Stories from the Center of the Universe

More football talk.

Zach, Rob and Jack join the podcast to chat more about the NFL.

Zach, Rob and Jack are back.

More football talk with Zach, Rob and Jack

More NFL talk with Zach, Rob and Jack.

More NFL talk with Zach, Jack and Rob.

More football

More football talk with Jack, Rob and Zach

Rob and Jack are back to chat about football.

Paul and Zach join Rob and Jack to discuss week 4 in the NFL and make predictions for week 5. Rob and Jack are Steelers fans.

Paul, Zach and Duke Kenny Wingle discuss week 3 in the NFL and make predictions for week 4. Kenny is a Lions fan.

Paul, Zach and Duke Hazelgrove discuss week 2 in the NFL and make predictions for week 3. Duke is a Chargers fan.

John Schmitt and Paul met through Jeremy Bolling (Episode 311) and John has a company called iXpressGenes. John told Paul that at iXG, they are trying to change the face of trauma care forever and treat trauma earlier than it currently is in today’s world. John grew up in the San Francisco East Bay area during the 1990’s and in the punk rock scene. He learned a lot during this time growing up in t...

Paul, Zach and Tom Greco discuss week 1 in the NFL and make predictions for week 2. Tom is a Jets fan.

Michael Pereira joins Paul to discuss his life and the important subject of autism. Michael was born in Atlanta, but raised in Puerto Rico and he and Paul talked about the architecture, the food and the history of Puerto Rico. Michael moved to Miami in 2008 and worked in the corporate world. He met his amazing wife Elizeth and they have two great kids, Christian (7) and Amanda(3). Christian was di...

Sorry for the lateness … please review and let me know if you have any changes …      Austin Streitmatter was born in Tampa Bay, Florida and now lives in Jacksonville. Paul and Austin started by talking about their mutual love for sports. Austin had a great time growing up with his parents and two brothers. Austin is a Tampa Bay fan … unless they are playing the Minnesota Vikings. Austin told Paul...

Roger Devine lives in Portland, Oregon and has been there for about twenty years. Roger grew up in Texas and then moved to New York, NY when he was 21 years old. Roger moved there to get in the book publishing industry and he and Paul talked about some of the differences between Texas and New York. Roger now works for a company ( www.schoolauction.net ) that assists non-profits with a web based so...

Joining Paul on the podcast is Doctor Michael Amendola, who is the Chief of Vascular Surgery at the Central Virginia VA Healthcare System in Richmond, Virginia. Michael is from the Richmond area and went to William and Mary for his undergraduate degree as well as a masters in Chemistry. He spent some time after college up working in pharmaceuticals in New Jersey and then in 1998, he came back to R...

Paul met Cuong Phu (sounds like Kung Fu) Nguyen when he started going to a local Vietnamese restaurant. Paul was going there pretty regularly and he had a special order so Cuong Phu would remember Paul and his special order. Now Paul frequents Cuong Phu’s restaurant Pho Viet in the Ashland/Atlee area of Hanover County. They talked about Cuong Phu’s story which is truly an amazing story of love, co...

Paul has a friend whose son is interested in the military. He asked Paul to answer questions that he and his wife had about their son possibly going down this road. Paul and Courtney Ferrell (episode 51) get together to host this episode and their goal is to share some insights on things they wish they knew in their 20’s. To help his friend’s son, they brought back a past guest, Buck Sessoms. Buck...

Stephanie Becker is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Better2getherrva and she joins Paul via a connection with Mark Johnson (episode 332). Paul delved first into why and how Stephanie started this non-profit that benefits many children and their families in the Richmond area. Stephanie told Paul about how her son Jack, at age seven, got cancer and how she received some wonderful support fr...

Author and fellow Hanoverian Tracie Adams joins Paul to discuss western versus eastern Hanover, her life and her book. They first chatted about Tracie’s book, Our Lives in Pieces which is written as a collection of essays. In Our Lives in Pieces, Tracie tackles some very difficult and challenging issues that many of us have dealt with in our daily lives. Tracie and Paul discussed her life and how...

Stacey Jones and Misi Rose are the Executive Director and Director of Operations, respectively of Mercy Mall of Virginia. Mercy Mall was founded by Stacey and her family in 2011 soon after they had moved to Virginia from Arkansas. Misi joined Stacey about a year or so later as a volunteer and now helps Stacey run this wonderful “ministry that serves individuals and families that are overcoming the...

Barry Todd returns to the podcast, but this time he brought a friend, Sheriff Mark Lamb. Paul started by having both Barry and Mark give a high level summary of their backgrounds. Barry and Mark are, on the surface, unlikely friends. Barry had a terrible ordeal with the U.S. justice system and Mark was a two time elected Sheriff of Pinal County, Arizona. They are friends though because they are ho...

Mark Johnson grew up in Sutton, Massachusetts which was rural at the time and his family can trace their roots back to the folks that landed at Plymouth Rock. Mark and his family have been in Virginia for over 15 years and told Paul they had to make some changes when it came to the difference in pace between New England and the South. They talked about Mark’s brushes with the music industry. He ma...