NBA Hall of Famer, (7'2")  Artis Gilmore -- "The Gentle Giant" - "The A Train" -- joins Mike and Guest Host and Comic Jenn Weeks. 

They talk about his amazing college career with the Cinderella Story Jacksonville University Dolphins who played the NCAA Championship Game against UCLA; his front-seat view to racism in the South coming through the Civil Rights Movement; his incredible professional career that spanned the careers of Wilt Chamberlain and Michael Jordan; and how family, more than accolades have sustained him throughout his basketball life and beyond!

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Tony Nominated Broadway actor -- Brad Oscar -- joins Mike and Guest Host and Comic Jenn Weeks.  

Brad shares behind-the-scenes stories of his path to stardom, including The Producers, Something Rotten, Spam Alot, Mel Brooks, The Tony's and how his first acting experiences in Rockville Maryland, and his regular trips to see Broadway shows,  laid the foundation for his ultimate success.

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Join Mike and guest host Comedian Jpaw as they chat with Garrett Scantling - decathlete, Olympian, and world record setter.  

They talk Olympic Village, University of Georgia, the NFL with the Falcons and the Jags, and transitioning to coaching!

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Emmy nominated producer Frank Pace personifies Hollywood. He’s an old school TV producer with almost 1,000 episodes of your favorite TV credits to his name: Murphy Brown, Night Court, George Lopez, Suddenly Susan, Head of The Class and more! Comedian Jenn Weeks joins Mike to get behind the scenes insights from one of Hollywoods most prolific and connected producers.

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Listeners said they wanted more Liv and Mike Banter. So here  you go!  No guest this week. Get to know Mike and Liv as they talk about the 2023 Oscar’s, their favorite shows as kids, teacher crushes, why Liv was a “bad bad girl,” Liv’s dislike of hair brushes,  Don Irrera’s roast of Mike and more. 

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Liv and Mike get a chance to talk with Nancy Hollander about her life work representing defendants in the toughest of cases and how surreal it was to have Jodie Foster play her in the Hollywood blockbuster The Mauritanian. 

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Mike and Liv talk first rodeos with the head of the Innocence Project or California who has walked 38 innocents out of prison. They chat about his first exoneration, playing rock n roll in prison and what it was like to have Greg Kinnear portray him in the Brian Banks movie - a great movie about an exoneree who went on to sign an NFL contract. 

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Mike and Liv chat with country Music Recording Artist Reed Foley. They talk first show, first hit and Reed’s love of Disney World. Plus Liv shares more about her Weiner Dog cause listeners can never get enough. Yee haw. 

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This week we sit down with close friend Dr. Ali Chahlavi to talk about his first rodeo. 

Dr. Ali tells us what its like when your first rodeo has all the pressure and consequences of brain surgery! 

Ali Chahlavi, MD, FAANS, provides personalized, compassionate neurosurgery care at Ascension Medical Group St. Vincent’s in Jacksonville, Florida. He is a board-certified neurosurgeon and a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. 

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This week we have family in the building, Mike's Cousin Andy joins us to talk about his first rodeo.  

Andy's voice has been the signature of Tampa Rays radio for the last 19 years, previously his radio career has featured work with the Pawtucket Red Sox, the Trenton Thunder, and the St. Lucie Mets in minor league baseball. He also did radio broadcasts for Providence College basketball, Rider University basketball, College of New Jersey football, and Baltimore Spirit soccer. Freed started his broadcast career while still a student at his alma mater, Towson State University, when he covered various sporting events for the university's radio station, WTMD.

This episode is dedicated to the memory of Andy's long time broadcast partner Dave Wills 1964 - 2023

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