The D.B. Nyce Podcast

D.B. has officially been named White Boy of the Year.

Okay, technically it was a T-shirt he found on the Ocean City boardwalk, but that's really just semantics.

This week, D.B. & Ted start with some of the questionable wisdom found on boardwalk T-shirts and somehow end up creating what may be the worst Oreo flavor ever conceived.

Along the way, D.B. talks about a surprisingly accurate tarot card reading, Ted discovers that literally everything he says technically qualifies as a "Ted Talk," and the guys wonder why Oreo can't simply leave a perfectly good cookie alone.

On this episode:

If there's no D.B. & Ted next Sunday...

You'll know what happened.

New episodes of D.B. & Ted are released every Sunday.

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D.B. & Sherry are back together in the newly rebuilt Studio 42—and apparently Sherry has some very specific ideas about who should play them in the movie of their lives.

After catching up on their week, the conversation somehow turns into Sherry desperately trying to remember Meg Ryan's name, movies everybody loves that they've never watched, D.B.'s failed attempt to introduce Sherry to Star Wars, and the realization that if it's not Hallmark...Sherry probably isn't interested.

Then D.B. asks one simple question:

Who should play me in the D.B. & Sherry movie?

Sherry's first choice?

Peter Griffin.

Meanwhile, Chanel discovers all the wires underneath the new studio desk and eventually decides when the show is over.

It's another completely normal episode of D.B. & Sherry.

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That outrageous phone call you heard on the radio? It might not have been nearly as spontaneous as you thought.

D.B. spent more than two decades working in radio, and on this chapter of the Radio Journey, he's pulling back the curtain on some of the tricks stations and personalities have used to get listeners talking.

Because in some ways, radio wasn't all that different from professional wrestling.

Stage names. Characters. Manufactured situations. Planned outcomes. Backstage politics.

D.B. explains how a strategically placed caller could turn a boring topic into phones ringing off the hook, remembers an outrageous stunt from Philadelphia radio that convinced an entire town to join the joke, and breaks down why those dramatic "gotcha" segments you've heard on morning radio aren't always what they appear to be.

But that leaves a bigger question:

If the audience is connecting with something that isn't real...is that actually good radio?

D.B. wrestles with his own answer and explains why, after all these years, he believes personality and authenticity matter more than the gimmick.

And next time, the Radio Journey returns to Florida—where D.B. learned about another thing radio and professional wrestling have in common:

backstage politics.

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For years, some of D.B.'s radio listeners believed he had a twin sister named Debbie.

There was just one problem.

She didn't exist.

Debbie started as a ridiculous recurring character during D.B.'s early radio days—a supposedly gorgeous blonde model who somehow had the voice of an 80-year-old lifelong smoker.

The voice was D.B.

But over time, the joke got considerably more elaborate.

Debbie started appearing on D.B.'s radio shows. His coworkers interacted with her. She got her own MySpace page. Friends and family played along.

And eventually...

D.B. needed to find an actual face for his imaginary sister.

On this episode:

What started as a stupid radio bit somehow became a running joke that survived multiple radio stations, multiple states and nearly two decades.

And at D.B.'s wedding...

Joe and Durr finally got to meet Debbie.

The Radio Journey continues next episode.

Start from the beginning with Episode 030 and catch every chapter at dbnycepodcast.com.

No, you didn't miss an episode—and no, The D.B. Nyce Podcast isn't going anywhere.

D.B. jumps on for a quick update after a couple of unexpected days away from the daily show.

A studio revamp came together faster than expected, which meant furniture was moved, equipment had to be rearranged and, for a little while, there wasn't much of a studio to record from.

The good news?

The studio is functional again, and new episodes are coming back.

Thanks for hanging in there during the unexpected break. D.B. also explains why he's learning that having a few episodes recorded in advance might not be such a bad idea when you're producing a daily podcast.

This is not a regular episode of The D.B. Nyce Podcast and does not continue the Radio Journey. It's simply a quick update to let you know what's happening behind the scenes.

The Radio Journey resumes with the next episode.

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Fifty episodes!

D.B. and Ted celebrate a major milestone... by doing what they do best—going completely off the rails.

What starts as a simple conversation about a voice changer quickly turns into the creation of new characters, ridiculous sound effects, questionable legal advice, and one very mischievous "Bad Baby."

On this episode:

Some episodes tell stories.

Some episodes solve life's problems.

This one proves that sometimes the funniest conversations happen when two friends simply start making each other laugh.

Thanks for being part of the first 50 episodes. Here's to many more!

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D.B. Nyce had been his radio name for years.

But during his time in Florida, D.B. started realizing something:

It couldn't just be a name anymore.

Working at Fly 92.1 introduced D.B. to the nightclub DJ scene around Fort Walton Beach and Destin—and some of the people who dominated it.

DJ Sudario. DJ Boom. And DJ Doc Roc.

These guys didn't simply play music. They understood how to control a room, build a following and create a reputation strong enough that people would show up because their name was on the marquee.

And watching one of them taught D.B. a lesson he still carries with him twenty years later.

On this episode:

Twenty years ago, D.B. learned something he still believes:

Your name isn't just what people call you. It's what people expect from you.

And once people associate your name with a certain standard, protecting that reputation becomes part of the job.

The Radio Journey continues next episode.

Start D.B.'s Radio Journey with Episode 030 and catch every chapter at dbnycepodcast.com.

By this point in D.B.'s Florida radio career, Fly 92.1 was starting to feel like home—and one of the people helping make it that way was DJ Sudario.

Together, D.B. and Sudario hosted the All Request Drive at Five, throwing the normal playlist rules aside and letting listeners help decide what came out of the speakers.

But one of their biggest adventures together wouldn't happen inside the radio studio.

D.B. was about to live on a bus for an entire week.

Years earlier, while interning at Q102 in Philadelphia, D.B. had watched the station pull off a massive holiday toy drive. When Fly 92.1 needed a big Christmas promotion of its own, D.B. remembered the idea.

Stuff-A-Bus was coming to Florida.

On this episode:

D.B. went into radio because he wanted to entertain people.

Stuff-A-Bus helped teach him that being a local radio personality meant something more.

You don't just broadcast to a community. You become part of it.

The Radio Journey continues tomorrow.

Start from the beginning with Episode 030 and catch every chapter at dbnycepodcast.com.

For most of D.B.'s life, he'd never really been alone.

Growing up in New Jersey meant being surrounded by family, lifelong friends and familiar places. If things got tough, there was always somewhere—or someone—to turn to.

Then radio changed everything.

Bangor. Biloxi. Florida.

New cities. New jobs. New people.

And for the first time in his life, D.B. had to figure out how to build a life without the safety net he'd always known.

Then an old friend came back into the story.

Matt was moving to Florida.

On this episode:

For the first time since leaving home to chase radio, D.B. wasn't just living somewhere new.

He was building a home.

And for a while, he honestly believed this might be the life he'd keep forever.

The Radio Journey continues tomorrow.

Start D.B.'s Radio Journey with Episode 030 and catch up anytime at dbnycepodcast.com.

D.B. finally has a home in Florida, a routine and a job he loves.

Now it's time to meet some of the people who would turn Fly 92.1 from another stop in his radio career into one of its most memorable chapters.

There was Booker—the prankster who learned the hard way that when D.B. says not to mess with him, he probably means it.

There was DJ Sudario—a local club DJ who quickly became one of D.B.'s favorite people to work and hang out with.

And then there was Drex.

Young, smart and ambitious, Drex understood the radio business well beyond his years. When a sudden management change put him in charge of Fly 92.1, he and D.B. realized they shared the same goal:

Make this their station.

On this episode:

Things at Fly were starting to take off.

Unfortunately, things inside the building were also starting to change.

And D.B. was about to learn that succeeding in radio sometimes required understanding a game he didn't even know he was playing.

The Radio Journey continues tomorrow.

Start D.B.'s Radio Journey with Episode 030 and catch up at dbnycepodcast.com.