🎙️ Interesting Humans Podcast

David Perno had no idea what was coming when he accepted the head coach job at UGA. 2 A-level recruits paralyzed in the same year was just the beginning. This episode takes many twists and turns and also highlights his 5 SEC titles and College Baseball Championships. He's a great storyteller and has been through so much in his career! While nobody knows the real story why he was released afte...

We laugh... a Secret Service Officer and 2 Secret Service Agents walk into a room. No joke! We actually did, and the interview was fascinating.  I interviewed 2 close friends I worked with in the U.S. Secret Service, back in "the days". We told stories, gave account for the 2 assassination attempts, talked about training inefficiencies and much much more.  Support the show 👉 Host: Jeff...

Meet Will. Normal in every way. Except he fell into the trap shown in Painkiller Documentary. It goes like this: Experimenting with M30's and when they get too expensive the dealer suggests heroin. And it's that simple, and most times it's THAT DEADLY. Will got out alive and his story is just tremendous. It brings hope and inspiration to all who suffer and who may know someone suffe...

Chad E. Foster has accomplished more than 99% of humans. And, he did it BLIND. His story will motivate you to turn any obstacle into an advantage.  His book Blind Ambition will have you laughing, crying and wanting to make massive changes in your life all at the same time. While reading his book, and then while interviewing him in person, I felt convicted of just how many times I used excuses in m...

When I first toured Peachtree Farm, it was for a completely different reason than having them on my podcast. 15 minutes into the tour, things changed! This farm is about so much more than sustainable farming! They only hire disabled teens and young adults and watching them worked made it clear why this farm needs to be an episode on Interesting Humans Podcast. Joe and his father are unique individ...

What if balancing a thriving entrepreneurial career and a fulfilling family life isn't just a dream, but an achievable reality? Join us as Chris Carneal, founder and CEO of Booster, shares his inspiring journey of raising over $700 million for schools while staying deeply involved with his family, including coaching more than 30 of his kids' sports teams. In this captivating conversation...

What a great blessing to be introduced to Fred Van Laningham. We took the show on the road to interview him at his assisted living facility. Caution, he is a little hard to follow and understand at times and we did our ABSOLUTE BEST to edit the sound and quality. My goal in bringing him on is to shine a light on such an interesting time in our nation's history: World War II. Fred does such a...

In this episode Chris talks about his time as an Army Ranger, his experience getting his black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, his significant pivotal point that forever changed him, and his incredible story of being first to create a cybersecurity blueprint at the Pentagon before the word "cybersecurity" even existed! It becomes simple to see why Robert Herjavec (one of the sharks on Shark...

Stacy Miller was a fascinating interview for so many reasons. First, he's on a Netflix Documentary, Fyre Festival.  Second, he calls his Dyslexia his superpower! That had me blown away, and when he unpacks the story my mind became completely blown. And 3rd he prosecuted several high profile cases but none hit home like the Weston Androw elevator case . Excuse me being graphic for a moment, bu...

I wanted to interview Jeff because of his reputation as a family man and role model in the community. I reached out to one of my close friends who hunts and golfs with Jeff and things fell into place from there. As you will hear (and see if you watch on Youtube), Jeff is a dynamic and passionate human being. His stories, especially the one about the ice bath and how they knew it was time to get ou...

What a great treat it was to interview Matt. He's a good friend of Chris Scully (COO of a company I started in 2007, Killer Shark Marketing). In this episode you will hear Matt discuss how Madrona was an "Early investor into Amazon and many other great companies we all know and love." A fun fact about this episode, Matt broke a rib the day before while skiing and didn't want to...

On this episode, 19 year-old Austin Smith told his ultra-successful father that he won't be attending college after high school. His father supported the decision and said you will absolutely be doing THIS one thing while getting your business started. And it's profound and frankly missing in too many young adults today (and even adults).  How I know the guest:  I met Austin one day in 2...

Justin spoke at our kids' school one night. He provided practical solutions for challenging situations like bed time with 4 kids under 8 years old! I was impressed with his simplistic approach and his story is captivating. After the speech I approached him to come onto the podcast. Here's his more formal bio: Justin Whitmel Earley is a lawyer, author and speaker from Richmond, VA. He gra...

Jennifer Dickenson has outlived any measured survival rates for Glioblastoma. That in itself is REMARKABLE! Only .07% make it to 10 years with nearly 100% passing before 12 years. WOW. The question is, how did that happen? In her book, she talks about the journey and how she made a radical life change that she credits to keeping her in remission. This was one of my favorite interviews and I went c...

Gay Hendricks doesn't need much of an introduction, so I will tell you how we met and why he was on my podcast. For at least 5 years I couldn't get over a particular hurdle I was having. Despite being successful in business, traveling the world, working at the White House (Formerly I was a U.S. Secret Service Officer) I could not put content online and look or hear myself without quickly...

Meet Michael Young. He unpacks the entire process from trying out (over 100 tried out!) thru traveling rules, sideline rules and the entire lifestyle of being an SEC mascot. My mind was COMPLETELY BLOWN! I thought you just put on a suit and go... wow was I wrong! 2 mascots can't be in suit at the same time, even if it means one is in Europe and one is in Alabama and Michael explains why... an...

Michael Goodroe (his parents were Episode 11 ) is such a unique human being. Given a horrific diagnosis at birth, he was poured into by his parents who never settled with medical advice they were given, and one day all the hard work and persistence paid off. This story is tremendous in every way and it cannot be told enough. Sometimes, even 8 medical professionals can be wrong. And this is a story...

James Boron, MD, a close friend of mine, joined me today to share incredible stories of life inside the busiest trauma centers in America. 25 beds, 1 surgeon and gun shot wounds along with non-stop life threatening emergencies all night long.  These people are real heroes. They save lives all day and night long and often times go unrecognized. Today you get to embark on a very special journey hear...

Josh Nelson, nor anyone else in the world, had any idea what was about to happen. COVID struck the world and Josh's newly negotiated ZOOM contract included more stock than cash. The company wasn't doing so well PRE-COVID. They averaged 1 million daily active users. But then comes COVID, and the daily active users skyrockets to 100 million! So does Josh's stock portfolio. He woke up...

Meet Joan and Mike Goodroe. Persistence despite flying in the face of what 8 medical doctors called "impossible". I  would call them superheroes. The effort these parents produced consistently for 20+ years is nothing short of remarkable. They followed their hearts and knew deep down they can get their son to comprehend and read. They even had 2 sets of books for their son in college and...

Nic Mckinley is the real-life Jack Ryan. His life started off as an orphan. Prepare for an episode full of top secret (not classified) stories about missions all across the world with the I N C R E D I B L E moment he knew starting DeliverFund would be his life purpose.  DeliverFund is dedicated to stopping human trafficking using technology and many other CIA-like tactics.  Imagine finding yourse...

Dr. Brett Silverman's story will inspire and encourage you to see that anything is possible. Obstacles are there to make you stronger, and Brett's life was chalk full of them! We especially love the opening story where he called the Dental School for an interview.... and their reply is EPIC! Brett is owner at Advanced Cosmetic & Family Dentistry of Georgia .  Support the show 👉 Host...

Nick Cellini used to sit at the dinner table with his dad and brothers and talk sports. All the time! Growing up he found a way to pursue his childhood passion by sitting around the table with a group of broadcasters and once again be able to talk sports! He's a famous sports broadcaster in Atlanta and his passion is contagious. A local boy from Cleveland OH made good. His story will inspire...

Meet Tony Villani , President & Founder of XPE Sports. Prepare to learn behind the scenes secrets of how his unique & specialized "speed training" has landed Tony 8 of the 12 fastest all-time 40yard dash times in history of the combine.  In episode 7, Tony shares his journey from being a personal trainer to training elite NFL athletes.  He talks about his persistence in breaking...

When I started Interesting Humans Podcast in 2023, Randy Cross was one of my original wish list guests! We first met when I joined the club and we got paired together on the golf course. The relationship continued to grow from there as our wives walked our Siberian Huskies (The Cross's had 1 husky and we had 2 huskies at that time) together. I knew half of his life story, but when he came on...