What Can You Tell Me The Podcast

01/01/2024

If you’re looking for something to do this morning, turn on the Tournament of Roses Parade, and you will find me bagpiping with the Pipes on Parade. We are number eight in the lineup so we are on the early side! I am standing dead center in the last row of pipers just in front of the line of bass drums! 

10/09/2020

Grab yourself a craft beer and enjoy some time with this delightful lady!

Episode 23Melani Hoffman was born in Flint, Michigan and as a young adult settled in Chicago alongside her brother. She went to college but it just wasn't for her. She worked in bars and restaurants and quickly worked her way up to management. Mel...

24/08/2020

The always lovely and talented David Kovac. Magic and florid language combine to make a modern day vaudevillian. If you have ever heard of the Magic Castle, David is a regular there! He also has a fairly amusing story about being slapped as a child by The Cat in The Hat!

Episode 22 - David Kovac is an incredibly charming and talented actor turned magician who keeps busy entertaining and emceeing at the world-famous Magic Castle. David talks about growing up Buddhist, getting slapped by The Cat in the Hat, how his ...

22/08/2020

Listen to the lady who tells me what to do at work every day and keeps all of us organized!

Episode 21 - Ellen Joyce grew up in the Beverly neighborhood of Chicago, a classic south side Irish neighborhood. She went to school at Eastern Illinois University and earned a degree in Public Health Education and then went to graduate school at...

20/08/2020

A delightful human and a delicious restaurant!!

Episode 20-Samuel Sakehttps://www.tesfacuisine.com/https://www.instagram.com/tesfaethiopiancuisine/https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicagos-beloved-ethiopian-restaurants/d1f87d9d-4355-4116-9dad-bc08c2ab5e54Born and raised in Moyale, Ethiopia in 1990,...

07/08/2020

Love this man!!! You will definitely want to hear this delightful conversation with Vocalist Kenny Williams.

Episode 19 - Today I interview vocalist Kenny Williams. Since the age of 5 when he began singing into a hair brush, the sound coming out of Kenny’s mouth has made people stop and listen, whether he was on a Broadway stage, performing on a cruise s...

30/07/2020

A few days late on posting but please take a listen to my friend Bill Johnson talk about his life working in the carnival business!

Episode 18 - Carnival Owner Bill JohnsonFantasy Amusement Companyhttps://fantasyamusements.com/http://www.showmensleague.org/https://www.oaba.org/Listen to Bill Johnson talk about how, as a child growing up in 1960's Chicago, he stumbled upon a ca...

20/07/2020

My wonderful friend news anchor Chris DeRose. From his childhood in Latrobe, PA to his time in Chicago as an improv performer and tour guide where he was discovered and landed his role on WCIU's You and Me This Morning as a feature reporter, Chris shares his moves through life that saw him doing behind the scenes tours at Universal Studios in Hollywood and recently landed him in Billings, Montana as a news anchor on KTVQ.

Episode 17 - Chris DeRose is currently living in Billings, Montana and working as a reporter with KTVQ and the Montana Television Network. Chris started his professional career in Chicago back in 2007. Coming to the Windy City just after college, ...

11/07/2020

Episode 15Benny Glossop is a combatives instructor and mixed martial artist who holds black belts in Taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, as well as being a former professional fighter in American Kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA. In episode 14, you he...

29/06/2020

Back on the air! I had to take a month off because... well... you know. But I am back with Benny Glossop! This man was RUN OVER BY A TRUCK when he was 10 years old. You have got to hear his incredible story! Part 1 of 2.

Episode 14Benny Glossop is a combatives instructor and mixed martial artist who holds black belts in Taekwondo and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, as well as being a former professional fighter in American Kickboxing, Muay Thai and MMA. Today, in part 1, you...

25/05/2020

Aaron J. Albano is my old friend and most recent guest- we talk about all things Broadway and dive into a lengthy recap of his entire blessed performing career!

Episode 12 If you have seen a show on Broadway in the last 20 years its quite possible you have seen Aaron J Albano. We go back to the beginning of his career and talk about all of the shows he has performed in and some of the lessons he learned a...

18/05/2020

Just me talking to my amazing wife Emily Roben - a super talented doctor and artist, about her journey to become a pediatric emergency physician.

Episode 11 - Today I interview my absolute most FAVORITE person on the entire face of the planet, Doctor Emily Roben. She is an emergency room attending at Lurie Childrens Hospital, she was a field hockey goalie at Stanford University (on a schola...

11/05/2020

Episode 10 - I first learned about Deborah Niemann as I started to research chickens and goats for our backyard and found myself reading her website, Thrifty Homesteader. Then I connected with her, not realizing she was the same person, to buy a p...

04/05/2020

Episode 9Tony Grebmeier is a former radio DJ who is now running, Ship Offers, a multi-million dollar company he started with his best friend and a company that he nearly lost when he was close to a million dollars in debt, separated from his wife ...

29/04/2020

Episode 9 with Entrepreneur Tony Grebmeier comes out on Monday May 4. He threw down a challenge to me, and I accepted, as you will hear. This is it... Join me and see what you can accomplish. NO EXCUSES... NO CHEATING...

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19/04/2020

She is one of my favorite people ever!

Episode 7There comes a time in every podcasters life when they have an important decision to make. I had to ask myself, what is the best way to proceed forward when my guest and I have so much to talk about that I can’t squeeze it all into 75 shor...

13/04/2020

Episode 6 Clown Jeff Jenkins, when he snuck backstage at the circus as a boy a chance encounter with a clown led him to his own life in the big top, Jeff talks about rescuing and training pitbulls and in many ways their owners, and he shares his i...

06/04/2020

Episode 5 Composer Darren Korb shares stories from his life, including that time he was the National Champion of a popular, musically-based, interactive video game. Darren talks about becoming the composer and audio director for Supergiant Games, ...

04/04/2020

Enjoy the Spotify Playlist of all of the musical suggestions made by my guests! Go on, expand that palette of yours...

A common thread of my podcast is asking guests what they are listening to. Yesterday I created a Spotify playlist of all of the musical mentions - bands and musicians that have been shared by my guests. https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4VCQ3STiUJkW0ktT7g73G4?si=26X-apkgSEmh93cnej5h9g Spend some tim...

30/03/2020

Get your head in the kitchen with Chef Renee Ragin of Kite String Cantina
(pronounced Reagan)

Episode 4 - Chef Renee Ragin is a trained chef that now describes herself as a Tubular Artist. Renee shares stories from her life about playing basketball at 5 foot 3… and a half… how the COVID shutdown has led to some exciting new ventures and sh...

27/03/2020

Welcome to my podcast! Like an astronaut baby going for a swim on a strange planet, every day for me is filled with learning new skills. I want to share everything I do with you and take you on a journey into the world of Matt Roben and the people whose planets I orbit.

24/03/2020

Welcome to my podcast! Like an astronaut baby going for a swim on a strange planet, every day for me is filled with learning new skills. I want to share everything I do with you and take you on a journey into the world of Matt Roben and the people...

24/03/2020

Episode 1Matt interviews DJ My Boy Elroy a Chicago-based beat boxer, drummer, music director, producer, breakdancer and actor.Sound Cloud https://soundcloud.com/myboyelroyFacebook https://www.facebook.com/myboyelroymusic/Instagram https://www.inst...

24/03/2020

Episode 2Matt interviews Eric TomsSocial Media Website: http://www.erictoms.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nightofshortsnight/Comedian, Writer, Actor, Filmmaker and hear about some of his recommended reading and listening, giving...

24/03/2020

Episode 3 Captain Jerry Hoff shares tales from his life on the sea, an encounter with killer bees in Trinidad, his ideas on what makes a great leader, and his hobby- aerial drone photography. Jerry Hoff Grew up as an “Air Force brat”. He joined th...

27/02/2020