Mix-Minus with Matthew McQueeny

Matt talks to Don Opatrny about family business and the psychology behind it all.  Anyone who heard Episode 4 with my mom, Mary Amoroso, knows that she was adopted.  Don happens to be one of my "found" uncles (in-law), after my mom was reunited with her biological family. Don is an experienced family business consultant as well as a licensed marriage and family therapist.   Read more about Don Opa...

Matt talks to Dom Santoli, former Bergen Catholic High School classmate, about the inspiring story of his son, Nico.  Nico was diagnosed in 2012 with unilateral retinoblastoma, a rare childhood cancer of the eyes.  Dom emotionally recounts the trying last year, as the family fought back against the cancer and created the #ForNico campaign, which brought awareness to the disease, and created succes...

Ed Valentine of Big Blue View (BigBlueView.com) joins the podcast to talk New York Giants, their season to date, the upcoming matchup with the Dallas Cowboys, and how he was able to turn running an online platform about the team into his day job.

John Holl joins the podcast to talk craft beer, food, and media! A journalist since 1996, John has worked as a reporter for the New York Times , the Newark Star-Ledger and the Indianapolis Star . In 2007 he dedicated his efforts to the full-time pursuit of covering the ever-growing American craft beer scene.  Currently, John is the editor of All About Beer Magazine, and host of The Beer Briefing o...

The future of Healthcare: the New "Heal"?  Matt talks with Jim about the problems with healthcare.gov and what healthcare and wellness will mean to the future, both for our individual health and for the economy, entrepreneurship, and jobs.

Jane Gagliardo, Sherry Blackman, and Patrick Reilly join Melany and Matt for a longform discussion on their riveting book, "Call to Witness: One woman’s battle with disability, discrimination and a pharmaceutical powerhouse."  Get Call to Witness on Amazon! Jane Gagliardo was a throwaway employee, fired after working nearly a decade for this leading vaccine maker when her disability surfaced. Fear...

Matt talks to old friend Andrew Pangert about video gaming after the release of the newest "Call of Duty" game and "MexiCoke", the special mexican variety of Coca-Cola (get your mind out of the gutter!).  Andrew has been an intense gamer from the time he was a youngster and gives perspective on the subject.  The episode closes with a passionate conversation about podcasting and media.

Matt McQueeny and wife Melany McQueeny talk about Netflix's Orange is the New Black and the movie Gravity.

Matt talks to Al Iannazzone about this year's New York Knicks and Al's career in sports journalism and beat writing.   Al Iannazzone joined Newsday in January 2012 as the Knicks’ beat writer, after covering the NBA for 11 years for The Record. Al covered the Knicks and Nets in that time, and also reported on the U.S. Open tennis tournament and other major sporting events. Al appeared regularly on...

A longform discussion on the newspapers and magazines Matt and Jim read, leading to a deep dive on the Economist .

Matt talks to old friend Mike Trudell, the in-house beat reporter for the Los Angeles Lakers, as well as the Time Warner Cable SportsNet and local ESPN affiliate sideline reporter for Laker games.  Awesome discussion on coming of age in new media in professional sports.

Matt previews the 2013-2014 Brooklyn Nets season with John Schuhmann of NBA.COM.

Joseph Lin is a photographer from New York City. He comes on to talk about taking pictures, working at hedge funds, and traveling to all corners of the world at the drop of the hat for a good story. You can see his work at http://jlinphotography.com/

Kevin Pelton works for ESPN Insider, covering the National Basketball Association (NBA).  A Seattle native, he previously covered the Seattle Supersonics and Seattle Storm, as well as the NBA for a host of outlets.  Kevin also does a weekly podcast with his brother Tristan, called "The Fabulous Peltoncast."  In the pod, we talk about Kevin's career, serendipity, the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets, and mor...

Matt sat down to talk with Marq Romero about Google Glass.  Marq was one of the 8,000 people chosen in the U.S. to be a Google Glass Beta Tester, a group who can use the device before it is released to the public in 2014.  Marq also allowed Matt to use them for a weekend.

Matthew McQueeny talks streaming television in this quick. solo podcast.  Topics include hardware and software, Roku, Apple TV, Google Chromecast, Netflix, and fingers-crossed predictions for the future of TV.

A discussion with Matt's mom, Mary Amoroso, on being adopted, reuniting with biological family and what it has meant to her life.  Mary Amoroso was a syndicated columnist, "The Pressured Parent," for The Record of New Jersey, as well as a television host for Comcast's CN8.  She has a varied history in media, something she says she went into so that she could put herself in a position "to be found....

Matt talks with wife Melany about internet dating and the beginnings of their relationship.

Matt McQueeny talks with Frank Alvarez, a software developer, and Marq Romero, design and creative guy, about iOS7, Google conspiracies, and the iPhone 5S' fingerprint technology 

Mix-Minus podcasts sets its mission.  Episode 1 gives background on Matt and what he hopes to accomplish on the 'cast.