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Episode 131: Ricardo Martinez II

Ricardo Martinez II is the founder of the #IAM911 movement and host of the podcast, Within the Trenches. After working 13 years as a 9-1-1 dispatcher, this man has some stories to share! What is the craziest 9-1-1 call he ever took? What is it like when you look at the incoming call…and it’s your…

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Episode 130: Kevin + Steph

As with every fifth episode, this conversation is Kevin + Steph sharing their own stories with you. And this episode includes one of their closest friends, Adam Bennett, who is hysterically funny.  This episode focuses on stories about family vacations. Adam shares what it’s like when his family heads out West to South Dakota to…

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Episode 129: Pastor Cal Roberson

Pastor Cal Roberson is co-host of Lifetime Channel’s #1 hit show called Married At First Sight. As expected, Pastor Cal has some great stories to share!  Also, here are a few questions that get answered during Kevin + Steph’s conversation with Pastor Cal. Through 14 seasons, how many people have applied to have an arranged…

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Episode 128: Susan Bennett

Susan Bennett is the original voice of “Siri” and her story is INCREDIBLE!  In July 2005, Susan recorded everything for Siri at her house for a text-to-speech company called Nuance, which does a lot of GPS voices. As a voice actor, Susan did not know exactly how her voice would be used but assumed it…

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Episode 127: John Schneider

John Schneider has had an incredible career in entertainment that spans over 4 decades. He is an actor, director, filmmaker, country music artist, and now owns his own movie production studio called John Schneider Studios in Holden, Louisiana.  In this episode, John Schneider shares some amazing stories with Kevin + Steph, including how he lied…

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Episode 126: Justin Batt

Justin Batt is the founder of the Daddy Saturday Foundation, aimed at fighting the fatherless epidemic. He founded Daddy Saturday in his backyard with his four children, and it’s grown into a national movement, including stadium events like the Fatherhood Festival at the Pro Football Hall of Fame Village in Canton, Ohio. Justin has a…

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Episode 125: Kevin + Steph

As with every fifth episode, this conversation is Kevin + Steph sharing their own stories with you. And this episode includes two of their closest friends, Joe Muck and Adam Bennett. As you will hear, their friends are absolutely hilarious and have great stories to tell. Why did Joe give Kevin + Steph’s 3-year-old son…

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Episode 124: Shaylyn Ford

In January 2022, Shaylyn Ford won the title of “Mrs. World” at the annual Mrs. World pageant in Las Vegas. She was invited to compete in the prestigious beauty pageant after being crowned “Mrs. American” at the national competition in November 2021. As you will hear, Shaylyn is incredibly humble and has an amazing perspective…

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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 122: President Jim Tressel

Jim Tressel is “legendary” in the state of Ohio. He won 5 national championships as a head football coach before becoming the 9th President at Youngstown State University. As big Ohio State football fans, this was a bucket list-like conversation for both Kevin + Steph. As expected, President Tressel has some GREAT stories to share….

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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 120: Kevin + Steph

As with every fifth episode, this conversation is Kevin + Steph sharing their own stories with you. And this episode includes Steph’s favorite guest…her sister, Katie Keller Schnetzer, who tells the story of why their family actually thought Steph had been kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel during their recent trip to Texas. Also, how…

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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 118: Andy Erwin

Here is PART 2 of our conversation with Andy Erwin. Andy is one-half of the award-winning filmmaking team known as the Erwin Brothers. In 2019, Andy, his brother Jon, and their two business partners created Kingdom Story Company, which is the Christian version of Pixar. Recently, Andy directed the film American Underdog, which moviegoers gave…

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Episode 117: Andy Erwin

Here is PART 1 of our conversation with Andy Erwin. Andy is one-half of the award-winning filmmaking team known as the Erwin Brothers. In 2019, Andy, his brother Jon, and their two business partners created Kingdom Story Company, which is the Christian version of Pixar. Recently, Andy directed the film American Underdog, which moviegoers gave…

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Episode 116: Jim Comer

Jim Comer is one of the most fun and unique guests to have been interviewed on Tell Us a Good Story. This man moved to NYC in his mid-20s with the goal of becoming rich and famous. So he became an actor and comedian…and then became broke! To earn extra income to help pay off…

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Episode 115: Kevin + Steph

As with every fifth episode, this conversation is Kevin + Steph sharing their own stories with you. And this episode includes Steph’s sister, Katie Keller Schnetzer, as they celebrate two years of Tell Us a Good Story. Kevin + Steph talk about the marriage conference they recently spoke at and the EPIC trip they took…

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Episode 114: Paul Teske

On today’s episode of Tell Us a Good Story, Kevin and Steph are joined by special guest, Pastor Paul Teske, who served 20 years in the US Navy as a commander and chaplain. He then went on to serve as Senior Pastor of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Westport, CT before retiring in 2017. This…

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Episode 113: Shelia Erwin

Does anyone have a challenging kid…or two? If so, you are going to LOVE this conversation with Shelia Erwin. She is author of the book “Raising Up Dreamers” and mother of the award-winning filmmakers, The Erwin Brothers. Her sons have made multiple major motion pictures such as American Underdog, I Still Believe, I Can Only…

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Episode 112: Courtney Clark

Are you resilient? Are you teaching your children how to become resilient? As a 4-time cancer survivor and brain aneurysm survivor, Courtney Clark is the definition of resilience. At age 26, she was diagnosed with cancer. Then five years later, doctors told her a routine scan of her brain showed an aneurysm that was about…

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