Nobody Knows Your Story

Send us Fan Mail Kim Norman grew up In the small town of Moab, UT where she did just about anything she wanted at Grand County High School. She went out for the football team as a freshman, but decided track and field, tennis, basketball, volleyball, and playing trombone in the marching band was more to her liking.  Robert Norman, Kim's father was a renowned geologist and as Kim recalls her s...

Send us Fan Mail As a young man, Isaac Mathews always wanted to do the right thing. Raised as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints aka Mormon, in a very Mormon St George, UT, Isaac wanted nothing more than to please his parents, his teachers, his friends, and his church leaders. He was all in as a people pleaser. Isaac ended up serving a two year Mormon mission, was married...

Send us Fan Mail Michigan is a long way from the island of Maui, but Michigan is where Sherrie Stinger's story began. There was a move to Arizona, actually to Gilbert where Sherrie attended high school. But after high school, she followed her high school sweetheart to Hawaii, and has been there ever since; over thirty three years. I met Sherrie when I was doing real estate on Maui. Right away...

Send us Fan Mail Like many of you, I first became aware of Johnny and Jeff Agar through a story I'd seen on TV. I'm guessing that those of you who saw a TV piece also wanted to know more about "Team Agar". You're welcome. "Johnny Agar is a true inspiration as a person and an athlete. Where most might see nothing but obstacles, he sees nothing but opportunities. Johnny...

Send us Fan Mail Melanie Merrill grew up in Evanston, WY in what many would call difficult circumstances. As a child her parents divorced, and her grandparents became key figures in her life. This doesn't mean Melanie's parents weren't part of her life, but  the combination of divorce, a mother who was gone a lot and shuffling between homes certainly impacted Melanie and no doubt in...

Send us Fan Mail Ken Negron has been in the United States Air Force for seventeen years and as one might imagine, he's been all over the world. I had a chance to visit with Ken on Veterans Day, November 11th.  Ken talked about growing up as the child in a military family and how that meant constant moving around, which meant constant goodbyes to friends.  He also explains how he arrived at th...

Send us Fan Mail If ever there was an individual who could be defined by the term, renaissance man , it would be Vardell Curtis, because he is indeed a person with many talents and areas of knowledge. As we sat in my home studio and Vardell told his life story, it was easy to see why Vardell has many friends. It’s not simply his love of life, family, Harley’s, softball, music, side-by-sides, real...

Send us Fan Mail I knew my time to talk story with Kalehua Krug needed to fit into a tight window. We had arranged a Zoom meeting at 1:30 in the afternoon as Kalehua is the principal of Ka Waihona o ka Na’auao, a Hawaiian charter school and thus, one busy dude. Though our actual time discussing his life story would be brief; I knew I would have plenty of music to include as my first introduction t...

Send us Fan Mail When Dennis "Wowie" Rosales talked about bodybuilding and pretty much being on a diet for thirty years, well it just blew my mind.  The dedication to living a healthy lifestyle in a world of fast food is commendable, but Wowie wanted to be a competitive bodybuilder and that's what it took.  As Wowie talks of growing up in Gallup, NM and joining the Navy right out of...

Send us Fan Mail Jonathan Living Seagull was a 1970 book with a theme centered around a spirit of self-determination through transcendence of the body and discovery of the limitless nature of mind and spirit.  Jonathan, a seagull who was bored with daily life and squabbles for food, became passionate for flight, and pushed himself to learn everything he could about flying. As he was determined to...

Send us Fan Mail Growing up in the Southern part of the United States, Sam Smith wanted to get into radio. For a while, he kind of did. But as many do as they age; life takes them down different roads.  With his radio days behind him, Sam's road took him to Arizona, and he got into the airline industry, a relocation to Alaska and eventually a job with the FAA as an Air Traffic Controller. As...

Send us Fan Mail Having to make over one thousand phone calls in 18 months to social services and various community organizations will humble anyone. But Agape Garcia was persistent. As a single mother, a thousand miles from home with zero family and friends, Agape had one thought that drove her when everything around her was falling apart. That one thing, her daughter. Agape was determined her da...

Send us Fan Mail Yo Kenny!  Ken Cardita was born in the Bronx, NY into a devout Catholic home. In this episode, Ken describes his time in the Bronx as a time when it was safe to play in the streets, walk the neighborhood without fear, and hang with friends until the inevitable call of “come to dinner”. Though he was an altar boy, attended Catholic schools, and even had weekly home spaghetti dinner...

Send us Fan Mail From cult victim to advocate, Briell Decker re-wrote the story of her life. She grew up in a Fundamentalist Mormon sect (FLDS) in a family with 14 children and two mothers. She became the 65th wife of the prophet Warren Jeffs. After years of abuse and torment from Jeffs and his followers, Briell escaped by climbing out of a window and running barefoot to safety. After escaping the...

Send us Fan Mail It's always fun to make a new friend and that's what Dave Klaproth is to me now, a friend. Dave's story is one not unlike many that have been shared on my podcast. Good times, times of difficulty but overall; a wonderful life journey. From Dave's website:  As a merchant marine officer for more than 30 years, I have been fortunate to live a life of adventure. Fr...

Send us Fan Mail Un-con-trol-la-ble definition… Christine Herbert😊 As Christine and I talked, it became clear that she and I are very different. I like being in control, Christine, yeah; not so much. Because of her personality, Christine has had quite a few extraordinary experiences, like spending twenty-seven months as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia. Or managing a non-profit in Nepal. After t...

Send us Fan Mail As I met with Shane and listened to his life story, I was struck by his resilience and how he reacted to the life experiences he encountered. Like many, Shane spent much of his life searching for meaning, for answers. There were times he thought he had found the answers to his questions but eventually concluded his questions were only partially answered. Or just maybe these partia...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Nobody Knows Your Story I visit with Tess Scott. Here is a brief bio from her Amazon book page which gives a pretty good introduction. Tess Scott, former black sheep turned “Jesus Girl” is mom of 8 boys and spunky “Grami with a heart above the i” to a whole slew of adorable grandkids. She began the Listen Sister- Encouragement for Women ministry in 2020 where yo...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome to season three of Nobody Knows Your Story . In episode one, I talk with Jeremy Runnells who shares his life story which contains some great Hawaiian memories. He actually sent me a list of three of his favorite Hawaiian songs by the great Maui singer and chanter, Keali'i Reichel and as luck would have it, I had all three. Jeremy's story is unique in several ways...

Send us Fan Mail From Romania to Canada, Andrea Petrut has lived an interesting life. Her first eight years of life were lived under Communism, yet she said her life was good. Here's how she describes her life now. "Impossible is just a word for me and I'm where I am because of the mindset I chose to have and feed since I was little.  I had two amazing role models, my maternal grand...

Send us Fan Mail Clarissa Burt is an internationally acclaimed award-winning media personality/producer/director, writer, author, public speaker and former supermodel and winner of the Celebrity Survivor show! With hundreds of television and film credits to her name, this “Who’s Who” of International and American Women brings over 35 years of entertainment industry experience in both International...

Send us Fan Mail Daniel Sih not only has had some great life experiences, but he's also made a conscious decision to "share his life". Listen to his story and find out just exactly how he made this decision and just exactly what he's sharing.

Send us Fan Mail Amy (Field) Misbach grew up in Issaquah, WA with three brothers and two sisters. She had a very normal upbringing until age eleven when she started feeling pain in her joints. From that time until now, Amy's life has been punctuated by repeated hospital visits and a myriad of health issues. As Amy recalls her life, a central theme is one of family support and love. Amy has an...

Send us Fan Mail Next month, Nobody Knows Your Story hits the two-year mark. From pretty much the moment I started this podcast, I’ve been asked when I was going to talk more about why Hawaii is such a big part of my story. This episode is me talking about why I feel the way I do about all things Hawaiian. If you’ve been a listener of this podcast, you know that my story will include some mele, (m...

Send us Fan Mail According to the American Heart Association, 50,000 Black women die from heart disease every year. Barbara Pamplin was nearly one of them. In the fall of 2017, Barbara survived an aortic dissection (which is 99% fatal), 3 open heart surgeries, and 3 deaths and resuscitations. The road that led her to the operating room, and nearly the morgue, was paved with inter-generational trau...