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Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us this week as our guest is Jeff Battle!  Jeff Battle is the current Associate Head Coach for the Providence College Men's Basketball Team where he's been employed since 2015. Over the last nearly four-decade career Battle has maintained, he's made his name known across the country at each institution he's been a part of. In...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Jamaal Wise! Wise is currently the head coach of the Montgomery College Men's Basketball team. Entering his first year as head coach, he spent the previous four years as an assistant coach. Prior to joining the classroom as a math teacher after he spent nearly a decade playing overseas. Wise is a former member of...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Ron Altbach! A Northern New York native, Altbach has firmly planted his roots in musical history over the last fifty years. Not only is he known for being a founding member of King Harvest, known for their Sherman Kelly-penned hit song "Dancing in the Moonlight", but also being a touring member of both The Beach B...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us for this week's episode of the show is Scott Totten!  Scott, a Berklee College of Music graduate, is a Florida - based musician who's known for not only his studio credits or his work on Broadway, but being a member of The Beach Boys for the last twenty-two years. Since 2008, he's been the musical director of the group as w...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Today is the day we've all been waiting for!   As of Thursday, December 8, 2022, at 1:00 PM EST, we have officially hit two years of the podcast. A milestone that I didn't think was possible. In this video, part one of two, I will discuss how we got to where we are from beginning to end! Be on the lookout for part 2 soon! To everyone...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the fantastic John "Poz" Pozarowski!  John is a New York-based wrestling podcaster, content creator, and businessman. John has interviewed some of the most legendary figures in the wrestling world as part of his podcast empire, Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling! In our conversation this week, we talked about growing up a f...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Richie Cannata!  Richie is a Long Island-based saxophonist and businessman man known for his collaborations with Billy Joel (1975 - 1981, 2006), The Beach Boys (1991 - 1998), and Al Jardine (1998 - present). Since 1983, Richie has owned and operated Cove City Sound Studios which has been called home to the re...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Mark Searles!  Mark Searles is currently the Chief Meteorologist at NBC10 in Rhode Island where he's been working there since 2008. Before that Mark was a member of the ABC6 team for over twelve years.     In this conversation, we talked about growing up in Southern New England, having goals, d...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us this week for our milestone 100th episode is the amazing Brent Wilson!   Brent is a Los Angeles - based filmmaker and producer on recent projects such as Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road, Streetlight Harmonies, and 72: A Gathering of Champions!   In our conversation this week, we talked about music, his career, Brian W...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the excellent Jeff Kent!  Jeff is a Rhode Island native who was a member of the URI Men's basketball team from (1988 - 1992) as well as an overseas veteran for nearly ten years.  We talked about growing up in RI, Al Skinner, URI, why his potential wasn't reached under Skinner, NIT playoff runs, being a leader,...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Sam Knox!  Sam Knox, originating from Sturbridge, MA, is an Emmerson College graduate who is also a sports reporter currently for WPRI12 in Providence after previously spending two years in the same role at WREX in Rockford, Illinois.   In this conversation, we talk about growing up in New England,...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!  Joining us is the incredible Paul Von Mertens!   Paul is a multi-instrumentalist who's been playing in The Brian Wilson Band for the last twenty-four years. He's been the musical director of the band since 2014. He has also been a part of Poi Dog Pondering where they have released several albums. When he's not with Brian Wilson or Poi...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Sean Colson!  Sean Colson is a former member of the URI Men's Basketball Team (1994-1995) as well as a member of the UNC - Charlotte Men's Basketball Team (1996-1998). Sean retired after playing over ten years of professional basketball where he now spends his time traveling the country coaching and training...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!  Joining us is the amazing Ibn Bakari!   Ibn is a former member of the URI Men's Basketball team from 1992 - 1997 and the Founder & CEO of Lights & Sirens International which works on forming a better relationship between law enforcement and the community.   In this conversation, we talked about growing up in Detriot, his t...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Mark London as our guest this week!  Mark is a SoCal-based graphic artist who specializes in concert promotion material design. Mark is known for his collaborations with the likes of Brian Wilson, The Monkees, The Beach Boys, Rodney Bingenheimer, and more!   In our conversation this week, we talked about...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast! Joining us is the amazing Carli Munoz! Carli Munoz is a Puerto Rican businessman and musician who's played with the likes of The Beach Boys, Wilson Pickett, Evie Sands, and Peter Cetera. In our conversation, we talk about growing up in Puerto Rico, his relationship with Ed Carter and Jack Reiley, The Beach Boys, The Living End, running a restaura...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast! Joining us is the amazing Tim O'Shea! Tim is a 1984 BC graduate who's been a basketball coach for the last four decades. Tim has spent time at Yale, URI, BC, Ohio, and Bryant. Both his stints at URI and BC were as an assistant coach for Al Skinner. Tim would originally retire in 2018 after ten years as Bryant's head coach before becoming the coac...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast! Joining us is the amazing Stephen Kalinich! Stephen is a Southern California-based acclaimed poet and lyricist who has collaborated with the likes of The Beach Boys, The Honey's, P.F. Sloan, Mary Wilson, and many more! In this conversation, Stevie and I talk about poetry, being creative, writing lyrics with Brian Wilson versus his brother Dennis,...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us for our milestone 90th episode is the amazing David Leaf!   David Leaf is a Southern California-based producer, director, author, and professor. He's produced film work on The Bee Gees, Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys, Jonathan Winters, John Lennon, James Brown, Peter Sellers, and many more!   David and I talk about growi...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast! Joining us this week as our guest is the very talented, John Philip Shenale! John has been working in the music industry as a performer, composer, producer, arranger, conducted, and more for several decades! He's most notable for his work with The Beach Boys, Tori Amos, Red Bone, A Bad Think, and many more! He's played a role in over forty gold a...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing Coach Megan Shoniker!    Megan is currently an assistant coach at the University of Rhode Island as of Tammi Reiss' coaching staff. Megan has been there for a few years now after spending time as a coach at several other schools after her playing career ended.   In this interview, we talk about conf...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is an amazing talent, the one and only leader of The Ruebellion, Eric Rueb. You may know him for his great work at The Providence Journal or maybe even as the host of Rueby Tuesdays on Instagram Live!   In this episode, Eric and I talk about finding your passion, achieving your goals, believing in yourself, hard work,...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us for a special episode of the podcast is the amazing Bill Koch!   Bill Koch is a sports writer for the Providence Journal since 2014. He writes local and high school sports, URI Men's Basketball and Football, as well as having the role as Red Sox Beat Writer!   In this interview, Bill and I talk about his start, attendi...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us is the amazing and immensely talented Michael Andersen!   Michael Andersen is a URI graduate who played on the men's basketball team from 1993 - 1997 with the likes of Antonio Reynolds Dean, Cuttino Mobley, and Tyson Wheeler! After graduating and spending ten years overseas winning two Polish League Championships he owns an...

Welcome everyone to another edition of the podcast!   Joining us this week as our special guest is the amazing Dawan Robinson!   Dawan is not only a Rhody basketball legend, but, he's also a member of the first men's team to play at The Ryan Center, an overseas champion, businessman, and current founder/owner/coach of Life of Hoops!   In this conversation, we talk about his love for...