The Cave Boat

On this episode of The Cave Boat, Captain Michael welcomes aboard Anthony King, one of the Hampton Roads, Virginia regions most decorated and successful athletes. Anthony gets into his high school athletics days, his four years at Penn State University playing football as a Nittany Lion under Coach Joe Paterno, and his career in the financial sector. This podcast episode covers a lot of ground and...

Greetings Listeners! Mike Hewitt from from CalDorado Group hopped aboard for a quick excursion out on the high seas, hence the episode title "Gold Rush". *grin* The CalDorado Group is a strategic advisory group focused on Information Technology initiatives within the state of California. Based in Sacramento, Ca., the CalDorado Group was formed in 2006 with the goal of helping I...

On this episode of The Cave Boat, Captain Michael invites Alexa Nazzaro, Founder of Aaxel Author Services, aboard his virtual cruise ship for a chat about the daunting world of book self-publishing and how to navigate it. I worked with Alexa and her company to publish my book/e-Book and again on my audiobook . The motto of Alexa's company is "We Won't Let You Publish Crap". This tends to be what h...

Greetings Listeners! On this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruiseship, Captain Michael Cave invites his big sister Monissa Cave aboard the virtual cruise ship and they set sail into the Sea of Education with ports of call at COVID Cove, Leadership Island as well as the 90s peninsula. Monissa is the Assistant Principal at Blair Middle School in one of my hometowns, Norfolk, Virginia. She has been in...

Greetings Sea Goers! On this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, the Captain connects with a blast from his middle school past and welcomes aboard Joe Martinez Barry, an old friend from the Captain's days docked in Norfolk, VA in the early 90s. For ports of call, this episode touches on Joe's musical, bartending and spiritual journey, and is surprisingly inspiring. As most episodes do, this...

On this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, Captain Michael invites aboard International Master Clogging Instructor , mom, wife and skincare influencer (hence the play on words hidden in the episode title...hehe) Kellee Ramirez. Never heard of clogging? Check this out ! Kellee is sure to give the floors of the virtual cruise ship a run for their money! Enjoy the conversation! Anchors Away, C...

In this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, Captain Michael pays tribute to Women's History Month and invites an important member of the Coast Guard family (a Coast Guard wife aka a "Coastie Spouse") aboard the virtual cruise ship. Jessica Bertsch is the President of Powerhouse Planning, LLC. Powerhouse Planning guides companies toward initiating and instituting high-impact business plans th...

In this exciting episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, Captain Michael invites a professional coach aboard for a virtual cruise into the deep waters of coaching. Coaching is an art, and a craft that gets developed overtime. Rich insights await the listeners of this special episode. Michael Grabow is a Human & Organizational Performance Expert and retired First Sergeant from the United Stat...

Greetings Listeners! It's always nice when being you comes through. In this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruiseship, Captain Michael welcomes aboard Paul "Pavi" Marshall for a stimulating and refreshing conversation that covers a lot of ground: relationships, sales, the COVID-19 pandemic (The New Abnormal), life post-pandemic (The New Normal), technology, culture, passions, music, and words of wis...

Hobbies are important. They allow us to indulge in our passions, and give our minds a break from the grind that is our full time jobs. When shared, they reveal a different side of us that others don't often get to see. This podcast takes a dive into the waters of Costuming, Prob Building and Tabletop Gaming, which are a few interesting hobbies of a coworker of mine, Jon Goff. Check it out!

Now that I'm getting more comfortable editing audio files, I decided to submit an audiobook audition to see if it generates any interest. The title of the audio sample I recorded is: Self Publish Your own book: A beginner's guide to self-publishing It was fun to record and edit. Still so much to learn about editing, but the Internet has a wealth of information on how to make it sound great. For th...

Greetings Future Listeners! With the audiobook pending release on audible.com in a few short days, I'm pleased to share one of the chapters featured in the audio book: A Passage of Deep Reflection. This was such a fun project to take on in 2020, putting a bright spot on a strange year. The book's pending release certainly has me optimistic that 2021 will be a great year!  Thanks for listening...

In 2013, we were filling our paperwork to start yet another IVF cycle on our quest to have children. While we waited for copies of all of the signed paperwork to be made, I penned this song as a tribute to the grind that is infertility. I later went home and recorded the song. The lyrics to the song are featured in the paperback and e-Book Triple Blessing: A Father's Story of Infertility, Hope and...

The month of November marks not only Veterans Day, but also the birthday of the US Marine Corps! Oorah!!!  In this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, Captain Michael welcomes aboard a former US Marine, Aaron Robertson. This chat journey covers Aaron's military service career as well as civilian leadership opportunities that followed. I'd like to personally thank all US Armed Forces vet...

On this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruiseship, Michael travels to a remote island (his original podcast) to resurrect a very interesting discussion with Lisa Stark-Hughes from Gestational Surrogate Moms ( GSMoms ) on gestational surrogacy and egg donation.  Lisa covers the services that are provided by GSMoms, dives deep into the process of both surrogacy and egg donation, and touches on ke...

This is just a few sample voice over ads I recorded. Just exploring the possibilities. Enjoy! Captain Caveman

In this episode of Captain Caveman’s Cruiseship, the Captain invites David Hilario of Hilario Coaching and Consulting aboard the cruise ship for a chat about all things people. David shares what led him to what he’s doing today, and we take a deep dive into things like human capital, organizational behavior, coaching and career tips.

In this episode of Captain Caveman's Cruiseship,  Captain Michael welcomes aboard Rob Schmidt, who is now retired from state service. Rob does consulting now, but before retiring served as the California Department of Food and Agriculture's Agency Information Officer, as well as the Chief of the Office of Technology Services data center. Rob has had an interesting career journey and offers un...

In this episode of Captain Caveman’s Cruiseship, the Captain welcomes aboard a longtime friend Jeff Lindberg and the two catch up and enjoy a spirited discussion. The episode’s title seemed appropriate - Jeff is a real hoot!

Kayla was our egg donor for the IVF cycle that produced the miracle Cave Triplets that we have today. We appreciate her generosity and helping my wife Angelique and I become parents. This is her story in her own words, and the foreword she wrote will also be featured in the upcoming audio book version (not yet released) of Triple Blessing - A Father's Story of Infertility, Hope and Love .

Greetings sea fairing listeners! This is just my best impersonation of the legendary Captain Caveman intro. Really hope you all enjoy listening to my adventures on the high seas. There will be some very interesting people coming aboard! Variety is the spice of life! Fair Winds and Following Seas! Captain Caveman

On this exciting episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship , Captain Caveman finds a stowaway, Danny LeClair aboard his vessel. Rather than throw him off the boat, the two chat about:  Bostonian culture - What it means to be a New Englander  Technology and the State of California experience  Mentoring and paying it forward  Sports/Fantasy League Drinks Smahtpahk! Badadoes, and t...

Man overboard!!! In this exciting episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, Captain Michael Cave rescues man overboard Chad Hodges, Vice President, ENS-Inc. (Instagram: @ThatDudeHodges) at sea and brings him aboard his cruise ship for a wide ranging chat covering: People and Connections Mentoring Family Work Military Life COVID-19 Pandemic  The Urban Gym Patriots Honor and Veterans Good stuff! Wor...

In these challenging COVID-19 pandemic times, we all need something to distract us. Boarding my cruise ship for a chat journey is intended to do just that. The goal of the podcast is to bring interesting people together for stimulating conversations and to have fun. Life is light, and connections are the spice of life. All aboard! Captain Caveman Captain Caveman's Cruiseship

In the debut podcast episode of Captain Caveman's Cruise Ship, Michael Cave hosts Bill Burns aboard the cruise ship. On their voyage, the two cover: What they're up to now Hobbies Major League Baseball/NBA Life Passions COVID-19 - The New Abnormal Evolving as a Human Being Homelessness Tune in to listen to a great conversation! Fair winds and following seas! Captain Caveman