My First Rodeo Podcast

Tony visits with Mike and they cover it all, the early days in Colorado, USC, being the first draft pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars, business success and failure, embracing fear, defining success, the process of making decisions, and pulling it all together in his new role helping to lead the Jags.  

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Rahn Hortman drops by to talk about having the courage to go full-time in comedy, some of his firsts along the way, marriage, the challenge of raising children with Sickle Cell Disease, and learning from comedy legends. He's one of the good ones!

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There is no one else like her. Jenn is relatable, expressive, and hilarious.  

Jenn drops by the show to talk about how it all started for her, backing into things, "waiting her turn," authenticity, grief and being clean in the not always so clean world of comedy.

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Who doesn't love Nick Harvey! From growing up in segregated Jackson, Tennessee to taking his first mic on a Navy frigate about to pass the equator, to being "gang life adjacent," Nick shares his inspiration for comedy, poetry and for life!

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The former theatre kid, who seamlessly blends humor, song and theatrical performance on topics that range from body image to womanhood, dating to divorce, and depression to life as a middle child, joins Mike to talk about her approach to it all!

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From the heights of collegiate basketball success to the depths of a Nebraska roadside ditch, Patric's life experience will encourage anyone who is wrestling with hope.  Mike and Patric talk basketball, coachability, family, identity, about the accident that robbed Patric of the ability to walk, and the journey forward.  Strength, courage, pain and positivity feature prominently.

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Too many firsts to name!  Historic Jacksonville Mayor who preserved land, invested in infrastructure and pursued innovative ways to understand and represent everyone - not just those who voted for him.  

Public University and Private College President - who won over critics who initially saw him as not "enough of an academic."  And, before all that, Chief Assistant State Attorney, City General Counsel and Mayoral Chief of Staff. 

Curiosity, reaching across the aisle, humility, and kindness feature prominently in this episode.

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Adam took the helm of Hillel, the world's leading Jewish student organization, just months before the Pandemic.  

So, there has been no shortage of crises for the man who heads an organization that counts 180,000 Jewish students in 850 colleges and universities as its constituency.  

Mike and Adam get into how the lawyer, turned entrepreneur, turned playwright, and oh yeah a capella singer, brings problem- solving, creativity, technology, empathy and good humor to bear in leading in unusually divisive times.  

Listening, learning, and laughing feature prominently.

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After her debut performance as a fairy in elementary school, Helen didn't perform again for decades. She has been on a pretty good tear ever since  -  playing memorable characters in Jane the Virgin, Never Have I Ever, booking her first commercial (Comcast Cable) and then her first acting audition: a Coen Brothers classic,  becoming a regular on NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell me, and hosting her own game show, Go Fact Yourself -- meanwhile entertaining comedy audiences across the country with a unique brand of quirky, expressive, edginess and well-crafted jokes.   

The immigrant experience, rebellion, and sisterhood feature prominently.

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Seth and Mike talk, growing up Jewish with the shadow of the Holocaust front and center and how, for Seth, this permeated his DNA and his being and drew him to innocence work. The Bone Valley Murder, college protests, and passion feature prominently.

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