Episodes

  • Episode 16 – Brenda E. Cortez

    Episode 16 – Brenda E. Cortez
    Apr 14 2021
    In “Howl a Hero is Made,” Author and Living kidney Donor Brenda E. Cortez was brought up in a beer and cheese world and claims to have invented wine coolers. All kidding aside, this HERO writes children’s books and is about to launch another inspiring collection of stories of people who “Help Others With Love.” Some heroes wear a patch on their sleeve, well this one gave an organ to someone she didn’t know.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 15 – Chris “LA” Osborne

    Episode 15 – Chris “LA” Osborne
    Apr 7 2021
    In “Life Altered,” Big Chris Osborne was brought up in South Central with the boys in the hood. He avoided becoming a menace to society by finding a sport he could play every day including Friday. Machine guns, Team Nike, and the ever “so cliché” errant bullet that flies into the house of a loved one. And that was just last week. Hear how this 6-10 man is doing all he can now to make the biggest impact of anyone in organ donation.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 14 – Cec “Old Man” Beaston

    Episode 14 – Cec “Old Man” Beaston
    Mar 25 2021
    In “Gen X Beast,” Cec Beaston is always moving. Five days a week he’s an over the road trucker, cyclist and fisherman as he pines for his weekends with his passion, his family. If the honor of the Gen X "working man” lies in this former Central Californian turned Razorback it is wrong, dedicated, and solid as we all roll toward the age of 50 and beyond. Old Man Beaston talks slow, drives fast, and means every honest word.
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    56 mins
  • Episode 13 – President David Armstrong

    Episode 13 – President David Armstrong
    Mar 9 2021
    In “Catholic Camaraderie Catharsis,” President David Armstrong of St. Thomas University in Miami, FL details how football prepared him to lead from all angles. We go deep into the evolution of this host’s smart ass ways and how then "Coach Strong" shaped people, even when they failed to listen. This is gut wrenching for a bit but powerful nonetheless. You’ll laugh and cry and remember fondly your losses that led to your winds.
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Episode 12 – Dan Beyer

    Episode 12 – Dan Beyer
    Mar 3 2021
    In “Moving on to Move Up”, Managing Editor for Fox Sports Radio Diamond Dan Beyer explains how he was born 3 hours from everywhere else. As a freshman in high school he was broadcasting scores and on base percentage for Heather or Jolene, and how Cindy played the “hot corner” from the "warming house.” Then this midwestern boy headed out west to work very hard until his "California Dreaming," came true.
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    1 hr
  • Episode 11 – Chad “The Watch Guy” Rickicki

    Episode 11 – Chad “The Watch Guy” Rickicki
    Feb 23 2021
    In “Step'n to the AM, PM & UFC”, teen powerlifting champion turned judo master Chad Rickicki unpacks many parts of his growing up a farm hero and artist. If he wasn’t throwing bales of hay for the Amish farmers he was driving an hour to get aa quality high school education. Along the way picking up friends, rap, and a drive through the Swiss Alps. Hear how Gen X’ers saved an entire country's industry just by loving all colors.
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    58 mins
  • Episode 10 – Erin Mantz

    Episode 10 – Erin Mantz
    Feb 16 2021
    In "Gen X Girl Goes to Washington", HuffPost Writer, Blogger, and Facebook Leader of the Gen X Girls Grow Up page we learn Erin Mantz is not new to media. She breaks down how her childhood in urban Chicago shaped her independence, strength, and love of back up plans. And her vision and recent extra time NOT spent commuting is a community for Gen X Girls everywhere.
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    48 mins
  • Episode 09 – Reverend David Paul

    Episode 09 – Reverend David Paul
    Feb 9 2021
    In “Virtual Virtue”, masters level therapist and Ivy League educated minister, Rev. A. David Paul, details growing up Gen X as a “upper middle class leatherhead.”. In addition to helping people with their mental health one-on-one he went back to Princeton Theological to be able to help people pew by pew. He discusses the spirituality of Gen X and how we give differently than those before us. You might learn why we act the way we do, and it’s not a bad thing.
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    1 hr