Tony on the Mic

On this BEEP FREE episode, I sit down with BJ, Jarrod and Jim and discuss Quentin Tarantino. We start with his early stuff and writing credits, and then break down our favorite movies to ultimately crown the Top Tarantino Movie! We tease Jarrod for being a racist, Jim about Asian stereotypes and BJ for being an idiot – full disclosure, Jarrod is not a racist… he just plays one podcasts. Jim does impressions and we go through Reservoir Dogs through Kill Bill 2, then dive into the rest in part 2!

On this episode I am joined by the old Life’s a Binge crew, well, most of it - BJ, Jarrod and Rich. We talk a long walk down Eddie Murphy memory lane. From his stand up, to SNL, to his enormous movie presence. We include His party all the time fame and much more! If you like Eddie Murphy, you will love to laugh and reminisce along with us as we crown the ultimate Eddie Murphy Movie! Plenty of quotes, quips and laughs.

On today’s episode, we sit down with Karen Caires and discuss her upcoming breast cancer surgery. The Grossmont College Women’s basketball head coach talks about the diagnosis, the options, and how she made her final decision to have a bilateral mastectomy. She shares her journey and gives lots of insights into her choices. We also talk about basketball, recruiting, a little pop culture and her daughters and courage. We talk about coping and the importance of staying positive. She is getting reconstructive surgery and I ask what celebrity’s breasts she is going to get… spoiler alert, she doesn’t tell me.

Today on Tony on the Mic I sit down with reigning DJ Hersch! - GHS teacher of the year and District teacher of the year and finalist for SD county teacher of the year. He is also a popular local DJ and party host. He has won awards from The History Channel, Facebook, Twitter and the National academy of arts and sciences. We talk about returning to in person classes after Covid, he gets some “DJ emergency” situations and we hear about his strategy and chat with his former students about the impact he has had on them. Local / Grossmont heavy episode, but a lot of fun and DJ information and insight you can’t get anywhere else!

The boys are back to take care of unfinished business as we crown the best baseball movie of all time. Last episode we narrowed it down to eight, this week, we crown a champ. It is a fun trip down memory lane and all eight are movies that touched us and live on in our hearts and memory. If you like baseball movies, check out this episode!

In this Episode, Jarrod Weintraub, BJ Lawrence and Matt Thompson and I talk baseball movies! In the preamble to our definitive baseball movie, we talk about the best songs associated with baseball, the best characters – Wild Thing or Nuke LaLoosh? Benny the Jet or Roy Hobbs? Kelly Leak or Dottie Henson? IS there a better baseball song that “Someday We’ll Go all the Way? What actors have been in multiple baseball movies? How did they convince Phil Rizzuto to do a sophomoric play by play in Meatloaf’s Paradise by the Dashboard Lights? Just fun, silly baseball talk.

This episode features very little of me, and heavy doses of the Grossmont High School 2021 Senior football players and cheerleaders. The Covid postponed and shortened football season provided challenges and obstacles and hopefully, some memories of friends, strength and overcoming. It was at rough year, and here, in their own words, is what their team, sport and school meant to them. Not a lot of laughs, but some great, sincere things that mean a lot right now, but will mean so much more in 20 years and beyond. Football starts at 13:00

Today’s guest is the one and only (thank goodness) 17-time Emmy winner Joe Little of NBC 7/39. He talks about his journey from a being a D1 basketball player (and the only player on the roster without an assist one year) to Multimedia Journalist and feature reporter in America’s finest city. Why he interviewed me once, when it certainly was not news. Joe talks about being one of the first on the scene when United flight 93 crashed on 9/11, documenting the final cleaning out of Tony Gwynn’s locker and how a door knock (news term) revealed much more than he expected. We talk about movies, do a live Siri V Google assistant test, discover the meaning of Nena’s 99 Luft balloons, and he mocks Prince and my admiration of Prince… and I did not terminate the podcast! Tune in to a fun episode of Tony on the Mic!

Today we sit down with Davey Smith, infectious disease and viral researcher. We discuss his 12-16 hours a day in the field researching infectious disease, including his detailed work on Covid-19, and HIV before them. We talk treatments and progress about the disease, and about vaccines and variants. We talk about his journey in medicine and life.

Jarrod subs for a derelict Reid in the movie review segment

We learn about growing up gay in Tennessee and how his father insisted he couldn’t be gay, but his brother probably was. Spoiler alert – his brother is straight. We also talk about his obsession with Pokémon go, his writing, and he answers listener questions! Tune in for a fun ride, despite the subject matter, about Covid-19 on an entertaining and educational episode of Tony on the mic!

Today Montel Allen returns with his son Blake to talk about a covid cancelled, then reinstated senior football season. How his college coaches feel about him playing a live spring season before reporting to camp in July. We talk about the “Let them play” movement. We debate best running backs of all time, music back in the day versus music today and how much better Montell has become over the years in retrospect. Join us in a fun look inside a college bound high school senior football player trying to navigate life.