The Tom Becka Podcast

[music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to another edition of TomBecka.com, where everyone is extraordinary, and everyone has a story to tell, and this is quite the story to be honest with you. I had never really thought about interviewing a drag queen before but as I asked around of friends and family, and I’d […]

Tom Becka: Hello, and welcome to this interview on tombecka.com, where everyone’s extraordinary and everyone has a story to tell. This story is a story that a lot of people are dealing with, but very few people are willing to tell this story. This is the story of a soldier coming back from three tours […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello, welcome to another edition of TomBecka.com, where everyone is exceptional, and everyone has a story to tell. If you ever see Dean on the street, you may just ignore him, past him by or just dismiss him. He’s kind of a short man, I’m guessing about four foot six, something around […]

[music] Tom Becka: Greetings from the Heartland, Omaha Nebraska with another edition of TomBecka.com, where everybody has a great story to tell. This is Podcast page, if you’re new to it, what we do, is every week we introduce you to another person in the community with something to add. An interesting story perhaps. A […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello, welcome to another episode of TomBecka.com where every week we look at somebody new, somebody with interesting story to tell, somebody that just…Yeah, whatever part of their life is. It’s a veritable potpourri of interesting lives, lifestyles, or experiences. But stop the music. Just stop the music. Normally I give a […]

[silence] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to another episode of tombecka.com. Thanks for spreading the word about this. The show which keeps on growing and growing, it is exciting to be a part of this new podcasting. You have an opportunity to meet some of the people that I have had a chance to meet. […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello, welcome to another podcast of tombecka.com where every week we interview somebody with a unique story to tell. There’s an underlying theme in all of these stories. If you notice the underlying theme in all of these stories is that, it’s the power of the individual, it’s the power of an […]

[music] [background music] Tom Becka: Well, we meet again. Another edition of TomBecka.com where everyone has a story to tell. This story here is a perfect one for summer time. If you’re going on that family vacation, maybe you’ve got the kids in the back seat and they’re fighting and yelling, “Are we there yet?” […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello. Welcome to another episode of tombecka.com, where everyone has a story to tell. If you take a look at the stories we’ve done in the past, you’ll see that there’s a broad range of topics and personalities that we’ve addressed. Everything from people that have overcome things like breast cancer to […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to another episode of “TomBecker.com” where everyone has a story to tell. Before I start telling this story, let me tell you a little story about myself. I like animals, but I like people more. Pure and simple, I like people more. I don’t understand people that are dog […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to another addition of TomBecka.com where everyone is exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. Before we get to the latest story I want to let you know the music you hearing in the background is from a very good man, Blue House, Blue House with the Rent […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to TomBecka.com, where everyone’s exceptional and everyone has a story to tell and this is a story of a generation. This is a story of a young man. A young man who at the age of 18 found out he was going to drafted and shipped overseas to fight […]

[laughs] [background music] Tom Becka: Greetings from the heartland of Omaha, Nebraska and TomBecka.com, where everyone’s exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. I got an email this past week from somebody, a nasty email. Saying, “Not everybody is exceptional. Some people are low-lives, some people are below average, not everyone is exceptional. Quit […]

[intro music] Tom Becka: Greetings from Omaha, Nebraska with another edition of tombecka.com where everyone’s exceptional, everyone has a story to tell. If it is your first time visiting us here, what we do on this podcast, every week, we interview a person with an interesting story. It could be inspirational, it could be fun, […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello. Welcome to another episode of Tombecka.com where everyone is exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. The story of James Crotty is a very interesting one in that James did not go to school to become a teacher yet he became an educator. He did not go to school to […]

[music] Tom Becka: Well, here we are again with another edition of tombecka.com. By the way, you can listen not only on tombecka.com, you can also listen on iTunes. You can listen on YouTube and, now, you can also listen on the TuneIn Radio app. So a lot of different ways to listen to tombecka.com. […]

[music] Tom Becka: Well, here we are, once again, at tombecka.com where everyone’s exceptional, everyone has a story to tell. First off, I want to thank you for sharing this on your social media. I want to thank you for spreading the word. The numbers just keep on growing and growing and growing, being heard […]

[background music] Tom Becka: Hello, welcome to another broadcast of Tombecka.com, where everyone is exceptional, where everyone has a story to tell and this guy has a story. He goes by the name of Lash LaRue, he’s real name is Larry Dan, he’s a musician, a rockabilly musician with tattoos all over his body. He […]

Tom Becka: Hello welcome to another episode of TomBecka.com, where everyone is exceptional. Still battling a little bit of a cold here, so my voice is not in a hundred percent great shape. Then again, my body’s not in a hundred percent great shape, which brings me to my guest today, Matt Jackson is a […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello, welcome to another podcast at TomBecka.com, where everyone is exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. This is one of those stories. I met Sarah Centineo a while back and didn’t know really much about her. It’s one of those situations where you make a little bit of small talk, […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello, and welcome to Tombecka.com, where everyone’s exceptional, everyone has a story to tell. I want to thank you all for sharing the stories with me, the emails that I’m receiving, the tweets, the comments on Facebook. I want to thank you for sharing of this page with a lot of your […]

Tom Becka: Welcome to TomBecka.com where everyone’s exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. This is a fun story. This is an interesting story. This is a story that I quite honestly, maybe nothing to you, but personally, I just don’t get it. I’m talking about tattoos. I don’t understand why anybody would get […]

Tom Becka: Welcome to TomBecka.com where everyone’s exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. This story was recorded about two years ago. Jim Fagin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer back in about 2009 I believe it was. About 2009 he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, and fought a good, hard battle for about four […]

Tom Becka: Hello. Welcome to another podcast at TomBecka.com, where everyone is exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. This story…I am a sucker for a story like this. I am a sucker for a story of anyone that is following their dreams, anybody that is trying to make something happen against very difficult […]

[music] [background music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to another episode of TomBecka.com, where everybody has a story to tell. This is a great story. Bruce Arant is a man that I’ve met, he’s a friend of a friend, and we’ve had some great conversations over the years and I knew he’s a very talented […]

[background music] Tom Becka: What in the world is polyamory? Hello and welcome to this edition of TomBecka.com where everyone’s exceptional and everyone has a story to tell. Polyamory is, I think, rather misunderstood by a lot of people. Maybe a lot people don’t even know what the word is or what it is? It […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to another interview on Tombecka.com. When a friend of mine came to me and said, “Tom. I’ve got this friend that’s an intuitive and a life coach, and you ought to interview her,” and I thought to myself, “What the hell is an intuitive and a life coach?” I […]

[background music] Tom Becka: Hello, and welcome to this episode of TomBecka.com, where everyone has a story to tell. This story is not that unusual. At the same time, it’s incredibly unusual. The story is one of a 20-year-old in college. She gets pregnant. She decides to have the baby, put the baby up for […]

[powerpress} [background music] Tom Becka: Hello and welcome to this interview of TomBecka.com. This interview personifies what this podcast page is all about. This is an interview with a woman that, well, you might meet her on the street. You might know her. She might be living next door to you. She’s a wife, she’s […]

[music] Tom Becka: Hello, and welcome to another episode of Tombecka.com, where everyone’s extraordinary, and everyone has a story to tell. Rita Rae has a story to tell. Yeah, Rita Rae is a wife, she’s a mother, she’s a waitress. She’s the all-American girl next door. This of course is the all-American girl next door, […]

Tom Becka: Everybody knows somebody with cancer. Hello and welcome to this interview on Tombecka.com. This was an interesting one to do, a hard one to do. Becky’s a friend of mine and she’s a breast cancer survivor. Now everybody knows somebody with sad cancer, may be you’ve had cancer. But until you actually go […]

[music] Tom Becka: Welcome to this interview on TomBecka.com, where everyone is extraordinary, and everyone has a story to tell. This story is one that is an amazing story. What makes somebody want to be a member of a gang? What makes somebody want to spend his life behind bars and live a life of […]