The Aron Bender Podcast

Aron Bender first talked with DJ Hed for a podcast a couple years ago. Had to bring him back for this new one. Hed and Chuck Dizzle are Home Grown Radio Monday through Saturday nights in Los Angeles on hip hop station Real 92.3. That's fitting because Hed’s all about real, authenticity and honesty. DJ Hed is Southern California born and raised. His motto is "West Coast." We talk about Hed's "white family," how it was growing up as a "square" and a nerd, and I explain to him why I don't always wash my feet in the shower -- and rarely wash my jeans!

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Connect with DJ Hed:

www.instagram.com/DJHed

www.twitter.com/DJHed

https://real923la.iheart.com/featured/dj-hed/

Home Grown Radio Podcast:

Home Grown Radio

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Aron Bender is joined for this special episode by WXIA TV reporter Chenue Her in Atlanta. The Hmong American who grew up in Minnesota has been covering the March 16th mass shootings at Young's Asian Massage, Gold Massage Spa and Aromatherapy Spa in metro Atlanta. We talk about the disgusting rise in hate crimes targeting Asian Americans, handling all the layers of covering a mass shooting that targeted Asian Americans while being Asian American himself, how to have uncomfortable conversations, how allies can help, and maintaining mental health and self care as someone who grew up in a culture where mental health wasn't talked about. I'm looking forward to having Chenue on the podcast again to talk more about his journey.

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Connect with Chenue:

https://www.instagram.com/chenueher

https://twitter.com/chenueher

https://www.linkedin.com/in/chenue-her-9a48664a

https://www.11alive.com/article/about-us/team-bios/chenue-her/85-73d1b5ea-67bf-44f7-87f3-45487732c05e

Chenue's personal fight against COVID:

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/chenue-her-battle-with-covid19/85-bd45d448-9653-4d10-b2ec-47d24f3816c7

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Aron Bender is joined by Tyrah Majors -- who is barely out of college but already making major moves. She grew up in San Diego, went to school in Santa Barbara, Orange County and quickly ran through grad school at USC. She just started a new job KOMO 4 TV in Seattle as a reporter and morning traffic anchor, but she also was just awarded a Golden Mike from the Radio Television News Association of Southern California for her work at KBAK in Bakersfield. We talked about her love of storytelling (she's the author of a children's book "Grammy and Me") and how she uses her childhood experience as a model and actress to work through difficult times. Tyrah and I also discuss what life was like growing up as the middle child between two brothers and a baby sister, growing up in mostly-white San Diego, her role as a torchbearer for the next generation of young black women, her self care methods, tips and tricks, and the importance of mental health during and after the pandemic.

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Connect with Tyrah:

https://www.tyrahmajors.com/

https://www.instagram.com/tyrahmajors/

https://twitter.com/tyrahmajors

https://www.facebook.com/tyrahmajorslive

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyrah-majors-195336121/

https://komonews.com/station/people/tyrah-majors-01-25-2021

Order Tyrah's children's book "Grammy and Me" at:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0977273032/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_YSC3B5R48RJVVMJJ0KMY

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Aron Bender raps with DJ EFN -- a legend in Miami hiphop and a trailblazer in the podcast game. Eric Narciandi came up in the 90's and early 2000's dropping dozens of mixtapes that didn’t just put him and his crew on the map. He helped put South Florida on the map. And as we get into in this conversation, he wasn’t about to settle with just music. He’s started an international documentary series called "Coming Home," and is one of the creators of two of the most successful podcasts: "Drink Champs" and "Father Hoods." But DJ EFN's story doesn’t start in Miami … it starts in Southern California. He lived in Anaheim Hills and then South Gate before finally settling in Miami after his Cuban parents divorced. We talk about his relationship with his Vietnam War veteran father, how he broke into the music business shooting his shot at a conference in Miami in the early 90's, his career "pivots," and what it's like being a 40-something dad with two young kids.

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Connect with DJ EFN:

https://crazyhood.com/

Drink Champs podcast:

Father Hoods podcast:

Coming Home documentary series

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Aron Bender hangs out with Beto Duran -- a fixture in Southern California sports media. He came up through the ranks at ESPN, has called and covered all kinds of games and fights, and can be seen Sunday afternoons alongside the legend Jim Hill on CBS2 Sports Central. Beto’s nickname is Mr. 1099 because of all the freelance work he does. We talk about dad life, how he pushes his son to be the best and realest he can be, why he posts the silliest pics on Instagram, and at some point we turn into old men talking about going to school before email and the internet.

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Connect with Beto:

www.instagram.com/betovision

www.twitter.com/duransports

Living the Dream podcast

Let's Go Ricky Ro! with Beto Duran

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Aron Bender talks with Jared Kleinert -- a TED speaker USA Today dubbed the “Most Connected Millennial.” He’s the author of “2 Billion Under 20” and “3 Billion Under 30” — and the founder of Meeting of the Minds at motm.co. He’s currently based in Atlanta but grew up in South Florida. In this conversation we cover his journey from teenage entrepreneur to self-published author, the acknowledgement of white privilege, his top 3 (turns out he gave me 4) networking tips and his big networking "no no."

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Connect with Jared:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredkleinert

Meeting of the Minds private email newsletter

https://www.instagram.com/jared.kleinert

https://twitter.com/jaredkleinert

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Aron Bender talks with Ilyana Capellan. She grew up in Aliso Viejo in Orange County, California, a Dominicana-Mexicana who learned early on she liked being out of her comfort zone. That would help explain her decision to go to a Austin Peay State University in Tennessee, travel the country on reality TV shoots, and take a TV reporting gig at WDHN in Dothan, Alabama. But now Ilyana is a lot closer to home. She just started as morning reporter at KGET in Bakersfield. We talk about how she developed her love for storytelling, growing up and then going to college surrounded by people who don't look like her, pressure to "fit in" and straighten her super curly hair, and how she manages post-concussion syndrome from a bunch of cheer injuries.

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Connect with Ilyana:

https://www.instagram.com/Ilyana_/

https://www.facebook.com/IlyanaCapellan/

https://twitter.com/IlyanaCapellan

https://www.kget.com/author/ilyana-capellan/

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Aron Bender talks with Bernadette Capulong -- who's no stranger to struggles and challenges. Bernadette started her own design firm pretty much in her kitchen in Southern California during the recession in 2009. She stepped back into the corporate world but a few years later would put the entrepreneur hat back on. And around the same time she stepped into the most meaningful shoes of motherhood: adopting her son. We talk about her leadership philosophy, the challenges of being an entrepreneur and a single parent, and why Bernadette wanted to adopt.

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Connect with Bernadette:

https://bcdesignhaus.com/about-us/

The Haus Report Podcast

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-haus-report/id1525618787

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Aron Bender hangs out with Dusty Baker, who grew up in Santa Clarita. With Vin Scully doing play-by-play of our beloved Dodgers, Dusty knew very early on what he wanted to do. And yes, his real name is Dusty Baker. Better believe we get into that during our conversation. Spoiler alert: blame his Dodger fan dad — who also happens to be my daughters’ principal! Dusty just started a new job just up the 101 at KSBY in San Luis Obispo. After graduating from Texas Christian University (Go Frogs!) his first job in TV was at KTAB / KRBC in Abilene, Texas. We talk about why he visited more than a dozen schools trying to pick the right university, and how he ended up visiting a bunch of countries while in college. We get into what life was like growing up as the principal's kid, our love for baseball (the World Champion Dodgers!), his preference for In-N-Out in California over Texas, and why Tex-Mex will never beat Mexican food. Dusty and I also talk about living a life of service to our families, listeners/viewers and communities.

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Connect with Dusty:

https://www.instagram.com/DustyBakerTV/

https://twitter.com/DustyBakerTV/

https://www.facebook.com/DustyBakerTV/

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Aron Bender is back with The Aron Bender Podcast, and he's invited a few friends to help kick things off.

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Jake Warner aka @bigbrotherjake is a father of three daughters, hosts The Big Brother Jake Podcast, runs audio for Clippers and LA Kings broadcasts, and wears a lot of hats at Podcast One. Jake's worked alongside such greats as Vin Scully and Ben Maller. We've been wanting to do a podcast together for a long time, and finally knocked it out! We talked about being Girl Dads, how fathers can best talk to their daughters, his divorce, the loss of my wife, growing up on the mean streets of San Bernardino and avoiding gang life, how he ended up in the Navy, how Jake was shamed into attending and graduating from the University of La Verne, surviving financially during the pandemic, and we reminisce about Ice Cube's early days.

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Connect with Jake and listen to "The Big Brother Jake Podcast"

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Connect with Aron at www.aronbender.com

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