Truth Tastes Funny with Hersh Rephun

At 20, as she was about to be married, Kathleen Donnelly Israel told herself, "Your life is not your own anymore." Indeed, she went on to raise 5 children with her husband of 48 years, Ron Israel. They were a team couple for World Wide Marriage Encounter. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Art from San Diego State University and studied Expressive Arts Therapy at the European Graduate Schoo...

Rodney Waits has good instincts. A lot of us do. Thing is, we don't always trust them. When Rodney realized, "I've got to build myself before I actually can go empower other people," he decided to create the IMPACT>INFLUENCE podcast, dedicated to building up and not burning out. "As an entrepreneur I burn out," he concedes. "I've had about nine different businesses thus far. Owned two coffee sh...

Just as our parents made choices that affected us, so too do we have the opportunity to set the narrative for those we bring into the world. My guest this week, Sabrina Victoria, was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, with no preparation for life outside of that world. As a single mom, determined to escape a 13-year narcissistic abusive relationship, Sabrina displayed a tenacity and optimistic spirit...

I'm a pretty good conversationalist. But this episode provides a little less conversation and a little more wisdom. My guest, Michael Levy, has become a world leader on the philosophy of truth and wisdom - although not many people know it. His 17 inspirational books have never been advertised or marketed. Michael feels authentic works will eventually find their place in humanity by word of mouth o...

Meeting American Idol's William Hung in person earlier this year, I was struck by his positronic energy. In our interview, I learned more about his gentle spirit, which is backed up by focus and determination. These traits are what turned a longshot audition into viral sensation and a yearslong adventure! The title of this episode comes from William's vocalized plan to do a podcast honoring unsung...

If ever there were an ideal moment, topic and guest for Truth Tastes Funny, it's three-time Emmy Award-winning "recovering journalist" Rafer Weigel. Son of iconic Chicago sports reporter Tim Weigel, Rafer came up in the news business, and I chose this interview to close out Season 2, because while we're just two dudes talkin' about life, news, and storytelling, it's hard not to think about the Dom...

Terry Tucker is an international podcast guest on the topics of motivation, self-development, and mindset has a business administration degree from The Citadel (where he played NCAA Division I college basketball) and a master’s degree from Boston University. has been a marketing executive, a hospital administrator, a SWAT Team Hostage Negotiator, a high school basketball coach, a business owner, a...

Kari Schwear is a 7-time Career Path Conqueror. This means it took careers in hospitality, banking, business development, real estate, the medical field, and working for the luxury automotive brand, Porsche, before found herself at peace and at ease. We talk about this journey - and the journeys we all must go on to "get it right." Sometimes, we achieve great success in business...we just ain't ha...

The first time I met Nikki Green - Life & Business Resiliency Expert, Author, and Speaker - was when we sat down for this interview. It was only a month or so ago, but we've since gotten to know each other better, and I've become a huge fan of her work and expertise. Her new book - Chameleon Mindset - launches February 22, 2023 on Amazon.* It deals with adaptation amidst constant change, and i...

His long-running podcast is aptly named Peace Love and Bring a Bat. His Brooklyn accent gives each of his heartfelt words a bit more resonance. And as a Speaker, Mentor, Author, and Philanthropist (via the org Goons For Good), Dave Chametzky is committed to telling it like it is, while raising you up from wherever it is you're at. Our chat was a rare-these-days in-person sit-down, the culmination...

Sure, Jem Fuller is a TEDx Speaker/Mindset Coach, and the award-winning author of a recently published book, The Art of Conscious Communication for Thoughtful Men. He's a partner and father, a coach, facilitator, and retreat leader. But that's who he is now. To get to this place, Jem has lived a colorful, global life. Fire-dancer. Traditional tattooist. Kindergarten teacher. Motorcycle courier, ma...

Join me in this travel adventure with Dawn Fleming, who has literally been there and done that. She debunks travel myths (especially "But is it safe there??"), talks Covid-era considerations, and ways to save for that international retirement you were sure you could never afford. With her husband Tom, she owns and operates Overseas Life Redesign, a global coaching and consulting company that encou...

If you're a regular listener to Truth Tastes Funny, you probably know that I started my career in NY on Madison Avenue. My guest John Follis is a Madison Ave adman. John's campaign for Sorrell Ridge Fruit Spreads - citing their jam's all-natural ingredients - knocked Smuckers for a loop (maybe it was the tagline. In 2003, in response to the shifting media landscape and to provide an alternative to...

On this episode of TTF, I speak with the contagiously positronic and effervescent Elyse Archer, Founder and CEO of She Sells & Host of She Sells Radio. Hopefully, you will sense a coming together of money and humanity, two elements often (wrongly) in conflict. In Elyse's own words: "My heart is in serving female sales professionals and entrepreneurs. Here's a bit more about what that looks lik...

When I say Josh Steimle is a smarty pants, I say it with the utmost affection: he wears his genius well, which comes in handy, because he's all about using what you've got to get where you're going. He is the Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Chief Marketing Officers at Work, which includes interviews with 29 CMOs from companies like Spotify, Target, PayPal, GE, and The Home...

How do you find your people when you're in business for yourself? You don't have a water-cooler or anyone to gather around it... Well, meet Pat Miller. Pat is the founder and host of the Idea Collective Small Business Incubator and the Pat Miller Show podcast. Pat is on a mission to create a place of belonging for solopreneurs and scaling small business owners while they grow their business. Runni...

Zehra Mahoon’s mission is to guide others to stop making the mistakes that are preventing them from their success and ultimate joy by teaching them the power of the Law of Attraction based on her signature Heart and Mind Alignment Method. She is the author of twelve books on these subjects and the creator of the Unlimited 40 day law of attraction workbook and support group. After committing to com...

When I sat down with Vickie Helm - an acclaimed bestselling author of over 40 books. But the funny thing is that Vickie is known primarily as a business and asset development strategist, who happens to put her wisdom, experience, and insight into books. Lots of 'em. In this episode, Vickie fills us in on her inspirations, life lessons, and role models, some of whom are not what you'd expect! Curre...

We wanted to kick off 2023 with a fun, stress-free episode that helps us all break free from stress. Enter Dr. Gina Simmons Schneider, a licensed psychotherapist, executive coach, and the author of Frazzlebrain: Break Free from Anxiety, Anger, and Stress Using Advanced Discoveries in Neuropsychology (Central Recovery Press, April 2022). Dr. Schneider is a coping skills expert with more than 25 yea...

Where this podcast - Truth Tastes Funny - strives to deliver tips help us keep our sanity, my new YES, BRAND podcast focuses on economic prosperity. Both offer fair amounts of comedy & a sense of play. But if you own a business, you need to keep your message sharp enough to pierce the next ceiling! Heartfelt thanks to all my listeners for taking the TTF journey, and I hope you'll find that YES...

We can get bummed around the holidays, especially amidst blizzards and other bullsh*t, or we can get fired up! I'm choosing the latter. Look at what we've been through and HERE WE ARE. Question is, what are we gonna do with the gift of possibility? For the past seven years, my TTF guest Elizabeth Louis has worked with entrepreneurs, athletes, and high performers, helping them develop a warrior/cha...

Typically, Truth Tastes Funny episodes are stand-alones, surfing freely from one topic to another. However, response to Season 2/Episode 14 with Therapy Twins Joan and Jane Landino has been so strong, that I am bookending it with Rabbi Alfredo Borodowski - aka "The Bipolar Rabbi." Bipolar disorder symptoms can be misleading. Manic moods can lead a sufferer to believe they are invincible, that they...

It would be accurate to open these show notes by declaring that I had a great time with the Landino Twins. But for those who have heard of Happy Days, it might sound more like Fonzie's first date post-mortem than what it really was - a raucous, fascinating conversation with Joan and Jane, the Therapy Twins. These identical twin sisters, former Therapists-turned-Psychiatric Entertainers, Authors &a...

Getting kids to fall in love with reading is one of the bestest things a grownup can do! Ok, while that sounds like the opening phrase of a Dr. Seuss book, my guest today on Truth Tastes Funny is Dr. Danny Brassell - a highly-sought after speaker, trainer and coach known as “Jim Carrey with a Ph. D.,” who's bringing JOY back into education by helping educators, parents & organizations. Danny h...

Is ADHD on the rise? Has it become easier to diagnose, in adults and children alike? Join me for a fascinating discussion with Avigail Gimpel, an author, coach, and educator whose new book, HyperHealing, Show me the Science: Making Sense of Your Child's ADHD Diagnosis (a follow-up to her first book, “HyperHealing”) is based on many years of research and practice both as a mother of a good number o...