Mike Behind the Mic

In this week's episode of Mike Behind the Mic, Mike Dubberly talks with Bronze Star recipient Dr. Steve West, who now makes his home in Pelham, Alabama. Dr. West is a retired Colonel in the U.S. Air Force, who served as chaplain in the early years of the War in Iraq. Dr. West also served as chaplain to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It was during that time serving in the Pentagon that he, himself, got tested for PTSD and found out he indeed had post-traumatic stress disorder. He realized his years of serving as an EMT and as a counselor for our troops and hearing their horrors, that he carried their traumas inside emotionally.  He's now written a book called The Bronze Scar to help others understand the signs of PTSD and to help loved ones of those suffering from it.

In this episode of Mike Behind the Mic, Mike Dubberly talks with Auburn beat reporter Justin Hokanson of @on3sports and @auliveon3.

Justin provides his insight on the Auburn coaching search, what makes the job unique and why things went bad from the start for Bryan Harsin.

In this episode of Mike Behind the Mic, we get a chance to talk with comedian and actor Marlon Wayans about some of his newest projects, but also about his previous acting experiences working with Bill Murray and Jennifer Hudson.

For some reason, the turtleneck worn by our traffic anchor Toi Thornton caught the eye of Marlon and he would not let it go. 

Mac Powell joins Mike Dubberly to talk about his new album and unique concert tour, Mac Powell and Friends, that will be making a stop in Hoover October 28, 2022, at Metropolitan Church of God.  He'll be joined by a handful of renowned singers/songwriters. Mac is formerly with the contemporary Christian rock band Third Day. The band sold over ten million albums and won four Grammy Awards and 24 Dove Awards.  Mac's most recent venture into country music produced the album Back Again, but now he's focused on his newest album New Creation. He joins Mike to explain what he's up to and why he's sporting that Alabama hat during the interview.

Alabama football legend George Teague joins Mike Dubberly for the latest Mike Behind the Mic podcast.  George previewed the Alabama at Texas football game, gave his thoughts on how players feel if their marching band doesn't make the trip to away games, his perspective on the rise in violent crime among young people and what his family has founded to create more opportunities for young people.

In 2013, Shelby County Sheriff’s deputy David Morrow, working as a School Resource Officer, was at Chelsea Middle School when the call came in that a gunman was holding some students hostage in a locker room. Initially, it was five girls being held at gunpoint in the girls’ locker room. Deputy Morrow responded directly to the threat and after some time, was able to convince the gunman to release a few of the girls and eventually all of them unharmed. One of those students held hostage was Madeline O'Neal. Fast forward to 2022, where Madeline just graduated from the University of Alabama. In June, her mother Deanna sent Deputy Morrow a letter thanking him for his quick response, and she cited the delayed response in Uvalde as part of her inspiration to let him know, his actions allowed his daughter to grow up to continue to chase her dreams. Both Deputy Morrow and Madeline joined Mike Dubberly to reflect on that day.

Longtime "Voice of the Crimson Tide" Eli Gold will miss at least the start of the Alabama football season because of unspecified health reasons, so you won't hear him doing play-by-play broadcasts for the Tide when 'Bama kicks off against Utah State. Instead, Alabama fans will hear the voice of Chris Stewart, who has been the longtime voice of the Alabama men's basketball broadcasts and has hosted the pregame and postgame shows for Alabama football broadcasts as well as the Coach Nick Saban show. Chris recently joined Mike Dubberly for a Mike Behind the Mic to talk about the enormous responsibility of filling in for a legend in the broadcast booth.

In this latest episode of Mike Behind the Mic, Mike Dubberly talks with longtime play-by-play broadcaster with the Birmingham Barons, Curt Bloom. "CB" as he's known, got to fulfill a lifelong dream of calling a Major League Game. He was "called up" to do a Chicago White Sox game recently and talked about the experience. Curt is hoping this opportunity opens the door to finally move up to the Big Leagues for good, but also hopes his drive to never give up on that dream inspires others.

In this week's episode of Mike Behind the Mic, gas industry expert Patrick De Haan of the GasBuddy app talks with Mike Dubberly about the reason for the recent decline in gas prices, how low will they go, and whether the trend will continue through the end the year or whether there are variables, he believes, that will actually lead to gas prices rising again before the New Year.

Are you having a bad day? Need a pick me up? Then you'll want to listen to Anthony Smith, who works for Birmingham Parks and Rec, but has the gift of singing. I promise you will come away with your spirit lifted and maybe come away with a more positive perspective on life. Anthony grew up, one of 12 children in Pratt City. He played football for Alabama A&M and got his master's degree at Alcorn St. But what he enjoys most is bringing joy to people, especially through his gift of singing. But never did he anticipate the positive impact he would have until the pandemic hit and people were home missing out on normal celebrations like birthdays. Here's an ordinary man doing extraordinary things by simply being himself.