Episodes
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Episode 245: Mark Jenkins Part 2
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Mark Jenkins returns for his second episode to continue to talk about Israel. Paul brought up that this is the first time Israel has declared a state of war since 1973. Mark talked about how that is different from past “operations” as well how there is a war of public opinion. Mark went on to discuss some key historical events regarding Israel, Palestine and the Jewish people. Mark addressed past and current administrations and the response of the United States and what has changed over the last sixty years or so. They finished by talking about how this is an ever evolving story … which is why Mark will be back in the future!
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Episode 244: Vern Glenn
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Thursday Nov 16, 2023
Vern Glenn was born and grew up in Richmond, Va. and went to St. Christopher’s like Paul. They talked about growing up, attending St. Chris, playing sports and what his parents did for work. Vern knew in 10th grade that he wanted to be a sportscaster. He attended UVA and got his first sportscasting job in 1985 in Richmond, took his next job in Baltimore and then moved across the country to take a sports job in San Francisco. He’s still in San Francisco and he and Paul talked about why he stayed and why he loves the city so much. They talked a lot about sports including UVA and Bay Area sports past and present. They discussed stories of who he has interviewed and how he has been blessed in his career. They finished by talking about his wife Nicole and their three boys, Zack, Nicolas and Jacob.
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Episode 243: Jeff Tiegs
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
Jeff Tiegs is from a small town in Wisconsin and was in the U.S. Army Special Forces. Jeff was a reader from an early age, played all the sports early and then started focusing on long distance running. Jeff went into the military out of high school and then took a break from service to go to college. He finished his college education at Montana State and was in ROTC there which led to him going back and having a career in the military. Paul and Jeff spoke about his military career including training, deployments and his journey in Special Forces. They finished by discussing Jeff’s recently released book, Where Have All the Heroes Gone?
This episode is being released two days after Veteran’s Day 2023. We want to wish all our Veterans, including Jeff and our previous two guests, Eric Doe and Clint Pearman, the best and thank them for their service to our great country.
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Episode 242: Eric Doe
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Thursday Nov 09, 2023
Eric Doe joins the podcast via a recent guest, Clint Pearman. Eric is Clint’s nephew and Eric said that Uncle Clint has always had a big influence on him. Eric was born on Long Island, NY, moved to Florida for a while and then was back on Long Island for his formative years as a youth. He said it was a great place to grow up and he was a three sport athlete in high school. He talked with Paul about what happened after high school … starting college, his first job, going back to school and meeting his now wife. Eric started his military career with the USMC, took a break and then joined the U.S. Army. He talked to Paul about his military journey and finished by talking about what he is currently doing and his family.
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Episode 241: Dr. Clint Pearman
Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
With Veterans Day a few days away, we wanted to share the stories of more military veterans. Dr. Clint Pearman is the first of three veterans we’ve spoken to recently. Clint is a thirty-one year veteran of the United States Marine Corps and a holder of two doctoral degrees. Clint was born in Long Island, NY. Then his family moved to Florida when he was thirteen. He played a lot of sports growing up and then enlisted in the USMC when he was eighteen. He wanted to be a pilot, but became an infantryman and he and Paul discussed his career in the USMC. He currently works with people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and is certified and a specialist in the area of TBI. They talked about his journey in education and how that has led to a never ending quest to learn. Clint finished by talking about his family … his very big family!
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Episode 240: Mike Henry
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Mike Henry is most well known for being a voice actor on the Family Guy series and The Cleveland Show. He has voiced many characters and is an actor, comedian, writer and producer. Mike was born in Michigan, but grew up in the Richmond, VA area. He talked about his time and lessons learned at The Collegiate School and at Washington & Lee University as well as the unique nickname his class at W&L had being the last all male class to graduate from there. They discussed his one year at the Martin Agency and then how he took a chance and moved to California. They talked about his journey over the next eight or so years until he got the role on Family Guy. They finished by talking about his advice to young people, some other thoughts of his, current projects he’s working on and his family … son Jack, daughter Josie and wife Sara.
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Episode 239: Mark Jenkins
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Thursday Oct 26, 2023
Mark Jenkins comes on the podcast at an opportune time, but we’ll come back to that. Mark, who grew up in the Richmond area, is a pastor at Berea Baptist Church in Rockville, Va. Mark spoke to Paul about having a huge family and being in two very different school systems growing up. They talked about him switching his major while attending Chowan College, discussed his various careers and how he was able to combine them over time and find a certain niche for one of them. Then Mark decided to pursue church work full time and that led him down a path that makes his timing of being on the podcast perfect. Mark has a great deal of knowledge about and has traveled to Israel many, many times. He and Paul spoke at length about Israel and specifically about the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7th, 2023. The podcast ended with Paul making an offer to Mark that he has never made before.
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Episode 238: Professor Ed Wallace
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Dr. Ed Wallace joins the podcast via a connection with Njeri Kershaw (Episode 39). Ed was born in the Bronx, NY and grew up there. He was born into a family that loved and talked sports and he told Paul that sports as well as education played a big part in who he is today. He spoke about his Dad and his influence on Ed through teaching him several life lessons. They discussed Ed’s higher education journey to upstate NY, then Massachusetts and finally to Alabama. They discussed his course of study for his doctorate and they talked about the Tuskegee Experiment. They also discussed policing in the U.S.A. and Ed had an idea of how to improve it. They finished with whether its a necessity for kids to go to college in today’s world as well as his fraternity experience and how he still keeps in touch with his fraternity brothers.
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Episode 237: Nick Wisner
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Nick Wisner and Paul work together and Paul opened up about how Nick had an impact on him recently. They discussed Nick being born in Chesterfield, but going to high school in Hanover and being involved with a lot of different groups. Nick went to Virginia Tech and he told Paul about his experience there, an internship that led to him taking a semester off as well as why he stayed in Blacksburg for some extra time after graduating. He talked about what he does in his spare time that helps him recharge and then finding church through a friend. He told Paul about a Christian trip to Israel which led to one extremely unique experience. He then talked about his whirlwind romance with his wife Kelley and getting married in a far away place.
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Episode 236: Patrick Henry HS Hall of Fame
Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
This episode sets a record for number of guests in one recording! Paul attended the inaugural Patrick Henry High School Athletics Hall of Fame Banquet. Paul spoke with each of the eight inductees … Chris Tate (there for his dad, Ray Tate), Eddie Webb, Sonja Fridy Kinney, Donnie Morris, Damien Woody, Dominic Smith, Lizzie Powell Hissey and Coach Ray Long Jr. This was an impressive first class for the newly founded PH HOF. The night was filled with laughter, memories and was a wonderful night not only for the inductees and their families, but the extended Patrick Henry HS family as well.