Stay ConnectedFor the guy who knows everything, he’s still got a lot to learn. Jeopardy Champion and trivia expert Austin Rogers dives into the arcane and unheralded to find the thing behind the thing. The stories, interests, careers and disciplines that exist just behind the obvious and the personalities associated with them.
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Natural Gourmet Institute's Jonathan Cetnarski and Austin discuss how to eat healthy on a budget, ethical treatment of food and food workers, and how to have fun with creative eating. It's a tasty dish. (Note: At time of taping, Mr. Cetnarski was CEO of NGI. While no longer in that role, he still serves on its board and is a contributing author to "The Complete Vegan Cookbook")
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Typically on this program we try to focus on a career or subject matter. Not so on this one because Jean Driscoll defies definition. Jean is a multiple Boston Marathon winner and Olympic Marathon Gold Medalist in the wheelchair division and the Executive Director of Development of the NC State College of Design. In conjunction with NC State's Day of Giving (27 March 2019) Austin and Jean talk about competition, development, fundraising, and how design impacts our day to day lives. https://dayofgiving.ncsu.edu/
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Drew de Carvalho, the Voice of Australia in America - and our announcer! - dissects the voice over industry, and gives excellent insight on how you too can get a voice over career. Austin and Drewza talk accents, annunciation, Australia, and other alliterative things. Perhaps even some shrimps were on barbies. You'll see. G'day!
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Just in time for Mardi Gras, New Orleans raconteur "Toto" Robinson spins tall tales with a dash of actual history and some interspersed facts about his hometown, New Orleans. All of this, and more, clearly over several drinks, supported by amazing music, provides a rollicking good time. Just make sure you make it to the parade! You won't be disappointed.
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Japanese carpentry is an incredibly intricate discipline, eschewing nails, glues, epoxies, and screws for finely honed joinery and Alvan Koh is one of the few non-Japanese artisans fluent in its language. There's some really fascinating stuff held within this episode. An eye-opener for any handy hobbyist or pro.
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Tobin Ellis is a little bit of magic. Hey, it's even in the name of his company Bar Magic. Austin and Tobin discuss the philosophy of bartending, ergonomics, famous cocktails, and some of the best bars in the USA. It's intoxicating.
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, writer, director, and producer Christopher Landon's Happy Death Day 2U premieres on February 13th. In anticipation of its release, he discusses the horror genre, tricks and trades of the film director, and his inspirations. It's really fun and slashery and gory and stuff. See Happy Death Day 2U in theaters February 13th.
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When Foodies see a lack of offerings in the tourism market, they say "why doesn't what we want exist right now?" Judi and Karen, the Kilachand and Karp respectively of bespoke culinary tourism company Kilachand+Karp take their entrepreneurial spirit on the road, crafting food-centric tours of a challenging food landscape: INDIA! This is a tasty story of can-do attitude and you're gonna want to a couple more katoris of daal on this thali. I think we got that right.
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The YMCA is more than just a gym. Kyle Carroll, Director of Annual Giving at YMCA of Austin, TX, tells us about how this remarkable organization builds community and provides a space for people to connect, grow, and thrive. I get a little bit worked up on this one. It's inspiring.
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You like Ducati Motorcycles? What about dealing fine art? Want a Ferrari? You into, uh, reptiles? Well then you've got to meet "The Lizard King" Arun Sharma. Sharma, General Manager of Ron Tonkin Gran Turismo, Portland, Oregon's sole Ferrari dealership, tells us about Ferraris, how to find your place in a group, and turning your passion into a career. Holy &*%$ it's fascinating.
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