How the Heck Have You Been?!

Enjoy my talk with Toby Dickinson, best friend from High School, and someone intrinsically tied up with the best years of my adolescence! We spoke about our obsession with Star Wars, Pokémon, and other extremely manly pursuits. To support the How the Heck have you Been?! Podcast, visit artbymarker.com and buy some cool art, playing cards, or greeting cards. Thank you!

Today I am talking with Jeremy Earnhart, the President and CEO of Music for All. You heard that right, the man who used to drive over the my junior high and teach runny-nosed seventh graders how to play trumpet, is now heading up an incredible national organization, only part of which is running the Bands of America competitions that I knew and loved so much at my time in high school. In talking with him, I had almost forgotten just how charismatic he is, and how good he is at taking his ideals surrounding music, marching band, and general pageantry, and implementing them in the most efficient way that maximizes the amount of lives he betters.  We met up at our joint alma mater, The University of North Texas where Music For All was hosting a one-day summer camp. It felt good to be around all those instruments again. Mr. Earnhart brought along Mrs. Cindy Powell, who worked with him at Arlington ISD, and is now on the Music for All board of directors. I am incredibly grateful for Mr. Earnhart and Mrs. Powell giving me a couple hours of their time, and I hope you enjoy the conversation. Visit https://musicforall.org to see all the great work Mr. Earnhart and others are doing to bring music to ALL. To support the How the Heck Have You Been?! Podcast, go to artbymarker.com and buy some cool art.

My conversation with Mrs. Pamela Banner, my 8th and 9th Grade English teacher who inspired ME to be a teacher. It was an extremely fulfilling conversation with one of the greatest teachers of all time! (In my humble opinion). We spoke about the teaching profession, her job as a mentor teacher with Hurst Euless Bedford ISD, and I got caught with all the news about her two sons and many grandchildren, who are ALL now through high school. Please enjoy! To support the show, visit artbymarker.com and buy some cool art or playing cards.

My conversation with Carlos Barboza! We caught up on old times and discussed everything from his childhood experiencing life in L.A. in the 90s, our time together in Junior High and High School, and more! Enjoy!

Here is my conversation with Bailey Matta! We talked about Junior High Shenanigans, High School Hijinks, and how she's been keeping herself busy since graduation. I hope you enjoy our conversation! To support the show, buy some of Mark's artwork and merchandise from https://www.artbymarker.com/

Here is my conversation with Mrs. Blake, who I knew as my 10th Grade Chemistry teacher, Ms. George. We discuss the field of public education and why we both drew away from it, we talk about balancing parenting and career, and we talked about our time at L.D. Bell High School. Enjoy! To support the show, buy some of Marks artwork and merchandise from https://www.artbymarker.com/

In this episode I speak with one of my longest and steadfast-est friends. We discuss our time together in Junior High, High School, and as part of a 10-year-long writing group! To support this one-man show, visit artbymarker.com and buy some cool art. Thank you!

My talk with Christ Hotze ranged in topics from fatherhood, to fathers, from high school to careers, to finding one's bearings in this wild world!  To checkout the band performance we discuss, visit the link here: https://www.youtube.com/embed/89Icod-2xLw?rel=0&autoplay=1 To support the show, visit artbymarker.com and buy some cool art or playing cards.

In this episode, I speak with my friend Rhean (Weekly) Wren, who went to Junior High and High School with me. We speak about the ways in which parenting is both enriching and taxing, we speak about the healthcare and financial sector, but most of all we talk about BAND SOME MORE! To Support the show, visit artbymarker.com and buy some cool art and cards. Thanks!

I talked with American Author Lauren Danhof about our time together in Junior High, and about her new novel “It's not a Cult,” that will be released August of 2023! ORDER Lauren's Book here! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/729848/its-not-a-cult-by-lauren-danhof/ Find out more about Lauren here: https://www.laurendanhof.com/ Order some artwork from Mark here! https://www.artbymarker.com/ Check out the DFW Writers Workshop here: https://www.dfwwritersworkshop.org/

My guest today is Zuzanna Knypinski. Zuzanna was born in Poland, lived most of her childhood in Canada and the moved to Texas for high school We talked about her experiences scuba diving, getting the bends, getting into politics, doing triathlons, being a lawyer, her crazy italian cousin, how babies are made, and peepaw but not her peepaw. It was so great to catch up with her and I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did! If you need to find out where you can vote and be more politically active (Like Zuzanna suggested): go here! https://www.vote.org/polling-place-locator/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

Episode 10 brings you my conversation with Liz Fontenot who is also Fun to Know, a friend I've known and lived down the street from for just about as long as I can remember! We discussed her career path, our time together for all of K-12, and got a little more deep as we talked about losing loved ones and the importance of putting kindness out into the world. In the show notes I put a link to the animal adoption group Liz volunteers with, Fort Worth Abandoned Animal Alliance, if you want to learn more! I hope you enjoy our conversation! To learn more about the animal adoption group Liz works with visit their home page here: https://www.fwabandoned.org/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

What a good guest we have for today's episode. Casey Latham Muckley and I went to the same high school, and have also taught at the same high school. We discussed a wide range of topics, like why I didn't include her name in the giant maze I drew on my bedroom wall, and how college kids can have fun in a small-town Walmart, and how we tried to keep our students engaged during COVID lockdowns. It was so good to catch up with her and I hope you enjoy our talk! Check out Casey's YouTube Channel here if you're interested in learning about music theory! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwAA2Im1X9FDcDFFOAs6oAw/featured If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

Today's guest is my old friend Konrad Hartman. And he is my very first guest who WASN'T in band. Our hour conversation flew effortlessly by as we talked about his experience with fine spirits and bartending, improv and comedy, his deep history in the music industry and the several bands he's been in, and our mutual experiences working at the Olive Garden. It was really great to catch up with Konrad and I hope you have as much listening as I did talking with him. Check out Konrad's podcast Film Fights at the following link: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KJIureGpG5AQFmzBrnrkS?si=987b839115614830 You can also look into the Dallas comedy club where Konrad's friends perform: https://dallas-comedyclub.com/ If you want to support the How the Heck have You Been podcast, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

In this episode I speak with Brian Dutton about his time in Drum Corp International, Education, Colorguard and pageantry, his interior design business he runs with his husband, his new, exciting job, The Marvel Cinematic Universe and much more. He's just as great of a guy now as he was in high school. Hope you enjoy our conversation. Check out Brian's pageantry website here: https://www.dutdutdesigns.com/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

In this episode I call up life-time friend and compariout, Robert Williams. We spoke about our entire public school career, how I gave him stiches and almost blinded him for life, and his career as an officer in the Navy working on Nuclear Subs! It was an awesome conversation and I was grateful for the opportunity to catch up! If you want to enlist in the Navy, go here: https://www.navy.mil/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

Here's my conversation with Matt Schoolfield, long time friend, drummer, and entrepreneur! We talked about our time in Jr. High and High School, our experiences in college, and beyond!  Check out the belts Matt's company sells for wrestling fans! https://www.fandubelts.com/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to https://www.artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

This was my conversation with Katie Parris Coleman. We discussed our high school memories, her career in deaf education, youth ministry, and so much more! Check out her blog at: https://thehipsterginger.wordpress.com/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

This is my conversation with Spain Fischer, currently living in Colorado as a professional artist (jealous and jealous), Spain and I talked about our time in high school, her move to Florida and then Colorado, selling her artwork, and more! If you want to support Spain's art career, go here and purchase her graphic novel Caterwaul Volume 1! https://sofawolf.com/products/caterwall-1-the-isle-of-manx?sku=CATW-1 If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

My guest today is the one and only Davis Cox. Here are his yearbook stats. He was featured on FOUR pages of the yearbook, a solid score. Once for the talent show, once for marching band, once for Jazz Band, and finally with gloriously spiked hair in his senior portrait! If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!

In this pilot episode, I interview a man my friends and I all looked up to in high school. He was our drum major, the salutatorian of his graduating class, and an all around great guy! Among other things, we discussed our past together, our love or woodworking, and the great joys and sorrows of parenthood. Enjoy! AmeriCorps link: https://americorps.gov/ If you want to support the podcast itself, head over to artbymarker.com and buy some cool art!