The Tredcast

Nick Bailey is a Nashville based songwriter and music producer who's written over 270 songs including for Maroon 5, Demi Lovato and Lana Del Rey. Things have changed a lot since I first met Nick 15 years ago with his band Runner Runner! 

Kurt Sodergren is the drummer and founding member of the band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy. In April BBVD will celebrate its 32nd Anniversary! We talk about the bands start, success, playing an average of 150 shows a year and how they all still like each other!  

Dan Miller is the longtime Sports Director and Anchor on WJBK ("Fox 2") in Detroit and Radio play-by-play voice on the Detroit Lions Radio Network. I last spoke to him following the Lions winless 2008 season. A lot has changed for team and the city of Detroit!

Charlie Kendall has been a Broadcaster and  V/O artist for over half a century! He's brought back "Metalshop - The Only Show w/ Teeth" a radio show that at one time was on over 250 radio stations! We talk about about the revival of the show and why it may have never happened if he wasn't a Boy Scout. Plus, his work with NEWHD Media an organization committed to advocating and creating media jobs for Autistic People and those with other Disabilities and Veterans. 

Barry Nolan is a longtime TV Host and Personality for such shows as "Evening Magazine", "Extra" and "Hard Copy". Listen for his amazing connection with Boston Marathon Royalty the Hoyt family and why Bill O'Reilly will NEVER send him a holiday card!

Mike Augustyniak is Director of Meteorology at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis and has been with the station for 15 years. You might have seen him on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, CBS Sunday Morning (where he serves as the show's meteorologist), and many other CBS News outlets.  Mike is in his 30th year of broadcasting, a career he started when he was 15! 

Eddie Clark, has been a standup comedian for over 40 years, a movie, tv and commercial actor and radio morning show co host who went the unique route of retiring and then starting a family! 

First Fill Spirits is a truly unique whiskey shop/destination that luckily for me is my town of Saratoga Springs, NY. Holly and Charles are the owners of this small slice of Heaven on Earth. You'll hear their passion for their place and the whiskey very quickly! 

Walter Flakus is one of the founding members of the Rock band Stabbing Westward who scored two Gold Records in the late 90's and toured with Kiss, Depeche Mode and Stabbing Westward to name just a few. The group disbanded in 2002 so Walter went back to his original love radio and he's currently the Afternoon Drive Host and Music Director at Rock 95.5 in Chicago. The band has gotten back together and in March released "Chasing Ghosts" their first album in 21 years! *Note - this was recorded before the passing of Depeche Mode keyboardist Andy Fletcher

Dan Grieb, Broker and CEO of the Home to Sell Team with Keller Williams in Orlando Florida is a motivational speaker, 19 time Ironman veteran and in 2020 coached and competed with Chris Nikic who became the first person ever with Down's syndrome to finish an Ironman. The plan was to have Dan on to talk about Chris and maybe pick his brain being a fellow Realtor. But we covered that and oh so much more. Hope you enjoy it. here's our conversation.

In over three decades Peter Brooke has carved out a successful career on the theatre stage, movie and TV screens ("Wonder Woman 1984", "Hanna", "Sherlock"), voiceovers and video games! Find out who and what has kept him going and successful in the hyper competitive entertainment world... 

Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond is a former professional hockey player  who played in the National Hockey League for the New Jersey Devils, Calgary Flames and Pittsburgh Penguins over a 13 year career. He then made the successful transition to Real Estate. 

Singer/songwriter/guitarist Charlie Farren is known for his work as lead singer of The Joe Perry Project, founder of the 80's Rock Radio favorite band Farrenheit and someone who has toured with  Boston, Ozzy Osbourne, Rush and ZZ Top to name a few! But at what may have seemed to be his height of musical success he took a break to start a family and go get a "real" job with Compaq and HP. 

Brian Mandler went from working for some of the biggest record labels and technology providers in the world to co-founding The Network Effect a short form media company. What is short form media? Where are Tik Tok, Snapchat, YouTube, etc. headed? Brian brings us up to speed!

My guests are Mike Pilkington Chief Operating Officer and Kane Grogan Business Development Manager for Death Wish Coffee Company in Saratoga Springs, NY. A company that started out in a small coffee shop in 2012 and now you can get their coffee in over 14,000 locations in the U.S. and one International Space Station! 

Jason Romano spent over 15 years at ESPN working "NFL Countdown" and "Mike and Mike' but left in 2017 to take the job as Director of Media for Christian media outlet Sports Spectrum where "Sports and Faith Connect". We talk about his journey, his faith and the relationship between religion and sports/entertainment. 

Singer/Songwriter Mike Peters is one of the founding members of the Welsh Rock band The Alarm who have been making music off an on for over 40 years. Their hit songs "Strength", "Rain in the Summertime", "Spirit of '76" and others were 80's/90's Rock and Alternative Radio staples. Their new album "WAR" is available now. MIke is also a 2 time cancer survivor and co-founder of the Love Hope Strength Foundation.

Steve Gorman is the former drummer and founding member of The Black Crowes, author of the book, "Hard to Handle: The Life and Death of The Black Crowes - A Memoir, drummer and founder of Trigger Hippy, plus a successful radio career with "Steve Gorman Sports" and now "Steve Gorman Rocks" on Westwood One.

Moriah Formica is a 20 year old singer, songwriter, "Voice" Alum and founding member of all female Rock band Plush whose debut single "Plush" debuted earlier this month. Learn more about Moriah, Plush and hear their new song HERE

Bec Gange is a 2 time World Champion Wakeboarder and one of the stars of the Australian reality show "Instant Hotel".

Ethan Zohn is a former professional soccer player, winner of "Survivor - Africa", cancer survivor and co-founder of Grassroots Soccer an adolescent health organization that has helped millions of young people around the world!

Gus Ornstein was one of the most highly recruited high school Quarterbacks ever from the state of NY. He went on to play at Notre Dame for Lou Holtz, Michigan State for Nick Saban and then Rowan University in NJ. His professional journey included 9 professional teams with 6 being in the NFL. He's now the Director of Athletics and head football coach at The Fieldston School in the Bronx. His journey is filled with lots of highs and lows professionally and personally.