Michael J. Arndt has been a Professor of Theatre Arts at California Lutheran University for the past thirty-eight years and is currently the chair of the Theatre Arts and Dance Department. He is a founding member of the Kingsmen Shakespeare Company and has served as the company’s Artistic Director for the past 24 years. He has […]

Dr. Rainer Englisch (Ph.D., biochemistry), from St. Polten, Austria and Mark have been friends since 2013 when they met through a student foreign exchange program as Rainer’s daughter, Conni, came to the U.S. to live with the Storer family. Rainer was able to come over on business (he’s in the medical technology business working with […]

Tom Ashworth, a Los Angeles area actor and voice-over artist, joins Mark to talk about how creativity has to happen in the “now” and nothing can change that. An award winning actor who has appeared on television and film since the 1980’s, Tom and Mark worked together during a production of Shakespeare’s Richard II at […]

Barrett Martin is not a household name, but he should be. A Latin Grammy Award winning musician, Martin is a percussionist who has played with everyone from R.E.M to the Screaming Trees, Mad Season, Lenny Kravitz, Skin Yard and many more. He won a Latin Grammy playing with Brazilian musician Nando Reis. His latest solo […]

Melissa Parker joins me to talk about her company, Reed’s Remedies and all things CBD. As a small business owner, a wife and mother of three, Melissa discusses the challenges of balancing a full life in the time of the pandemic. Her story is one of perseverance and hard work, overcoming tragedies and finding a […]

Tim Flynn is the current Mayor of the largest city in Ventura County, CA and is headed for run-off election in November against his Vice-Mayor for the position of Ventura County Supervisor. The two have agreed to have an issues-based campaign without “going negative.” He’s also a 25-year veteran and now retired educator whom Mark […]

In this special episode of Considering Some Things, Mark explores three short vignettes, scenes from daily life that provide a sense of optimism, or at least a way to see some good peering through the dark clouds that have surrounded the world of late.

Matt Burgess joins Mark from his basement music studio in Nashville, TN, in a conversation about music, writing, routines and work and hope and reality in this odd time. A Grammy Award winning musician, Matt is now the music director for Considering Some Things and is responsible for producing, co-writing (with Trace Tedrick) and performing […]

Jane Wells is an award-winning reporter for the CNBC network having reported feature, financial and news stories for more than 25 years. She covered the O.J. Simpson trial, Mother Teresa’s funeral and the Columbine massacre among other noteworthy stories. She’s won a Peabody and a DuPont Award for her coverage of the Rodney King trial […]

Actress, teacher and author Jill Urbach talks to Mark from her Pacific Northwest home about how the pandemic interrupts the creative process and how to unscramble, while navigating the upside down domestic situations with which nearly all are dealing. Jill discusses how her lively creativity has evolved into screenwriting and a Youtube Channel where she […]