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Welcome to Medallion Press Radio! This is the monthly podcast of book publisher Medallion Press.

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  • Jul 1, 2011 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 21m AVG DURATION
  • 5 EPISODES


Latest episodes from Medallion

World Series of Poker champ Jerry Yang!

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2011 23:06


2007 World Series of Poker champ Jerry Yang discusses his autobiography titled All In, which details his inspiring true journey from refugee camp to poker champ!Jerry Yang was flipping through the channels one evening in 2005 when he stumbled upon the World Series of Poker on ESPN. Having never seen or played the game before, he was instantly hooked. Two years later, Jerry won $8.2 million at the WSOP final table.An amateur poker player winning the sport’s most prestigious event makes headlines, but Yang’s story placed him at the forefront of media attention. Having survived a childhood in the killing fields of Southeast Asia and a Thai refugee camp, Yang found academic and personal success in the slums of Nashville, Kansas City, and Fresno. When Jerry watched poker for the first time, he promised his wife when he won the WSOP championship he’d use the money for good—and he did just that, giving over $800,000 to charities benefitting children around the world.All In dramatically intertwines Jerry’s amazing life with the key poker hands from the 2007 World Series of Poker.

Dawn Schiller, The Road Through Wonderland

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2011 4:55


The Inspiring memoir of Dawn Schiller. A young girl caught up in a lifestyle of drugs and insanity, who overcame her past and ultimately became a powerful example of the courage and resilency of the human spirit.

Road Warrior Animal

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2011 24:57


Legendary wrestler, and recently announced Class of 2011 WWE Hall of Fame and Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame inductee Joe Laurinaitis, a.k.a. Road Warrior Animal, stops in to tell us about his newly released book titled The Road Warriors: Danger, Death,and the Rush of Wrestling.About the book:The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling is the captivating true story of The Legion of Doom: The Road Warriors, presented by Joe “Animal” Laurinaitis. Alongside Mike “Hawk” Hegstrand, Laurinaitis stormed onto the wrestling scene. With a monstrous style and image like no other, the Road Warriors went on to become two of the most influential and celebrated wrestlers the world has ever known.In his first book ever, Laurinaitis shares his perspective of the dangers of being in the ring, the death of his lifelong friend and tag team partner “Hawk,” and the rush of leaving a legacy in tag team wrestling that is unmatched to this day. Joe takes readers behind the scenes of their most famous matches, including what it was like . . .to be twenty feet in the air on the scaffold at Starrcade ’86 as it nearly fell apart underneath, to legitimately injure J.J. Dillon during the first War Games at The Great American Bash in 1987, and to witness Hawk so inebriated while fighting in SummerSlam ’92, it was miraculous he could even walk. The Road Warriors: Danger, Death, and the Rush of Wrestling is the story wrestling fans have been waiting for!

Motiv8n U

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2010 39:20


Staci Boyer, author of Motiv8n U shares her secrets for getting fit in ALL aspects of life. Relationship fitness, emotional fitness, funny bone fitness, etc. . . are all equally as important to you health and well-being as physical fitness can be. Staci's dead-on approach and dynamic personality will have you Motiv8d to become the best You ever!

Action Interview - Wormfood

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2010 13:52


Things are strange in Whitewood California and they are about to get even more strange and disgusting when Fat Ernst starts serving up a helping of his best burgers in town. Listen as Junior, Fat Ernst, Bert and the others try to make sense out of a perplexing situation in Jeff Jacobson's new novel Wormfood.

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