I believe every person has value. Behind every headline, hustle, hard-earned moment, and family tale there’s a story worth sharing. That’s why I built Beyond the Mic.
I talk with artists, athletes, authors, icons and people you need to know. I don’t do puff pieces. I ask questions that get to the real stuff: the doubts, wins, detours, and moments that shaped them. The stories that you normally don't get to hear.
Some stories make you laugh. Some hit you in the gut. All of them remind you: people matter, you matter.
I’m not here to be famous. I’m here helping others be heard. I want curiosity to run free, connect communities, and make something that sticks with you long after the mic is off.
Because in a world full of noise, real stories still cut through. That's my mission. Let's go #BeyondTheMic.
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I love to hear the word yes.
My grandparents were special people, lived through the great depression, and had amazing stories from their time in the Army Air Corps and as a Speech & Hearing Pathologist. Those stories are lost to time because they were never recorded nor saved. That’s on me.
Beyond the Mic was created because our world is a rich tapestry and everyone has a story. My boss once had someone pushing an interview with an American Idol contestant. He didn’t want to do the interview. I poked my head in his office and said, “I got it.” That star told me the four to five minutes of boilerplate interview stuff, but in the last 3 questions the guest opened up in a new way. From one conversation five years ago now over 400 where there is always one piece of gold left in the pan at the end of our time together.
I want to help people record their favorite stories so they are saved forever. Before we begin I’m going to ask you to keep in your head one question. “Will you share with us your story?”
While still playing on the air I had great interview opportunities that never made it to air. Some were due to length, others were because of topic. It was time to flip the table on the rules. Any topic / guest is welcome, but you need to tell a story & must go 'Beyond the Mic.'
It's a conversation series with the best actors, artists, authors and people you need to know. Every guest is shared with authenticity, honesty and originality giving you content you need to share with others.
Ed could fly out to any slump with tennis balls and fix it. He and Scott's mother spent two or three days at his rehab in 2007 taking thirty pages of notes. And then there was the one thing he couldn't fix, and he said so himself. Scott still can't...
“I want my daughter to have that kind of compassion when someone’s being mean or rude.” Welcome Ryan Weiss:...
“I will be so happy to rewatch, watch this every day to talk to every single director, every single writer, every single cast me...
“The lines don’t matter. The life does...
“I’m not worthless, like my father said I was.” – Billy West Welcome Billy West: We’re joined on the Starline by a voice...
Leanne Morgan almost never left a kitchen in Bean Station, Tennessee. Three babies. No comedy club within an hour. Twenty-seven years before anyone bought a ticket. Now she's got a Netflix sitcom, and the husband in it walks out after 33 years. Her...
Welcome Ron Friedman: We’re joined on the Starline by a social psychologist and author who spent the last decade doing something most researchers never bother to do…actually talking to people. His new book makes you rethink every meeting...
“Things don’t come easy...
Welcome Kenny Wayne Shepherd: We’re joined on the Starline by a blues- rock guitarist who recorded his debut album at 17, drove to Memphis on weekends to track it, and went Platinum before he could legally drink...
“It’s funny, I’m not saying I did it, but to me, it’s we did it like all versions of myself, you know, the gir...
We get into what it actually takes to be ready across four major sports, the moments he wishes he could’ve called, and the ones he knew instantly would live forever. There’s also a side you don’t always hear like being a dad while living on the...
“I think that’s kind of the, comes with the territory of being an actor, is that you kind of move to New York hoping that you’ll move away, or book Broadway, one of the two.” Welcome Kaitlyn O’Leary We’re joined...
You can tell a lot about a comic by how they write jokes. Setup first? Punchline first? Brad Williams explains his process when he goes Beyond the Mic.
“I love the whole process of writing, fleshing it out, getting on stage, working it out.” Welcome Henry Cho...
Welcome Brian Kalinowski: We’re joined on the Starline by an actor, singer and Broadway star...
“AI, when used correctly, will just be another tool in the toolbox of creativity.” Welcome Pete Ganbarg:...
“You definitely have to build loyalty, and even if that person isn’t as loyal to you at first, that doesn’t mean they wil...
Dax Devlon-Ross has spent years telling stories about miscarriages of justice. On this Beyond the Mic Short Cut, he opens up about the one fact from a case that still haunts him and how carrying these stories changes you as a person, a partner, and...
Janet McTeer lets great roles find her. Her Tony sits on the top shelf of her kitchen. Her favorite thing to grow? Cosmos. Her next character? Minerva McGonagall.
But first let's talk about "The Artist."
“They cracked the code. They know how it works and in terms of writing songs, they have a formula …and all of their records and great music just lasts. And you know, those records are timeless. They live forever and people love them. So, you...
