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Episode 265 - John McKenny Apr 03, 2023

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John McKenney is a bassist who has played in bands like “The Tropics”, “The HiTones”, and “The Painted Faces” which was one of Ft. Myers most well known bands. They played all over Florida and opened for a number of big names including Roy Orbinson and Neil Diamond. They were written up in BillBoard magazine and were listed as one of the top Florida garage bands of the 60s.

John is currently playing in a Blues band and rehearsing with a local 80s band in Portland, Oregon, which is where he and his wife have lived since 1979.

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Episode 264 - Jennifer Rowley Mar 27, 2023

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Jennifer Rowley is a soprano who is acclaimed worldwide for her voice and stage presence, and for her wide variety of roles that have spanned many of opera’s greatest heroines. She has appeared at The Metropolitan Opera in lead roles including in Cyrano de Bergerac, Tosca, Il Trovatore and La Boheme.

Throughout her career she has also performed at Opernhaus Zurich, Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Staatsoper Berlin, Opera National de Paris, the National Theatre Prague, and the Royal Opera House in London.
Jennifer also recently created her own summer festival in Sarasota, called Jennifer Rowley’s Aria Bootcamp. She has been a Artist in Residence at Baldwin Wallace University, Fort Worth Opera, and the International Summer Opera Festival of Morelia, and is sought after for her seminars and masterclasses.

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Episode 263 - Robert Van Winkle Mar 20, 2023

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Robert Van Winkle is Community Outreach Ambassador for the Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, but is still often recognized as the former Chief Meteorologist for NBC-2 in Fort Myers. He’s also a U.S. Navy Veteran and worked as a meteorologist on the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.

After a 31-year career on television Robert “retired” and moved to Arizona to take care of his Mom when she was diagnosed with cancer. After returning to Southwest Florida, he worked a number of jobs including Real Estate, Substitute Teaching, and even Naturalist on Whale Watching tours in Sitka, Alaska.

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Episode 262 - Teen Edition: Kristen Noble Mar 13, 2023

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Kristen Noble is a 17-year-old Senior at Cypress Lake High School.

As a musician, Kristen released her original debut album, “Lyrical Therapy” in October of 2022. It’s on all streaming platforms and as of this recording it has accumulated more than 400,000 streams on Spotify.

She's also participated in many music ensembles and groups, including "The A Cappella Group," at Cypress with whom she recorded original songs on two albums and won Outstanding Arrangement for her original song "Simple Math."

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Episode 261 - Dan Bern Mar 10, 2023

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Dan Bern is a singer-songwriter whose songs have appeared in numerous films and TV shows, including original songs for the film “Walk Hard — The Dewey Cox Story”. He's released 30 albums and EPs, and played thousands of shows across North America and Europe over the course of his life.

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Episode 260 - (4 and) 5 Year Review Mar 03, 2023

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Mike, Richard, Tara, and Jared gather to reminisce about the last two years of guests, songs, and stories in our (usually) annual review! Join us for 9 song stories, a Dungeons and Dragons montage, and an encore of "Rock Talk" - Mike's Rock tumbling podcast".

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Episode 259 - Robin Young Feb 24, 2023

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Robin Young is host NPR's Here & Now. Robin is a Peabody Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has also reported for NBC, CBS, and ABC television and for several years was substitute host and correspondent for The Today Show.

Robin has received several Emmy Awards for her television work, as well as cable's Ace award, the Religious Public Relations Council's Wilbur Award and the National Conference of Christians and Jews Gold Award. She has also received radio's regional Edward R. Murrow award.
As an independent documentary filmmaker, she produced and directed the opening film for Marion Wright Edelman's White House Conference on Children and followed the rise of then unknown filmmaker John Singleton in the film "Straight From the Hood."

Her documentary "The Los Altos Story," made in association with the Rotary Club of Los Altos, California, won the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award and is now the backbone of a worldwide HIV/AIDS awareness initiative.

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Episode 258 - Ryan Wolfgang Feb 17, 2023

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Ryan Wolfgang is Assistant Manager of Props at Universal Creative (as in Universal Studios) and has been in the prop and decor field since 2003, first working in the motion picture industry, starting out as an intern and then working his way up to Propmaster on feature films, commercials for international brands and other various video, photography, and TV projects.

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Episode 257 - Jeremy Hobson Feb 10, 2023

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Jeremy Hobson is an NPR Host, Journalist, and Producer who has worked in public radio for more than 20 years, most recently as host for Here and Now where he was for more than seven years. Prior to that he reported for and then hosted the Marketplace Morning Report.

Jeremy has also reported and hosted for public radio stations in Rhode Island, Cape Cod, and Illinois. And he spent time as a producer for All Things Considered, Day to Day, and Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

He's also the creator and host of The Middle, a new show focusing on listeners, voters, and the marginalized in the "middle" of the country.

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Episode 256 - John McEuen Feb 03, 2023

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John McEuen is a banjo, guitar, mandolin, and fiddle player, and a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. He has made almost 50 albums, that have earned four platinum and five gold records, multiple Grammy Awards and nominations, CMA, and ACM awards.

John produced Steve Martin’s 2010 album, The Crow, which won a Grammy for Best Bluegrass Album.

He was inducted in 2017 to the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame, and his popular Sirius/XM Acoustic Traveller Show is now in its 14th year.

He’s also an author - his bio “The Life I’ve Picked” was published in 2018.

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