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 284: Bravo Bakeshop - Liz Dillon
Liz Dillon joins Paul for Series 4, Part 2 of the Downtown Ashland Association and we are so happy to have her on the podcast! Liz is a native of Florida and grew up on a farm in a small community so…
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Episode 283: Barry Farmer
Barry Farmer comes to the podcast via a connection with Louise Keeton and the Downtown Ashland Association. Paul learned about what Barry knew about Ashland as a young person growing up in the city. …
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Episode 282: John Hollis discusses Sergeant Rodney Davis
John Hollis comes back to the podcast for the second time to talk about a book he wrote about SSG Rodney Davis. The Making of a Hero is a book about the actions of one man in one of the bloodiest and…
Mon 17 Jun 2024
Episode 281: David Thomason
David Thomason is the President of the Virginia Special Olympics and comes to the podcast via a connection with Rick Jeffrey (Episode 278.) David has been with the Special Olympics for thirty-seven y…
Mon 10 Jun 2024
Episode 280: Tyler Owens, Part 3
Tyler Owens is back for Part 3 which ties him with Jock Jones for being on the podcast the most! In the first two episodes, Tyler and Paul covered his childhood, his time at VMI and the beginnings of…
Mon 03 Jun 2024
Episode 279: Blair Dobbins
Blair Dobbins visits the podcast by way of a previous guest, who intends to marry next month. He grew up in Philadelphia but a lot of his family is from Virginia. That part of his family influenced h…
Tue 28 May 2024
Episode 278: Rick Jeffrey
Rick Jeffrey and Paul met just three weeks ago when Rick was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. Rick was inducted primarily due to his work with the Virginia Special Olympics. Rick is fr…
Mon 20 May 2024
Episode 277: John Hollis
Pictured: John Hollis (R), The Nature Boy Ric Flair (L)
John Hollis joins the podcast via a mutual friend he has with Paul … Mike Woods. John is from Fredericksburg, Va. and grew up with two brothers…
Mon 13 May 2024
Episode 276: Brent, Rob and Paul pick their top 10s from the first 250
Brent Scopel and Rob Dull have consumed every episode of this podcast. Since they're the only two folks on earth to have accomplished this feat, I asked them to join me to share their top 10 episodes…
Mon 06 May 2024
Episode 275: Rayne and Rasheed Wright
Rayne Wright and her dad/coach Rasheed join Paul to talk high school basketball. Rayne is a player on and Rasheed is the coach of the current Class 6 Virginia State Champions, Manchester High School.…
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Episode 274: Laura Peery
Paul and the podcast travel to interview Laura Peery who lives in the Richmond area on the James River. Laura comes to the podcast via being friends with Debra and Steve Hall (Episode 264). They firs…
Mon 22 Apr 2024
Episode 273: Marlee and Chris Gaskell
Marlee and Chris Gaskell join Paul for both the SCOTU and the VA is for Sports podcasts. Marlee is the first high school athlete to be on the podcasts as well as the youngest person Paul has intervie…
Mon 15 Apr 2024
Episode 272: Lane Casadonte
Pictured - Ernie Johnson (left) and Lane (right)
Lane Casadonte was born in upstate New York, but considers Richmond home. A lot of you know Lane by sight or voice as he has been reporting on Richmo…
Thu 11 Apr 2024
Episode 271: Brice Fritts
Brice Fritts is the Head Football Coach at J.R. Tucker High School in Henrico County, Virginia. Paul and Brice talked about growing up and playing several sports, but over the years he settled on thr…
Mon 08 Apr 2024
Episode 270: Lyndsey Hodgkins
Lyndsey Hodgkins is from Redding, Pennsylvania, grew up with two brothers and a sister and had a childhood that included riding bikes and spending a lot of time outdoors. Lyndsey played a lot of team…
Mon 01 Apr 2024
Episode 269: Frank Shamrock
Frank Shamrock, the former UFC Champion and #1 ranked pound for pound fighter in the world joins Paul on the podcast. Frank told Paul about his tumultuous upbringing regarding family, being in foster…
Thu 28 Mar 2024
Episode 268: J. R. Wilburn
JR Wilburn is from Portsmouth, Virginia where his dad worked in the navy yards. He had a lot of friends in the neighborhood playing sports for much of his childhood. He started late with organized sp…
Mon 25 Mar 2024
Episode 267: Eddie Webb
Eddie Webb and Paul first met in September of 2023 when Eddie was inducted as part of the inaugural class of the Patrick Henry HS Hall of Fame. Eddie moved to Ashland when he was three because his Da…
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Episode 266: Carroll LaHaye
Carroll LaHaye is a legendary basketball coach amassing 647 wins during her coaching career at Randolph Macon College. Carroll was born in and mostly grew up in Maine where she was one of six kids. T…
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Episode 265: Dustin Ingle
Dustin Ingle was born in Arkansas, but grew up in Texas. Dustin and Paul spoke about growing up in the Fort Worth area of Texas and playing all the sports growing up, but settling on soccer in high s…
Mon 11 Mar 2024
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