Why Am I Podcast

Hey everybody, I’m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I talk to interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is Dennis Scott.  He’s won some Grammys and Emmys, but as he says “nobody cares about your resume.”  How does one balance a career in music production…you start a Beatles tribute band and get them a Gr...

Hey everybody, I’m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I talk to interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is Addy Starr.  During the week she’s a middle school French teacher, and on the weekends, she’s a professional wrestler…like the kinda stuff you see on TV.  I really have trouble thinking of two thing...

Hi I’m Greg Sowell, and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I find interesting people and trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is George Larrimore.  He’s a Southerner who started collecting stories at a young age, and liked it so much he moved to California to do it full time for TV.  George has the knack for finding the story behind the story, bu...

Hey everybody, I’m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I talk to interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is Adrienne Dobson.  She’s an actress, a beautiful singer, and oh, by the way, also the director of the theater company.  Adrienne was kind enough to talk to me about how life was prior, and the coming...

Hi, I’m Greg Sowell and this is Why Am I, a conversation podcast where I find interesting people and try to trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest for this one is Russell Muits.  He’s a graphic designer by day, and by night he does street printing.  He’s captured art from manhole covers in over 60 cities spanning the globe, but more important he’s had some amazi...

Hi, I’m Greg Sowell, and this is Why Am I, a podcast where I have conversations with interesting folks to try and trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is Will Bearden.  If you’ve ever been curious about history in Memphis or the Mississippi delta, odds are you’ve seen one of his videos, or perhaps come across one of his books.  He’s a southern g...

This is Why Am I, a podcast that is all about having conversations with interesting people to try and trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is Mykell Barlow, who is about as multifaceted as they come.  He talks about singing in Georgian night clubs at 13, to his time in Tialand, then over to being a pastor, then dropping everything and moving to LA, a...

This is Why Am I, a podcast that is all about having conversations with interesting people to try and trace a path to where they find themselves today.  My guest this go around is Jimmy Ogle.  He is truely in love with the city of Memphis in a way that I’ve never seen anyone love a city.  He’s only the third person to be named as the Shelby County historian, he’s headed countless ci...

This is Why Am I, a podcast that is all about having conversations with interesting people to try and trace a path to where they find themselves today.  The lucky contestant this time is Staza Stone, a trained dancer, stilt walker, trapeze, fabric, hooper, clown, burlesque artist, and ...instructor.  This kid is a fireball who knows who they are, where they want to go, and how to get the...

The Fantasy Restaurant is my warmup exercise that asks people their dream: drink, appetizer, main, side, and dessert. It usually gets wacky and is always fun. This is normally a Patreon( http://patreon.com/whyamipod ) exclusive, but I like to drop one of these from time to time, and this one was definitely a LOT of fun. Jennifer eats all of the things that are trying to kill her LOL; I hope you en...

Meet the man who cracks whips for a living.  Yeah, you read that correctly...and sometimes they are made of chain, or perhaps they are on fire, and all while playing the harmonica.  Adam “crack” Winrich  is a variety arts entertainer who is the most analytical and calculating person I’ve spoken to thus far; he’s a lesson in the unexpected.  I hope you enjoy this conversation wi...

Jennifer Mosquera is an artist that started as a vet, pivoted to earth science, took a pitstop as a lawyer, and eventually found her home making amazing interactive art experiences.  This is someone who while they know who they are, isn’t afraid of change...and I Love it; she's definitely my sister from another mister.  I hope you enjoy this conversation with Jennifer. Please show them s...

*Content Warning - Some graphic detail of crimes* Daniel Lenick is a 20 plus year retired homicide detective from Baltimore that has seen a thing or two.  He’s incredibly open about what he’s experienced and how that affected him, for better or worse.  This one does get into weeds on a few of his cases, so be warned that there is some material that isn’t suited for all audiences.  I...

Mario is a passionate author and artist who never lets failure stop him...and I mean never.  He's the only person to have had a vampire novel declassified by the US government...that's not something you hear everyday...or ever really.  He’s also got a quote for everything, which means he is someone definitely on my wavelength.  I hope you enjoy this chat with Mario. Please show them...

Well hello there season 2, it’s nice to see you.  In the spirit of starting things off with a bang, I’ve got Cameron Huges, one of the world’s great crowd igniters.  Cameron has been hyping crowds for over two decades, and, no surprise here, he does a great job at hyping me up :)  It’s definitely not been all candy canes and lollipops along the way, but he has a way of finding the s...

The Fantasy Restaurant is my warmup exercise that asks people their dream: drink, appetizer, main, side, and dessert.  It usually gets wacky and is always fun; these two characters are no exception.  This is usually a patron only exclusive that is published at the same time as the main episode.  I hope you have fun in the restaurant :)   Find more info at http://whyamipod.com ....

Eric is a craft brewer by day and an artist all the rest of the time.  This is a winding conversation that goes from him as a kid gluing things together, then to him building theater sets in highschool, all the way to him running security for a halfway house.  This guy has done a LOT, and we barely scratched the surface, but, once you peer underneath you find a nurturing friend that want...

Today’s guest is Johnno Wilson.  He’s a super chill actor, comedian, writer, and not nearly frequent enough, podcast cohost.  His laid back positivity(and complete lack of rational fear) is just the thing we all need right now...doesn’t matter when you are listening to this, honestly.  At any rate, I hope you enjoy this conversation with Johnno. Please show them some love on their s...

Hannan and Nemo are career artists that have been living off their art for over 10 years...to any artist that likely sounds like an incredible feat.  Oh, did I mention that they've lived and worked out of a van for a good portion of that time!  I found them via their circle art, but now they mainly focus on mesmerizing mosaics made from recycled cans.  It definitely takes an incredi...

If you don't know who Michael Cthulhu is, hold on to your pants; cause you are about to.  Not only is this guy amazingly talented, he's a great story teller, and one of the funniest people you are going to run into.  He's so delightful and down to earth, you can't not like the guy.  I hope you enjoy the chat! Please show him some love on his socials here: https://www.patreon.com/mic...

This conversation with Owen was my very first, and man was I fortunate to have him share his time with me.  He's talented at a lot of things, not least of which is his comedy through which I found him.  I've heard some people shine a light wherever they go; well it seems that Owen travels with a miniature sun.  His optimism and energy are down right infectious.  I really hope y...

Quinn Dunki is such an extremely talented person that there's no way she could deny the world her gifts.  She's a software engineer, youtube machinest(bloniehacks), and Canadian LOL.  Please enjoy part two of my conversation with Quinn.   Please show her some love on her socials here: https://www.patreon.com/QuinnDunki, https://www.youtube.com/c/Blondihacks/videos, https://twitter.c...

Quinn Dunki is such an extremely talented person that there's no way she could deny the world her gifts.  She's a software engineer, youtube machinest(bloniehacks), and Canadian LOL.  Please enjoy part one of my conversation with Quinn. Please show her some love on her socials here: https://www.patreon.com/QuinnDunki , https://www.youtube.com/c/Blondihacks/videos , https://twitter.com/Qu...

This is normally a Patreon exclusive reward, but once a season I'm going to put one out to the public.  The fantasy restaurant is the warmup exercise where I ask them to build the meal of their dreams.  We cover drink, appetizer, main, sides, and dessert.  I think I laughed all the way through Tim's, so I hope you enjoy it. Please show him some love on his socials here: https://www....

This is the exciting conclusion of my chat with Professor Tim Wilson.  I was introduced to him via his appearance on the UK reality TV show The Circle season 2, and I instantly fell in love with him. Please show him some love on his socials here: https://www.instagram.com/professor_tim_wilson/ , https://www.youtube.com/user/zontulfilmsltd Find more info at http://whyamipod.com . If you want t...