Nobody Knows Your Story

Send us Fan Mail In episode 37, I sit down and talk with my younger sister Barb and her wife Cindi. They discuss their upbringings, when they knew they were different, and how this difference effected their lives.  We also talk about how my beliefs that were taught to me by well-meaning family, friends and church leaders were well; just flat out wrong. And how admitting I was wrong is ok.  So how...

Send us Fan Mail What could you achieve if you refused to quit on your dreams? Born in a strict religious community, (politically correct term for a cult), Jessie Shedden encountered immense challenges growing up, including bullying for her appearance and dyslexia, sexual abuse, and an ever-increasing knowledge that life in the cult held no prospects for her.   Jessie knew for 15 years that her dr...

Send us Fan Mail Asha Grigg grew up in Perth, Australia. Her first 17 years of life were much like her friends, until she received a medical assessment that would turn her world upside down. Listen to Asha's story of how her biggest turning point, was mastering her mindset, and identifying the importance it would have on her life. 

Send us Fan Mail My first Nobody Knows Your Story podcast interview of 2021 is with lifestyle mentor Dai Manuel. Dai discusses growing up in Eastern Canada and how a significant event at age nine changed his life; but it also propelled him later to become who he is today.  Spend and hour and learn a bit about the life of Dai Manuel, and just how he became so interested in fitness. Interested enoug...

Send us Fan Mail Cheryl Ray grew up in the small town of Price, Utah. So just how did she end up as a sex crimes instructor with the FBI? And that, well that's just the beginning. Take the time and listen as Cheryl talks about going from being a drum majorette, to a Mom, to a very interesting twenty-seven-year career with the FBI. Some of her assignments took her to Nigeria, Italy, Iraq, Aust...

Send us Fan Mail Rob Schafer has worked for Francis Ford Coppola for a dozen years and has edited a number of his films including a re-edit of "The Godfather III" released just this past week. The re-edited film was given a new name as well; The Godfather, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone. Rob talks about growing up in California, and his learning to play the guitar by spending hours...

Send us Fan Mail Ya know, with the life I've lived and the joy I get from conversing, I fancy myself as a modern day raconteur.  But damn, when it comes to recounting a life well lived, Bob Hollowell's the man! In part two of Bob's interview, he recalls some interesting life events such as riding across the country on a tandem bike with wife Carol. He also recounts working the oil f...

Send us Fan Mail Yes it's true; Bob Hollowell started milking cows on the family farm in Oregon and has flown planes as an airline pilot. Oh, that's not the half of it. Listen to part one of Bob's story in episode 30 of Nobody Knows  Your Story where he really doesn't even get to his airline pilot experiences. What a tease, right? He does talk about his early life, meeting wife...

Send us Fan Mail Cindy McDonald is a devoted wife, mother, stepmother and grandmother and I’ve known her and husband Mel for many years. So, when I say devoted, let me tell you what I’m talking about. You see, Cindy wrote a book, The Least Likely Criminal, and in it you get an in depth view to her devotion as she reveals the things she did to help her son Bennett, who was injured in a terrible acc...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s Nobody Knows Your Story episode you’ll be hearing the life story of Lark Dean Galley. She recounts her early life which involved moving many times, living in difficult circumstances and how these experiences drove her to want a life of structure and order.  Lark has had her share of struggles. On March 21, 2019, Lark experienced a devastating loss—the unexpected suicide...

Send us Fan Mail "Honey, I've got to  go out of town on business. I'm heading to Honduras, be back in a couple of weeks."  Chuck Hagen joined the Army after High School but not directly. He worked a bit and over time decided he wanted to take his life another direction. His eyesight kept him from becoming a pilot but when a recruiter suggested being a helicopter mechanic Chuck...

Send us Fan Mail After six months of weekly podcasts, I felt that I needed episode 25 to be an explanation of how Nobody Knows Your Story will be every other Wednesday starting next week. But hey, I couldn't just do an episode without a story and a few songs so that's what you'll get when you listen to this abbreviated episode. Aloha, Larry Yes, I called the guy and Judy and I ended...

Send us Fan Mail Karen Christoffersen has worked as a producer of television, radio, film, and print advertising for 40 years. She's coordinated book production, including writing, editing, design, and printing for BookWise Publishing authors since its inception in 2006.  Karen lost her husband Al in a terrible accident more than ten years ago and is the mother of three adult children. In tod...

Send us Fan Mail Once again on the Nobody Knows Your Story podcast, we’ll be listening to the life stories of another couple. Amber and Todd Lewis are the second couple to appear as guests on NKYS and will be sharing interesting anecdotes from their youth, funny remembrances of their first encounters, their eventual marriage and their challenges together.  Their life has been different from most c...

Send us Fan Mail In the John Lennon song Beautiful Boy , John is heard singing, “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans”. Life can sometimes happen in a way we wish it wouldn’t, but nevertheless must accept. This was the case for Wayne Merrill when he was forced to become a man at the age of fifteen.  Everyone has a story; this is true but I’m pretty sure there aren’t man...

Send us Fan Mail David Salisbury grew up Mormon in the surf and music world of Southern California in the 1960’s. His story is one shared by many during that carefree period of life which was centered around part time jobs, church, dating and school.  Oh yeah, there was that music thing too, listening to and performing as a drummer/ percussionist.  After a Mormon mission to South America, college,...

Send us Fan Mail Like many, Bob Fondiller’s life has been shaped by decisions he made in his youth. Since I hear our brains do not fully develop until we’re twenty-five, I feel comfortable using twenty-five as the age of becoming an adult. (Rental car companies use this figure as well for adult consideration.) So, here’s Bob, working as a golf caddie through high school, having a strong math backg...

Send us Fan Mail At 33, Mike French had an experience that took his life in a different direction. Mike grew up in Michigan without a father figure but overall, had a fairly normal upbringing if you can have a normal upbringing without a father figure. A traumatic event in high school set him back for a time, but he pressed forward with a positive attitude. A job that contributed to addictive conc...

Send us Fan Mail Yeah, you think you know somebody. I sat down with Dan Kelly and listened to his life story and learned a few things I did not know. Dan grew up in the Boston area; knew that. Dan played bugle in the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corp; did not know that. Dan worked in a shipyard; did not know that. Dan plays softball year round, I knew that. Dan was in the Air Force; knew that....

Send us Fan Mail ADULT LANGUAGE: (Just a bit.) Creighton Park had what today is a pretty typical upbringing. Parents divorced when he was three, he attended church regularly, played sports, was a Boy Scout and idolized his older brother. But, then things changed. He started to feel like he didn’t fit in with those around him. Spend an hour and hear how Creighton took a path too many of our loved o...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode of Nobody Knows Your Story, I visit with friend and career TV Meteorologist, Jim Barach. Jim recalls spending 38 years working as a broadcaster in nine different states. One of those states, New Mexico is where I met Jim as we worked together at KIVA Channel 12. That was about seven or eight Presidents ago. Jim’s last job in broadcasting took him to WCHS in Char...

Send us Fan Mail How does a young man growing up in Detroit, Michigan end up a world class musician living on an island in the middle of the Pacific? Tom Conway tells just exactly how he made his way to Maui back in 1977 and how he developed into a well-known guitar player playing with music legends from Alice Cooper to Willie Nelson. Of course, this does not just happen. Tom talks about trips bac...

Send us Fan Mail Pam and Steve Park spent their careers in education, first as teachers and then as principals. Along the way there were stints at coaching, obtaining master’s degrees (where they met) and now following the exploits of their former students.  In this episode, they talk of the joy they have experienced in the educational positions they have held. As Pam stated, “A teacher is like lo...

Send us Fan Mail DISCLAIMER: There's a bit of salty language in this podcast.  Dave and I have been friends for more than forty years and we share quite a history, some of which comes out during Dave's life story. But, that's not why Dave is here. Though I may be a bit partial, I believe Dave is a gifted artist and teacher. He's taught art at the university / college level for...

Send us Fan Mail My wife Judy and I had planned on visiting Hawai’I in May or June to spend time with our daughter, granddaughter, and son in law AND do several podcast interviews. Now we are on hold until this Coronavirus pandemic gets to a point where traveling becomes a safe thing to do.  But I have several Hawai’I friends with interesting life stories and decided I can wait no longer to hear f...