Three Song Stories

Tim Morrison is a lifelong musician and singer, but he says he still took the safe path and made sure to go to college. A Journalism degree later and a move to New York City led him to a unique career and life that wound up in anti-counterfeiting in the fashion world.  Deaths in the family lead to a move to Naples in 2005 and a return to music. His self-written/performed/engineered/produced/promot...

Dr. Eric Otto plays guitar for the Immokalee Road Band with his FGCU colleagues Miles Mancini and Mike Kennedy, and since 2019 he has also been the guitarist for the Gulf Coast Big Band, which raises scholarship money to support jazz education in Southwest Florida. For his day job, Eric is Professor of Environmental Humanities, Director of General Education, and Interim Chair of the Department of...

Konstantinos Vranishti is a 35-year old student at Florida Gulf Coast University who was born in Albania but spent most of his life in Greece before moving to the United States in 2019. His family first landed in Maryland, but then moved to Fort Myers during the early days of the pandemic. He started off as a journalism student at FGCU because he worked as a journalist in Greece, but recently chan...

Dayna Harpster is a journalist, writer, and Communications Specialist at WGCU. She started teaching journalism classes at Florida Gulf Coast University last year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Craig Pittman is the author of Oh, Florida! How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country which made the New York Times bestseller list; Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther, which earned him the Rachel Carson Award from the national Sierra Club; and his latest The State You’re In: Florida Men, Florida Women, and Other Wildlife , and he co-hosts the podcas...

Rada Angelova is known for her work in theater in New York City. She started as the actor, writer & producer of her own solo show that was presented at the Midtown International Theater Festival, and then she stepped behind the curtain to represent some of the world’s longest-running musicals including “Chicago” and “Cats” while they were on tour in the U.S.  Rada is originally from Bulgaria w...

Greg Longenhagen is an accomplished actor, director, producer, teacher, and coach. Greg’s career spans over 30 years in professional theatre, radio, television, and film, and he's a member of the original founding company of Florida Repertory Theatre in downtown Fort Myers, and is in his third decade with the organization, now serving as its Artistic Director.  Greg has been involved with 64 produ...

Brian Schreck is a music therapist at the Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville, Kentucky and has been professionally serving people with a wide range of illnesses since 2004. He pioneered music therapy services at St. Vincent’s Catholic Hospital Medical Center in Manhattan, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, and the Norton Cancer Institute in Louisville.  Part of Brian's work involves...

Karyn Parsons is probably best known for playing Hilary on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Her character was, and is, truly beloved by fans around the U.S. and beyond. What her fans didn't know until 2005 was that Parsons was also a writer who spent quite a bit of time writing short fiction, and learning about history - particularly inspiring and empowering stories of African American achievement. On...

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 playi...

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, M...

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 diagn...

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 rec...

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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".     See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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 Co...

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.  See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

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 produc...

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 Banj...

Alex Adams is a theatre major at FGCU, with a background in musical theatre which began all the way back when she was 6 years old. She will be playing the role of Horatio in FGCU’s upcoming April production of Hamlet . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Laura Ellis is Director of Podcasts and Special Projects at Louisville Public Media, WFPL. She’s a Peabody Award-winning producer who started her career in public radio as a talk show assistant. She’s managed WFPL’s podcast strategy as Senior Producer and Podcast Editor since 2018. In her role as Director of Podcasts and Special Projects, Laura manages a podcast incubator designed to amplify impor...

Evgeniya Radilova is an award winning Bulgarian-American actress, filmmaker, model, fire dancer, teacher and more who calls New York City home. She has appeared in a number of prime time TV shows including: "Law & Order: SVU", "Limitless", "Elementary", "Sex&Drugs & Rock&Roll", "Spartacus", and most recently “Blue Bloods.”  She recently won Best Actress and Audience Award Best Film...

Cory and Kirsten are co-hosts and co-producers of the “Florida Freakshow” podcast, which chronicles the many bizarre news stories that come from the Sunshine State. Kirsten has been a college speech instructor, debate coach, television sports reporter, and now she's a marketing project lead for Aviv Clinics in The Villages.  Cory has been a marketing professional and journalist The News-Press and...

We’re looking back at our collection of songs that musician guests have played for us at the end of their episodes. This episode's music guests are: Dan Philgreen Danny Black Jon Michaels Michael Pinckney Ehren Gerhard Mike Kennedy Mike Patella   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amanda Inscore is an award-winning photojournalist who has been at The News-Press in Fort Myers since 2003. She was born in North Carolina and graduated from the University of North Carolina’s journalism school. Amanda's also a gymnast, a yogi, and a breast cancer survivor, and she enjoys traveling, hiking and chocolate. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.