Tony on the Mic

Today’s guest is a return guest, Jerome Gross – fitness coach, yoga and spiritual guide and, wait for it, hypnotist. We talk more about the mind body connection and the importance of mental and spiritual health for how it affects us and our bodies. We talk about how it takes practice, commitment and most of all a willingness to be better. Most of us, me included are afraid to be better. It is a lo...

Today my guest is former CA judge and current Family court attorney Deann Salcido. She was the youngest Latina ever appointed to judgeship in CA. We talk about her ascension to judgeship and the conflicts she had while serving. We hear how she tried to do it her way and stand up for the little guy in her own way. We talk about some cases, some sentencing and, as usual, some nonsense.

On today’s episode Cyber expert Jim Stickley leads us down a dark, scary rabbit hole into the Dark Web. We teach you step by step how to access the dark web. No it is not WWW.Darkweb.com – but it’s not far from that. You learn how to search anonymously for everything thing from poison, to flamethrowers, to hitmen, to kidneys to weed infused girl scout cookies, and obviously much more, and some rea...

Scooch over Cinco De Mayo, St. Patrick’s Day, Octoberfest – there is another reason to celebrate! Juneteenth is here and an official federally acknowledged Holiday! Learn why this is an important date in American History and, as importantly – celebrate! There are never too many reasons to celebrate. There are Juneteenth celebrations springing up all over the country – find one near you, check it o...

My guest today is Anthony Jerome –  A yoga enthusiast, mind body and spirit counselor, energy healer, hypnotherapist, and intuitive reader. He balances my chi, eases some of my pain – for real – as I try to walk the line of being open minded while pushing back a little. He is also a fitness enthusiast and trainer. Has worked with professional athletes and was a record-breaking track athlete. He gr...

My guest today is award winning magazine ad man, our own little Don Draper – Jay Carter!  He has spent a career is pharmaceutical advertising and serving. Some might say the two are mutually exclusive. We talk about his job and his journey, the ethics of prescription drug pricing, and his broad recognition in the field: including 2018 Alumni of the year from University of Michigan pharmacy college...

As a companion piece to the Richard Lawrence interview, we revisit a couple of hip, young, dedicated activists... at least that is what they were in the 60s, when they both were involved with the famous Selma to Montgomery march. The met through coincidence (grandkids in little league) and 10 years after they met, they realized through casual conversation that they had worked side by side 50 years...

Today’s episode is a little different. Reverend Richard Lawrence, who protested with Martin Luther King Jr, and was also a part of the historic march from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, was featured a little while back on Popular Nation, where he discussed a lifetime of dedication to social justice, civil rights and equality. He talks about his early days in the church and the movement, how he picke...

Today my guest is Yoga guru / enthusiast Jennifer DeMarco. She teaches at couple of colleges, a couple of spas and resorts and has a website dropping soon! Listen to her talk about her introduction to yoga and lifestyle. She ranks Zumba, Richard Simmons, Jazzercise, Tae-bo and other exercise classes, as well as her top all time Swami’s and Gurus! We talk about how to keep cool under pressure, forg...

Tracy Stone has been making a living performing since his lip sync days back at Mt. Hood Community College, where we met. He graduated from lip-syncs and dance contests to performing with Romeo and as the Amazing Tracy Stone. He did USO tours, Japan, Guam, Philippines and more! His current band, Designband (not “the” Designband) performs all over the greater northwest at casinos, clubs as well as...

On this, the farewell episode of Tony on the mic, I have such a horrible performance at a party I seriously contemplate hanging up the microphone for good. Between calling the 90 year old guest of honor the wrong name… about 17 times… and not scouting the place to check Wi-Fi and wireless capabilities, it was a sh*t show from beginning to end. My brother BJ tries to cheer me up and talk me off the...

On this episode, BJ and I talk about my trip to Portland, where I sang with an old friend’s band, saw the Blazers at the new Moda center, got to see my nieces, whom I really like (when they aren’t being mean.) One niece won a state championship in basketball, one won a state championship in Gymnastics and the one who was the biggest winner of all, got to hang out with me! Update on Mom’s stroke re...

Today Jim McDowell and I break down “the slap heard ‘round the world” – Will Smith slapped Chris Rock over a joke he made at Jada Pinket-Smith’s expense. The Fresh Prince's life got flipped turned upside down. Did Chris Rock cross the line? Is Will Smith and his wife Jada fair game at an event like that? Was it a roast? Is violence ever the answer? We will tell you. We will answer all of the quest...

Today I am joined by John Brooks, writer and producer of “19 Shades of Black,” a documentary asking 19 black women about their experience and women of color in the world today. This award-winning documentary has been in several festivals and is available to the public for a limited time. We meet the author and learn of his inspiration for the project and the process. He shares his passion for lang...

Today I am joined by the Macrina Sisters, two airtight sisters who shared experiences like most sisters, then were there for each other as they each went through breast cancer resulting in double mastectomies. They talk about what is was like to go through it, and to watch their sister go through it. How wonderful it was to have the support system, and also how painful it was to watch someone you...

Today I am joined by Marina Inserra, the most beautiful woman in the world according to a role she played in a 2019 Movie Ruta Madre! She got the credit, but her part ended up on the editing room floor… She was Miss California 2014 and Scuba Queen USA and competed for Scuba Queen International (Miss India won the title that year.) She has trained dolphins, done lots of theater, and been to at leas...

Today – the topic is Stumptown! I am not sure if anyone actually calls it that, but we went to Portland Oregon to see family and friends! BJ helps ne navigate the tales and the headline is we got very little rain and Mt Hood was out almost every day! I saw cousins and nieces and nephews and lots of friends. Met up with David Walker (27:25) for some inspiration and started scheming to exploit his s...

Todays guest is Kyle Keys! Kyle has Adrenomyelonueropathy – AMN. I it is an inherited condition that attacks the nervous system. At 21 he started showing symptoms and at 26 he was confined to a wheelchair. At 36, he talks about dealing with the slow degenerative process, accessibility in today’s world, and the lessons he learned. We discuss the soft bigotry of low expectations and people wondering...

Hello folks – if you have ever played little league, had kids play little league, coached little league or even heard of little league – today’s podcast is for you! Three former league presidents sit down and reminisce about kids, parents and coaches and try to stay civil and semi discreet. This was 3 hours of letting off steam and laughing, cut down to about 90 minutes. It could have been a whole...

Kon'nichiwa people! Today I am joined by Takato Kido, star receiver for the Panasonic Impulse and his sidekick QB Anthony Lawrence ahead of the big game – the Rice bowl, The Japanese Super Bowl.  We navigate the language divide to learn about American football in Japan, how it’s integrated in the culture and how it compares to the American version. We learn about Japanese food, movies, music and m...

On today’s episode, I am joined by 2 of the biggest web-heads on the planet – no, not internet website guys, but Spiderman fans Jarrod Weintraub and Richie Lawrence. We spoil Spiderman No Way Home – if you have not seen it – don’t listen! Just download because I need the numbers, then come back and listen later. I crown it my favorite superhero movie of all time. We have several covers of the icon...

Today my guest is my brother BJ! We start out talking about his impending hip replacement (his second) and do some “hip” puns. It quickly devolves into story time about adult softball, what happens when you don’t warm up and trying to get your body to do what your brain still thinks it can do. We chop it up about the time he chopped it up with Donnie Most – you may know him as Happy Days’ Ralph Ma...

Today is the return of the Doc – my wife’s favorite guest, doctor Davey! We talk about the latest on Covid (a little) and he shares some fun tales from the ER (No, he was not an ER Doc, but it sounds more catchy than “tales from the virologist and contagious specialist”) We talk about myths and facts in the supplement fields (yeah, you are probably wasting a lot of money, I was) The placebo effect...

Today my guest is Jennifer Mutter, she went on a years long journey in search of her birth parents and the results will surprise you! She shares a tale of a series of remarkable coincidences and a story filled with laughter, tears and inspiration. With her trusty personal Sherlock Holmes (our friend Nelson Dean) she delves into the internet and ancestry websites and more to unlock a part of her pa...

Hey Folks – I’m back! Sorry for the downtime, but an out of town funeral, followed by a covid scare and – three count ‘em THREE negative covid tests, then an accidental overdose on cough syrup that landed me in the hospital … well… it has been a month. My brother Bj helps me navigate this episode as I try to describe my first “TRIP,” and defend my honor and integrity against the accusation that I...