Stories from the Center of the Universe
A Podcast about the Human Experience
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 344
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 144: Andre Buckner
Andre Buckner, a.k.a. Buck, is from and grew up in the historic Berkeley town area of Ashland, Virginia. Buck played all the sports growing up and he and Paul reminisced about playing Little League b…
Mon 28 Mar 2022
Episode 143: Matt Pulisic
Matt Pulisic grew up in Long Island, NY and had a great time growing up in a small neighborhood playing all the sports. Matt’s father immigrated to the United States from Yugoslavia (now Croatia) and…
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Episode 142: Matt Goff
Matt Goff joins the podcast courtesy of Paul working with his sister. Matt is from northern Virginia and played all sports growing up and then mainly focused on football, wrestling and soccer in high…
Mon 14 Mar 2022
Episode 141: Robert Pratt
Robert Pratt was born in NY, but moved to Richmond at a very young age. Robert played all sports growing up and he particularly loved baseball as a kid. He even had a future Supreme Court Justice as…
Mon 07 Mar 2022
Episode 140: Luqman Jaaber
Luqman Jabber is a former college basketball player, coach and National Champion. Luqman played at Virginia State, but transferred to Virginia Union where he played for Hall of Fame coach Dave Robbin…
Mon 28 Feb 2022
Episode 139: Jack Luck
Jack Luck is an Ashland icon and he joins Paul along with his oldest son, Ross. Jack talked about growing up on a farm in Ashland which is now part of the I-95 interchange. Jack told Paul about how h…
Mon 21 Feb 2022
Episode 138: Donnie Morris
Paul and Rob have known Donnie Morris since the early 1980’s. Donnie is a former Virginia State Football Player of the Year and he tells Paul and Kevin about his football journey with some great stor…
Mon 14 Feb 2022
Episode 137: The Whistle Stop Theatre Company (Louise Keeton)
Louise Keeton joined us to talk about her non-profit, The Whistle Stop Theatre Company. Along with their educational goals, they also produce family entertainment by local artists of all genres. Chec…
Thu 10 Feb 2022
Episode 136: Marcus Williams
Marcus Williams joins the podcast mainly via Kevin, but Marcus, Paul and Kevin have all worked at the same RVA based company. Marcus’ parents were both born in Indiana, but he grew up in Glasgow, KY.…
Mon 07 Feb 2022
Episode 135: Liz Phillips
Liz Phillips is a former colleague of Paul’s. Liz and Paul talked about her early years in South Bend, Indiana and Liz gave some insight into what South Bend is famous for besides Notre Dame. She tal…
Mon 31 Jan 2022
Episode 134: Growing Up in Ashland (1970s and 80s)
Duke, Rob and Paul have known each other almost 50 years. On this unique episode, we discussed growing up in Ashland in the 1970s and 80s. We had fun reminiscing and recording stories from our childh…
Mon 24 Jan 2022
Episode 133: Nick Shedd
Nick Shedd is the head of Strength and Conditioning for the Houston Astros and comes to the podcast via a connection through Kevin Flippen. Paul, Kevin and Nick discussed him growing up in Northern V…
Mon 17 Jan 2022
Episode 132: Ali Gustavson and Sidney Campbell - American Bald Eagle Foundation
Ali Gustavson and Sidney Campbell join the podcast via Paul knowing Ali’s dad, Gary. Ali and Sidney both work for the American Bald Eagle Foundation in Haines, Alaska. They discussed each of their ba…
Mon 10 Jan 2022
Episode 131: Amber Klingman
Amber Klingman joins the podcast because she and Paul have a mutual acquaintance, Jennifer Stevens (Episode #101). Amber grew up just outside of New Orleans and in a small town in Georgia. Amber had …
Mon 03 Jan 2022
Episode 130: Tim Sutton - A Better Understanding
Tim Sutton is a thirty plus year law enforcement professional who was born and raised in Hanover County, Virginia. Paul and Tim discussed his childhood, his first jobs and what led him to enter the l…
Mon 27 Dec 2021
Episode 129: Ahmad Hawkins
Ahmad Hawkins is from the Newport News/Hampton area of Virginia and was a football teammate with Dwight Vick (Episode 122) for a year at Hampton HS. Ahmad was highly recruited at three different posi…
Mon 20 Dec 2021
Episode 128: Austin Wilson
Austin Wilson is childhood friends with Nick Clark (Episode 120) and Alec Eberle (Episode 107). Like Nick and Alec, Austin played football, but a medical issue in his junior year of high school stopp…
Mon 13 Dec 2021
Episode 127: Coach Richard Kemper
Coach Dick Kemper joins the podcast and this episode is a trip down memory lane for Paul. Coach Kemper coached Paul in football and basketball in high School at St. Christopher’s in Richmond. Coach K…
Mon 06 Dec 2021
Episode 126: CW3 Rich Brown
In Part 5 of our Honoring the Military Series, Rich Brown (USMC) joins us. Rich was born in Knoxville, TN, but moved around a bit due to his Dad’s job. Growing up, Rich did martial arts and spent a l…
Mon 29 Nov 2021
Episode 125: SSgt Stuart Wiley
Stuart Wiley is a Staff Sergeant in the United States Air Force and continues our series honoring members of our U.S.Military. Stuart grew up in Fluvanna County, Va. and when Paul asked him about gro…
Thu 25 Nov 2021
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