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 84: Chase Miffleton
This week we welcome Chase Miffleton. Chase grew up in Powhatan and played baseball and also competed in cross country and track. Chase gets his running genes from his grandma who has run quite a f…
Mon 17 May 2021
Episode 83:Ilona Levine
This week’s story is told by Ilona Levine. Ilona was born and raised in the Moldovan part of the Soviet Union. When Ilona was 13 years old, the Soviet Union collapsed and she witnessed her native M…
Mon 10 May 2021
Episode 82: DJ Oso Fresh
Bobby Alirezai, AKA DJ Oso Fresh, fled his native Tehran as a child when the Shah of Iran was exiled in 1979. In this conversation, he tells us about his story of moving to America, having to learn E…
Mon 03 May 2021
Episode 81: Lionel Bacon
Lionel Bacon is our guest this week. He is a former VCU basketball player and the youngest of twelve children. Lionel discusses his childhood and growing up in the Beecher Terrace neighborhood in Lou…
Mon 26 Apr 2021
Episode 80: Kevin Eastman
Kevin T. Eastman is the former assistant coach and VP for Basketball Operations of the Los Angeles Clippers. He also served as head coach and assistant coach in the college ranks, and was on Doc Rive…
Mon 19 Apr 2021
Episode 79: Kenny Wingle
Kenny Wingle is a stand-up comedian and producer of the upcoming ROFL Comedy Series in Richmond VA. Kenny is a Detroit native, born to a Native American mother and Polish father. He has been a stand …
Thu 15 Apr 2021
Episode 78: Cla Meredith
Cla Meredith is a former MLB pitcher who played for the Red Sox, Padres, and Orioles. This episode he tells us about his Richmond roots, the origin of his name, and his athletic career, including som…
Mon 12 Apr 2021
Episode 77: Intentionality
Boomer Muth is a musician, entrepreneur, and soon-to-be father, and this episode we heard his story.
At the tender age of 5, Boomer learned the truth about Santa in a way that will bring a tear to yo…
Mon 05 Apr 2021
Episode 76: Travis Herman
Travis Herman is a brewmaster and co-founder of Scofflaw Brewery, an Atlanta based brewery founded in 2015. Scofflaw experienced phenomenal growth, clocking in one of the fastest first-year expansio…
Mon 29 Mar 2021
Episode 75: DuBois Miller
DuBois Miller is an author and former correctional educator of 32 years. He grew up in Lynchburg VA, going to segregated schools and living in a house without electricity, but experiencing great cult…
Mon 22 Mar 2021
Episode 74: Justin Addison
Justin Addison is a US Army Veteran, Jets fan, and Executive Chef at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He enlisted on 9/11, and was later deployed to Fallujah, Iraq as a PsyOps specialist. We wer…
Mon 15 Mar 2021
Episode 73: Caroline Slaughter
Caroline Slaughter is a voiceover actor, filmmaker, and podcaster. You have probably heard her before as the voice for brands like Subway, Ford, and Holiday Inn. She just launched a podcast on iHeart…
Mon 08 Mar 2021
Episode 72: Wali Rainer
Wali Rainer is a former NFL linebacker who played for the Cleveland Browns, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Detroit Lions. In our conversation, Wali told us about growing up in the inner city of We…
Mon 01 Mar 2021
Episode 71: Coach Rolando Lamb
Rolando Lamb is a VCU Hall of Fame basketball player, Coach, pastor, and motivational speaker. In our conversation we discuss Rolando's upbringing in Portsmouth VA, the attention he received in high …
Mon 22 Feb 2021
Episode 70: Dr Brandon Nunnally
Brandon Nunnally is an Emergency Room Doctor.
In our conversation we discuss Brandon's med school experience - the insane amount of work required, the misconceptions that people have, and the type…
Mon 15 Feb 2021
Episode 69: Tim Clark
Tim Clark is the Chief Digital Officer at NASCAR. He is a Mechanicsville native, US Army veteran, and a great lover of sports.
This episode, Tim talks to us about growing up on a farm, what it's lik…
Thu 11 Feb 2021
Episode 68: Thoughts on Myanmar with Pete Silvester
Pete Silvester is a social scientist, entrepreneur, and proud Territorian who has traveled the world by virtue of a career in International Aid and Development. He has spent many years in SE Asia, an…
Mon 08 Feb 2021
Episode 67: Amanda Ripley
Amanda Ripley is a journalist and author whose work has been featured in Time Magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and others. She has written three books on ps…
Thu 04 Feb 2021
Episode 66: Dan Crain
Dan Crain is the director of groups and mobilization at OneRace, an organization dedicated to addressing racism and racial division through faith, in Atlanta and beyond.
In our conversation Dan tells…
Mon 01 Feb 2021
Episode 65: Garrison Coward
Garrison Coward is a proud Virginian and a former Republican candidate for the 2019 Virginia House of Delegates, a race which he lost narrowly. He is currently a Managing Director working in the inv…
Thu 28 Jan 2021
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