. Clients include Sesame Street,…

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Ep. 273: John Connelly – Co-Author of Beyond Kuiper, Aerospace Engineer

John Connelly is the co-author of Beyond Kuiper: The Galactic Star Alliance. Here’s a teaser of what you can expect from it, taken from THE B.K.U: There is no Drake equation. There is no question on sentience. The galaxy is alive, filled with life, the only issue, us humans aren’t invited. The Galactic Star Alliance…

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Ep. 263: Dr. Jamie Bovay – Movement Jedi, Physical Therapist, Entrepreneur

Dr. Jamie Bovay is a Denver-based physical therapist who helps people recover from injury so they can stay active in their favorite sport/hobby, exercising, and fully enjoying life.  He founded KinetikChain Denver when he wanted to create a different way to provide patient care and rehabilitation.  Frustrated with the models of clinics seeing 3 or…

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Ep. 252: Sam Tallent – Stand-Up Comic, Author, Fine Gent

I met Sam Tallent the first time several years ago when I was a judge at Open Screen Night. He and two other members of The Fine Gentleman’s Club were hosts, and I was the only one – judge or host – who wasn’t a professional comedian. I was but a lowly blogger at the…

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Ep. 250: Drew Magary Returns!

Drew Magary was nice enough to be on my show once already when he was promoting The Hike. That was Episode 139 in July of 2017. Kind of a lot has happened since then. Drew suffered an incredible brush with death when his brain hemorrhaged spontaneously after hosting The Deadspin Awards, went into a coma…

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Ep. 139: Drew Magary – Author, Columnist for Deadspin and GQ

Drew Magary is the author of The Hike, a book I devoured obscenely quickly given that I was caring for a newborn baby at the time. He’s swinging through Denver during his book tour, and I was lucky enough to chat with him in advance of that. Let’s get that out of the way first:…

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Ep. 130: Brad Swartzwelter – Train Conductor, Union President, Author

Brad Swartzwelter is a train conductor, President of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail Transit Workers Local 166, and author of Faster Than Jets, a book dedicated to examining high speed travel via maglev trains. On this week’s show, Brad shares with me a charming story of how, while skiing at Winter Park, he saw the…

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