Podcast appearances and mentions of vince mcnally

Elliot and Vince McNally check out Rand's 4th all-time favorite town in this episode. San Guajandro, NM, served as the sleepy southwest stage for Rand’s late-in-life religious reawakening. Now it's home to the Born-Again-Born-Again Movement, a group that has realized that “Born-Again” Christians take things a bit too far. Chatting with Vince and Elliot is local Reverend Kev (Jeremy Adler).

Elliot and Vince McNally are staying cool in one of Rand's hottest towns. Byarkansa, AK, clocks in number 6 on the brothers' countdown. When originally charting Byarkansa, Rand mistranscribed all of the town’s coordinates. Zealous and nearsighted town governance ratified the measures into law, and their city constitution can never be amended for any reason. As such, the town technically exists in Botswana, Africa. Citizens have adopted the laid-back, warm-weather lifestyle shared by other Pacific surf towns and their spiritual Saharan climate. Elliot and Vince welcome guest Bobbo (Milan Patel), town sporting goods store proprietor, puka shell necklace enthusiast and all-around cool dude.

Elliot and Vince McNally visit Ortolan, PA, their great-great-grandfather's 8th all-time favorite town. Citizens of Ortolan have believed the apocalypse was coming any day now for the better part of a century. A haven for preppers of all kinds, Rand spent a year hunkered down in a bunker here. Chatting with the McNally brothers is local prepper Craig Honk (Michael Erickson).

Elliot and Vince McNally are at last reunited to visit Rand's 9th all-time favorite town: Nergens, KS. The nation’s first laundromat founded here, and Rand utilized it on a cross-country mapping expedition. He unfortunately lost a sock in the process—the only personal effect he ever misplaced. Nowadays, the town serves as a lost-sock museum. Chatting with the brothers is Matthew Landry, the Laundromat King of the Lower-Midwest (A.J. Grimm).

Retired Agent Vincent McNally served in the FBI for 31 years. He was initially hired as a clerical employee. During his agent career, he conducted and led investigations in general criminal violations, espionage, terrorism, white-collar crime, organized crime, and drug violations. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, Vince McNally reviews the case of a mysterious airplane cargo theft of $1 million of negotiable securities stolen from an American Airlines flight traveling between New York and Los Angeles. Later in his career, Vince McNally became an instructor in Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations and Program Manager for the FBI’s Critical Incident Stress Management teams at the FBI Academy. Vince retired after serving as Unit Chief of the Employee Assistance Unit (EAU) at FBI Headquarters. Currently, Vince McNally serves on the Board of Scientific & Professional Advisors of the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress (National Center for Crisis Management). He is a Compassion Fatigue Specialist, Board Certified in Acute Traumatic Stress Management, and Board Certified in Emergency Crisis. He is also a Certified Employee Assistance Professional (CEAP). Vince McNally and I continue our conversation from Episode 36 about the stress and trauma experienced by first responders that results in a higher incidence of suicide. Here's his 10 Point Suicide Reduction Program. He can be contacted via his LinkedIn profile, where he regularly posts articles on critical incidents, trauma, stress, and first responder suicide. Join my reader team and keep up to date on the FBI in books, TV, and movies. Jerri Williams, a retired FBI agent, author and podcaster, attempts to relive her glory days by writing crime fiction about greed and hosting FBI Retired Case File Review, a true crime/history podcast. Her novels—Pay To Play and Greedy Givers—inspired by actual true crime FBI cases and featuring temptation, corruption, and redemption, are available at amazon.com. 

Elliot and Vince McNally travel to Rand's 15th favorite town: Hawkins, TN. Originally named for Sadie Hawkins, the first girl to ever ask a boy to a dance, the town's namesake once escorted Rand McNally to a barn dance during his travels. Today, the citizens of Hawkins champion feminism and cultural subversions of all kinds—and at the forefront of this is Sadie Hawkins's great-great-granddaughter, and activist, Luella Hawkins-Chappuella (Hallie Zmroczek).

Elliot and Vince McNally are back with a new series of These Parts and a new journey. Following along with their great-great-grandfather's travel journal, they're visiting and counting down Rand McNally's all-time 20 favorite American towns. Kicking things off at #20 is Brompton, VA, the last remaining vestige of the "Wild Wild East." A young Rand passed through once upon a time touring with a rodeo show.

Elliot and Vince McNally head to Scuttlebutt, NJ for this week's show. Scuttlebutt is deemed the most gossipy town in the United States, and telling the brothers all about it and more are local housewives, best friends and world-class gossips, Lex (Jake Michels) and Sally Saywhat (Katie Michels).

Elliot and Vince McNally visit Hampshire, NH in this week's show. The town harbors the fugitive bloodline of American monarch King Bosco IV, and still attempts to conceal their pre-Revolution British allegiance. Talking with the travelers is local all-American shopkeep Pip Swellington (Aric McKeown).

Elliot and Vince McNally head over to Handler, OK this week. Historically the largest manufacturer of pan handles, the town has since needed to diversify into handles of other products. Talking with the travelers is struggling pan handle salesman Russell Brinkman (Jeremy Adler).

Elliot and Vince McNally are in the heart of America and its street art scene in this week's show. Windsom, NE boasts a large population of Banksy-esque graffiti artists looking to make a statement and gain notoriety. However, the town has a lush arts community and are thus unoffended by the painters. Talking with the brothers about all that and more is a local graffiti artist known to the town as Cha Cha (Michael Erickson).

Elliot and Vince McNally head to Wagon Wheel, KS in this week's show. The town claims origin to all wagon-related history, including Rosebud. Chatting with the travelers is wagon historian Arnold McRib (Jeremy Sender).

Vince McNally and his step-dad, Skip Margolis (Cody Nelson), head out to Revere, MA, named for renowned lantern maker Doug Revere. Chatting with Vince and his special co-host is town resident, and descendent of Doug Revere himself, Minty (Elliot Matson).

Elliot and Vince McNally head up to Maynard, ND. Like many cities, no building in Maynard can be taller than its City Hall. Unfortunately, Maynard's burned down in 1911, so no building can be taller than 2.7 feet high.

Elliot and Vince McNally head out to Early, RI this week. Early is home to the most houses and buildings used in exterior establishing shots of films and television shows. The boys welcome local housing agent and realtor Brett Gladstone (Bill McKinley) to talk all about this picturesque town.

Elliot and Vince McNally visit Seattle 2, WA, whose chronically hip inhabitants insist they prefer the sequel. Showing the brothers around town is professional bicycle delivery bicycle messenger, Benjji Bulksection (Tom Reed).

Elliot and Vince McNally put up their feet in Ottoman, IL. Deemed America's Ottoman Empire, the town was founded by ottoman inventor Jonathan Ottoman, armchair ottoman expert and ottoman armchair expert. Talking with the boys is Jonathan Ottoman III (Craig McCarthy).

Elliot and Vince McNally venture to the true heart of small town America and the Empire State. Manhattan, NY is a quaint little coastal island tucked in the serene Northeastern United States. With the brothers this episode are long-time residents of Manhattan, Harold and Sylvia Levy-Ben-Abrahamson-Silverstein (Hannah Wydeven and Josh Kaplan).

In a rare "splitsies" episode, Elliot and Vince McNally head to Vigilante, OH. It's home vigilantes looking back to take back the streets from their villainous counterparts. Elliot talks to famed hero Socially Graceful Guy (Vince Koci) while Vince spends time with the fiendish and dastardly Wendell Puzzleman (Elliot Matson).

Celebrating their 75th episode, Elliot and Vince McNally head to Sole, WV. Home to a die-hard running community, the town plays host to an ultra marathon that has been going on for years. Keeping stride with the brothers is ultra-runner Jared Hempson (Chris Williams).

Elliot and Vince McNally head out east to Zelton, MD, a town that insists upon having its own World's Fair every year despite incredibly poor attendance. Talking with the travelers is local famous inventor, Duck McTell (Janelle Blasdel). Plus, in a featured "Towning Around" segment, the boys and their guest get to wander the fairgrounds and talk to inventors Werner Van Bergen (Vince Koci), Liam Neeson (Elliot Matson) and Dylan Thurgood (Janelle Blasdel).

Elliot and Vince McNally are all aboard Starboard, AK. The town is in fact a large fishing vessel in the Pacific Ocean that was incorporated by the state. Talking with the boys in this unique maritime town are two transplants from Mumbai, India—Bollywood musicians Sanjay and Saresh Radeep (Carl Schaefer and Chad Lewis).

Elliot and Vince McNally wind up in Bacon, CT this week. The town's power hierarchy is derived by the number of degrees removed from Kevin Bacon you are, although no one is fewer than 3 degrees.

Live from Randcon 2016, Elliot and Vince McNally play host to a host of guests at the event in Rudyard's Hill, GA. The town is the "it" place for some of the country's leading conventions, and is always the home to RandCon. First, the boys talk to Security Officer Cameron Saskanilla (Lupe Muraszewski) about convention safety and proprietor of the "Wipe Booth", Junk (Maria Bartholdi), about her involvement at RandCon. Next, Vince and Elliot field a few questions from the devoted hoards of fans. Following the Q&A, the brothers stop by the concessions stands to hear from food purveyors like Alan Veiss (Lupe Muraszewski), the "Road Food" Lady (Maria Bartholdi) and our old pals Dunt and Emmett (Maria Bartholdi and Lupe Muraszewski). The boys head out into the convention center for 5 Didja Know facts from attendees before wrapping it all up in a nice farewell and another RandCon in the record books.

Elliot and Vince McNally head down to Kogan, MO on this week's show. Kogan, MO has become the leading manufacturer of Apple products since Chinese factories have begin re-outsourcing product development to the midwest town. Talking with the boys is US-to-China business liaison Wes Chesley (Kevin Pettit).

Elliot and Vince McNally travel to Nontauk, WI this week. This once-sleepy northern Wisconsin town is now overrun by disgruntled indie musicians buying cabins and hunkering down to record their breakthrough eponymous albums. Chatting with the McNallys is folk musician Twilight Mastodon (Aric McKeown).

Elliot and Vince McNally travel to the midwest town of Chalmers Lake, MN this week. It's established around the 10,0001st lake in the state, whose its existence the rest of Minnesota's towns choose to ignore. Talking with Vince and Elliot is Chalmers Lake's founder and sole resident, Chalmers Radisson (Cody Nelson).

Retired Agent Vincent McNally served in the FBI for 31 years. He was first hired as a clerical employee and two years later received an appointment to the special agent position. During his agent career, he conducted and led investigations in general criminal violations, espionage, terrorism, white-collar crime, organized crime, and drug violations. He later became an instructor in Crisis (Hostage) Negotiations and Program Manager for the FBI’s Critical Incident Stress Management teams at the FBI Academy. In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, Vince tells us about a hostage negotiation case in Honolulu, Hawaii involving a workplace violence situation. Vince and I also have an open and honest conversation about the stress and trauma experienced by law enforcement personnel, how that affects their work and home life, and results in a higher incidence of suicide.

Vince McNally goes solo to the town of Truman, IN. It's a town whose citizens are all actors in a reality television show starring the town's most beloved, and oblivious, patron. Talking with Vince is an actor from the town's program and Hollywood at large, George Lazenby (Elliot Matson).

Elliot and Vince McNally venture to the Land of Lincoln and visit the town of Constance, IL. None of the water in Constance flows in any direction, and no one really knows why. Talking to the boys is town DNR representative, lyricist and spiritual leader, Opal Winthrop (Janelle Blasdel).

Elliot and Vince McNally aren't in Kansas anymore—except for this week. The brothers stop over in Emerald, a dog show loving town deemed "The Westminster of the South." Joining them today is local dog show judge, Jenna Knassis (Laura Fitzpatrick).

Elliot and Vince McNally head to the Great White North and land in Borealis, MN. It was the original northernmost point in Minnesota, established by the great-great-grandfather of their guest, Bjöhn Jöhännessenn (Sam Hayes).

Elliot and Vince McNally get taken higher to Venice, CO. A sister city of Venice, Italy, this mountain town has no roads, only an elevated gondola system. Chatting with the brothers is long-time gondola cabby, Martin Fuller (Alex Collyard).

Elliot and Vince McNally travel to the heart of America and to a town still milking sympathy for its 19th century town-decimating fire. With them to discuss is town historian and documentarian, Sam Brandon (Lupe Muraszewski).

Elliot and Vince McNally cast from North Tropics, LA. The town was founded when an 18th American century explorer set course for Jamaica, but was blown just a few miles down the coast from his embark site in the night. He refused to believe he had not in fact made it to Jamaica, and established a tropically-inspired spice trading town, whose inspiration still lasts today. The brothers are joined by local Rastafari, LaMarr Cleo Anderson.

Elliot and Vince McNally journey to Yeehaw, WY, home to the nation's least attended rodeo, but largest community of rodeo clowns. And, they're joined by one of them: the incomparable Peter Petersbirth.

Elliot and Vince McNally are in Davenport, OH this week. It's home to the most kills of the final animal of endangered species, and they're joined by local legislator turned bounty hunter, Ashley "Ash" McDermitt.

Elliot and Vince McNally make their way to Brisket, TX, the country's largest manufacturer of tofurkey. It's a constant disappointment to tourists and to this week's guest, "Gentleman John" Pietry, president of the town's tourism bureau and founder of the anti-soy lobby.

Join Elliot and Vince McNally this week in Boswell, NM, a town home to a military base that specializes in manufacturing weather balloons for research and is notoriously candid about their work.

Elliot and Vince McNally head to Paxallaty, PA this week. It's the original town to use a rodent to prognosticate weather forecast. The town has also taken to using various rodents to forecast and determine outcomes of most things, both locally and otherwise.

Elliot and Vince McNally welcome you to Shipsbane, MD. It's a town that only exists at low tide.

Elliot and Vince McNally broadcast from Tinseltown, CA. It's a town founded around a tinsel factory and it refuses to change its name despite constant urging from Hollywood.

Elliot and Vince McNally are out in Brookehurst, CT, a town famous for the invention of a sweater never intended to be worn, except for draped over the shoulders and tied loosely around the neck.