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Episode 238: Baldwin Chiu

This week, Kevin + Steph speak with Baldwin Chiu, one of the most creative people they’ve had on the show! Baldwin created the award-winning documentary Far East Deep South for PBS. In it, he travels to Mississippi to try to find his grandfather’s grave and discovers some amazing stories about his family history along the way.  Baldwin…

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Episode 183: DJ Vanas

D.J. Vanas is a best-selling author and international speaker who has spoken to Fortune 500 companies, tribal nations, and over 7,000 audiences (including at the White House). In this episode, D.J. introduces Kevin + Steph to the Native American warrior spirit, the tribal principles that led the first cultures in America. An enrolled member of…

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Episode 141: Joe Dittmar

September 11 is a day of shock and mourning for the US, and for Joe Dittmar it’s a day marked not only by loss but by his survival. Over twenty years ago, the two towers in New York City fell in one of the most tragic events in American history with almost three thousand people…

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Episode 123: Joe Serio

Joe Serio lived in Russia during the Cold War and became an expert on the Russian mafia and organized crime. He is a full-time professional speaker, trainer, and author. This past year, he was featured on an episode of 48 Hours on CBS and recently spoke at the South by Southwest Conference in Austin, Texas….

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Episode 121: Rowland Hanson

Rowland Hanson is a former executive at Microsoft who is best known for being the person who convinced Bill Gates to name their operating system “Windows”. There have been several books published on the history of Microsoft that document the strategies Rowland executed that led to the dominance of the Microsoft and Windows brands. He…

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Episode 119: Izabela Lundberg

Izabela Lundberg escaped Yugoslavia as a teenager during the Balkan Wars and survived genocide, torture, and war trauma. She journeyed across 5 countries as a refugee with her sister before eventually arriving in the United States. What Izabela experienced in her home country is eerily similar to the current war taking place in Ukraine. How…

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Episode 91: Joe Dittmar

September 11 is a day of shock and mourning for the US, and for Joe Dittmar it’s a day marked not only by loss, but by his survival. Over twenty years ago, the two towers in New York City fell in one of the most tragic events in American history with almost three thousand people…

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Episode 76: Joe Serio

On the show today is Joe Serio, author of the critically acclaimed book ‘Investigating the Russian Mafia’ and a new book titled ‘Vodka, Hookers, and the Russian Mafia’. But what makes Joe Serio the perfect person to continue discussing this topic and lead our conversation about Russian culture and history in today’s episode? Serio has…

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Episode 68: Dan Smith

In this episode, Kevin and Steph interview Dan Smith, the Associate Director of The Ohio State Reformatory…better known around the world as “Shawshank Prison”. If you haven’t heard of it, Shawshank Prison is famous for being the setting of the classic 1994 movie “Shawshank Redemption”. Tune into this episode to hear as Dan Smith tells Kevin…

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Episode 49: Joe Serio

In todays episode, Kevin and Steph take a dive into the world of organized crime by bringing in Joe Serio, author of the critically acclaimed book, Investigating the Russian Mafia to share his experience in the underground world of business and politics and exposing the underbelly of the Russian mafia. Not only is Joe Serio…

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Episode 39: Joe Dittmar

September 11 is a day of shock and mourning for the US, and for Joe Dittmar it’s a day marked not only by loss, but by his survival. Over twenty years ago, the two towers in New York City fell in one of the most tragic events in American history with almost three thousand people…

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Episode 27: Lisa McCubbin (part 2)

This is the second part of the special podcast episode, Kevin and Steph have a conversation with Lisa McCubbin. McCubbin is an award-winning journalist and the author of four New York Times bestselling books. Her first book, The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (published in 2010), was the basis for the…

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Episode 26: Lisa McCubbin

In this two part special podcast episode, Kevin and Steph have a conversation with Lisa McCubbin. McCubbin is an award-winning journalist and the author of four New York Times bestselling books. Her first book, The Kennedy Detail: JFK’s Secret Service Agents Break Their Silence (published in 2010), was the basis for the Emmy nominated Discovery…

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