View From a Hearse

A political child prodigy and close confidant of a future President of the United States and a popular Georgia Congressman, this interview with Steve Dugan is full of entertaining and inspirational stories of two great men. But it is also a story of heartache and faith.

If you want to know what is going on in Israel and why it is important to you, please take a few minutes to listen to my Jewish friend Boaz Shalgi. He is in Galilee in Israel and has a unique insight into the Israel - Gaza conflict. If you would like to join us and help Boaz and his family financially during this difficult time, please send checks to EDI Travel, Inc., 650 HWY 27, STE 5 #310, Somer...

Veteran Major League Baseball Agent Brandon O'Hearn is my guest. Brandon has recently been in the news as being hired as the agent of Georgia Bulldog sensation, Charlie Condon, the potential Number One Draft Pick in MLB this summer. You will learn Brandon's path to the big league business world is an interesting one and he has a story of his own.

This is the incredible story of ordinary people from a small church doing incredible things almost thirty years ago. This is the story of an Easter Play put on by the First Baptist Church of Butler, Ga. There are huge life lessons included. Steve and Lorianne Skidmore are my guests - along with soundbites from a few others who witnessed it.

This is Part 2 of a live performance by Bruce Goddard, produced by Shadow Sound Studio of Macon, GA, and released by Senate Records as a CD in 2007. It is streaming here with their expressed permission. You can purchase an electronic copy of the entire presentation at 3daudioscapes.com, or you can search Live & Kickin' by Bruce Goddard at the Apple iTunes Store or at Amazon Digital. Part 1 was rel...

This is Part 1 of a live performance by Bruce Goddard, produced by Shadow Sound Studio of Macon, GA, and released by Senate Records as a CD in 2006. It is streaming here with their expressed permission. You can purchase an electronic copy of the entire presentation at 3daudioscapes.com, or you can search Live & Kickin' by Bruce Goddard at the Apple iTunes Store or at Amazon Digital. Part 2 will be...

My new friends, Duwayne and Helen Yantes, are a delightful couple from South Dakota. They have been married for 67 years, raised six kids, and now have over six dozen direct descendants. They have some things to say about marriage, raising kids, and living by faith. Their career was their marriage and their family. I think you will agree, they had a stellar career.

My guest is Connie Carey, a professional musician, singer, speaker, entertainer, humorist, storyteller, and inspirational communicator. And I left stuff out. I could have talked to her all day.

My wife and I traveled to Dodge City and took a trip back in time. I had the honor to sit down with Matt Dillon to ask him some questions all fans of Gunsmoke want to know. Dodge City is a dangerous place so we were glad to make it back to Georgia alive. The things i do for my podcast audience...

My guest is 92-year-old Peggy Lucas. She will take us back to the way things used to be. Wisdom flows from her like a gentle river.

My guest is Rudy Underwood, who began on a small farm outside of Reynolds, GA, but through the encouragement of a determined mother, dreamed of bigger things. He recently retired with an office overlooking the United States Capitol in Washington, DC. This is a story of adversity, success, and big dreams that came true.

Mark Mullins is truly a living miracle. At the age of 14, he was an eyewitness to the sudden and violent death of both of his parents. He will talk in detail about that horrific day. But his story is much more. Mark will talk about his meandering journey during the next 43 years of his life, the ups and downs of it all, and how he eventually not only learned to live with what happened but how he f...

My guest is my friend and fraternity brother, David Bishop, whose life journey has taken him from a place of affluence to a place of being, in his words, penniless, isolated, and occasionally homeless. This college graduate now depends on a meager government check and food stamps to survive. He is smart, well-read, and articulate but has been debilitated in ways most of us do not understand. His s...

My guest is Bob Boetticher, Sr., the founder of LHT Consulting Group. If you have watched a high-profile funeral on television in the last twenty years or so, there is a good chance you have seen him. He has led the SCI Ceremonial Funeral Team, which executes with detailed precision on the largest stages. We will take a look behind the scenes at how they operate. Bob is also a funeral historian. H...

Katie Dodrill, the granddaughter of my fifth-grade teacher, is now a college professor. Her stories will make you smile, and you will be inspired by her passion for reading. While she was reading, God worked miracles in her life that will make you smile. While she reads, she and her hubby are busy with life - making a living and raising a beautiful little girl. While she reads, she also writes boo...

I lost two brothers-in-law during Christmas. I share a few personal thoughts and also let my listeners in on a new project I am working on for 2024.

My guest is President, CEO and Curator of the National Museum of Funeral History in Houston TX, Genevieve Keeney-Vazquez. She takes a healthy look at life and death as she talks about some of the things you will find at the museum that contains the largest collection of funeral related items in America and most likely the world. Whether you visit the museum in person or virtually, you will be educ...

Sandy & Jeri Harris are both now confined to home. With real physical limitations, their days now consist of sitting side by side in their den in recliners - all day every day and night.  In spite of their circumstances, their positive attitude is contagious - and could only come from God above whom they trust wholeheartedly.  When they are asked why they think God would allow them to go throu...

At 85 years of age, Hall of Fame Coach Norman Carter looks back at his life. As the basketball coach for the Taylor County GA Lady Vikings he won a record 132 straight games and 5 state championships over a period from 1967-1972. He will definitely talk basketball but you will discover there is much more to Norman Carter than basketball. A special thanks to Mark & Bunny Harris for helping arra...

Steve Mack was an iconic senior leader of Service Corporation International, the largest funeral company in America.  He died in 2015 at the age of 63 but his legacy continues.  At first impression, he was a commanding and formidable figure but when the veil is removed, you find one remarkable leader and gentleman.  There are many leadership and life lessons here from true stories of his life and...

Dan Buchanan was one of my teachers in mortuary school, who later became president of the college. A Vietnam veteran and life-long funeral director, he discusses why someone would get in the funeral business and a little of his incredible journey. This originally was released as Episode #40 on July 21, 2022.

This is the story of tragedy in a small South Georgia town that came about when a controversial home for troubled youth moved in to be a part of the community. Some predicted something bad could happen. Something bad happened. And it happened to one of the very best of us.

A repeat by popular demand, this is the inspiring story of the late Bruce Burch, an iconic Nashville songwriter, as told by his brother David Burch, his ex-wife and best friend Cindy Mulherin and their son Matthew Burch. You might not recognize his name but you will recognize the songs he wrote. There are huge life lessons here. If you missed it when it first streamed over a year ago, here it is a...

Martin & Judy Cranford left all the comforts of their world 17 years ago to move to another continent to share the message of the gospel - in a land where it is against the law to be a Christian. This is their story.

A wife, homemaker and mother of four, Cristi Horne's world fell apart when she lost her hubby and soulmate to cancer in 2014. She picked up the pieces and somehow moved on with life - and became a flight attendant for a major airline... and then - a pilot. She also went back to college and is now close to graduating with a degree in Aviation Science and is working toward her Commercial Pilot l...