Offstage America

Send us Fan Mail Michael, Paul, and Brady catch up after a week that somehow included a Florida show, a Texas ad shoot, a birthday trip, a canceled flight, a five hour panic drive to North Carolina, and Michael accidentally trying to get into the wrong Airbnb before realizing he was three minutes away from the right one. The guys get into the nightmare that flying has become, why driving sometimes...

Send us Fan Mail Back by the fire for round two, Michael, Brady, and Paul settle in for another anything goes night where the conversation starts loose and only gets wilder from there. Kickin’ It By The Fire 2 brings the guys right back to what made the first one such a ride...real talk, ridiculous stories, nonstop laughs, and absolutely zero rules. From family, growing up, and life’s everyday cha...

Send us Fan Mail Brady, Michael, and Paul are back, this time kicking it in Michael’s backyard in Georgia, sitting around the fire with drinks in hand and nothing off-limits. What starts as a laid-back hang quickly turns into a mix of hilarious stories, wild moments, and real conversations about growing up, family, and how life has changed. From wrestling stories and behind-the-scenes moments to c...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Offstage America , Michael Ray sits down with UFC and Pride legend Dan Henderson at Hendo’s Barrel House in Temecula for a raw, unfiltered conversation about the journey from small-town wrestling to the global stage. Henderson breaks down his path to the Olympics, the grind it took to get there, and how that foundation carried him into the early days of mixed ma...

Send us Fan Mail This episode of Offstage America comes straight from the table at Cadillac Creek Outfitters — four guys, a few drinks in, and absolutely no plan to keep it on the rails. Michael Ray and Paul sit down with rising artists and songwriters Tanner Usrey and Joel Cooley after a full day in the blind, and it turns into exactly what you’d expect — stories, chaos, music talk, and a whole l...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Ray, Paul, and Lil Skinny sit down with Toby Brohlin , the man behind one of the top waterfowl hunting destinations anywhere, after two unreal days in the blind. They talk about how Toby built Cadillac Creek, what hunting meant to him after losing his dad, and how the outdoors became the thing that helped pull him through one of the hardest seasons of his life. What starte...

Send us Fan Mail After a few packed days in Nashville, the crew sit down to recap their first trip recording together on the road. What started as a simple podcast setup quickly turned into a full Nashville run — six episodes in two days with guests from completely different worlds. The guys talk about the chaos of putting it all together, the behind-the-scenes moments you don’t see, and the stori...

Send us Fan Mail Miles Burris joins Offstage America — former Oakland Raiders linebacker who went from peewee football to the NFL, became a day-one starter , and lived the full “dream turned pressure cooker” experience: draft day, walking into the facility for the first time, and lining up across from names like Peyton Manning . Miles breaks down the part people don’t see: what it takes mentally a...

Send us Fan Mail Country artist Filmore sits down with Michael & Paul on this episode of Offstage America for a conversation that goes deeper than the highlight reel people usually see. Filmore talks about the road that led to his upcoming album Atypical, what went into writing and producing the project, and why this record feels like a reset for him creatively. He gets into the reality of the...

Send us Fan Mail Before Lit had a hit, they had a Cadillac running on fumes and a steady diet of Del Taco. Michael & Paul hang with Ajay Popoff of Lit and gets into the stuff you don’t always hear — the years of getting passed on, almost running out of gas (literally), and how My Own Worst Enemy ended up becoming one of those songs that still shuts a bar down 25+ years later. They also talk ab...

Send us Fan Mail We brought in two of our guys for a real fun show: Lil’Skinny (if you’ve been in Nashville longer than 10 minutes, he probably knows your cousin) and Grayson Russell — yes, the redheaded kid from Talladega Nights . And somehow, this turns into stories about John Daly, CMA Fest, getting dropped into wild situations with no warning, and how Nashville works when you’re new in town an...

Send us Fan Mail Drew Baldridge came up in the music industry the hard way. Michael & Paul sit down with Drew and talk about the early grind. Tour vans, playing anywhere that would have him and what happened when Drew lost his record deal right before the world shut down. Instead of quitting, he started playing graduations during COVID, then built a backyard tour by DM’ing fans, cold-calling s...

Send us Fan Mail Michael & Paul sit down with Stuntman Troy and gets into how he went from wakeboarding and extreme sports… to getting paid to do stunts for a living. But what makes this episode hit isn’t just the action — it’s the mindset behind it. We talk about: How Troy built his path from the ground up The importance of community, mentorship, and the right people around you What extreme s...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Ray and Paul take Offstage America on the road to Cadillac Creek Outfitters in Amarillo, Texas where the goose hunting has been an absolute massacre (we’re talking hundreds of birds and nonstop action). But the real reason this episode hits? The table talk. This is the biggest group episode so far: police officers, a pastor, and one guy who may or may not be John Daly’s ca...

Send us Fan Mail In the first-ever guest episode of Offstage America , Michael Ray brings Brady Pierce into the hot seat. A professional wrestler, stuntman, actor, and one of the real ones on the team. What starts as a laid-back, no-script hang quickly turns into a full breakdown of what it actually takes to make it when you come from nothing, sleep in your car, chase the next opportunity, and ref...

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 2, Michael Ray and Paul are back in Michaels living room doing what they do best: shooting from the hip, talking a little trash, and accidentally getting real. As 2025 wraps, the guys recap the year that was...the pressure of rebuilding, and the weird reality that “followers” can matter more than talent in today’s music business. Michael opens up about why he started th...

Send us Fan Mail Michael Ray isn’t here to play a character. In the very first episode of Offstage America , Michael and Paul break down how a “quick whiskey call” turned into a full-blown movement...and why it’s happening at the exact right time. Michael opens up about a year of major transition: his Warner deal ending, rebuilding his team and direction, a real spiritual reset, the self-doubt he’...

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